... first. Cause both have a stack of 50 coal, you can mine and store 100 of coal like so. The whole stuff with these beginning moves is called "joseki": https://forums.factorio.com/forum/search.php?keywords=joseki https://forums.factorio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=4406&hilit=joseki

ssilk wrote:The devs call those very beginner stuff "Joseki".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseki
I recommend to change the subject (the first post).

And should be part of the wiki...

Devs play Go?

The devs call those very beginner stuff "Joseki".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseki
I recommend to change the subject (the first post).

And should be part of the wiki...

... for Factorio till now! :) Some things to mention: Basic resources: stone, iron, copper, coal, wood and ... water. You could show the coal joseki!? (Two burner miners fill themselves on coal field) Show them how to place poles while running! (Like belts) Thanks :) I might show how to make ...

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Some things to mention:

Basic resources: stone, iron, copper, coal, wood and ... water.

You could show the coal joseki!? (Two burner miners fill themselves on coal field)

Show them how to place poles while running! (Like belts)

... of assembly etc. Inserters instead of belts? Smart inserter: only the filter function, the circuit is an extra lesson! - Miners. Burner miner and joseki with a chest in front (not the coal joseki). Miners and their area. Setting up a big mining field. First impression of pollution... - Furnaces: ...

There are situations when it is useful, for example for the coal "joseki" in the game start.
You put two coal mining drills feeding each other on the coal deposit, then you just get the coal out with inserter, and it will last "forever" (until the coal runs out).

This setup (we call it joseki ^^) will still work, as the miner ignore the limit.
(It asks for the space in the device as it was not automated, so it allows it to put more).