Friday Facts #262 - Hello my name is: Compilatron

[bobingabout]

Bob's laser robot drones might become useful.

[ske]

Bob's laser robot drones might become useful.

I tried to google it and found this instead: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QR7vwRC6SFE (link highly relevant)

[foodfactorio]

It probably has been derived from "compiler" - software that translates code from a higher level computer language to a lower level computer language (the latter most often is a machine-specific assembly language, machine code, or byte code to be interpreted by a virtual machine).

oh ok cool, thanks

nice laser too

[McDuff]

Also can I just say, I *like* the idea of a little Robot Buddy. There are some things, like hand crafting, that actually make more sense if you have a robot working with you. Just as a counterbalance to the whole "oh no I hate it, please don't sully my Factorio experience" posts.

In fact, if there were a way to get more Compilatrons and upgrades to the Compilatron, I'd be OK with that too! Compilatron is good!

[Oktokolo]

In fact, if there were a way to get more Compilatrons and upgrades to the Compilatron, I'd be OK with that too! Compilatron is good!

You upgrade the Compilatron into a spidertron to get a pretty decent vehicle for riding into battle abd cross small rivers...

[Unknow0059]

Unless he cares what we think, i'm not sure the pixel display that is his face should be blurry.

It stands out because the rest of the image is of such high quality.

You realise that the reason the rest of the image is high quality is the same reason the plastic bits of a Commadore 64 aren't pixelated in real life? Because the display is a display in-game and the rest of it is not a display on-game? I mean...

I don't know what you mean.

I'm saying the pixels on his display are blurry when they shouldn't be.

[Oktokolo]

You realise that the reason the rest of the image is high quality is the same reason the plastic bits of a Commadore 64 aren't pixelated in real life? Because the display is a display in-game and the rest of it is not a display on-game? I mean...

I don't know what you mean.
I'm saying the pixels on his display are blurry when they shouldn't be.

Compilatron uses a (probably even monochrome) cathode ray tube display for showing that pixels. That is, why they are blurry. The space-faring civilization has not invented TFT displays yet.