[HN Gopher] Neobuthus Factorio
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Neobuthus Factorio
Author : jryb
Score : 83 points
Date : 2023-04-17 17:41 UTC (5 hours ago)
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| c2xlZXB5Cg1 wrote:
| See also:
|
| https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_hedgehog_protein
|
| https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pikachurin
| kilovoltaire wrote:
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keanumycin
| omoikane wrote:
| More generally, if you were looking for "lists of list of X
| named after Y":
|
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_etymologies
|
| Although that page doesn't have my favorite list:
|
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_organisms_named_after_...
| wincent wrote:
| Literally unplayable.
| omneity wrote:
| > The species was named after Factorio, a video game created by
| the son of one of the researchers who described the species.
|
| There's a fine line between "Here's a good idea my son came up
| with!" and "This is something that benefits someone related to
| me". There's not much to call home about in this case of course -
| this scorpion's name is as niche as it gets, it's just a thought.
| flohofwoe wrote:
| I don't think that played a big role of the game becoming
| successful though ;)
|
| I find it much more fascinating that the father of the creator
| of Factorio is a scientist though.
| stronglikedan wrote:
| > There's a fine line between "Here's a good idea my son came
| up with!" and "This is something that benefits someone related
| to me".
|
| Either is fine when you find a new species and get to choose
| the name.
| moffkalast wrote:
| In this case I think the game's fame benefits the scorpion more
| than vice versa.
| jupp0r wrote:
| Can they survive atomic bomb strikes? That would make me worried.
| ramesh31 wrote:
| Nothing a good wall of laser turrets can't handle
| PM_me_your_math wrote:
| Assuming there is enough science to research turrets.
| ollien wrote:
| I horribly misread this momentarily, but now I'm imagining
| what "research turrets" could look like. Red science powered
| turrets? :)
| skykooler wrote:
| Every time it shoots something, it produces a little bit of
| research.
| dragontamer wrote:
| Anyone remember when the aliens dropped alien-artifacts,
| needed to make purple-science?
|
| Uggghhhhhhhh. The game is so much better today than where
| it started (and it already was a good game back then...
| crazy how much all the little improvements helped).
| chatmasta wrote:
| If not, time for bed!
| bloopernova wrote:
| You got enough power for all those lasers? Looks like that coal
| field is running low!
| mdotshell wrote:
| It's all about the flamethrower turrets, man.
| pvaldes wrote:
| Just one footnote. Not everybody must know taxonomy and we all
| have different skills
|
| Scientific names were created to be universal language. To
| achieve that they have a few rules that grant that everybody can
| communicate.
|
| The genus is Neobuthus ("new scorpion") but the species can't be
| Neobuthus Factorio, is "Neobuthus factorio", the second part must
| be written in lower case.
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