birdbrain5381

joined 1 year ago
[–] birdbrain5381@dmv.social 6 points 3 months ago

Thanks! Heading out for my first 30+ miler in a bit. Doing the physical therapy exercises required after being hit by cars in the past on my bike. The random encouragement is appreciated!

[–] birdbrain5381@dmv.social 6 points 5 months ago (4 children)

https://www.propublica.org/article/doj-backs-tenants-price-fixing-case-big-landlords-real-estate-tech

Turns out the large property management companies have been colluding on this for years, skirting the law because "it's an algorithm bruh"

[–] birdbrain5381@dmv.social 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Tagging onto this: there's tons of games to play that have regular tournaments. I run Warhammer 40k tournaments for my local store, and while you occasionally get tryhards that are less fun, the overwhelming majority of the community just feels like a bunch of people getting together to play plastic soldiers for a day. The new Disney game Lorcana is taking off, and there's tons of different tabletop games besides just board games to try at a local store!

[–] birdbrain5381@dmv.social 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

This is right by the cricket club right? I remember admiring it several times myself!

[–] birdbrain5381@dmv.social 2 points 10 months ago

I was looking for this comment just to post:

Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway. –Andrew Tanenbaum, 1981

[–] birdbrain5381@dmv.social 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Question

Asimov has a short story I just read while backpacking in the mountains this past weekend. It's about humanity attempting to reverse entropy. The Last Question is probably my favorite short story ever.