And to bookend the day, I hit 300 miles on my bike and got a flat. Time for a tune up and maintenance
@calcifer yup, that's a pedal assist e-bike - not totally motorized but significant help. Tern HSD P9, pretty compact but I managed to haul like 70lbs of house paint with it the other day. Been really happy with it. Flat tire was because I neglected tire pressure after hauling said house paint 😅
Oh you know what would have been smart today when I ate lunch by the river? Sunscreen
I feel like folks are playing with GANs these days like I used to play with fractals back when I was a kid, only GANs seem far more likely to stumble upon The Parrot from BLIT
Almost afraid to ask this, but: does anyone sell Malort in Portland, OR?
Like, every description I've read of it makes it attractive to me yet I believe the descriptions are meant to repulse
@wohali I do tend to really enjoy a sipped shot of Fernet, especially if the weather's terrible
@wohali I don't know what I was expecting but definitely not this 😄
What if, like, we passed laws that said billionaires were like The Highlander. As soon as you exceed US$999,999,999.99 you must begin your quest to fight every other billionaire to the death with swords. Then, once you're the last one, we shoot you into space. Maybe at the sun.
@brion@mastodon.technology Hmmm HMM 🤔
I want to hear at least one billionaire make the "While You Were Partying, I Studied the Blade" speech before combat.
This might be the bedtime talking but now I also want an epic prog rock concept album around this "there can only be one" rule for sword-duelling billionaires. Or at least one song in the spirit of "The Trees" by Rush.
(there is most likely no universe where a me will have delivered on this personally)
@zkat These stories read to me like - what if The Culture, except way meaner & horny on main. And the AIs decided not to get on board with the whole shared project of civilization thing.
When the tech debt comes due
It figures that as soon as I succumb to throwing some money at a F2P game that my brain flips over into "nope, that game's poison now, stop it" mode
@erosdiscordia Intact headspaces are hard to maintain. :blob_confused: