Scott
@scott.birbs.biz
Dad | home cook | squash player | self-hosting | lvl 46 human | Denver Colorado
Who has played the new #ManorLords patch and is it good?
Manor Lords' latest beta update fixes a bunch of annoying bugs and makes several gameplay changes that will make my life so much easier 👇 #ManorLords #CityBuilder #GamingNews
www.pcgamesn.com/manor-lords/...
www.pcgamesn.com/manor-lords/...
New Manor Lords update leaves players "seriously impressed" as beloved city builder drops to lowest-ever price on Steam
Manor Lords' latest beta update fixes a bunch of annoying bugs and makes several gameplay changes that will make my life so much easier.
www.pcgamesn.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Who has played the new #ManorLords patch and is it good?
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It's the cat for me
December 1, 2025 at 6:04 PM
It's the cat for me
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Interesting new working paper that studies chains of movers after the construction of a new apartment building in Honolulu.
Paper finds that the project resulted in the opening up other, lower cost, housing on the island, benefiting the housing market overall.
Paper finds that the project resulted in the opening up other, lower cost, housing on the island, benefiting the housing market overall.
uhero.hawaii.edu
November 28, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Interesting new working paper that studies chains of movers after the construction of a new apartment building in Honolulu.
Paper finds that the project resulted in the opening up other, lower cost, housing on the island, benefiting the housing market overall.
Paper finds that the project resulted in the opening up other, lower cost, housing on the island, benefiting the housing market overall.
@dystopiabreaker.xyz 6 civilizations eliminated, I am **Sole Survivor** !!
November 17, 2025 at 7:47 PM
@dystopiabreaker.xyz 6 civilizations eliminated, I am **Sole Survivor** !!
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i built a game! it's an experimental pvp prompt engineering arena, with a shared/networked model context, and per-user model outputs.
dark forest chat
dark forest chat
November 16, 2025 at 11:29 PM
i built a game! it's an experimental pvp prompt engineering arena, with a shared/networked model context, and per-user model outputs.
dark forest chat
dark forest chat
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![4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiby6can6k76yzfmv2czxs4pu2l7zie7bqbrpswi7h3ifmiadkuqvu@jpeg)
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wrote about ai real estate listings for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/cult...
Your Dream House Might Be a Fantasy
AI has has invaded the real estate industry, dissolving the boundaries between image enhancement and false advertising.
www.thenation.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:50 PM
wrote about ai real estate listings for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/cult...
If Zohran’s true odds are better than what is priced in the prediction market, then you can make money by buying Zohran shares.
Are the betting markets doing these pumps for profit or for political reasons? It actually doesn't matter! But probably both.
November 4, 2025 at 6:22 PM
If Zohran’s true odds are better than what is priced in the prediction market, then you can make money by buying Zohran shares.
Some birds I roasted this weekend
October 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Some birds I roasted this weekend
The way he shakes hands is so weird. He jerks the person's hand toward him to try and make them feel off balance.
Trump greets the delegate from UAE, which put $2 billion into Trump’s crypto company: “They got a lot of cash. Unlimited cash.”
October 13, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The way he shakes hands is so weird. He jerks the person's hand toward him to try and make them feel off balance.
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Even though nobody wears bike helmets in the Netherlands, the fatality rate there is significantly smaller than that of the United States. What have they figured out that we haven't?
How I Learned to Cycle Like a Dutchman
In the bike-friendly Netherlands, cyclists speed down the road without fearing cars. For an American, the prospect is thrilling—and terrifying.
www.newyorker.com
October 10, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Even though nobody wears bike helmets in the Netherlands, the fatality rate there is significantly smaller than that of the United States. What have they figured out that we haven't?
Is anyone else loving the new #ManorLords update that dropped this week?
October 5, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Is anyone else loving the new #ManorLords update that dropped this week?
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What mandatory parking requirements do:
Drive up housing and construction costs
Limit the kinds of homes we can build
Spread out our neighborhoods
Burden local governments with infrastructure that never pays for itself.
Drive up housing and construction costs
Limit the kinds of homes we can build
Spread out our neighborhoods
Burden local governments with infrastructure that never pays for itself.
October 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
What mandatory parking requirements do:
Drive up housing and construction costs
Limit the kinds of homes we can build
Spread out our neighborhoods
Burden local governments with infrastructure that never pays for itself.
Drive up housing and construction costs
Limit the kinds of homes we can build
Spread out our neighborhoods
Burden local governments with infrastructure that never pays for itself.
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Bluesky is a site explicitly founded by cryptocurrency libertarians with the idea that it would be a decentralized platform where users would be free to choose the open-source moderation and algorithmic feed tools they wanted, and by accident acquired a power userbase that hates all of those things.
Are people mad at the Bluesky ceo for a real reason or an internet madness reason?
October 3, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Bluesky is a site explicitly founded by cryptocurrency libertarians with the idea that it would be a decentralized platform where users would be free to choose the open-source moderation and algorithmic feed tools they wanted, and by accident acquired a power userbase that hates all of those things.
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The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
September 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
@micah541.bsky.social do you agree with the analysis in this post on selfish mining? It suggests selfish mining is not profitable until the miner controls 33% of total hash power.
delvingbitcoin.org/t/where-does...
delvingbitcoin.org/t/where-does...
Where does the 33.33% threshold for selfish mining come from?
Clara Shikhelman and i went through the maths of the 2013 research paper “Majority is not enough”. Selfish mining is often ill-understood, and the paper goes quickly over some of the calculations. So ...
delvingbitcoin.org
June 8, 2025 at 10:07 PM
@micah541.bsky.social do you agree with the analysis in this post on selfish mining? It suggests selfish mining is not profitable until the miner controls 33% of total hash power.
delvingbitcoin.org/t/where-does...
delvingbitcoin.org/t/where-does...
Hello frens: does anyone know if it is possible to run a Bluesky PDS node on a server that already has a website running on ports 80 and 443? In other words, can I select a custom port for AT proto or does it have to be 80/443? Ty @atproto.com @atprotocol.dev
May 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Hello frens: does anyone know if it is possible to run a Bluesky PDS node on a server that already has a website running on ports 80 and 443? In other words, can I select a custom port for AT proto or does it have to be 80/443? Ty @atproto.com @atprotocol.dev
The radioactive watch face maker location is now an Illegal Pete's Mexican restaurant.
May 28, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The radioactive watch face maker location is now an Illegal Pete's Mexican restaurant.
"Under House Bill 1273, cities with more than 100,000 residents must revise their building codes by Dec. 1, 2027, to allow for a single stairway exit in apartment buildings of up to five stories, with a maximum of four units to a floor"
@holz-bau.bsky.social @stephenjacobsmith.com
@holz-bau.bsky.social @stephenjacobsmith.com
A new era of single-stair apartment buildings is coming to Denver and other Colorado cities
Under House Bill 1273, cities with more than 100,000 residents must revise their building codes by Dec. 1, 2027, to allow for a single stairway exit in apartment buildings of up to five stories, with ...
coloradosun.com
May 15, 2025 at 5:24 PM
"Under House Bill 1273, cities with more than 100,000 residents must revise their building codes by Dec. 1, 2027, to allow for a single stairway exit in apartment buildings of up to five stories, with a maximum of four units to a floor"
@holz-bau.bsky.social @stephenjacobsmith.com
@holz-bau.bsky.social @stephenjacobsmith.com
Hi @katmabu.bsky.social I was wondering if you have commented on cryptocurrencies?
In particular, what is your opinion on whether people should have the right to self-custody their own coins and “be their own bank?”
Thanks!
In particular, what is your opinion on whether people should have the right to self-custody their own coins and “be their own bank?”
Thanks!
May 8, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Hi @katmabu.bsky.social I was wondering if you have commented on cryptocurrencies?
In particular, what is your opinion on whether people should have the right to self-custody their own coins and “be their own bank?”
Thanks!
In particular, what is your opinion on whether people should have the right to self-custody their own coins and “be their own bank?”
Thanks!
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The people now in charge of the Office of Personnel Management apparently don’t know how to scrub PDF metadata, and have exposed the original authors of the guidance they’re publishing. Two, Noah Peters and James Sherk, have links to the Heritage Foundation and Project 2025.
January 27, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The people now in charge of the Office of Personnel Management apparently don’t know how to scrub PDF metadata, and have exposed the original authors of the guidance they’re publishing. Two, Noah Peters and James Sherk, have links to the Heritage Foundation and Project 2025.
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It's zilch in the USA:
Fractional-reserve banking - Wikipedia en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractio...
Fractional-reserve banking - Wikipedia en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractio...
January 16, 2025 at 2:36 PM
It's zilch in the USA:
Fractional-reserve banking - Wikipedia en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractio...
Fractional-reserve banking - Wikipedia en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractio...
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The truck used in the New Orleans terrorist attack is a Ford F-150 Lightning, which is perfectly designed for this kind of attack.
It weighs more than 6000 lbs, accelerates to 60 mph in just 4 seconds, and the battering-ram-shaped front is nearly 5 feet tall. Deadly by design.
It weighs more than 6000 lbs, accelerates to 60 mph in just 4 seconds, and the battering-ram-shaped front is nearly 5 feet tall. Deadly by design.
January 1, 2025 at 9:04 PM
The truck used in the New Orleans terrorist attack is a Ford F-150 Lightning, which is perfectly designed for this kind of attack.
It weighs more than 6000 lbs, accelerates to 60 mph in just 4 seconds, and the battering-ram-shaped front is nearly 5 feet tall. Deadly by design.
It weighs more than 6000 lbs, accelerates to 60 mph in just 4 seconds, and the battering-ram-shaped front is nearly 5 feet tall. Deadly by design.
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Regular, moderate exercise like walking and biking are the closest thing we have to a health panacea. US city and road design has made walking and biking impractical, unpleasant and dangerous in much of the country. Changing this would save *$billions* in healthcare *and transportation* costs.
18-Year Study Of 82,297 Adults Finds Cycle Commuting Halves Chance Of Early Death
www.forbes.com/sites/carlto...
www.forbes.com/sites/carlto...
18-Year Study Of 82,297 Adults Finds Cycle Commuting Halves Chance Of Early Death
Billionaires famously want to live longer. They should jump on bicycles, not spacecraft.
www.forbes.com
December 25, 2024 at 3:58 AM
Regular, moderate exercise like walking and biking are the closest thing we have to a health panacea. US city and road design has made walking and biking impractical, unpleasant and dangerous in much of the country. Changing this would save *$billions* in healthcare *and transportation* costs.
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It turns out the most effective tool to get more housing built might just be: stop forcing people to build parking….
Parking Reform Alone Can Boost Homebuilding by 40 to 70 Percent www.sightline.org/2024/12/10/p...
Parking Reform Alone Can Boost Homebuilding by 40 to 70 Percent www.sightline.org/2024/12/10/p...
Parking Reform Alone Can Boost Homebuilding by 40 to 70 Percent
Parking Reform Alone Can Boost Homebuilding by 40 to 70 Percent
www.sightline.org
December 22, 2024 at 1:13 AM
It turns out the most effective tool to get more housing built might just be: stop forcing people to build parking….
Parking Reform Alone Can Boost Homebuilding by 40 to 70 Percent www.sightline.org/2024/12/10/p...
Parking Reform Alone Can Boost Homebuilding by 40 to 70 Percent www.sightline.org/2024/12/10/p...