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New Apple research highlights the health benefits of pickleball - Apple
  • According to my father, who lives within earshot of a pickleball court, the game is terrible for the mental health of innocence bystanders... Due to the noise made by the oversized ping pong paddles.

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    what are some dying niche lemmings?
  • Well I don't know much about bridge and after watching Chico Marx play for a while on the 1950s televised bridge tournament I'm even more confused. Good articles though i wish you luck finding that partner.

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    McDonald's to retire self-service soda fountains by 2032
  • I'm in that same boat, its going to be a pain having to ask to refill the thimble of water you're given.

    I can imagine how funny the Arby's experience must have been. Those are moments you can only look back on and chukle about.

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    Does anyone rent out their spare CPU resources? Who do you use, is it worth it?
  • You can donate the time to science:

    Boinc

    I've been doing this for severl years without any issues. Currently chugging along in a docker instance on my headless linux server, and I've found it runs well on most any OS.

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    What is your internet service plan?
  • I heard about that one, very interesting guy. I'm not sure if I could get away with something like that in Texas. The state likes to say its pro business and free, but reality says otherwise.

    We're about to get out of here permanently anyway and move west towards even less internet access in an even more rural area. I may have to start looking into IPoAC next!

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    What is your internet service plan?
  • Yeah it's nuts. Where i came from we had a couple of broadband options but in this place its like an information desert. The house didn't even have the connection when we first arrived, it cost about $400 for the DSL install.

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    What is your internet service plan?
  • "Rural" Texas (about an hour from a big city) and the only thing we have available is ADSL at 10/1 mbps on a good day. I'm paying $65 and as long as we don't stram 2 things at once it works!

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    What is your internet service plan?
  • Don't feel too bad, at least you have some bandwith. ADSL (10/1 mbps) is the only thing available in my part of rural Texas, besides satellite 🤮, and I'm paying $65/month

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