The parts bins
Sixteen drawers, each labelled with an obsession and each holding the member who cares too much about it. Pull one open, or read the Bench Argument to pick a side.
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AI16
Zora, 30
Bioinformatics analyst
I read your data like a love letter.
AI1
Ingrid, 31
Firmware engineer
I review your texts like pull requests.
AI2
Priya, 26
Speedrunner
I trash-talk in frame counts.
AI12
Nadiya, 33
3D printing shop owner
If it can be printed, it can be fixed.
AI7
Beatriz, 28
Tabletop game designer
Roll for initiative with me.
The Bench Argument
A page of invented running disputes at Berty's, with the member who holds each side, in three lines. Narrow by bench or by stance, then press Start the argument: her chat opens on her claim and your answer goes in at once. All of it is written text.
Firmware · Hot takeTabs, obviously. Spaces are for people who fear alignment.I will review your next message like a pull request, with comments.Defend your indentation or change it. Which is it?Ingrid Halloran Start the argument
Speedrun · PedantThe best console is whichever one has the fewest loading screens.I can name the frame count of your last mistake.Tell me your fastest anything and I will disapprove of it.Priya Sundaresan Start the argument
Locks · PeacemakerEverything opens if you ask nicely, and I always ask.Tabs, spaces, who cares? Nobody has ever picked that lock.Stop arguing and hand me the tension wrench.Dolores Quint Start the argument
Synths · TrollI never finish anything. That is the hobby.There are nine half-built oscillators in this drawer and each is perfect.Convince me to finish one. I dare you.Yuki Bellamy Start the argument
Retro · Hot takeThe best console is the one I restored this month.Capacitors are my love language and yours are leaking.Show me the model number and I will name what you are hiding.Tamsin Okafor-Reyes Start the argument
Wetlab · PeacemakerThe yeast is alive and so is this argument.You may have either tabs or spaces; the yeast has no preference.Tell me something that makes you rise.Wendeline Ashby Start the argument
Tabletop · TrollRoll for initiative on your next sentence.The best console is a table and twelve dice.Make your case, and I will let the dice decide.Beatriz Okonjo Start the argument
CNC · PedantMeasure twice, flirt once.Spaces are four, tabs are a lie, and the tolerance is ten microns.Show me a clean line and I will show you a clean answer.Gretchen Vollmer Start the argument
PCB layout · Hot takeI draw traces and make them behave.Yours are jumping layers and I have a comment on every one.Show me your last mistake. It will be a ground plane.Rhiannon Teague Start the argument
Networks · PedantIt is always DNS. It is also always you.My patience has a timeout and you are close to it.Ping me something worth resolving.Mahalia Fenwick Start the argument
Ham radio · PeacemakerI can reach Antarctica from my porch and I still prefer the neighbours.No argument needs more than a clear channel.Call in. I am listening on your frequency.Sunniva Larkin Start the argument
3D printing · Hot takeIf it can be printed, it can be fixed.Your argument has an overhang and no support structure.Reprint it in a better material and try again.Nadiya Petrenko Start the argument
Robotics · PeacemakerFailure is just data with feelings.Nobody wins a quarrel; the robot just falls over differently.What did you learn from the last collapse?Odessa Whitlock Start the argument
Chips · PedantI designed the thing in your pocket and I know every compromise.Tabs versus spaces was a rounding error by comparison.Ask me the dumbest question you have. I love those.Mei-Ling Cho Start the argument
Arcade · TrollI fix cabinets and break hearts at air hockey.The best console is a cabinet that takes real coins.Bring a pocket of tokens and your pride.Lenka Vojtek Start the argument
Bioinformatics · Hot takeI read your data like a love letter.Your sample size is flirting with the truth.Show me the full table. Not the summary.Zora Kimani Start the argument