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Tabarnak!

"I hit a snag while patching ... the file appears to have become empty unexpectedly." Hmm..."I found an unexpected tool failure that zeroed (File).swift during patching" Oh dear. Is there a problem with robots or humans using robots? Always backup. Use version control. This is not a game!

MacDevOps : YUL 🎟️ June 25-26. Submit your quick talks. The conference is moving to Montreal in June. Be there !! 🥰 mdoyvr.com

Here is @bychrischeung.bsky.social's lovely essay on Aberdeen Mall!

www.foodcourtinsession.ca/mall-1-aberd...

We gave the mall 36.3/50, because any ranking project has to be ridiculously tough to get a high score on, even when it's good

(also aberdeen's anchor tenants are lacking for a big place)

My friends want to go bike packing. I was like, nah, I don’t need another bike. Then I see the bikes they’re looking at. What’s that? CF? Carbon fibre! 🤩 what’s a dynamo hub?! Oh, I can plug in my lights, uh, I mean my phone. I want it!! Actually I can’t afford it. But wow 🤯 yeah it would be nice.

when you're trying to code but the robots doing the actual work say "what?" API Error: 500 {"type":"error","error":{"type":"api_error","message":"Internal server error"}

Why not build a comprehensive electric charging network for cars 🚗 trucks 🛻 and trains 🚊 I mean high speed electric rail would be nice. Why hydrogen? Oh, right, never mind. Fossil fuel sold as hydrogen ⛽️

Some people go to theme parks or similar magical places. I went to Amsterdam. Once. And wow 🤯 Biking around. Walking around. Just magically different & seemingly impossible to do anywhere else!! 😂 a big shout out to Montreal where I have visited in summer to see friends and yes it is awesome too! 🥰

LateNite Films is creating Software & Plugins for Filmmakers Constantly looking for ways to innovate, LateNite is as passionate about production and post production as it is storytelling. Their pursuit of creative excellence has seen them work closely with glob

If you appreciate the hard work of creative awesome people then buy them coffee buymeacoffee.com/latenitefilms Chris Hocking is doing amazing work with Final Cut Pro and the entire creative ecosphere of post production. Definitely check out fcp.cafe @latenite.bsky.social

Raised intersections need to slow cars to pedestrian speed, like this example, otherwise they are pointless.

Build apps, solve problems. Solving everyday real life challenges by building apps. And it's fun.
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Cable cut. EV charger.

Cable cut. EV charger.

Cable theft is a thing. Cutting EV charging cables just sucks. Driving a long way and it’s nice to charge a bit. Chargers should be supervised and not in dark corners of parking lots. I said it.

CBC Gem crashes due to Canadians using it TORONTO – With record numbers of Canadians viewing the Winter Olympic Games on CBC Gem, the streaming platform experienced several outages due to what’s being called “an unprecedented number of people...

CBC Gem crashes due to Canadians using it

Mister Speaker, yesterday Mark Carney was in Toronto eating pizza with pineapple on it when hundreds of millions of Canadians don't have any pizza. My chef has told me Mark Carney has lost touch with common folk. When will the Prime Minister finally axe the costly Liberal's secret new pizza tax?!

So exciting to finally announce we are moving the MacDevOps conference to Montreal this year. If you have wanted an excuse to visit Montreal or attend MDO then this is your chance to do both. Get your Quick Talks ready. It’s going to be a lot of fun 🤩

bus stop covered in snow on the side of a road with a 60 km speed sign next to it

After already putting the bus stop on the shoulder of a 60km/hr road then burying it in snow - City looking to now set it on fire in last ditch attempt to up ridership.

car waiting at crosswalk parked over sidewalk Driver extremely wary of using crosswalk they always blow through.

"Driver extremely wary of using crosswalk they always blow through."

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What's red and takes 1,000 days to create? Vancouver bus lanes with paint and signs, apparently | Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders Excerpt submitted by Michael Hall, Government Relations Lead at Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders. Written for Daily Hive Urbanized. Read the full article by Michael Hall at the Daily Hive Urbanized In October 2023, Vancouver City Council voted unanimously in favour of a member motion by city councillor Sarah Kirby-Yung to add bus priority measures on major […]

Slow-walking bus lanes? Although the City of Vancouver has promised to expand bus priority across the city, twice, these projects are getting scaled back and delayed. Promised back in 2023, deadlines are now being shifted into the unspecified future. Read the full article.

I rarely weigh in on these now but just as a reminder:

We shame kids to be perfect despite already knowing that they are predictably NOT, that being said just look at the environment that we continually build for them to exist in.

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Vancouver council is back in session today

Which means they are once again only providing real-time updates on city business to a single website that's under investigation for child exploitation

They've stubbornly defended their approach

Which reaches approximately 50 people

Félicitations 🙌

I am honoured to announce I’ve been appointed as a member to the Order of Canada. Thank you to everyone for the support! I dedicate this to my late Mom who taught me so much about history, local independent media & research. I know that she would be, like me, screaming with joy! #orderofcanada

kid with bike pulled over in bike lane with traffic on their left. courage should come from our councillors not our children.

courage

Wishing you peaceful sleeps my friend 😴

Subplots:

- evidence doesn’t reach police because it’s sent as the boat enters an area with no reception and blanc doesn’t know about no wifi

- someone’s alibi about having a Phillips soda falls apart because blanc finds out none of the vending machines work

- someone stays below deck to nap

Knives Out but the murder happens on a BC Ferry that Benoit Blanc is already on and the boat can’t dock until he solves the crime

In this scenario some people are headed to a retreat on a Gulf Island, there’s a high school sports team on board, and the car alarms never stop

Scene from the movie Brazil. The main character sitting in a restaurant under attack says « I’m not going to Information Retrieval »

Watching the best Christmas movie. 🎥 🍿 Brazil !