alexander
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yes i can hear you clem fandango
software developer | interested in tech, urbanism, maps, & punk rock
kitchener, on
software developer | interested in tech, urbanism, maps, & punk rock
kitchener, on
oh god are we all already stuck in gas town !?
January 20, 2026 at 12:28 AM
oh god are we all already stuck in gas town !?
Fair, and TO should definitely do congestion pricing, toll the gardiner (rip to that idea), and generally make driving alternatives better. I do think there is an inevitability that randomly closing lanes will create bottlenecks, and letting construction companies close lanes for years is bad too.
December 30, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Fair, and TO should definitely do congestion pricing, toll the gardiner (rip to that idea), and generally make driving alternatives better. I do think there is an inevitability that randomly closing lanes will create bottlenecks, and letting construction companies close lanes for years is bad too.
This is a single sentence in an article about a city job being filled and the linked article in the section you highlighted is very balanced and includes a bunch of useful context around road closures and presents the pro-development side. This isn’t awful journalism.
December 30, 2025 at 1:45 AM
This is a single sentence in an article about a city job being filled and the linked article in the section you highlighted is very balanced and includes a bunch of useful context around road closures and presents the pro-development side. This isn’t awful journalism.
there should be two types of zoning; mixed use residential/commercial, and industrial.
anything beyond that is govt overreach
anything beyond that is govt overreach
December 17, 2025 at 10:15 PM
there should be two types of zoning; mixed use residential/commercial, and industrial.
anything beyond that is govt overreach
anything beyond that is govt overreach
Horseshoe theory at work again
December 15, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Horseshoe theory at work again
I, for one, think this is a great development in the canon of the Catholic church
August 29, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I, for one, think this is a great development in the canon of the Catholic church
Pretty sure it was more about managing Trump and not an expectation of picking a fight on literally every issue.
June 30, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Pretty sure it was more about managing Trump and not an expectation of picking a fight on literally every issue.
They think they are the Sovereigns
May 4, 2025 at 9:41 PM
They think they are the Sovereigns
I'm betting stuff from the US goes up in price, things imported from around the world stay the same or go down with decreased US demand.
April 3, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I'm betting stuff from the US goes up in price, things imported from around the world stay the same or go down with decreased US demand.
this should also be a reason to get put on the no-fly list
sorry, you clearly can’t be trusted anywhere near an airplane
sorry, you clearly can’t be trusted anywhere near an airplane
The police confiscated a kite on Saturday after it was flown near airplanes landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport, according to the airport police, and after a witness said he saw it make contact with a landing plane.
March 30, 2025 at 9:17 PM
my god what is wrong with people
March 30, 2025 at 8:56 PM
my god what is wrong with people
That sounds pretty lit actually
(the only thing I know about the guy is that he was the lover of the Russian queen)
(the only thing I know about the guy is that he was the lover of the Russian queen)
March 30, 2025 at 8:06 PM
That sounds pretty lit actually
(the only thing I know about the guy is that he was the lover of the Russian queen)
(the only thing I know about the guy is that he was the lover of the Russian queen)
Very cool! For most people that need a private VPN, Tailscale is the way to go IMO. It handles NAT/port forwarding automatically, has a nice Web UI for managing users, and gives all your machines a URL to access things by.
March 16, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Very cool! For most people that need a private VPN, Tailscale is the way to go IMO. It handles NAT/port forwarding automatically, has a nice Web UI for managing users, and gives all your machines a URL to access things by.
Ah ok, I have a NAS but it’s totally custom, I’m not sure what Synology asks for during their setup. What’s your use case? Accessing files and services remotely?
March 15, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Ah ok, I have a NAS but it’s totally custom, I’m not sure what Synology asks for during their setup. What’s your use case? Accessing files and services remotely?
I’m guessing you have an ISP router? Do you know how to assign a static IP to your device either on the router or on-device?
March 15, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I’m guessing you have an ISP router? Do you know how to assign a static IP to your device either on the router or on-device?
tried to listen but the uploaded file seems to only have the intro/outro and the rest is silence
March 12, 2025 at 5:38 AM
tried to listen but the uploaded file seems to only have the intro/outro and the rest is silence
Clearly the answer is that they need to rewrite it in React
February 9, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Clearly the answer is that they need to rewrite it in React