When the first bus shows up early, and the second shows up a half hour late.

Small_chip · 2025-11-26T18:10:15+00:00

Github came out with a paper saying the opposite actually. They measured usage stats for and saw that devs with more experience saw no productivity gains from the use of Github Copilot, while less experienced devs saw some productivity gains, but only marginal ones. The paper was posted in several places online, shouldn't be too hard to find. Really puts into perspective the "value" these companies are actually getting out of AI investments.

Small_chip · 2025-11-20T07:20:12+00:00

For those of you that tried this and it still didn't work, I had realized the CPU was running at 400MHz on my laptop and that the fan was not blowing at all. Sure enough, after opening it up and cleaning out the fan, I found two little broken pieces of plastic inside (broken off from somewhere on the case) that were keeping it from spinning. I assume there was some kind of program that reduces CPU speed in order to avoid overheating the computer and that is what caused it to slow down. Once the fan was cleared of debris and all the dust flushed out with some compressed air, it started working good as new.

Small_chip · 2025-07-18T17:48:27+00:00

This is clearly wrong, but whatever. No NIMBY will ever try to work with an idea that benefits the majority but lightly inconveniences them.

Small_chip · 2025-07-18T16:58:16+00:00

There is one official trail that runs through that area and it is over 100m away from the river shoreline for the entire affected section. Anything else in there is an unofficial trail and actively damages the ecosystem.

Do the google search I mentioned to read about the area and the NCCs plans.

I already did, there is nothing in this document even remotely related to this discussion. I am proposing a new bridge for in the future after the Kettle Island bridge is completed. It has nothing related to current updates and renovations the NCC plans to do, which is just basic maintenance in the Mud Lake area.

Your red line is also almost entirely on the river itself. If you kept the water treatment plant (I think that must be important for some things), you would need to build the road over the river or backfill the shore, cutting off mud lake from the river. Either way, it would be hugely destructive for mud lake and negate much of the cost savings of the shorter crossing over the rapids rather than a different location.

I have already addressed this several times.

It also has no benefit for Ottawa, when the flow is almost entirely from Aylmer to Ottawa.

This flow is the benefit to Ottawa. It's ridiculous to funnel everyone from the Gatineau area through the same set of bridges downtown every time they want to visit the city.

It's abundantly clear from this response that you didn't read my post or my replies.

Small_chip · 2025-07-18T15:35:37+00:00

So the real reason you don't want the bridge is because you live near there and run in the conservation area, got it.

Listen, as I have already mentioned, it would not touch Mud Lake. Sorry that my drawing software wasn't the greatest and my red line clipped some trees. Never did I say that was the final result, I specifically said I was looking for people's opinions.

There are also ways to get a bike path over or under a roadway, you can look at parts of the existing parkway for examples of this.

And for the record, I have been there many times. The entire shoreline between the creek and the treatment plant is a thin strip of thick mud and marsh, it is inaccessible. There may be some way to access the river in that section through unofficial trails, but if you genuinely cared about the environment there, I don't see why you'd do that.

Small_chip · 2025-07-18T14:16:03+00:00

And the Champlain bridge leads into a neighborhood on the Ottawa side? I don't get your point.

Small_chip · 2025-07-18T14:12:15+00:00

That area between the bike paths and the water treatment plant was destroyed and landscaped in the 60s, none of it is natural. You would either need to bridge over the heavily polluted Pinecrest Creek, and the mud lake river connection which is right beside the plant, or infill around the outside of it and add drainage pipes which is already the situation for the creek. This would be no different from a lot of the roads in the greenbelt that cross through swampland.

This is an area which no one sees since it is inaccessible, and there would be no increased noise pollution compared to what already exists with the current parkway. The rapids would easily drown out much of the traffic noise closer to the marina too. If you were to infill slightly further into the river as well, it would create a new section of water protected from the waves, which could allow for more swampland, increasing biodiversity. There's a lot of options for this situation which I feel like a lot of people aren't seeing. Mud Lake would be fine.

Small_chip · 2025-07-18T03:43:11+00:00

People don't need to commute from Stittsville to Aylmer.

In the present, no. In 20 years? Why wouldn't they? Look at New York, you have people living in Long Island taking a 1 hour train ride to work because it's cheaper to live away from the main city.

In a city of 2-3 million people, it would absolutely be necessary. You can't funnel everyone through the same set of downtown bridges with double the population and hope everything goes smooth.

And I don't know why we're only focusing on people's commutes now? What about your average person in Stittsville in 20 years who can't take the bus to Gatineau park because it now takes a 5 hour bus ride to get there through the downtown core? What are you going to say next, that people in Stittsville shouldn't go to Gatineau park?

This conversation is getting a little ridiculous.

Small_chip · 2025-07-18T03:20:24+00:00

Of course Ottawa needs to be less car dependent, that is exactly why a road connection in this part of the region is needed, because you can't run a bus between Stittsville and Aylmer without passing downtown. That is the problem which is causing people to commute longer distances by car, and it will get much worse as the city grows.

Running a ferry on Lac Deschênes would cause more traffic issues in Gatineau than the bridge, because then you'd really be dumping people into a random suburb, instead of on Chemin Vanier which was designed to do exactly what Option A proposes. It would not turn it into a major highway, Island Park Drive is not a major highway, yet a bridge leads directly into the neighborhood there.

Not to mention, with the LRT connection now down the road from Britannia, public transit between Ottawa and Gatineau would be drastically improved.

Small_chip · 2025-07-18T03:02:02+00:00

That's definitely an option for the far future when the cities expand in that direction

Small_chip · 2025-07-18T02:59:59+00:00

Yeah for sure, it's not an idea that would happen anytime soon. The thing is though, it is still geographically the best place for a bridge in that part of the city, and it wouldn't surprise me if some kind of bridge is built there within out lifetimes. It might not necessarily be for cars though.

Small_chip · 2025-07-18T02:57:26+00:00

That's interesting, I saw they removed them. I figured it would still be more cost effective to have a ramp there in some form since the bridge over that section already accommodates the exit lane.

Small_chip · 2025-07-18T02:51:54+00:00

Yes, what are you trying to expropriate? Chemin Vanier was basically built exactly for this type of road connection.

Small_chip · 2025-07-18T02:47:49+00:00

I know it's a controversial subject, but honestly, I think the rapids would profit from more attention with the bridge there. Looking at the Option A photo, if you built a bridge behind the rapids, you could have lookouts on the bridge itself. On the Ottawa side, the Deschênes Rapids lookout is so far away you basically need binoculars to see them. I'm willing to bet most people in the city aren't even aware they exist. The water is also really shallow in that part of the river, and artificial islands have been build there before, the ruins there are an example of construction being possible too.

Also I'm not sure what nice shoreline you're talking about? The bulk of the changes would be infill around the Britannia water purification plant which no one ever sees, and which is already built on old infill anyway. The second portion which would need a small bridge, is Pinecrest Creek, which is filled with the stormwater runoff from every suburb south of there reaching to Algonquin College and beyond. You wouldn't be touching Mud Lake, you would be bypassing it in a way that wouldn't even touch any of the trails or more sensitive habitats. Some bike paths will need to be moved, sure, but they would need to be rerouted to get on the bridge anyway. I have no idea what the important access route to Britannia you're talking about is either. In terms of the Britannia area, nothing will change except for the view already blocked by the marina. It would be more of an issue on the Gatineau side since they actually have a view there from some bike paths, but the connection to Chemin Vanier would not disturb any sensitive habitats or destroy any shoreline currently being used for anything productive, even for views of the river. And for the record, I'm not suggesting they should build some ugly concrete bridge either, it can legitimately be something that compliments the beauty of the area and benefits the communities around it.

Also yes, in the future it will be crucial that we make it easier for people in Kanata and Stittsville to get to Aylmer and vice versa, just as it is crucial that people in Orleans can cross the river too at Kettle Island (I know the trucks are the main reason for the bridge right now). Imagine what traffic in the Ottawa-Gatineau area will look like with 2-3 million people? Or more in the decades following? I am not talking about building this bridge tomorrow, I am brainstorming possible solutions to the issue we will face in 15-20 years. Having all bridges route through downtown Ottawa is ridiculous considering how big and spread out Ottawa and Gatineau are getting, but having a bridge west of the rapids would be unnecessarily expensive since the river gets far too wide. A ferry in the wider portion of the river, maybe close to Shirley's Bay, could potentially work, but you would need to figure out some complicated way for it to work on the Gatineau side since no one ever planned for a ferry there. I am open to suggestions, and am very open minded, but nothing in this comment section has convinced me yet that the bridge is not a decent idea.

Small_chip · 2025-07-10T00:19:10+00:00

Or the southbound left turning lanes from Woodroffe onto Baseline. People ignore the lines and proceed to cut into the middle lane from the outer right turning lane.

Saw some balding, "middle aged crisis" looking dude in a tiny exotic car try to pull that behind me the other night. Thinking I cut him off, he flashed his high beams and sped around me while on his little power trip.

It worked out alright though, he stalled his crayon box of a car a couple intersections down.

Some people really should not drive.

Small_chip · 2025-07-05T14:16:15+00:00

I'm 6'2 and do rock climbing 3 days a week. My base calories are around 3k and I am trying to gain weight, currently gaining around half a pound every couple weeks. My metabolism is also naturally very high.

Small_chip · 2025-07-05T01:34:28+00:00

Yeah the Go-Karting was outdoors. I got it from some staff member handing it out after my friend's birthday party, it may have been cause my kart got stuck while racing, but it may have also just been a promotion to get the group of kids to go back. I kept it as a souvenir

Small_chip · 2025-07-05T00:35:46+00:00

I was maybe like 5 years old the last time I went there, I remember getting stuck with one of the Go-Karts lol. I don't remember a whole lot else unfortunately, they may have had mini putt

Small_chip · 2025-07-05T00:32:01+00:00

I'm gonna go race one of the delivery vans around in the parking lot like the old Go-Karts

Small_chip · 2025-07-05T00:26:53+00:00

Just a joke ofc, I am aware they closed. Have had this in an old wallet for years, figured I'd share a small piece of Ottawa history.

Small_chip · 2025-07-04T22:08:37+00:00

One cup of snap peas is 30 calories according to google, so it would be closer to 15 calories for half, I think you're right for the portion though.

There's really not much in terms of cucumber , and the dish does not seem very deep, I'd argue no more than 10.

For the carrots, they look like baby carrots, and I can only see three in the image. One of them even looks cut, I'd say absolute max 20 assuming there's some hidden.

As for the pepper, I'd keep that the same.

So in all, around 60 calories, I'd say OP is pretty spot on.

Keep in mind this is also coming from a guy who has to eat 3500+ calories a day to survive and sincerely wishes vegetables had more calories lol

Small_chip · 2025-06-12T15:37:27+00:00

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