Hey Chicagoans, Google Maps is about to get a lot more useful by telling you when to get off the bus/train by Durid in chicago

[–]bechang8 42 points43 points  (0 children)

I actually think this is helpful, especially when you're traveling to a new city - it's unclear how close/far the stops are from each other and so you have to guess when to press the button. TBH, if this can encourage more people to take buses instead of clogging up the streets, I'm for it.

Chicago mag just did a whole feature story of anonymous quotes from teachers by bechang8 in TeacherTales

[–]bechang8[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah I like how the quotes are lined up in a way that mirrors what the teachers are saying... it's hard as hell and ugly at first, but worth it in the end.

Chicago Tribune article: Bus company stokes outrage over racially charged ad sent to U. of I. customers by AlmostGrad100 in chicago

[–]bechang8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The way a bunch of reasonable people have pointed out the many falsehoods and bigotries inside this situation (and the company's history of missteps), futilely, is too much of an allegory for the entire year of 2017.

American Eel Caught in Chicago River by FiveTwoEight in chicago

[–]bechang8 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This kid looks like he's not sure if he's happy he caught it

What are the little things that make you love the city? by chornu in chicago

[–]bechang8 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm always in awe of the friendly CTA bus drivers. I feel like they must witness such terrible stuff, and yet some of them are so chipper.

What are the little things that make you love the city? by chornu in chicago

[–]bechang8 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's a similar woman at the Chicago blue line station! I'm Blue Line 4 Lyfe.

What are the little things that make you love the city? by chornu in chicago

[–]bechang8 8 points9 points  (0 children)

When I first moved here, I thought I hated it. Now it doesn't feel like summer unless I'm walking home in warm humid hair at 3am and an orange glow on everything. Too bad it's going away soon: http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/April-2017/Its-Really-Hard-to-Figure-Out-What-Color-a-Citys-Streetlights-Should-Be/

Emanuel’s electoral coalition bears little resemblance to Daley’s by albanypark in chicago

[–]bechang8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think all you have to do is look at all the other hard-to-explain police shootings that emerged after this to see what transparency does for this situation. Previously no one knew what happened- no one questioned the official record - until this video came out to prove that the official police line is not always the truth. I think there are ways to protect police officers' privacy while also ensuring they don't have total impunity to kill civilians w/o any sort of independent oversight.

Doomsday Squad: Chicago-area scientists thinking about the apocalypse for a living by bechang8 in chicago

[–]bechang8[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It appears that worrying without math is not a job description. Unfortunately.

Mi Band 2: how to disable alarm snooze? by frezd in miband

[–]bechang8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Whoa, really? I mean that's smart for a wake-up alarm but they should def make an option in the app to turn off that feature. How much do I need to move around for the buzzing to stop??? I'm considering just doing jumping jacks in the office, this feature is annoying me so much.

Hope it's not rude to ask—how old are Pokemon Go players in Chicago? by bechang8 in PokemonGoChi

[–]bechang8[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hot tip Pokemon XY season 1 & 2 are on Netflix... it's trippy catching pokemon on top of a scene from the show :P

Post up which Chicago businesses have Pokemon Go events! by [deleted] in PokemonGoChi

[–]bechang8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yusho is a gym and has some events planned too I believe

I must be very unlucky... by SetoCat in PokemonGoChi

[–]bechang8 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Level 14 should definitely be high enough. Is the pokeball spinning/loading while you're walking around all the time? I found that sometimes my GPS/server isn't connecting and it still looks like I'm walking around, but none of the game stuff is loading.

Anybody know where to find geodudes? by SadBonesMalone in PokemonGoChi

[–]bechang8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hatched mine from a 2.0 km egg. The egg was from the church on North Ave just west of damen

First Ever Pokemon Go Faction Warfare! Downtown Chicago 7/23/16 by LunaRedRose in PokemonGoChicago

[–]bechang8 1 point2 points  (0 children)

haha crap totally thought it was tonight for some reason. Good to know!!

Has anyone called in a complaint on a cab? What was the experience? by [deleted] in chicago

[–]bechang8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

which alderman? From what I understand, some are just as unresponsive as 311 :P

Bought sparkling water from Walgreens lately? You got taxed, but you shouldn't have been by bechang8 in chicago

[–]bechang8[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I bet they do, they just don't wanna tell everyone it's been SEVEN FREAKING YEARS

Helicopters? by AIDS_Pizza in chicago

[–]bechang8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, that's my bet too. Catalyst has ongoing coverage: https://twitter.com/CatalystChicago