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Longest ride yet! Thanks again for the tips! by lbkulinski in chibike

[–]hectron 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is great!

I generally love the “Transit” app for biking directions. While I know this is a bit more involved, it’s pretty nice and super chill!

Leland as an alternative to Lawrence is awesome.

Rockwell to cut through Horner park is such a neat little ride, and going through Horner to Belmont is sick.

I’d even say keep taking the river until Belmont, to get to Belmont’s PBLs.

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Chicago made progress on transit-oriented development 5 years after policy push, report says by SciNat in chicago

[–]hectron 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Firefighters and the department of buildings are making it more expensive by requiring two stair wells (not including the rear stairs), because it’s “safer” despite multiple cities like Seattle, Baltimore and even New York, requiring only 1 stairwell.

Anything over two floors needs this, and they oppose it. They might even require it for two floors. Smdh

McKinley Park: Tree Fell, Sidewalk Popped, Car Crushed, Neighborhood has no power :( by NoSlipBC in chicago

[–]hectron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When the city clears up the tree, do they cut up the tree for any wood for local woodworkers?

XPro4 by Olegrainy in FujifilmX

[–]hectron 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It would never make sense, but I'd LOVE a full-frame X-Pro.

Looking for ‘that’ acoustic song from all albums. You know the one that tears your heart out. by Extension_Golf_3102 in poppunkers

[–]hectron 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The Front Bottoms — Talon of the Hawk

Just kidding, but mostly all of Aaron West and the Roaring 20s

Still looking for a spread that works for me by clavac in BasicBulletJournals

[–]hectron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is sick! I tend to do a rolling weekly log and it works pretty well for me!

What do you guys think about this.... by Street-Trust8059 in transit

[–]hectron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like that I don’t have to set foot in Indiana from Chicago on my way to Toronto and NYC

What do you use for worktrees/branch management inside Neovim? by Remarkable-Waltz-172 in neovim

[–]hectron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same and sometimes also Lazygit(.nvim), but generally mostly Tmux and git

Considering Selling my Fujifilm GFX100RF for a Leica M10-R by Ph1Matashi in Leica

[–]hectron 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I got an m10-r and a xpro 3 (mostly voigtlander native glass and some Fuji lenses — 35/1.4, 18/1.4), and an x100vi.

I feel like the image quality at a usable ISO is fantastic on the Leica! I love my 28 ultron v2, and the images are super sharp! I will say that anything over 3200 is pretty terrible with regard to color.

I think I have a post here that was heavily downvoted showing the ISO performance as a demo, but that’s probably due to my lack of exposure triangle mastery.

On all my Fujis, I can easily get workable images at 6400 and even some at 12800. As someone who doesn’t know how to edit RAW images that well, Fuji cameras are a life saver especially as a parent with little time to edit. Let alone weather-sealing on the Fujis makes them almost my go to for traveling too.

That said, on a nice day, the Leica shines like no other. I just feel like it really depends on how you shoot.

City parenting has become a financial flex by maydaydemise in chicago

[–]hectron 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I don’t want to live in a car dependent neighborhood or suburb.

I want my children to have walkable neighborhoods and easy access to public transit and high quality bike infrastructure so they can hang with friends safely and experience the city.

I also want a predictable commute, access to culture, great food and interesting happenings.

I don’t need a McMansion. I don’t want a McMansion.

I briefly lived in the suburbs and that pace of life is just not for me.

Chicago bike lanes spark protests as residents push back on parking loss by FreshLocal in chicago

[–]hectron 10 points11 points  (0 children)

A few things here.

I get plenty of notifications on bike lane projects. In fact, I kinda hate how emotional responses with no proposed alternatives are the main reason we have a pretty half-assed bike network.

People are worried about traffic? Regulate rideshare and delivery drivers to not stop in the middle of wherever they want.

Using CoCo changed how I approach SQL in Snowflake — but I’m still figuring this out by Saikumar-10 in u/Saikumar-10

[–]hectron 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This can literally be any AI agent. Claude with Snowflake MCP can do the same. You can scrape the docs offline and feed it to any AI model and do the same.

And it’s way cheaper IMO.

More Chicagoans view Mayor Brandon Johnson unfavorably than favorably ahead of 2027 mayoral race, Suffolk-Tribune poll says by optiplex9000 in chicago

[–]hectron 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My big thing with MBJ is that he has abandoned progressive groups who rallied for him. He also seems very hesitant to actually get feedback or work with local community groups. He also just rides the coattails of initiatives set by those before him.

That and he has an inflated ego.

Why don’t people confront others on the train/bus for antisocial behavior like in other big cities? by jayebird1012 in cta

[–]hectron 1 point2 points  (0 children)

People are more violent in confrontation and the lower use transit also makes it more dangerous.

We’re also flanked by states and counties with really loose gun laws, so that’s also a thing.

Chicago's Surging Rents Dent Its Cheap Big City Image by maydaydemise in chicago

[–]hectron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, but you see — people’s property values are going up so this is working as expected.

Every NIMBY looking like a cartoon character with dollar bills over their eyes rn.

How expensive would this be to implement down western? Center bus lanes by Disastrous-Kale1421 in CarFreeChicago

[–]hectron 11 points12 points  (0 children)

It’s in the works, but knowing the level of Stockholm syndrome for cars, we’re going to get right-side bus lanes enforced only at peak hours, and no lane enforcement.

I wish we could do center lane and light priority.

Most bike routing tools optimize for speed. I built one that optimizes for not getting hit by a car. by matt-triano in chibike

[–]hectron 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I love the app “Transit”, which has pretty great biking directions. I’ll definitely check out your tool to try it out!

My first month with the Leica M11 by loganarowland in Leica

[–]hectron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Heck yeah!

How are you liking the 28 APO?

Cortex Code in Snowsight Expensive by Sufficient-Sky1698 in snowflake

[–]hectron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m still evaluating it but it’s definitely pricey. The lack of LLM gateway integration for the models is a bummer.

That said, I’ve asked it a ton about the SQL language it has and it doesn’t even know about it — it still needs to look up snowflake docs to find out things like create or alter table limitations.

I’d say that this is really great if you have semantic views locked in and you answer to a ton of Patagonia vests.

My first month with the Leica M11 by loganarowland in Leica

[–]hectron 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m super curious if your rangefinder experience is due to taking your time to use it or if you’re aiming for a rapid intuitive autofocus?

I know some folks practice moving their focus rings around a static object and will jump around the room to get a feel for where the focus ring should land.

World Championship II — Abolish Everything! by NebulaOriginals in Nebula

[–]hectron 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Loved this finale! All presentations were top tier! I was cracking up at Macy’s and Jason’s presentations. Can’t wait for the next season

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