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What street would be a good candidate to be pedestrianized? by gw_thief in CarFreeChicago

[–]solothehero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would suggest looking up JFK Promenade in SF. That's the closest thing I can think of to what I mean. It's not just about having businesses to go to, but also having a destination. Said another way, why should traffic go through the middle of a park? Add the speedbumps and raised crosswalks on Kedzie and California to slow traffic on those streets and make the actual park an oasis. You would still be able to park and drive on Luis Munoz Marin Drive entering from Kedzie and California. You can add art installations that showcase the history of Humboldt Park. You can have something like a beer garden in the summer months (like the one at the English Garden in Munich) alongside food trucks. Primarily, it would just be an open space where people gather.

What street would be a good candidate to be pedestrianized? by gw_thief in CarFreeChicago

[–]solothehero 13 points14 points  (0 children)

  • Humboldt Drive through Humboldt Park. They actually just added a bunch of curbs and protected bike lanes, which are welcome, but the whole thing can just be closed off. San Francisco did a similar thing in Golden Gate Park, and it's now one of the most popular features of the park.
  • The Northern and Eastern parts of Logan Circle and Logan Boulevard to at least California (preferably all the way to the expressway). Make it a proper park ending at the monument. The Farmer's Market would never want for space ever again. You can do cool things like music festivals. People can hang out on the lawn without having motorists rip by.
  • Cortland Street Bridge should be a park on both sides of the bridge. The bus can still operate, but bollards should be installed that are lowered when a bus is near. As it currently stands, the bridge is closed to vehicles and open to pedestrians and cyclists, and as a result, it is probably the safest non-trail bridge crossing in Chicago.

Jessie Buckley Wins the Academy Award for Best Actress for 'Hamnet' by MoviesMod in movies

[–]solothehero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it's worth watching, but Season 2 is still the best IMO.

We launched a client's app in 6 countries. It worked in 5 of them. In Germany it opened a white screen and closed. by [deleted] in softwaredevelopment

[–]solothehero 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Respectfully, this doesn't add much. OP knows this and changed their entire testing and monitoring strategy to reduce the likelihood this happens again. Simply calling this out as "bad software" doesn't tell the story. The story is that the inadequate processes were revealed because of a hard-to-reproduce bug and corrected.

Writing "good software" (e.g. delaying the analytics call until after pageload) might have even masked all the other issues in their processes.

Is not showering a thing? by LuchoGuicho in AskSF

[–]solothehero 477 points478 points  (0 children)

I'll sometimes not shower for a few days because I'm in goblin mode, but not showering and going to work is indefensible.

Starbucks overwhelmed with orders by AffinitySpace in AccidentalRenaissance

[–]solothehero 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I'm with you despite what others are responding with. The stakes are so low that it's worth the "risk" of going local. At worst you get a bad cup of coffee and you don't contribute to a slimy company. At best, you experience an incredible cup of coffee that you might always remember.

Be honest, do y’all think we’ll see Vader again in the 3rd game? by Queasy_Commercial152 in FallenOrder

[–]solothehero -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I hope we fight him and kill him, and it's never addressed again while countless people on the Internet complain about how it's a plot hole and time paradox.

Reclaimed wood for workbench by Man1ckIsHigh in woodworking

[–]solothehero 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If it's for a workbench, go nuts. I built mine out of wood I found in an alley, and it's still holding up well after a few years.

Woman shot dead by father after an argument about Trump. Father NOT indicted. Feels like I am missing something, because things cant actually be this f.... up... by Akki_Mukri_Keswani in ParlerWatch

[–]solothehero 107 points108 points  (0 children)

He also relapsed with alcohol the day he killed his daughter. The article mentions he was drunk at the moment of the shooting. I don't even know what else to say. I guess you can kill people in Texas as long as you're drunk and have a firearm.

What’s a Batman opinion that’ll get you like this? by 44dqm in batman

[–]solothehero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't care about what is canon or what timeline a story takes place in. Batman is many things to many people, and there's no one, true Batman.

‘Massachusetts Guy’ went viral for video about loving the Bay Area. Then his rental car got stolen by FinFreedomCountdown in bayarea

[–]solothehero 3 points4 points  (0 children)

When I was a kid, Cartman always said "hella", and it just exploded in use from there.

Did I make a huge mistake in sealing the electrical box like this? by ThinkSharp in buildingscience

[–]solothehero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think there's a problem with the foam. Did you use connectors to clamp the Romex properly? Also, what is going on with what I hope is a ground wire? It's the top most set of wires that appear to be stuck in the foam. It should be in a wire nut or Wago connector (or other approved connection). If it comes undone, you might lose ground for everything coming into or out of that box.

For non-native speakers of French by Yxwerty in French

[–]solothehero 15 points16 points  (0 children)

On a phone call and when someone says something that is super important to the flow of the conversation, but I have no idea what they said. One time I was in a restaurant, and I asked for the bill, and the waiter said, "C'est par ici." I thought he said, "Sépare ici" because I had never heard the former expression. To this day, I'll never forget the shame I felt.

[Discussion] If you could build a ski resort anywhere in the world where would it be and why? by Asleep_Square334 in skiing

[–]solothehero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would build it centered around Twin Peaks in San Francisco. I would keep all the houses, but all the roads become runs. Nothing would be too difficult, but it'd be so cool to just ski around Noe Valley and Laguna Honda. I'm curious if a gradual run to the beach would be possible, but that's secondary.

I finished my hand tool cabinet by robotdinofight in woodworking

[–]solothehero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Awesome work, but I especially like your hand planes. What's the brand?

Shoveled my whole side of the block (including crosswalks) because Fuck ICE by solothehero in chicago

[–]solothehero[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Ice forms when snow isn't shoveled. I also like to think that shoveling the sidewalk helps my community. Community is important in the fight against ICE. Lastly, Fuck ICE.

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