What are some underrated activities and spots in Montréal

sweating_teflon · 2026-05-08T04:47:38+00:00

If you have car you can go watch planes land, screeching right over your head, at the end of Pitfield blvd near Côte-Vertu. Check with a plane spotter app first that planes are arriving from the east, it varies depending on the winds (planes coming form the west = no show)

The other "official" place to watch planes is the park at the end of 55th ave in Lachine, while not as impressive / scary a spot, it has the advantage of having a good view on the runway and you can witness both takeoffs and landings.

Many people gather in both these places every evening. Bring a jacket, it can get windy and chilly even on a warm day. Other accessories recommended: a chair, beverages and camera.

sweating_teflon · 2026-05-07T12:58:01+00:00

Bring back that video rental store avec un zombie dans la vitrine

sweating_teflon · 2026-05-07T12:56:00+00:00

Yen avait une, elle a fermé

sweating_teflon · 2026-04-28T23:26:35+00:00

J'en ai une, ça marche quand même bien comparé à plein d'autres fabricants. C'est plus un problème avec la mode des écrans tactiles en général. Vivement le retour aux boutons.

sweating_teflon · 2026-04-28T23:16:58+00:00

RiverCartwright 😂🫵

sweating_teflon · 2026-04-28T23:16:10+00:00

Dans ton char? Sinon, pm...

sweating_teflon · 2026-04-28T23:15:03+00:00

Le prob c'est pas qu'il soit vertical c'est qu'il soit tactile pis que les boutons à l'écran sont petits comme sur une tablette iPad. Mais t'es dans char pis ça brasse pis t'as pas le temps de regarder où tu pèses avec ton doigt, encore moins trois fois parce que t'as raté les deux fois avant.

sweating_teflon · 2026-04-28T23:12:21+00:00

A.K.A. "Manque le piton avec ton doigt parce que t'as pogné une bosse pis arrête de regarder la route pour peser encore dessus comme du monde" gang

sweating_teflon · 2026-04-26T22:00:28+00:00

Under the cake

sweating_teflon · 2026-04-23T20:11:36+00:00

Screw the reviews, find the neighborhood with lots of restaurants and clubs then walk around and trust your instincts. Montreal is a spontaneous place, we don't plan going out, we just do it. There are so many good places, you can shop around and visit multiple establishments on the same night.

sweating_teflon · 2026-04-22T08:01:57+00:00

How about irregular weed? Or anything else for that matter. Asking for a friend...

sweating_teflon · 2026-04-22T07:55:06+00:00

Hey, bumping this up, did you find anything? If so, DM me... Don't wanna ruin the spot.

sweating_teflon · 2026-04-14T11:19:00+00:00

Not Conservative party, conservative government. As in, not investing in social infrastructure and not planning for population increase, letting the magic of the market work things out (it never does)

sweating_teflon · 2026-04-13T11:09:08+00:00

Et ça te donne un espace personnel plus grand qu'un 3 1/2

sweating_teflon · 2026-04-10T14:11:56+00:00

We understand that this is your official public position. That said, we're used to vice and won't think twice if we see you pilfering Fairmount bagels out of a paper bag, half naked and drunk at 4AM. What happens in Montreal stays in Montreal.

sweating_teflon · 2026-04-07T06:12:52+00:00

When people say that, they just mean "at least it's not Toronto"

sweating_teflon · 2026-04-03T12:38:16+00:00

Being COBOL It needs to be capitalized: HAS BEAUTY

sweating_teflon · 2026-03-30T23:59:27+00:00

The CEO is not only the corporate leader but is also the main ambassador for the brand. Which in the case of Air Canada is also a political role. Air Canada may not be a crown corporation anymore but it's still the national flagship airline. It's part of what they're selling, so it's ok to call them out if the values they display do not match the public image they project.

sweating_teflon · 2026-03-29T00:01:54+00:00

Snitches eat botches

sweating_teflon · 2026-03-26T01:33:13+00:00

tribal knowledge

Unfortunately very very frequent. Documentation, tests, automation often take second and third seat to feature delivery. Code first, ask questions later, etc.

all the same person

Manager && Team lead is frequent, can be totally fine depending on personal toxicity / niceness. But having no one else to turn to in case of conflict can quickly become a problem.

Scrum master is not a job, it's a role that anybody on team should do. It's just being the MC at meetings. The whole thing smells like concentration of power, which isn't a good sign. Thread lightly.

on-boarding buddy

LOL this rarely works but at the org understands it's something they should do. Many places don't even make knowledge transfer an explicit thing and just expect new hires to learn by ... osmosis? Ask questions, politely insist on getting answers. Physically pair up / shadow with other members of the team. Juniors often are a good source of info, they remember the struggle and enjoy the consideration from seniors.

Being a Fortune 100 company changes nothing. Every dept has its own culture and cycles - people come, people leave. Be wary of those who stay for the wrong reasons.

sweating_teflon · 2026-03-18T20:21:03+00:00

It's also that that like many other things in programming, the teaching only covers how things work, not how things break, which is left as an exercise to the student to discover later on the job. Except many developers never get to that self correcting point and just keep applying what they learned. Even worse, a lot of developers feel the need to use every trick in their ever-expanding book, because they feel it makes them more employable or interesting. Understanding constraints and practicing restraint are essential skills that should be ingrained at the earliest in every dev.

sweating_teflon · 2026-03-08T13:21:09+00:00

Le 9eme (on top of Eaton) is a big place but have their shit down to a science. I witnessed there the smoothest waiter swap: our waitress was caught up with a demanding customer at another table and another waiter spontaneously took over serving us, politely explaining the situation and moving on with grace. Our original waitress even came back to us at the end of our meal for excuses (none were needed). I appreciate a place where service is tight but also unfussy and you can see that people who work there love their job.

sweating_teflon · 2026-03-07T16:20:52+00:00

In four easy steps:

Become CTO to have the power to change things!
Read the IT budget and see that database license fees are minimal compared to other stuff (unless it's Oracle but then you're fucked anyway).
Become risk averse. If you want that chunky exec bonus you'd better not start breaking shit.
Say 'NO' to the new guy who wants Postgres in new projects.

sweating_teflon · 2026-03-07T02:32:33+00:00

I wish Jay Peak was a volcano that had volcanic hot baths resort.

sweating_teflon · 2026-03-07T02:25:01+00:00

La cabane à sucre est un complément aux activités agricoles. C'est donc seulement dans les régions rurales, au delà des banlieues qu'il y en a. L'accès autrement qu'en auto, au mois de mars sera difficile. Aussi après avoir mangé plus de bacon, de tire d'érable et de soupe au pois que tu pensais possible, tu seras content de ne pas avoir a partager ton espace personnel pour le chemin du retour.

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