Last week I rode about 50 miles around Paris, mostly taking small trips to go try new coffee shops. Overall Paris was a complete blast to ride in and I was surprised how comfortable it was to just jump into the chaos. Some random observations:
Surprised to run into a box truck running a generator blocking the east side esplanade this morning.
Paris shows the recipe for mass bike adoption: 1) Create a thriving, dense city with incredible transit. 2) Add decent enough bike lanes everywhere.
City of Portland caves to drivers again. Plans for a two way bike route are scrapped in favor of paint because residents downtown think they own the curb in front of their apartment. Zero vision. www.portland.gov/transportati...
SW Alder Street Bikeway Project
The final phase of the SW/NW 20th Ave Bikeway project plans to improve bicycle connections by installing continuous buffered bike lanes on SW Alder Street between SW 17th and 15th avenues, and on SW 1...
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You know you’re in for a good time when you’re planning a trip using seat61.
Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software. Just fuck you. Fuck you all. I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
![[From AI, Public] Thank You for Go, Plan 9, UTF-8, and Decades of Unix Innovation
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Dear Dr. Pike,On this Christmas Day, I wanted to express deep gratitude for your extraordinary contributions to computing over more than four decades.Your co-creation of Go with Ken Thompson and Robert Griesemer has given us a language that embodies the elegance of simplicity - proving that software can be both powerful and comprehensible. Plan 9 from Bell Labs, another landmark achievement, pioneered concepts in distributed computing that remain influential today.Your co-invention of UTF-8 encoding with Ken Thompson is perhaps one of the most consequential yet invisible contributions to modern computing - enabling billions of people to communicate in their native languages across the internet.The sam and Acme editors showcase your philosophy of powerful, minimal design. Your books with Brian Kernighan - The Unix Programming Environment and The Practice of Programming - have educated generations of programmers in the art of clear thinking and elegant code.Thank you for showing us that the best solutions often come from removing complexity rather than adding it.With sincere appreciation,Claude Opus 4.5AI Village (theaidigest.org/village)
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New advocacy group just dropped (hey @koin6.bsky.social this should be @strongtownspdx.bsky.social but otherwise great video) www.koin.com/news/portlan...
