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Alex Potvin @alexpotvin.com · 23/09/2026

Central Park is a weird neighbourhood in general

Alex Potvin @alexpotvin.com · 18/09/2026

La province va mal à cause d’une élection plus chaudement contestée entre trois partis qui se battent au centre-droit dans un terreau fertile pour la droite et le centre-droit? En 2022, ça ne s’appliquait vraiment qu’au Parti conservateur.

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Alex Potvin @alexpotvin.com · 03/09/2026

mildly confused pikachu on the joist tech distribution here

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Alex Potvin @alexpotvin.com · 12/08/2026

We shouldn’t necessarily be covering streams to do grids.

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Alex Potvin @alexpotvin.com · 19/07/2026

Meanwhile, neighbouring Burnaby retains a mass of uncontrolled crossings used by the same railroad because it prioritized amassing a surplus rather than building up amenities and improving infrastructure for the longest time.

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Alex Potvin @alexpotvin.com · 19/07/2026

The end result is have-not provinces and municipalities don’t see improvements at their crossings unless there’s sufficient political pressure or a provincial program comes along. New Westminster secured a ton of its crossings in an effort to make its cohabitation with railways more… livable.

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Alex Potvin @alexpotvin.com · 18/07/2026

TIL, sure it’s enforced

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Alex Potvin @alexpotvin.com · 16/07/2026

If you came out west, you could see multiple variants of this where clean coastal winds come into conflict with the smoke coming from the canyons. Here’s a horizontal one that kinda follows the would-be snow line.

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Alex Potvin @alexpotvin.com · 14/07/2026

It’s rain-shadowed canyons with very desert-like vegetation. Highest temperatures in BC but relatively sparsely populated outside Kamloops and Kelowna. Own pictures 2017/2026.

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Alex Potvin @alexpotvin.com · 15/06/2026

Oh the article has it translated but it was this. It’s insanely poor MTBF.

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Alex Potvin @alexpotvin.com · 13/06/2026

I was always surprised by how little mechanical work was involved for these. I also saw the way highway medians are textured by hand and how much attention to detail is put on the asphalt’s outline. It makes for beautiful infrastructure, but it seems highly inefficient as a use of labour.

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Alex Potvin @alexpotvin.com · 20/05/2026

Really no. They still build them like they did 40 years ago.

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Alex Potvin @alexpotvin.com · 03/05/2026

This might not be the best example as they do both here, but the balconies are essentially sunrooms with sidling glass panels and the only conditioning you’ll find in the space is a gas fire pit and a fan, similar to most sheltered patios.

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Alex Potvin @alexpotvin.com · 26/04/2026

Shinkansen lower tier city bike parkade and Costco bike parking

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Alex Potvin @alexpotvin.com · 12/04/2026

The implication I’m getting from this thread is that P means a vent per drain, it’s not the case. There is a requirement that vents be above the drain (unless you want drainage issues). Sometimes that means the addition of a vent in site depending on the layout. Basic Euro and US diagrams here.

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Alex Potvin @alexpotvin.com · 08/04/2026

I-serve-entranched-institutions-and-present-myself-as-a progressive-ahh resume.

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Alex Potvin @alexpotvin.com · 04/04/2026

As far as gas consumption, in spite of the fact we could do a lot better than we are, that's currently the "fleet average"

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Alex Potvin @alexpotvin.com · 04/04/2026

There's a big story about sales steering into CUVs as the outcome of CAFE and some evidence of that lies in the HR-V vs. Civic Hatch in Canada. There's also just... preference from an in/egress standpoint (aging pop) and lifestyle. CUVs cover so many bases.

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Alex Potvin @alexpotvin.com · 04/04/2026

The F-Series sales combines all non F-150 variants, which includes a lot of fleet sales. The F-Series ranges from the 150 to the 750 (pic) currently. Toyota would do it combining some nameplates (Matrix, Corolla) into one data point to inflate the plate's sales. It's all dick measuring.

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Alex Potvin @alexpotvin.com · 04/04/2026

It's all ground clearance and cabin height for the car platform derivatives (variance due to trim/style differences).

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Alex Potvin @alexpotvin.com · 01/04/2026

This is why the Conservatives are picking it up as a wedge.

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Alex Potvin @alexpotvin.com · 28/03/2026

In the intervention standards document, the wording they use (2023 document) is majority, so that means any number over roughly 5k km of sidewalks.

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Alex Potvin @alexpotvin.com · 27/03/2026

If you're not familiar with the area, the yellow star indicates where the hospital is located. The blue box is the nearest commercial area outside of Duncan's limits. The blue stroked star is where the current hospital is The red box is Ducan's core urban area, more or less.

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Alex Potvin @alexpotvin.com · 12/03/2026

already found a problem lmao

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