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I would say that for long distance trains only English and the local language should be enough. For international trains, we should have all languages of all traversed countries an…

It is mostly an issue in countries with 120V mains (I know that in the US 240V outlets exist though). In France for example it is required that standard plugs must be able to deliv…

The ability to read a lower rez version of the images is a feature that is actively used. That way you don’t need to have both a 2K and 4K DCP for movies that have a 4K version, 2K…

If you can live with cross-compiling from a modern PC (or Mac) you can use https://github.com/autc04/Retro68 which uses a recent version of GCC.

French reactors can adjust their power outputs in 30 minutes between 100% and 20% their nominal power rating. I think we are actually the only country doing this. (EDF: "In France,…

Depends on the country, in France you can pay anywhere by card, including at outdoor market stalls...

Night trains won’t be high-speed TGV services, they will use the regular main lines. Track maintenance needs much less energy than building brand new lines. And yes, the carbon emi…

In Europe all the major lines are already electrified, and because all the lines were built a long time ago (generally in the 19th century), the construction carbon emissions are d…