I cannot be the only person that read this as “MetalWindow”, a.k.a. “walls”.
Deutsche Bahn introduces "MetaWindow"
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#92> a transparent noise barrier Most rail noise barriers in Germany are completely covered in graffiti [0], so I wouldn't expect them to remain transparent for more than a few weeks. [0] https://ga.de/imgs/93/8/5/9/3/0/9/1/9/tok_8596521c60eeaa53ee...
If you dive into the graffiti scene a bit you will start to appreciate all those graffitis. The story behind some of them is super interesting. There is a lot of "competition", "collaboration", and group dynamics involved. It is truly fascinating. I was living in Cologne (Ehrenfeld) for a while in a place with awesome graffiti and every weekend there were people taking pictures "collecting" and documenting the graffi…
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this is only a problem in japan because the shinkansen is the oldest high speed network in existence. new train tunnels built in Europe are wider and flare out at the end so that there isn't a tunnel boom.
Fascinating, and now I learned another new thing! Thank you for sharing.
yup. for a more detailed explanation, there's this segment of the article:
> Basically what happens is when a train enters a tunnel at high speed, the air in front of it is compressed and does not have enough time to flow past the trains body. When all released at once, the pressure causes a shockwave that goes boom!
This is basically a very rudimentary version of the piston effect: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piston_effect
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#94This is an international site and I think people don’t understand just how big Deutsche Bahn’s problems with delays are and how incredible dissatisfied its customers are. The situation with DB is really unique compared to its neighbors in any direction.
While the tech described probably has merits, anyone who has been near DB lately would instinctively go: why are you doing this when you cannot get the basics right?
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When graffiti is done on public owned objects or walls, it's impact is merely aesthetic. Not like a bank robbery. And I'd rather see graffiti, even if I find some ugly, than ads all over. And there's way more public ads anywhere than graffiti. I think local urban expressions like stickers and graffiti is pretty cool. The mainstream prefers ads I guess.
The impact isn't merely aesthetic. For one thing, it can be costly to remove graffiti. And when it's on publicly owned property, who pays for that removal? The public, of course. If, for example, a train is the target of graffiti, it will often need to be taken out of service. This, then, results in a degraded service to the travelling public. Furthermore, graffiti artists often put themselves in dangerous situations…
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#96Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's fair, but even interesting graffiti still won't let any sunshine come through. Also, I would rather look out the window [0] than appreciate artwork when riding on a train. [0] https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/rheinland-pfalz/trier/17134459...
When I ride my local rail, I look forward to getting to pass another train to see all the amazing artwork. It's far nicer and more interesting than yet another development or parking lot.
Oh lucky you. Most of the defaced trains I see are not amazing. They are hastily done and would hardly qualify as artwork. :(
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They're very cool until it's your apartment or commercial building, and you have to clean it up - because let's face it, for every clever graffiti, there are fifty that are just tags, swear words, or worse. And your framing is odd - can you only dislike one of these things? Graffiti or ads? There are successful movements to rid cities and scenic areas of ads, or to tone them down.
I solved this problem by contracting an artist to put a painting on the wall of my house. Sprayers are artists, they won't paint over it.
I've seen a lot of tags put on top of pretty nice-looking murals, many sprayers won't care.
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#98This is an international site and I think people don’t understand just how big Deutsche Bahn’s problems with delays are and how incredible dissatisfied its customers are. The situation with DB is really unique compared to its neighbors in any direction. While the tech described probably has merits, anyone who has been near DB lately would instinctively go: why are you doing this when you cannot get the basics right?
Or basic information about when and where a train comes late or not at all. Sometimes the information is there and correct - sometimes not at all or is wrong and 100+ people waiting for a train that is never coming. Experienced that way too often. But hey, the Bahn management achieved all their self proclaimed targets (non of them related to reliable trains) so they surely deserved their fat bonus.
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#99Earlier quoted context omitted.
The impact isn't merely aesthetic. For one thing, it can be costly to remove graffiti. And when it's on publicly owned property, who pays for that removal? The public, of course. If, for example, a train is the target of graffiti, it will often need to be taken out of service. This, then, results in a degraded service to the travelling public. Furthermore, graffiti artists often put themselves in dangerous situations…
Why does this comment read like it's written by AI?
Observations affect the observer?
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#100Earlier quoted context omitted.
Dunno dude. If my bank is robbed there’s no real impact to me - all the money is insured. If someone graffitis my house then it looks horrible and I have to spend time and money cleaning it up.
Most houses in Germany are not covered in graffiti.
Except in Berlin. My house front is covered completely with ugly tags. Not even nice graffiti. My 2 year old can draw better.