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A Twitter Data Scientist Hacks San Francisco's Subway Fares
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#12Re: A Twitter Data Scientist Hacks San Francisco's Subway Fares
#13The two passengers are going in opposite directions, so when would they ever have a chance to switch passes? Are they supposed to get off their trains and meet each other on the platform, then wait for another train? Sounds like a stupid amount of work to steal 85 cents.
I was confused when I read that at first, too. The second person is coming from the opposite direction, which means they are already on the train when you get on.
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#14The two passengers are going in opposite directions, so when would they ever have a chance to switch passes? Are they supposed to get off their trains and meet each other on the platform, then wait for another train? Sounds like a stupid amount of work to steal 85 cents.
I was confused when I read that at first, too. The second person is coming from the opposite direction, which means they are already on the train when you get on.
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#15This is quite possibly the most silicon valley headline I've ever seen.
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#16Re: A Twitter Data Scientist Hacks San Francisco's Subway Fares
#17When I first moved to SF as a poor grad student doing a summer internship, your Clipper card could go in the negative (for example if you had $2 on it and took a $5 route, you'd be at -$3). Getting a new Clipper card was only something like $1.50; if you took the Caltrain/BART often (expensive routes), it'd almost always be advantageous to buy a clipper card with as little cash on it as possible, toss your card away…
I wish Fast Company had written an article about me
at the time :(
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#18Re: A Twitter Data Scientist Hacks San Francisco's Subway Fares
#19When I first moved to SF as a poor grad student doing a summer internship, your Clipper card could go in the negative (for example if you had $2 on it and took a $5 route, you'd be at -$3). Getting a new Clipper card was only something like $1.50; if you took the Caltrain/BART often (expensive routes), it'd almost always be advantageous to buy a clipper card with as little cash on it as possible, toss your card away…
I always thought it was pretty grim that Boston's "Charlie Card" was named after a man who was 'trapped' in the subway system because he couldn't afford to pay his way out.
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#20"Out of 60,334 of these route pairs, Haque says that switching mid-route for 4,666 of them could save at least $1 together."
Two things.
First, that's an awfully low number of people who could take advantage of this hack.
Second, You're going to save $1??? Not sure the savings to effort ratio on this one really makes sense.