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Re: Live Map of the London Underground

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Post by hk__2 »

bbx wrote: post #51
dachris wrote: post #49

There's this board game we played as kids - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland_Yard_(board_game) where you move around the London public transport system chasing Mr. X (everyone always wanted to play Mr. X) - it was really funny

I still play that game! Fairly popular in France, but nobody seems to know it in England weirdly enough. The newer board is a bit less readable than the 90's version. I also play it on my phone, although the AI isn't that good.

I’m French and this is the first time I hear about it.

Re: Live Map of the London Underground

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Post by hardlianotion »

unkeen wrote: post #88
bookofjoe wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

FunFact: I have enjoyed HN for about 10 years even though I have NO IDEA what an API etc. is. A tribute to its welcoming big tent for non-techies like me who wouldn't know a dark pattern from dark matter.

To the gloriously mansplaining sibling commenters: Do you really think a question has been asked in the parent comment? If you do, why?

Pretty sure they're all women.

Re: Live Map of the London Underground

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Post by usr1106 »

hk__2 wrote: post #101
bbx wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I still play that game! Fairly popular in France, but nobody seems to know it in England weirdly enough. The newer board is a bit less readable than the 90's version. I also play it on my phone, although the AI isn't that good.

I’m French and this is the first time I hear about it.

It was fairly popular in Germany in the late 80s / early 90s.

Re: Live Map of the London Underground

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Post by usr1106 »

ww520 wrote: post #97
unkulunkulu wrote: post #94

Oh no they will hit each other, someone call 911!

It's 999.

Is it? In EU 112 is legally mandated. Did they roll back after Brexit?

Either way the numbers are mostly legacy. On mobiles emergency calls are a special protocol, no number is really transmitted to the network. If the phone application recognizes a certain number it will initiate an emergency call. And quite often several numbers do it. 000, 112, 911, 999. (Admittedly it's many years I last tested it.)

Re: Live Map of the London Underground

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Post by urbandw311er »

blitzar wrote: post #4

> Data -> TfL live tube data > *You will regret using this data. You will regret using this API.* > It serves data from individual arrivals boards, which all spell stations differently > It has a load-balancer that regularly returns data that is older than the data returned in the previous request. Won't someone think of the Ai overlords who will take care of all this for us in the future. A bit of consistency goes a…

Actually I think AI would have far less trouble joining the disparate data than traditional compute techniques.

Re: Live Map of the London Underground

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Post by ghaff »

theginger wrote: post #99
Symbiote wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's also the organization that rolled out the second large stored-credit contactless payment system in the world (after Hong Kong), and was the first to introduce bank card contactless payments.

Best part of 20 years ago, which is a long time in anything, it's a lifetime in tech. About 15 years ago I used to work on some projects for greater London authority, we seemed to mostly be squatting on transport for London servers and they seemed to have good tech and people seemed to like using it. 5 years later they couldn't get away fast enough.

These days just tap a contactless credit card is about as good as it gets-while still having the Oyster alternative where the credit card isn’t a good or preferred option.

Re: Live Map of the London Underground

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Post by crabmusket »

dachris wrote: post #49

There's this board game we played as kids - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland_Yard_(board_game) where you move around the London public transport system chasing Mr. X (everyone always wanted to play Mr. X) - it was really funny

I loved that! Thanks for reminding me of it.
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