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Re: Deutsche Bahn introduces "MetaWindow"

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Post by flohofwoe »

codemusings wrote: post #157

Now could Deutsche Bahn please also invest in some actual infrastructure, trains and make them go on time? That‘d be great! Thanks.

> Now could Deutsche Bahn please also invest in some actual infrastructure

The main "problem" currently is not that they modernise too little, but too much.

For the last 5 years or so, during the summer months I need to add one or two hours to nearly all my connections because of construction work that slowly seems to move from cities into the rural regions (I'm not complaining though, no matter what the Bahn does, travellers will be affected one way or another, and I bet most of the delays you are seeing are caused by construction work somewhere at the 'leaf nodes' of the network).

Of course a couple of decades of the "kaputtsparen" mentality didn't help, it would obviously have been better to spread out the required maintenance work and modernization over those decades of infrastructure negligence.

Re: Deutsche Bahn introduces "MetaWindow"

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Post by metters »

eru wrote: post #199

They specifically mention railway noise. I wonder whether there's something special about railways, or whether it would work for other noise as well? Especially roads with cars on them?

I think there are noises specific to railways. And from what I believe this "MetaWindow" targets relevant frequencies. However, I am sure this also works for the frequencies generated by car traffic.

At least the linked youtube video in this comment [1] does not mention anything about frequencies.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40384778

EDIT: I was wrong about the video. There is _no mention_ about frequencies.

Re: Deutsche Bahn introduces "MetaWindow"

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Post by Moldoteck »

doctor_eval wrote: post #188
fragmede wrote: post #122

Earlier quoted context omitted.

consent. same as the difference between a shower and getting caught out in the rain

I never consent to billboards.

majority of ppl voted for some party, a party that gave consent to place/allow billboards, so indirectly, you gave consent. In the graffity's case - even the ruling party didn't gave consent, it's that they don't have resources to penalize and clean this mess

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Post by mtlmtlmtlmtl »

constantcrying wrote: post #115
oaiey wrote: post #113

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Unfortunately, life is not black and white. Even without knowing anything about graffiti culture, there is a border between defacing and improving. And graffiti artists are moving over that border back and forth. Some of the most beautiful art I have seen are graffiti

I have never seen a good looking graffiti which was defacing public property. Granted, I have seen competent images which obviously were commissioned by building owners. All of it was bad art though and immensely displeasing.

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Re: Deutsche Bahn introduces "MetaWindow"

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Post by flakyfilibuster »

constantcrying wrote: post #104
umpalumpaaa wrote: post #9

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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…

There is exactly nothing about defacing public infrastructure which elicits the tiniest spark of "admiration" or "interest" in me. If you want to live out your "artistic ambitions" do it somewhere away from public property.

call it whataboutism (not directed towards your comment, but related): every time i'm in a discussion involving graffiti and people complain about it i ask about advertisements plastered though the city - people just shrug

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Post by a-french-anon »

umpalumpaaa wrote: post #9
lqet wrote: post #4

> 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…

Some people actually have to live in your decadent cyberpunk wet dream, you know?

Re: Deutsche Bahn introduces "MetaWindow"

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Post by eigenspace »

codemusings wrote: post #157

Now could Deutsche Bahn please also invest in some actual infrastructure, trains and make them go on time? That‘d be great! Thanks.

In the article they say that one of their main motivations for this is that they hope it will speed up the approval times for train routes, because it'll lessen the noise and visual complaints.

Re: Deutsche Bahn introduces "MetaWindow"

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Post by [deleted] »

flohofwoe wrote: post #139
yesco wrote: post #136

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Are you suggesting most people enjoy graffiti? Because I don't know anyone irl who does so I'm a bit surprised by this perspective. I've personally always viewed it as equivalent to littering and assumed the ones doing it were just thrill seekers up until now...

I do. When I first moved to Berlin I was thinking the same, but now I prefer it when modern concrete buildings are touched up with graffity no matter if commissioned or "illegal" - the important part is to give the eyes something to stumble over. Historical buildings is a different matter of course.

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