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Re: Bet on German Train Delays

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Post by littlecranky67 »

tw-20260303-001 wrote: post #28
croisillon wrote: post #14

for the people who wouldn't have inadvertently clicked on the website: it's not real money, it's a campaign to nudge the German provider to care about their infamous delays

DB is a job program. Nobody at DB cares.

For Deutsche Bahn, freelance contracting jobs in their IT famously always require 2+ years experience in train infrastructure companies as a hard requirement. Not joking, this is a common pattern in their job ads. Look at this ad, where they are looking for a Go/React/RabbitMQ expert: https://www.freelancermap.de/projekt/senior-fullstack-entwic...

Re: Bet on German Train Delays

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Post by jbaiter »

NikxDa wrote: post #66
ilikerashers wrote: post #63

German trains are absolute chaos. Tickets are sent via PDF for trains running 3 hours late. I was in Frankfurt last year getting to Cologne and back a few times. Coming from someone who has to commute via South Western railway into London everyday. Sad state of affairs for Germany.

German trains have very much to complain about, but honestly, their customer facing IT is pretty good. I've not had to deal with PDF tickets nor printed tickets in years. The website and app work well, in my experience. It's all pretty sleek and modern, too. It's the one area they do a good job in, to be honest.

Absolutely, it's probably the most consumer-friendly and reliable part of all of the Bahn services. Personnel is usually pretty great too, and that despite them having to suffer the most from all the inept decisions made in the upper ranks.

Re: Bet on German Train Delays

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Post by allreduce »

bulbar wrote: post #49
raincole wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's all sliding slope when the only way an average citizen can reap the economic growth of their own country is stock market and saving only makes them poorer.

Contrary to what crypto currency enthusiasts believe, having inflation (most of the time) is the only feasible and sane way for an economy. Why ever do anything at all with your money, ever, otherwise? Except for basic needs.

Yeah, you would have to focus on buying things you actually need. Be able to save for and look forward towards a stable future. Don't get a new pocket computer every year because the software is not updated anymore. Use fewer subscription services? Maybe do away with the disposable vapes with lithium ion batteries in them.

Re: Bet on German Train Delays

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Post by latexr »

enaaem wrote: post #86

There people who bet way too early, and sometimes even before departure time. Like hundreds of euros. What does that mean? Mistyping? Cancellation?

It’s fake money. It’s not a real betting platform, so you can bet whatever.

Re: Bet on German Train Delays

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Post by ghgr »

Say you have to pick a flight and you take the train to the airport. You can bet your train will be delayed, so if it ever happens at least you'll get a payout.

An insurance of sorts, so to speak.

Re: Bet on German Train Delays

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Post by okanat »

sveme wrote: post #81
CaptainZapp wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> In defense of Deutsche Bahn, countries with comparable infrastructure but more reliable transport have put in about twice as much money per capita for the last 30 years at least. Why is that "in defense?" When you let your infrastructure rot away since the 90s of the last century for something as complex as a train network by brutally underinvesting. Then you seriously fucked up. There's nothing to defend here.

I think the defense is that it's the fault of the politicians (CDU/CSU, actually), as they are the ones allocating funds towards train infrastructure. The Deutsche Bahn is state-owned in all but name (which was one of the major fuckups of the last red-green government).

Well people keep electing CxU. The current structure of DB is formed by Helmut Kohl cabinet which is CxU.

Re: Bet on German Train Delays

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Post by Schlagbohrer »

fnordian_slip wrote: post #45
croisillon wrote: post #14

for the people who wouldn't have inadvertently clicked on the website: it's not real money, it's a campaign to nudge the German provider to care about their infamous delays

It's incredible that about 80% of people in this thread seem to be commenting without having looked at the website. In defense of Deutsche Bahn, countries with comparable infrastructure but more reliable transport have put in about twice as much money per capita for the last 30 years at least. Also, it went through a pseudo-privatisation back then, which hasn't helped (just private enough to focus on quarterly profit…

Privitisation is a huge curse, and a tremendous scam perpetuated by capitalist financiers. Where has it ever produced better results? No private entity can provide a service at cost like the government can.

Re: Bet on German Train Delays

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Post by raincole »

bulbar wrote: post #49
raincole wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's all sliding slope when the only way an average citizen can reap the economic growth of their own country is stock market and saving only makes them poorer.

Contrary to what crypto currency enthusiasts believe, having inflation (most of the time) is the only feasible and sane way for an economy. Why ever do anything at all with your money, ever, otherwise? Except for basic needs.

Saving is not 'not doing anything at all with your money.' Saving is lending your money to a generally low risk debtor, called bank.
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