In the 2000s, IC cards were all the rage and adopted in many places across the world for fare payment. Is this technology effectively dead now that Apple Pay has this function built in, and all chipped credits card also have this tap to pay ability?
Also, Osaifu-Keitai is fundamentally based on Sony's FeliCa, which all phones emulate in Apple Pay/Google Pay/Samsung Pay unless your phone is junk. Apple has had it since iPhone 7 in Japan , and worldwide it's been there since iPhone 8. Lagdroid manufacturers often refuse to pay the license for it, hence it's disabled on their models (poor people).>>2068015open sores is a disease
>>2068004I still use the cards if they're available. If you don't register them they're semi-anonymous, which I appreciate. Plus they're fun souvenirs.
>>2068032>iphone/apple brand loyalty>0 idea about tech and financesname a more iconic duo
>>2068009>>2068012Felica is honestly far superior than all of it's competitors, the only reason it didn't become an international standard is because of Japanese licencing autism.
>>2068004They still use these in Montreal and they work just fine, and they still operate off a 20 year old data standard that costs more to break than a ticket would.
Are there any actual disadvantages to them? They seem to perform as well as standard bike frames but with the advantage of being easier to mount and dismount without the top bar getting in your way. I know they were originally marketed to women who wore skirts because the top bar on traditional bikes got in the way and exposed their panties but it never quite made sense to me why these weren't just the "default" frame style in the first place, especially since most utility bikes and pretty much every single E-bike on the market uses this style of frame.
>>2046762Normies have less excuses to not ride. I always get on like a horse so its a non issue to me.
>>2046762It looks gay
>>2047500Israel won, man.
>>2066886Israel has basically fucked itself over by acting like PR doesn't matter, they may "win" the battles today but they're going to lose all international support as soon as the last boomer has gotten too old to serve in government and then they are well and truly fucked
protestants are why i cant have maintainable bike components
Can anyone tell me why shipping is more efficient than rail? I thought water has more friction than air
>>2068955a river basicallyback in the 1800s they used to float logs down rivers
>>2068955a direly needed feature/mechanic in hit vanilla-flavored transit simulator Timberborn
>>2068956>back in the 1800s they used to float logs down riversThey still do that you dipshit!https://youtu.be/zHakr6ASSBw?si=HRH90VXVqW6plEmY
>>2069001Language, anon! Rude!!
>>2069005I'm reporting you for being underage
Everyone who can ride should have one bicycle. For the times where it works. eg. when gas is expensive as ass.A casual mama bicycle should work fine.
>>2068886if this is true why is the counter to literally everything being bad in the usa "It's too big, it would never work"?
>>2068888They come from individual transport surveys. You can fact-check them yourself in facthttps://www.japan-guide.com/topic/0011.htmlhttps://www.census.gov/topics/employment/commuting/guidance/acs-1yr.htmlThis is all pretty common knowledge, so I don't really understand why you're arguing over this. The problem with Japan in particular is that they heavily rely on rail transport, which is bottlenecked by scheduling
>>2068891ALSO Japanese work culture demands people commute longer distances from home. Most Americans either work within their own towns or the next city over at best
>>2068886>>2068891it says time not distance
>>2068884Single cylinder dualsport, and like I said I live in the mountains, so it's even slower than it would be at sea level.
I live in the USA and work for NJ Transit, in New Jersey. I'm a carman/car inspector in the mechanical department on the rail side. I normally tell people that we pretend to inspect and repair the trains. I find that the workers here are some of the most backstabbing, gossipy grown toddlers I have encountered in my working life. I think it's because most my co-workers have too much free time since most of them only do like 1-3 hours in an 8 hour shift, so they have too much extra energy to spare. Does anyone else here work for a railroad and feel the same or care to share contrary experiences? Could you cite your job title and which railroad you work for if possible also.
>>206810850,000 canadian dollars
>>2068100I started at NJ Transit at age 32. >>2068106You can easily beat 50,000 a year at a N. American railroad. Especially with overtime. >>2068108One of my co-workers has over 30 years but still can't get full retirement. He was too young when he was first hired and he needs to be 60+ years old. Plus retirement is a ponzi scheme so it always get pushed up in years, especially given the demographic collapse of the USA and elsewhere.
>>2067110You dont happen to work pascack valley line do you
>>2067110>Does anyone else here work for a railroad and feel the same or care to share contrary experiences? Could you cite your job title and which railroad you work for if possible also.Is it worth it? How can you get a good railroad job off the bat? I wouldn't mind working for Amtrak or something like that, it seems somewhat cozy. But all of the railroad jobs around me are for stuff like switch operator or yard crew or something like that, and it seems super stressful. I currently work in public rail transit in my city and I have coworkers that have taken significant pay cuts to leave the railroad and work for the city transit system because it's a much better work life balance. They all say the pay at the railroad was great but they couldn't take being away from home 28 days out of the month etc. But being on a dedicated Amtrak route going between a handful of cities seems like it would be chill. Is it possible to get such a job without prior experience? I've heard that they mainly try to recruit from freight rail companies
I'm sorry if this is blogposty but I'd appreciate some input from you lot. After quite a bit of soulsearching and some nasty depressive episodes, I decided I'm not cut out for my degree and gave up on it. I realized that if I'm gonna be stuck doing something all day for the rest of my life, I may as well work on a railroad since trains tickle my autism. Thing is, in my uropeen country, the railway company posts for like, ten jobs every year and they're all given through nepotism. And I got zero qualifications to get hired, anyway.I've seen anons itt talk about apprenticeships and such but how do I find them? I don't mind packing up and moving anywhere in the anglosphere or in the EU for that matter.
What would you do in this situation?
>>2063152Hello based department?
>>2063156>stop forcing EnglishI wish Poland was still this epic
>become nato bitch>cry when white niggers invade your country
>>2062901a couple kicks to the back of the seat usually gets the message across
>>2068600whats a couple degrees of reclining going to do for you stop fiddling with shit like a kid the fact that there is a backrest is comfort enough or is your back that fucked up just take the sleeper if you want to sleep nigger this isn't narnia
Twenty nine years after Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play...
PAN AM FUCKING SHITS
>>2068831have this without the stupid 'jaks and frogs?
49 years ago: we gaan1 year ago: we gaan down saar
I am currently using a xiaomi smart band 9 to track my rides (so thats GPS from phone + HR from band), I start and end the ride from the band and the app automatically transfers the route, speed and heart rate to stravaI am wondering if I should upgrade to a bike computer cus I am not worried about how much calories I burn nowadays, as I got the idea of it. I just want to know how far I went and how long it took me, and to keep track of cadence so I learn to ride optimallyI have been looking at XOSS G2+ (pic related) with 2 sensors - one for cadence on crank and other on rear hub for speed (rotation)my questions about bike computers in general are:>do the bike computer accessories (cadence, speed, HR) connect to it, or to the phone>does only the bike computer connect to your phone and stay connected constantly, or only to transfer data to strava or an app once the ride finishes?>can I just get on my bike and ride, and the bike computer will then automatically upload my ride to strava once I am done?>can I still use my xiaomi band 9 to measure my HR? will I be able to see my HR on the screen? or the bike computer only connects to HR sensors and not other "smart" devices>should I get a bike computer with an actual screen to show maps/route?>should I even get a bike computer to begin with, I am riding actual gravel and trails, basically exploring my region on weekends and driving 2-3 times to work a week, will the sensors and shit survive the rough terrain?>will my mechanical watch (8 year old skx007) get fucked by the vibrations from the single/double track?Thanks
>>2067932can you try typing that in letters with your hands instead of just mashing the next word predictor on your phone keyboard
>track my ridesfor what purpose?
>>2068715CUM on strava
Just got myself a new sigma bike computer (BC10.0) because the old one (BC 1200) just fucking died.I like how it looks and works.I don't like that EVERYTHING was a tit different to the old one and replaced on the bike (except maybe the magnet itself). Really poor design philosophy. And the zip-ties are a straight downgrade against the rubber bands of the old model.>>2068715Tracking, innit.
>>2061669WHAT THE FUCK !!WHAT THE FUCK !!!!!
Which thirdie country has the best subway system(s)?
>>2067773>First world, Second World, and Third World are all Cold War era terms that we've just re-appropriated as shorthand for a countries developmentThat actually makes a point of Russia still being second world since development-wise it's between first and third world, and the political classification is pointless anyway.
>>2067807Moscow subway looks better than any subway in the US and probably better than most in Europe. You're a dumb turd.
>>2067786true and fair but they are still by original definition second world and by modern gen x/millenial "definition" of "kinda poor country but it matters enough that when shit happens there it affects us" still second world but then again we have people itt who literally understand that Moscow isn't a country so do any of these definitions really matter?
>>2067860Bangkok's MRT is really nice and has decent coverage of the city. I can't think of a nation with comparable wealth with anything close to it.
>>2067689Do you even know what first, second and third world means?
GPS used to be fancy, and is now affordableCarbon frames used to be fancy, and are now affordableCarbon aero wheels used to be fancy, and are now affordableHydraulic brakes used to be fancy, and are now affordableWireless shifting used to be fancy, and is now affordableGood tires used to not even exist, and are now available albeit a little expensiveLighting used to be heavy and annoying, now it clips to anything and you can light up the road with something the size of your thumbWide range cassettes used to be unimaginable, now some lazy people are even going 1x because they got filtered by 2x It seems like it's all been done. Seriously, what's left. What else is there to improve? We even got bonuses like thru-axle, 3d printed saddles, internal routed everything, and aero frames/cockpits, which let's be honest, you weren't really expecting were you?Can the cycling industry outdo itself or is it now a plateau of stagnation?
>>2068960There are a few examples of true mechanical gearboxes for bicycles that aren't just e-slop. Again, they aren't quite as common as derailleurs for the same reason belt drives aren't as common as chain drives, nobody wants to compromise on drivetrain efficiency
>>2068961also fair but i never said bikes should have gearboxes. i said that they should prefer the front derailleur, because it is both more maintainable but also closer linked to the actual motive power (ur legs)
>>2068865use a gear calculator and look at how much overlap triples have. pointless unless you're a chainline autist.
>>2068960pinion started as a system for normal mtbs. I don't know a lot about them but at least at first there were no electronics involved
>>2069006>technology was good before west coast rent seeking venture crapitalists got their mitts in ityou dont say
Can they become applicable for the air equivalent of trailer car? Can they help people flight in slow but somewhat more comfy travels? Or is it a pipedream?
>>2065450They should make it in a military budget version. That might make it applicable for future civilian use as a civvie version or a second hand military equipment,like warbirds or even hueys..
>>2065173They need to use them for telecom. Why the fuck do we need to go to space?
>>2065173the french are making a fret airship, mostly for canada, to transport mostly lumbering in remote area, so there's a future for airship fretit's also interesting because you barely need any infrastructure for transport itself so you don't have to buy a ton of separate properties to lay rail like trainalso there's multiple prototypes of anchored airships with turbines that can be an alternative to wind turbines that need a gorillion tons of aluminium (pollute to make and recycle) and the other gorillion of tons on concrete necessary so your aluminium pillar stay in place (which destroy soils)so unironically airships are the future but it's too inefficient sizewise to be used as a trailer car
>>2066928How do blimp turbines compare to Saul Griffiths gyro kites?
>>2068939i'm no expert but i'll guess a lot better since they don't rely on low altitude winds
I know jack shit about MTB, I've always just done urban biking on shitboxes, and have a decent road bike for fun/exercise. I got a new job and needed to burn FSA money and found this bike on a site that let me use those funds. It was a consignment bike and they didn't have a description, but I looked it over and researched it and this is the basic build:2020 Yeti sb140XX1 AXS groupsetShimano Saint brakesForks changed to Fox 38 Factory 180mmSix Eleven rear coil shock thingyENVE M7 27.5" wheels (DHR2 tires), stem, handlebarSo, I'm no expert on this stuff at all, but the price was too good on this to pass up. I mostly intended to get a trail bike, which is what the frame is designed for, but I am at a loss on why the previous owner put enduro/DH forks on it. And I'm not at all familiar with the rear shock, but it looks like a really high end one that has a lot of modularity so I can probably be fine with that either way. I'll probably sell the fork and get a shorter travel one for my needs. But I'm mostly just curious to what the intent of this thing was. All super high spec parts, but on a trail frame with 27.5's, and then swapping the suspension to downhill?
>it's [series of brands] how make do thing ???highly american post. I would recommend sitting on it and then turning the pedals.
>>2067331>>2067331>>2067331
>>2068868Just speaking to the front fork, i am new to the sport but my impression was 20mm change in suspension travel is typically “within bounds” for most mtb. Factoring in sag adjustments, you aren’t changing your riding geometry that drastically. So perhaps some dude just thought more travel was more better and “upgraded” it. Swapping to a new fork and flipping the old is an option but honestly i’d just keep it. You can reduce/increase the travel of fox forks pretty easily too if you really want to go stock.Btw a fox 38 isn’t strictly a downhill fork, these days its mostly seen on “enduro” bikes. Maybe the previous owner wanted to turn a trail bike into more of an enduro?Also maybe it was just the best fork they had on the spare parts pile
>>2068868That's going to be pretty slack for a trail bike but it depends on the trails. Where I live its all 90s MTB trails so long slack bikes that that feel like trying to autocross a limousine but the 27.5 wheels might help with the wheelbase.
>>2063195always have.
>>2066211>For decades, the Pennsylvania Railroad and its successors offered game-day service to all Army–Navy games in Philadelphia using a sprawling temporary station constructed each year near Municipal Stadium on the railroad's Greenwich freight yard. The service, with more than 40 trains serving as many as 30,000 attendees, was the single largest concentrated passenger rail movement in the country.That's pretty impressive desu
>>2066211That’s an epic lineup of GG-1s
>>2063195Sometimes
Hello, I'll be taking care of /n/'s team for Spring and hopefully onwards. We find out who we'll be playing on April 19th, then the first match will be on the 24th or the 25th.The most pressing matter of business is the rules are changing to allow a third silver medal, so if you'd reply with whoever you'd like to get the promotion, we'll see if there's a consensus or a formal poll is needed.Beyond that, the team has been blessed with some fantastic aesthetics work in the past, so the only immediate thing I'm drawn to is replacing the SS United States static image with a proper model, especially considering she's scheduled (ha) to be scuttled mid-cup. Any other suggestions for model changes, new players, returning old players, audio, kits, etc.. will be listened to.
I’ve always wanted to live the mid-20th Century experience of riding a Pullman Sleeper hauled by a steam locomotive roaring through the night and while I have been fortunate enough to ride steam excursions many times and even do an overnight ride on an original Pullman car, I’ve never been able to do them together.Is there anywhere in the world where I can actually still take an overnight train hauled by a steam locomotive? The closest I’m aware of is the modern Orient Express being steam-hauled through Hungary as a one-time thing in 2017 and the Cumbres and Toltec possessing a restored tourist sleeper coach (idk if it’s ever been used in that role).
>>2067924I must be the only railfan who detests steam locomotives. I don't like the aesthetic, they're needlessly loud, the exhaust is even worse for you than huffing diesel fumes.Electric is the best, diesel works, steam died for a reason.
>>2068071Actually not AI, op's image is the kind of material that AI slop models were trained on, you've just had your brain fried by exposure to the sloppa:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Franklin_WittmackYou can cultivate a similar disgust response with text, I did that to myself once by accident while trying to fine tune a model. For some time after, genuine human-created text read like nonsensical garbage, because my brain had learned to reject the appearance of meaningfulness and treat all word sequences as random
>>2068924>I suppose you could charter the train on the mainline of a Class IProbably not. If it has old journal box bearings, it's banned from interchange and nobody will allow it on their property
>>2068927What you need for mainline running is a lot of water and a proper bl00dy train ;)Its successor is in the shop.
>>2068932>bl00dyWhy?
K Line bros... we won
>K Line
You'll be a really old fuck by the time it's actually built. Same for the actual subway reaching Santa Monica
>>2068906
