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36C3 - BahnMining - Pünktlichkeit ist eine Zier - english translation

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What it is

David Kriesel's 36C3 talk, in an English translation, analyzes a year of scraped Deutsche Bahn data covering every stop of every long-distance train in Germany. It explores delays and how punctuality is actually measured.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN brings it up in any thread about German or European rail as a data-driven, entertaining analysis of why trains are late.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 2 strong recommendations
  • first 2020, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “There was this really great talk on the Chaos Communication Congress some time back”

    English-translated talk on German train punctuality

    sdoering, 2021-11 · Strong recommendation · in “How trains could replace planes in Europe”

  2. “Obligatory mention of a great talk on the topic”

    Great talk analyzing Deutsche Bahn punctuality, English translation

    btschaegg, 2023-05 · Strong recommendation · in “It will take years to get Deutsche Bahn back on track”

  3. “The was a CCC talk about why the Deutsche Bahn has so many delays”

    Analysis of why German trains are delayed

    DiogenesKynikos, 2020-11 · Recommendation · in “Virgin Hyperloop Has Invented the World's Crappiest High-Speed Rail”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: deutsche bahn, data analysis, chaos communication congress, trains, scraping

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