Seemingly trivial things that annoy you

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  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    rjsterry said:

    Ben6899 said:

    TheBigBean said:

    Ben6899 said:

    TheBigBean said:

    Many of lines have automated trains that aren't used.


    Not true. Although there are drivers, the trains effectively drive themselves (TBTC and CBTC) and drivers press "Go" after dwelling at platforms and also act as the train guard in emergency events. A large chunk of their training is what to do in such an event as 7/7.

    Naturally, in the event of system faults, the trains can be driven in full-manual.

    The London Underground network is much more automated than you think.
    So they could be like the DLR, but instead some sits there and pretends to drive.

    I'm pretty sure that doesn't entirely capture what I described! And you do know that the DLR trains don't leave/enter platforms without being monitored by an actual person?

    C'mon now, I love a bit of innovation and hate being stuck in ways just because "that's what we do", but some elements of the rail network are demonstrably safer with humans involved.
    Copenhagen Metro is almost entirely unmanned and seems to work fine. Not even any turnstiles.

    I will have a look - very interested to know how they ensure platforms are clear for departure.

    Maybe a credit to your average Dane that turnstiles aren't needed...
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  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,922
    Ben6899 said:

    rjsterry said:

    Ben6899 said:

    TheBigBean said:

    Ben6899 said:

    TheBigBean said:

    Many of lines have automated trains that aren't used.


    Not true. Although there are drivers, the trains effectively drive themselves (TBTC and CBTC) and drivers press "Go" after dwelling at platforms and also act as the train guard in emergency events. A large chunk of their training is what to do in such an event as 7/7.

    Naturally, in the event of system faults, the trains can be driven in full-manual.

    The London Underground network is much more automated than you think.
    So they could be like the DLR, but instead some sits there and pretends to drive.

    I'm pretty sure that doesn't entirely capture what I described! And you do know that the DLR trains don't leave/enter platforms without being monitored by an actual person?

    C'mon now, I love a bit of innovation and hate being stuck in ways just because "that's what we do", but some elements of the rail network are demonstrably safer with humans involved.
    Copenhagen Metro is almost entirely unmanned and seems to work fine. Not even any turnstiles.

    I will have a look - very interested to know how they ensure platforms are clear for departure.

    Maybe a credit to your average Dane that turnstiles aren't needed...
    I would imagine CCTV on each platform. The ticketing is lightly policed but with steep fines if caught - DKr 750 strictly enforced.

    As a contrast, the suburban trains I travelled on in Denmark were fairly scruffy.
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  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,961
    SNCF is looking scruffy these days too. Looks like decades of under-inverstment since the glory days of new TGVs.
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  • de_sisti
    de_sisti Posts: 1,283
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,689
    The 'suggestions' bit on Instagram and being unable to switch it off. From what I can tell it works as follows:

    1. Stick some random stuff on your feed that you have little or no interest in based on some tenuous link to something you are interested in.
    2. You fail to skip past before the video starts running.
    3. Instagram decides that as you 'watched' the previous video you must want to see a load of other recommendations for similar rubbish.

    At the moment I seem to be getting stuff on tennis, military planes and basketball none of which interest me.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,622
    Toss up between this thread and the irony thread.
    Americans are to get more guns. I picked this thread, but it's not trivial.

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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,090
    Strike doesn't seem to have been that effective

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-61857007
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    TheBigBean said:

    Strike doesn't seem to have been that effective

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-61857007

    Mainly affects worse off...
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  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 62,009
    TheBigBean said:

    Strike doesn't seem to have been that effective

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-61857007

    Probably should be in the 'cheer you up' thread.
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  • surrey_commuter
    surrey_commuter Posts: 18,867
    Ben6899 said:

    TheBigBean said:

    Ben6899 said:

    TheBigBean said:

    Ben6899 said:

    TheBigBean said:

    Many of lines have automated trains that aren't used.


    Not true. Although there are drivers, the trains effectively drive themselves (TBTC and CBTC) and drivers press "Go" after dwelling at platforms and also act as the train guard in emergency events. A large chunk of their training is what to do in such an event as 7/7.

    Naturally, in the event of system faults, the trains can be driven in full-manual.

    The London Underground network is much more automated than you think.
    So they could be like the DLR, but instead some sits there and pretends to drive.

    I'm pretty sure that doesn't entirely capture what I described! And you do know that the DLR trains don't leave/enter platforms without being monitored by an actual person?

    C'mon now, I love a bit of innovation and hate being stuck in ways just because "that's what we do", but some elements of the rail network are demonstrably safer with humans involved.
    I am happy to defer to your greater expertise on this subject, but it feels like there is sometimes resistance to more automation.

    That feeling is accurate, for sure.
    where has "for sure" come from?
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,922
    TheBigBean said:

    Strike doesn't seem to have been that effective

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-61857007

    Not sure how you can conclude that until the dispute is resolved. The disruption is a side effect, not the primary goal.
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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,090
    rjsterry said:

    TheBigBean said:

    Strike doesn't seem to have been that effective

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-61857007

    Not sure how you can conclude that until the dispute is resolved. The disruption is a side effect, not the primary goal.
    If striking has limited impact, then bargaining power is lost.
  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 17,497
    What the unions normally don't emphasise to their members about strikes is that they won't get paid, and anything the union stumps up will probably be less than their normal wage.
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,922
    TheBigBean said:

    rjsterry said:

    TheBigBean said:

    Strike doesn't seem to have been that effective

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-61857007

    Not sure how you can conclude that until the dispute is resolved. The disruption is a side effect, not the primary goal.
    If striking has limited impact, then bargaining power is lost.
    The impact is in removing the labour and the trains not being able to run. Sure we can WFH for a few days but it's already taken up 2-3hrs of my time setting up new staff for remote access.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Plus all the delay repay money we are entitled to ✌🏻
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Finally, after a week of faff, I get all the details to sort out parking for my trip to the Netherlands.

    I get to the pay bit and you can only pay via a Dutch bank.

    So I can’t pay.
    _
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,302
    The flags at Glastonbury
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    edited June 2022
    Took the plunge and bought an electric head-shaver to replace my clippers.

    Dear reader, make sure you do it with a bit of water and not dry. #sorehead.
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  • monkimark
    monkimark Posts: 1,974
    edited June 2022
    Yeah, I started going back in the 90's and remember there being a few that were useful for finding your friends. Over the years they seemed to get bigger and more numerous until you could barely see the stage past them.

    Maybe it was just me getting older and grumpier in general as well.
    kingstongraham said:

    The flags at Glastonbury

  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,689
    monkimark said:

    Yeah, I started going back in the 90's and remember there being a few that were useful for finding your friends. Over the years they seemed to get bigger and more numerous until you could barely see the stage past them.

    Maybe it was just me getting older and grumpier in general as well.

    kingstongraham said:

    The flags at Glastonbury

    It's moving into other areas too, I first noticed idiots using them at the Tour in Yorkshire where one person managed to demolish a dry stone wall trying to plant theirs at Oughtibridge. The last time I went to the beach people had annexed large chunks with their windbreakers (a long term annoyance of mine) then planted festival flags in the middle.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,635
    rick_chasey said:

    Took the plunge and bought an electric head-shaver to replace my clippers.

    Dear reader, make sure you do it with a bit of water and not dry. #sorehead.

    My Braun 'head' I use dry, no problems whatsoever.
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  • morstar
    morstar Posts: 6,190
    Went to a Green Day concert yesterday.
    Concert was brilliant whilst the organisation was an absolute farce. I moaned about many things to the mrs during the day as I was doing all the fetching and carrying (the bladder insists I don’t just stay put)
    I think she thought I was just moaning as per usual. Turns out today, some people comparing it to a potential hillsborough.
    https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/angry-hella-mega-tour-rock-24324510?int_source=nba

    I only saw the end of the access problems and hadn’t realised how bad it had been. So that just another thing to add to the list.
    It was like the antithesis of ‘If M&S did concerts’. More like, if the Tory party did concerts.
    I have no idea how you can simply get everything possible wrong.
    I guess it could have been an apprentice task to be seen next year.
  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 17,497
    https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/crime/edinburgh-crime-news-cyclist-taken-to-hospital-with-serious-injuries-after-being-struck-by-the-door-of-a-van-3746609

    If you read the article, it would appear that the door opened itself.
  • masjer
    masjer Posts: 2,807
    I read many times, `cyclist in collision with car`, when they've simply been mowed down by a careless driver.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,635
    People who don't revers into parking spaces.
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,635
    Supermarket car parks.
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,622
    First.Aspect said:

    https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/crime/edinburgh-crime-news-cyclist-taken-to-hospital-with-serious-injuries-after-being-struck-by-the-door-of-a-van-3746609

    If you read the article, it would appear that the door opened itself.

    "Constable John Smith of Howdenhall Police Station said: “Our enquiries into the incident are ongoing and I would urge anyone who witnessed what happened or who may have any footage from the area to get in touch."

    John isn't very bright. I'd start with the driver and the cyclist.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    pinno said:

    People who don't revers into parking spaces.

    Why would you? Especially if you're shopping.

    "Oh I know, I'll make the boot really inaccessible."
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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,090
    rick_chasey said:

    pinno said:

    People who don't revers into parking spaces.

    Why would you? Especially if you're shopping.

    "Oh I know, I'll make the boot really inaccessible."
    Because it's easier, but I can see the advantage of an accessible boot.
  • masjer
    masjer Posts: 2,807
    Pinno's a Porsche driver.

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