jonas’I realized I won't be able to do anything editor-wise today, so don't block on that for the agenda, daniel
jonas’(on a train until 22:00 local time at least)
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moparisthebestI can't even imagine traveling on a train, that's something that only happens in movies :P
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moparisthebestfreight trains are a thing, just not passenger trains
Zashlet me tell you that overnight trains is the best way to travel
moparisthebestbetter than drinking a ton of caffiene and driving through the night? :P I imagine so
ZashCan't imagine the amounts of caffeine it would take to drive to Brussels!
ZashTho train there would likely take more than one night from here.
ZashBetter than the 3 hour flight where you're spending the entire day on airports and all the physical abuse that entails.
moparisthebesthow far is it?
jonas’moparisthebest, yeah, I don't envy you for your terrible public transport over there
moparisthebestI think the farthest I've driven in the shortest time was a ~2100 mile round trip to tow a truck back from Texas in ~52 hours or so, was pretty rough
Zash~1700km or so
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moparisthebest2100 miles == 3379.622 km , 1700km == 1056.331 miles
moparisthebestjonas’, where I live we don't have terrible public transport, we just don't have public transport :P
SamAtlanta has great public transport, the train can take you both North *and* South! We are a 2 dimensional city, apparently.
Sam(jokes aside: the subway is great, but it barely goes anywhere it's really embarassing)
jonas’that's one way to implement the predicate "terrible public transport"✎
jonas’moparisthebest, that's one way to implement the predicate "terrible public transport" ✏
moparisthebesta city near me has subway tunnels that were dug in the early 1900s, pretty interesting article actually https://www.theverge.com/2016/8/10/12411632/public-transportation-failures-america-cincinnati-subway
moparisthebestno subway was ever built though, other than the sandwich shops named subway
moparisthebesthonestly I'm not really interested in living anywhere where people are close enough to each other that public transit makes sense...
jonas’well this is like 400km or so
SamYou're forgetting that decent public transit is a mix of both local subway/bus/etc. but also light rail or similar to places further away
SamIt *could* be possible to take Amtrak from Georgia to Texas and not have it take a week to go like 10 miles if we'd subsidize it more and not make them share the rails with freight, for example.
jonas’(we're sharing rails with freight here...)
jonas’(partially anyway)
ZashWe have electric buses (well, also diesel ones), but bike ftw!
jonas’(but our freight trains don't go just 10mph)
Samyah, our freight trains are slow and as far as I can tell always get priority
SamIt is possible to take Amtrak to a few places quicly, but only if you live in the east coast or just get lucky and need to go to very specific places
moparisthebestI've looked at Amtrak in the past, it's just so far away to get to one I'm better off driving directly to my destination, also, pretty expensive
SamEg. my parents live in the middle of nowhere North Eats GA ~100 miles from Atlanta, but its' surprisingly easy to get there on Amtrak for like $25 USD in just a few hours. That could be done elsewhere in the country and moparisthebest would be happy to live out of the city but still be able to take the train :)
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SamYah, Amtrak is terrible, that's what I'm saying, it *could* be done better. Public transportation doesn't have to be just for cities.
moparisthebestand planes, yikes
moparisthebesteverytime we plan a trip with the family we price planes and it's like $3500 for 5 people to fly or $300 in fuel to drive there
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moparisthebestSam, yea I'm not saying public transit *couldn't* work for the country I just have no frame of reference at alll :)