I've been wanting them to have an api for years with a TOS that you cannot resell tickets or make any additional fees from the sale to discourage SEO snakes from hijacking things.
A more reasonable front-end could be made without much effort and a very low monthly overhead to host since it's mostly a proxy
Require the same upsells with the insurance and credit card offer I don't care, that's not the problem I have with the site.
Not because I doubt you but Europe is pretty disparate.
Amtrak from NYC to Philadelphia cost as much as a flight to continental Europe, and the experience was abysmal, truly awful I couldn’t even get the tickets for hours and took a bus instead.
Perhaps I’m “spoiled” by UK and Swedish trains but UK is pretty terible
It depends hugely on when you book--both time in advance and time of year--as well as any sales going on. Which can vary a TON in Europe as well. I almost always take trains within Europe but they're no bargain.
At one place I worked, the two releases that made us the most nervous went out on Friday the 13th, and Halloween (IIRC). The reasons that they made us nervous had nothing to do with the release dates. We were nervous that what we did had hidden bugs, and even after testing, we were still somewhat nervous.
Now that US AI psychoses is reaching pandemic levels, I wonder if governments outside the US will accelerate their migration plans. Too bad we can't socially distance ourselves, wash hands and wear masks.
When I get back to the office on Monday I'm going to start making steps to make sure that skill atrophy gets limited so that we don't fall into the same helpless incompetence.
I've been wanting them to have an api for years with a TOS that you cannot resell tickets or make any additional fees from the sale to discourage SEO snakes from hijacking things.
A more reasonable front-end could be made without much effort and a very low monthly overhead to host since it's mostly a proxy
Require the same upsells with the insurance and credit card offer I don't care, that's not the problem I have with the site.
Amtrak's site has always been the worst example of a national rail website
I use the app frequently and I actually love it. Pick two stations, pick a train, apple pay, done. It’s not flashy, but I appreciate the simplicity.
Renfe in Spain is awful
Are you sure??? Because some of the ones I’ve used in Europe and Asia are god awful
We should compare.
Not because I doubt you but Europe is pretty disparate.
Amtrak from NYC to Philadelphia cost as much as a flight to continental Europe, and the experience was abysmal, truly awful I couldn’t even get the tickets for hours and took a bus instead.
Perhaps I’m “spoiled” by UK and Swedish trains but UK is pretty terible
It depends hugely on when you book--both time in advance and time of year--as well as any sales going on. Which can vary a TON in Europe as well. I almost always take trains within Europe but they're no bargain.
We were talking about the websites, and the OP was saying it’s the “worst example”. Cost and experience weren’t being discussed.
Yes, I meant I had a bad experience with the website, as in, it didn't work at all and I had to go to a service counter.
They acted like I was committing a crime at the service desk too tbh. I’m not sure how they are in business.
Yea and in France when the only train for the day broke down I couldn’t get a refund because “you might come back to France one day”.
Sorry, as an American Amtrack’s website isn’t even in my top 5 of worst train websites.
not getting a refund is a lot different than not even getting a ticket imo.
Fair point about refunds for delays in general, its so awful I normally don’t do it. Not with trains, busses nor airlines.
Always fun to live through a “textbook example” of something; in this case it’s a cascading failure (1) in transportation infrastructure
(1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cascading_failure
While the most likely, what’s the chance this is all some serious patch being applied in stages across a huge swath of infrastructure?
There’s a lot of people who needed to get from A to B.
Without planes, lots of them probably just tried to rush to Amtrak and they received a volume they’ve never seen in a very short order.
I doubt there is anything more complicated than that.
Which is why I started with “while most likely”
On a Friday (the 13th), who's brilliant idea was that.
At one place I worked, the two releases that made us the most nervous went out on Friday the 13th, and Halloween (IIRC). The reasons that they made us nervous had nothing to do with the release dates. We were nervous that what we did had hidden bugs, and even after testing, we were still somewhat nervous.
Both releases were clean. Go figure.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planes,_Trains_and_Automobiles
The word of the day is: cascading.
Coming soon: car rental sites, hotel booking sites, food delivery services, taxi and ride share services.
FAA and Amtrak are managed by the federal government. None of the things that you named are.
It's not like anyone predicted the apocalypse would happen today.
As usual, Australia got lucky thanks to the fact that most prophecies neglect to specify the timezone (It's currently the afternoon of the 14th here).
Wow almost forgot about that. Hmm... naa we'll be fine!
(context: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50482379)
Jensen Huang making sure he takes the country down with him?
The FAA hug of death
Now that US AI psychoses is reaching pandemic levels, I wonder if governments outside the US will accelerate their migration plans. Too bad we can't socially distance ourselves, wash hands and wear masks.
When I get back to the office on Monday I'm going to start making steps to make sure that skill atrophy gets limited so that we don't fall into the same helpless incompetence.
Our systems are collapsing under the weight over our own vibes.
Planes, trains… automobiles are next!!!
Mine is internal combustion.
And is not connected to the internet.
I mean I can barely get the Amtrak site to work on a good day.