Say what you will, that is pretty smart. No need to waste money when you need it.
Soviet problems require Soviet solutions.
Btw, mechanical displays are cool.
Work smarter, not harder. If this solutions works, why not?
If it’s stupid but it works then it ain’t stupid.
Awesome! Barely any maintenance to do
Really efficient when it works, but both systems will be wrong the minute the tiniest mechanical fault occurs, not to mention when repairs need to be conducted.
single source of truth
It is a rather obscure option, a very old one, for the stations that still have analog tables.
You can just check the website of the train company, CFR Călători, which is quite nice, as you would normally expect. It obviously includes all the stations, with or without a webcam, and can also check the last known location of any train.
Digitalizare la CFR: Mersul Trenurilor online in timp real = o camera web deasupra sinelor.
you can rely on train schedules in RO ? well that’s new
LOL jugaad at its finest!
For context, jugaad is a Hindi word that essentially means “solving problems using whatever tools you have”. It’s not an exact translation but it’s the closest thing I can think of right now. Us Indian people are famous for this shit, I didn’t know Eastern Europe had this too xD
– How do we make sure departure info on the website is synchronised with what actually happens at the station?
– Well, so we need a central server, a microservice that will talk to a message bus that will send data to central database. We need to plan for network outages, make sure no conflicting data can be inserted …
– Shut up and just point a webcam at the board
And?
I’m reminded of that scene in Armageddon when the one guy talks about American ingenuity to spend millions of dollars to develop the pen that writes upside down while the Russian ingenuity was to simply use pencil.
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Haha amazing 😂
Say what you will, that is pretty smart. No need to waste money when you need it.
Soviet problems require Soviet solutions.
Btw, mechanical displays are cool.
Work smarter, not harder. If this solutions works, why not?
If it’s stupid but it works then it ain’t stupid.
Awesome! Barely any maintenance to do
Really efficient when it works, but both systems will be wrong the minute the tiniest mechanical fault occurs, not to mention when repairs need to be conducted.
single source of truth
It is a rather obscure option, a very old one, for the stations that still have analog tables.
You can just check the website of the train company, CFR Călători, which is quite nice, as you would normally expect. It obviously includes all the stations, with or without a webcam, and can also check the last known location of any train.
Digitalizare la CFR: Mersul Trenurilor online in timp real = o camera web deasupra sinelor.
you can rely on train schedules in RO ? well that’s new
LOL jugaad at its finest!
For context, jugaad is a Hindi word that essentially means “solving problems using whatever tools you have”. It’s not an exact translation but it’s the closest thing I can think of right now. Us Indian people are famous for this shit, I didn’t know Eastern Europe had this too xD
– How do we make sure departure info on the website is synchronised with what actually happens at the station?
– Well, so we need a central server, a microservice that will talk to a message bus that will send data to central database. We need to plan for network outages, make sure no conflicting data can be inserted …
– Shut up and just point a webcam at the board
And?
I’m reminded of that scene in Armageddon when the one guy talks about American ingenuity to spend millions of dollars to develop the pen that writes upside down while the Russian ingenuity was to simply use pencil.
That’s not that bad
If it works, it ain’t stupid
Homeassistant. I can help.
If it looks stupid, but it works, it isn’t stupid
This is very misleading. Yes, the webcams exist, but there is [a website/app showing the departures for any station](https://mersultrenurilor.infofer.ro/en-GB/Station/Bucuresti-Nord) in normal text form as in any civilized country.
Golden source. Love it
Because we have strong internet…
Single source of truth!
r/redneckengineering
It’s an anti-scrapper protection. Snow not just a picture instead of text but dynamic picture.
KISS – Keep it simple, stupid.
Probably works better than most apps
It’s kind of beautifully practical. Very simple solution. 😀
How to make a software project affordable 101