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A computer upgrade shut down BART

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232 points ksajadi | 2 comments | 05 Sep 25 14:52 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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ninetyninenine ◴[05 Sep 25 18:21 UTC] No.45141839[source]▶
I mean despite it's history the snark is well deserved. With so many companies and people in the bay paying taxes, where the hell does all the money go?

Interesting, tidbit you added here. But snark is needed for this situation.

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IshKebab ◴[05 Sep 25 18:42 UTC] No.45142101[source]▶
Yeah I was pretty blown away when I visited San Francisco just how archaic it was. In the same place you have driverless cars you have a metro payment system from like 70s USSR or something.
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1. xattt ◴[05 Sep 25 18:57 UTC] No.45142272[source]▶
So tokens and kopeks? Because there were no mag stripe systems in 1970s.

> https://www.ebay.ca/itm/174311087766

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2. saghm ◴[05 Sep 25 19:29 UTC] No.45142636[source]▶
I remember when I was in college in the early 2010s finding it amusing that SEPTA still used tokens in Philadelphia. On a whim I looked it up, and apparently they did finally stop using them, but only in 2024.