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A computer upgrade shut down BART

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232 points ksajadi | 3 comments | 05 Sep 25 14:52 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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wills_forward ◴[05 Sep 25 16:04 UTC] No.45140114[source]▶
The cheap easy take: it's tragically ironic that the software running the infrastructure in Silicon Valley is such a problem
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dilap ◴[05 Sep 25 17:13 UTC] No.45140964[source]▶
It's a shame that SF politics are so dysfunctional it can't have a metro at the same level of quality as, say, North Korea.
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coolspot ◴[05 Sep 25 17:33 UTC] No.45141215[source]▶
North Korea? If you think it is a good example of a low bar of transit quality/safety to meet, then you’re comically far off.
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1. dilap ◴[05 Sep 25 18:58 UTC] No.45142298[source]▶
You think that's setting the bar too high or too low?
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2. coolspot ◴[05 Sep 25 23:39 UTC] No.45145003[source]▶
Too high. I think NK transit system is incomparably safer and cleaner than BART.

Riding without a ticket? Jail.

Littering on the platform? Straight to jail, right away!

Doing any violent crime in NK transit? Believe it or not - death by firing squad.

Here is a quick overview of how the system works: https://youtu.be/eiyfwZVAzGw?si=CnOMa8F6NkiyhifE

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3. dilap ◴[08 Sep 25 14:40 UTC] No.45168904[source]▶
We're in agreement about the facts on the ground.

Setting aside safety for a moment, consider just hygiene: BART is shockingly dirty. Which suggests mismanagement, above and beyond just a lack of detterence of criminality.

As for safety -- firing squads are probably not in the cards, but would jailing the violent be too much to hope for?