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A computer upgrade shut down BART

(www.bart.gov)
232 points ksajadi | 1 comments | 05 Sep 25 14:52 UTC | HN request time: 0s | 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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gdulli ◴[05 Sep 25 16:10 UTC] No.45140184[source]▶
Maybe expected though that high salaries there depress incentive to work in these jobs even more than other cities?
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rustystump ◴[05 Sep 25 16:22 UTC] No.45140328[source]▶
No. It is pretty typical for anything gov to be pretty bad. Most dont work there due to how bureaucratic it is rather than the comp. This is what my friends who work in gov say at least.
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aspenmayer ◴[05 Sep 25 16:25 UTC] No.45140385[source]▶
And yet NYC .gov sites, apps, and functionality makes SF still look like a shantytown after all this time.
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rustystump ◴[05 Sep 25 19:20 UTC] No.45142537[source]▶
Beating a bar that is on the floor is none too impressive.
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1. aspenmayer ◴[07 Sep 25 10:14 UTC] No.45156927[source]▶
This dead horse ain’t gonna beat itself back to life. Might as well give it the ol’ college try, eh?