Network is more effective IMO, as you don't specifically need GPS to get someone's location. You can use nearby WiFi MAC address lookups, bluetooth beacons, cell towers, or plain old IP lookup if there's internet etc.
A bit like most Inkjets when the unreplaceable waste ink pad dries up 😭
Sit through a whole turn on sequence, just for the screen to say the manufacturer's equivalent of "Bin me, I'm dead" with the only option being to power off
Its nice seeing other people from your instance active on here too, a bit like seeing someone unexpected in public.
I don't think it would be the same kind of feeling if you're registered on lemmy.ml or lemmy.world though, those instances make up a lot of the userbase and seeing those users is not that rare
Alstom has been building manufacturing facilities in America specifically for this project, (and other projects popping up across the US, making it a financially viable endeavor) however there are lots of urbanist communities on the net that explain this arrangement in much more detail.
The trains are very much of a European design, just most of the materials are sourced in the US and they're manufactured in the US.
There is one truly domestic passenger train manufacturer in the US (sorry, can't recall their name), and AFAIK they were not chosen because they don't have both the experience or available capacity to make what Amtrak are after
Edit: also should mention some of the new trains have been parked in Amtrak's yards for several years now, fully assembled. Occasionally you'll hear a peep about them being used for testing but that's it
I have a slightly off topic question - that's the first time I've seen the big boi mounted on the door frame instead of the door itself... is there generally a difference between this and mounting it to the door instead?
I assume it was mounted to the frame here because it's not wooden
While it is a shame the new trains are delayed, it's very informative and unfortunate to discover their most profitable train line is using hardware from the 90s... that they can barely keep running... because the manufacturer went out of business.
There should be some deal in place for these manufacturers to transfer essential documentation to customers in the instance that they collapse IMO, like schematics for electronics, source code for hardware etc.
Personally I would be very uncomfortable as a director, knowing that the only cash cow is literally in the hands of thankless engineers doing the impossible with technology that is three decades old, with no documentation... and if anything goes wrong there's no fallback plan apart from chopping up the old trains for more parts
That's a really great start with the updates IMO, second only to Fairphone.
I'm personally a little bit skeptical, seeing how Google has a habit of inviting the grim reaper to dine with its products... but hopefully they follow through allowing Pixel owners to enjoy 7 years of OS and security upgrades 👌
Hate to be a party pooper but the API usage in that log looks completely normal for a PWA... You should be looking at the outgoing network data instead IMO
Maybe one of the devs could advise better if you provide the frontend/client you're using, and what page you are experiencing the issue on, as well as other instances where it isn't happening
Their webserver is probably misconfigured I think?
Chrome does a bunch of stuff in the background (trying no www, with www, etc) to try and get you to the https website, which firefox doesn't. It's a reason I like firefox as a developer, makes it super obvious when you've messed something up
Feels like a symptom of poor education to me.
Society in general seems to give up quickly on people who might need extra support to learn, without really considering the consequences