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@Pepijn@mastodon.online @erpu@eupolicy.social And guess what arrived in the mail? Stickers! These will find their way to Innotrans, the OpenTransport Unconference and the EPF General Meeting at the least!
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@koen_hufkens@mastodon.social @baldur@toot.cafe Reminds me of this blog comparing the language of AI adoption to the language of rape.
https://buttondown.com/monteiro/archive/how-to-use-no-as-a-complete-sentence/
Very entertaining movie experience, Minions and Monsters. Now have to reread Moving Pictures… #gnuterrypratchett 
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@jharbers@mastodon.online Ik wil ook een rose olifant als machinist - één ticket is óf duurder voor de passagier, óf niet technisch realiseerbaar - je kunt onmogelijk rekening houden met alle mogelijke situaties zoals NS Voordeel, Deutschlandticket, Bahncard 50% 1e klas, Klimaticket etc. Gewoon passagiersrechten voor elke reis die aan redelijke overstaptijden voldoet (vast te stellen door de infrabeheerder zoals dat in Tsjechië b.v. al gebeurt), onafhankelijk van het aantal of de soort tickets. @erpu@eupolicy.social
:atag: :mtag: Upgrade to 4.5.7 and a new VPS has been concluded; the Drum now has a new IP-address. Hopefully this also solves the problem with intermittent image problems. Still working on restoring the extended character limit! EDIT: Character limit should now again be 5000.
:atag: :mtag: I've published the quarterly update: https://opencollective.com/mendeddrum/updates/april-2026-update
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(For the interested, it was in having a triple fff in a variable where it should have been with ff. I need new glasses.)
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It is probably due to it being a slow line and not really conviently located that I haven’t read a lot here about Attnang-Stainach, but it really is a gorgeous line.
So @noelle@mendeddrum.org is looking for a nice (traintransport based) itinerary for a long (5 day) weekend with a friend in Bristol/Bath area. Any tips, towns/places not to be missed, places/towns to be skipped, etc. would be appreciated! Weston-super-Mare looks - interesting, but maybe not in the right kind of way?
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By the way, to add insult to injury the ministers are currently considering a proposal to increase their own wages by 18%.
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@cycling_on_rails@mastodon.social @stefanlindbohm@mastodon.social @partim@social.tchncs.de They’re clearly missing the b) option from article 18 of the regulation…
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@jon @cybso @OskarImKeller @Life_is @HonkHase And with a bit of lobbying there are some really pissed off dutch municipalities at the border that could be convinced to join….
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@masek@infosec.exchange Na ich warte mal auf das Naming & Shaming... aber wenn der Händler von Kunde und Hersteller in die Zange genommen wird, wird's lustig.
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@bert_hubert @BZKopensource Ik moet nog eens nazoeken maar volgens de spelregels zoals op forum standaardisatie uitgelegd zou er eigenlijk in het jaarverslag van ieder departement een explain moeten staan…
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@gutenberg_org@mastodon.social @capnthommo@c.im https://brilliantmaps.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dateformat.png Only the US uses that format. The rest of the world doesn’t. Which was the point. See you on the 22nd of July!
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Didn’t get around to posting much after this. Took the Nightjet to Bregenz, and had a much better experience of them than last year. So can recommend for anyone under 180cm. Spent the day crossing CH without mobile data (novel), then ended up in Koblenz for the night. Today, met @Tho99@mendeddrum.org in my efforts to meet all #mendeddrum volunteers. Thanks for the coffee! Now almost home again in time for normality to return… and @bigcalm@mendeddrum.org, you’re next on the list!
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@alberto_cottica Hendaye would seem to be the logical route. Also depends a bit on how you like to travel - fast or resilient, shoestring or luxury. The mentioned railfinder should help you as well as seat61 for some general routes.
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@Pepijn I count 1e/2e Kamer as one, and definitely been to Westminster. Bundestag not sure - but I’ve been to the NRW one in Düsseldorf and the Hessen one in Wiesbaden for sure, and also the European Parliament in Strassburg. Seen lots of others from the outside but didn’t go in. I did visit the not-building place of the Landsgemeinde Appenzell-Innerrhoden, though again it isn’t national.
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Also gorgeous (see what I did there!) but apparently only on weekends, Selzthal-Amstetten. It runs through a national park along a river gorge and is a long ride but totally worth it for the views (though the Sawa in Slovenia must be nicer, haven’t seen that yet). Now off to meet a friend for dinner in Vienna.
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@bert_hubert@mastodon.nl @js@mastodon.nl Aangehouden door indiener, dus wellicht beweging op de achtergrond?
Not a train holiday, still spotted a train. Wonder whether any train geeks can guess the station.
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@bellinghman@wandering.shop @Tho99@mendeddrum.org That is the direct route but I did some detouring.
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@bigcalm@mendeddrum.org My passport expires next week so I’ll have to get a new one just for you 😂.
Henceforth, #xkcd 3272 (today) will be my official position on time changes.
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@greem@cyberplace.social @DJDarren@mendeddrum.org I was also going to ask why rclone (https://rclone.org/onedrive/) or onedrive (https://github.com/abraunegg/onedrive) seem not to work in your place?
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@stippel66@mastodon.nl Ik houd dit even in de gaten. Punten waar je iig rekening mee moet houden is warmwatervoorziening (douche/keuken), wat voor verwarming je hebt en welke aanvoertemperatuur dan werkt, en hoe goed je huis geisoleerd is.
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@juliette Yes it is worth it, especially for such a long journey. More space, quieter, more comfortable seats. Go for it.
@tml@mementomori.social @partim@social.tchncs.de I have arrived and am
waiting to the left of the metro entrance.
@photovince@mastodon.social Achtuurjournaal gezien gisteren?
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@HaTetsu@mastodon.com.pl @partim@social.tchncs.de @tml@mementomori.social nope, thanks. Doesn’t matter too much.
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@partim@social.tchncs.de Combining it with Selzthal-Amstetten today, which is also breathtaking.
As I'm finetuning my maps, can anyone tell me how the Malmö-Stockholm Nighttrain is routed between Helsingborg and Hässleholm? Is that via Ödakra and Klippan?
#bahnbubble
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@DJDarren@mendeddrum.org @greem@cyberplace.social Wait, you're not an admin on your linux box?
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@tuxedocomputers@linuxrocks.online Interesting and good decision! I would appreciate some words on using Debian Testing (and Tuxedo OS when based on this) in production environments, which need reliability and stability. How are you dealing with these trade-offs, and how do you plan on making sure Tuxedo OS stays stable for use in production? Thanks!
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@DJDarren@mendeddrum.org Run a multitude of virtual machines...
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@partim@social.tchncs.de Interesting to see that both the 211 and the 225 will be on platform 15 in Stuttgart, at the same time. Wonder how that's going to work.
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@moritzkraehe@zug.network Ich musste da doch schon ziemlich lange drüber nachdenken bevor ik den letzten Gag verstanden habe - zu gedrillt auf die richtige Umsetzung sagen wir mal, mein alter Lateinlehrer Herr Trepte wird stolz auf mich sein ;-).
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@bellinghman@wandering.shop @Tho99@mendeddrum.org There used to be two daily direct trains but they changed it to Munich.