Seems like testing has begun on the Sanying (Light Blue) line. I saw a train sitting at the (incomplete) Yingge MRT station today and did some searching. Seems that testing started back in October. https://taiwannews.com.tw/news/5950671 [2024年三鶯線進度總結｜三鶯線列車高速行駛！動態測試、靜態測試、號誌測試｜朝向2025年完工目標前行…

crazy people are by definition crazy…they do “crazy” things without the Logic normal people have.

he was in our neck of the woods not long ago…wifey went and its the second concert of his that she went to I think…she calls him “the old guy” as in oh i went to the old guys concert the other day, it was good.

I had a strange MRT experience today. Sitting on the platform me + the two kids and this guy who looks obviously mentally unwell comes over next to us shuffling and staring and grunting and making us the focus of his attention. I move down the platform with the kids but he follows us. I move again …

[P_20250428_183948] Oh these fucking screens are infecting the red line too.

[image] Marco: are infecting the red line too. Bilingual 2030!!!

[image] Zllig: What is wrong with that sign? The names are in Chinese characters only.

I’m still not seeing any downsides? This is much better than the constantly changing display that only shows last stop, current stop, next stop.

[image] Zllig: What is wrong with that sign? It’s LCD. The system to power an LCD display is hideously complicated for a public transit system. It has numerous points of failure, costs a tonne to repair and makes the train look ghetto when it is broken. That extra expense has to come from so…

[image] Marco: [image] Zllig: What is wrong with that sign? [image] Zllig: I’m still not seeing any downsides? This is much better than the constantly changing display that only shows last stop, current stop, next stop. It’s LCD. The system to power an LCD display is hideously com…

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What is wrong with that sign?

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Supposedly outdated technology that just works!