THE VIDEO SHELF · german train delays
BahnMining - Pünktlichkeit ist eine Zier (David Kriesel)
David Kriesel's 36C3 talk, in German, analyzes a year of scraped data on every stop of every long-distance train in Germany. It shows how Deutsche Bahn delay statistics hide cancellations and delays.
Why HN readers recommended it
Recommended in threads on German rail as the data-backed explanation of how reported punctuality understates real delays.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- media.ccc.de
- Topic
- german train delays
- Format
- talk
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 7
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2022–2026
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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I think they want to get rid of the trains going to Interlaken directly. At least that's what I read in the SZ [0]. If you haven't seen it, there's the great talk from David Kriesel on the 36C3 [1] about how Deutsche Bahn is... …
martin_a on Hacker News · 2023-08
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luckylion on Hacker News · 2022-10
In German rail operator says train disruption caused by sabotage
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