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https://ben-james.notion.site/tube-data https://ben-james.notion.site/tube-data > You will regret using this data. You will regret using this API. > It serves
by lol768 2y ago
https://ben-james.notion.site/tube-data https://ben-james.notion.site/tube-data
> You will regret using this data. You will regret using this API.
> It serves data from individual arrivals boards, which all spell stations differently.
> It describes train status in free text that varies between stations. “Approaching Barnet”, “Near Waterloo”, “Heading to Bank”, “Departing Southgate”, “Leaving Hampstead”, etc.
I'm not sure what you expected from an organisation still offering nothing but SMS-based MFA to its "customers" and one that got massively disrupted by a 17 year old in a cyber incident which seemed to paralyse the entire organisation a few months ago...
- MrsPeaches 2y agoWas this big one recently that took out the Zip cards?
- tim333 1y agoSeems to be: "TfL’s efforts to deal with the cyber attack have resulted in a growing shutdown of its own systems, meaning that new zip cards used by children and teenagers cannot be obtained" "17-year-old male has been arrested on suspicion of Computer Misuse Act offences in relation to the attack. The teenager, who was arrested in Walsall ..." https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/tfl-cyber-attack-person-data-hacked-oyster-contactless-passengers-sadiq-khan-b1181688.html https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/tfl-cyber-attack-pers...
- Symbiote 2y agoIt's also the organization that rolled out the second large stored-credit contactless payment system in the world (after Hong Kong), and was the first to introduce bank card contactless payments.
- HPsquared 1y agoFor some reason I'm thinking of the classic "Speed cooking" videos: https://youtu.be/8TVpQiCIqp4 https://youtu.be/8TVpQiCIqp4
- theginger 1y agoBest part of 20 years ago, which is a long time in anything, it's a lifetime in tech. About 15 years ago I used to work on some projects for greater London authority, we seemed to mostly be squatting on transport for London servers and they seemed to have good tech and people seemed to like using it. 5 years later they couldn't get away fast enough.
- ghaff 1y agoThese days just tap a contactless credit card is about as good as it gets-while still having the Oyster alternative where the credit card isn’t a good or preferred option.
- lol768 1y agoHurrah. That was 13 years ago and it still doesn't support railcard discounts. TfL may have been innovative a long time ago, but they haven't moved with the times at all. Hell, the Oyster POMs only got contactless payment readers in the last couple of weeks. Prior to that it was "chip 'n' pin" - y'know, the technology introduced back in 2004.
- bookofjoe 1y agoFunFact: I have enjoyed HN for about 10 years even though I have NO IDEA what an API etc. is. A tribute to its welcoming big tent for non-techies like me who wouldn't know a dark pattern from dark matter.
- unkeen 1y agoTo the gloriously mansplaining sibling commenters: Do you really think a question has been asked in the parent comment? If you do, why?
- bookofjoe 1y agoThis made me smile.
- johnmlussier 1y agoWhat’s the harm? Parent can choose to not read if they want.
- bryanrasmussen 1y agoDo you really think they're "mansplaining" to the user identified as bookofjoe?
- hardlianotion 1y agoPretty sure they're all women.
- Mountain_Skies 1y agoFor each person who is willing to speak up and say they don't understand something, there's usually dozens more who silently are wondering the same thing. Even if the parent commentor didn't want an explanation, they opened to floor for others to help out the silent folks who actually were curious as to the explanation.
- bookofjoe 1y agoSo true. I have a rule of 100: for every person who takes the time and trouble to actively respond to something on the phone/by mail/online, there are 99 others who feel exactly the same way but can't be bothered.
- frakkingcylons 1y agoThis is something that a small LLM handles quite well. I’m using one to normalize MTA delay reports so I can aggregate stuff in a sane way.