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Re:The chess bot on Delta Air Lines will destroy you (2024) ... by piltdownman on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @11:10AM (#46602931)
I mean what do you consider long-distance? Inter-railing is a time honoured tradition for European Youth, and many of my generation alone would be very familiar with economy sleepers from e.g. Krakow to Prague or Budapest.

The ICE trains in particular are magnificent, and a worthy alternative to air travel.

https://int.bahn.de/en/trains/long-distance-trains

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Re:The chess bot on Delta Air Lines will destroy you (2024) ... by bluGill on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @12:33PM (#46604456)
In Europe you need to cross a country line.

Yes people do it all the time in Europe. It mostly works. However if you follow the space at all you will see a lot of stories about things going wrong - far more than there should be. Amtrak is mostly fine in the US, but there are still far more problems than there should be.

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