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Re:Spain train crash: What we know after two trains crashed ... by 1718627440 on Thursday October 29, 2026 @07:58AM (#50287591)
Congratulation you are reinventing 1890 state of the art.
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Re:Spain train crash: What we know after two trains crashed ... by bombcar on Thursday October 29, 2026 @08:28PM (#50298298)
The problem is when the modern computer-dependent system replaces the ancient one, and so then the computer is down there is nothing at all.
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Re:Spain train crash: What we know after two trains crashed ... by 1718627440 on Thursday October 29, 2026 @09:47PM (#50298899)
Actually in this case it seemed that the opposite was the case, there was another fallback system, but you needed to disregard it, and operate manually, but the operators likely didn't notice that. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50298796
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Re:Spain train crash: What we know after two trains crashed ... by 1718627440 on Thursday October 29, 2026 @09:14PM (#50298679)
Which is why you generally don't do that.
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