grundleborg
Re:UK retail electricity prices hit -19p/kWh today
on Sunday July 02, 2023 @04:11AM (#36559410)
It's a tariff called Agile Octopus: https://octopus.energy/agile/
Re:Berlin Is Bringing Back Subway Trains from the 1950s
on Sunday November 06, 2016 @05:18AM (#12884415)
The Isle of Wight uses retired former London Underground trains, which has given rise to rather wonderful instances like this: http://www.islandecho.co.uk/news/steam-rescue-stranded-islan...
Re:Show HN: Density – Anonymous People Counter and API
on Monday July 13, 2015 @12:54PM (#9879319)
This problem is an active area of academic research in the transport operations/planning field. It's generally known as "concentration and overreaction".
A classic example would be if a road is severely congested, and satnavs started advising drivers to take an alternative, smaller road, if too many people get the same advice that road will then end up even more congested and delay the people who followed the advice to change routes even more.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/42747332?seq=1#page_scan_tab_con... is a good starting point if you are interested in reading more about this area.