mastodon 4.7.3+todonmystagogue of the diaspora & aspiring luddite
Mostly busy with the European Rail Passengers Union (@erpu@eupolicy.social)
Not in tech.
I'm on the rails again today, heading up to the Netherlands to attend the European Passenger Federation’s conference in Maastricht on behalf of @erpu@eupolicy.social, as will @jon@gruene.social, @partim@social.tchncs.de, & @patrick@mendeddrum.org. There is a lot to look forward to at the conference. If you're there be sure to say hi! And, some exciting news about ERPU’s future will come out of it as well … so stay tuned for that.
Eurostat got back to me! tl;dr: I was right.
“The user raises a valid methodological point. […] This wording may give the impression of unique international passengers or unique cross-border journeys. However, international passenger counts may include both outgoing and incoming movements and therefore carry a risk of double counting at EU aggregate level.”
I have updated the blog post with their full reply: https://j-dv.com/blog/post/counting-cross-border-rail-trips
I hate FIFA. I hate Google. And yet, here I am, setting up a World Cup prediction pool as a shared spreadsheet, because family traditions are *really* hard to break.
(Any suggestions on how to code up all the tie-breaking rules? And third-place ranking? Yes, I know this isn't the best tool for this. It's not even something I want to be doing. That's the point. Family. Tradition. It just sucks you in.)
This is one those things you make on the way to making something else. But I know what you people on here like. So, have a map! With circles and diamonds on it! You're welcome!
A polite reminder: your visualizations (charts, graphs, maps) should work in gray scale. A divergent color scale where the extremes are dark and the middle is light becomes meaningless if I can't tell the two sides apart.
🎼️On the rails again🎶️
How do people keep track of the papers they have read? Tags in zotero? (And if so what do those look like for you?) A separate spreadsheet? Other? My problem is that while reading a paper I often know I am going to want to cite it for a specific point but when it comes time to write I don't remember which paper I was going to use for that point.
Entenc que sigui difícil per a un polític ser prou valent per eliminar els controls de seguretat de l'AVE. Aleshores, per què no utilitzar les reduccions de velocitat “temporals” actuals com a excusa? Sé que no té lògica. Però a qui li importa? Sona bé i aconsegueix el resultat que, crec que, tothom vol. I de la mesura temporal a la permanent és fàcil, com tots sabem.
