the train company just refunded the entire ticket because the delay was so large
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the train company just refunded the entire ticket because the delay was so large
quant train lifehack: make an ML model for where the trackside equipment will likely break next, then go on a day trip there
this is a form of arbitrage but i can't decide how it should be called
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this is a form of arbitrage but i can't decide how it should be called
...maintenance futures?
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the train company just refunded the entire ticket because the delay was so large
quant train lifehack: make an ML model for where the trackside equipment will likely break next, then go on a day trip there
@whitequark illegal train lifehack: …
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the train company just refunded the entire ticket because the delay was so large
quant train lifehack: make an ML model for where the trackside equipment will likely break next, then go on a day trip there
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the train company just refunded the entire ticket because the delay was so large
quant train lifehack: make an ML model for where the trackside equipment will likely break next, then go on a day trip there
@whitequark all the delays will end up driving you mad over the long term, but at least you'll be able to ride for free, until they catch on
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the train company just refunded the entire ticket because the delay was so large
quant train lifehack: make an ML model for where the trackside equipment will likely break next, then go on a day trip there
@whitequark Seeing people openly abusing unplanned maintenance to go on free holidays may be the final straw to convince them to fix that crap ahead of time. Or to charge train passengers per minute like it's a cloud resource. One of those.
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this is a form of arbitrage but i can't decide how it should be called
@whitequark arbitrainage
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@val @whitequark That’s wild to me. My last train trip was 6 hours late, Amtrak just doesnt give a fuck.
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the train company just refunded the entire ticket because the delay was so large
quant train lifehack: make an ML model for where the trackside equipment will likely break next, then go on a day trip there
@whitequark I feel like if you can reliably predict this kind of thing, there are 2 possibilities:
- it's more profitable to sell the technology to the railroads so they can do JIT maintenance, and make more money than you'd save on fares, or
- the same skills also presumably apply to other, more profitable things to predict, like stock prices, or the spot oil market, or what words jerome powell will say at his next press conference -
@whitequark I feel like if you can reliably predict this kind of thing, there are 2 possibilities:
- it's more profitable to sell the technology to the railroads so they can do JIT maintenance, and make more money than you'd save on fares, or
- the same skills also presumably apply to other, more profitable things to predict, like stock prices, or the spot oil market, or what words jerome powell will say at his next press conference@rcombs but i don't want to predict oil futures
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