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It’s a fun coincidence that this is named “Glider”, since a fair number of glider (sailplane) pilots use e-ink displays (rooted kobo/kindle readers usually) due to great sunlight readability, commonly running something like XCSoar: https://www.xcsoar.org/hardware/



So submarines are controlled with logitech controllers, gliders use e-ink readers as displays. Wonder what other tech is being reused inside of niche transportation methods :)


code I wrote as a 12 year old beginner in python is running all of the Deutsche Bahn, I think. I suspect it anyways, it has the same performance characteristics.


You can't just say that without context! What does the code do? How did it end up in DB? I'm really curious now.


One of my tasks at my first job at 17 was writing some visual basic involving train track tilt formulas for a national railway. I dearly hope no-one is actually using it anywhere, and has never used it anywhere.


I think python would be too usable for DB :D Probably still on COBOL.

Beginning of this year, they were apparently looking for a Windows 3.11 Administrator [0]

[0] https://www.heise.de/news/Deutsche-Bahn-sucht-Admin-fuer-Win...


Interestingly they're also looking from Smalltalk developers, didn't expect that.


Perhaps you wrote the trip routing algo as well?


Paraglider pilots also use the exact same combo.




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