Notices by artemist (artemist@social.mildlyfunctional.gay), page 5

I should read the EMV contactless standards to find out how secure static data authentication is, since I know US banks are still issuing cards without CDA or XDA.

i continue to believe that a lot of technology is just worse than no technology
someone looking at your passport is less likely to crash and doesn't take much longer than fancy automated border control.
putting your ticket on your phone means it had to be unlocked when checked, and also the app might just not work (happened to me today, i got a printed ticket)

alright, that's enough france, hello from hsl-1

(selfie, ec)

LGV Nord time!
The portal had a lot of razor wire...

Also we're still left hand running, I wonder where we cross over

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• trams accelerate very fast
• A lot more Palestinian flags than I've seen anywhere else
• Whatever the fuck this is

For some reason they won't let me book a room at the hôtel de ville.

Turns out I can't get all the way to Antwerp, I got times wrong and have to be back in like 30 minutes

Have an abandoned platform in Mechelen instead

Belgium has some impressively graffitied rolling stock

I'm not on this train, but this train class looked cool so I'm off to Antwerp, then will probably immediately return

snep that needs to brush its hair
(Unmasked because the windows are open and I'm the only one in this carriage)

Someone on this train is calling in to a meeting in English and it's such stereotypical german Business. They're talking about how allowing sublicensing in their contractual framework would allow additional flexibility.

Someone brought a small child into TGV first class but it was empty enough that I found another car.

Somehow no one has scanned my ticket on my trip at any time

I love how the LZB leaky feeder looks at nearly 300km/h

Learning the results for the euro cup the German way (I'm in bumfuck nowhere, Baden-Württemberg and heard someone drive by honking, so I guess Germany won)

I love the ambience of train stations at midnight

what the fuck, germany

why does every German poster or advertisement have to be such a milquetoast pun?

(context: the slogan at the top is "Democratic. Practical. Good." This is a reference to the Ritter Sport tagline which translates to "Square. Practical. Good.")

.... oh no

wtf, eurail first class doesn't apply on Westbahn. They do not tell you that anywhere, afaict

doing some Pro Interrail Moves (this Westbahn train is uncomfortable and goes to Wien Westbahnhof while I want to go to Wien Hbf. It looks like the railjet makes one extra stop between Linz and Amstetten, so we'll overtake it and I can switch with a 7 minute connection in Amstetten.
For some reason DB Navigator tells me to switch one stop later in St. Pölten instead but why would I do that)