munkkey

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[–] munkkey@monyet.cc 2 points 9 months ago

Those who seldom travel overseas only realise the elevated living costs when stepping out of the Malaysian bubble. That also applies to most Hajj applicants, who are on a waiting list and when it's their turn, suddenly find themselves paying much more than they initially thought.

[–] munkkey@monyet.cc 1 points 9 months ago

Maybe that's why I became a monkey, or munk-key.

[–] munkkey@monyet.cc 1 points 9 months ago

As if I'm a public figure, yes.

[–] munkkey@monyet.cc 1 points 9 months ago (4 children)

It's like quoting something about yourself in office gossips, that you did not reveal in person, but is easily searchable online.

[–] munkkey@monyet.cc 1 points 9 months ago (6 children)

Recently realized my colleagues do check what I say online. It's creepy but I can handle this.

[–] munkkey@monyet.cc 1 points 9 months ago

Glad you liked this café. Do explore our other communities!

[–] munkkey@monyet.cc 1 points 9 months ago

Good morning. Getting to 12pm but it's still morning.

How are things?

[–] munkkey@monyet.cc 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Our projects and tasks are tracked weekly for good reasons. It's an optimal measure of time for planning purposes; not too long, not too short.

[–] munkkey@monyet.cc 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Less than 50 to gooo 😥

[–] munkkey@monyet.cc 1 points 9 months ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023%E2%80%932024_Guatemalan_political_crisis

When a presidential candidate winning 60% of second round vote is considered a "landslide", the government might try any measures necessary to invalidate the result and candidate. After several months, that candidate was finally sworn in. That's the summary.

[–] munkkey@monyet.cc 1 points 9 months ago

That was the last of 3 news segment, which was the most interesting and meta. I like watching the full 12 minutes though.

 

Note they don't say "KL people are litterbugs", but "Malaysians" in general.

 

English follows Chinese in this opinion piece on the HSR.

 

*kaching*

 

https://developer.data.gov.my/realtime-api/gtfs-static

Before I delve in to the URL, title and snapshot I attached, I'd like to follow up on this post about data.gov.my dashboards relating to public transport.

Since that post, RapidKL issued a press release to inform a delay in reopening the Bandaraya–Masjid Jamek section, due to the need to repair adjacent viaducts to the badly damaged one. If all goes to plan, service shall resume on February/March 2024.

Other missing data in their dashboards and data catalogue remain the same as previously posted. For instance, search for daily ridership that involves Putrajaya Line station(s) is broken because "data for certain exits on the Putrajaya Line is not yet available." On the other hand, you can search for ridership data on all KTMB Komuter stations for Central Sector (Tanjung Malim–Port Klang, Batu Caves–Pulau Sebang), but not their total trips data for now.


OK, back to topic. This month, the devs have released GTFS static and realtime data for selected Malaysian public transport services. GTFS stands for General Transit Feed Specification, which at the basic level provides transit schedule information. That is probably the key API that powers Google Maps and Moovit.

GTFS Static is quite straightforward to understand. It contains transit stop locations, routes and optionally paths, stop times (as in screenshot), trips and frequency info, and other optional data. Just follow the instruction through the URL I linked to get the ZIP file that contains text files in CSV format. Of course, they only provide estimate times for trips taken, without accounting for operational delays.

I will look into GTFS Realtime in another post.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by munkkey@monyet.cc to c/politics@monyet.cc
 

It is less than 2 years away to end of term. Maybe holding state election separately from GE is the new normal.

 

It was several days ago but still recent news.

 

Yet another highway in Klang Valley. Toll for this one ain't cheap, RM3.50 if they use the same price as Wangsa Maju toll.

 

The Star reported it as "Lynas bids goodbye to M’sia", but there's no indication the company is fully withdrawing operations in Malaysia.

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