German rail not known for its reliability... really?! Perhaps not in Germany. But in most other countries, German rail is perceived to be very reliable. And compared to rail in most other countries, German rail is very reliable!
Compared to e.g. Japan and some other countries long distance trains in Germany are _very_ unreliable.
Compared to some other countries it is extremely reliable.
Local train service reliability differs quite a bit depending on region and sometimes in region which exact train you take.
And perception of reliability can differ from reality, e.g. Berlin people always complain about how unreliable their public transportation is, but due to high frequency of the transportation and a tight nitted 3-4 layer transportation net it is in effect really not that bad. Sure there are a few places where you e.g. reliable miss a follow up connection. But you can calculate that in and with delay times included it is still better then what you find in many other places in the word. So uh, perception is it's a catastrophe, but practice is it's far behind Tokio but not that bad at all in general (for most connections).
Amusingly a transit system has to be pretty decent to be bad - if it is actually horribly bad people don’t treat it at all reliable so they don’t really notice late trains, because getting a train at all is a miracle.
That's basically the case here in Australia (I live in Sydney, I believe the standard is about the same in other cities). My train line has been completely closed for the past week, for "routine trackwork" (and it's not even Christmas / summer holidays). Every weekend one or more lines are closed for trackwork. Throughout this year, trains have been delayed or cancelled, often with little notice, due to workers going on strike. And I've lived in Sydney for most of my life, and it's always been like this. Can't rely on public transport.
The non-YouTube authoritative copy of the recording includes the other audio track(s) and sub(s), typically (for at least most main track talks of 33c3/34c3/35c3/36c3) including the live English/German dub (whichever the speaker doesn't use) courtesy of a volunteer at the event.
