RSS Bot@lemmy.bestiver.seMB to Hacker News@lemmy.bestiver.seEnglish · 2 days agoFlock repeatedly flags 76-year old Grandmother for arrest, erroring zero for "O"guessingheadlights.comexternal-linkmessage-square59linkfedilinkarrow-up1298arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1294arrow-down1external-linkFlock repeatedly flags 76-year old Grandmother for arrest, erroring zero for "O"guessingheadlights.comRSS Bot@lemmy.bestiver.seMB to Hacker News@lemmy.bestiver.seEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square59linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarelIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down14·2 days agoWow complete miss. Just not at all what we’re doing here
minus-squarebright@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·2 days agoOP isn’t blaming the person, they’re saying it’s dumb for the state to use license plate characters that’re easily misread.
minus-squareplantfanatic@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down3·2 days agoThe error wouldn’t exist if the plates didn’t allow O and 0. Atleast that’s what the article mentions.
minus-squareOmgpwnies@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 days agoOr have specific alpha/numeric positions, like a post code.
minus-squareeleijeep@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·2 days agoSo you’re telling me that one of those characters is not part of the character set used on license plates?
minus-squarelIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down5·2 days agoI’m saying you’re helping to normalize fascism. This isn’t about alphanumerics, it’s about the spying on everyone that’s the issue Of course
Wow complete miss. Just not at all what we’re doing here
OP isn’t blaming the person, they’re saying it’s dumb for the state to use license plate characters that’re easily misread.
The error wouldn’t exist if the plates didn’t allow O and 0.
Atleast that’s what the article mentions.
Or have specific alpha/numeric positions, like a post code.
Vanity plates dude.
So you’re telling me that one of those characters is not part of the character set used on license plates?
I’m saying you’re helping to normalize fascism. This isn’t about alphanumerics, it’s about the spying on everyone that’s the issue
Of course