RSS Bot@lemmy.bestiver.seMB to Hacker News@lemmy.bestiver.seEnglish · 1 day agoFlock repeatedly flags 76-year old Grandmother for arrest, erroring zero for "O"guessingheadlights.comexternal-linkmessage-square57linkfedilinkarrow-up1280arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1276arrow-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 · 1 day agomessage-square57linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarelIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down14·1 day agoWow complete miss. Just not at all what we’re doing here
minus-squarebright@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·1 day 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-down3·1 day 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-down1·1 day agoOr have specific alpha/numeric positions, like a post code.
minus-squareeleijeep@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 day 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-down5·1 day 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