RSS Bot@lemmy.bestiver.seMB to Hacker News@lemmy.bestiver.seEnglish · 16 hours agoFlock repeatedly flags 76-year old Grandmother for arrest, erroring zero for "O"guessingheadlights.comexternal-linkmessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1203arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1201arrow-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 · 16 hours agomessage-square36fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarelIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down14·15 hours agoWow complete miss. Just not at all what we’re doing here
minus-squarebright@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·15 hours 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-down3·15 hours 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-down1·13 hours agoOr have specific alpha/numeric positions, like a post code.
minus-squareeleijeep@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·15 hours 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-down5·11 hours 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