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Feature in search of a problem
Not really. Interesting posts can get buried easily just because they were posted at a bad time and people don't delve that far into the second or further pages. It's been going for almost 9 years now. I think it's a good idea.
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HN has a "second chance queue" for posts that the powers-that-be believe could've/should've gotten more attention but didn't. Happened to one of my posts once, which was confusing as all hell at first but made sense once I learned about it.
But this should not change the time when the thing (comment, link) has been posted, should it?
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And did not do anything malicious like remove the actual accessibility tones. My point isn’t that they are some kind of Robin Hood, but that their actions don’t warrant anger, whereas the insecurity of a public system we rely on… should.
How confident are you that you understand the requirements and design of accessibility systems to make that determination?
I wonder how soon it will be before some company starts renting these out from the city for ad space.
If we could not fuck with accessibility devices which disabled people rely on, that'd be great. Thanks.
It sounds like they still make the normal/expected sounds. So kudos to the pranksters for keeping them safe and available for the people in need of accessibility.
I wonder how soon it will be before some company starts renting these out from the city for ad space.
I'll take garbage ads over dystopian "the city implores you to " messages any day.
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I'll take garbage ads over dystopian "the city implores you to " messages any day.
Yeah, PSAs are dystopian, ads designed to get me to act against my best interests are the sign of a functioning non-dystopian society.
this is fun. it seems most of these crosswalks can be configured via app from https://polara.com/ . So either the authentication was leaked or got physically flashed/hacked?
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But this should not change the time when the thing (comment, link) has been posted, should it?
Yea that’s what I found surprising: the re-timestamping of the article and the comments.
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How confident are you that you understand the requirements and design of accessibility systems to make that determination?
Okay, you caught me. They’re evil.