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Using TypeScript to obtain one of the rarest license plates

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Re: Using TypeScript to obtain one of the rarest license plates

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Post by pavel_lishin »

bombcar wrote: post #104
pavel_lishin wrote: post #24

> Most people never think twice about the random mix of letters and numbers the DMV assigns them. I started thinking about it when someone parked next to me in a nearly-identical model - same brand, year, etc, the only difference was some roof accessory - and a nearly identical license plate. (Think ABC D12 and ABC E12). I started trying to open their car door, and was confused until I noticed some things in their fr…

When you realize the total combos of car key possibilities, you have a decent chance your key would work, too!

It's a keyfob, and it didn't open his door when I tried to get in :P

Re: Using TypeScript to obtain one of the rarest license plates

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Post by pavel_lishin »

giarc wrote: post #54
pavel_lishin wrote: post #24

> Most people never think twice about the random mix of letters and numbers the DMV assigns them. I started thinking about it when someone parked next to me in a nearly-identical model - same brand, year, etc, the only difference was some roof accessory - and a nearly identical license plate. (Think ABC D12 and ABC E12). I started trying to open their car door, and was confused until I noticed some things in their fr…

https://www.pepboys.com/tires They have a license plate checker on their site. I don't live in the states, therefore I don't have a plate to check. Or do I..... HY in Florida.... @lafond - do you own a 2010 Subaru Legacy with the 2.5L SOHC engine?

Yep. I wonder where and how they get this information.

Re: Using TypeScript to obtain one of the rarest license plates

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Post by rgovostes »

Hah, in California I used to have HX.

The short plate came back to bite me: Years after I had moved to another state, an automatic license plate reader on a toll road (91 Express Lanes) in Los Angeles misread someone else's plate as mine. It was kafkaesque: My public records request for photographic evidence was blocked because, if I was correct that the offending driver was not me, the law prohibits the release of records revealing others' driving patterns.

The other plates available when I did a similar search were BO and IR. In retrospect IR wasn't a bad choice.

Re: Using TypeScript to obtain one of the rarest license plates

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Post by Liquix »

bombcar wrote: post #103
dustfinger wrote: post #8

What we need is a "Little Bobby Tables" vanity plate that exploits a buffer overflow in speed cams.

Isn’t there an xkcd abut a license plate of zeros an Os and ones and LS and the cops just say “it’s the guy with the plate again”.

https://xkcd.com/1105/

Re: Using TypeScript to obtain one of the rarest license plates

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Post by ahmeneeroe-v2 »

kelnos wrote: post #79
ahmeneeroe-v2 wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Often that reason is "committed a horrific violent crime"

Not really? I mean, when you compare the number of people who have committed a "horrific violent" crime to the total number of people caught up in the US prison system, I expect it's not "often".

The numbers are fuzzy but they indicate that at least a simple majority of (and possibly up to an extreme majority) of prisoners have committed violent crimes.

Re: Using TypeScript to obtain one of the rarest license plates

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Post by ahmeneeroe-v2 »

Ylpertnodi wrote: post #83
ahmeneeroe-v2 wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Often that reason is "committed a horrific violent crime"

Weed, though. In some states, now legal.

Non-violent marijuana users haven't ever materialized as a large cohort of the prison population. Sorry, I too used to believe that prisons were overflowing with them

Re: Using TypeScript to obtain one of the rarest license plates

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Post by porridgeraisin »

qingcharles wrote: post #89
embedding-shape wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> To be clear, the prisoners aren’t literally forced to do this work. Not 100% true it seems, but happy for someone else to correct me. > Prison labor in the US is mostly optional - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penal_labor_in_the_United_Stat...

It's technically optional in most institutions, but not practically optional. For instance, a lot of labor can reduce your sentence, can give you better housing and can enable you to afford things on commissary you might need (e.g. phone time, hygiene products etc).

Sounds like optional to me. With benefits for exercising the option.

Re: Using TypeScript to obtain one of the rarest license plates

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Post by opo »

grimgrin wrote: post #22
embedding-shape wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I learned that at least in Texas all plates are made by minimally paid prisoners Lol, wasn't slavery outlawed in the US, or were some states still allowed to keep it? That's absolutely bananas if true.

Since you didn't know about for-profit prisons, here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_prison

Not sure why you are bringing up private prisons. Private prisons are a tiny percentage of federal prisons and prison labor is used throughout the USA.

Re: Using TypeScript to obtain one of the rarest license plates

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Post by OptionOfT »

alexfoo wrote: post #58
hippich wrote: post #2

One thing that stopped me from seeking the vanity plate - I learned that at least in Texas all plates are made by minimally paid prisoners. So any desire to finance that system beyond what's absolute possible minimum (i.e. regular plates) evaporated.

> One thing that stopped me from seeking the vanity plate I'm sure it differs between countries but in the UK vanity plates have become reasonably contentious. As a gross generalisation they're fine if the car is worth hundreds of thousands or the plate itself is worth hundreds of thousands. The UK plate "F1" last sold for just under £1m (about US$1.3m) over 10 years ago and it's rumoured that there are offers for te…

In CA and AZ vanity plates are first come, first served. You cannot sell them either. You either keep them on a car, or you can keep on paying to keep it out of circulation forever. But once you give it up it goes back to the pool, and someone can get it.

Also, my vanity plate is $0 more than a normal plate. Why wouldn't I?

Re: Using TypeScript to obtain one of the rarest license plates

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Post by azemetre »

ahmeneeroe-v2 wrote: post #116
Ylpertnodi wrote: post #83

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Weed, though. In some states, now legal.

Non-violent marijuana users haven't ever materialized as a large cohort of the prison population. Sorry, I too used to believe that prisons were overflowing with them

I mean if this was the 90s, yes it was true but you are also correct that it's very rare for anyone to be in prison for just marijuana alone in the US. Even in states where it's "illegal."
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