Oh wow this is from the same author as https://walzr.com/bop-spotter -- love these projects
Oh I remember this website nice to be reminded of this!
Find SF parking cops
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Re: Find SF parking cops
#472Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's just x % 7. They started their example pattern with an citation number 984,946,606 they earlier said wasn't valid rather than 984,946,605 given initially (and shown in the image).
But why?
Because it means that 85.7% of all mistakes will be caught by very simple software checks before getting to your system. (85.7% == 6/7).
Check digits in your userdata is an old trick and is very useful in practice. Maybe modern systems should aim for something better than %7 but it's a good starting point as a system design concept.
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#473Earlier quoted context omitted.
Thank you for thinking about the safety of our neighbors. May I ask whether you've considered the unique vehicles the parking enforcement agents use? SFMTA is hard to miss in their 3-wheelers--believe it's the Westward Industries "GO-4" Interceptor. I may have a blind spot here (like someone with access to an armed drone fleet could have made use of the map?), but essentially all private citizens will see these unmis…
The website enabled stalking individual city employees by their initials in real time. If it just showed where the cars were, that would be much better. Although still questionable IMHO.
Initial thought: That doesn’t sound great.
Thank you!
Re: Find SF parking cops
#474Earlier quoted context omitted.
The website enabled stalking individual city employees by their initials in real time. If it just showed where the cars were, that would be much better. Although still questionable IMHO.
Loudly publishing the information at least got the city to stop quietly publishing the information.
You're not wrong. But serving it up on a silver platter in a pretty UI that got a lot of press was probably not necessary to make that happen.
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#477I gotta say, it's incredibly inconsiderate and thoughtless to publish the real time location of a bunch of public safety officers in an individually identifiable way. I understand the sentiment, and I appreciate the hackery... but you put these people at risk today. You need to think much more carefully about how you approach things like this in the future.
We'd probably care if they weren't tracking us whenever they get a chance.
You think the SF parking enforcement agency is tracking everyone?! That's one of the wilder conspiracy theories I've heard recently.
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#478Earlier quoted context omitted.
Reviewing the thread, the context is newly enforcing something that might not be illegal in all jurisdictions. Citing different contexts where signage is not always used doesn't change the fact that the discussion focuses on change in common practice in a specific context. In fact, I observe plenty of signage for fire hydrants and driveways in places where people commonly make parking errors. The question still stand…
You enforce them; if I get a ticket for parking at an intersection, I won't do it again! (Also, in the specific context of this discussion, parking restrictions near intersections are super common; this is not some esoteric new law that has been introduced. See https://www.sfmta.com/sites/default/files/reports-and-docume... )
Your claim was formerly "Having a driver's license is a privilege that requires you to study and know the rules of the road."
Your claim is now tickets are the loss function for building one's road rule model? What happened to the requirement for study?
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#479wow, great work. But is this legal? Feels like no and will be takendown
Looks like I was right - took all of 4hrs to go down.
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#480Earlier quoted context omitted.
I have some sympathies for your argument, but I suspect you are trying to prove too much: your argument could more or less justify an infinitely large fee for parking violations (or even imprisonment). Most people seem happier with small, finite amounts for these things? As a second point, I don't think parking and public goods have anything in common. Parking is _not_ a public good, and shouldn't be treated as such.…
How did you go from an argument for enforcing parking laws to infinite fees and imprisonment? Where is there such a parking law?
> there is no public good afforded by violating parking restrictions.
Apparently there must be some upside to allowing parking violations, if the perpetrator values it more than whatever low 'punishment' fee is set. Otherwise society would increase the fee to get the right behaviour.