That's what I was thinking. You can see in one photo on the article that the O is squared off, and the zero is rounded, but it still seems ripe for confusion.

I believe, in my state, similar looking characters are considered identical for vanity plates. I assumed this applied to state issued plate IDs as well, but maybe not. It's hard enough trying to read a license plate on the road without throwing in confusion over B vs 8 and O vs 0.

Yeah this is a problem even without technology. I believe the UK does not use the letter O in standard registration numbers so it cannot be confused with 0.

> Ignorance will no longer be suffered to exist, and elementary knowledge will be imparted to all.

Oh good, for a moment I didn't think reeducation camps were in our future.

> Architecture will be freed from ugliness

Uh, friend, I have some bad news...

I'm curious as to what prompted you to pursue this ability.

I'm trans.

The ability to switch mid-sentence is mostly just something I discovered I can do and is fun. But the ability to pass as my real gender is something that helps me feel safe. And when needed, being able to occasionally pass as my prior gender (e.g., when calling my bank until I can change my name/gender legally), it also quite useful.

There is a common enough need for this for some

Everything I learned about the Kardashians has been learned against my will.

haha yeah it makes her so obviously more popular and thus her follower count more "accurate". The parent's point is just hard to hold.

Pretty sure she founded or runs skims? She's Armenian, daughter of a famous lawyer in LA. Kanye. Sex tape. Early with the reality tv. I too did not seek out any of this knowledge!

Most just be a generational thing. Sweeney is still baking. She's actress from euphoria of which i didn't watch. That's about as much as i know. and the jeans ad controversy.

I think the point was two people can be the absolute closest of friends, and Facebook will still fail to show them relevant posts.

It sure justifies the creepy People You May Know though, doesn't it? Which apparently outs sex workers and whatever else

If you're going to move fast and break things and connect the world full steam ahead (and damn the consequences like what happened in Myanmar) your platform better be absolutely rock solid but Facebook doesn't even do that. Its implementation of 'connection' is laughable

Probably a parked domain with ads that people stumble across. We used to call these guys cybersquatters.

They're still called cybersquatters, except for some unknown reason ICANN has decided to not actually do anything about them. :(

The problem is if you lack backwards compatibility, you won't see people migrate to it. At best that means you need a big emulation layer; at worst your OS isn't different enough to be worth the switch.

Hardware compatibility too.

Unfortunately, this is a sign of the times we live in now. Nobody extends a little grace to others. They assume every act is an intentional slight.

There's no room for mistakes or even differences of opinions, and it's tearing us apart.

Part of it, I think, comes from the anonymous nature of online communications, and little to no ramifications to bad behavior. It's the end result of "I can do whatever I want, the established rules and societal norms don't apply anymore."

But how can you be sure, really?

Probably gave up when the speech to text kept butchering the spelling.