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Publix cake ordering UI's obscenity filter rejects mom's 'summa cum laude' cake
- metalliqaz 8y ago> Jacob was ‘‘absolutely humiliated,’’ Koscinski said. Oh please. > the Charleston, S.C., student graduated from his Christian-based homeschool program with a 4.89 grade point average OK, now it makes sense.
- jiveturkey 8y agoobviously it was a bit of hyperbole
- zck 8y agoI imagine he was embarrassed, but not because of what was on the cake. > Cara Koscinski said she then had to explain why the grocery store censored ‘‘cum’’ from Jacob’s cake to her 70-year-old mother while Jacob’s friends laughed uncontrollably.
- jiveturkey 8y agothis is what passes for newsworthy? on HN even?
- bmpafa 8y agoI'm not sure what 'newsworthy' means these days, but I thought it was suitable HN because the point if failure was the user input validations on the website.
- towndrunk 8y agoI didn't read the article but could you not just call Publix and order the cake over the phone?
- amhokies 8y agoYeah, a profanity filter sure is a sophisticated algorithm.