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More proprietary software treating their users like criminals as the default.

by chrismsimpson 4y ago

molszanski 4y ago
Try to put a bill on any copier machine or try to print a bill on your home printer ;)
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- hda2 4y ago
  I tried that the first time I heard about the EURion constellation[1] a few years back. Printed fine. It was a Brother printer. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EURion_constellation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EURion_constellation
  - edgyquant 4y ago
    When I was a kid we used to print out fake hundred dollar bills all the time to play pranks on friends etc.
- edgyquant 4y ago
  I’ve never had issues printing a dollar bill on a home printer
dumpsterdiver 4y ago
What legitimate use case can you think of where the benefit of faithfully reproducing currency is not outweighed by the need to prevent the proliferation of counterfeit currency?
- vitiral 4y ago
  art, comedy, criticism, praise and fun
  - AussieWog93 4y ago
    He's not wrong. The 20,000dpi dollar bill joke just isn't as funny in a lower resolution.
- unglaublich 4y ago
  This will only reduce the pressure on the currency issuer to improve the inherent anti counterfeit features of banknotes.
- kazinator 4y ago
  Making Monopoly money for the kids? You cannot make counterfeit currency with Photoshop. Paper money has security features that won't even convert to pixels in the first place, like holograms, transparencies and fibers embedded in the paper and such, never mind reproduce by conventional printing. This whole deterrence system is idiotic. People who accept an obviously fake printed copy of a banknote basically deserve it; it goes with their collection of wooden nickels.
  - wingspar 4y ago
    At least in the US, ‘old’ bills are still legal tender. A counterfeit bill pre-holograms and recent security stuff is still usable in public.
    - kgwxd 4y ago
      People get the cops called on them for trying to use $2 bills. If someone's trying to quietly pass off fake money, using funny looking bills as a template is a real bad choice. I got a crisp $20 from 1988 out of my banks ATM last week and anyone that even glanced at it noticed it was weird.
    - ThePowerOfFuet 4y ago

More proprietary software treating their users like criminals as the default.

molszanski 4y ago

Try to put a bill on any copier machine or try to print a bill on your home printer ;)

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hda2 4y ago
I tried that the first time I heard about the EURion constellation[1] a few years back. Printed fine. It was a Brother printer. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EURion_constellation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EURion_constellation
- edgyquant 4y ago
  When I was a kid we used to print out fake hundred dollar bills all the time to play pranks on friends etc.
edgyquant 4y ago
I’ve never had issues printing a dollar bill on a home printer

dumpsterdiver 4y ago

What legitimate use case can you think of where the benefit of faithfully reproducing currency is not outweighed by the need to prevent the proliferation of counterfeit currency?

vitiral 4y ago
art, comedy, criticism, praise and fun
- AussieWog93 4y ago
  He's not wrong. The 20,000dpi dollar bill joke just isn't as funny in a lower resolution.
unglaublich 4y ago
This will only reduce the pressure on the currency issuer to improve the inherent anti counterfeit features of banknotes.
kazinator 4y ago
Making Monopoly money for the kids? You cannot make counterfeit currency with Photoshop. Paper money has security features that won't even convert to pixels in the first place, like holograms, transparencies and fibers embedded in the paper and such, never mind reproduce by conventional printing. This whole deterrence system is idiotic. People who accept an obviously fake printed copy of a banknote basically deserve it; it goes with their collection of wooden nickels.
- wingspar 4y ago
  At least in the US, ‘old’ bills are still legal tender. A counterfeit bill pre-holograms and recent security stuff is still usable in public.
  - kgwxd 4y ago
    People get the cops called on them for trying to use $2 bills. If someone's trying to quietly pass off fake money, using funny looking bills as a template is a real bad choice. I got a crisp $20 from 1988 out of my banks ATM last week and anyone that even glanced at it noticed it was weird.
  - ThePowerOfFuet 4y ago