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Rebooting an Abandoned Car Wash in the Ozarks

12 points by davidblue 3y ago

AuthorizedCust 3y ago
What’s the point of this article?
- jauntywundrkind 3y ago
  Life-among-the-ruins of old technology. Accretion, aggregation, accrual. The lifecycle of systems. The author has their own pretty direct answer for you: > if only because I thought it'd be interesting to watch such a legacy, time-worn piece of automation come back to life. > ...and it was [ed: coming back to life]! I got to see the terminal boot from a quite sophisticated script and the sound of everything settling into place was enchanting, pitifully. Being perceptive & interested in the world is what hackers do & are.
  - sbierwagen 3y ago
    The very next line, which you elided: >Unfortunately, though this did clear the error, it landed on (and got stuck) the exact same error when I tried my card lol He didn't actually fix anything. It's still broken.
  - ShadowBanThis01 3y ago
    There wasn't so much as a screen shot, nor was the system explored or restored. This post is way below any reasonable standards for a site like this and should have been buried, not promoted to the front page.
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ShadowBanThis01 3y ago
This is the shittiest post I've seen on HN.
- davidblue 3y ago
  Sorry... I'm gonna stop definitively just tossing content on here when I think it might be interesting and occurs to me. The two? times I've been on the front page (including this one) have been (not exactly intentional) and embarrassing.
- defrost 3y ago
  There are others that are shittier, eg: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37799898 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37799898 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36443173 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36443173
  - ShadowBanThis01 3y ago
    The second one is better, because at least it offered "crapsules."
manicennui 3y ago
My first thought was, "I wonder whether a car wash is good for laundering money."
- saagarjha 3y ago
  Probably not.
  - beanjuiceII 3y ago
    Breaking bad reference
    - onionisafruit 3y ago
      It’s a combination Ozark and Breaking Bad reference I think.
      - manicennui 3y ago
        I honestly was only thinking about Ozark, but both work.
lp0_on_fire 3y ago
> I would encourage the owners of that car wash - if they happen to see this - to contact MFA Corporate (my employers) at their main phone number. Ya never know - they've expanded stores a lot and they might be interested in the property. Maybe the owners of the that car wash will contact MFA corporate to inquire why one of their employees was messing around with their equipment.

12 points by davidblue 3y ago

AuthorizedCust 3y ago

What’s the point of this article?

jauntywundrkind 3y ago
Life-among-the-ruins of old technology. Accretion, aggregation, accrual. The lifecycle of systems. The author has their own pretty direct answer for you: > if only because I thought it'd be interesting to watch such a legacy, time-worn piece of automation come back to life. > ...and it was [ed: coming back to life]! I got to see the terminal boot from a quite sophisticated script and the sound of everything settling into place was enchanting, pitifully. Being perceptive & interested in the world is what hackers do & are.
- sbierwagen 3y ago
  The very next line, which you elided: >Unfortunately, though this did clear the error, it landed on (and got stuck) the exact same error when I tried my card lol He didn't actually fix anything. It's still broken.
- ShadowBanThis01 3y ago
  There wasn't so much as a screen shot, nor was the system explored or restored. This post is way below any reasonable standards for a site like this and should have been buried, not promoted to the front page.

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ShadowBanThis01 3y ago

This is the shittiest post I've seen on HN.

davidblue 3y ago
Sorry... I'm gonna stop definitively just tossing content on here when I think it might be interesting and occurs to me. The two? times I've been on the front page (including this one) have been (not exactly intentional) and embarrassing.
defrost 3y ago
There are others that are shittier, eg: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37799898 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37799898 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36443173 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36443173
- ShadowBanThis01 3y ago
  The second one is better, because at least it offered "crapsules."

manicennui 3y ago

My first thought was, "I wonder whether a car wash is good for laundering money."

saagarjha 3y ago
Probably not.
- beanjuiceII 3y ago
  Breaking bad reference
  - onionisafruit 3y ago
    It’s a combination Ozark and Breaking Bad reference I think.
    - manicennui 3y ago
      I honestly was only thinking about Ozark, but both work.

lp0_on_fire 3y ago

> I would encourage the owners of that car wash - if they happen to see this - to contact MFA Corporate (my employers) at their main phone number. Ya never know - they've expanded stores a lot and they might be interested in the property. Maybe the owners of the that car wash will contact MFA corporate to inquire why one of their employees was messing around with their equipment.