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The targets of this deserve every bit of shade that can be thrown at them, but unfortunately, this fucks with crosswalk accessibility for the visually impaired.
by vkou 2y ago
The targets of this deserve every bit of shade that can be thrown at them, but unfortunately, this fucks with crosswalk accessibility for the visually impaired.
- DennisP 2y agoNot by much though, since "wait" and the tones still play. I suspect most visually impaired people will enjoy this as much as the rest of us.
- ashoeafoot 2y agoYou can not override the sound feature for the blind
- ThrowawayR2 2y agoAs someone who is moderately visually impaired, I'd be very suspicious of a prompt that had obviously been tampered with. There's one post already in this submission suggesting a "prank" of sending people out into traffic: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43670396 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43670396
- gopher_space 2y agoAll of these machines loudly shout to begin walking before they tell you which intersection is safe. It’s really weird.
- thomassmith65 2y agoThat's a fair point, but what is surprising is that - unlike 99% of exploits one has heard about, over the years - these hackers: • had some civic-mindedness - enough to leave in the initial 'wait!' audio • chose messages that, while falling short of comedy genius, are amusing and above the level of an adolescent • didn't include any extremist nonsense Grading on a curve, that's a lot to be thankful for.