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ChatGPT managed the following given the submitted source URL and the prompt "summarize the key technical facts into two sentences suitable for a hacker news com

by lysace 10mo ago

ChatGPT managed the following given the submitted source URL and the prompt "summarize the key technical facts into two sentences suitable for a hacker news comment". Deutschlandticket fraud stemmed from decentralization and weak controls: tickets were issued instantly on unverified SEPA debits, and a leaked or mismanaged signing key let attackers mint valid tickets at scale. Poor revocation and fragmented verification meant many fraudulent tickets still scanned as valid, enabling mass resale and huge losses.

akrauss 10mo ago
This is a good concise summary, regardless of provenance.
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striking 10mo ago
Instead of making a fuss, have you considered taking another look at the video page? It includes a summary that helps show why those technical facts are actually relevant in the context of German society, and hints at how those things came to happen. I would normally not bother with a comment, but this time I'm genuinely curious as to how someone might have missed scrolling down to see the summary. (edit: the fussy bit, where the poster complains about downvotes, has been edited out. I'm leaving my comment the way it is.)
- deleted 10mo ago
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- lysace 10mo ago
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  - striking 10mo ago
    But it's not nice (socially normal?) to post "tl;dw" either. It's okay, we disagreed on something. I'll agree to learn something from it if you do. Happy new year.
    - lysace 10mo ago
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    - handoflixue 10mo ago
      It's not nice, and in fact really quite rude, to complain about people trying to make something more accessible. You don't have to be nice and help, but complaining about it is definitely not nice.
      - striking 10mo ago
        I think that might be a stretch, but I acknowledge I should've been nicer all the same. All the best to you as well.
- nottorp 10mo ago
  > I'm genuinely curious as to how someone might have missed scrolling down to see the summary. Pretty simple. On my laptop the video fits 100% in the browser tab and there is no indication that there is more content under it. There is no text except the video title in the portion that I see when the page loads. And the link is marked [video] on HN. So I simply closed it.
  - striking 10mo ago
    That's fair, appreciate it. I guess some folks were just unlucky.

by lysace 10mo ago

akrauss 10mo ago

This is a good concise summary, regardless of provenance.

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striking 10mo ago

Instead of making a fuss, have you considered taking another look at the video page? It includes a summary that helps show why those technical facts are actually relevant in the context of German society, and hints at how those things came to happen. I would normally not bother with a comment, but this time I'm genuinely curious as to how someone might have missed scrolling down to see the summary. (edit: the fussy bit, where the poster complains about downvotes, has been edited out. I'm leaving my comment the way it is.)

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lysace 10mo ago
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- striking 10mo ago
  But it's not nice (socially normal?) to post "tl;dw" either. It's okay, we disagreed on something. I'll agree to learn something from it if you do. Happy new year.
  - lysace 10mo ago
    [flagged]
  - handoflixue 10mo ago
    It's not nice, and in fact really quite rude, to complain about people trying to make something more accessible. You don't have to be nice and help, but complaining about it is definitely not nice.
    - striking 10mo ago
      I think that might be a stretch, but I acknowledge I should've been nicer all the same. All the best to you as well.
nottorp 10mo ago
> I'm genuinely curious as to how someone might have missed scrolling down to see the summary. Pretty simple. On my laptop the video fits 100% in the browser tab and there is no indication that there is more content under it. There is no text except the video title in the portion that I see when the page loads. And the link is marked [video] on HN. So I simply closed it.
- striking 10mo ago
  That's fair, appreciate it. I guess some folks were just unlucky.