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"The machines which sort mail are pretty bad-ass. Not only can they sort by postcode, but also by address so the mail comes out in the order in which the mailma
by meric 14y ago
"The machines which sort mail are pretty bad-ass. Not only can they sort by postcode, but also by address so the mail comes out in the order in which the mailman visits each building on his route."
Now, that, is technology.
- calebegg 14y agoIf you enter your address on the USPS website, you can even look up the sequence number used: https://www.usps.com/zip4/ https://www.usps.com/zip4/ After you enter an address, it's under "Mailing Industry Details", shown as "eLOT" (not sure what it stands for) https://ribbs.usps.gov/index.cfm?page=elot https://ribbs.usps.gov/index.cfm?page=elot
- mh- 14y agoeLOT = Enhanced Line of Travel
- gcheong 14y agoAnd still I get my neighbor's mail.
- gngeal 14y agoThat's because programmers still write code with off-by-one errors!
- Retric 14y agoThanks for that. Mostly I look at HN jokes as a waste of space, but that was just perfect.
- ars 14y agoThat happens when one of your neighbors either got no mail that day, or had their mail held. The mailman gives the next stack to each house in turn, and apparently didn't notice the address was off. In my case it always happened when it wasn't my regular mailman.