Citizen complaint of the day: Operating system segmentation fault on East Boston street

By adamg on Mon, 08/07/2023 - 5:31pm

Car with New Hampshire plates parking in resident-only spot on Horace Street

A concerned citizen filed a 311 complaint about this New Hampshire Tesla with LINUX plates parked in a two-hour spot for more than three hours this afternoon on Horace Street just off Byron Street this afternoon.

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About the headline

By adamg on Mon, 08/07/2023 - 5:48pm.

Sorry, I spent a long time at a computer-networking trade publication, so couldn't help myself. A "segmentation fault" is when a program tries to put some data in a segment of computer memory where it doesn't belong (which then typically results in a crash, which hopefully won't happen on Horace Street).

Worst kind of error to debug

By ZachAndTired on Mon, 08/07/2023 - 8:32pm.

Worst kind of error to debug

I'll give it a pass.

By ChrisF on Mon, 08/07/2023 - 5:51pm.

While I think custom license plates are generally just a cry for attention, a Linux one is pretty awesome. And unlike the others, you're not boxed into a walled garden from Apple or spyware laden OS like Windows.

Vanity plates are for the vain, but

By Section 77 on Mon, 08/07/2023 - 5:58pm.

While those plates have always been expensive in Mass they are cheap in NH. So while the Mass guy wants you to know that he's a Dr the NH person is just expressing themself. Many, many NH vehicles cars have these and become "can you think of a good one?"

So, does no one want to mention the inherent Kareness of calling the cops for parking 3 hours in a 2 hour zone or just say out of state drivers make me a Karen.

Meh

By Whirlz on Mon, 08/07/2023 - 7:26pm.

Worst overheard conversation

By tachometer on Mon, 08/07/2023 - 8:17pm.

I still remember years ago when I was next to two women in their early to mid-twenties having a conversation where one was lamenting that she couldn't get a vanity plate with her name (Stacy) because it wasn't available. Her friend asked if she had tried swapping the "A" for a "4" because it would look close enough.

Stacy then ran through all of the different permutations she had tried and closed it with a woeful, "But all of them were taken!"

That's okay,

By Wiffleball on Mon, 08/07/2023 - 9:26pm.

it was really her mom who had it going on.

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By Lee on Tue, 08/08/2023 - 7:52am.

Horace Street

By on Mon, 08/07/2023 - 8:21pm.

"So, does no one want to mention the inherent Kareness of calling the cops for parking 3 hours in a 2 hour zone or just say out of state drivers make me a Karen."

If they were parked on Horace Street for three hours it means the driver parked there and walked to nearby Wood Island Station to go downtown. A constant problem on residential East Boston neighborhood streets. Primarily North Shore residents use East Boston as a parking lot.

Three hours means all day!

By Section77 on Mon, 08/07/2023 - 11:59pm.

No, three hours means three hours. I understand you can't have people park in a neighborhood and take a train into work, but you're writing fiction to up the drama.