Naming rights to street auctioned in San Francisco (paintastreet.com)

by 18nleung 16 comments 21 points
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[−] gloxkiqcza 41d ago
Unique opportunity to unsolicitedly pentest geographical software for injection attacks. NULL Street anyone?
[−] hulitu 38d ago
They don't use backticks in street names. Regards, Bobby Tables
[−] PhilipRoman 41d ago
Of course...

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[−] SanjayMehta 42d ago
Streety MacStreetface.
[−] rkomorn 41d ago
This is the obvious choice.
[−] rationalist 41d ago
I think it's misleading: It's a private alley, not a city street.

What stops someone else from paving an alley through their property and naming that? How is this different from something like that?

They're going to install a "San Francisco-style street sign" (emphasis mine) - not the city is going to install an official street sign.

[−] jauntywundrkind 41d ago
Not what I think they had in mind when they said "the streets are paved with gold".
[−] RandomGerm4n 41d ago
I wonder what would happen if someone tried to name a street something obscene or illegal
[−] schainks 41d ago
Please someone bid to name it the most confusing thing possible, like “that” or “this”.
[−] hyperhello 41d ago
The internet cannot be trusted with anything, no matter how simple.
[−] triage8004 41d ago
Sounds like a smart way to raise money, hope they keep it clean too.
[−] NooneAtAll3 42d ago
website tries to load some text - but then crashes into empty white screen when webgl is disabled