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Of course, there is a reason for the separation of the closing and locking functions, but not the opening and unlocking functions: it avoids a Denial of Service attack where someone can just press “close” and then jump out before the door closes. If the interior “close” button automatically locked the door, this would result in the toilet becoming permanently inaccessible. The problem with this design is that most people don't understand state machines, and this design confused a lot of people who were unable to lock the door correctly, or believed they'd locked the door when they hadn't.
I Hacked a Train Toilet
devever.net
From Twitter, however, there seemed to be no exit. Where would you go? If you were a journalist, Twitter was the source for all the most up-to-the-minute news. If you were a regular person who disagreed with journalists and wanted to yell directly in their faces, Twitter was the only place you could do that. If you wanted to mix it up in the neverending scrum of political and cultural affairs, Twitter was where you could get the largest audience for that, and feel like you had the largest impact.
The Internet Wants to Be Fragmented
noahpinion.substack.com
Under the circumstances they were working in, Chen Ming maintained, a good journalist was not one who insisted on trying to provide the public with new information, but __one who consistently provided their newspaper with basically clear and reasonably readable news articles to publish.__
The Currency of Truth
Emily H. C. Chua
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