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Show HN: Test your license plate identification skills (shub.club)
26 points by forthwall 8 months ago | hide | past | favorite | 14 comments
Earlier this week on HN I came across a dataset that had a bunch of approved/rejected California license plates, so I made it into a game! Enjoy


    LUV CBDS

    YOUR ARE WRONG!!!

    REJECTED | Reason: CBD=CANNABIDIOL, A COMPOUND OF MARIJUANA LIKE THC.
Well, that's silly seeing how CBD is available OTC basically everywhere (thanks to Mitch McConnell and the law of unintended consequences https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-mitch-mcconnell-acc...)


Several years ago I received a letter from the Ohio BMV asking me to explain my vanity tag. I always wondered if somebody complained about it. I bet my explanation ended up in a database not unlike the one this game is based-on.

(My explanation to the BMV was that it was my favorite prime number less than 32,000...)


This game feels like someone trying to RLHF some license plate model


Virginia has a national park license plate with a picture of a black bear. I recently saw it, vanity letters, "AHHBEAR", googly eye glued to the bear.


LOL this is so fun -- esp because these are real license plates that got approved + rejected...

where did you get the data for the license plates from?



Yup! I actually couldn’t find it for some reason, will add it to attribution- thanks


ah very cool


Strangely addicting :)


i don't get it?

CHULO62

APPROVED | Reason: CHULO=PIMP


These are the notes written by the DMV. They may note that a plate may have a negative connotation, but they will still approve it


ah ok thanks!


Same. I don't really understand the output.


YOUR ARE WRONG!!!

REJECTED | Reason: POOP




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