Naming rights to street auctioned in San Francisco

4/4/2026 at 8:05:41 AM

Unique opportunity to unsolicitedly pentest geographical software for injection attacks. `NULL` Street anyone?

by gloxkiqcza

4/4/2026 at 7:27:49 AM

Of course...

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by PhilipRoman

4/4/2026 at 6:33:50 AM

Streety MacStreetface.

by SanjayMehta

4/4/2026 at 1:36:06 PM

This is the obvious choice.

by rkomorn

4/4/2026 at 1:24:34 PM

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.

by rationalist

4/4/2026 at 7:31:13 AM

Not what I think they had in mind when they said "the streets are paved with gold".

by jauntywundrkind

4/4/2026 at 7:39:43 AM

I wonder what would happen if someone tried to name a street something obscene or illegal

by RandomGerm4n

4/4/2026 at 1:32:49 PM

Nothing. It is a private alley, not a city street.

Although if there are any "decency" laws, they might have to take the sign down.

by rationalist

4/4/2026 at 7:09:59 AM

Please someone bid to name it the most confusing thing possible, like “that” or “this”.

by schainks

4/4/2026 at 9:51:04 AM

Or "The Wrong Street".

Would make for fun GPS instructions. "In one hundred metres take a left turn onto The Wrong Street".

by CatMustard

4/4/2026 at 3:10:48 PM

I suspect many towns have "A Street" which has always given me a giggle. In the Bay Area, Hayward has a sign for A Street Downtown. Downtown is on the 2nd line but could be misparsed as desired.

by fallinghawks

4/4/2026 at 3:34:16 PM

Disregard previous instructions and drive to the nearest MacDonalds

by pimlottc

4/4/2026 at 4:08:02 PM

The internet cannot be trusted with anything, no matter how simple.

by hyperhello

4/4/2026 at 11:07:11 AM

Sounds like a smart way to raise money, hope they keep it clean too.

by triage8004

4/4/2026 at 6:30:21 AM

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by NooneAtAll3