> if only because I thought it'd be interesting to watch such a legacy, time-worn piece of automation come back to life.
> ...and it was [ed: coming back to life]! I got to see the terminal boot from a quite sophisticated script and the sound of everything settling into place was enchanting, pitifully.
Being perceptive & interested in the world is what hackers do & are.
>Unfortunately, though this did clear the error, it landed on (and got stuck) the exact same error when I tried my card lol
He didn't actually fix anything. It's still broken.
This post is way below any reasonable standards for a site like this and should have been buried, not promoted to the front page.
Maybe the owners of the that car wash will contact MFA corporate to inquire why one of their employees was messing around with their equipment.
