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Go to all that work and then get found out by using shitty spray paint.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 55 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Reading the article, the paint was the last thing they tested after all of the other indicators. Not sure how a more expensive/higher quality of paint would have made any difference at that point.

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago

It's the fact that used it as part of the ruse that makes it newsworthy