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   Another Linux Walt Alt (lnxw37b2@shitposter.world)'s status on Sunday, 01-Feb-2026 08:25:27 JST Another Linux Walt Alt

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   • mangeurdenuage :gnu: :trisquel: :gondola_head: 🌿 :abeshinzo: :ignucius:
   @todayilearned Both Stop and Yield signs were designed to allow their shapes to tell their messages. After all, not everyone in the US speaks or reads English.
   
   That's also why traffic lights for pedestrians now replace words with symbols.
   
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     Today I learned (todayilearned@noc.social)'s status on Sunday, 01-Feb-2026 08:25:28 JST Today I learned

     TIL U.S. stop signs were designed to be identifiable by shape alone because many drivers had difficulty reading signs and shape recognition was considered more reliable than text.

     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_sign
     #til #todayilearned
     https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1qsco1q/til_us_stop_signs_were_designed_to_be/