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New York Subway Signs
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A short social experiment video in which people mimic the New York subway practice of workers pointing at signs and signals. It makes the point cheerfully.
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It is linked in threads on pointing-and-calling and error prevention as a light illustration of the practice.
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From the Hacker News discussion
It's a little late in the game to get this seen, but they do this in the NYC subways too. It made for a great video! [VIDEO]
Read original comment ↗A NYC-via-Japan subway practice is another nice example: [LINK] which led to this delightful friendly prank: [VIDEO] More examples of the narrow and broader meaning: [LINK] But these aren't great examples because they don't capture the important aspect of an automated system detecting and reacting to an operator violating the process protocol.
Read original comment ↗Here's a video of people having a bit of fun with it. [VIDEO] (New York City imported the practice from Japan)
Read original comment ↗One of the more interesting examples of this is the NYC subway operators pointing at signs to show attention: [VIDEO]
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