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[–] wieson@feddit.org 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] FizzyOrange@programming.dev 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's... not the same symbol. He's right it does go the other way.

I think it's more natural to go NE-SW though because that's it's easier to draw like that.

[–] wieson@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

It's not the same, because I don't live in the same country.

there ya go

[–] FizzyOrange@programming.dev 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] wieson@feddit.org 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Since we're both familiar with german signs, you would agree that Halteverbot is a symbol in and of itself and there's nothing crossed out. As you scroll down the page you linked to, you'll see a Halteverbot crossed out, and it's like this /

My point is not to be right, but just to show the Americans, that not everything "is correct like this", since we are in an international space with lots of different rules. So our thread here goes into the opposite direction of what I wanted to achieve. Still appreciate the conversation.

[–] FizzyOrange@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago

and it’s like this /

Only because they clearly don't want the slashes going the same way. I almost pointed that out but I thought it was obvious.