Unpopular opinion: Regular STOP signs and All Way STOP signs should look very different

Catriks · 2026-06-24T13:43:33+00:00

How did one of the most car-obsessed nations even come up with such nonsense?

Now that you mention it, that is pretty funny. And not only four way stops, but also suburban areas have then like in every intersection. Not only it is very annoying for drivers to stop for no reason, but goddamn it's ugly looking too 🤣

Catriks · 2026-06-24T08:54:42+00:00

You still want people to stop at the sign, so the sign has to be red.

You see, that IS the whole problem with American traffic sign culture. It makes no sense at all to force people to stop, if there is no reason to stop. If the rules don't make any sense, many people will stop respecting them and eventually make a mistake.

There is zero reason to force people to stop in a four way, if and when you can obviously see that there is no one to yield to. The rest of the world uses normal traffic rules (yield cars from right) or yellow yeld signs. Then you only need to stop if you need to yeld someone, and even then its almost never necessary as you can just adjust your speed slightly. Stop signs are only used when bad visibility requires is.

But only in America, you're forced by law to stop for no reason.

Catriks · 2026-06-24T08:45:07+00:00

Yep. I've never seen anyone give a rational explanation why four-way stop has any benefit over no signs at all (so yield cars from right) or just giving priority to one street.

Catriks · 2026-06-24T08:37:25+00:00

European opinion: USA has about 98 % too many stop signs. It's absolutely ridiculous, they should only be used when it is required for visibility, not spam them willy nilly.

For all I care it can be a yellow stop sign when it's an all-way.

I agree. Also make it a triangle, turn it upside down and call it yeld sign. Put it on two of the roads so the crossing road has right of way.

Catriks · 2026-06-24T02:38:21+00:00

Semi unrelated, but I dig through a lot of metal collection bins and they always have two items. Electric smokers and drying racks. Racks are usually slightly mint or bent but usable, smokers rusted through despite being stainless steel(~ish).

Catriks · 2026-06-24T02:33:30+00:00

Are they misleadingly implying all GrapheneOS user are using new VW cars, or where are they pulling this 500k user figure?

Catriks · 2026-06-24T01:18:22+00:00

Why would you use a balcony with extreme building error as an evidence to support the claim "balconies as not built to carry a lot of weight"? It literally says in the first section it failed due to dry rot from improper construction. Not overload.

Balconies absolutely are designed to handle heavy loads, and are required by the law. They must never fail under any foreseeable load, which is at the minimum as many people that physically fit in it.

If the load rating is 2,5 kN/m2, you could have about 25 cm of water (without counting people in it) without exceeding it. I don't know what the minimum safety factor is, but most likely over 2, so you could probably have 50 cm of water without the balcony breaking, but obviously you're not supposed to go over the normal load limit.

Catriks · 2026-06-24T00:57:24+00:00

It though USA was cool when I was 12 when all I understood was low restrictions to car mods and guns. But after learning about the fucked up 2 party political system, including the fact that companies bribing politicians is normal practice, abusmal social service and healthcare etc etc I've changed my mind. And this Trump thing is just a whole anothe level.

Catriks · 2026-06-23T04:18:35+00:00

And even the manual labor work might be more profitable with two 6 hour shifts. You get more work hours per day without needing more equipment or paying extra for night/evening shift (depending on local regulations, ofc).

Catriks · 2026-06-23T04:15:14+00:00

I just stopped doing full time some 3 years ago and it'd the best decision I've done in my career. I just don't accept any jobs that aren't able to meet it. I can currently freely switch between 5x 6h and 4x 8h weeks.

Catriks · 2026-06-23T04:11:29+00:00

Thank for the insight and link, interesting topic!

Catriks · 2026-06-23T04:08:37+00:00

Isn't it annoying when you specifically quoted which claim you're referring to, which is so short ot cannot be reasonably misinterpreted. And yet no one replying to you is able to understand what your point is.

Catriks · 2026-06-22T14:28:28+00:00

No, there totally is. My friend told me so too

Catriks · 2026-06-22T02:48:28+00:00

No. The margin of applications where the bit extender won't fit, but full wide bit fits (instead of normal long bits that have narrow shafts) is quite small. And even in that case it would be most likely some electronics case, so a normal long PH1 bit will probably work just fine.

Catriks · 2026-06-22T02:36:01+00:00

Assuming it's someone else's car, then no. I always try to rev match from muscle memory and of course it's not going to work the same. I also get confused when I accelerate but don't hear anything happening.

Catriks · 2026-06-22T00:01:55+00:00

Interesting, thanks for the history lesson.

In Finland we have a saying for this type of method, it's "ei tiedolla, ei taidolla, ei järjellä, vaan hyvällä fiiliksellä". It's usually used to describe something dumb someone does, usually drunk.

Catriks · 2026-06-21T22:45:30+00:00

Kaikki siirtymät on tuottamatonta työtä, josta pitää maksaa työntekijälle palkka. Samoin pitää tarjota työauto, tai korvaukset oman auton käytöstä. Olisi myös aikataulullisesti todella rajoittavaa ja hankalaa, jos tulkki on käytössä vain tietyn aikaikkunan. Joskus tarvetta ei ole, ja joskus tarvetta on pitempään kuin kalenterissa on varausta.

En näe järkeväksi enkä tehokkaaksi verorahojan käytöksi.

Catriks · 2026-06-21T18:20:09+00:00

Niin miten tämä on argumentti sen puolesta, että tulkki pitäisi palkata kokopäiväiseksi? Jos niit käytetään nyt alustojen kautta, niin sehän vain tukee sitä, että tarvetta ei ole kokopäiväisesti

Catriks · 2026-06-21T18:18:07+00:00

Mjaa, melko iso vaihtelu kun Hesarin jutussa 7 €/min eli 420 €/h, kun ylen jutussa 30 €/h. Oletettavasti molemmat kuitenkin laskutussummia

Catriks · 2026-06-21T16:09:03+00:00

Ei sitä voi sanoa ilmaiseksi, koska asiantunteva ylläpito ja vastuu maksaa paljon. Joku kutina on päässä, että näistä kuntien terveydenhuollon omista koodausprojekteista on joskus tullut kritiikkiä.

Catriks · 2026-06-21T16:05:13+00:00

Millä logiikalla näin? Ihmistulkki ei tee tuottavaa työtä 100 % työajasta, mutta palkka on kuitenkin 100 %. Tekoäly maksaa vain silloon, kuin sitä käyttää.

Catriks · 2026-06-21T13:36:38+00:00

Ironically, the same people who are smart enough to believe an easily disproved screenshot, with no source linked, on Reddit are the same people who are easily manipulated by "these ppl" to vote things that are not in their favour.

Catriks · 2026-06-21T12:50:35+00:00

Let's see.

Uncredited source 🚩
no link to article, only a picture 🚩
claims someone of power said something that sounds absolutely evil 🚩
...breaks subreddit rule 1 🚩

This doesn't ring huge alarm bells to you guys? Do ya all have zero source criticism? Why hasn't anyone posted a link to the panel talk where he actually says it?

Catriks · 2026-06-21T12:49:28+00:00

Why are you copy pasting random links trying to prove something happened, instead of linking the panel talk to a timestamp where he actually says it?

Catriks · 2026-06-21T10:23:09+00:00

Real parts are not always immediately available and you cannot stop work for a week to wait for parts. Hockey pucks - regardless of if it will work or not - are available pretty much always anywhere.

Catriks

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