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« on: July 27, 2023, 17:43:51 »
Windows and transparent barriers as a surface to support notices - always tempting, but never good.

On the bus, 'Tap on/off' notices raise the bar considerably, the one that's arrowed is in precisely the right place to completely obscure visual access to the touchpad. Today I watched it delay transaction after transaction: how the company concerned hasn't ben motivated to correct this is a mystery.

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« Reply #1 on: July 27, 2023, 20:16:20 »
could I guess this is Bath?
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« Reply #2 on: July 27, 2023, 21:24:09 »
definitely - I've stayed in the hotel in the distance in that shot
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« Reply #3 on: July 27, 2023, 21:24:27 »
Yup.

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