geofffoxApr 2017Recommends
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! ▶ this video
in “Why Japan’s Rail Workers Point at Things” · View on HN
New York Subway Signs
New York Subway Signs on HackerTube: recommended by 1 Hacker News commenter across 1 month, 2017–2020.
Yosef Lerner
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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.
Why Hacker News recommends it
It is linked in threads on pointing-and-calling and error prevention as a light illustration of the practice.
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“Here's a video of people having a bit of fun with it.”
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4 Hacker News comments link this video. Each one links back to its thread.
sbr464Feb 2020Cites it
One of the more interesting examples of this is the NYC subway operators pointing at signs to show attention: ▶ this video
in “Coronavirus Forces World’s Largest Work-from-Home Experiment” · View on HN
asturaApr 2019Cites it
Here's a video of people having a bit of fun with it. ▶ this video (New York City imported the practice from Japan)
in “Post-surgical deaths in Scotland drop by a third, attributed to a checklist” · View on HN
gowldSep 2018Cites it
A NYC-via-Japan subway practice is another nice example: [link] which led to this delightful friendly prank: ▶ this 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.
in “Poka-yoke” · View on HN
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Transit, cities & urban planningPsychology & human behaviornyc subwaypoka-yokesafety practicessocial experiment