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Source: Sound! Euphonium - episode 1

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[-] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 13 points 6 days ago

You mean the placebo button?

Placebo buttons at stoplights are by no means limited to the United States. In places like Hong Kong and London, some buttons work only at certain times of day (if at all).

[-] tiramichu@sh.itjust.works 16 points 6 days ago

Interesting article.

It's sometimes a placebo, but often still real, depending where you are in the world :)

The crossing pictured in the anime seems the kind most likely to be real, incidentally - a crossing on a straight stretch of road that isn't at an intersection. There are several of these near where I live, and they'll stay red all day long if nobody pushes the button.

The ones near me are especially satiafying to use, too. Because they don't have to wait for an intersection sequence the light changes almost immediately when you push the button (if nobody else has recently pushed it) so it feels very powerful haha.

[-] einlander@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

Many buttons aren't placebo since pressing them makes the audible noise alerting blind people to walk and initiates the crosswalk countdown.

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