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Mildly Interesting

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This is for strictly mildly interesting material. If it's too interesting, it doesn't belong. If it's not interesting, it doesn't belong.

This is obviously an objective criteria, so the mods are always right. Or maybe mildly right? Ahh.. what do we know?

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Just changing to a new numbering system when they run out.

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[–] Zwiebel@feddit.org 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

The confusion can be avoided with the right font. It works fine in the EU afterall

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[–] NateNate60@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

In the US, number plates are in Highway Gothic which is designed to maximise legibility at a distance.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highway_Gothic?wprov=sfla1

[–] sping@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 months ago

That's ironic. Few countries have less readable plates.