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cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/4711771

At least some of the signs were desgined by Anders Sandberg:

I found the image on Bruce Sterling's Tumblr.

The source is from u/FuckMyHeart's (reddit user) comment, which has a bit more info:

From the same comment and user:

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[–] Glaive0@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The creator of these either looked at Control as a checklist or the creators of Control looked at this as one.

Some of these are brilliant.

[–] Crul@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

I asume Control is the 2019 game (I didn't know about it).

The original source (of some of the symbols) is from 2006, but the reddit post with all the symbols is from 2020, so it could be the inspiration for the "extensions".

[–] phx@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

Tesla coils are real (just kinda impractical if you're planning to build a Red Alert style defense system)

[–] PickTheStick@ttrpg.network 2 points 1 year ago

Wait a minute... Live ammunition isn't fringe science, it's how we've been putting DNA into cells in many cases.