Swedish Campground: "There are too many Apples on the screen!"

47 CharlesW 10 7/6/2025, 11:49:52 PM folklore.org ↗

Comments (10)

nntwozz · 2h ago
Also known as the looped square (commonly used as the place of interest sign):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looped_square

gnabgib · 2h ago
(This isn't the title)

Previously:

2013 (111 points, 49 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5988557

2011 (177 points, 22 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2643611

wood_spirit · 1h ago
This road sign sign means castle or other point of historic interest in Sweden.

Campgrounds have a normal descriptive “tent” symbol road sign in Sweden https://korkortonline.se/en/theory/road-signs/direction-sign...

JKCalhoun · 2h ago
Saw one in Sweden a few months back. Had to snap a photo: https://imgur.com/a/RAseomC
GolDDranks · 2h ago
Ah, the Saint Hannes cross, or sankthanskors in Sweden, or hannunvaakuna in Finland. It's not so much related to campgrounds, but to mark sightseeing spots in general.
tmm · 1h ago
Does anyone what the "international symbol dictionary" Susan Kare used was?
Duanemclemore · 1h ago
Kare really is a genius isn't she?
kimmk · 2h ago
The same sign is used in Finland. I was puzzled why Apple computers used it but I thought it was just a coincidence...!
calf · 2h ago
Never used MacDraw, but I remember installing and using ClarisWorks in middle/high school, I never did actual programming at that age, but I loved playing around with the Mac's word processing, drawing, painting programs, making little art layouts, outlines for class notes, stuff that that.
WillAdams · 57m ago
Sadly, programming wasn't really feasible on the Mac per se due to Bill Gates' manipulations:

https://www.folklore.org/MacBasic.html

Eventually we got HyperCard:

https://www.folklore.org/Joining_Apple_Computer.html