Amused whenever I see this menu and realize that someone thought I would be able to remember the distinct meanings of all these squiggles at a glancepic.twitter.com/Oxx6H6RG1K
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In my opinion, @github does a really good job in providing additional information to their icons. The icons itself are also quite distinct and not such a mess as in #BitBucket.pic.twitter.com/dTGZ67CfUS
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