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Moscow now has UFOs... it's OVER :( (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by hitwright@lemmy.world to c/noncredibledefense@sh.itjust.works

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[–] Klear@piefed.world 162 points 4 months ago (19 children)

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[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 41 points 4 months ago (4 children)

That saucer is rolling coal.

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[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago (3 children)

So a pure asshole is at the helm.

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[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

That's a bit chauvinistic don't you think? Some species don't develop past the deuterosomic stage, but that doesn't mean you have to be rude about it.

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[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago* (1 child)

Chauvinistic? Snort!!! Only pure bred assholes do this

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[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago

I was making a biology joke, rolling coal sucks

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[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 22 points 4 months ago (1 child)

Funnily enough, I saw this meme earlier, and thought it was an AI rendering of the world's fastest manhole cover. Then I scrolled Lemmy, and here I am.

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[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 11 points 4 months ago

It is a cover, but a few orders of magnitude bigger!

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[–] LordMayor@piefed.social 7 points 4 months ago

Perfect

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[+] Tudsamfa@lemmy.world -12 points 4 months ago (9 children)

Did you ask a fucking AI to help you put text on this, or why is it so grainy?

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[–] 0ops@piefed.zip 25 points 4 months ago (5 children)

No one's ever made a photo grainy before, it had to be artificial intelligence!

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[–] Tudsamfa@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Sure.

Anyway, here's how the pictures compare in any image editor (the darker the more identical the pixel):

Notice that I lined the UFO up, but the skyline is now all out of whack, which seems to be a lot of work to give to oneself if all you wanted to do was add 4 words. Similarly, I can line up parts of the skyline, but now the UFO is at the wrong place:

In conclusion: I am pretty sure it was done with AI.

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[–] 0ops@piefed.zip 6 points 4 months ago

Upvoted for getting your hands dirty with the analysis. The grain doesn't mean anything imo but yeah that alignment is fishy

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[–] ComicalMayhem@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I feel like it's more likely the creator just moved the UFO for some reason, since lining the skylines puts just the UFO out of place.

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[–] Tudsamfa@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago* (1 child)

You cannot align the cranes left of the explosion AND the warehouse to the right AND the smokestacks at the far right either, they, or rather it, moved random parts of the skyline around.

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[–] BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago

So we're either looking at

Somebody photoshopped the composition of the original image
The original image was fake and the person adding the text messed with the placement of the layers when adding text.
"chatgpt add the following words to the bottom of this image and make it look more like the "I want to believe" poster from x-files"

Both Occam's and Hanlon's razors clearly point to option 3

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[–] Grimy@lemmy.world 22 points 4 months ago

First they came for the artists, then they came for the guys that put text on images.

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[–] drcobaltjedi@programming.dev 6 points 4 months ago (1 child)

I could easily see that being an artistic choice to add film grain to the picture for the bit.

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[–] Tudsamfa@lemmy.world -4 points 4 months ago

Sure, however, it is not in this case.

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[–] Anarki_@lemmy.blahaj.zone -1 points 4 months ago

Boo

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[–] SirSamuel@lemmy.world 76 points 4 months ago (10 children)

All jokes aside, I'm seriously impressed that the roof structure maintained it's integrity and didn't just shred to pieces in the explosion

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[–] CountVon@sh.itjust.works 19 points 4 months ago (4 children)

I think that part kinda makes sense. The lid is domed, which increases its strength. The seam where the lid meets the walls would tend to be the weakest point. I'm more surprised there was such a violent explosion in the first place, usually they just burn. Could be that tank was partially empty and the area beneath the lid was a highly combustible fuel/air mix. Drone hits the tank, vapour ignites, and pop.

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[–] Soup@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago (1 child)

Domes are great in one direction, because any given section has something below it. They’re a 3D arch, something whoch would fall apart immediately if turned upside down. The great part about big rounded edges is that they distribute pressure more evenly and reduce the amount of seams present unlike a welded cube, for example.

More likely is that, yes, the connection between the roof and the rest was the weaker point and also the dome was able to basically be a parachute so it coukd catch air instead of just being flung in some random direction.

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[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

An arch or dome made of stone would instantly fall apart if flipped upside down. A steel one will perform just as well, as steel is isotropic.

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[–] ServantOfRa@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 4 months ago (1 child)

IIRC, the lid can move up and down depending on how much content there's in the tank. Something something provides pressure if it's a gas.

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[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 11 points 4 months ago

Yup, I’m not sure about this lid specifically, but some slide up and down the tank, since water is denser than oil they don’t really care if rain water gets past the seal.

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[–] Pofski@lemmy.world 35 points 4 months ago (2 children)

It's probably a floating roof. In the petro they use this for several reasons. Less contact between the product and air reduces oxidation. There is also less gass formed above the product reducing odour. But funny enough, it is mainly used to reduce risk of explosion ...

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[–] testaccount789@sh.itjust.works 59 points 4 months ago (1 child)

It’s probably a floating roof.

Sure is.

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[–] PacketPilgrim@thelemmy.club 13 points 4 months ago

Heyoooo (☞ﾟヮﾟ)☞

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[–] Visstix@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 child)

Yeah I can't believe they just didn't make the entire building like that.

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[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago*

Same logic could apply to airplanes. "In the unlikely event of a water landing, your seat cushion will become a flotation device." Oh that's nice, then why doesn't the plane become A BOAT!? - some standup comic.

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[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 49 points 4 months ago* (2 children)

"Then the oil from the coach lamps ignites and there is a second explosion, out of which rolls—because there are certain conventions, even in tragedy—a burning wheel."

Terry Pratchett, Soul Music

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[–] nkat2112@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 months ago

That was a very appropriate quote - from a phenomenal book. Thank you for sharing that.

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[–] Nouvellalia@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

GNU

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[–] Marthirial@lemmy.world 32 points 4 months ago*

Russia TV News: play it in reverse so it looks like our dear leader put a lid on the issue immediately.

[–] nonentity@sh.itjust.works 31 points 4 months ago (8 children)

The best part of this is it was hit by a Russian AA missile.

The writers of this reality are clearly just phoning it in.

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[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

I went ahead and made the lemmy modification.

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[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 4 points 4 months ago (1 child)

Mine are still orange.

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[–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago

I'm so sorry to see that.

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[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 months ago

No fucking way.

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[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Source on that? That would be hilarious

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[–] nonentity@sh.itjust.works 23 points 4 months ago (2 children)

My post is wholly based on this: https://rdx.overdevs.com/comments.html?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com%2Fr%2FDamnthatsinteresting%2Fcomments%2F1u9mnz5%2Frussian_air_defence_missile_accidentally_hits_its%2F

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[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 9 points 4 months ago (1 child)

Wheeeeeeee

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[–] TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip 11 points 4 months ago

That footage was hilarious, that one interceptor firing vertically 30 seconds after the drone had passed was peak comedy.

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[–] Lon3star@lemmy.world [B] 20 points 4 months ago

When that landed, did it sound like an oversized coin? I hope it did the wobble "wah---wah--wah--wah-wah-wah-wah-wahwahwah" sound

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 16 points 4 months ago

T-80: Nobody can blow their lid like me!

Oil tank: Hold my vodka!

[–] lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com 31 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 child)

It's the 1,584th of February 2022... Can't take much longer!!!!111

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[–] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 12 points 4 months ago

30 days has September, April, June and November; all the rest have 31; except February which has 28, 29 or 1584!

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[–] BigDiction@lemmy.world 15 points 4 months ago

I still give the nod to New Glenn for explosion of the year, but this photo is even cooler in some ways.

[–] lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com 28 points 4 months ago (3 children)

You hate to see it when thinking about the environment.

You love to see it when thinking about Putin getting briefed what's on fire this time.

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[–] Tetragrade@leminal.space 24 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Nah its good for the environment, they were going to burn that anyway. Now it's still burnt, but the infrastructure is trashed.

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[–] DiaDeLosMuertos@aussie.zone 11 points 4 months ago (1 child)

Lol. That's quite a take, I kinda like it. ( I mean they'll build it again using more materials and energy, but I don't want to be a pooper of the party )

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[–] Tetragrade@leminal.space 5 points 4 months ago*

Probably :( My basis is that in game theory if you want to disincetivise a behaviour you need to keep harming agents that take that action (negative reinforcement), but I suppose that doesn't apply here bc the Ukrainian signalling is about invading Ukraine, not the environment.

There is the additional factor that this reduces the output of oil power plants, creating more demand for electricity, so there's now a better opportunity for someone to build renewables to get more profits. I suppose you could also build something else, switch back to coal? Lmao

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[–] harmbugler@piefed.social 18 points 4 months ago (1 child)

You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!

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[–] Beetschnapps@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

Easy Micheal Caine…

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[–] Fedegenerate@fedinsfw.app 9 points 4 months ago

Yes the roof fell off in this case, but I don't want anyone thinking that Moscow isn't safe.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago*

Unfortunately disqualified from Turret Toss competition due to size violation, but a stunning effort nonetheless!

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 4 months ago

KyaputnikSpaceProgram

[–] mcSlibinas@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

No callsign, so it's military UFO?

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 6 points 4 months ago (1 child)

Nah, this is the movie poster for the Russian version of "Independence day"

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[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

The name of the movie in russia is "Dependence Day". Perhaps if you were nearby when that happened it might be "Depends Day".

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[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

The roof

The roof

[–] lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com 10 points 4 months ago

Ukraine will transform Russia from a "fossil fuel export nation" into a "fossil fuel import nation".

[–] WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today 5 points 4 months ago* (1 child)

Untimely Fired Ordinance?

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[–] snooggums@piefed.world 4 points 4 months ago

Upwards Facing Oil

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[–] LordMayor@piefed.social 4 points 4 months ago

Sim City vibes.

[–] DudeImMacGyver@kbin.earth 4 points 4 months ago

Just identify them then!

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 months ago

Welcome back, Operation Plumbbob.

[–] Dultas@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (1 child)

Great, now we have to worry about Yuri.

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[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 points 4 months ago

the only YURI is the YURi prime.

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[–] huquad@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 months ago (1 child)

Which one of you told the aliens about our oil and gas reserves?

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[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 point 4 months ago

they detected nuclear explosions(from previous tests) with thier deep space probes it from space and came to investigate

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[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 3 points 4 months ago

I saw the first image that had a tight crop and I wasn't sure what I was looking at for a few seconds. This photo is way more clear....UFO! We're doomed!

[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 4 points 4 months ago

2000: Russia gonna have airship dropping bomb

2026: UFO goes brrrrrrrrrr

[–] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Obviously diesel powered.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 4 months ago

the daleks have descended onto moscow.

[–] justme@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 4 months ago

they have unknown flying objects?