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[-] Klear@piefed.world 173 points 2 months ago
[-] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 40 points 2 months ago

That saucer is rolling coal.

[-] MehBlah@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

So a pure asshole is at the helm.

[-] Tudsamfa@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

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

[-] Grimy@lemmy.world 26 points 2 months ago

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

[-] 0ops@piefed.zip 25 points 2 months ago

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

[-] Tudsamfa@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago

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.

[-] 0ops@piefed.zip 8 points 2 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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[-] drcobaltjedi@programming.dev 6 points 2 months ago

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

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[-] LordMayor@piefed.social 7 points 2 months ago
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[-] lokalhorst@feddit.org 111 points 2 months ago

Is this the oil price cap?

[-] Danarchy@lemmy.nz 14 points 2 months ago

It might be an honest to god lid gettin blown offa that thing

[-] slazer2au@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago
[-] Klear@piefed.world 5 points 2 months ago

They do, but they always fly up into the sky.

[-] SirSamuel@lemmy.world 77 points 2 months ago

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

[-] Pofski@lemmy.world 39 points 2 months ago

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 ...

[-] testaccount789@sh.itjust.works 60 points 2 months ago

It’s probably a floating roof.

Sure is.

[-] PacketPilgrim@thelemmy.club 12 points 2 months ago

Heyoooo (☞゚ヮ゚)☞

[-] CountVon@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 months ago

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.

[-] Soup@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

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.

[-] ServantOfRa 6 points 2 months ago

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.

[-] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 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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[-] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 51 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

"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

[-] nkat2112@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago

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

[-] Hubi@feddit.org 37 points 2 months ago

Why is the explosion wearing a Kippah?

[-] lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com 33 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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

[-] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 13 points 2 months ago

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

[-] lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com 32 points 2 months ago

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.

[-] Tetragrade@leminal.space 24 points 2 months ago

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

[-] DiaDeLosMuertos@aussie.zone 11 points 2 months ago

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 )

[-] Tetragrade@leminal.space 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 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

[-] nonentity@sh.itjust.works 31 points 2 months ago

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.

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

I went ahead and made the lemmy modification.

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[-] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago

No fucking way.

[-] Lon3star@lemmy.world 22 points 2 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 17 points 2 months ago

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

Oil tank: Hold my vodka!

[-] harmbugler@piefed.social 17 points 2 months ago

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

[-] Beetschnapps@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Easy Micheal Caine…

[-] BigDiction@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 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 11 points 2 months ago

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

[-] mcSlibinas@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

No callsign, so it's military UFO?

[-] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 months ago

KyaputnikSpaceProgram

[-] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

The roof

The roof

[-] WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Untimely Fired Ordinance?

[-] DudeImMacGyver@kbin.earth 5 points 2 months ago

Just identify them then!

[-] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 months ago

2000: Russia gonna have airship dropping bomb

2026: UFO goes brrrrrrrrrr

[-] Dultas@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Great, now we have to worry about Yuri.

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