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Vintage beauty of Soviet control rooms

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    xenon
    wrote on 28 May 2020, 18:40 last edited by
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    I don't know if Soviet control rooms were qualitatively different from American ones of the same era. But these pictures are pretty darn cool.

    https://designyoutrust.com/2018/01/vintage-beauty-soviet-control-rooms/

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      Doctor Phibes
      wrote on 28 May 2020, 18:44 last edited by
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      My dad was a nuclear research scientist in the UK in the 60's through to the 80's, and these places look quite a bit like where he worked.

      I was only joking

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        xenon
        wrote on 28 May 2020, 19:38 last edited by xenon
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        Bonus: the unexpected beauty of China's bicycle graveyards

        https://www.theguardian.com/cities/gallery/2018/may/01/unexpected-beauty-china-bicycle-graveyards-share-bikes-in-pictures

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          Copper
          wrote on 28 May 2020, 20:12 last edited by
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          It looks like where Homer Simpson works.

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            Loki
            wrote on 28 May 2020, 20:37 last edited by
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            Very Cool. Thanks. And if you haven’t seen Chernobyl On HBO you’ve missed one of the best shows I’ve seen on TV in a decade, maybe all time.

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              28 May 2020, 20:37

              Very Cool. Thanks. And if you haven’t seen Chernobyl On HBO you’ve missed one of the best shows I’ve seen on TV in a decade, maybe all time.

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              xenon
              wrote on 28 May 2020, 20:37 last edited by
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              @Loki Loved it.

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                taiwan_girl
                wrote on 28 May 2020, 21:08 last edited by
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                @xenon Great pictures! Very neat.

                A few years ago, I was part of a delegation that took a cross straits tour to China and we visited a oil refinery.

                One funny thing I remember was that in the control room, in front of the control board, there were benches that were nailed down and slightly sloped forward. There were no moveable chairs in the control room. I guess they did not want the operators sleeping during shifts. LOL

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                  Klaus
                  wrote on 28 May 2020, 22:07 last edited by
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                  Chernobyl would not have happened if they had a user interface where they could swipe left to turn the reactor off.

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                    George K
                    wrote on 28 May 2020, 22:17 last edited by
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                    Can someone explain the rationale behind the hats?

                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                      Copper
                      wrote on 28 May 2020, 22:28 last edited by
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                      They keep commie hair out of the works.

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                        Catseye3
                        wrote on 28 May 2020, 23:13 last edited by
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                        The pic of the Chinese bike graveyard reminds me of Henry Ford's famous saying about the Model T: You can have any color you want, as long as it's black.

                        Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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