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[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 months ago (4 children)

This looks pretty distopic.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 months ago

Crowd control can be a matter of public safety, but the combination of electronic red screen and multiple cameras doesn’t exactly give a pleasant vibe

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

dystopia is the hundreds of dead bodies crammed together in a Seoul alleyway on Halloween 2022. dystopia is not regulating the flow of traffic

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Oh I don't mean that the crowd control itself is distopic. It's only the way that it's done and how the photo is taken that gives a distopic vibe.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I was thinking the exact same thing. This is the opposite of dystopian, this shows a government that cares about citizen safety.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Return to your hovel, citizen

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I’d love to, but it’s the wrong way up the now one-way street.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Apologies, citizen. You may pass. I am but a humble autocop.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Have you ever seen a crowd surge?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I've seen a surge protector.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

No, but I once saw a peanut stand.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Did anyone else click and zoom for fun moiré effect?

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

The image shows a moire effect captured on camera, but also produces another moire effect on top at certain zoom levels

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

I hadn't, but I did after your comment!

[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

what whoa holy shit what is this? explain like I can't turn on a computer. or link me a YT video

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Kind of an oversimplification here: Moiré is a form of interference pattern, in this case the "grid" of OP's image has a different pitch from the grid on your phone or computer display. By continuously changing the zoom (in contrast to discontinuously), the interference pattern shifts to create "peaks and valleys." Here's some more info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moir%C3%A9_pattern

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nn1MqCMa1M

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

For some reason there's no image attached when I view this on Mbin. I had to open the original URL to see it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago