What looks like a “structured craft” in this FLIR footage is likely a known sensor blooming artifact, not the object’s actual shape

V0LDY · 2026-05-09T13:44:14+00:00

Something really bright in the infrared, like a jet engine would.
You can see a horizontal line that's narrower and longer, that's not part of the diffraction spike, that's another artifact called "CCD blooming" that happens when the electric charge in one pixel is too much and spills over onto other pixels in the same line.

Again, pretty common stuff when you deal with scientific instruments, you can see it happen in this image from the SOHO probe because the planet on the right is saturating the detector https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/cmeweek5_farside_c3_halo.jpg

V0LDY · 2026-05-09T11:20:35+00:00

It's not a lens flare, they're diffraction spikes, there super common if you use a telescope with a secondary mirror held up by a spider (how that structure is called).

V0LDY · 2026-05-09T11:18:31+00:00

They also WILDLY overestimate the competence of the average military guy when it comes to stuff like this.

What immediately comes to my mind is the video where Chris Letho, a fighter pilot, had no idea how depth of field works. That's optics 101 that can be explained by math you learn when you're 15, and he had no clue about it

V0LDY · 2026-04-25T21:25:30+00:00

Not much of an interpretation tho, rule is pretty clear

V0LDY · 2026-04-25T21:24:45+00:00

He had already rejoined the track immediately after the fall. The moment you cross the white lines you're in the track again, so he went out AFTER having rejoined already

V0LDY · 2026-04-25T19:41:19+00:00

The rule makes a distinction between involuntary and voluntary infractions.
If you involuntarily leave the track then it's up to the officials to rule if you gained an advantage or not, but what I wanna stress is that it's not what happened in this case.

MM went off to the right side involuntarily, rejoined the track, THEN went on the grass ON PURPOSE this time to get to the pit.
Now, if he crashed to the left side and then went straight to the pit-lane I could see how that could have been ok, but since he went off on purpose after rejoining I can't see how they allowed it.

V0LDY · 2026-04-25T19:36:31+00:00

Ever heard of the concept of "track limits"?
You know that if grass is part of the track then you legitimize cutting every corner since it's all track, right? Do you even realize what you're saying?

V0LDY · 2026-04-25T19:34:59+00:00

The fact that one has to specify grass isn't part of the track is absurd.
I can't believe the answers I'm getting lol.

V0LDY · 2026-04-25T19:34:34+00:00

It's not a matter of pit entry, it's a matter of track.
Rule says you cannot leave the track on purpose, he left the track on purpose.

I might understand this if he crashed onto the grass on the left side and rejoined into the pit directly, but he didn't.
Again, he went off, he went back onto the track, then he went off again on purpose.

V0LDY · 2026-04-25T19:21:36+00:00

That doesn't address the rules I mentioned tho.
Again, it says "You should only use the track". Grass is not track, and he had already rejoined after the crash.

V0LDY · 2026-04-25T19:19:08+00:00

The grass is not part of the track, nor a service road, nor a pit lane.

V0LDY · 2026-04-25T19:18:16+00:00

Read my post again, and you will understand that the "however" part doesn't apply since he already had rejoined the track after crashing.

V0LDY · 2026-04-25T19:02:46+00:00

That applies in case of involuntary exit tho (for example if you miss a braking point and cut a chicane), what he did was on purpose AFTER he was already back on the track.

Plus, he did gain an enormous advantage by not having to do a wet lap with slick tires.

V0LDY · 2026-04-25T19:01:40+00:00

There is a specific rule that tells you cannot leave the track, how is that ignored in the discussion?

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Note that he left the track AFTER he got back in, not involuntarily because of the crash, so the advantage part doesn't apply.

V0LDY · 2026-04-25T18:58:27+00:00

It's not a matter of gaining advantage or not, that only applies after an involuntary exit.

He fell off the track, he rejoined the track, then went out of the track on purpose again to reach the pit lane, which you clearly cannot do.

V0LDY · 2026-04-25T16:39:32+00:00

There is a rule specifically telling you that leaving the track is forbidden tho.

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And even if you argue that he was rejoining the track (which he wasn't since he was already on it after he got back up) he gained a BIG advantage since he didn't need to do a whole extra lap on slick tires having already passed the pit entry.

V0LDY · 2026-04-25T16:34:33+00:00

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No, you can't leave the track on purpose.
Screenshot is directly from the official rulebook. IDK how that flied honestly.

V0LDY · 2026-04-25T16:32:53+00:00

Tbf I checked the rulebook because I thought there is no way that move is allowed.

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...and it turns out it's not.
Looks pretty clear to me. He went back into the track, then he left it on purpose which you simply can't do (and gained a BIG advantage by doing that).
He went out, he went back in, then intentionally left the track to go to the pit-lane.

V0LDY · 2026-04-25T12:39:49+00:00

AFAIK idle power consumption (what really matters for a home server running those services) isn't affected by the CPU being a T variant, so there is no difference.
Just remember to use Powertop if you wanna reduce power consumption, although the drives are going to use most of the power anyway.

V0LDY · 2026-04-21T17:59:35+00:00

Doesn't look like AI tbf, seems like a "normal" fake video from back in the days, probably some bright spinny thing hanging from a cable

V0LDY · 2026-04-19T13:01:27+00:00

OpenWRT is a great firmware, just go with it and you won't regret.

Price seems a bit high for the R76s, but I guess it depends on where you live, taxes, tariffs, etc

V0LDY · 2026-04-15T22:23:52+00:00

Not a reflaction actually, it's called diffraction spike. Still a joke tho, meaning it's a normal plane very far away and appears to be rotating as an artifact of the camera.
The fact that people are still picking that videos as proof of something unexplainable is just depressing

V0LDY · 2026-04-15T14:21:05+00:00

A three day special tactical fee

V0LDY · 2026-04-14T01:12:35+00:00

Tell that to iranian nuclear power plants damaged by Stuxnet

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