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Anything is possible if you are creative enough. Who needs ISO/OSHA/DIN standards or safety precautions?

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[–] [email protected] 51 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

This is exactly what they used to do to boats to camouflage them.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 weeks ago

Came into the comment section looking for a dazzle camo reference and was not disappointed.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 weeks ago

Not so much hide the ship as make it extremely difficult to spit direction of travel and range-find. Skills very much required to place feet on stair-treads.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Wait, how is this camouflage? I can clearly still see the ship.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Dazzle Camo isn't to hide the ship, per say. It's to make it much harder to tell which way the ship is facing, and therefore what its heading is.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I see, thanks for the clarification.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

It also probably didn't work. The Allies were assuming that the Germans were using the same rangefinders we were in WWI. The Germans were using a more advanced rangefinder that doesn't have any problems with "Razzle Dazzle" camo.

https://youtu.be/Kw7vq_YD6JM

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

If you're still interested you should go read the wiki. Fun little rabbit hole to jump down.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

It also probably didn't work as well as the Allies in WWI thought it did. It worked pretty well against our rangefinders at the time, that only used one point of reference, but the Germans were using sterioscopic rangefinders that this particular paint scheme doesn't seem to work on.

https://youtu.be/Kw7vq_YD6JM

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago

I see the problem. People may stumble and hit the hand railing. Just remove the railing.

[–] lurch 7 points 3 weeks ago

Are they selling/making medical supplies in that building?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago

Now that's what I call flying carpet

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

I too, have watched the all time classic movie Slaxx

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Safest people here are blind