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There is a specific Soviet design sensibility in the post in question that is lacking in those images.

stymaar 3mo ago
I'm pretty sure it's just the old photo look (plus the fact that in the current version, part of the space have been colonized by computers, which kind of ruins the mood).
- bayindirh 3mo ago
  That's not true. If you look at Chernobyl Family[1]'s videos, modern Russian war equipment internals and their color choices, there's a longstanding research and deliberate choice behind them. Soviets/Russians seems to select the seafoam or tealish green colors as backgrounds since these colors create a calmer environment which helps when everything else is pressuring you. The most interesting thing is public ISS telemetry page at [2]. Go to Russian version and the color scheme changes to a bluish one which they also use with some of the interiors/control panels Russians use in similar equipment. [1]: https://www.youtube.com/@ChernobylFamily https://www.youtube.com/@ChernobylFamily [2]: https://iss-mimic.github.io/Mimic/ https://iss-mimic.github.io/Mimic/
- mysecretaccount 3mo ago
  Is there some sort of cultural revisionism where we are expected to deny the existence of e.g. the Soviet design sensibility because of contemporary politics? What a bizarre response.
mrweasel 3mo ago
Well, how about this one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%85gesta_Nuclear_Plant#/media/File:%C3%85gestaverket_1966.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%85gesta_Nuclear_Plant#/med... This is from Swedens Ågesta Nuclear Plant, the first in the country. I don't really get why you'd need all the used floor space. That seems to really be the key difference from those early control rooms and more modern ones. The old ones had you walking around and the new ones are designed to keep you seated. Still, it seems like the old ones had an excessive amount of floor space.
- varjag 3mo ago
  Heat dissipation and gracious distances for installation and servicing.
  - roryirvine 3mo ago
    Good point - all those incandescent lamps must have put out huge amounts of heat. Similarly, the stereotypical giant plasma displays in old-school telco/ISP NOCs made for a properly toasty environment. I know one ISP in the early 2000s who had to bring in a spare datacentre aircon unit to reinforce the puny office system which was completely unable to cope by itself.
- masfuerte 3mo ago
  It has Playtime vibes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playtime https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playtime
- justsomehnguy 3mo ago
  That's because you look at it with a modern eye. It required a lot of wires back in the day. A lot.

I'm pretty sure it's just the old photo look (plus the fact that in the current version, part of the space have been colonized by computers, which kind of ruins the mood).

bayindirh 3mo ago
That's not true. If you look at Chernobyl Family[1]'s videos, modern Russian war equipment internals and their color choices, there's a longstanding research and deliberate choice behind them. Soviets/Russians seems to select the seafoam or tealish green colors as backgrounds since these colors create a calmer environment which helps when everything else is pressuring you. The most interesting thing is public ISS telemetry page at [2]. Go to Russian version and the color scheme changes to a bluish one which they also use with some of the interiors/control panels Russians use in similar equipment. [1]: https://www.youtube.com/@ChernobylFamily https://www.youtube.com/@ChernobylFamily [2]: https://iss-mimic.github.io/Mimic/ https://iss-mimic.github.io/Mimic/
mysecretaccount 3mo ago
Is there some sort of cultural revisionism where we are expected to deny the existence of e.g. the Soviet design sensibility because of contemporary politics? What a bizarre response.

mrweasel 3mo ago

Well, how about this one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%85gesta_Nuclear_Plant#/media/File:%C3%85gestaverket_1966.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%85gesta_Nuclear_Plant#/med... This is from Swedens Ågesta Nuclear Plant, the first in the country. I don't really get why you'd need all the used floor space. That seems to really be the key difference from those early control rooms and more modern ones. The old ones had you walking around and the new ones are designed to keep you seated. Still, it seems like the old ones had an excessive amount of floor space.

varjag 3mo ago
Heat dissipation and gracious distances for installation and servicing.
- roryirvine 3mo ago
  Good point - all those incandescent lamps must have put out huge amounts of heat. Similarly, the stereotypical giant plasma displays in old-school telco/ISP NOCs made for a properly toasty environment. I know one ISP in the early 2000s who had to bring in a spare datacentre aircon unit to reinforce the puny office system which was completely unable to cope by itself.
masfuerte 3mo ago
It has Playtime vibes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playtime https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playtime
justsomehnguy 3mo ago
That's because you look at it with a modern eye. It required a lot of wires back in the day. A lot.