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conditional_soup, (edited ) do astronomy w Public stargazing classes

Thanks, that all makes sense! I noticed in hindsight that people were a little less jazzed about Trapezium than I was expecting. I mean, they appreciated it, but compared to my own initial reaction in seeing it (I had to go and tell someone right away), it was pretty muted. Sounds like I’ll have to do some homework.

That last line really grabbed my attention.

And treat the telescope like it’s the least important thing of the night until someone asks about it.

Can you elaborate a bit on what you mean here?

Also, I should probably make clear that this is going to be a weekly recurring class that happens at different city parks. I’m trying to get people interested in actually doing amateur astronomy.

conditional_soup, do astronomy w Public stargazing classes

It doesn’t take too long to adjust unless somebody really headbutts the scope, which happens. Typically it’s just slewing targets back into frame because of the Earth’s rotation, which at 110x and a good RACI, is pretty easy. I think it takes maybe 15-20s every third guest to make sure they’ve got a good view (takes a bit longer sometimes if they’ve pushed the focuser in). I’m definitely thinking that a GOTO/PUSH TO modification kit might be in my future, but I’m trying not to spend more money at the moment.

conditional_soup, do astronomy w The US government seems serious about developing a lunar economy

Nope. No. Nuh-uh. Stop fucking up this planet, then we can talk. I’m drawing a line in the sand, I’m going to become an eco-terrorist if I see a fucking Coca-Cola ad when I look into the night sky.

conditional_soup, do gaming w Hidden prompt

Press F to destabilize central america and weaponize the resulting migration.

conditional_soup, do games w Rocksteady pulls Suicide Squad an hour into early access after players’ games ‘auto completed’

Oh and they’re going to frame this as a great success. Reality need not apply.

conditional_soup, do piracy w The Internet Archive might reach a deal with the publishers to remove THEIR books from the lending library

Yeah, you know, that [checks notes] one copy of a book that the lending library was able to lend* was really eating into their profit margin. Honest to God, they probably spent more money on lawyers over this shit than they’ll ever recoup, and it just makes them look stupid, greedy, and stupidly greedy.

*I think it’s one copy per actually book that’s owned. Just like you can’t lend you friends more copies of a given book than you own.

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