Highest Canadian nerd achievement UNLOCKED I'M SO EXCITED!!!!

[sundogplanets@mastodon.social]

Ha, this totally sounds like compliment fishing, doesn't it? It's more just "this interview that I stressed out about all week just aired" and I don't want to listen to it because I'm stressed about it. But I want other people to listen to it!

...this is all just Impostor Syndrome again, isn't it? GAH.

Time to go back outside to my goats and dogs (and llama) who never have any impostor-y thoughts.

[sundogplanets@mastodon.social]

Spent allll day outside, fixing things, cleaning up, getting the farm and house ready for Real Canadian Winter, and hanging out with my animals. It was pretty good.

[sundogplanets@mastodon.social]

Picking up this thread for a little experiment you could run tonight with the nearly full moon: This will be most effective if you can get to a dark place with no streetlights, but even if you're in a city, you can probably find a dark spot and see your shadow from the moon.

Look around you, and notice what's lit up by the moon. You really don't need artificial light on full moon nights. The full moon is REALLY BRIGHT. It actually hurts to look at it once your eyes are dark adjusted.

[sundogplanets@mastodon.social]

Now imagine something 4 times brighter that the full moon, but a single point source, moving across the sky as fast as a Starlink satellite. It's so bright that it would definitely not feel good to look at, and would instantly ruin your night vision (for 20 min or so). But if you look at it with binoculars or a telescope, you could permanently damage your eyes.

This is what Reflect Orbital wants to do.