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America's largest power grid is struggling to meet demand from AI
  • True AI will have huge energy requirements. Maybe it'll work with humans to find a solution to that problem. I'm sure it'll work out just fine, until Keanu Reeves shows up and starts showing off his kung fu skills

  • I want to do movie nights in the neighborhood. Recommend projector setups?
  • Normally the trapezoid shape can be corrected, but on the really cheap models I wouldn't count on it working that well.

    You could also look at your local second hand markets for a better quality one at a reasonable price, but make sure to check if replacement lamps are available and if they're easy to replace on the particular model.

  • I want to do movie nights in the neighborhood. Recommend projector setups?
  • Get a projector with at least 1080p actual output resolution.

    Most entry level ones have terrible lenses which means you'll need to experiment a bit with how high you'll mount them cause they need to be dead on to display properly, otherwise half the screen will be blurry. I highly recommend a cheap aluminum camera tripod with a center collumn for height adjustment.

    For screen I bought a white roller blind for like 8 bucks from a home supplies store and mounted it by passing a string through the tube and tying the ends to whatever worked best. In terms of picture quality it's exactly the same, but if you can afford an actual projection screen and haul it around then do that.

    For sound I would recommend a battery powered Bluetooth speaker because they're cheap and easy to carry, but you may experience a slight sound delay which can be solved with a 3.5mm aux cable in the aux port.

    My final suggestion is to get a used Nintendo Wii with sports and a couple of controllers, endless fun for the right crowd.

  • The EU wants to decrypt your private data by 2030
  • Mass surveillance everywhere all the time forever, just in case you ever decide to become a terrorist, or plan a robbery, or sell drugs online, or your description matches a suspect, or the cops have reasonable suspicion, or you plan on attending a protest against the government, or you say something bad about the Supreme Leader, or....

  • Its done
  • Signed it, I hope the EU can make us proud once again. This should at least be included in planed obsolescence laws, that can have provisions against both hardware and software being declared dead with no consequences.

  • Trifid and Lagoon
  • Thank you!

    The spot is a Bortle 4 to 5 according to the map, nothing special but it's only a 20 min drive and has no nearby light sources, offers decent protection from the constant Aegean summer winds as well. My advice is this: Bortle + Drive time + terrain difficulty= X, solve for the lowest possible X and only go to really remote and dark sites when you're sure you've got the shooting process dialed in. Generally any moon less night under Bortle 5 skies or better yields great results.

    Hope that helps.

  • Trifid and Lagoon

    My first attempt at the Trifid and Lagoon nebulae!

    A few minutes worth of 30sec exposures, 10 darks (had to leave in a hurry) and 20 flats/bias.

    Edit: Shot with a 500mm f6.3 camera lens and a stock Sony A6000 on a Star Adventurer.

    Edited with Siril, then Starnet++, then Photoshop and some minor adjustments in Lightroom.

    Feedback appreciated!

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    What direction do you think tech in general will go in 5 years (ignoring AI)
  • Video games with apparently sentient NPCs.

    Custom ARM SoCs from AMD and Nvidia for laptops, tablets and handheld consoles, running customized Linux to avoid Microsoft's fees.

    YouTube switches to unskipable server-side ads injection directly into the original video stream, rendering adblockers ineffective. Others soon follow.

    Mainstream media starts releasing news in TikTok style videos where the bottom half of the screen plays random Minecraft / satisfying to watch slop.

    End to end encrypted communication is quietly outlawed following some terrorist attack, using national security fearmongering. You've got nothing to fear if you have nothing to hide.

    China inevitably invades Taiwan, TSMC burns their fabs down to protect their IP. Samsung and Intel fabs become the most cutting edge process nodes on next cycle, China catches up, profits go up all around.

    Google kills Search and now Gemini is their only search engine. Others soon follow.

  • Honda Unexpectedly Enters the Space Race With First Successful Rocket Launch
  • Same here. Let's hope they aim for a light orbital rocket that can be mass manufactured and reused, for example, or at least a Falcon type rocket that also had a hopper test vehicle initially

    Edit: Reading Honda's own post about the launch they seem to be implying that they want to develop a vehicle that can achieve orbit, but also to use it for transportation purposes?

    It's too early to make assumptions, but they do clearly state that they are aiming for something that can reach 100km in altitude in a vertical fashion. They also say they hope to achieve suborbital flights by 2029.

  • The Dogs of Chernobyl Are Experiencing Rapid Evolution, Study Suggests
  • I'm pretty sure I've played video games based on that premise

    The article itself is either AI generated or just bad in general. Absolutely no information about what the title would suggest, while also mentioning that there's no actual proof of anything other than the dogs here are different than the dogs 10.miles that way and it could be related to a number of things such as the initial breeds that were left behind, inbreeding etc.

  • First attempt of the flame and Horse Head nebula.

    My first time trying to shoot the Horse Head nebula! I have a stock Sony a6000, which cuts out most of the hydrogen red signal, but thankfully enough got through to at least make this a solid attempt.

    The data is about 45 minutes worth of 30 second exposures out of my Sony and a Ttartisan 500mm f6.3 lens, on a star tracker.

    Due to the very limited total integration time and the stock camera I had to stretch pretty far while fending off artifacts here and there.

    Overall I'll take it, will revisit in the future.

    Feedback appreciated!

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    An attempt at Andromeda

    My 5th time trying to image a seemingly easy target with something being off... This time I must have nudged the lens out of focus slightly and there was some dew forming on the lens that I hadn't noticed. This hobby sure has a steep learning curve!

    Still, decided to not throw away the whole attempt and did a quick processing. It's about 45 minutes worth of 30 sec exposures at 500mm f6.3.

    Feedback appreciated!

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    My first Pleiades attempt

    63 x30 sec tracked, 10 of each calibration frames. Stock Sony A6000, ISO 1600. 500mm f8 ish with a ttartisan lens.

    Feedback appreciated!

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    Orion Nebula

    73x30 sec of the Orion nebula, with a stock Sony a6000 and a ttartisan 500mm f6.3 on a StarAdventurer.

    Lens was wide open, which introduced lots of aberrations on the brightest stars. Will try stopping down next time. Also, focus wasn't perfect and I had some dew issues.

    No calibration frames, either, I was just testing the lens for the first time.

    Stacked in Siril, stretched in photoshop, final touches in Lightroom.

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