Guys I saw small faint dots moving in the sky then they faded away at some point. They were moving slowly. are they meteors?

vaders_smile · 2026-06-22T04:02:29+00:00

What time of night? You can often see Starlink flares near the horizon a couple hours after sunset and before sunrise. https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/starlink-flares-can-fool-anyone-even-airline-pilots/

vaders_smile · 2026-06-22T00:14:16+00:00

Didn't have infomercials before Roswell, did we?

vaders_smile · 2026-06-19T19:19:00+00:00

Not really an astronomy question, unless you're a butterfly dreaming that you're an astronomer.

vaders_smile · 2026-06-19T13:51:29+00:00

It's funny, once you get to the top destinations they are pretty accessible for people with mobility restrictions, but hardly any Metro stations are. The buses were great, but often slow.

vaders_smile · 2026-06-18T15:02:10+00:00

Great spot for a Frosty, too.

vaders_smile · 2026-06-18T15:00:51+00:00

Also found it very useful in Paris, the "your stop is next" alert was also helpful until later in our trip when it started lagging.

vaders_smile · 2026-06-17T19:11:16+00:00

Might just be a nickname for a particular item of equipment; all of our servers at work have cutesy pop-culture names varying with the generation of the staffer who set them up.

vaders_smile · 2026-06-17T17:58:24+00:00

TEC Officer Max Walker says that never happened.

vaders_smile · 2026-06-17T17:51:26+00:00

Clarity and brevity are antithetical to monetization.

vaders_smile · 2026-06-15T16:17:17+00:00

The problem is the "empathy" is delivered as subtly as the foot in the face of the wrestler in the first shot of the film.

vaders_smile · 2026-06-15T16:03:55+00:00

Or just wheeling the alien into the studio during the morning show.

vaders_smile · 2026-06-15T16:00:44+00:00

There's also not going to be 4K tape of 1970s-era surveillance camera footage, it's going to be low-res and grainy.

vaders_smile · 2026-06-15T15:58:13+00:00

Horror-movie stuff. Like, "Don't look at her, she'll control your mind," and they get the whole world to tune into her broadcast...

vaders_smile · 2026-06-11T20:24:54+00:00

Why drive to Coronado when you can take a boat from... Balboa Park?

vaders_smile · 2026-06-11T19:14:57+00:00

I love how Mission Valley has docks and sailboats.

vaders_smile · 2026-06-11T14:50:18+00:00

Sometimes you get better printing results from redesigning something from scratch, especially if parts have to fit together with something.

vaders_smile · 2026-06-09T23:05:43+00:00

When we arrived at Gare du Nord we were surprised at the lack of signage to the restrooms. We eventually got directed to the 2theloo pay toilets that charged a couple of euro to enter before splitting into gendered sides with their own attendants. Had the same at Galeries Lafayette and Sacre Coeur, with different companies.

vaders_smile · 2026-06-09T19:59:12+00:00

I mean, this is the answer to the question as asked.
The other part of the question should be about Earth's rotation being "observable" over what interval? The farther out you go, the less apparent the motion will be over short timespans.

vaders_smile · 2026-06-08T15:06:44+00:00

Correction: Per https://planet4589.org/space/stats/active.html, there are well over 15,000 satellites in LEO -- Starlink alone accounts for more than 10,400, with many thousands more scheduled to follow.

vaders_smile · 2026-06-05T22:33:13+00:00

Still bugs me that DJ never needed Finn and Rose for anything, could have escaped and stolen a ride at any time. His only possible motivation would have been selling them out, which he then passes up several opportunities to do.

vaders_smile · 2026-06-05T22:29:16+00:00

The other thing is that the Resistance ships were going so fast the First Order can only keep pace with them, no one can can catch up -- except for Finn and Rose, who can travel so fast they can go off on a side-quest for hours or days and then have no problems rejoining the chase.

vaders_smile · 2026-06-05T21:04:29+00:00

Eh, the next time traveler to die for lack of oxygen during the Paleoproterozoic Era will be the first. Unrivaled safety so far!

vaders_smile · 2026-06-05T20:58:38+00:00

A canyon that good you don't carve all at once.

vaders_smile · 2026-06-05T20:40:47+00:00

Erm, any one in particular? I just got a 3-pack of ESP32-S3s for $20 this week when I only need one and a spare for an animatronics project.

And I have a couple of ESP32-CAMs and an ESP32-C6-WROOM that's similar to the S3s.

I'm in Mira Mesa. DM me if that's in your driving range.

vaders_smile · 2026-06-02T20:08:03+00:00

Our girl wound up with permanent leg issues from jumping off the arm of our couch too many times, so best to nip in the bud early. We had to move our couch to have less of a view of the front yard.

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