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Explaining the modern economy to someone from 200 years agoSo we created a machine that can do trillions of mathematical computations every second and takes the energy output of a small nation to...
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Explaining the modern economy to someone from 200 years agoIt's actually quite astonishing how well it can communicate. It's hard to tell that it's a machine and not a person...Except it can't do...
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existential absurdity, uspol, I hate this timelineI just realized I could write a description that applies equally well to either the vampires in What We Do In The Shadows or the current administration...
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Am I bored out of my skull? Yes.Will I put absolutely zero effort into changing my situation or in finding something interesting to do and instead continue being bored? Also yes.
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Does learning how to play music when you're young make you more intelligent? I don't know.Does it make you waaaay a more interesting person? In my experience, yes.
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For my fellow #astrophotography#astronomy#FOSS nerds:There's a project to make a touch interface/app for NINA! It looks pretty functional right now, but there's a lot of progress yet to be made. I...
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Speaking of NINA, I find it incredibly obnoxious that it's Windows only software. Not only does Windows increasingly suck from AI enshitification, Linux has much lower system requirements. I shouldn't...
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One project that's been simmering in the back of my mind is an embedded system replacement to NINA or ASIair. A single-purpose, #OSHW device that can do everything NINA or ASIair can do.I have no idea...
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And yes, I know about Astroberry. But again, that's functionally still a complete PC with a full Linux OS, which is overkill, IMO. Not to mention that there's still a bunch of proprietary shit in the...
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Another project I've been thinking about is an FPGA-based system for capturing images, guiding, plate solving, and stacking. Like, FPGA talking USB directly to the camera, no PC at all.To be honest,...
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A big reason I think about using an FPGA is to get the maximum capture framerate possible. For DSO imaging, this is basically irrelevant, but for planetary imaging capture framerate is very important....
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A modern Intel CPU has crazy throughput, but only on moderately powerful systems. So basically that means a mid to high-end mini PC, desktop, or laptop.But throughput is what FPGAs excel at. I would...
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Plate solving, in particular, is of interest to me. I wonder if GPU or FPGA acceleration could be applied to the problem. If there's a way to parallelize plate solving it'd be dumb and slow to do it...
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I stayed up waaaay too late last night doing #astrophotography and today I feel like I'm dying lol
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unnecessarily pedanticSo sunlight is supposed to kill vampires, right? Makes them burst into flames or turn to ash or whatever.Is it specifically sunlight as in *light from The Sun*, or is it any light...
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unnecessarily pedantic /2If it is specifically *light from The Sun*, why doesn't moonlight cause issues since it's just reflected sunlight? Is it *our Sun* or any star? Like, could vampires live just...
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unnecessarily pedantic /3I'm starting to suspect that this vampire business might be bullshit
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One of the more annoying aspects of the end of the world is how everyone is like, "oh shit, I think it's the end of the world" all the time
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I'm having one of those moments when I'm overwhelmed with cynicism, nihilism, and grief, and I feel compelled to vent even though doing so will only trash the mood of everyone around me and myself.
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It isn't so much that I *think* about how everything I do is meaningless. The problem is when I *feel* like everything I do is meaningless. It's basically impossible to logic my way out of a...
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