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Re: May Sky Challenge

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Post by phoenixdblack »

cdubzzz wrote: post #20

Lately I’ve been wondering if an upcoming generation is going to be more anti-technology, or at least anti-smartphone. I’ve got a 2.5 year old who will occasionally say, “put your phone down, daddy”, or even swipe it from my hand (though we of course try to discourage that, hah) when I’m not paying enough attention to him. As he has grown up and started doing this, it has made me much more aware of my phone time and…

I don't think smartphones will stay with us for very long. They'll probably be replaced by future technologies less clunky (and yes, I am calling smarthphones clunky) in favor of things like glasses, contacts and implants.

I think our children won't be "anti-smartphone" in the same vain as we are not "anti-mainframe"

Re: May Sky Challenge

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Post by Angostura »

lagilogi wrote: post #4

I cannot see the sky from my apartment. So If have to wait until I leave for work or other reasons. I don't remember my parents having this problem with their newspaper. They did look at the newspaper before the sky every morning.

They had their newspaper delivered to their bedside table, so that it was the first thing they saw each morning?

Re: May Sky Challenge

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Post by ben_w »

svantana wrote: post #14
shlant wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I don't remember my parents having this problem with their newspaper. They did look at the newspaper before the sky every morning. This seems to be a pretty common comparison, especially as a reply to older generations remarking on everyone always being on their phones. Kind of a meme at this point[1][2]. It really makes me think that not a lot of thought/concern is given to the major difference between print media…

You're not wrong, but it seems to me the "addiction problem" of social media is not so much about the interactivity, but has more to do with the near infinite supply of entertainment.

I was about to say much the same. I deleted my Twitter accounts years ago now, but I still find myself reading the tweets of Charlie Stross, amongst others, multiple times per day.

I have no mouth, yet I must stream.

Re: May Sky Challenge

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Post by jedimastert »

shlant wrote: post #12
lagilogi wrote: post #4

I cannot see the sky from my apartment. So If have to wait until I leave for work or other reasons. I don't remember my parents having this problem with their newspaper. They did look at the newspaper before the sky every morning.

> I don't remember my parents having this problem with their newspaper. They did look at the newspaper before the sky every morning. This seems to be a pretty common comparison, especially as a reply to older generations remarking on everyone always being on their phones. Kind of a meme at this point[1][2]. It really makes me think that not a lot of thought/concern is given to the major difference between print media…

> It really makes me think that not a lot of thought/concern is given to the major difference between print media and modern technology/social media: print media is a one-way relationship. There is no interaction between the reader and the newspaper - it's a passive information source.

Yeah, newspapers don't scream at you.

Re: May Sky Challenge

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Post by _Microft »

Loughla wrote: post #40
_Microft wrote: post #5

Look at the sky especially now during the lockdown. It's beautiful. I couldn't have imagined how distracting planes were until now that I have seen the sky without them.

Two nights ago a series of 40-50 satellites flew over. It was genuinely disturbing to see. I live where the night sky is dark, and full of stars. It was already pretty out here, but the lockdown, with less air travel, has really helped the sky. And then this line of SUPER bright satellites came over. I think they were part of the Spacex system of satellites. I'm hoping there aren't more coming. They were brighter tha…

I saw the first batch of Starlink satellites a few days after the launch when they were still close together. First to last satellite were no more than maybe 30° apart from my point of view. Seeing these bright spots moving silently [0] and in unison was absolutely captivating.

SpaceX seems to be working with astronomers to minimize impact of their satellites on the night sky. While satellites visible to the naked eye are annoying, they are a real problem for astronomical observations where they can saturate the sensors and cause all sorts of artifacts.

[0] Well, that's saying more about my environment than the satellites themselves.

Re: May Sky Challenge

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Post by [deleted] »

cdubzzz wrote: post #20

Lately I’ve been wondering if an upcoming generation is going to be more anti-technology, or at least anti-smartphone. I’ve got a 2.5 year old who will occasionally say, “put your phone down, daddy”, or even swipe it from my hand (though we of course try to discourage that, hah) when I’m not paying enough attention to him. As he has grown up and started doing this, it has made me much more aware of my phone time and…

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Re: May Sky Challenge

#47

Post by interestica »

m0llusk wrote: post #32

This is a great opportunity for a LookAtTheSky app. Personally, I like to combine both modes by using moon tracking apps to watch my favorite sky object.

Ha! So like an AR type app that lets me see my social media feed overlaid on the live views of the sky on my screen? ....

Re: May Sky Challenge

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Post by stOneskull »

lagilogi wrote: post #4

I cannot see the sky from my apartment. So If have to wait until I leave for work or other reasons. I don't remember my parents having this problem with their newspaper. They did look at the newspaper before the sky every morning.

There'd be substitutes. Maybe just imagine the sky for one minute.

Re: May Sky Challenge

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Post by frogpelt »

I love this idea but I found this part hilarious:

"You can join the event on facebook, so we can keep in touch, and see how popular this gets! Invite your friends, spread the word!"

The reason people look at their screens first thing in the morning is to see what everybody else is doing.

Re: May Sky Challenge

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Post by JacobDotVI »

oaiey wrote: post #16
shlant wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I don't remember my parents having this problem with their newspaper. They did look at the newspaper before the sky every morning. This seems to be a pretty common comparison, especially as a reply to older generations remarking on everyone always being on their phones. Kind of a meme at this point[1][2]. It really makes me think that not a lot of thought/concern is given to the major difference between print media…

Especially considering, that the printed old-fashioned Newspaper (at least if you select the right one!!!) has a professional writers and a more calm perspective on the world than social media and everything what we consume as media nowadays.

Historically old-fashioned newspapers haven't had a calm perspective. Their headlines were the original clickbait.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_journalism

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