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malcircuit, to solar
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Gonna try to do some inside today while I work.

One of the perks of a) working from home, and b) having a large south-facing window.

Not really ideal optically, but the only alternative is leaving my scope outside mostly unattended.

malcircuit,
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Okay, nevermind, the image quality through the window is horrible lol

I don't remember it being this bad the last time I tried, but I'm also not surprised.

malcircuit,
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I have a meeting in 20 minutes and I really just want to blow it off. I stayed up way too late last night and I'm so out of it right now.

I just want to go eat lunch outside and take pics of the sun.

malcircuit,
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I'm in the meeting, but I don't like it. Hopefully it's quick.

malcircuit,
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I decided to put the scope outside for lunch and the seeing conditions are excellent right now. It's also a gorgeous day. Should get some good pics.

malcircuit,
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I can't get over how fucking perfect the seeing conditions are right now. Crystal clear view of the sun.

I might have to bring my work laptop outside. Unbelievably nice outside.

malcircuit,
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Attempting a timelapse today. It's going to be fucking epic (if I can ever manage to get through the literal terabytes of data it will generate)

malcircuit,
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Oh YEAH, look at that prominence action going on!

It's hard to see on the picture of the preview on my laptop, but there is an elongated smudge spraying out of the sunspot. I think it's been moving and changing shape, but it's slow and the atmospheric turbulence makes it hard to keep track of what's going on.

I'm trying to do work out here, but this is too fucking cool.

malcircuit,
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Yeah, if you look at my first pic, that smudge is not there. It's definitely dynamic. First time I've seen something like this.

malcircuit,
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Grabbed one of the raw images to get a better look at it. Quick and dirty edit, but you might actually be able to see what I'm talking about.

twipped, to random
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Our local Chik-fil-a just built a roof over their drivethru so that the staff aren’t in the sun and rain. I assume they’re gonna put solar on it, as well.

CFA’s owners are scum of the earth, but wow is this company intelligently run, every drivethru should do this. It probably pays for itself in the first year.

malcircuit,
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@twipped I would be surprised if they put solar panels on it.

shippychaos, to random
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malcircuit,
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@shippychaos Holy shit 🥵

shippychaos, to random
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I guess I’ll be adding back that HBO max subscription soon…

malcircuit,
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@shippychaos I can't find any faults in her logic

malcircuit, to astrophotography
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Sombrero Galaxy (M104) in monochrome luminance from my astronomy club's meetup last night.

Only about 1.25 hours worth of data, so not very detailed, but still cool.

malcircuit,
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Also got some images of the Sunflower Galaxy (M63) last night, partially at the astro club meeting but mostly at my apartment. About 2 hours of monochrome luminance.

This is probably my next project. It's one of my favorites.

malcircuit, to random
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I was contacted by a recruiter on LinkedIn about a job at a high-frequency trading firm and was feeling curious so I entertained him and took the call. Not sure if I actually care about the job?

Like, HFT firms are kind of like the economic equivalent of parasitic organisms. But it's not like I think the automotive industry is that great either.

I have no idea where I could work that would actually be fulfilling.

malcircuit,
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I keep coming back to my recently acquired nihilism and deep pessimism about the future. As in, I don't know what to do with my life, because I've got it stuck in my head that everything is fucked and nothing sort of a dramatic revolution will make a difference.

I have this need to make my life matter in some way in some greater context, but I am unable to see a way in which to do that. Everything just seems like it's pissing in the wind.

malcircuit,
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With the way my mind works, I find it extremely difficult to stay engaged with a job that isn't interesting or meaningful.

So if nothing is meaningful, then all I have it what's interesting.

But what's interesting to me often isn't profitable, so it's not a good choice for a career if I actually want to be paid well enough to survive.

If that's the case I might as well just get the best paying job I can tolerate, which is probably the job I currently have.

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