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These issues only affect a specific form of photography taken under select conditions, and even then can be dealt with quite easily in software, making the prob
by jjk166 5y ago
These issues only affect a specific form of photography taken under select conditions, and even then can be dealt with quite easily in software, making the problem at most an extremely minor nuisance to a select few. Conversely, very large numbers of people live in remote locations where satellite communication is by far the most sensible method of connecting them to the internet. It seems a small price to pay.
[The following was the original flagged comment, which I'm leaving for completeness but shouldn't have posted as such]
Oh no, extremely long exposure photographs at certain wavelengths taken under select conditions need a small amount of additional post processing which is trivially automated. How dare those rural peasants who want to connect to the rest of humanity inconvenience us so!
- dang 5y agoPlease do not take HN threads into flamewar hell, regardless of how provocative someone else's statement is or you feel it is. That is the way a forum like this destroys itself, and that is in none of our interests. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- mk81 5y agoBut post stuff that calls worldwide internet connectivity "a bullshit vanity project"?
- dang 5y agoCertainly the OP is not optimal for a thoughtful, substantive discussion. But responding to flamebait with flamewar is exactly what the HN guidelines ask everyone not to do here. The thing to do with such a provocation is to leave it where you found it and move on to more interesting things. Dragging it into the comments and setting it on fire is definitely not the thing to do. I know how tempting it is, though; it's a temptation we all need to cultivate resistance to, which is hard work. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- jjk166 5y agoYou're right, my apologies.
- dang 5y agoAppreciated! Incidentally, the problem is a co-creation between comments and upvotes, and the upvotes are the greater factor. But there's no way to respond to the upvoters except by responding to the commenter. I try not to come across as picking on the commenter personally, but I know it can still feel that way.
- jjk166 5y agoWell hopefully I've given them something a little better to vote on now. And I for one am a fan of your moderation style, sorry again for making your job a little harder than it has to be.
- clifdweller 5y agoIT would be interesting to see these photographs after processed. It is true they have software that tracks satellites and removes those sections from the long exposure so all the lines would go away i wonder where they have lots of intersections what loss of resolution would be if/ how close to threshold of usability image is. worse case is all night there is some satellite in a region so have to throw all away