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Anyone else hope they just die before the night sky itself is commercialized. We already got rid of the stars at least leave the darkness behind

cryptoz 5y ago
It's not entirely clear to me that this was legal in the first place - surely there are light pollution laws in Dallas? And also 'disturbing the peace' laws, etc. I wonder if there are any chance of legal consequences for stunts like this.
- oh_sigh 5y ago
  The company that did it is a real company that puts on real drone shows. Presumably they are familiar with the laws relating to their industry.
- jaboutboul 5y ago
  I would hope that people got a good laugh out of it before things like this become commonplace and then made illegal/enforced.
dEnigma 5y ago
Way to make my thoughts turn to darker things again! I was just enjoying the prank aspect of it, but you pulled me back into reality. While a small part of me feels like drone displays in the sky would be awesome, it would of course be awful in practice (after the novelty wears off).
- ge96 5y ago
  If they don't figure out holograms, seems like this is how they'd pull off those megacorp holographic displays of ads you see in media like Blade Runner/Cyberpunk 2077.
verdverm 5y ago
I'm more worried about this with smart glasses. Hopefully we don't get personalized, dynamic, moving ads covering everything or everywhere.
- throwaway81523 5y ago
  Surgical implants with ads that you can't turn off.
  - dwighttk 5y ago
    Oh did you want the premium ad-free eyesperiance?
    - Breza 5y ago
      "Where'd you go?" "Babe I'm right here, what's wrong?" YOUR CREDIT CARD HAS EXPIRED, PLEASE UPDATE YOUR PAYMENT INFORMATION TO CONTINUE YOUR EYESEEU PLUS SUBSCRIPTION
- lp0_on_fire 5y ago
  I see you haven't been on the internet lately. But in all seriousness, despite it breaking my heart, there will likely be a market for a ublock origin type product for smart glasses.
Bayart 5y ago
I'm not too worried, at least where I live. Light pollution has become a talking point in the EU.
blhack 5y ago
My city has already started installing high powered parking-lot style LED streetlights all over the city. IMO the battle is already lost. It's legitimately heartbreaking.
- wildmanx 5y ago
  Other parts of the world have realized that this is impacting insects and birds and have started cutting down on light pollution.
adrianmonk 5y ago
> already got rid of the stars Coincidentally, there was an episode about this yesterday on NPR's Shortwave: https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1089593627 https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1089593627 Apparently, despite having a population of 140,000, Flagstaff, Arizona has decided to become a "dark sky city" and succeeded well enough that you can see the Milky Way from downtown. And there are people working to preserve areas that are currently dark and reclaim night sky darkness in other areas.
ASalazarMX 5y ago
2024: You're having dinner after a long day, winding down. An unexpected red flash comes from the window, an explosion? No, the blast never came, and now there's more red flashes, as if coming from the sky, oh please let this not be a meteor! You get to the window, and cautiously look up... TURNING RED 3 COMING TO DISNEY++ THIS SPRING SCAN THIS TO BUY LIMITED STREAMS AVAILABLE
aaron695 5y ago

cryptoz 5y ago

It's not entirely clear to me that this was legal in the first place - surely there are light pollution laws in Dallas? And also 'disturbing the peace' laws, etc. I wonder if there are any chance of legal consequences for stunts like this.

oh_sigh 5y ago
The company that did it is a real company that puts on real drone shows. Presumably they are familiar with the laws relating to their industry.
jaboutboul 5y ago
I would hope that people got a good laugh out of it before things like this become commonplace and then made illegal/enforced.

dEnigma 5y ago

Way to make my thoughts turn to darker things again! I was just enjoying the prank aspect of it, but you pulled me back into reality. While a small part of me feels like drone displays in the sky would be awesome, it would of course be awful in practice (after the novelty wears off).

ge96 5y ago
If they don't figure out holograms, seems like this is how they'd pull off those megacorp holographic displays of ads you see in media like Blade Runner/Cyberpunk 2077.

verdverm 5y ago

I'm more worried about this with smart glasses. Hopefully we don't get personalized, dynamic, moving ads covering everything or everywhere.

throwaway81523 5y ago
Surgical implants with ads that you can't turn off.
- dwighttk 5y ago
  Oh did you want the premium ad-free eyesperiance?
  - Breza 5y ago
    "Where'd you go?" "Babe I'm right here, what's wrong?" YOUR CREDIT CARD HAS EXPIRED, PLEASE UPDATE YOUR PAYMENT INFORMATION TO CONTINUE YOUR EYESEEU PLUS SUBSCRIPTION
lp0_on_fire 5y ago
I see you haven't been on the internet lately. But in all seriousness, despite it breaking my heart, there will likely be a market for a ublock origin type product for smart glasses.

Bayart 5y ago

I'm not too worried, at least where I live. Light pollution has become a talking point in the EU.

blhack 5y ago

My city has already started installing high powered parking-lot style LED streetlights all over the city. IMO the battle is already lost. It's legitimately heartbreaking.

wildmanx 5y ago
Other parts of the world have realized that this is impacting insects and birds and have started cutting down on light pollution.

adrianmonk 5y ago

> already got rid of the stars Coincidentally, there was an episode about this yesterday on NPR's Shortwave: https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1089593627 https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1089593627 Apparently, despite having a population of 140,000, Flagstaff, Arizona has decided to become a "dark sky city" and succeeded well enough that you can see the Milky Way from downtown. And there are people working to preserve areas that are currently dark and reclaim night sky darkness in other areas.

ASalazarMX 5y ago

2024: You're having dinner after a long day, winding down. An unexpected red flash comes from the window, an explosion? No, the blast never came, and now there's more red flashes, as if coming from the sky, oh please let this not be a meteor! You get to the window, and cautiously look up... TURNING RED 3 COMING TO DISNEY++ THIS SPRING SCAN THIS TO BUY LIMITED STREAMS AVAILABLE

aaron695 5y ago