I fucking hate this company.

[skjeggtroll@mastodon.online]

@sundogplanets

Ah yes. Because search and rescue operations are famously almost always performed over flat, open ground when the skies are clear. Nobody ever needs rescuing when the weather is bad or the terrain is difficult, after all.

[mookie@isdream.ing]

@sundogplanets @MisterArix How about the CEO of that stupid company be the first to test this long term by having the lights pointed at their house for a year. Come back and let us know how things are going afterwards.

[antsu@p.antsu.net]

@sundogplanets Apart from all the immediate stupidity, I can't shake the thought that if they can reflect enough light to cover a large area, then there's little stopping them from pointing all the mirrors to a single spot and effectively creating the world's largest magnifying glass. The military would LOVE having a space death ray.

[lenotaire@mastodon.social]

@sundogplanets please tell me its CEO's name is not Gustav Graves
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Another_Day

[misterarix@akkoma.thesandbox.net]

@mookie @sundogplanets Just like the Flock CEO - they will use their own products whether they want to or not.

[kawunngg@mastoart.social]

@sundogplanets
I firmly believe they only came up with the people rescue thing because they needed something positive after so much backlash.

[sundogplanets@mastodon.social]

@antsu The Nazis actually had plans for this! Dark sky expert and space historian @JohnBarentine wrote a little about that here: https://www.darkskyconsulting.com/blog/the-dangers-of-sunlight-as-a-service

[asbestos@pnw.zone]

@sundogplanets
Aside from all the other stupidity, I'm stuck with how foolish this "test" was "we set up a bunch of lights, and people did stuff in the dark using the lights" wow, using lights a night! This totally shows satellite mirrors work and are a good idea.
Also thermal imagers work much better that people's eyes to find lost people.

[asbestos@pnw.zone]

@hydropsyche

@sundogplanets
I'm pretty sure there was some sponsorship. And it doesn't take much to get SAR types out to play with the toys

[asbestos@pnw.zone]

@tubbdoose

@sundogplanets
The American flag is a giveaway. They want military/government $$$

[xinit@mastodon.coffee]

@sundogplanets Their dedication to the grift, though.

[lufthans@mastodon.social]

@mathieui @sundogplanets how about huge, hot, always on LEDs in all the CEO's bedrooms