I fucking hate this company.

[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