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The tiniest yet real telescope I've built

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152 points chantepierre | 1 comments | 12 Dec 25 07:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.217s | source
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Nition ◴[12 Dec 25 07:48 UTC] No.46241829[source]▶
I always love the moment in blog posts like this, where the writer with their esoteric knowledge of the project will say something like "I almost considered reflaboring the exahenge, but of course it would be a ridiculous prospect for a project of this type". And then always, inevitably, there is the followup edit; "I reflabored the exahenge."

Too rarely in life are things made better than practical consideration would dictate, just because of dedication to the craft.

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1. aa-jv ◴[12 Dec 25 11:22 UTC] No.46243070[source]▶
I just love the fluent use of terms, and the whole ontology of the subject itself just seems so appealing to me. For a moment, I felt like others feel when listening to me and my colleagues discuss kernel build issues or other software challenges - befuddled, bemused, enchanted.

I guess, if/when I retire to that remote mountain hideaway, I might just get into this hobby. The idea of grinding my own mirrors to look at dew on the spiderwebs of the neighborhood is just so appealing.