Flying SquidM to Out of Context Comics • 23 hours agoThat's not how anything works, Part IIimagemessage-square24arrow-up1190arrow-down18
arrow-up1182arrow-down1imageThat's not how anything works, Part IIFlying SquidM to Out of Context Comics • 23 hours agomessage-square24
minus-square@docdlink28•22 hours agoChecking here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apparent_magnitude the sun is listed as “about 400,000 times as bright as mean full Moon” so pretty accurate.
minus-squareFlying SquidOPMlink-17•22 hours agoYou do know the moon doesn’t generate its own light, right?
minus-square@ByteJunklink8•14 hours agoA mirror doesn’t generate its own light either, but would you try shooting a weapons grade laser into one and pointing it at one of your eye sockets?
minus-squareFlying SquidOPMlink0•10 hours agoI wouldn’t compare the brightness of a laser to a reflection of itself. That’s the issue I’m seeing.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•20 hours agoHow could it? I’ve never seen cheese glow.
Checking here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apparent_magnitude the sun is listed as “about 400,000 times as bright as mean full Moon” so pretty accurate.
How much brighter is it than a nice full moon?
You do know the moon doesn’t generate its own light, right?
A mirror doesn’t generate its own light either, but would you try shooting a weapons grade laser into one and pointing it at one of your eye sockets?
I wouldn’t compare the brightness of a laser to a reflection of itself. That’s the issue I’m seeing.
Apparent magnitude DGAF
Pssh! You still believe in the moon?
How could it? I’ve never seen cheese glow.