You picked a difficult subject but did very good for a first attempt.

Specular reflections are difficult to manage. And the dark innards of the cases, too.

I like the way you think.

And then we get Vance.

DoggCatcher

An Insteon integration with a hub and a bit more than a dozen switches, water sensors, etc.

Maybe 4 or so z-wave devices connected via a USB dongle on the Pi.

The Alexa integration for the direct Wi-Fi bulbs. Maybe 6-ish. Also for wife-acceptance.

So- small and unorganized. I really want to wipe and start fresh to be more organized. I also want to learn how to do cross-integration triggers and actions.

3b+ here. I’d like to upgrade to a 4 or 5 but haven’t had any pressing reason to do it.

I don’t mind the name, but it seems awful expensive.

https://youtu.be/4cZqRzHnI8s

Yes.

Go out on a sunny day. Get in the shadow of a building - near the edge. Notice that you can know when the sun is close to becoming visible by the scattered light. One side is brighter.

Now imagine being in orbit of earth. Watch the sun set behind it. You see the sky glowing in the direction of the sun. Same as the building. Same as regular sunsets.

Now go to the moon. Because of the extreme distance, you can see the “sunset” entirely around the globe. That is the red glow. But one side of the moon is closer to the sunset, and (just like the building) that side is brighter.

Does that help?

The alignment is not perfect. The shadow of the earth entirely covers the moon - as the earth is bigger.

45 years for me. Greyhawk and Blackmoor supplements were new. OD&D before there was an O. Yes, I’m over 60.

My best friend’s daughter irl decided to charm the bugbear guard. I made puppy dog eyes at her while her parents giggled their asses off. She was thirteen at the time.

There was a whole plan for space colonization.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_High_Frontier:_Human_Colonies_in_Space

If you can find a new one. They are $45+ on ebay used. None of the usual US sellers has any.

IF you were a bad actor, this is exactly the argument to use to get more inside information to use in the next attack.

Establishing trust is the first problem to be overcome.