My brother said I needed a star tracker for deep sky shots and I thought he was just showing off

For the longest time, I was convinced I could get good shots of galaxies and nebulae just by stacking a bunch of short exposures from my basic tripod. My brother, who's been into this for a decade, kept telling me, 'Noah, you're wasting your time. You need a tracker to follow the stars, even a cheap one.' I finally borrowed his Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer for a weekend at a dark site near Flagstaff. The difference was insane. My old method gave me fuzzy, streaky blobs after 200 shots. With the tracker doing a 3-minute guided exposure, the Orion Nebula just popped with detail I'd never seen in my own photos. He was totally right. It's not about having fancy gear, it's about letting the camera actually collect the light. Anyone have tips for polar alignment without a clear view of Polaris?

My coworker called my lunch 'sad' and I'm still annoyed about it

We were in the break room last Tuesday and I was eating a big bowl of rice and beans I made for maybe $2 total. He looked over and said, 'Man, that looks depressing, you need to treat yourself.' I told him it had cheese, salsa, and avocado on it and tasted great. He just shrugged and went back to his $15 takeout salad. Has anyone else had to deal with people who think cheap food can't be good?

Shoutout to my internet for holding on through the last 10 minutes of the Severance finale last night

I finally tried the new Park Tool chain checker against my old Pedro's one, and the difference was way bigger than I expected.