What the actual fuck.

[benjaminklein@mastodon.nu]

@EricFielding @sundogplanets @adambecker.bsky.social yes, but they need to replaced every 10-15 years.

[rk@mastodon.well.com]

@sundogplanets

That…isn’t what that means.

[gwozniak@discuss.systems]

@sundogplanets JFC these people know nothing about physics, do they.

[float13@masto.hackers.town]

@sundogplanets

Yeah I thought this was related to Kessler Syndrome as well... TIL

[ericfielding@mastodon.social]

@BenjaminKlein @sundogplanets @adambecker.bsky.social Yes, the MEO GPS satellites, GEO satellites, anything going to the Moon or Mars, etc. have to pass through LEO. Maybe Elon should think about that.

[503bartley@pdx.social]

@sundogplanets Not necessarily. Keith Lofstrom's original http://server-sky.com/ design? No problem.

[joriki@infosec.exchange]

@sundogplanets

I'm convinced they want to blot out the stars entirely

[ericfielding@mastodon.social]

@sundogplanets China filed a request with the ITU for frequency allocations for 200,000 satellites. Elon said “ I’ll see your 200,000 and raise to 1,000,000 satellites. “

[artharg@mastodon.nl]

@sundogplanets In a definitely unrelated post that I saw yesterday: https://newsie.social/@Tendar/115989939915064578

[bnys@lasersword.club]

@jered @sundogplanets they know they'll be filthy rich by the time anyone comes at them with receipts so why not tell humongous lies? see also, scam altman's insane dyson sphere idea

[drs1969@mstdn.social]

@AlisonW @sundogplanets I think the primary use use case for a ‘Server in Space’ is for Tax Avoidance. Think Cayman Islands, but in orbit. You probably don’t need much power cooling compute to stand up something that can be registered as an orbital tax haven for corporations to use.

[rocketdyke@mastodon.social]

@sundogplanets what a asshole fucking way to start the Kessler syndrome.

JFC.

[knud@mastodon.social]

@sundogplanets

"AI" needs to die.

[mrundkvist@archaeo.social]

@knud @sundogplanets
"AI" is going to be defunded soon when venture capital pulls out to cut its losses. Things will be very different when prompting an #LLM once costs $10.

#ai #aibubble

[otte_homan@theblower.au]

@drs1969 I think you might be right there. BVI no longer working as well as it did. Panama files ensured Panama no longer that attractive. Jersey,Guernsey etc in UK Channel Islands getting more scrutiny. Bahamas no longer okay since the Alameda Research scandals. The floating cruiseschip cities didn't sail well. So what's next? Space! Run a magic crypto satellite outside all jurisdictions! @AlisonW @sundogplanets

[knud@mastodon.social]

@sundogplanets @mrundkvist

I'm hoping.

But at the same time they aren't finished selling off "AI investments" to actual people or their pension funds. And meme-stock Tesla has no products but an amazing market cap.

So I'm not sure normal market rules still apply.

[mrundkvist@archaeo.social]

@knud
Give it some time. Venture capital gonna capitalise.

[neuimneuland@mastodon.social]

@sundogplanets There is a story by Stanislav Lem where he mentioned a scale based on the radio signals received from a planet. IIRC at a certain point, the orbital waste becomes intelligent and tries to enslave the planets civilization. The planets inhabitants fight back so the waste sends interfering radio signals to disturb communication on the planet. This signal was one the last steps on the scale.

[digital_coolie@mastodon.social]

@sundogplanets

I first read that as "Kardashian II-level situation", which probably still makes more sense than the actual filling.