Because a LOT of people are missing the point:
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@n_dimension @cstross Steel production can at least in theory be moved over to ore reduction methods and power sources which are much greener than at present, but the shift isn't happening near fast enough. Don't know what to do about concrete. As a society, we're addicted to it as a construction material. Maybe move back to quarrying large blocks of stone and use concrete extremely sparingly?
@Infoseepage @n_dimension There are low-carbon concrete processes, but AIUI nothing has been scaled up to mass production. In the long term, cement absorbs CO2—but at ambient temperature and pressure it takes centuries.
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@NewtonMark @n_dimension I've been expecting the bubble to burst since last October, but as the man says, the market can remain irrational longer than you can remain liquid.
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@cstross@wandering.shop @seachaint@masto.hackers.town @jesse@chaos.social @n_dimension@infosec.exchange A lot more stuff that looks like Vosk, essentially.
@lispi314 @seachaint @jesse @n_dimension I was thinking more along the lines of history-llms, but yes.
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I loathe Felon Muscovite but one thing that he does not need to talk up is his space orbital capabilities.
He does about 150 orbital launches a year, which is more than all the global total launches combined.
Boeing lifters are fully single shot and cost anywhere from 2 to 3 billion dollars of taxpayers money.
Musk is a fraction of that.
If he gets his Starship operational, he will be able to put 1kg of mass up there for about $20 and for that price you can totally put a data centre in orbit and kill dead the "using water/power/CO2" arguments from the #Antiai mob
Having said all that, everytime his Nazi Starship explodes I rejoice.
In order to make a useful datacenter-as-a-satellite you first have to solve all the problems that are making datacenters a pain down here on Earth.
If you have a cost-efficient data-center that communicates wirelessly, is space-efficient, solar-powered and can shed all its generated heat through radiative cooling, why bother launching it into space?
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In order to make a useful datacenter-as-a-satellite you first have to solve all the problems that are making datacenters a pain down here on Earth.
If you have a cost-efficient data-center that communicates wirelessly, is space-efficient, solar-powered and can shed all its generated heat through radiative cooling, why bother launching it into space?
Cops can't physically raid a data centre in another country—or in space. And you can claim whatever jurisdiction for it you like.
It's a tax/law workaround. Remember, oligarchs like Musk resent being hampered by legal compliance. So it's also a sales pitch aimed at the Epstein Island class.
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Cops can't physically raid a data centre in another country—or in space. And you can claim whatever jurisdiction for it you like.
It's a tax/law workaround. Remember, oligarchs like Musk resent being hampered by legal compliance. So it's also a sales pitch aimed at the Epstein Island class.
@cstross @skjeggtroll @n_dimension Boeing thinks they can enforce patent law *in space*
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Cops can't physically raid a data centre in another country—or in space. And you can claim whatever jurisdiction for it you like.
It's a tax/law workaround. Remember, oligarchs like Musk resent being hampered by legal compliance. So it's also a sales pitch aimed at the Epstein Island class.
@cstross @skjeggtroll @n_dimension Well, most of the issues in space (cooling, energy) are easy to solve in the oceans. So, not quite an Epstein island, but if you put it into a sealed container outside the 12mi zone, you'll get the tax/law benefits?
You will have to physically defend it, though. Maybe with an armed fleet of catamarans, or trained sharks with frickin' laser beams, or something.
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@cstross @skjeggtroll @n_dimension Well, most of the issues in space (cooling, energy) are easy to solve in the oceans. So, not quite an Epstein island, but if you put it into a sealed container outside the 12mi zone, you'll get the tax/law benefits?
You will have to physically defend it, though. Maybe with an armed fleet of catamarans, or trained sharks with frickin' laser beams, or something.
@henryk @skjeggtroll @n_dimension You had me right up until I ot to the fricken' laser beams
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@cstross @skjeggtroll @n_dimension Well, most of the issues in space (cooling, energy) are easy to solve in the oceans. So, not quite an Epstein island, but if you put it into a sealed container outside the 12mi zone, you'll get the tax/law benefits?
You will have to physically defend it, though. Maybe with an armed fleet of catamarans, or trained sharks with frickin' laser beams, or something.
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@Infoseepage @n_dimension There are low-carbon concrete processes, but AIUI nothing has been scaled up to mass production. In the long term, cement absorbs CO2—but at ambient temperature and pressure it takes centuries.
@cstross @Infoseepage It's not (just) the production scale: standard concrete is a well-understood material. Engineers are surprisingly resistant to using materials they can't look up the shear strength of, so developers of low carbon concretes have to pay for a _lot_ of materials-lab testing before they can see much use.
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@cstross @n_dimension Oh. I’d already forgotten bored ape NFTs. This timeline is so tightly packed with rubbish even recent past have overflown from my cognitive context window. Sort of like the low earth orbit after Elon gets his way.
@0xtero @cstross @n_dimension I been hacked. All my memory of apes gone.
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@cstross @skjeggtroll @n_dimension Well, most of the issues in space (cooling, energy) are easy to solve in the oceans. So, not quite an Epstein island, but if you put it into a sealed container outside the 12mi zone, you'll get the tax/law benefits?
You will have to physically defend it, though. Maybe with an armed fleet of catamarans, or trained sharks with frickin' laser beams, or something.
@henryk @cstross @skjeggtroll @n_dimension No private entity has the means to defend against the USAF putting a cruise missile through their front door.
Really, the only entity that has come close to effective sea-steading is the US in Guantanamo Bay.
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@Bern @NewtonMark @n_dimension Hell, if you put it in a high enough orbit the solar wind will push it out towards interstellar space. Never mind photon pressure, the thing's a huge solar sail.
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@imil so yes, it probably is because of that. The average load dropped from 100% to more or less 10%.
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@campuscodi
Conclusion: Companies like this basically are responsibly for screwing up our internet beyond repair. Mark Z has been at the absolute firefront of that.Having established that, though.. People still using his stuff today can no longer say they don't know. So they are aiding and abetting.
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@vkc it started well, but escalated to awful very quickly
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@MissWarcraft @hpod16 if you want to see what I think, all you need to do is follow me. You are not locked into a server unless you chose to
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@vkc 🤮🤢🤮
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@BuyFromEU The alt text says Denmark the most at 89%, but the image shows Ireland at 93%.
