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@EricFielding @sundogplanets @adambecker.bsky.social yes, but they need to replaced every 10-15 years.
@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.
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"Launching a constellation of a million satellites that operate as orbital data centers is a first step toward becoming a Kardashev II-level situation"
THIS IS IN AN FCC FILING NOT A SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK I'M DEAD
@sundogplanets Not necessarily. Keith Lofstrom's original http://server-sky.com/ design? No problem.
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What the actual fuck. It's not April Fools Day, right? This is real?! Fuck you, SpaceX. Maybe this will help regulators realize how fucking shortsighted companies' plans in orbit are?
Surely the FCC won't rubber-stamp-approve this one??... ONE MILLION STARLINKS FUUUUCCCKKKKKK
https://au.pcmag.com/networking/115649/spacex-eyes-1-million-satellites-for-orbital-data-center-push
I'm convinced they want to blot out the stars entirely
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"Launching a constellation of a million satellites that operate as orbital data centers is a first step toward becoming a Kardashev II-level situation"
THIS IS IN AN FCC FILING NOT A SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK I'M DEAD
@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. “
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"Launching a constellation of a million satellites that operate as orbital data centers is a first step toward becoming a Kardashev II-level situation"
THIS IS IN AN FCC FILING NOT A SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK I'M DEAD
@sundogplanets In a definitely unrelated post that I saw yesterday: https://newsie.social/@Tendar/115989939915064578
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@sundogplanets There must be something else going on. This cannot be what it seems.
Anyone with a modicum of experience knows the arguments in the FCC filing are garbage; beyond the enormous launch costs, space-grade solar is far more expensive than on the ground, and cooling is ghastly hard because you're in a vacuum.
Buzzword-based value pump for the merger? Jurisdiction shopping? Mental illness?
@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
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@sundogplanets
You can't have effective data centres in space though!
https://taranis.ie/datacenters-in-space-are-a-terrible-horrible-no-good-idea/@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.
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"Launching a constellation of a million satellites that operate as orbital data centers is a first step toward becoming a Kardashev II-level situation"
THIS IS IN AN FCC FILING NOT A SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK I'M DEAD
@sundogplanets what a asshole fucking way to start the Kessler syndrome.
JFC.
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What the actual fuck. It's not April Fools Day, right? This is real?! Fuck you, SpaceX. Maybe this will help regulators realize how fucking shortsighted companies' plans in orbit are?
Surely the FCC won't rubber-stamp-approve this one??... ONE MILLION STARLINKS FUUUUCCCKKKKKK
https://au.pcmag.com/networking/115649/spacex-eyes-1-million-satellites-for-orbital-data-center-push
"AI" needs to die.
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"AI" needs to die.
@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. -
@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.
@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
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@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.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.
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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.
@knud
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"Launching a constellation of a million satellites that operate as orbital data centers is a first step toward becoming a Kardashev II-level situation"
THIS IS IN AN FCC FILING NOT A SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK I'M DEAD
@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.
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"Launching a constellation of a million satellites that operate as orbital data centers is a first step toward becoming a Kardashev II-level situation"
THIS IS IN AN FCC FILING NOT A SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK I'M DEAD
I first read that as "Kardashian II-level situation", which probably still makes more sense than the actual filling.
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@mariusor@metalhead.club Oh, I actually tried Disco Elysium once but gave up partway through. There was just so much to read, and I hit it on a low-energy stretch. It's on my list to return to someday. That clip is a good reminder.
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@francina1909 scrive AP: ci ha pensato l'aspirapolvere (in questo caso, io e l'elettrodomestico 😬)
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@hongminhee for contrast the successful check song rendition (courtesy of the Reptilian Brain): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcsZsLLuUhQ
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@hongminhee and perhaps something which is not entirely related to the discussion.
A check failure in the game Disco Elysium brings the "Limbic system" character to the forefront to give one of the most "emotional" renditions of a song I've heard in a game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jn2x9CSSvhs
If this does not make sense to anyone, but has you intrigued, you should go and play the game, it's really good.
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@mariusor@metalhead.club That's a fair point, and your caveat at the end might actually reconcile the two: the pathways got so well-worn partly because the limbic system kept reinforcing them.
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“NO ad una riforma maldestra e pericolosa che stravolge gli equilibri della nostra Costituzione”
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Noi professori di diritto costituzionale e pubblico nelle Università italiane abbiamo
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@hongminhee but then again, perhaps the reason why those neural pathways are so well tuned to work together for the native language is indeed that limbic system. :D
