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Not sure why you got downvoted. As a sailor, I'm a huge fan of any service that can get more bandwidth to the oceans. Those who have not been to sea for their e
by killjoywashere 6y ago
Not sure why you got downvoted. As a sailor, I'm a huge fan of any service that can get more bandwidth to the oceans. Those who have not been to sea for their employment cannot imagine how lonesome it can be.
- xenophonf 6y agoI downvoted because it wasn't a substantive comment. Starlink is indeed an interesting technical solution to the problem of connecting sailors to their families. I've only been on short cruises, and I found those to be incredibly isolating. The experience was completely unlike camping, for example. At least there, you're under your own power, and returning to civilization is a matter of walking back in the direction from which you came. At sea, on a big ship, you are stuck in the middle of nowhere, powerless to go anywhere, an empty expanse of fathomless water in every direction. I found the experience simultaneously intense and depressing, and I can't imagine how sailors manage it even in the digital age.
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