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Dave had a rtalk about Starlink at Wireless Battlemesh in Paris in 2019, we had some beers: https://media.freifunk.net/v/lightning-talk-starlink https://media.
by zoobab 2y ago
Dave had a rtalk about Starlink at Wireless Battlemesh in Paris in 2019, we had some beers:
https://media.freifunk.net/v/lightning-talk-starlink https://media.freifunk.net/v/lightning-talk-starlink
Rest in peace my friend.
- esaym 2y agoThe fact that he applied to starlink and they didn't hire him is depressing....
- wmf 2y agoI don't think his personality was compatible with the corporate world.
- timschmidt 2y agoWhat a stunning condemnation of the corporate world.
- ajb 2y agoAccording to Toke Høiland-Jørgensen's memorial of him[1], he turned down offers from big companies to stay independent. This is a sad day. There's no doubt that his efforts benefitted very many people, without their knowledge. [1] https://blog.tohojo.dk/2025/04/remembering-dave-t%C3%A4ht.html https://blog.tohojo.dk/2025/04/remembering-dave-t%C3%A4ht.ht...
- inemesitaffia 2y agoThey hired someone from Netflix that studied at his feet
- lxgr 2y agoI really hope he did find out, or at least had a good theory, on what protocol stack Starlink runs on. The engineering achievement is amazing, but it's sad that it all seems to happen entirely behind closed doors. https://blog.apnic.net/2024/05/17/a-transport-protocols-view-of-starlink/ https://blog.apnic.net/2024/05/17/a-transport-protocols-view... is the best resource on its channel properties I've seen so far, but it's all empirical.
- schoen 2y agoI know Dave was still trying to figure out exactly how Starlink worked, and how he could help with its performance characteristics, at least two years after that talk, as he sent me a draft of a document related to that.