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I know exactly what power-constrained application you have in mind, Oleg, and I like it.
by Aspos 1y ago
I know exactly what power-constrained application you have in mind, Oleg, and I like it.
- justsomehnguy 1y ago[flagged]
- wat10000 1y ago[flagged]
- mattmaroon 1y agoI like guns when they are used to stop a school shooter, but not when they are used by a school shooter.
- justsomehnguy 1y agoGuns, just like a StarLink terminals are a mere tools. Some people are totally okay when the tools are used the way they like. Unsurprisingly they are quite vocal about how these tools are bad when they are used not the way they like.
- wat10000 1y agoUsually people are positive or neutral about tools. People are happy to have a screwdriver when they need it, and don’t generally get upset about screwdrivers as a general tool when one is used to, say, assemble a terrorist bomb. Guns are a special case since their sole purpose is to kill, which is inherently somewhat more morally fraught than turning fasteners.
- justsomehnguy 1y agoYes. Drones/quadrocopters along with the civilian trucks delivering the merchandise are the tools. And their purpose isn't for kill, yet you can see a lot of people who praise when these tools are used against the people they don't like - and you can bet a way more than $20 what they would condemn these tools if or then it would be used against them. You can ask the commenters up there if they would be OK with if the same thing would be used against the things they do value. At best you would get only downvotes. At worst... you can see the dead ones, if you chose so. PS check the 'about me' of the article author. Take a note of the dates. Draw your own conclusions.
- wat10000 1y agoSounds like you're just making things up to argue against. I don't doubt they'd decry using these tools against themselves. But I doubt they'd decry the tools. I don't see a whole lot of people arguing against drones as a general thing, the way some people argue against guns. I see plenty of people criticizing the use of drones for evil, but it's the "use for evil" part that's important in that.
- CamperBob2 1y ago[flagged]
- 100721 1y agoWhat is the specific use case you have in mind?
- mattmaroon 1y agoWell the author is Ukranian so I have a guess.
- michaelt 1y agoGiven that the blogger is based in Kiev, Ukraine? Good chance this goes on some sort of long range, Predator-style drone.
- mft_ 1y agoWouldn’t this give Starlink the ability to track and/or turn off operations in real time?
- mattmaroon 1y agoYes but they’ve mostly not been doing that (they probably are selling a lot of dishes) and what’s the alternative?
- michaelt 1y agoYes, you may recall some controversy a few years back when Musk made some threats along those lines. There are alternatives if you only need short range, or if you can tolerate high latency. And of course there are fire-and-forget cruise missiles that don't need communications at all. But there aren't all that many other options. Historically, satellite internet companies like Iridium, Globalstar and Teledesic have not fared well.
- lxgr 1y agoIridium works extremely well for what it was designed for – truly global, low latency communications without requiring a directional antenna. Unfortunately, that also means very low data rates. It only gained packed-switched data with the second generation satellite network, but data rates are still very low (think hundreds of kbps, and I believe even that needs high-gain antennas).
- mattmaroon 1y agoRiding piggy back on a drone?
- someothherguyy 1y agohttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIt3pHOMxwpTXTgIVB_N1Gg https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIt3pHOMxwpTXTgIVB_N1Gg
- rozhok 1y agoStarlink is already used for «Nemesis» night bombers as well as «Magura» sea drones.
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