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> people tend to want low-latency and high-speed that might change is privacy is an option. The real problem is the cost of building in the middle of nowhere,
by Chris2048 4mo ago
> people tend to want low-latency and high-speed
that might change is privacy is an option. The real problem is the cost of building in the middle of nowhere, even if you use spare Starlink capacity, where do you get power & personnel from?
- lII1lIlI11ll 4mo ago> where do you get power Wind, hydro, sun? This is 2026 after all. > personnel Depends on what that theoretical country would offer. Some kind of strong constitutionally-enshrined protections for privacy and perhaps from tyranny-of-the-majority exploiting upper-middle class like all other western countries and with strong IT jobs market? Are you kidding, sign me up!
- Chris2048 4mo agoThe original post was "somewhere in Antarctic", what does that offer?
- lII1lIlI11ll 4mo agoI chose Antarctic as an example because it is one of few places on Earth with significant uninhabited land where one could theoretically establish a new sovereign state. Are you implying that all popular green energy technologies are somehow unfeasible there?
- Chris2048 4mo agoYes, the "somehow" is that no one want to live there, and the associated expense of building there probably outweighs the benefits. I'm also sceptical you could establish a new sovereign state there.