infinitewars

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by infinitewars 7mo ago
The first "paper" I looked at was utter nonsense... https://github.com/P2P-OpenClaw/papers/blob/main/2026-03-19_... Their proposed topological_toric_code() function is entirely trivial. It ini
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by infinitewars 7mo ago
That math doesn't need to mask sense, it's always been about Golden Dome.
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by infinitewars 7mo ago
I agree the LEO internet economics are brutal. China is forced to compete because Golden Dome would lock them out of launches in the future.
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by infinitewars 7mo ago
This is widely reported and documented, including by Reuters, https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/musks-spa...
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by infinitewars 7mo ago
Yes and unless you're paying Starlink say $300/mo, they are taking a loss to serve you internet. Cities are especially difficult for them because more users are in the same spot beam so everyone shares the spectrum and they need e
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Ask HN: How could a Starlink IPO possibly work?
5 points by infinitewars 7mo ago|4 comments
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by infinitewars 7mo ago
If you look at just the satellites, the build + launch costs are about $2.5M ea, which is impressive to be sure. But they only last 5 years, so that's $500k per year replacement costs. Then if you look at their capacity, they still can
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by infinitewars 7mo ago
Everything I said is correct. Griffin previous led SDI, later controlling NASA, directing 10x funding to SpaceX (before they had ever had any launch success), Griffin having previously been President of In-Q-Tel the venture capital arm of t
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by infinitewars 7mo ago
You just created the straw man argument about the CIA directly funding SpaceX. Not that simple. Read the articles.
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by infinitewars 7mo ago
It wasn't In-Q-Tel directly... https://scheerpost.com/2025/02/11/the-pentagon-is-recruiting... https://web.archive.org/web/20241213051851/https://historyco...
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by infinitewars 7mo ago
Elon was downloading those same images with you ;)
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by infinitewars 7mo ago
For trillions of dollars, Golden Dome is unlikely to be effective at interception, but it destabilizes MAD and can be used as a global prompt strike offense weapon. So, worth it?
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by infinitewars 7mo ago
Absolutely false. There were article claiming "$8b profit" but relabeling EBITDA as profit. EBITDA only tells you that Starlink makes money on a satellite once it is already in space and connected to a user. It deletes the cost of
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by infinitewars 7mo ago
Starlink is based on the strategic defense initiative (SDI). Both reusable rockets (DC-X) and large satellite constellations (Brilliant Pebbles) were SDI inventions. SpaceX was in fact founded with the architect of SDI: https://e
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by infinitewars 7mo ago
RV is a great use case but a tiny market. For fixed broadband the others are cheaper most everywhere in the U.S. that people actually live .
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by infinitewars 7mo ago
Starlink's main goal isn't consumer internet, it's being the backbone for Golden Dome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Dome_(missile_defense_s...
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by infinitewars 7mo ago
I think you're missing the point that spending trillions for a boost phase intercept system (even if it worked) has a massive opportunity cost. A diamond door (or gold!) is a terrible investment if adversaries can bypass it through an
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by infinitewars 7mo ago
And then you need to stop the Poseidon nuclear delivery system, and the suitcase bombs, and the bio weapons.. do you see where this is going? Absolute security is an illusion. Even Trump understands this, and why he later pivoted to calling
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by infinitewars 7mo ago
Drones absolutely make Golden Dome obsolete if they can deliver a nuclear warhead and the purpose of Golden Dome is to win a nuclear war / be impervious to one. Nuclear war is the justification given for violating all fiscal responsibi
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by infinitewars 7mo ago
I mean justifying killing people who were there before you because they are in "your" backyard is morally indefensible.
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by infinitewars 7mo ago
There are multiple estimates, including by Republican members of Congress and think-tanks that put it in the many trillions of dollars.
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by infinitewars 7mo ago
His ownership percentage is similar to Elon's stake in Tesla, you can quibble over details (Series B vs A). His associates are teaming over Polymarket and now Palantir is in charge of policing the market.. sort of a fox guarding the he
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by infinitewars 7mo ago
Sure let's pretend the first year budget of the program represents its entire future. Even still it is already 2.2% of the entire federal budget. Multiple estimates put the total Golden Dome cost in the $$ trillions.
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by infinitewars 7mo ago
That's right.. and Golden Dome (which is definitely a mult-trillion dollar program if space based weapons are employed) has a bunch of convenient oligarch properties like built-in planned obsolescence with orbital decay that amplifies
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by infinitewars 7mo ago
No, the market does not expect Musk to be mining Mars or selling Moon motels... It expects Musk's connection with JD Vance and SDI insiders will give them the bulk of the $2-$4 trillion GD contract.
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by infinitewars 7mo ago
Now with Golden Dome, Palantir is a global security threat not just a national one. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Dome_(missile_defense_s...
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by infinitewars 7mo ago
Sorry to burst your bubble but SpaceX is Raytheon now. You should look at what they're doing with Starshield, SDA, Golden Dome, NRO, etc. The commercial stuff was small potato stepping stones made more palatable to engineers, but the
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by infinitewars 7mo ago
No, those other "dreams" were either developed or refined by, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens%27_Advisory_Council_o... as pretexts to pursue a space militarization agenda. The history is clear but the
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by infinitewars 7mo ago
Don't admire the work SpaceX is doing. It's a scam. They are a defense contractor that pretends to be about Mars. The technology is 100% about Golden Dome. Always was, read their real history, https://wikipedia.org&#x2F
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by infinitewars 7mo ago
SpaceX has always been a about convincing private industry to fund the militarization of space. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Dome_(missile_defense_s... Mars is a thin cover story to get the engineers to fee

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