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by quantumduck 5y ago
If it took a trending Hacker news post for them to respond, yeah no they don't have my respect at all.
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by quantumduck 5y ago
More than battery life or small size, I think the most important cost is the cellular plan. With AirTag, the find my network acts as the communication backbone and it tracks the AirTag in literally every country, at no cost. On the other ha
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by quantumduck 5y ago
There's literally no one I know who uses tile. On the other hand, airtag find my network will guarantee a near 100% coverage in the west and even in some Asian countries.
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by quantumduck 5y ago
Yup, it's a business now on internet boards. Here is a link to one such telegram group: https://t.me/refundingclub There are tons more. The basic philosophy is that they use a bunch of social engineering techniques tha
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by quantumduck 5y ago
"Presumably if they thought it was a significant risk they'd be diverting what resources they have to asteroid defense" You are assuming that everyone in the government works to protect our interests in long-term. Spoiler ale
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by quantumduck 5y ago
Funfact: Anna Menon's husband, Anil Menon, was recently selected in the NASA space corps. It would be fun to see if Anna Menon ends up flying before Anil Menon. Would they be the first couple where both partners went to space?
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by quantumduck 5y ago
Wait it was from UIUC? Damn I never knew. Which lab was it from?
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by quantumduck 5y ago
This is certainly not true. You can see tons of people in different countries who literally ordered starlink a week ago getting it ahead of lots of people who preordered like a year ago because the ones who are getting quickly are likely in
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by quantumduck 5y ago
Everyone seem to assume that the only reason dates got pushed was because they were looking for premium customers. I don't think that's true. I think a lot of dates that got pushed back are simply because they couldn't launch
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by quantumduck 5y ago
In India, the telecom regulatory authority does a great job protecting consumer interests. The article doesn't even mention India. Infact, India has some of the lowest data plan costs, even when adjusted for cost of living.