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by rlt 4y ago
I believe Starlink actually helps SpaceX move faster by keeping their manifest full. They just did 3 Starlink launches in a week, which is insane. More launches = more reliability = faster human rating. Starlink is also the thing that will
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by rlt 4y ago
Starlink works fine in densely populated areas, they just have a fixed number of users per square mile they can serve regardless of the density. There also tends to be more competition in densely populated areas (but perhaps more people loo
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by rlt 4y ago
How many Rony Fadel / Tony Fadell jokes have you had to put up with?
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by rlt 4y ago
Honestly the dude seems a little unstable to me.
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by rlt 4y ago
Why is it unreasonable to raise the monthly price because of inflation? Inflation affects all costs: satellites, ground stations/network, salaries, etc.
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by rlt 4y ago
There are a bunch of reasons to believe this is wrong, in addition to the things other people have pointed out: - Starship will further reduce SpaceX's already low launch costs. - Economies of scale by producing 10,000+ satellite. - In
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by rlt 4y ago
In practice I'm not so sure it's such a bad thing for it to not be permanently mounted on the roof because of the importance of avoiding obstructions. Imagine your campsite is under a tree, but there's a clearing 50 feet away
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by rlt 4y ago
> We all know how rampant sexual harassment and misconduct is at Musk-owned and operated companies. I don’t think this should be stated as fact without some references to back it up. I certainly hadn’t gotten this impression of Tesla or
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by rlt 4y ago
Space is big, even LEO. As long as the large majority of all satellites have active collision avoidance, and coordinate between them, this shouldn’t be a problem. I’m not sure if there’s an international body working to coordinate this, but
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by rlt 4y ago
> “Some experts said if SpaceX installs a few root servers in the space, it can make Starlink the second independent global Internet, which will pose a serious challenge to all countries in defending their cyberspace sovereignty and prot
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by rlt 5y ago
Most the terminals were in fact donated. The extent of the claim was a comment by Shotwell preceded by “I think”. Clearly she just had incomplete information. > “I don’t think the U.S. has given us any money to give terminals to the Ukra
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by rlt 5y ago
Not going to lie: I won’t mind if coastal Northern California’s weather gets a bit more like Southern California’s. If that’s the case, maybe a good real estate investment? (assuming low wildfire and rising seas risks)
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by rlt 5y ago
I would also take glee in this, were it not for the substantial (presumably at least partially functional) nuclear arsenal held by this dog being backed into a corner…
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by rlt 5y ago
> SpaceX's Starlink satellites are involved in about 1,600 close encounters between two spacecraft every week, ~50 % of all such Sensationalist garbage. Starlink satellites have automated collision avoidance.
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by rlt 5y ago
To be fair, the only time they “claimed” this Shotwell said “I think”
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by rlt 5y ago
To be fair, the only time they “claimed” this Shotwell said “I think”
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by rlt 5y ago
That’s a choice you get to make. I’m sure some people chose not to fly to avoid dealing with it.
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by rlt 5y ago
To be frank, Danielle is delusional. Someone who has worked on a company for ~10 years absolutely should be able to profit from a future sale of the company. It seems the most fair thing would be to simply issue new stock grants with a vest
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by rlt 5y ago
Is it subtle? Wikipedia says Ukraine was in the “Intensified Dialog” phase which apparently means they are engaged in ‘discussion of a "full range of political, military, financial and security issues relating to possible NATO membersh
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by rlt 5y ago
I don’t understand all the history and nuance of the situation, but I feel incredibly guilty on behalf of the west for courting Ukraine for admission to NATO / EU, but leaving them in a very precarious and vulnerable position in the me
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by rlt 5y ago
No, simply abstain from celebrating death. Sympathy for their families. Acknowledgment you don’t know all the circumstances in their life, and we all have varying levels of susceptibility to disinformation.
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by rlt 5y ago
I find it disheartening so many people are willing to gloat over fellow humans' deaths, regardless of the reason, some notion of "karma", "Darwinism", etc. (I am triple vaccinated, for the record)
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by rlt 5y ago
I’m guessing there will be an oversupply of fab capacity, not just specific chips.
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by rlt 5y ago
Are there widespread protests by the common civilian in Russia right now? If not I have no sympathy.
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by rlt 5y ago
Well, it’s easier to steal custodial digital asset accounts... It’s harder to steal properly secured non-custodial cryptocurrency/asset wallets. e.x. multisig or Shamir’s Secret Sharing, brainwallets or passphrase encrypted wallets,
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by rlt 5y ago
Your email is the key the castle, if it gets hacked then all other accounts can be taken over via password resets too. I trust the teams at large email providers far more than myself to secure it. Not worth the risk, IMHO.
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by rlt 5y ago
AirTag is one of many ways you can be stalked. Perhaps it’s the cheapest or most well known method at the moment, but you can already buy GPS + cellular trackers that aren’t much more expensive or larger, and they’re only going to get bette
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by rlt 5y ago
And they’re targeting building 2-4 of them per day . https://mobile.twitter.com/elonmusk/status/14139104042465239...
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by rlt 5y ago
Serious "get off my lawn" vibes. These might be ok heuristics, but it's pretty limiting to not use some tech just because a big company uses it.
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by rlt 5y ago
SpaceX is betting on Starship to launch the next generation of Starlink satellites, so I’d be very surprised if it doesn’t reach orbit in the next 1-2 years. Re-entry, landing, and full reusability could easily take several more years thoug

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