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  • Prof. Sam LawlerS Prof. Sam Lawler

    "Launching a constellation of a million satellites that operate as orbital data centers is a first step toward becoming a Kardashev II-level situation"

    THIS IS IN AN FCC FILING NOT A SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK I'M DEAD

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    @sundogplanets Ugh! Musk and the other tech bros are the next “great filter” we need to survive as a species.

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    • PatrickP Patrick

      @utf_7 @troed @sundogplanets, I agree, that would be a great option as well and is supposedly our current policy. Reality is different though: Datacenters and municipals are signing NDA's, so that the public never really know what the impact on current population. At least in space they would have no other option.

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      @ppulfer @troed @sundogplanets do I talk to an AI?!

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        @ppulfer @troed @sundogplanets do I talk to an AI?!

        PatrickP This user is from outside of this forum
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        @utf_7 @troed @sundogplanets, not yet but soon I guess 🤣

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        • Prof. Sam LawlerS Prof. Sam Lawler

          What the actual fuck. It's not April Fools Day, right? This is real?! Fuck you, SpaceX. Maybe this will help regulators realize how fucking shortsighted companies' plans in orbit are?

          Surely the FCC won't rubber-stamp-approve this one??... ONE MILLION STARLINKS FUUUUCCCKKKKKK

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          SpaceX Eyes 1 Million Satellites for Orbital Data Center Push

          In a late Friday FCC filing, the company mentions deploying a staggering 'one million satellites' in orbits ranging from 500 kilometers to 2,000km.

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          ChancerubbageC This user is from outside of this forum
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          @sundogplanets @Barbramon1

          Typical SpaceX Starlink communications satellites are roughly the size of a table or small car, weighing between 570 lbs (260 kg) for earlier models and up to 1,630+ lbs (740+ kg) for newer "V2 Mini" versions. They measure approximately 2.8 to 3.2 meters long, 1.4 to 1.6 meters wide, and are thin, designed for flat-packing in Falcon 9 rockets.

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          • Prof. Sam LawlerS Prof. Sam Lawler

            What the actual fuck. It's not April Fools Day, right? This is real?! Fuck you, SpaceX. Maybe this will help regulators realize how fucking shortsighted companies' plans in orbit are?

            Surely the FCC won't rubber-stamp-approve this one??... ONE MILLION STARLINKS FUUUUCCCKKKKKK

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            SpaceX Eyes 1 Million Satellites for Orbital Data Center Push

            In a late Friday FCC filing, the company mentions deploying a staggering 'one million satellites' in orbits ranging from 500 kilometers to 2,000km.

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            LenoraF This user is from outside of this forum
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            @sundogplanets this will be a catastrophic disaster

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            • Prof. Sam LawlerS Prof. Sam Lawler

              What the actual fuck. It's not April Fools Day, right? This is real?! Fuck you, SpaceX. Maybe this will help regulators realize how fucking shortsighted companies' plans in orbit are?

              Surely the FCC won't rubber-stamp-approve this one??... ONE MILLION STARLINKS FUUUUCCCKKKKKK

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              SpaceX Eyes 1 Million Satellites for Orbital Data Center Push

              In a late Friday FCC filing, the company mentions deploying a staggering 'one million satellites' in orbits ranging from 500 kilometers to 2,000km.

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              PCMag Australia (au.pcmag.com)

              Charley the CogeanC This user is from outside of this forum
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              #121

              @sundogplanets
              Takeaways: "Orbital data centers" for "accelerating demand for AI" (snicker). "This filing seems quite rushed"..."the details were left vague"

              Bottom line: it's an investor scam. The people who wasted billions on AI R&D are looking for the "greater fool" to unload the investments onto, and need a fantasy project to convince people they can still get in on the ground floor of something. Once the IPO is through collecting gullible people's cash, their mission is accomplished.

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              • PatrickP Patrick

                @utf_7 @troed @sundogplanets, my thoughts are on the biggest resource consumption of a datacenter: Cooling and Energy, which is very taxing right now on our existing capabilities.

                We'd shift from constant CO2 emitting energy consumption on earth to solar in space and move away from using fresh water for cooling, which is becoming more and more scarce.

                Troed SångbergT This user is from outside of this forum
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                @ppulfer

                The point is that it's _really difficult_ to remove heat in space. Those datacenters will need to run at _much_ slower speeds than datacenters on Earth.

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                • Prof. Sam LawlerS Prof. Sam Lawler

                  What the actual fuck. It's not April Fools Day, right? This is real?! Fuck you, SpaceX. Maybe this will help regulators realize how fucking shortsighted companies' plans in orbit are?

                  Surely the FCC won't rubber-stamp-approve this one??... ONE MILLION STARLINKS FUUUUCCCKKKKKK

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                  SpaceX Eyes 1 Million Satellites for Orbital Data Center Push

                  In a late Friday FCC filing, the company mentions deploying a staggering 'one million satellites' in orbits ranging from 500 kilometers to 2,000km.

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                  PCMag Australia (au.pcmag.com)

                  TomT This user is from outside of this forum
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                  @sundogplanets did they solved the cooling problem?

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                  • Prof. Sam LawlerS Prof. Sam Lawler

                    What the actual fuck. It's not April Fools Day, right? This is real?! Fuck you, SpaceX. Maybe this will help regulators realize how fucking shortsighted companies' plans in orbit are?

                    Surely the FCC won't rubber-stamp-approve this one??... ONE MILLION STARLINKS FUUUUCCCKKKKKK

                    Link Preview Image
                    SpaceX Eyes 1 Million Satellites for Orbital Data Center Push

                    In a late Friday FCC filing, the company mentions deploying a staggering 'one million satellites' in orbits ranging from 500 kilometers to 2,000km.

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                    PCMag Australia (au.pcmag.com)

                    Oliver SchafeldO This user is from outside of this forum
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                    #124

                    Does anyone have estimates how much #Starlink stock might be earmarked for #Trump loyalists?

                    #corruption #maga

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                    • Prof. Sam LawlerS Prof. Sam Lawler

                      What the actual fuck. It's not April Fools Day, right? This is real?! Fuck you, SpaceX. Maybe this will help regulators realize how fucking shortsighted companies' plans in orbit are?

                      Surely the FCC won't rubber-stamp-approve this one??... ONE MILLION STARLINKS FUUUUCCCKKKKKK

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                      SpaceX Eyes 1 Million Satellites for Orbital Data Center Push

                      In a late Friday FCC filing, the company mentions deploying a staggering 'one million satellites' in orbits ranging from 500 kilometers to 2,000km.

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                      PCMag Australia (au.pcmag.com)

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                      @sundogplanets KESSLER NOW

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                      • Prof. Sam LawlerS Prof. Sam Lawler

                        "Launching a constellation of a million satellites that operate as orbital data centers is a first step toward becoming a Kardashev II-level situation"

                        THIS IS IN AN FCC FILING NOT A SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK I'M DEAD

                        Benjamin D. HutchinsZ This user is from outside of this forum
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                        #126

                        @sundogplanets ... what the fuck does that even mean? I know I could search for it, but I'm not sure I want that in my search history.

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                        • Prof. Sam LawlerS Prof. Sam Lawler

                          What the actual fuck. It's not April Fools Day, right? This is real?! Fuck you, SpaceX. Maybe this will help regulators realize how fucking shortsighted companies' plans in orbit are?

                          Surely the FCC won't rubber-stamp-approve this one??... ONE MILLION STARLINKS FUUUUCCCKKKKKK

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                          SpaceX Eyes 1 Million Satellites for Orbital Data Center Push

                          In a late Friday FCC filing, the company mentions deploying a staggering 'one million satellites' in orbits ranging from 500 kilometers to 2,000km.

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                          PCMag Australia (au.pcmag.com)

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                          @sundogplanets

                          It's not April fools but it is the day after he appeared in the Epstein files in the most embarrassing way possible

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                          • Prof. Sam LawlerS Prof. Sam Lawler

                            "Launching a constellation of a million satellites that operate as orbital data centers is a first step toward becoming a Kardashev II-level situation"

                            THIS IS IN AN FCC FILING NOT A SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK I'M DEAD

                            Sam Oldman 🐀S This user is from outside of this forum
                            Sam Oldman 🐀S This user is from outside of this forum
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                            @sundogplanets I thought the Dyson sphere was supposed to go around the Sun, not around the Earth ...

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                            • Prof. Sam LawlerS Prof. Sam Lawler

                              "Launching a constellation of a million satellites that operate as orbital data centers is a first step toward becoming a Kardashev II-level situation"

                              THIS IS IN AN FCC FILING NOT A SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK I'M DEAD

                              draNgNonD This user is from outside of this forum
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                              @sundogplanets did someone just finish reading @cstross 's _accelerando_ and decide it wasn't featuring future earth as a dystopia?

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                              • PalmAndNeedleP PalmAndNeedle

                                @deborahh @sundogplanets long at times. And kinda weirdly chunked up. But enjoyable

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                                @PalmAndNeedle @deborahh @sundogplanets I was a big fan but 7 Eves turned me off: dopey biological determinism leading to sexism & racism...

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                                • Prof. Sam LawlerS Prof. Sam Lawler

                                  What the actual fuck. It's not April Fools Day, right? This is real?! Fuck you, SpaceX. Maybe this will help regulators realize how fucking shortsighted companies' plans in orbit are?

                                  Surely the FCC won't rubber-stamp-approve this one??... ONE MILLION STARLINKS FUUUUCCCKKKKKK

                                  Link Preview Image
                                  SpaceX Eyes 1 Million Satellites for Orbital Data Center Push

                                  In a late Friday FCC filing, the company mentions deploying a staggering 'one million satellites' in orbits ranging from 500 kilometers to 2,000km.

                                  favicon

                                  PCMag Australia (au.pcmag.com)

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                                  Prof. Sam Lawler

                                  If I'm lucky I'll be gone before they start advertising.

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                                  • Prof. Sam LawlerS Prof. Sam Lawler

                                    What the actual fuck. It's not April Fools Day, right? This is real?! Fuck you, SpaceX. Maybe this will help regulators realize how fucking shortsighted companies' plans in orbit are?

                                    Surely the FCC won't rubber-stamp-approve this one??... ONE MILLION STARLINKS FUUUUCCCKKKKKK

                                    Link Preview Image
                                    SpaceX Eyes 1 Million Satellites for Orbital Data Center Push

                                    In a late Friday FCC filing, the company mentions deploying a staggering 'one million satellites' in orbits ranging from 500 kilometers to 2,000km.

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                                    PCMag Australia (au.pcmag.com)

                                    Tony HoyleT This user is from outside of this forum
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                                    #132

                                    @sundogplanets That's something like 17,000 falcon 9 launches... they did 606 last year.

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                                    • Prof. Sam LawlerS Prof. Sam Lawler

                                      "Launching a constellation of a million satellites that operate as orbital data centers is a first step toward becoming a Kardashev II-level situation"

                                      THIS IS IN AN FCC FILING NOT A SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK I'M DEAD

                                      Stanley Black-DeckerP This user is from outside of this forum
                                      Stanley Black-DeckerP This user is from outside of this forum
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                                      @sundogplanets Imagine being familiar with the Kardashev scale but unfamiliar with Kessler syndrome

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                                      • Slop Kitty Appreciates YouJ Slop Kitty Appreciates You

                                        @sundogplanets

                                        Bezos: Oh yeah? Well AWS will put TWO million data centers in orbit!

                                        China: Let 5 million space data centers bloom!

                                        Musk: Well, then SpaceX will put TEN million centers in orbit!

                                        Bezos: Fine! ELEVENTY million AWS centers!

                                        Musk: Hah! TWELVETY million SpaceX centers! Each with a cool robot!

                                        Bezos: Meh-meh-meh-robot-meh. Amazon has robots.

                                        Musk: But not COOL robots.

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                                        @jakebrake There's a German comic "Elon & Jeff on Mars" that goes like this (https://www.carlsen.de/hardcover/elon-jeff-mars/978-3-551-80572-0)

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                                        • George BG George B

                                          @sundogplanets

                                          It's not April fools but it is the day after he appeared in the Epstein files in the most embarrassing way possible

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                                          Elmo is too mouthy... They had to cut him loose.

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