CybranM

I agree with almost everything you wrote. Purely speculation but the starlink terminals might be cheaper? The latency/bandwidth would also be significantly worse with O3b since it's in medium earth orbit compared to starlinks low earth orbit. "Regular" satellite internet is prohibitively expensive with even worse bandwidth/latency.

I also agree that people shouldn't be living in the Amazon but they are and we can't really force them to leave.

Maybe do a cursory Google search before being confidently incorrect

I'm sure digging fiber out in the Amazon rainforest will turn out great

From what I understand the Ukrainians never had control of the nukes, they didn't actually have the launch codes to use them.

Regardless, having global access to the internet is great. Ask the people living in remote areas of the Amazon, no chance for them to get fiber, or Africa, or remote islands, or ships/airplanes.

If youre speaking of rural America not needing starlink because fiber is a thing, then you should broaden your horizons

Completely agree

"Who needs NASA anyway", "who needs to go to space anyway" Very narrow-minded viewpoint. Like it or not spacex is cutting edge

I doubt the Ukrainians would agree with you

While impressive this seems like such a hassle to keep up

I hoped people on Lemmy would be less obtuse than Reddit but oh well

Batteries and latency? Try watching the video before typing out such ignorant and snide remarks

Wireless mouse (with low latency) is one of the best hardware purchases I've ever made. Wireless speakers and screen seems a bit unnecessary though but damn cool that he made it all work

Someone would've figured it out sooner or later, just happened to be Europe in our timeline