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I didn't realize how temporary and disposable Starlink's satellites were. They incinerate 4 or 5 a day by de-orbiting them into the ozone. Here's a pretty good CNET article that talks about how they “dispose” of them. IDK, doesn't seem sustainable. They also mention the bandwidth gains are being diminished with the influx of new users, so their solution is more temporary satellites.

They're just following in the footsteps of Comcast. The FCC gave SpaceX/Starlink $885.5 million to provide rural broadband after they gave Comcast over $1 billion less than 5 years ago to do the same thing. Starlink actually works out there from what I understand, so I guess that's something.

I hope they both choke on their own bots.

I don't know much about Piers Morgan, but I used to think Eric Weinstein was a pretty smart guy before I saw this interview. I was curious about his geometric theory and was immediately turned off by how he won't actually show it to anyone. *Edit, and talking about it in recorded lectures from decades ago doesn't count.

I mean, can you imagine if it changed?

I've had a personal Linode server for years and I've always been pretty happy with them. I've used it like an email server, next cloud host, off site backup server, and a VPN among other things. I even rented the big Nvidia cards for a few seconds once.

Not a gen Z but I'm actually a fan of both of those words. It's like a forceful put or get.

Hey, I just wanted to say this was a pretty great read, even if it was depressing as hell. You've got a knack for painting a picture with words.

I've been arrested, held up at gun point, and spent a few weeks in a Texas jail in the 90s because I like smoking weed. Now I have 3 weed stores within 2 miles of me, and it's as mundane as buying a loaf of bread. So that's a positive in my book.

I rest my case

Honestly, if Primer had any, I'm to dumb to spot them.