LastYearsPumpkin

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Yup, that's why the Antarctic Event Horizon telescope needed to wait 6 months to send its data back...

There is a reason that StarLink is better than the previous options.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (6 children)

As much as this is true, this is also a solution that's doesn't have a lot of alternatives for very isolated areas. You can technically run undersea cables to everywhere, but it's actually faster and easier to have LEO satellites serve places like Antarctica. Some smaller island nations, the middle of Africa, etc.

There are problems with every solution, but this was always an inevitable solution for worldwide communication.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are you really comparing McDonald's to homemade anything? People don't buy McDonald's because it's better than homemade, they buy McDonald's because it's fast and easier than homemade.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

What does consent mean when you're talking to people who you have control over their careers?

Sure, he may have asked, but if someone felt like saying no means they don't get to continue working?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

LOL, back before p2p there were direct download web pages in the prehistory of the web. I was pirating music in 1996 (maybe earlier?)

deeznuts had a basic search page and hyperlinks to a direct download of most popular music, and on a 56kbps modem it would only take about 45 minutes per song.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You do need some sort of thrust to get into orbit though. You can get INTO space with something like spinlaunch, but you won't stay there without a second stage to circularize the orbit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Home maintenance is the same (but far less needed). Major maintenance might be slightly more difficult in terms of the parts being heavier, but it's also less common to need to service an electric motor than a combination engine.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Which vehicles or manufacturers specifically suggest replacing a battery at 7 years?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

The batteries literally weighs a ton, so that means they'd have to steal the whole car first then part it out. Just like any other chop shop parts crime.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (4 children)

It was just a few years ago, before everything on the Internet was HTTPS, that using a public Wi-Fi was pretty dangerous, in terms of exposing your login credentials and traffic.

Even today, it's possible that some random sites might be HTTP only, but it's unlikely.

But even then, anyone on the same network can still see what sites you are going to, just not what's being said.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Don't use chatgpt as a source, there is no reason to trust anything it says.

It might be right, it might have just thrown together words that sound right, or maybe it's completely made up.

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