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[–] downpunxx@kbin.social 103 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (23 children)

Starlink is fucking fantastic, it's Elon Musk who's a sloppy Nazi cunt

[–] gramathy@lemmy.ml 44 points 2 years ago (17 children)

It does have some downsides (orbital clutter in particular) but conceptually I agree

[–] AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml 25 points 2 years ago (13 children)

Orbital pollution and atmosphere pollution from the launches. All to avoid laying some fiber :/

i wish packet radio was fast enough that we could avoid isp's altogether. not counting aredn since you need LOS to a nearby i-gate

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