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Comment · 20 days ago
If anything this seems to validate the approach that SpaceX and Google are teaming up on with satellite data centers in orbit spread across many units.

And I suppose they’ll be sending up better equipment than Samsung TVs although that would be pretty amusing.

Comment · 23 days ago
that was literally the plot of last night’s Law and Order. I don’t usually watch but it was very entertaining and topical.
Comment · 2 months ago
as far as we know, this is paradise within our galaxy.

I hope the technological leaps help us ultimately to become better stewards of the planet.

Comment · 3 months ago
That’s a pathetic moral band-aid.

All technology can be used for good or used for evil depending on who is using it and how. From fire to internal combustion engines to nuclear energy.

Comment · 3 months ago
Admiral Kirk and the Kobayashi Maru test.
Comment · 4 months ago
Siemens?
Comment · 10 months ago
That is a very cynical take which completely ignores his contributions through the decades.

In many cases he helped build the bandwagons you're implying he simply jumped onto.

Comment · 1 year ago
> I am surprised Micrsooft didnt use the opportunity to create a micrsoft specific Linux distro

The last one didn’t do so hot, they named it “Xenix”

Comment · 1 year ago
Comment · 1 year ago
> not learning from the LLM how to understand his lawyers arguments better

The leverage came in the form of reducing costs. When you ask your lawyer to explain, they happily bill you for that time.

Comment · 1 year ago
> the media is largely dominated by institutional players

and also tech journalism as a whole is pretty abysmal to begin with

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