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I didn't use it because it wasn't open source and didn't want to invest time and get lock in to a solution that might be shutdown (which is what happened). If they would have made it open source there would have been more people and companies going to take the risk. Not making Spaces open source was a bad decision.

Providing GPS, communications, media, etc. in space so there is access anywhere in the world has a clear advantage. Here the only pros seem to be that it is potentially cheaper than a datacenter on earth because of solar and cooling. But I assume the environment impact is worse than having datacenters on earth. Launching lots of satellites uses lots of fuel and CO2 emissions. Building satellites and dealing with the end of life tech has much higher environmental impact than dealing with datacenters on earth, where you can do proper waste management and recycle materials. From the economic point of view, polluting the environment is currently free. I guess if the externalities would be part of the equation it would not be economically viable.

Maybe this project exists because the "early in the game" factor. It has worked well in the past for Google, OpenAI, etc. They used copyrighted content to train LLMs to sell AI. They indexed Yahoo directory and websites before robots.txt existed, once they have a dominant position they put robots.txt in Google results so new players can't use their content. And they are launching AI in Space before regulations and politics catch up.

I missed the news about SpaceX acquiring Cursor for 60 billion. Good to know.

Good point! Regarding C being the language of choice for mission-critical systems, probably you want to avoid memory bugs that might result ruining the mission. I understand many projects have large C codebases or interact with other projects in C, but migrating to Rust when possible (like replacing lead pipes as you find them for plastic pipes) sounds like a smart choice to build mission-critical low level systems.

I pay for LittleSnitch major releases. I’m kind of forced to, in order to keep up with macOS major releases.

Maybe they can sell the hardware which includes 1 major upgrade release.

Maybe they can have a Kickstarter campaign to fund new releases.

The off-peak hours this pass is valid: Monday to Friday from 9 am to 4 pm and 6.30 pm to 6.30 am. I wonder what happens if you start your ride 3:59 pm.

Good point. I currently choose to give money to Anthrophic rather than OpenAI because they align a tiny bit more with my values and the product is good. Perhaps releasing an open source model every year could be a differentiator from competitors, where enterprise and individuals choses the lab not because is the best model out there but because gives autonomy in case something happens to the organization providing the models.

I would be totally willing to pay $50 per month to support an open source AI lab, rather to get open source models as byproducts of corporations.