Starlink tries to block Virginia’s plan to bring fiber Internet to residents
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He cheated after coming here illegally. Then did a bunch of sex crimes and destroyed american jobs. No. Sorry but illegal immigrants to the torture prison.
I don't make the rules; i just write fanfic about them being enforced evenly.
That doesn't change the fact that he's an American citizen. That's what I was correcting.
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As an American, I do not claim him.
That's fine, but he's still a US citizen according to the law.
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That doesn't change the fact that he's an American citizen. That's what I was correcting.
Oh, so the government doesn't kidnap or murder citizens now?
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I hope some hero gives him the UnitedHealth CEO treatment.
I hope he gets rectal cancer
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What a weird hill to die on. Is it about letting people die or about influencers livestreaming?
What about comms during catastrophies? Small villages or off-grid houses? Remote research installations?
I swear, Lemmy is becoming more reactionary by the day.
There are several grave environmental and civil problems with Starlink and other proposed massive constellations:
- The threat to the ozone layer (when these low-orbiting sats start re-entering en masse in the next few years, we're going to have more aluminum in the upper atmosphere than ever before - a known problem)
- Overcrowding of LEO - the choicest orbital space over this planet is finite. Satellites in low orbit have tremendous kinetic energy and do not (cannot) fly in formation, as they spread out vertically; not that Starlink is designed to. Kessler Syndrome catastrophe or not, the risk of collisions is increasing rapidly. As some researchers have put it, LEO is the "Wild West" right now, and it definitely needs to be regulated by international treaty.
- Light and radio pollution - aside from exacerbating the accelerating ecological damage from light pollution, this extends even to orbiting assets like the Hubble Telescope, which is already seeing interference from Starlink sats. I don't see why SpaceX or any corporation, let alone nation, deserves to monopolize any part of the global environment this way. Astronomy and upper atmosphere research don't need to justify their existence, particularly not in this situation... and yes, stargazers on this planet deserve the right to a "clean" night sky.
- Corporate squatting - Starlink is approaching the point of outnumbering all other extant satellites from all other nations, since the start of the space age, combined. Why do they get to crowd everyone else out?
- Vulnerability to the space environment - when the Sun acts up, Starlink sats have been disabled before, and in numbers. This is a threat to satellites in general (obviously), many of which are not shielded properly, but launching bunches of these satellites at once increases the threat sharply. I'm sure you'd agree that orbital debris is not something we should take lightly.
I could go on, but I trust you get the point. I don't object to temporary small-scale deployments of satellite groups during catastrophes, but we simply don't need the permanent deployment of tens of thousands of satellites that the US, Europe and China intend to launch for global internet coverage - that can be almost entirely achieved from the ground.
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Look, yes, will we and they and literally all life end they aren't stopped?
Sure, yes, obviously.
Can they be negotiated with persuaded medicated or coerced into rational sane self interest? Nope. Not one of them.
But if youre not willing to end all life for theit bullshit, to kill yourself in such a slow and spectacylar manner that no life escapes, you're advocaging violence, you vig murdering dummy.
you almost had me there
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Oh, so the government doesn't kidnap or murder citizens now?
I'm not sure how that's relevant. The OP claimed he wasn't a citizen, I corrected that.
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I'm not sure how that's relevant. The OP claimed he wasn't a citizen, I corrected that.
No, said it was foreign or internatuonal or something.
Which it is.
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No, said it was foreign or internatuonal or something.
Which it is.
International implies he's not a citizen, which he is.
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International implies he's not a citizen, which he is.
No it does not. It implies activity in and from ither places as well as this one. Which it is.
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No it does not. It implies activity in and from ither places as well as this one. Which it is.
That's not how these words work.
I get that you don't like Elon Musk, and that's completely fair. But that doesn't make it okay to just change the meaning of words so it can fit your narrative, whatever that means.
If Elon Musk commits an act of terrorism, he would be a domestic terrorist. That's how words are defined.
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That's not how these words work.
I get that you don't like Elon Musk, and that's completely fair. But that doesn't make it okay to just change the meaning of words so it can fit your narrative, whatever that means.
If Elon Musk commits an act of terrorism, he would be a domestic terrorist. That's how words are defined.
how words work
Oh language barrier. I omly know english and kiiiinda spanish, sorry.
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So happy for you! I'm still stuck with shady cable as they cancelled the 2024 rollout.
I swear Cable internet was propped up by hidden fees and promo pricing.
The way they are rolling through Central Virginia I’d say they will have most of VA done soon (relative to years). Even Bumpass has it now.
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"But I want a monopoly! I demand a monopoly! I'm not rich enough. I'm afraid I will run out of money and starve!" - The Goblin
It seems like the best solution would be to confiscate Starlink and nationalize it. Same with Space X. We paid for all of it, it should be ours. He can still work there, but he'll collect a government salary, and expect to answer to a boss. Or get fired. Either way, I don't care.
He can keep Tesla, that will be bankrupt in 2 years anyway.
It seems like the best solution would be to confiscate Starlink and nationalize it.
Not in the land of the Star-Spangled Banner, I'm afraid. That would be socialism. Orange Führer wouldn't like that.
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