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SpaceX plans worldwide satellite Internet with low latency, gigabit speed

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Post by clydethefrog »

brainwashedla wrote: post #392
katzgrau wrote: post #7

Free, global internet access is the next step toward a smarter, more progressive planet. I don't even care about the speed - if the only thing users could access was wikipedia, I'd still personally donate to the project. I cannot emphasize how important democratizing knowledge is to me (and many others).

The whole idea of "progressive" humanity is bizarre and absurd. Look at the world. I mean, what do you see? The world is a polluted, concreted over mess. Suicide rates are sky high and people work in shitty meaningless jobs they hate. We are all being stacked on top of each other in apartments. Where exactly do "progressives" think we are progressing? Why don't other animals need to progress? What is having access to…

Digital imperialism. Zuckerberg and Musk are competing who will control the means of communication and information. Zuckerberg tactic seems to be collecting data as much as possible with his drones and then sell it to the highest bidder in exchange for a free walled garden, while Musk has a more old school approach with his lobbying for privatization of public services.

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Post by w8rbt »

yxhuvud wrote: post #324
hackuser wrote: post #226

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I suspect this is just a phase. ... Internet culture is still very young Maybe, but if so it's not like a phase of the moon, which changes on its own. This phase will only pass if we do something to make that happen.

Thankfully, old people die. No active action required.

And young people become old, gain more life experience and knowledge and change their views.

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Post by leereeves »

gumaflux wrote: post #343
krige wrote: post #278

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Just because you disagree with them doesn't mean they're any more lunatic than, say, Podesta.

True. Some believe in an open global community and some freedoms that come with that, in many different nuances. So a global communication network that supports that is great. With an open society comes freedom of speech and other related freedoms. Most certainly freedom of opinions, even when the actual opinions and fervent activities from some groups contrasts fully with foundation of the open society. Mostly, inte…

> Power is profoundly addictive and corrupting.

I would argue that a small taste of power corrupted the left.

When they started censoring conservative views, banning conservative speakers on campuses, "no platforming", they were not defending freedom.

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Post by lanna »

samfisher83 wrote: post #245
lanna wrote: post #26

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nobody uses their connection at full capacity 100% of the time

What if everyone starts streaming 4k?

what if everyone hits the road at the same time?

what if everyone withdraw their money from the bank at the same time?

what if everyone flushes their toilets at the same time?

Re: SpaceX plans worldwide satellite Internet with low latency, gigabit speed

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Post by placebo »

adnzzzzZ wrote: post #348
placebo wrote: post #333

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I think the quote contradicts itself: I find that "The Internet is a perfect reflection of the world at large" and "it TRULY makes everyone equal" are not compatible. I think the internet has gradually become a good reflection of the world at large, with plenty of its beauty and plenty of its ugliness and the person you responded to was just expressing sadness that we couldn't filter out the ugly. Also, the word "equ…

> Venting one's beliefs on the internet (whether wise or moronic) is possible for everyone but the amount of impact it will make will usually depend on the amount of resources one has. This is so false I don't understand why you would write it. I listen to political commentary from this guy on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/Styxhexenhammer666/videos and he's just some guy with a camera and a microphone and he r…

I think you'll find most of the rich and powerful are not scared of the internet at all but just happily use it to get what they want. Those that are scared of it (usually governments) take the appropriate measures to keep tabs and limit it where necessary (usually quite successfully).

As to the YouTube example you gave: I'm not saying the Internet didn't open more possibilities to the individual, but reaching thousands of people is still a long way from being able to make a difference and is not a threat to anyone. By the way, that channel is not available in my country so if he wants more listeners perhaps he should let his information be more free...

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Post by waynenilsen »

katzgrau wrote: post #7

Free, global internet access is the next step toward a smarter, more progressive planet. I don't even care about the speed - if the only thing users could access was wikipedia, I'd still personally donate to the project. I cannot emphasize how important democratizing knowledge is to me (and many others).

There is no such thing as free. Perhaps you mean included in developed country taxes and/or deficits?

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Post by anchpop »

destitude wrote: post #247

Allowing "cell" phones to need only satellite link instead of cell tower would be huge. Would also finally kill off the nasty cellular companies and their plans in the.

The receiving station needs to be 2 feet by 2 feet. This won't be going in your phone

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Post by fmueller »

schiffern wrote: post #357
katzgrau wrote: post #7

Free, global internet access is the next step toward a smarter, more progressive planet. I don't even care about the speed - if the only thing users could access was wikipedia, I'd still personally donate to the project. I cannot emphasize how important democratizing knowledge is to me (and many others).

>Free, Not free according to Musk. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHeZHyOnsm4&t=12m37s > Well it can't be free. Because then we'll, like, we'll go out of business. [laugh] > No, no, it can't be free to the user. I don't think so. > This would be... this would cost a lot to build. Ultimately over time to build the full version of the system, we're talking about something that would be 10 or 15 billion dollars to crea…

Nothing a company builds is free. And I think it's better to pay with money than with data. Not saying you're not paying with both here.
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