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Earth Online: non-stop satellite monitoring platform

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Re: Earth Online: non-stop satellite monitoring platform

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Post by SV_BubbleTime »

exploringBytes wrote: post #6

Many applications educating us about human's influence on earth and climate change can be realized with this tool. I'm wondering if and how this service could also be used to quicker stop conflicts and bring peace to the world. Any ideas?

Do you think we can “see” climate change on the yearly scale though? I had assumed that would be mistaking the scale of the situation.

Like the good or bad intentioned person that tries to use current weather as proof of their climate conclusion.

Re: Earth Online: non-stop satellite monitoring platform

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Post by doabell »

hipadev23 wrote: post #13
matt3210 wrote: post #5

This is a good business model. I can see the product for free and if I have a use for more than personal level of access I can buy.

How will they prevent someone abusing a large number of free-tier accounts though?

I imagine that the usual protections will deal with this (e.g. too many requests from the same ASN or same user agent or something). Then they can ask for a phone number or credit card (fly.io reluctantly did this). Then they can always remove the free tier, at this point the abusing party will have ruined yet another free platform for everyone.

Re: Earth Online: non-stop satellite monitoring platform

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Post by zo1 »

exploringBytes wrote: post #6

Many applications educating us about human's influence on earth and climate change can be realized with this tool. I'm wondering if and how this service could also be used to quicker stop conflicts and bring peace to the world. Any ideas?

I'm very pessimistic. Short of totalitarian control over people and their minds, or maybe a techno-utopia with infinite resources for all, we'll never have a perfect world without conflict.

Re: Earth Online: non-stop satellite monitoring platform

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Post by imachine1980_ »

doabell wrote: post #14
hipadev23 wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How will they prevent someone abusing a large number of free-tier accounts though?

I imagine that the usual protections will deal with this (e.g. too many requests from the same ASN or same user agent or something). Then they can ask for a phone number or credit card (fly.io reluctantly did this). Then they can always remove the free tier, at this point the abusing party will have ruined yet another free platform for everyone.

and/or add not commercial clause usage and sue bad actors

Re: Earth Online: non-stop satellite monitoring platform

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Post by vasco »

exploringBytes wrote: post #6

Many applications educating us about human's influence on earth and climate change can be realized with this tool. I'm wondering if and how this service could also be used to quicker stop conflicts and bring peace to the world. Any ideas?

Since Google earth didn't fix anything this won't either.

Re: Earth Online: non-stop satellite monitoring platform

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Post by mhuffman »

imachine1980_ wrote: post #16
doabell wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I imagine that the usual protections will deal with this (e.g. too many requests from the same ASN or same user agent or something). Then they can ask for a phone number or credit card (fly.io reluctantly did this). Then they can always remove the free tier, at this point the abusing party will have ruined yet another free platform for everyone.

and/or add not commercial clause usage and sue bad actors

millionaires and billionaires love this one weird trick!
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