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[–] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 31 points 4 days ago (2 children)

If musks name is on it it is going to be shit, this isn't a difficult trend to notice but dipshits still buy his bullshit for some dumbass reason.

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago

Nazis gonna support a nazi

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

SpaceX does launches and Starlink does satellite internet.

I think all the Musk hate here misses that moment - SpaceX does what it's intended to do which is amazingly cool all by itself, Tesla made electric cars more popular, and Starlink made satellite internet more popular.

These are good.

[–] aviationeast@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago

Oh his companies do great work until Musk decides to pull a Robert California.

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 21 points 4 days ago (3 children)

I have to support a remote client that uses Starlink. It's a nightmare. We can deal with slow connections, we can deal with bad ping, but with Starlink what we get is the entire connection dropping every minute or so, and coming back up a short while later. It's unbelievably bad.

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 4 days ago (2 children)

but with Starlink what we get is the entire connection dropping every minute or so, and coming back up a short while later

I can almost guarantee that's because their terminal is in a shit location with too much of the sky obscured by trees or buildings. I had to set my parents up with it two years ago and if it can't see as much of the constellation as possible it's going to have periods of obstructed sattelite connectivity.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

"More satellites!"

Maybe the overall idea isn't a great one.

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 days ago (2 children)

My money is on Kessler Syndrome in less than 20 years.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 3 points 3 days ago

Good news is that it won't be from Starlink unless they decide to start moving them higher. LEO has atmospheric drag that slowly decays orbits that aren't actively maintained.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

How do you have the knowledge of what Kessler Syndrome is but not understand what Low Earth Orbit is and how it works?

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Ah yes, my comment clearly indicated Starlink was the sole cause an no additional satelites in various orbits will ever be needed, desired or will ever be launched by any other country because we are done and have all we need, forever.

You are clearly very smart. I am so happy you are here to protect us from saying something stupid. That would be embarassing.

[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

That’s not typical. Starlink is more stable than most. I monitor over 8 locations using multiple different services for internet access and Starlink is about as reliable as mpls.

[–] negativenull@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago

Grok was probably used to make a software patch

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 5 points 4 days ago

The company, in a partnership with T-Mobile, is also expanding the constellation with larger, more powerful satellites to offer direct-to-cell text-messaging services, a line of business in which mobile phone users can send emergency text messages through the network in rural areas

Good to know.