FCC sets April 25 vote to restore net neutrality rules repealed under Ajit Pai.
  • Buttons@programming.devEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Let me plug Counter Points, a favorite political show of mine.

    They recently talked about FTC Chair Lina Khan and Apple’s monopoly, the government’s anti-trust lawsuit against Apple, and monopolies in general. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMyChnACLKQ

    It’s tangential, but it came to mind.

    If the cable companies want lawsuits, let’s give them what they want in the form of anti-trust lawsuits and break them up.

  • NatakuNox@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Can’t wait until my liberal city finishes our city owned isp. You can’t trust business to be in control of essential services

    • Saik0@lemmy.saik0.comEnglish
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      6 months ago

      Mentioning “liberal” here is a bit stupid. I’ve seen many conservative areas have unmetered gig fiber.

      Hell… where I live now is very conservative and I have 8gb uncapped.

        • Saik0@lemmy.saik0.comEnglish
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          6 months ago

          No. I didn’t. Several of what I’m referencing is city owned. Oops don’t you look stupid now.

          Edit: Also you’re linking your politics to companies trustworthiness, as if either side is doing anything worth a damn against shitty companies. Speed is going to be a direct comparison of markets that would outline if those companies are shitty or not… No? In either case you’re being stupidly obtuse in linking these 2 topics.

        • dream_weasel@iusearchlinux.fyiEnglish
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          6 months ago

          I mean yeah, the sun is in one place, space is basically anywhere else. It’s easier to shoot anywhere than to shoot somewhere.

          • ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            5 months ago

            hah, no, it really, really isn’t like that at all. shooting straight north or south, for example, is really hard. going in the opposite direction of the earth’s orbit is hard too.

            earth is spinning around the sun. going in the direction the earth is trying to escape the sun from is easy.

            • dream_weasel@iusearchlinux.fyiEnglish
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              5 months ago

              I have a pretty reasonable grasp of delta V. While my comment is flippant, you can launch Eastward from the equator any day and end up in space: deep space if you have sufficient velocity (though usually you’d do that with one or more gravity assists). The sun is the only other place you can go any day, but there’s huge angular velocity to overcome to make a direct shot.

              It really really is the case mathematically that if you just want to go to deep space it’s not as difficult as trying to figure out how to go to a particular place, as anyone who has ever done trajectory planning with STK will tell you. More difficult from a cost and engineering perspective, sure, but mathematically easier to just shoot in a direction at escape velocity for the sun whatever day you want.