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Apparatus@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 26 days ago

An in-space construction firm says it can help build massive data centers in orbit

arstechnica.com

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An in-space construction firm says it can help build massive data centers in orbit

arstechnica.com

Apparatus@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 26 days ago
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    Me too. I’ll even make them full AI.

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      Hey hey, I’ll make them on Mars! Send the cash to me instead!

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    Free advice: The economics don’t work out.

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    Data centers in the ocean didn’t work out. This doesn’t seem smarter

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      The Chinese have done it apparently.

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        https://archive.ph/PWEh3

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          I didn’t realize there was a paywall, I use the bypass paywalls clean extension.

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            Is there a userscript version of something like this? I rather have one userscript more than yet-another specialized addon.

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              Look here but it has support for far less sites.

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      Wasn’t the Mocrosoft test run very successful?

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    Imagine getting sent up because a pos rj45 cable got hit by a micrometeorite

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      Because they swore the server was powered on…

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    In before someone wants to reboot a server and the hypervisor is unresponsive.

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    Welp, that’s a fuckin stupid idea. Next!

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    Now Elon can have his own death star!

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    Why not on mars? It’s even farther away and too cold anyway.

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    Do you want furries in space??

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    Isn’t this how Skynet started?

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    Why not on mars? It’s even farther away and too cold anyway.

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