Comment on Big Tech Dreams of Putting Data Centers in Space
xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 1 day ago
Gods, why? Vacuum is the ultimate thermal insulator, so getting rid of waste heat is troublesome, launching large amounts of hardware into orbit isn’t exactly cheap, electronics will need additional EM / particle shielding and maintenance when something inevitable breaks or wears out might be a bit harder than usual.
sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
shhhhhhshshsh sh sh. Let them. Let them take their stupid fucking infrastructure disasters up into stupid space. this seems like a profitable outcome for everyone 👀
xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 1 day ago
Look, I’m all for rich leeches having less money, but I’d prefer it if we didn’t let them piss precious resources away on stupid shit when there’s real problems to be solved. How about just seizing some of their obscene wealth and build some solar farms, fund fusion research or build cheap housing for the homeless or something?
sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
that’s ideal. I guess I’m losing the faith sometimes that’s even on the table
xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 1 day ago
Which is unfortunately completely understandable. Sometimes I think Americans (and a few other notable polities) forget who owns their damn country. Despite what the bits stored on the SSD’s of their Swiss banks might otherwise indicate, it’s not the small handful of billionaires. It’s not the politicians either. It’s the people actually paying their taxes rather than dodging them.
I firmly believe that when a significant proportion of 340 million individuals collectively decide something has to be done, then that thing will get done, one way or the other. Regrettably, the members of the American Aristocracy are really good at dividing and contouring the hoi polloi.