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There really isn't anything special to using AI anyways it's not rocket science. Sometimes I will use AI to write me some tailwind tags, sometimes I will use AI to write me a static site for a custom report.

Most of my AI usage comes from doing things I don't enjoy doing like making a series of small tweaks to a function or block of code. Honestly, I just levelled the playing field with vim users and its nothing to write home about


> There really isn't anything special to using AI anyways it's not rocket science

Could have fooled me, the way some people manage to confuse themselves with it


You can beat the physics here though. There are several techniques in signal processing and beam forming that can be used to make insane high-speed transmissions, the days of geostationary broadcast for all radio traffic are over when it comes to advanced radio communication.

Radio technology is truly the closes thing to black magic. I wish there were more places to learn and read outside of an EE degree


For just ONE Starlink v3 it weighs around 2000kg and right now falcon heavy has an estimated cost per kg of $1,500 dollars so $3,000,000 per unit to orbit and let's say around $1,000,000 for the v3 itself. According to SpaceX each satellite can support 60 Tbsp downlink (I highly doubt this just purely based on the compute required) but assuming that is true that's 60,000 Gbps or 60,000 customers at 1 Gbps. The biggest issue here is that each satellite only lasts for approx. 7 years in LEO before its deorbited vs a fiber link last basically forever

Starlink V3 can pump out some seriously impressive speeds and handle thousands of clients. Starlink is both a great leap forward in rocketry and radio technology. I do still think funny how we are going back to the pre war technology tree for a re-visit

That's not even sufficient to handle the needs of a single large city. The limitation is that even with the much larger constellation they hope to deploy there won't be enough satellites visible at once from any given large metro area.

PCVR is awesome with Steam, even using meta headsets once it's all setup its very straightforward.

PCVR is great for flexibility and freedom, but it really sucks for convenience. There’s too much hassle and too much to turn on and setup even if you’re using Quest headset. I don’t think it will change until Valve Frame, but you can also argue that it’s not really PCVR

The corporate metaverse was a huge flop. There are plenty of VR games and communities that are still thriving off the backs of the Corpo metaverse technology.

They have different goals. VR gaming has always been targeting small scale hardcore gamers. Meta was promoting the Metaverse as something the average person would use daily for work and shopping. That never happened and no company has achieved it.

1. You will be deported to your country of origin one way ticket; there is no picking and choosing here 3. If you are detained by ICE even if you do have legal status they will endlessly pressure you into singing away your rights, you will be lucky to even speak to you NGO lawyer because every few days you are shipped between detention locations. Even if you choose to self-deport you have to be detained by ICE and could be in custody for a number of days before you are shipped out of the country. The lawyer is not going to sugar coat your situation but if you want to fight there are legal avenues to do so. Also you cannot be banned from the USA forever the max the DHS can issue is a 10-year ban

Your number 3 makes no sense, if you have “signed your rights away” why would they move you? For fun?

But let’s say that’s the case… doesn’t that just prove my point that if you are here illegally, that it make no sense to stay?


Them: If you are detained by ICE even if you do have __legal status__

You: doesn’t that just prove my point that if you are here __illegally__

They're talking about the now well-established fact that ICE is pursuing people who have legal status in this country and using all sorts of tricks (both legal and illegal) to prevent them from exercising their rights.

Here's one example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detention_of_R%C3%BCmeysa_%C3%...


I’m sure there is a better example that makes the point you are going for.

Without muddying, the discussion is if you are here illegally, it seems better to self-deport and control your own destiny than to risk ICE for the next 3-11+ years.


Sorry to clarify. You are moved around the country continually so that it is exceedingly difficult to get in front of a judge and also speak to your lawyer. This is basically torture to most people, you are then pressured and repeatedly asked (in some cases lied to) to sign documents agreeing to be deported

The definition of being "illegal" in the eyes of the law is not actually really well defined at all. It is pretty much a vibe check

Entered via a port of entry and visa overstay? "illegal"

Entered via a port of entry and visa overstay, but now you have legal status? "Maybe you are illegal"

Entered not via a port of entry? "You are illegal"

Entered via a port of entry with legal status? "Legal but you might get detained for several days"

Entered via a port of entry with legal status but you attended a protest? "Legal but the government doesn't like you so expect to be detained"

Born and raised in the United States but don't carry your passport? "Legal but expected to be detained"

Entered via a port of entry with legal status BUT you have a traffic ticket and a bench warrant out of state "Illegal and criminal! Expect to be deported"

Might I add that only one of these above conditions is valid for deportation and a ban and every other is a violation of your rights


I disagree; backlash is unrelated to force. If you were to graph error over force for backlash it would be a straight line but for something like dyneema it would directly scale with force applied.

In a driven system the dead zone is graphable and that deadzone time or area does not change based on velocity, A lack of rigidity in couplings, gears or belts IS affected by velocity


It is insane to me how much diabetic test strips cost in the United States. They are a cheap mass manufactured product that cost almost nothing everywhere else in the world

Starlink amazing solution to a problem that should have been solved by governments years ago, the USA has power to most homes and USPS will deliver anywhere so why do we not have the same for internet? God knows

Starlink is an amazing solution to the problem of "How do I keep my orbital transport business somewhat liquid" which isn't really the kind of problem governments are meant to resolve.

The US kept Iridium alive for the military and intelligence services. If Starlink falters they will fund it the same.

Correct, the government should have ran fiber lines to every home in the united states

The government should have torn up your copper monopolies a few decades earlier, but the one thing the US has done right is sort of letting local power companies and ISPs work it out for themselves where it comes to fibre. Enforcing a single standard everywhere is bad actually.

Nah, they should have done what the UK government did with Project Gigabit

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/project-gigabit-uk-gigabit-progr...

https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2026/02/milestone-as-g...

If you were a savvy businessman, you could make a lot of money just connecting customers with FTTH rather than the prior situation. There was an explosion of "altnets" build off the backs of this legislation

https://web.archive.org/web/20151015205446/http://www.alphr....

Funnily enough BT got a bucketload of money from the government and did absolutely cock all with it.

Even funnier the formerly big 5 isps are rated some of the lowest on customer satisfaction despite being actual cash cows for years https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2026/03/new-which-surv...


Yeah vouchers are slightly better than subsidies alone tbh

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