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[–] AbnormalHumanBeing@lemmy.abnormalbeings.space 42 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There's so many places where strategically important resources have been delegated wholesale to the US. Now, concerning mankind, it's theoretically better, of course, to not overdo it with wasteful redundancies. But, unfortunately, we're not talking about some kind of UN-controlled infrastructure, which is maintained and used internationally. Unfortunately, it's controlled by people like this, and that is now coming home to roost.

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[–] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 40 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Rubio shouted at Musk, so poor Elon took it out on a foreign country's government official and called him "little man"

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[–] MordercaSkurwysyn@lemm.ee 39 points 1 week ago (8 children)

This post was the final straw for me. I deleted all my accounts on non crucial US based services yesterday when I first saw it. I was already angry with what is going on but it was a shallow meme boycott consisting of only drinking kofola now instead of coca cola. It got serious yesterday. Unfortunately I still need to think about the strategy to quit Google since pretty much everything I do is connected to my Gmail.

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[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 37 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Hubris. This is hubris.

Nemesis will follow, motherfucker, the Moires don't fuck around.

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[–] alxmg@slrpnk.net 34 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Are we really allowing this American man belittle our institutions for his own profit?

[–] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 41 points 1 week ago (3 children)

No, we're apparently letting a South African man, who is/was an illegal immigrant in the US, and who's maternal side of the family fled from Canada because his grandfather was a Nazi and was trying to drum up support to make Canada a Techno-feudalistic oligarchy, do those things.

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[–] Marty_Man_X@lemmy.world 33 points 1 week ago

Scheduled to arrived by 2030, but the EU is developing one and it's sounding pretty sweet: https://defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu/eu-space/iris2-secure-connectivity_en

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 32 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Pride goeth before the fall, they say. The hellish part is the wait.

[–] xye@lemm.ee 31 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ah, the full Hitler, a bold move let’s see how it plays out.

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[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago

Hey, rest of the Democratic world, there are a whole bunch of ex feds right now needing funds and direction for their anger. Maybe you should tap into them if you need someone to rid you of this meddlesome Chancellor.

[–] NotJohnSmith@feddit.uk 27 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Is there any evidence that Musk is right about Poland only paying "a tiny fraction of the cost"? Seems a strange comment to make

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 33 points 1 week ago (3 children)

SpaceX is bleeding money but I guess they are taken care of for the next 3.8 years

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[–] droans@midwest.social 27 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There is no substitute for Starlink"

The fuck did he think militaries use before 2020?

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[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Abandon fucking Starlink and use Eutelsat. Poland should also stop buying US made weapon systems.

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[–] Grizzlyboy@lemm.ee 22 points 1 week ago

Isn't it really frightening to let a super rich ketamine infused buffoon get this much power?

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago (7 children)

TBH I think any more low orbit telecom satellite arrays than we already have are just going to become a huge problem in the following decades.

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[–] Numinous_Ylem@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Nationalize SpaceX and deport Musk to South Africa where he belongs.

(Ok maybe nationalize it under the next administration.... if there is a next one)

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[–] klobuerschtler@lemm.ee 21 points 1 week ago (6 children)

I was tricked by Musk into believing his lies before he started to endorse Trump 2.0. I feel stupid now. The sociopathic tendencies are undeniable.

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[–] RizzoTheSmall@lemm.ee 20 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I don't like Putin, but he's a black belt judoka additionally trained in combat by the russian secret services.

He could fuck that misshapen walrus pool toy without even getting out of breath.

[–] spacequetzal@lemm.ee 22 points 1 week ago (12 children)

Putin is just as full of shit as Elon is.

Mofos couldn't fight their way out of a paper bag.

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[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 20 points 1 week ago (2 children)

"Small man" says everything.

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[–] SrMono@feddit.org 19 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Isn’t OneWeb constellation is debated until Iris2 is available?

But we should reconsider the SpaceX launch contracts.

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 1 week ago (3 children)

They’re both targeted towards commercial or government business, which is unfortunate from an individual subscriber perspective. I would love to see a euro competitor to Starlink and Kuiper, so I can unplug my Starlink.

Iris2 looks like a traditional Euro project with a dozen companies from different countries involved, to make sure the funding isn’t concentrated in one country. SpaceX has the advantage of improved integration in comparison.

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[–] St0ner@lemmy.wtf 19 points 1 week ago

blast every single one of them shits out the sky. it's an eye sore and he's the small man.

[–] petrescatraian@libranet.de 18 points 1 week ago

Eutelsat!!!

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Starlink is just putting up cubesats with basic programming variations. The EU space agency can easily provide a competitive service that values freedom and democracy.

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[–] Litebit@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

There are already alternatives. Use a mixture of them so they compete with each other for your business. https://www.wired.com/story/starlink-replacement-ukraine-eutelsat-oneweb-project-kuiper-amazon-iris2-elon-musk/

As soon as possible ban Starlink for security, spying risk.

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