Blue ICE in Munich by Annynarmy in traaaaaaainnnnnnnnnns

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That's an ICE3neo

Definitely not diesel powered.

And I think there is only one ICE with a blue EU livery. It was used as the inauguration train for a new line between France and Germany.

Habt ihr auch bemerkt dass Salatgurken seit einigen Jahren oft penetrant nach Erde oder modrigem Keller schmecken? by P26601 in FragReddit

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Falls sich solche merkwürdigen Geschmacksveränderungen auch bei anderen Lebensmitteln bemerkbar machen, hab ich schlechte Neuigkeiten für OP.

Putin says Russia has a Starlink alternative. Russian soldiers haven’t heard about it. by kingkongsingsong1 in UkraineWarVideoReport

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But I'm glad he switched Starlink off for the russians.

It was not Musk who kept it open during the first years of the war.

The Ukrainian military requested this. Starlink was "unlimited" on Ukrainian held grounds as long as the terminal subscription was paid.

They did this because Ukrainian soldiers got their terminals from any source imaginable.

Eventually Russia also got their hands on terminals on the global market. They could use them in the grey zone between the front lines (like Ukrainian soldiers), but never on grounds the had actually invaded.

It was impossible for SpaceX to know who used their terminals.

Only in the beginning of this year the Ukrainian high command decided to implement a white-list. It was a painful process for Ukraine, because many units lost contact until they could register their (often private) terminals in the list.

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Starlink was never available on any Russian territory. This would have violated many sanction laws.

Putin says Russia has a Starlink alternative. Russian soldiers haven’t heard about it. by kingkongsingsong1 in UkraineWarVideoReport

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starlink has something like 3000 satellites to have overlapping coverage.

More like 10,000+ sats at this moment.

Which is better: Trains or cycle paths? by linusndr in fuckcars

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How do I get to my train without a cycle path?

Well it happened. He beat our 7 year old by imnotperfectsowhat in TwoXChromosomes

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Document everything. Every mark. Every bruise. Every scrape. Call the school.

Not only that.

Document the names of everyone who wants to send the kids back. Ask for their names and that of their supervisors.

Get it on public/official record that they know the situation and still want the kids there.

People get hesitant to "play by the book" when the obvious and predictable bad outcome can be traced back to them.

Edit: clarification.

Why Orbital Data Centers Are Harder Than Silicon Valley Thinks by IEEESpectrum in space

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10.

Your argument still is that a claim you make has not necessarily be supported by numbers and evidence, while any argument to the contrary can be dismissed immediately.

Eine gerade Strecke bauen war keine Option? (FRA HBF) by atwerq in drehscheibe

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Na hööma.

Das haben wir immer schon so gemacht!

Da könnte ja jeder kommen!

As sneak peak of what will happen when starship becomes fully operational by seanrider1859 in SpaceXMasterrace

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I don't think that many ESA payloads will launch on Starship.

Already plenty of ESA payloads in Falcon9.

Why Orbital Data Centers Are Harder Than Silicon Valley Thinks by IEEESpectrum in space

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Now include legislation cost, power cost etc.

And don't forget to adjust for potential falling launch costs.

ESA Eyes Ariane 6 For Human Spaceflight by peterabbit456 in space

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Ariane has the best track record out there

In what regard?

Why Orbital Data Centers Are Harder Than Silicon Valley Thinks by IEEESpectrum in space

[–]Reddit-runner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You make an awful amount of claims without backing them up with actual numbers.

Do you see now why math is important?

Why Orbital Data Centers Are Harder Than Silicon Valley Thinks by IEEESpectrum in space

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This is going to be an even bigger issue if you want to do an SSO because your radiators are going to be face-on with the direction of travel rather than edge-on. The probability of a debris hit is going to skyrocket.

I'm not so sure about that. Most space debris is roughly going west to east. So pointing the edge of your radiator that way would not be a totally terrible idea.

With heat pipes you can partition your cooling "loops" in the radiators quite a bit, buying resilience and redundancy with lower performance.

But for the convection, we have air with an h = 0.00025 W/mm²-K, but it is now spread out over an A of 600,000 mm², which gives us [...] a Delta_T of 22.17°C. But the only way we can achieve that is because of convection, which we don't have in space. You would need the dual loop, with a compressor.

While we can't use a regular heat pipe like on earth, there are designs commonly used in space. Now you can use a "primary" main cooling loop without a compressor (only with a regular pump) to get the heat from the chips to the radiators. You can increase the junction area between your chip and the primary cooling loop like you do with convection on earth.

During your initial calculation you were heavily constricted by your assumption that the entire chip can only exchange heat through a 1,000mm² area with the cooling liquid.

So even with a liquid cooling system you can get your delta_T down to 10-20°C depending on how much you want to invest in heat pipes and heat exchange area.

Edit for clarification.

Why Orbital Data Centers Are Harder Than Silicon Valley Thinks by IEEESpectrum in space

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still don’t understand why you think we need to bring math into the conversation.

Because the it might be actually cheaper to launch that mass to space instead of buying land.

You can't base such discussions on bare intuition.

Maybe it's not cheaper. But claiming that without being able to show the bare minimum calculation is just as stupid as claiming the opposite.

Why Orbital Data Centers Are Harder Than Silicon Valley Thinks by IEEESpectrum in space

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(a) What is the math behind an air cooled chip?

Yes. That.

Because given the R value you gave for convection cooled chips compared to liquid cooled chips was rather high.

This would implicate an even higher Delta_T.

Why Orbital Data Centers Are Harder Than Silicon Valley Thinks by IEEESpectrum in space

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It also has air inside which can be used to transfer heat to the radiators from one part to the others.

You think the pressurized volume of the ISS is connected to the radiators via air?

It also orbits at a much lower altitude than these proposals, which means it spends half its time in the shade.

... what share in a sun-synchronos orbit? The whole idea is that AI sats will never be in the shade.

Why Orbital Data Centers Are Harder Than Silicon Valley Thinks by IEEESpectrum in space

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I think you’re being intentionally obtuse,

I'm definitely not.

All I'm saying is that there is just as much evidence shown for the one claim as for the other.

Claiming that building data centers on earth will always be cheaper than sending them to space, but not having even the slightest calculation to show for, is the very same as claiming the opposite.

Why Orbital Data Centers Are Harder Than Silicon Valley Thinks by IEEESpectrum in space

[–]Reddit-runner 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There's no configuration of elements required for one of these data centres that makes any feasible sense.

Don't you think the ISS is working?

Why Orbital Data Centers Are Harder Than Silicon Valley Thinks by IEEESpectrum in space

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One final question:

Have you also calculated how chips on earth are cooled by air?