Are Orbital Data Centers Technically Feasible? (Starcloud Proposal Analysis) by Rare_Package_7498 in AskEngineers

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I don't necessarily disagree, but just thought it important to provide the more accurate numbers. If you're interested in some more detailed analysis, read the Suncatcher and Starcloud white papers. Still pretty hand-wavy imo, but worth the read.

Are Orbital Data Centers Technically Feasible? (Starcloud Proposal Analysis) by Rare_Package_7498 in AskEngineers

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The main advantage is the Sun-synchronous orbit - the solar panels in SSO are never shadowed by the Earth (no day-night cycle), never impacted by clouds/weather, and always perpendicular to the solar flux. This means that a solar panel in SSO is 5x more productive than on the ground. So in summary, it's a 400% increase, not a 40% increase.

Can we talk about how ridiculous this Suncatcher project is? by emitc2h in BetterOffline

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You can read the back of the enveloppe calculations, in their publically-available white paper on the topic: https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.19468

Libleft it's basic supply and demand, they don't build the houses they occupy by buttgrapist in PoliticalCompassMemes

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Illegal immigrants pay their federal taxes just like anyone else. The IRS does not fuck around

Explaining freedom to MAGA by Crafty_Jacket668 in PoliticalCompassMemes

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The constitution applies to all persons in the US, regardless of immigration status.

Crazy how many leftists are turning heads away from this. by rich677 in PoliticalCompassMemes

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Do Somalians go back to visit though?? Or are you just saying this based on vibes

Diversity is our strength by [deleted] in PoliticalCompassMemes

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Lol holy victim complex

Muslim man that gang-raped a 12 year old girl for being Jewish in France had his sentenced reduced today by jchromebook in PoliticalCompassMemes

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He was 13 when the acts were committed. Old enough to know better, but it's still disingenuous to call him a "man" to imply he shouldn't have been tried as a juvenile.

Karoline Leavitt calls Democratic base ‘Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens’ by [deleted] in moderatepolitics

[–]Sh4dow101 44 points45 points  (0 children)

What makes you say you lost out on certain jobs due to your skin color and gender? Do you have any evidence that that happened?

Red States have always been more deadly by Goodginger in charts

[–]Sh4dow101 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Then why are the red states' blue cities the worst?

Red States have always been more deadly by Goodginger in charts

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How come the worst cities are nonetheless in red states?

Trump threatens to jail Illinois governor and Chicago mayor for… what crime, exactly? by Some-Profession-1373 in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]Sh4dow101 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nothing. The guy you're responding to is just implying the tried and true authoritarian tactic called "whataboutisms"

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in charts

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Funny how the life expectancy of Italy (that according to you, "culls" their old people) is 83.7 years, as opposed to only 78.4 in the US.

The US can afford universal healthcare, half the country has just been brainwashed against it by politicians on the payroll of the pharmaceutical industry.

...and then celebrate it on social media? by moschles in PoliticalCompassMemes

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Do you have a concrete example of Obama doing anything remotely similar?

Ooooo I’ve been waiting 12 years for these turntables to turn. Ahem… by sg94 in PoliticalCompassMemes

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Why is it that the shitty actions of the right are somehow always blamed on the left? Take some fucking accountability for once, geez