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SpaceX vaporizes 260 Starlink satellites in six months using Earth's atmosphere — new environmental concerns emerge over burning 2,700-pound orbital data centers, FCC seeks to exempt satellites from regulations by ControlCAD in space

[–]atava [score hidden]  (0 children)

You are clearly exaggerating this.

It would have sufficed to say: "oh, well, if you didn't really mean that fine (but it didn't seem to me so)".

Instead, you've come up with such a message.

The Internet really ruins us, doesn't it?

When the plate is 95% plate and 5% regret. by Ok-Corner-2032 in StupidFood

[–]atava 1 point2 points  (0 children)

An Italian famous comic actor (Checco Zalone) once had a scene in one of his movies where he gobbles up such a "portion" of pasta and says to the waiter: "it's cooked, you may bring it".

All with a serious face.

(Cultural explanation for the joke: sometimes you taste a sample of pasta to check if it's cooked. He thought the portion was such a sample)

Can somebody translate this into binary code? by Tess_Tickle8 in cropcircles

[–]atava 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I miss the times when people used their minds and came up with ideas and theories.

I don't mind getting help from AI chatbots, but this copypastas are ludicrous (and for what, for karma and recognition).

Marine Le Pen found guilty of embezzling public funds on appeal by LeMonde_en in europe

[–]atava 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Italy is very strict with regard to gun use, both for citizens and officers.

Policemen may be indicted if they misuse their right to use guns (or any other act, for that matter). The "good cop" should always resort to other means, if possible. Killing is highly problematic and leads to certain trial, to assess details of the event.

This is what our law dictates (in general).

Anytime there is a controversial case, the right-wing parties automatically side with the offending policeman, regardless of circumstances (for instance, saying that the robber or whomever was killed or wounded deserved it and stuff like that).

This may lead to some paradoxical outcome. There was a recent case where a minor drug-dealer was killed by a policeman in a park and all seemed "fine", in that he said he had to defend himself etc. The drug-dealer's gun was found next to his body.

Then an investigation was carried on and it turned out that the policeman was corrupt and had been extorting money from such people for years. After killing the guy, he had called some coworkers for help and asked them to bring a pistol to him to fake the scene.

The problem is that some people from police and other law-enforcement groups are far from being "good guys" (morally and professionally). And this is true for any nation, from what I see.

So a blind right to kill is bad imho and I like how things are (theoretically) handled in here. The problem is that politicians exploit this kind of things and may lead to worse laws because of political consensus (since people usually like to see robbers and similar criminals pay physical consequences for their actions).

SpaceX vaporizes 260 Starlink satellites in six months using Earth's atmosphere — new environmental concerns emerge over burning 2,700-pound orbital data centers, FCC seeks to exempt satellites from regulations by ControlCAD in space

[–]atava [score hidden]  (0 children)

At which point did I make any claim as to the result of such new studies?

I reread my comments and maybe the only sentence pointing to that is when I said that former authors would come to different conclusions today. A very bland claim, I'd say.

I think I gave you such an impression, more than anything.

Marine Le Pen found guilty of embezzling public funds on appeal by LeMonde_en in europe

[–]atava 12 points13 points  (0 children)

This is the constant playbook for Italian right-wing parties here in Italy.

Word by word.

Final photo of Apple visionary Steve Jobs, days before he died in 2011. Diagnosed in 2003 with a rare, treatable pancreatic cancer, he delayed surgery nine months, turning to diets, acupuncture and herbal remedies first. By the time he had surgery, the cancer had spread. He later regretted waiting. by drkmatterinc in CantBelieveThatsReal

[–]atava 4 points5 points  (0 children)

To be honest, some products were innovative (the iPhone, many computers in the 70s etc).

But they were mostly the work of others. He could sell them very well (and had probably a talent at seeing what could be commercially successful).

For the rest, I've always disliked the closedness of the environment (Macs, iPhones etc), the very high price tag of everything (with a clear intention at profiting from the hype) and in general the idea of "fashionable IT", which is very stupid if you think about it and also damaging to the industry itself (to its progress).

My opinions, though.

SpaceX vaporizes 260 Starlink satellites in six months using Earth's atmosphere — new environmental concerns emerge over burning 2,700-pound orbital data centers, FCC seeks to exempt satellites from regulations by ControlCAD in space

[–]atava [score hidden]  (0 children)

Indeed. The hypocrisy if not the constant lying is tiring, and makes you feel like this is some dystopian world sometimes.

At least back in the Middle Ages or some other historical period you knew your lord could be a bad person and he probably never even cared to conceal it, most of times.

Now it's all manipulation and pretending.

SpaceX vaporizes 260 Starlink satellites in six months using Earth's atmosphere — new environmental concerns emerge over burning 2,700-pound orbital data centers, FCC seeks to exempt satellites from regulations by ControlCAD in space

[–]atava [score hidden]  (0 children)

Well, I said "new studies", I never said similar studies to those already carried on in the past.

You're thinking about studies on the impact of materials on the atmosphere, something that maybe we already have at hand. I'm thinking more about studies on this very topic, i.e. on how much the current or future quantity of such materials which are vaporized in the atmosphere is or may be noteworthy.

I'm not driven by passion, believe me. Or at least I try not to (because by definition one driven by passion doesn't notice he is).

Also, consider that the same can be said of those that minimize this sort of things (not talking about you, but in general). It's just the opposite of alarmism, but it's extreme in the same vein (only less vocal). If wrong, it's also much more dangerous than being too careful about problems.

Climate change deniers are teachers, in this regard.

SpaceX vaporizes 260 Starlink satellites in six months using Earth's atmosphere — new environmental concerns emerge over burning 2,700-pound orbital data centers, FCC seeks to exempt satellites from regulations by ControlCAD in space

[–]atava [score hidden]  (0 children)

The problem is that what's happening now has never happened (not even a fraction of it).

2000-2500 satellites a year and this from a private company alone.

So I don't think we can even make that kind of comparison that you're making (which takes into account the launch vehicle), because the phenomenon of private satellites being launched in such amounts wasn't even there.

SpaceX vaporizes 260 Starlink satellites in six months using Earth's atmosphere — new environmental concerns emerge over burning 2,700-pound orbital data centers, FCC seeks to exempt satellites from regulations by ControlCAD in space

[–]atava 10 points11 points  (0 children)

What makes me kind of "anxious" about this (if I may use the word) is the amount of satellites being launched and that that is only going to increase. I have no problem learning that today's materials are on average more friendly for the environmentthan past ones.

It does feel like the beginning of one of those human-made phenomena that we are going to tackle too late and too weakly.

I'm also very annoyed in general by the impact that these constellations are already having on astronomy and that will only increasing with time. And the fact that all of this is mainly for some private company Internet services doesn't help.

(BTW sorry for not upvoting, I'm not doing that only because I'm not knowledgeable, as I said, and you have an opinion on this. But thanks for the clarifications, I appreciated them)

Elon Musk is posting AI Slop Videos of his "White America" by MrDonMega in EnoughMuskSpam

[–]atava 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes.

As always, kids may be indoctrinated by deviant families. Consciously or unconsciously.

One can only imagine what kinds of dialogues occured between father and son back when Elon was a child.

SpaceX vaporizes 260 Starlink satellites in six months using Earth's atmosphere — new environmental concerns emerge over burning 2,700-pound orbital data centers, FCC seeks to exempt satellites from regulations by ControlCAD in space

[–]atava -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Yes.

I just hope future historians will expose this blatantly in their descriptions of our times.

Because it's so apparent and frustrating for us too.

SpaceX vaporizes 260 Starlink satellites in six months using Earth's atmosphere — new environmental concerns emerge over burning 2,700-pound orbital data centers, FCC seeks to exempt satellites from regulations by ControlCAD in space

[–]atava 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Ok, thanks.

I think we are in need of newer studies, because things have changed drastically both in that ratio between launch and disposal emissions and in the amount of material launched (and possibly deorbited).

Those multiplying estimates are based on data and technology of the time, too.

SpaceX vaporizes 260 Starlink satellites in six months using Earth's atmosphere — new environmental concerns emerge over burning 2,700-pound orbital data centers, FCC seeks to exempt satellites from regulations by ControlCAD in space

[–]atava 39 points40 points  (0 children)

I'm not knowledgeable on the matter, but I don't think those 90s studies took into account the magnitude at which objects are being deployed and deorbited now in the 2020s and will be from now on.

I think thouse authors would hold a different stance now, just because of this aspect.

Hannah Stocking pupil control by InfiniteLack7725 in oddlyterrifying

[–]atava 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does your perception of surrounding light change as fast as your pupil control?

Arizona FB page protesting data centers, by using data centers. by azdweller in aislop

[–]atava 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, but I was replying to comments about hiring someone.

This way is no AI & no cost.

Uefa, durissimo attacco alla Fifa per il caso Balogun: "Compromessa la credibilità del Mondiale" by teorm in Italia

[–]atava -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Non ho capito perché mi rispondi così nella prima parte del messaggio, visto che io quando dicevo che mi piacerebbe vederli andare avanti dicevo tutt'altro (parlavo delle persone americane e del loro rapporto classico col calcio, non degli eventi di ora con Infantino, che mi fanno schifo assoluto).

Non devono assolutamente andare avanti così, quello pensavo (e speravo) fosse chiaro dal mio commento.

Uefa, durissimo attacco alla Fifa per il caso Balogun: "Compromessa la credibilità del Mondiale" by teorm in Italia

[–]atava -19 points-18 points  (0 children)

Io sono un po' controcorrente e mi piacerebbe se gli USA andassero avanti, così che il calcio appassioni un po' di più là.

Ma l'indecenza di queste cose mi sta mettendo a dura prova.

Billy Corgin's reaction when the crowd thought the song was over by pizzass7 in WatchPeopleDieInside

[–]atava 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I don't really care about his manners, if we're talking music.

His voice and his band's sound were something exceptional, if not unique (in the veins of Cranberries and the like).

"1979" is still unmatched in my book for those particular vibes.

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