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I don't like the expression "guarantee fiber to every home", I don't think intervention like that is needed, It's enough if the country guarantees fair competition. But I agree that Starlink lets you bypass local obstacles like local incompetence/corruption or censorship*

* unless it's the kind of censorship that Elon supports, then I am pretty sure Starlink will soon block it as well

Damn, now I need to write my own launcher, just to have the unique second party launcher

I don't think it's the same, we already have the infrastructure for the network in most places with a dense population. Existing infrastructure is of the similar quality to Starlink, and the maintenance cost for the existing infrastructure is lower.

In case of GPS, the infrastructure existing before was much worse.

The only cases I can think of, where Starlink outperforms the existing infrastructure are:

1. Areas with low population density - the problem, in those areas, by definition, there aren't many customers

2. Situation when someone is actively trying to sabotage the existing infrastructure, like those ships, that are breaking underwater internet cables, or the active jamming near the front lines - what happens in the Ukraine shows that Starlink is great for that case. It is enough to treat it as strategically important, but it doesn't justify the starlink valuation. I really hope this market won't grow much.

Starlink is basically a military tech that is too expensive even for the US military, so it was sold to gullible investors as a great deal... It won't ever be profitable, at least not near the level that was promised. But it might turn out to be essential during a few wars.

What does this headline even mean?

Are electric horses better than gas powered horses or what?

Well, the headphones are still a separate thing. They are even more separate now, than they ever were (each one earphone is separate now)

gSquito - Instead of drinking your blood, they will steal your data

So you tell me I can be a movie star!

They are doing it poorly, most "ugly" people in movies are just super-models with thick glasses and bad haircuts.

I tried playing games so much more demanding than my hardware that I had 3 SPF... Not 3 FPS (frames per second) but 3 SPF (3 seconds per frame... Took 3 for one frame to render) the game was unplayable but PC was okay.