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by autoexec14 hours ago |
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upvoteby JumpCrisscross13 hours ago|
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> that's working out great for the average American isn't it

Yeah. It did. My neighbour’s rates went up. He switched to Starlink.

> not even going to bother sourcing the fact that food prices have only massively gone up negating

This is like arguing fertilisers are useless because prices went up.

> homeless population

Not super relevant!

> all totally worth supporting a nazi billionaire

Nobody said that. But it doesn’t mean the benefits go away.

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upvoteby dh202212 hours ago|
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weather forecasts is really good right now (in my experience forecast for rain/cloud cover/wind speed at hour granularity is amazingly good) and earth imaging for food production has been done for decades. I do not think SpaceX has improved nor will improve on these.

SpaceX’s main customer is Starlink. With that in mind: if Starlink takes over all the ISPs in the world its market value should be comparable to Comcast - $89 Billion.

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upvoteby JumpCrisscross11 hours ago|
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> do not think SpaceX has improved nor will improve on these

It has massively improved both. The cost, resolution and frequency of imaging has decreased alongside launch cost.

> if Starlink takes over all the ISPs in the world its market value should be comparable to Comcast - $89 Billion

Why? Comcast isn't "all the ISPs in the world." (And Comcast doesn't get defence contracts to build and maintain military networks.)

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