GM dad. What has you so grumpy this morning? Oh right. Satellites. Blockstream in disbelief.

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In most of Australia we have no phone networks, since the 3g got shut down people who live outside urban areas are literally getting starlink just to make calls and send texts over the internet. You can drive hours between towns with no reception now, anywhere without a large population only has th...

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I wonder if the "safe" power levels on starlink's laser links could actually be weaponized by pointing them all at the same target Probably not, but Reflect Orbital's sunlight mirrors could definitely be used this way (weaponized by pointing all at one place) They've fully stopped respecting the t...

Aside from GPS ones which is the minority and the oldest ones, maybe they are "useful" for the kids to boast how they are smartass because they live in high tech (prison) world ? Anyway how else would government know you renovate your house without license, or not properly filling your IR report ?

Not sure you’d feel the same way if you were a pilot or a sailor 😁

nostr:npub1tqxuacrfv2ch6vufk96ns979qv8l905f7lmq6afa2zt6rfdvxeysy7hjt0 what main contributions do satellites make to society?