iampivot comments on Datacenters in space are a terrible, horrible, no good idea.

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[–] iampivot@lemmy.world 15 points 8 months ago (5 children)

The thing that people miss in this is that the feature they're seeking by putting servers in space is only to have servers outside of any jurisdiction, with the advantages that it might bring

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[–] TheFinn@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 8 months ago (1 child)

Whatever company owns it will be responsible for it. That company will answer to whoever it needs to here on earth.

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[–] mad_djinn@lemmy.world 1 point 8 months ago

you think us sub-millionaires have any power in government, huh?

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[–] REDACTED@infosec.pub 3 points 8 months ago

Imagine spending 10 years to build a server in space to avoid some law and next month government changes the law

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[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 2 points 8 months ago

This is 1 million% what's at play here. Tech bros HATE that they have to deal with stupid laws, and putting a server outside of the jurisdiction of literally every country is a dream. A giant server ship has to dock, it needs fuel....not so with something in orbit (in Elon fantasy land anyway)

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[–] quips@slrpnk.net 1 point 8 months ago

Now that is actually smart

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