JōdFeb 10

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

“I am a former NASA engineer/scientist with a PhD in space electronics. I also worked at Google for 10 years, in various parts of the company including YouTube and the bit of Cloud responsible for deploying AI capacity, so I'm quite well placed to have an opinion here.
The short version: this is an absolutely terrible idea, and really makes zero sense whatsoever.”

Have a look, @sundogplanets

https://taranis.ie/datacenters-in-space-are-a-terrible-horrible-no-good-idea/

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

There is a rush for AI companies to team up with space launch/satellite companies to build datacenters in space. TL;DR: It's not going to work.

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Show threadMagnus AhltorpFeb 10

@jodmentum @sundogplanets Elon Musk loves hoaxes that distract from actual solutions. He has no serious intention of actually making this.

See Hyperloop, where the only purpose was to distract from trains. We’ve known for at least 12 years that he is a total fraudster.

Show threadChris RealFeb 10

@ahltorp @jodmentum @sundogplanets

Some of us have not forgotten . . . or forgotten about, the "water purifiers" that never showed up in Flint, MI, —MANY years later, the promise has never been kept.

But this con man cares about nothing besides his reputation, which is phoney . . .

Show threadSantiago, né ?  👾
@_chris_real @ahltorp @jodmentum @sundogplanets Isn’t it fascinating how it always works ? “I am going to put brains in ravioli and they will serve you ! So just invest in my car company and one day it’ll happen “
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Show threadChris RealFeb 10

@santi @ahltorp @jodmentum @sundogplanets

It's not fascinating—it's how the distantly desperate push the buttons that keep them safe, while subtley snitching on the sources of corruption that are Too Pervy To face judgment.

If they get prosecuted, they will be more surprised than the people who corner them.