Miscellaneous Tech News
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Spot: Boston Dynamics condemns robot paintball rampage plan
A US art installation that will let people control a paintballing robot in a mock art gallery has been condemned by the firm that made the robo-dog.
Boston Dynamics criticised the project, calling it a "provocative use" of its quadruped robot, Spot. It warned that if the "spectacle" goes ahead, Spot's warranty might be voided, meaning it could not be updated. The group behind it, MSCHF, argues that Spot or robots like it will probably be used for military applications. The group is known for creating viral stunts, stories and products. The project, entitled Spot's Rampage, is due to start at 13:00 EST (18:00 GMT) on Wednesday, and will let people "remotely control a Spot robot" via a website. -
Bill Gates: Bitcoin not for me, says ex-Microsoft chief
Microsoft founder Bill Gates has not invested in Bitcoin, he said in a live chat on the social network Clubhouse.
Mr Gates told host Andrew Sorkin that he preferred to invest in companies "that make products", citing malaria and measles vaccines as examples. The billionaire said he did not choose his investments on the basis of whether they would be worth more to others. In an earlier interview he had discussed Tesla founder Elon Musk's enthusiasm for the virtual currency. "My general thought would be that if you have less money than Elon, you should probably watch out," he told Bloomberg. "Elon has tonnes of money and he's very sophisticated, so I don't worry that his Bitcoin will sort of randomly go up or down." -
New slate of Starlink satellites launching.
https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-17-internet-satellites-launch-webcast
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
New slate of Starlink satellites launching.
https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-17-internet-satellites-launch-webcast
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@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
New slate of Starlink satellites launching.
https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-17-internet-satellites-launch-webcast
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
New slate of Starlink satellites launching.
https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-17-internet-satellites-launch-webcast
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your area already sold out?
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@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
New slate of Starlink satellites launching.
https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-17-internet-satellites-launch-webcast
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your area already sold out?
It's never been available. It's only just barely gotten to the northern US. We're quite some way from our rural areas being allowed, let alone urban areas.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
New slate of Starlink satellites launching.
https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-17-internet-satellites-launch-webcast
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Dammit
your area already sold out?
It's never been available. It's only just barely gotten to the northern US. We're quite some way from our rural areas being allowed, let alone urban areas.
My boss has a reservation, and I'm probably going to pay the $99 to reserve a place in line. Only thing I'm not looking forward to is running a line from the roof to my office at the house when it does become available.
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Our CEO got his dishy last week all set up and running; average 20ms latency, think he said 180 mbps down 20 mbps up last he tested.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
New slate of Starlink satellites launching.
https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-17-internet-satellites-launch-webcast
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Dammit
your area already sold out?
It's never been available. It's only just barely gotten to the northern US. We're quite some way from our rural areas being allowed, let alone urban areas.
And I'm selling my house in as little as three weeks, Starlink doesn't support any country south of Mexico at all yet, and no mobile systems yet.
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@jt1001001 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Our CEO got his dishy last week all set up and running; average 20ms latency, think he said 180 mbps down 20 mbps up last he tested.
Nice. I REALLY hope to get one soon.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
New slate of Starlink satellites launching.
https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-17-internet-satellites-launch-webcast
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Dammit
your area already sold out?
It's never been available. It's only just barely gotten to the northern US. We're quite some way from our rural areas being allowed, let alone urban areas.
Interesting - I looked at it last week and it was going to let me sign up.
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@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
New slate of Starlink satellites launching.
https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-17-internet-satellites-launch-webcast
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Dammit
your area already sold out?
It's never been available. It's only just barely gotten to the northern US. We're quite some way from our rural areas being allowed, let alone urban areas.
Interesting - I looked at it last week and it was going to let me sign up.
You are significantly farther north than me, and far more rural. Dallas is the fourth largest metro in the US and rather far south. So we will be nearly the last area of the US to get the option to look at it.
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My old man is apparently on the list to test up here in NY. He wants to keep Spectrum and test with Starlink at the same time.
But he's only got the equipment from Spectrum which for sure won't support dual ISPs
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@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
My old man is apparently on the list to test up here in NY. He wants to keep Spectrum and test with Starlink at the same time.
But he's only got the equipment from Spectrum which for sure won't support dual ISPs
I can’t imagine any consumer ISP would provide dual ISP support... that’s totally on you to provide, you the user.
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@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
My old man is apparently on the list to test up here in NY. He wants to keep Spectrum and test with Starlink at the same time.
But he's only got the equipment from Spectrum which for sure won't support dual ISPs
I can’t imagine any consumer ISP would provide dual ISP support... that’s totally on you to provide, you the user.
Yeah, I asked him to just look at what he has from Spectrum and he said "do the research for me".... ffs man you aren't 80 you're in your 50's take a picture and send it to me at least...
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Lol I would expect nothing less
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The price versus promised speed didn’t seem worth it to me compared to my cable option...
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@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
The price versus promised speed didn’t seem worth it to me compared to my cable option...
For people with options, it generally is not. But there are large parts of the US where there are not good options.
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Yeah the true value of Starlink isn't for the parts of the country that have services like Spectrum, but for places that are stuck with Dial-up or DSL only options.
Or the locations that have the option to get internet from the Comcast (etc) who say that customers have an option, buy internet from us or don't have internet.
