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I must be behind on the bad news of the day again -- is somebody planning to launch servers into orbit? How would that make any sense at all?

@sundogplanets what happens, when they stay at a Lagrange point and are dumped on the moon at the end of their lifetime? Would the created dust cause problems?

@sundogplanets wait! Wait!

Is this secretly a geo-engineering plan to reduce global temperatures by Stratospheric Aerosol Injection?!

Have we all been horribly wrong about Elon all this time?

/s

@sundogplanets There are so many ways the concept doesn't make sense. I've worked in data centers and computer labs for several years. They require continuous maintenance. Every day multiple components fail and must be replaced.

If they could make server systems more robust, why wouldn't they already be doing that on Earth, saving billions on parts and labor?

@sundogplanets yep, that helps. 🤨🙄

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https://theconversation.com/too-many-satellites-earths-orbit-is-on-track-for-a-catastrophe-but-we-can-stop-it-275430

@sundogplanets Well, they are rockets so that makes sense.

Is the primary concern with nuclear pollution not the radioactive contaminants? Do satellites acquired induced radioactivity over their useful life on top of that?

@sundogplanets hi

@sundogplanets finally, the plot of Fallout

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Well, nuclear winter is one way to combat global warming...

@sundogplanets They might be overestimating the effects of nuclear war.

@sundogplanets the scary part imho is all the people who are in a position to accept the implied valuation of these "AI datacentres" and effectively create funny money out of thin air.
I think Elon would put those datacentres up there IF he could, despite consequences. I also think he knows he can't, but need to keep the party going and so... this.

@sundogplanets Is it possible that behind closed doors, Musk et al think Kessler syndrome will reverse climate change? Is that the level of myopic stupidity we could be dealing with here?

I mean, the Epstein class do seem to sincerely believe that technology will somehow save *them*, even if billions of the rest of us are wiped out in the process. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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@sundogplanets If they want to put a server farm in orbit, how about at the L4 or L5 Lagrange points for the Earth-Moon system? They'd be in direct sunlight most of the time, reducing the need for batteries. Less impact on telescopes as well.

For Elon's LLM, let's put it at L3 (Earth/Sun system), which would have some real benefits for the rest of us: with the sun in the way, it would be hard to "talk" to it.

@sundogplanets nearly 10 years ago “we have had enough of experts” today, it has completely come true. The experts are almost totally sidelined.

https://www.london.edu/think/who-needs-experts

@sundogplanets considering the mass of material transported to atmosphere by under- and above-ground nuclear tests, that seems to be off by a couple of orders of magnitude.

@sundogplanets Hard to imagine we survived the 1970s-1980s mutually assured destruction era just to end up back in the same stupidity.

@sundogplanets then what?

@sundogplanets Nuclear war, but without plutonium so a little different.

@sundogplanets I have a bunch of shows in the Techtonic pipeline right now but at *some* point if/when you're available, I'd love to talk with you on the show about this risk

@sundogplanets seems fine

@sundogplanets thanks for that 🥺

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Musk is a danger to life on earth

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Oh.

Well, I didn't need to sleep ever again.

@sundogplanets sounds like a true musk legacy

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"Fun" fact.

@sundogplanets well that sure cheers me up 😳

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"AI winter"... truly scary...