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Brian Fantana

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  1. I agree I'm just being a doomer.
  2. These are not the same thing. Iridium and Globalstar's networks serve satphones and basic low-speed comms. They are more analagous to old school cellular networks. Starlink's constellation is a pure high-speed data network, it's a very different configuration and they're the first to do it.
  3. Maybe not at this point, but maybe ask yourself who are we hurting if we try? There is plenty of empirical data out there that shows the immediate and steep rise in mass shooting fatalities in the years following the expiration of the assault weapons ban. There is plenty of empirical data from around the world, such as the regulations imposed by the Australian government after the culmination of their own mass shooting epidemic. You are right about one thing, though, which is it may simply be too late. Wealth inequality and other aggravating factors are ramping up significantly and there might be no coming back at this point.
  4. In the interest of being fair and charitable, SpaceX Starlink DID launch the first LEO satellite internet network. They didn't invent the technology, but they do get credit for being the first company to actually attempt it.
  5. I would love to be a fly on the wall when Elon sits in on technical discussions, or anything really, where Gwynne Shotwell is involved. I have many friends that either have or do currently work for either Boeing, Blue Origin, or SpaceX, and all of them sing her praises as an absolute legend with regard to spaceflight and engineering. The ones that work at Blue genuinely seem sad when they talk about Bezos failing to hire her away from SpaceX. I can say with absolute certainly that she runs SpaceX her way, not Elon's. She is probably the only person in the world that Elon straight up cannot fire. There is no one else that can do what she does as well as she does and SpaceX would not be in their position without her. The idea that people believe Elon is responsible for all this is not just laughable to me, it's actually insulting. Moron billionaires that fail upward do not deserve praise.
  6. You're fucking delusional. Elon Musk is not an engineer, he did not figure out any of that. He does not run SpaceX, Gwynne Shotwell runs SpaceX. If you said any of that to an actual aerospace engineer, they would laugh in your face. Satellite internet network technology, including LEO satellite constellations, has existed since the 90s. Even Tesla he simply bought out and marketed. He gets credit for pushing electric cars into the mainstream a little earlier than they would have, but even with that, Tesla is a poorly run operation that lacks the ability to innovate or improve their product in any measurable way and is quickly being usurped by legacy automakers and new competitors with better products. He is not smart, in any way, and in fact is demonstrating daily how incredibly dumb he is to the entire world with his antics post-Twitter acquisition.
  7. American politicians love using guns as their most successful tool for division. You can bet your ass if they start getting used en masse to mow down rich people they would receive plenty of dollarydoos motivation to enact change.
  8. TO be fair, I think if rich bankers started dropping like flies some things would change pretty quickly.
  9. Brother, you made your own bed, you better be ready to sleep in it
  10. It's always a fuckin hoot when these dumbfucks slip up and give the game away.
  11. The sad thing is, he legitimately used to be. He wasn't perfect, but was admirable nonetheless. He has purposefully thrown all of his journalistic integrity out the window in hopes he'll get the bag from nuthanging Elon. What capitalism does to a mf'er.
  12. I wonder about the "bad guys" lightsabers. They're distinctly orange-red and not the crimson we're used to with the portrayals of dark side users.
  13. I can't imagine a better casting for Ashoka, tbh. Who knows if the show will be good.
  14. Somebody made a meme about it on the Tech boards back when he was on with Beard. It's pretty fucking funny but for the life of me I cannot find it. People were constantly joking about how he's eroding a spot on our arena floor with his towels constantly slapping against it when he's pumped up.
  15. Is this where we make jokes about his towel budget? Never seen a man abuse so many towels in my life.
  16. Mental note to check back in a month when bl finally responds
  17. Brian Fantana

    LBGTQ

    Do I need to say it again I'll fuckin do it
  18. People are gonna get legit killed over this. First kid that goes home to Cletus and says some weirdo up at school looked at my junk, there's gonna be a shootout.
  19. Brian Fantana

    LBGTQ

    On the list of worst, most self-hating gay men, Rubin has to make top 5 right?
  20. Literally exhibit 1 billion in the exact point we were trying to make about media literacy lol
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