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In context of 1700 starlink satellites already in orbit and 30+ launches that put them there, it’s a rounding error. Same goes for carbon impact, etc.

They are building that - it’s called Starship and one of the configurations will be a cargo ship with a bay and an arm that can pick stuff up and bring them back.

40 sats makes up about 2% of the current fleet - so a rounding error in cost and time. The important part of this news is how those 40 sats deorbit and leave no junk either in orbit or on earth.

And they can always pay for storage they use above the new free limit: > Large institutions will be provided supplemental storage later this year and all schools can gain additional storage through…

The whole point of the new dish is to cut cost: - They integrated the power supply into the router. Cuts the cost. - An ethernet port and a physical switch with all its required component costs money.…

> How much ground do they each cover? https://starlink.sx/

Deposits are refundable at any time. If people are ok with leaving their money in Tesla's hand for years, then they are clearly indicating that they believe Tesla will deliver. If any evidence co…

You’re actually supposed to intervene anytime it does the slightest thing wrong. It’s the interventions that signal to Tesla what to improve. I’ve seen many testers letting it “play out”. That’s proba…

No need to guess: https://starlink.sx/ has already done an amazing job visualizing live views of this. And here's an interview with the guy who made it: https://www.yo…

> one dish that can be used from two set points is very attractive You can do that today with the cheaper dish! See my sibling comment.

There are 1500 antennas, and accompanying electronics for each, plus main board to deal with all that, GPS, motors. You also get a Wi-Fi router. Even $3000 is mindbogglingly cheap once you see what&#x…

> What people have been asking for is an RV/camping/sailing Starlink they can use moving, and that product has yet to materialize. What people? You? Most people want usable Internet at ho…

Depends on location, I’ve never had a problem where I live and even in remote camp sites and on the highway.

When iPhone came out in mass production, its battery life sucked compared to the cheapest phone out there at the time (and still fires in comparison), it had connection drop outs all the time, didn’t …

No they don’t. If you insist, tell me which car does all those and does it like Tesla (recognizing all accents, works snappy, doesn’t require training, etc)

Ye, kind of baffled me too - it seems to use Google tech to recognize your voice which is almost perfect. Google assistant already does an amazing job with understanding natural language variations, I…

It completely stops everything else playing. I think they need multiple microphones to do the signal separation (like Homepod and Google Home do) but I'm not sure if the car has multiple micropho…

> but in a car with lives at stake, they can’t be so cavalier Oh man, my hair will go white soon if I have to tell people who keep making these kind of statements : either show this is causing acci…

Good idea! I’ll try to do a video.

Usually, devices have empty space inside that can be used to fit the fpx board. I then drill some holes to expose the port, mount the board inside with bolts and nuts and wire things up. Sometimes I n…

Ye, say you need 18V instead of 20V. A step down does the trick there. In other cases such as Li-ion chargers, they expect a constant current supply which fpx board doesn't do. So a DC-DC module …

> For the past decade the market for EV was just not there. Then please explain to me why Tesla, during the past decade being one of the few BEV manufacturers has always been limited by production …

It requires drilling holes and mounting it with bolts/nuts or screws. Sometimes I have to add extra dc-dc converter to get the right voltage or a constant current converter for lithium-io battery…

Think about your situation as if it was a minor foot injury. First thing is to alleviate the pain so you can think clearly without rushing. Have a great meal, eat an ice cream, go for a run in the par…

I use Uber Eats for ordering food exclusively exactly because when there is a screw up and I receive the wrong item or none at all, I get refunded immediately by Uber with a few taps.

I wanted to have everything that could use DC power up to 100watt to use USB PD since half a decade ago but adaption has been super slow so I made fpx [1] and sold it in high quantities to essentially…

Are you at least going to acknowledge the fact that Tesla can, in span of a few days, and then few days after, push multiple fixes to its entire fleet of vehicles whereas any other manufacturer would …

> It's not as if Tesla “flooded the market” either in that period. You don't seem to be familiar with how long it takes to ramp up production of a 10000+ component product, based on a gro…