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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
sundogplanets ("Prof. Sam Lawler") wrote:
Oh this is delightful writing: "Musk has a powerful reality-distortion field, but the fact that physics hates satellite broadband cannot be overcome by shitposting, cosmetic surgery, buying elections, or wanting it really badly."
"Even space travel is useful as a scientific enterprise, while space colonization is unbelievably stupid and impractical, and has dogshit unit-economics that put even AI in the shade"
https://pluralistic.net/2025/07/24/geometry-hates-cars/#dogshit-unit-economics