A) to go and earn any money B) I actually pollute less in the place that I moved to since I don’t have to drive a car

I don’t think you understand - I can live poor and destitute without a job in my hometown, or leave to find work somewhere else. This is the reality of many Americans in rural America.

This isn’t a quest for “wealth”, it’s a quest for life

sometimes people don’t want to live in the middle of nowhere forever. not many engineering jobs there. we all want economic mobility too

wtf is that bullshit. interning is basically required experience in some fields (engineering especially). companies will usually pay for your housing and food even

hol up what kind of intern can afford to buy a Model 3?

Totally valid, SpaceX doesn’t do a great job of trying to manage burnout. On the other hand, I personally work 40-50 hours a week to avoid burnout and have suffered no ill effects from doing so.

You don’t HAVE to work long hours here.

love fly.io

fun fact, lemdro.id is hosted entirely on fly.io

I’d say “forces” is a bit strong wording. Most people at SpaceX genuinely love the mission and will work longer hours because it’s almost a passion.

We’re pretty well-compensated too.

you’re looking for “Instander”! I went on a quest for this myself awhile back

Man, wtf. If Starlink is shut down in areas Russia already controls (it largely is), then what is the problem???

Starlink doesn’t have fine control over what they can turn off, the world is separated into “cells”. Starlink can’t broadly turn off Starlink for ONLY Russians on the battle lines, it would affect Ukrainians too

Look, I don’t know if you’re being intentionally obtuse here, but not all areas are black and white. There is ambiguity in the world, particularly in battlefields. This feels a bit like a bad faith argument

to be fair, software engineers are a lot more design heavy than implementation. software developers are the “implementers” where software engineers generally focus on the bigger picture as well

I have no clue how you’re coming to that conclusion. Starlink blanket blocked access from Crimea. Regardless of whether that was right or wrong, this doesn’t prove that Starlink knows where Russian and Ukrainian troops, can track the battle line, and precisely turn off access based on that geographic area

I feel like you are fundamentally misunderstanding me. Battle lines are not static or cut and dry. Neither militaries KNOW exactly where the enemy is. It isn’t that simple

No. What I’m saying is that due to the fast-shifting geographic nature of a battlefront, and the lack of organization in where the user terminals have come from: (A) Starlink would have a hard time keeping up with a precise map (and would be prone to errors, and would need exact operational data) (B) Ukraine doesn’t completely KNOW what terminals are theirs

So a geographic location block would be a hindrance for Ukrainian troops when trying to advance, and potentially dangerous when Russians advance into Ukrainian territory. Boundaries would constantly need to be redrawn, requiring exact knowledge of what is happening. Which for obvious reasons should not be shared

Starlink terminals in Ukraine didn’t come from one source. some have been donated by orgs in the US and other countries, some the government, some SpaceX themselves. Ukraine almost certainly doesn’t have full knowledge of all the Starlink terminals it possesses. This isn’t an ideal environment

On an active battlefront these territories aren’t strictly defined or are changing quickly. With that methodology if Ukrainian advanced too quickly into what was previously Russian territory, bam - Starlink stops working. That seems undesirable

that doesn’t seem to support your assertion. blocking terminals in a specific geographic location (crimea) doesn’t explain how to tell apart two sides using terminals in the same geographic area

I don’t think that’s where the problem I’m raising is. Think about an active confrontation area where both sides have Starlink. How do you tell which to turn off in this case? Ideally Ukraine would be using starshield and then Starlink can be turned off entirely

I’d love to better understand your position. it seems like you think that Starlink is aware of who is using a terminal. how can Starlink differentiate between a Ukrainian and Russian user in the same general area? should Starlink randomly turn off user terminals it suspects? what if it accidentally turns off a Ukrainian one? billing is obv not a good indicator

I want to understand your thoughts a little more clearly on this