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Cake day: August 24th, 2023

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  • I really wouldn’t discount social media, which he has shown an addiction to.

    I’ve personally watched a very close friend go from a huge Obama / liberal supporter to supporting Trump, Canada’s trump mini, full on climate change denial, anti vaccine stuff by going down the right wing conspiracy theory rabbit hole. All on twitter/youtube/facebook etc stuff. He doesn’t watch MSM.

    There’s definitely a rich/yes man aspect as well, but social media echo chambers can have a huge influence.

    edit: and for what it’s worth, it’s not worth trying to reason with him anymore, and the relationship has pretty much died during covid.




  • Lol, service absolutely can be turned on and off based on regions. SpaceX doesn’t turn it on in a region until the local government had an agreement with them. Just because the US gov sees Crimea as Ukraine does not mean SpaceX is obliged to turn it on there.

    And no, there was no DoD contract in place at the time. SpaceX was providing services for free out of their own goodwill.

    The DoD had a formal contact in place in June 2023, the incident falsely commented on by OP was in 2022.

    Edit below

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlink_in_the_Russo-Ukrainian_War

    You can go read it all in the wiki yourself but the relevant part

    In June 2023, the Department of Defense officialized a contract with Shotwell’s SpaceX to buy Starlink satellite services for Ukraine.[10] The deal includes the Pentagon buying 400-500 Starlink terminals for Ukraine, giving the Pentagon control of where Starlink works inside the country without fear of interruption.[79] The terms of services of the final contract were undisclosed for security issues.[10] Following the contract, The Pentagon stated Starlink was a “vital layer in Ukraine’s overall communications network” amidst “a range of global partners to ensure Ukraine has the capabilities they need.”[10]

    Edit: oh, you’re OP. LOL


  • They lost internet because they went out of range of where it was on. They assumed it was on everywhere.

    They strapped them onto boats where the internet was on, and drove them to where the internet was off. Then they begged SpaceX to turn them on, and they refused.

    Not turning it on to allow the attack was in line with the terms of service and weapons export rules. SpaceX doesn’t want their consuner service to be considered a weapon.

    Russia was getting satellites from 3rd parties and using them in ukraine because they work in ukraine.

    Edit: and just to clarify, now that the DoD is managing this for ukraine through a contract with SpaceX, the DoD is allowing its use as a weapon AFAIK.








  • Switching to a NEMA 5-20 is easier and most modern houses are already wired to support it with no changes other than the plug which is a 5 minute job. (Don’t just assume you’re okay though, get it checked out) you also don’t give up what might be your only accessible plug for 120v things.

    That’ll take you from 7kmh to 11/12kmh which doesn’t seem like much but is actually quite a lot when the average commute in the USA is already less than what a 5-15 will do. Easily an extra 50km a day if its parked after work. The 5-20 also makes it more capable during the winter months.

    I have a small commute into town and have been fine on a regular 120v plug the entire time.

    The only time it’s annoying is when we come home from a road trip and we didn’t charge longer to get home with more. Then it takes days to build up (which is fine our commute is small) but for emergency situations I’d kinda rather have it be higher faster.

    Edit: all that being said though… efficiency wise 120v takes a hit and $ per kw/h you are paying more to use 120v