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Anybody Who Thinks Orbital Data Centers are a Good Idea Is Suffering from AI Psychosis, Experts Argue (tech.yahoo.com)
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[–] Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Seems to me that maintenance would be significant.

[–] Earthman_Jim@lemmy.zip 19 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

They're utterly impracticable. Things cool very slowly in the vacuum of space.

[–] bandanawearingbanana@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Maybe but also maybe they would hire my uncle and then he could go to space which would be pretty cool.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It's easier to teach data centre engineers to be astronauts than teach astronauts to plug in a SATA drive

[–] ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk 1 points 3 weeks ago

"AH DON' WANNA MISS A THIIING..."