mistergibson

b9AcE, 15 days ago to random

"Musk's Starlink satellites disrupted by major solar storm"
https://www.reuters.com/technology/space/starlink-experiencing-degraded-service-musk-says-satellites-under-pressure-2024-05-11/
Yeh. That's why we don't rely on satellites for essential communications but instead make sure to always send such by sturdy copper wires or fiber with proper shielding, underground, because anything else would be just... sabotaging entire society.

Well... I say that, but some have proposed that in particular AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint in USA, (which have been getting huge tax subsidies to expand infrastructure since the 90s but instead took the subsidies as profit and expanded near nothing) would soon get the requirement to provide telecommunications to rural areas removed, citing that rurals can just rely on satellite communications instead, so next solar storm they may get to have no communications for e.g. if a grandparent's electric medical assistance machine collapses due to the magnetic storm so there's a life or death emergency and a deathly outcome.
But nooo, trust the spaceclown with that, ya dingbats.

ai6yr, 6 months ago to random

SCE is considering Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS) again. #PSPS #firewx #wildfires #CAwx #wind

mistergibson, 6 months ago to Stoicism

WATCH: UN GA on ‘Illegal Israeli Actions’ in Gaza & the West Bank

https://consortiumnews.com/2023/10/26/watch-un-ga-on-illegal-israeli-actions-in-gaza/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=bad12446-00fd-4b80-95b5-9ea4796b88de

#peace #Israel #Palestine

mistergibson, 7 months ago to mastodon

Mastodon actually has 407K+ more monthly users than it thought

https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/09/mastodon-actually-has-407k-more-monthly-users-than-it-thought/

#mastodon #users

chiefgyk3d, 8 months ago to random

I’ll be comparing @Efani and @purism AweSIM cell plans soon for a battle of the privacy cell networks. Already I can see advantages to both networks and we will get into it after I review my Purism Librem 5.
#infosec #cybersecurity #privacy

StillIRise1963, 8 months ago to random

Joe Biden's age has not negatively affected his job performance, and the alternative is FASCISM. So, just quit the nonsense and get it together. DO NOT HELP FASCISTS.

StillIRise1963, 9 months ago to random

If everyone wants this new country full of equality that they profess to want, then things are going to have to be done differently around here. We have to create what we want because the undergirding of what we've lived with thus far is rotten. The future is full of possibility if we stick together.

morgfair, 10 months ago to random

Hollywood actors' union SAG-AFTRA votes to strike. 'We are the victims here.' - Los Angeles Times https://apple.news/A4bw69UMHSjKjSMPrZBrKMQ

StillIRise1963, 10 months ago to random

If everyone would go on strike, everyone would benefit.