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Datacenters in space are a terrible, horrible, no good idea.

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  • jodmentum@apobangpo.spaceJ jodmentum@apobangpo.space

    Datacenters in space are a terrible, horrible, no good idea.

    “I am a former NASA engineer/scientist with a PhD in space electronics. I also worked at Google for 10 years, in various parts of the company including YouTube and the bit of Cloud responsible for deploying AI capacity, so I'm quite well placed to have an opinion here.
    The short version: this is an absolutely terrible idea, and really makes zero sense whatsoever.” @sundogplanets

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    @jodmentum “A huge, ISS-sized, array could therefore power roughly 200 GPUs”

    I’m surprised nobody is sealing GPUs underwater in the ocean. cc
    @sundogplanets

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    • peterrenshaw@ioc.exchangeP peterrenshaw@ioc.exchange

      @jodmentum “A huge, ISS-sized, array could therefore power roughly 200 GPUs”

      I’m surprised nobody is sealing GPUs underwater in the ocean. cc
      @sundogplanets

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      @peterrenshaw @jodmentum @sundogplanets have you already read about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Natick?

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      • jodmentum@apobangpo.spaceJ jodmentum@apobangpo.space

        Datacenters in space are a terrible, horrible, no good idea.

        “I am a former NASA engineer/scientist with a PhD in space electronics. I also worked at Google for 10 years, in various parts of the company including YouTube and the bit of Cloud responsible for deploying AI capacity, so I'm quite well placed to have an opinion here.
        The short version: this is an absolutely terrible idea, and really makes zero sense whatsoever.” @sundogplanets

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        @sundogplanets @jodmentum if you have money to burn it doesn't matter

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        • jodmentum@apobangpo.spaceJ jodmentum@apobangpo.space

          Datacenters in space are a terrible, horrible, no good idea.

          “I am a former NASA engineer/scientist with a PhD in space electronics. I also worked at Google for 10 years, in various parts of the company including YouTube and the bit of Cloud responsible for deploying AI capacity, so I'm quite well placed to have an opinion here.
          The short version: this is an absolutely terrible idea, and really makes zero sense whatsoever.” @sundogplanets

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          @jodmentum @sundogplanets What would you consider as a fall back system in very extreme situations like a nuclear war? Is then a bunker system better then in space? Does it even make no sense in rare special cases?

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          • jodmentum@apobangpo.spaceJ jodmentum@apobangpo.space

            Datacenters in space are a terrible, horrible, no good idea.

            “I am a former NASA engineer/scientist with a PhD in space electronics. I also worked at Google for 10 years, in various parts of the company including YouTube and the bit of Cloud responsible for deploying AI capacity, so I'm quite well placed to have an opinion here.
            The short version: this is an absolutely terrible idea, and really makes zero sense whatsoever.” @sundogplanets

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            @jodmentum @sundogplanets

            You started with a vague statement. Then proceeded to telling us about a totally unrelated Google/NASA, and then ended the post with the same vague statement you started with.

            In everything you wrote, you didn't mention how it is a terrible thing to do or why you say it is unrealistic

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            • jodmentum@apobangpo.spaceJ jodmentum@apobangpo.space

              Datacenters in space are a terrible, horrible, no good idea.

              “I am a former NASA engineer/scientist with a PhD in space electronics. I also worked at Google for 10 years, in various parts of the company including YouTube and the bit of Cloud responsible for deploying AI capacity, so I'm quite well placed to have an opinion here.
              The short version: this is an absolutely terrible idea, and really makes zero sense whatsoever.” @sundogplanets

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              @jodmentum @sundogplanets "but.. but.. musk is a genius! He's smrt an stuf! Buy moar stock! All his ideas are gold!"

              Just don't look to hard at whose succesful idea it was he stole and drove into the ground, or just how high he was on ketamine when he came with the other not-successful ideas he didn't steal.

              He stole tesla, and his big contribution was the cybertruck. Space X I think he just got lucky with, and they probably keep him away from anything explosive.

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                @jodmentum @sundogplanets

                You started with a vague statement. Then proceeded to telling us about a totally unrelated Google/NASA, and then ended the post with the same vague statement you started with.

                In everything you wrote, you didn't mention how it is a terrible thing to do or why you say it is unrealistic

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                @mistaplanet @jodmentum @sundogplanets

                Just read it again. Why won't datacenters in space nit wirk? There are issues with power, there are issues with heat management, with data transmission, with vulnerable equipment in a harsh environment. Still don't get it? Read it again.

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                • jodmentum@apobangpo.spaceJ jodmentum@apobangpo.space

                  Datacenters in space are a terrible, horrible, no good idea.

                  “I am a former NASA engineer/scientist with a PhD in space electronics. I also worked at Google for 10 years, in various parts of the company including YouTube and the bit of Cloud responsible for deploying AI capacity, so I'm quite well placed to have an opinion here.
                  The short version: this is an absolutely terrible idea, and really makes zero sense whatsoever.” @sundogplanets

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                  @jodmentum @sundogplanets

                  There's another big reason this isn't going to work and that's economics. How much does it cost to get stuff up there? Like dollars per rack? I guess you can buy several hundreds of racks, maybe thousands, for the price of getting one into orbit. All other technical problems aside, if it is more expensive on one side, are the benefits on the other side of the ledger like hundred times bigger?

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                  • jodmentum@apobangpo.spaceJ jodmentum@apobangpo.space

                    Datacenters in space are a terrible, horrible, no good idea.

                    “I am a former NASA engineer/scientist with a PhD in space electronics. I also worked at Google for 10 years, in various parts of the company including YouTube and the bit of Cloud responsible for deploying AI capacity, so I'm quite well placed to have an opinion here.
                    The short version: this is an absolutely terrible idea, and really makes zero sense whatsoever.” @sundogplanets

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                    Datacenters in space are a terrible, horrible, no good idea.

                    There is a rush for AI companies to team up with space launch/satellite companies to build datacenters in space. TL;DR: It's not going to work.

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                    @jodmentum @sundogplanets Elon Musk loves hoaxes that distract from actual solutions. He has no serious intention of actually making this.

                    See Hyperloop, where the only purpose was to distract from trains. We’ve known for at least 12 years that he is a total fraudster.

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                    • astolk@c.imA astolk@c.im

                      @mistaplanet @jodmentum @sundogplanets

                      Just read it again. Why won't datacenters in space nit wirk? There are issues with power, there are issues with heat management, with data transmission, with vulnerable equipment in a harsh environment. Still don't get it? Read it again.

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                      @astolk @jodmentum @sundogplanets

                      I just read the article now.
                      Quite brilliant

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                        @drunkenmadman @RichardNairn @jodmentum it all makes me imagine some dystopian movie where they put data centers in space to house AI that controls drones that control the population. So the population can’t get sick of it and burn the data centers.

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                        • jodmentum@apobangpo.spaceJ jodmentum@apobangpo.space

                          Datacenters in space are a terrible, horrible, no good idea.

                          “I am a former NASA engineer/scientist with a PhD in space electronics. I also worked at Google for 10 years, in various parts of the company including YouTube and the bit of Cloud responsible for deploying AI capacity, so I'm quite well placed to have an opinion here.
                          The short version: this is an absolutely terrible idea, and really makes zero sense whatsoever.” @sundogplanets

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                          @jodmentum @sundogplanets makes a perfect nest for nasty AI's to make home.

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                          • jodmentum@apobangpo.spaceJ jodmentum@apobangpo.space

                            Datacenters in space are a terrible, horrible, no good idea.

                            “I am a former NASA engineer/scientist with a PhD in space electronics. I also worked at Google for 10 years, in various parts of the company including YouTube and the bit of Cloud responsible for deploying AI capacity, so I'm quite well placed to have an opinion here.
                            The short version: this is an absolutely terrible idea, and really makes zero sense whatsoever.” @sundogplanets

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                            There is a rush for AI companies to team up with space launch/satellite companies to build datacenters in space. TL;DR: It's not going to work.

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                            @sundogplanets @jodmentum it's not supposed to make sense, it's just supposed to be a cover to bury a basket case business (X) inside a profitable one (spaceX).

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