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Other than AI, what technology are you excited about? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 7 months ago by MidnightBanjo@lemmy.zip to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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For me it’s quantum computing - especially considering its impact on most current encryption methods

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[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Low Earth orbit has been heavily commercialized for decades already. If you mean Starlink specifically, what's wrong with it?

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Looking up at the night sky and seeing a visible stream of dots

[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 4 points 7 months ago

Ah, that only happens right after launch when they're still bunched together. Once the satellites get into their final orbit they spread out. The newer models also have anti-reflection systems that make them much harder to spot, SpaceX has been working with astronomers on that.