Notices by Gokul Das (goku12@fosstodon.org)

#Space fans seem excited about the emerging plans to launch and operate #AIDataCenters in orbit. Sincerely, does anybody realise how difficult that actually is? Did they genuinely have a massive breakthrough in #spacecraft design? Or is this yet another farce designed to siphon off even more taxpayers' money into the pockets of the #billionaires? [1/9]

@CliftonR The big red flag I see here is the SV mindset of 'move fast and break things' and 'rapid iterative design' applied to launchers. I have worked in both industries. This method works for s/w because you need to solve problems only once - even if the code is a big kludge.

But it doesn't map well to rocketry where unlike s/w, safety margins are razor thin and nothing is repeatable. It may work someday, but I will be worried about the technical debt waiting to rear its ugly head.

@bugaevc I'm out of the loop. What happened?

@cafkafk @drewdevault Agree with the 'not being an asshole' part. But remember that some NT people - especially autistic ones, have no clue about social norms. They just talk in facts w/o thinking about the consequences of others' interpretation. Meanwhile, NT people misinterpret it as rudeness or arrogance. In fact, this disconnect b/w NT and ND people even has a name - double empathy problem. It may be wise to consider this too while judging.

PS: This isn't about RMS. It's personal experience

@drewdevault I'm a paying customer and this may be slightly annoying. But I have the patience to wait and am not going anywhere. I understand how much worse this is for you. Please don't forget to take care of yourself while you deal with this. The same goes for the @Codeberg guys.