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[–] gerikson@awful.systems 11 points 4 days ago (7 children)

More on datacenters in space

https://andrewmccalip.com/space-datacenters

N.B. got this via HN, entire site gives off "wouldn't it be cool" vibes (author "lives and breathes space" IRONIC IT'S A VACUUM

Also this is the only thermal mention

Thermal: only solar array area used as radiator; no dedicated radiator mass assumed

riiiiight....

[–] CinnasVerses@awful.systems 12 points 4 days ago (3 children)

I also enjoy :

Radiation/shielding impacts on mass ignored; no degradation of structures beyond panel aging

Getting high-powered electronics to work outside the atmosphere or the magnetosphere is hard, and going from a 100 meter long ISS to a 4 km long orbital data center would be hard. The ISS has separate cooling radiators and solar panels. He wants LEO to reduce the effects of cosmic rays and solar storms, but its already hard to keep satellites from crashing into something in LEO.

Possible explanation for the hand waving:

I love AI and I subscribe to maximum, unbounded scale.

[–] istewart@awful.systems 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

He knows the promo rate on the maximum, unbounded scale subscription is gonna run out eventually, right?

[–] CinnasVerses@awful.systems 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

promo rate

And if you check the fliers, if you subscribe to premium California Ideology you get maximum unbounded scale for free!^1^ Read those footnotes and check Savvy Shopper so you don't over pay for your beliefs!

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