And there's the real answer. I don't think anyone is paying for their Starlink account with a wad of cash in a back alley. They will probably give people some number of days to close their accounts and sending notices to banks and credit cards to not accept payments for Starlink from Brazilian accounts or some other means of interfering with payments. Things will likely escalate from there with fines not dissimilar to those with Twitter and other methods to deter people from using the services illegally. There may well be some political elements, as well, but I'm not sure how important Brazil is to America to make that happen.
GreyEyedGhost
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~~Upvoted you, downvoted the post, because, while this is a huge problem, it's not wage theft.~~
Just saw the community. Carry on.
They stopped putting out new versions due to completeness. j/k, but I'd love to try out a GURPS campaign.
This is probably the most charitable interpretation of this scenario. Good for you.
I figured his wife put him on a diet and he was having none (or three times) of it.
Inevitable is perhaps too strongly worded. But it is very likely and completely unexpected. Netenyahu sowed the wind and reaped the whirlwind, to the detriment of Israel and Israelis. Sure, there are movements such as Gandhi and Polish solidarity which were primarily non-violent, but they very much appear to be exceptions and not the rule. But I also love how the only point I raised against your statements is the only thing you haven't addressed in responses to me.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again. The actions of Hamas are terrible, and inevitable due to the equally reprehensible actions of Israel. That still has no bearing on the definition of the word terrorism.
Describing terrorists committing a terrorist act as a "political" action is incredibly forgiving of the behavior of terrorists.
While this is all very entertaining, the very definition of terrorism is using terror to achieve political or ideological goals. Otherwise it's just mass murder, genocide, or whatever.
This is about rocket launches, not satellites.
Where I live, the regulations specifically say that employees are allowed to go offsite during their breaks, doubtless because of some asshole like this in the past. I'd be unsurprised if they don't have the same rules in Australia. Sure, incentivize them to stick around, but never say the breaking the law part out loud.
...SpaceX is part of the program to get back to the moon.
The scientist Robert L. Forward discussed possible ways to handle this in his novel Rocheworld. The fiction part wasn't about the light sail, more the general AI, life extension tech, and the aliens.