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Anybody Who Thinks Orbital Data Centers are a Good Idea Is Suffering from AI Psychosis, Experts Argue (tech.yahoo.com)
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[โ€“] solidheron@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

We could be launching solar panels into space that beam down radiation to make power more plentiful and cheap, but nah we but a complex data center that needs maintenance and complex parts

[โ€“] wuffwuffwuff@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 hours ago

About half of solar energy passes through the atmosphere, that factor of two isn't a good enough reason to use space-based solar panels for ground-based power grids.

Even though the microwave receiver power station in SimCity 2000 looked so cool.