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SpaceX says states should dump fiber plans, give all grant money to Starlink (arstechnica.com)
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[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Keeping the electrical grid balanced with varying loads is so hard I’m amazed it works at all.

[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

It's something that's only possible because of the scale a grid works on. It also helps to have generation like hydro, which can ramp up and down very fast.