Reminder that an alternative for Starlink is needed, exchange between Musk and the Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs

When the war was turning in Ukraine's favor and they were about to push into Russia, he shut it off and crippled their counter offensive. I remember. Fuck Elon and fuck starlink.

He also challenged Zuck to a cage match and chickened out when Zuck accepted. They’re both pieces of shit.

Don't let the fascists fool you, there are alternatives to Starlink. Eutelsat in France, Telesat in Canada and Inmarsat in the UK, just to name a few examples.

"Be quiet small man"... smallest dick energy I've seen today.

did elon really say "pipe down pipsqueek" like that worked well for drake? man people with canadian citizenship gotta stop doing that.

Also a reminder that everyone who is not a Musk sheep should leave Twitter.

Is this exchange real? Surely this can't be, right?

If America was a real country this guy would've immediately been removed from any and all companies he runs.

Does SpaceX not have a board?

Calling someone else a small man really shows what kind of man he is

Disgusting. Why the FUCK would you talk to our allies this way? The guy is a polish government official.. (I mean obviously I know why, Elon is a megalomaniac).

"Small man"??? WTF. I hate it.

The irony of elon calling anyone else "small" is hilarious....

More competition will ensure the oligarchs to behave.

I don't trust the EU tech owners, but I recognize that they are at an disadvantage to the US counterpart (and nationalism is a useful tool to sell their product) so they won't be making overt moves to dismantle European democracy.

It's time for Europe to finally get their own solutions.

This post has more upvotes on Lemmy than Reddit

That's weird: Musk and Trump are doing exactly what one would if they were Russian assets, bent on destroying western alliances... You don't have to believe all the evidence that they are... Just imagine that these 2 billionaires are compromised. What would they do at this exact moment in history...?

I can't fucking stand that douche. I wish Luigi would visit that cocksucker. Man, that feels good to say. Fuck Reddit too!

Twitters UI confuses me. Where do I start? What's the next one? And where's the end?

There's so many places where strategically important resources have been delegated wholesale to the US. Now, concerning mankind, it's theoretically better, of course, to not overdo it with wasteful redundancies. But, unfortunately, we're not talking about some kind of UN-controlled infrastructure, which is maintained and used internationally. Unfortunately, it's controlled by people like this, and that is now coming home to roost.

This post was the final straw for me. I deleted all my accounts on non crucial US based services yesterday when I first saw it. I was already angry with what is going on but it was a shallow meme boycott consisting of only drinking kofola now instead of coca cola. It got serious yesterday. Unfortunately I still need to think about the strategy to quit Google since pretty much everything I do is connected to my Gmail.

Rubio shouted at Musk, so poor Elon took it out on a foreign country's government official and called him "little man"

Hubris. This is hubris.

Nemesis will follow, motherfucker, the Moires don't fuck around.

Are we really allowing this American man belittle our institutions for his own profit?

Scheduled to arrived by 2030, but the EU is developing one and it's sounding pretty sweet: https://defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu/eu-space/iris2-secure-connectivity_en

Pride goeth before the fall, they say. The hellish part is the wait.

Ah, the full Hitler, a bold move let’s see how it plays out.

Hey, rest of the Democratic world, there are a whole bunch of ex feds right now needing funds and direction for their anger. Maybe you should tap into them if you need someone to rid you of this meddlesome Chancellor.

Is there any evidence that Musk is right about Poland only paying "a tiny fraction of the cost"? Seems a strange comment to make

Abandon fucking Starlink and use Eutelsat. Poland should also stop buying US made weapon systems.

There is no substitute for Starlink"

The fuck did he think militaries use before 2020?

I was tricked by Musk into believing his lies before he started to endorse Trump 2.0. I feel stupid now. The sociopathic tendencies are undeniable.

I don't like Putin, but he's a black belt judoka additionally trained in combat by the russian secret services.

He could fuck that misshapen walrus pool toy without even getting out of breath.

Nationalize SpaceX and deport Musk to South Africa where he belongs.

(Ok maybe nationalize it under the next administration.... if there is a next one)

Isn't it really frightening to let a super rich ketamine infused buffoon get this much power?

Starlink is just putting up cubesats with basic programming variations. The EU space agency can easily provide a competitive service that values freedom and democracy.

blast every single one of them shits out the sky. it's an eye sore and he's the small man.

Isn’t OneWeb constellation is debated until Iris2 is available?

But we should reconsider the SpaceX launch contracts.

Eutelsat!!!

There are already alternatives. Use a mixture of them so they compete with each other for your business. https://www.wired.com/story/starlink-replacement-ukraine-eutelsat-oneweb-project-kuiper-amazon-iris2-elon-musk/

As soon as possible ban Starlink for security, spying risk.

An alternative sure, but not in the manner. StarLink is already filling up the air space and producing a ton of new space debris. It needs to die with an entirely different alternative.

i find new reasons to hate on this man, sadly he was an idol when i was growing up kanye west'd himself real quick. ah they two are friends right! makes sense.

Put them down like rabid dogs.

I wouldnt be suprised if putin beat his ass. They both might be old decrepit fucks but putin has martial arts training at least. This response to one of my countries government officials is also what pushed me over to finally dropping as much american everything as possible.

Elon Musk's atoms are poorly arranged for maximizing utility to the human race and would be better served if they were rearranged into fertilizer for feedcrops. At present they are just in a cloud of un-thought. Utilitarianism must be respected.

Is he calling people small now to compensate for his fat ass looking like Doctor Robotnik?

I can’t stand the fact that Poland is doing Literally What they wanted - spending a lot of money on defence. Yet, they bark at them.

It's weird because Starlink hasn't been around that long that we should have become reliant on it yet.

While I get the sentiment, another solution would put even more junk into low orbit, and cause even more problems for radio telescopes. There was already major concern about this with Starlink.

The questions are, what are the use cases, and can they be served by alternative technologies? When you answer that, then you can look into seeing if the extra latency to GEO is acceptable, or if terrestrial systems can do the job.

Eventually, I could see satellites becoming modules that attach to a frame that handles station keeping and such. That would keep LEO debris down. Would probably need Starship-level heavy lift to make that work, though, and nobody else has a rocket on that level except the chronically overbudget/overschedule SLS.

Was just discussing Eutelsat @ !stocks_eu@lemmy.world which has a big potentional to fill the Starlink gaps but also as a great investing opportunity!

But what SpaceX does is so cool, and for the greater good of the humanity!

/s

Be quiet, small man.

I challenge Leon to one on one combat. You heard it here first…

That would be Eutelsat, but it is smaller in scale (at the moment) and therefore more expensive. It's also said to be less userfriendly, but that should be possible to fix.

https://www.msn.com/en-sg/news/other/eutelsat-in-talks-to-increase-satellite-terminals-in-ukraine-amid-starlink-service-concern/ar-AA1ArMhG

Now I do understand why nations started to name their '' air forces '', '' air and space forces ''

Soon, we may see satellites taken down Space at least until was a place of cooperation. Too bad we start to use it as a new field for combat

We DON'T need them or a replacement.
These things are horrible.
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2527902/120-starlink-satellites-burn-up-in-january-2025

Elon is an absolute clown there are alternatives they just aren’t as robust at this time.

What the hell happened to RF? Did we lose spread spectrum? Why does this have to happen over satellite? Does everything have to be high speed IP based to get the job done? Are all the HAM's dead?

I am 100% willing to help start a 501(c )(3) with the goal of creating free access to satellite internet

Thankgod we're already working hard on that...

Cue Rocket Lab

Rocket Lab are working on their solution;

https://www.rocketlabusa.com/updates/rocket-lab-announces-flatellite-a-new-satellite-designed-for-mass-manufacture-and-tailored-for-large-constellations/

I don't think felons ever been in a fight before? I'm a pugilist, have had fights in the ring before but even I would be wary of fighting an ex-KGB judokan

I just hope it'd be a fight to the death.

Already happening https://x.com/aourirabderahim/status/1899362362055852429

There is! Sort of, in the making. World Mobile is a service that is in the works of getting a decentralised network out to provide internet in rural areas, and 3rd world countries. Really fun project to follow.