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Google’s Project Suncatcher to put ML infrastructure in space

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fwlr · 1790297624 · focus · HN ↗
Yes, the physics are worse, and yes, the economics are worse, but data centers in space have the crucial advantage that they are out of range of the molotov-throwing arm of Joe Public (recently unemployed).
1. llsf · 1790362421 · focus · HN ↗
  Maybe out of reach for Joe Public, but a clear identified target for states.
  <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-confirms-weapons-in-space-china-russia-respond/" rel="nofollow">https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-confirms-weapons-in-space-ch...

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