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1. hn_submit · 1790368399 · focus · HN ↗

   Elon lets out a fart and everyone's running after it. This is another misguided attempt to pump-up their share price or give clueless investors the feeling that Google is leading the A.I. pack.

   Orbital data centers are a stupid idea conjured up by Musk when he was taking mescaline or ketamine. Anyone with half a brain knows this doesn't make sense.

   1. rganesan · 1790412366 · focus · HN ↗

      The idea was from Google in a November 2025 paper (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;arxiv.org&#x2F;abs&#x2F;2511.19468" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;arxiv.org&#x2F;abs&#x2F;2511.19468). Musk started talking about this only later in December 2025.

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