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Re:Starlink Is a Big Deal by dzhiurgis on Thursday January 30, 2020 @06:15AM (#22190581)
Don't underestimate how cheap smartphones + solar is and how cheap Starlink actually is.

Sure he cooks on a fire because it's practical. You don't need to fetch gas/fuel for your stove. Now with Starlink you won't need to go to town once a week to check your bitcoin transactions.

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Re:Starlink Is a Big Deal by Trombone12 on Thursday January 30, 2020 @06:33PM (#22197184)
ITT:

> Too poor to make stove out of bricks

> Goes spend full day per week to go an check on their bitcoin transactions

Uh, are you sure you have a grounded understanding of what rural poverty means?

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Re:Starlink Is a Big Deal by dzhiurgis on Thursday January 30, 2020 @09:06PM (#22198322)
You’ve missed out on irony and bitcoin and guatemala farmer (cant find it right now). Also you are underestimating the needs of impoverished people. Part of impoverishment is lack of connectivity and facilities to charge phone. Not other way around.
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