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Re:Ask HN: What are the three most expensive tools/services ... by JustFinishedBSG on Friday April 30, 2021 @05:54AM (#26991521)
Actually not at all, you have to be stationary for Starlink
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Re:Ask HN: What are the three most expensive tools/services ... by mariusmarais on Friday April 30, 2021 @06:03AM (#26991583)
For now.

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1382842277719003136

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Re:Ask HN: What are the three most expensive tools/services ... by bbojan on Friday April 30, 2021 @06:01AM (#26991567)
Due to temporary limitations as the constellation is still incomplete. Otherwise, it will be perfect for boats.
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Re:Ask HN: What are the three most expensive tools/services ... by bergie on Friday April 30, 2021 @09:58AM (#26993548)
They'll also have to fix power consumption. Now the antenna uses 3-4X the daily power consumption of _everything_ on my cruising boat.
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Re:Ask HN: What are the three most expensive tools/services ... by toomuchtodo on Friday April 30, 2021 @10:28AM (#26993913)
I don’t think power consumption on Dishy is coming down considering it’s throwing bits to low earth orbits constantly with microwaves.

I have enough solar and batteries on my boat to continually power the ground station, but if I didn’t I’d operate it only when actively using the Internet.

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Re:Ask HN: What are the three most expensive tools/services ... by gt565k on Friday April 30, 2021 @02:46PM (#26997605)
God I'd love to live on a boat and code remotely.

I watched the sv delos video and was like... how do I make this my life?

https://svdelos.com/

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Re:Ask HN: What are the three most expensive tools/services ... by toomuchtodo on Friday April 30, 2021 @02:49PM (#26997644)
Also how I started! I highly recommend Sailing Zatara and Gone with the Wynns as well.
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Re:Ask HN: What are the three most expensive tools/services ... by snypher on Friday April 30, 2021 @10:40AM (#26994047)
There are a lot of people who live aboard a boat but don't travel too far, or only move a few times a year.
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