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Re:Starlink dishes go into “thermal shutdown” once they hit ... by ClumsyPilot on Saturday June 19, 2021 @07:34AM (#27559645)
For fuck sakes people this is ambient temperature, it does not require beta testing, it requires someone to get off their ass and look at over a century of temperature data that organisations like nasa have been collecting.

I see people here hate the idea of startups or engineers being responsible for any kind of reliable service even though lives depend on it, and as this "SV spirit" infiltrates more of our life even coffee machines don't work without an internet connection, a subscribtion and software update.

Completely prosperous

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Re:Starlink dishes go into “thermal shutdown” once they hit ... by jrockway on Monday June 21, 2021 @01:47PM (#27581628)
Why do you think the parts spec'd for this use case are available? The humble STM32 microcontroller has ONE YEAR lead times right now. If you're launching a hardware product right now, the supply chain dictates the design, not the other way around.
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Re:Starlink dishes go into “thermal shutdown” once they hit ... by jessaustin on Saturday June 19, 2021 @08:37AM (#27559940)
prosperous

I think that's the idea...

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