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Re:Tesla fired an employee after he posted driverless tech r... by sofixa on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @04:03AM (#30696384)
That's a jump. Ukraine's president asks for Starlink because you know, his country is under a brutal invasion and many services are getting cut in the active warzones, and Musk for once does a decent thing by accepting, and your interpretation is that Musk is helping NATO? The alliance that doesn't participate in the conflict besides cry and send help to the invaded country.
Re:Tesla fired an employee after he posted driverless tech r... by ashwagary on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @08:15AM (#30697810)
>Elon already proved he would use Starlink to assist Nato.

It was a bit of a joke but there is some truth to it.

Do you think only civilians use the internet connection he provided? The troops that Nato trained for the past 8 or so years rely on uninterrupted internet connections as well.

Teslas are a perfect mobile surveillance tool with cameras, GPS, remote control capabilities, etc...

It's not a stretch to expect they could easily be used as ground versions of aerial drones with the benefit of plausable deniability (FSD Beta did it).

Re:Tesla fired an employee after he posted driverless tech r... by Dylan16807 on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @03:19AM (#30696134)
What a stupid comparison.

Oh my god he's spreading internet somewhere nato wants it. Definitely willing to kill, yep yep.

Re:Tesla fired an employee after he posted driverless tech r... by ashwagary on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @08:19AM (#30697837)
Once you get in bed with the military it's a slippery slope. Isn't google using their computer vision tech to help better target 'enemies' on the battle field?

During a bear market or temporary downturn induced squeeze, these sort of relationships and contracts may not just seem more attractive but financially necessary.

Re:Tesla fired an employee after he posted driverless tech r... by Dylan16807 on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @06:52PM (#30705172)
Supplying consumer internet service, also to the military, isn't what I would call "getting in bed with the military".
Re:Tesla fired an employee after he posted driverless tech r... by ashwagary on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @11:40PM (#30707413)
>also to the military.

No need to put it that way as if you don't understand the priorities.

We'll check back in a few years and see if I'm wrong about the trajectory. Btw, I've been right about most tech companies, 2013-2015 leaks made that clear.

Re:Tesla fired an employee after he posted driverless tech r... by Dylan16807 on Thursday March 17, 2022 @12:27AM (#30707673)
The priority of getting publicity?

But priority doesn't really matter when they're selling the same thing they sell to everyone else, and it's a small sliver of their business.

Making a military-spec computer vision system is very different from providing internet to many people including a military.

Re:Tesla fired an employee after he posted driverless tech r... by ashwagary on Thursday March 17, 2022 @10:26PM (#30718133)
>The priority of getting publicity? >But priority doesn't really matter

Priority does matter and it should be common sense that connecting an army to the internet is a higher priority than connecting civilians, especially during a conflict/war.

Let's be serious, anyone reading this thread will understand the point that you seem to be trying to avoid.