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Re:SpaceX to buy Cursor AI coding agent operator Anysphere f... by SecretDreams on Tuesday June 16, 2026 @11:05PM (#48565215)
So what are the rocket ships for?
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Re:SpaceX to buy Cursor AI coding agent operator Anysphere f... by digitaltrees on Tuesday June 16, 2026 @11:19PM (#48565296)
To launch the data center into space and the satellites that deliver the data to users over star link. The same reason standard oil owned railways. Controlling distribution is a competitive moat no one else can replicate. Only antitrust stopped the standard oil monopoly. Not market forces.
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Re:SpaceX to buy Cursor AI coding agent operator Anysphere f... by SecretDreams on Wednesday June 17, 2026 @07:24AM (#48568775)
Sounds like a convoluted and expensive way to pollute our skies for generations to come.
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Re:SpaceX to buy Cursor AI coding agent operator Anysphere f... by Natfan on Thursday June 18, 2026 @11:29AM (#48586905)
maybe he secretly wants the kessler effect?
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