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Re:Starlink restricted in Ukraine with no notice by drooby on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @08:20AM (#50086545)
Starshield is owned by the US government...
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Re:Starlink restricted in Ukraine with no notice by cowboylowrez on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @08:55AM (#50086983)
who is owned by..... c'mon you can do it... owned by ..... ?
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Re:Starlink restricted in Ukraine with no notice by drooby on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @09:45AM (#50087725)
The US government...
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Re:Starlink restricted in Ukraine with no notice by egorfine on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @07:17AM (#50085856)
No matter how do you view the russia's war in Ukraine and whether you think about this conflict at all, you can still agree that it is not a good sign when a particular CEO makes national-security-level decisions for three countries as he personally sees fit.
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Re:Starlink restricted in Ukraine with no notice by dingaling911 on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @11:27AM (#50089131)
My guess is that this is a Trump -> Elon request to punish Ukraine for the energy attacks.
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Re:Starlink restricted in Ukraine with no notice by burnt-resistor on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @09:20AM (#50087339)
Depending upon a murderous billionaire for critical comms or infrastructure is always a fragile, perilous idea.
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Re:Starlink restricted in Ukraine with no notice by ChrisArchitect on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @10:07AM (#50088014)
Some more discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50084622
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Re:Starlink restricted in Ukraine with no notice by alphawhisky on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @10:16AM (#50088124)
He's mad about his bots lmao
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