Kathryn Corrick

In terms of visual impact, all the rules were written long before anyone could imagine doing constellations at anywhere even remotely near the present day's scale (much less this 1M satellite stuff), so there aren't really any rules about it anywhere.

Alex has very kindly answered my questions below regarding the potential international aspects of Space X’s proposal to the FCC to launch [checks notes] a million data centre satellites into the Earth’s orbit.

Thank you. Wild.

I’ve not followed Starlink much, and this will be on a completely different scale, but has that caused collision incidents that we’re aware of?

Hi Alex, European person here, unfamiliar with FCC rules and international laws regarding the night sky. As these satellites will go across many countries skies not just the US, where the FCC has jurisdiction, how does this work?

Quite a thread.

Satellite proposals threaten the night sky In the United States, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the agency responsible for authorizing satellite launches and operations…

The FCC just opened public comments on SpaceX's plan to launch a million satellites to do AI compute in space. Under the current proposal, an environmental review won't be required. Please consider submitting a public comment to oppose this damaging plan.
darksky.org/news/two-sat...

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How Palantir captured the Ministry of Defence

How a close read of public domain documents show how MoD was commercially colonised by Palantir

By me, at FT

www.ft.com/content/5207...

UK dual nationals, worth reading:
"British (and Irish) citizens who are also citizens of another country will be ineligible for an ETA, meaning they can no longer use a foreign passport to enter the UK [...] they must present a valid British or Irish passport or a certificate of entitlement (COE)."

The world’s 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric cars Electric vehicles get all the press – but it’s the smaller unsung two wheelers cutting oil demand the most.

The world’s 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric cars
theconversation.com/the-worlds-2...

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If you’re interested in open government data, please read (and repost) www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/blogs/digita...

Thanks so much to everyone who came to FOI Fest yesterday! Here is a long thread of the day

Indeed.

The increased introduction of software and interoperability creates more denial of service risks. What’s not clear from the report is how dependent the home systems are on the software. Could the solar still provide the home energy without it, if less cleverly.

A useful report, particularly regarding interoperability, but few surprises in there for anyone who has been thinking and working in this area, or a home owner with the option for flex/off peak tariffs.

What isn’t mentioned are the security risks or how systems operate if power/water are down.

…Everyone has their thing.

We have case law on the processing of personal data by search engines & the application of data protection rights … time providers of AI chat bots woke the f*ck up & immediately review the application of DP law … 🤬

Guardian guide to pets | Ken Livingstone Ken Livingstone on his lifelong obsession with newts, alligators and other exotic pets

Yup, he kept newts www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Didn’t Ken Livingston keep newts…? Or was that another niche hobby I’m misremembering?

Rather than ascribing agency to machines that are built by other humans getting rich off of doing that, we should ascribe the agency to those humans and talk about what they're doing via their companies: stealing data, killing the environment, exploiting labor, and deceiving the public.

100%

The laugh, the tone, the words, the look.

Absolutely glorious.

People talk about this stuff in terms of how much it'll suck for gaming and I hate to inform you how many MRI machines, X-Rays, all sorts of other vital machinery are just a Windows IoT Edition PC in a beige plastic box with a big magnet/accelerator/whatever attached.

Electric Vehicle Sales Boom as Ethiopia Bans Fossil-Fuel Car Imports The East African country is making use of cheap hydropower and Chinese electric vehicles to ditch the internal combustion engine.

“Our transition to EVs is aimed at ensuring our energy sovereignty,” said Ethiopia’s state minister for transport and logistics. “As a net importer of fuel, we are affected by global supply and price fluctuations. In contrast, EVs use electricity, which we produce locally and can price ourselves.”

Poland Bars Chinese-Made Cars From Army Sites Over Data Fears Poland has banned Chinese-made cars from entering military facilities in an effort to bolster infrastructure security, according to the country’s General Staff.

HD cameras, 3D laser scanning, microphones, 5G connectivity, and biometric sensors: modern EVs are potential spies on wheels.
Poland has become the first EU country to restrict entry of Chinese EVs into sensitive military sites.

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

…With reference to Augustinian understanding of ’Just war’ and its development through the Crusades.

Aha! A two day not one day trip.

We have to insulate >9 billion square meters until 2050 in the EU.
I don't think it needs many brain cells to realize that this needs to be done with regenerative materials like straw; which is available and cheap instead of fossil, synthetic materials.

Have fun!

BTW: That is a very roundabout way to get to both Paris and Geneve. Wondering how more roundabout that journey could be done in a day?

Serious question: how do you help change perspectives on this? It seems so culturally and mentally tied up in knots.

Is it wrong that a world where anything @tomski.com can dream is immediately built scares me a bit?
I'm realising now that it's not omnipotent, omniscient AI that I'm really scared of, it's Tom's imagination.
The world isn't ready for this.

Really interesting paper and my first question is: what tasks are taking 1.5 hours of AI use? Assuming AI here means off-the-shelf enterprise or consumer products, rather than bespoke ML tooling, that is a lot of prompts and a lot of sitting around waiting for queries to return