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1. jstumm+ht5
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2024-02-01 20:56:41
>>alden5+(OP)
I have absolutely no idea how that number relates to any comparable operation. Can anyone add a banana for scale?
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2. colord+Au5
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2024-02-01 21:04:00
>>jstumm+ht5
If you've got a laptop with a terrabyte drive, it would be 42,000 full laptops worth of data.
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3. bee_ri+tw5
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2024-02-01 21:13:59
>>colord+Au5
Implementing a “comparable operation” to this satellite network using laptops instead is going to be really expensive fuel-wise, I think.
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