Starlink's Laser System Is Beaming 42M GB of Data per Day 2 years ago (pcmag.com) 11 comments pjf Reply Add to library SushiHippie 2 years ago [dupe]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39199368 dang 2 years ago Thanks! Comments moved to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39200323.Edit: except for the ones about the headline since the headline is fixed on the other thread. cliZX81 2 years ago If a number is too low to make a good headline, multiply it by some large number, e.g. 86400 (seconds per day), 300 million citizens, ... Spivak 2 years ago Which is odd since 4 PB/day already sounds impressive. millzlane 2 years ago That's only to people who know what that means. slau 2 years ago Also known as 42 petabytes. Or 42 trillion kilobytes. Or 336 quadrillion bits. ethanwillis 2 years ago If I did the calculations right this puts starlink at roughly .32% of all internet traffic per second. theolivenbaum 2 years ago It's not clear if they're double counting the traffic across all the lasers in the traffic path or if it's only in and out of the laser mesh. cqqxo4zV46cp 2 years ago 42M GB really had me scratching my head. xhkkffbf 2 years ago I like to think of this as 1.32 billion giga quarter bits myself. Quarter bits make everything bigger. netsharc 2 years ago How about a 1969 MG MGB? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MG_MGB#/media/File:MG_MGB_open...Stupid headline is stupid...
SushiHippie 2 years ago [dupe]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39199368 dang 2 years ago Thanks! Comments moved to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39200323.Edit: except for the ones about the headline since the headline is fixed on the other thread.
dang 2 years ago Thanks! Comments moved to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39200323.Edit: except for the ones about the headline since the headline is fixed on the other thread.
cliZX81 2 years ago If a number is too low to make a good headline, multiply it by some large number, e.g. 86400 (seconds per day), 300 million citizens, ... Spivak 2 years ago Which is odd since 4 PB/day already sounds impressive. millzlane 2 years ago That's only to people who know what that means.
Spivak 2 years ago Which is odd since 4 PB/day already sounds impressive. millzlane 2 years ago That's only to people who know what that means.
slau 2 years ago Also known as 42 petabytes. Or 42 trillion kilobytes. Or 336 quadrillion bits. ethanwillis 2 years ago If I did the calculations right this puts starlink at roughly .32% of all internet traffic per second. theolivenbaum 2 years ago It's not clear if they're double counting the traffic across all the lasers in the traffic path or if it's only in and out of the laser mesh.
ethanwillis 2 years ago If I did the calculations right this puts starlink at roughly .32% of all internet traffic per second. theolivenbaum 2 years ago It's not clear if they're double counting the traffic across all the lasers in the traffic path or if it's only in and out of the laser mesh.
theolivenbaum 2 years ago It's not clear if they're double counting the traffic across all the lasers in the traffic path or if it's only in and out of the laser mesh.
cqqxo4zV46cp 2 years ago 42M GB really had me scratching my head. xhkkffbf 2 years ago I like to think of this as 1.32 billion giga quarter bits myself. Quarter bits make everything bigger. netsharc 2 years ago How about a 1969 MG MGB? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MG_MGB#/media/File:MG_MGB_open...Stupid headline is stupid...
xhkkffbf 2 years ago I like to think of this as 1.32 billion giga quarter bits myself. Quarter bits make everything bigger.
netsharc 2 years ago How about a 1969 MG MGB? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MG_MGB#/media/File:MG_MGB_open...Stupid headline is stupid...
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Thanks! Comments moved to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39200323.
Edit: except for the ones about the headline since the headline is fixed on the other thread.
If a number is too low to make a good headline, multiply it by some large number, e.g. 86400 (seconds per day), 300 million citizens, ...
Which is odd since 4 PB/day already sounds impressive.
That's only to people who know what that means.
Also known as 42 petabytes. Or 42 trillion kilobytes. Or 336 quadrillion bits.
If I did the calculations right this puts starlink at roughly .32% of all internet traffic per second.
It's not clear if they're double counting the traffic across all the lasers in the traffic path or if it's only in and out of the laser mesh.
42M GB really had me scratching my head.
I like to think of this as 1.32 billion giga quarter bits myself. Quarter bits make everything bigger.
How about a 1969 MG MGB? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MG_MGB#/media/File:MG_MGB_open...
Stupid headline is stupid...