Starlink's Laser System Is Beaming 42M GB of Data per Day 1 year ago (pcmag.com) 11 comments pjf Reply Add to library SushiHippie 1 year ago [dupe]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39199368 dang 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago Which is odd since 4 PB/day already sounds impressive. millzlane 1 year ago That's only to people who know what that means. slau 1 year ago Also known as 42 petabytes. Or 42 trillion kilobytes. Or 336 quadrillion bits. ethanwillis 1 year ago If I did the calculations right this puts starlink at roughly .32% of all internet traffic per second. theolivenbaum 1 year 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 1 year ago 42M GB really had me scratching my head. xhkkffbf 1 year ago I like to think of this as 1.32 billion giga quarter bits myself. Quarter bits make everything bigger. netsharc 1 year ago How about a 1969 MG MGB? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MG_MGB#/media/File:MG_MGB_open...Stupid headline is stupid...
SushiHippie 1 year ago [dupe]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39199368 dang 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago Which is odd since 4 PB/day already sounds impressive. millzlane 1 year ago That's only to people who know what that means.
Spivak 1 year ago Which is odd since 4 PB/day already sounds impressive. millzlane 1 year ago That's only to people who know what that means.
slau 1 year ago Also known as 42 petabytes. Or 42 trillion kilobytes. Or 336 quadrillion bits. ethanwillis 1 year ago If I did the calculations right this puts starlink at roughly .32% of all internet traffic per second. theolivenbaum 1 year 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 1 year ago If I did the calculations right this puts starlink at roughly .32% of all internet traffic per second. theolivenbaum 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago 42M GB really had me scratching my head. xhkkffbf 1 year ago I like to think of this as 1.32 billion giga quarter bits myself. Quarter bits make everything bigger. netsharc 1 year ago How about a 1969 MG MGB? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MG_MGB#/media/File:MG_MGB_open...Stupid headline is stupid...
xhkkffbf 1 year ago I like to think of this as 1.32 billion giga quarter bits myself. Quarter bits make everything bigger.
netsharc 1 year 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...