• Zoboomafoo@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      The last apartment I was in had dozens of satellite dishes on the back of every building for a dozen apartments, they didn’t even bother to check if one was hooked up before screwing a new one into the wall

      • Guy_Fieris_Hair@lemmy.world
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        I found that dish will screw giant lag bolts right through the shingles of your roof, right next to 3 other abandoned dishes. They are no longer allowed in our complex. I finally identified all the abandoned ones (alost all of them now as they are phased out), removed them and patched all the shingles. Filled an entire dump trailer. It was ridiculous. Had to repair ceilings from the leaks. Cable company is almost as bad. They leave all the old wires up, run new ones right over top. Putting nails through all the siding. But at least they aren’t destroying the roof.

      • MrLuemasG@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        He can’t respond because he’s too busy painting over all the light fixtures and power outlets

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    Cool, now lets issue one to Dillweed over at X for Starlink. There was literally a petition put out by the astronomers at ground-based observatories begging him not to do it. What had already been put up was making issues for ground-based telescopes, the full constellation will likely make the multimillion-dollar optical telescopes overpriced tourist attractions.

    https://www.astronomy.com/science/starlink-satellites-disrupt-cosmic-studies/

    • ViperActual@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      I’ll bite the bait and ask you to explain how Starlink satellites contribute towards the space junk problem without having to reference astronomy or bringing up you-know-who’s name.

  • Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works
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    We’ve already polluted our home and now we’re polluting the sky above.

    I’m not against science and I understand why space is interesting, but it’s as if my car was leaving its tires somewhere every time I’m using it.

  • cosmicrookie@lemmy.world
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    I don’t know nt get it. They only moved it half the distance that they needed, because it ran out of fuel. It’s a relatively short distance and I’d expect space movement to keep moving, after I initiated, as there is no friction. Why did it stop moving once they were headed away?