Unfortunately it’s a hard limit due to the speed of light. Theoretically you could use quantum entanglement to get around it, but then of course you wouldn’t need the satellites anymore.
There are a couple animated adaptations of some of the books, and the live-action adaptation of Hogfather is pretty good!
This is basically the plot of Leverage, and part of why it's such a good show.
I use this too. I've had people over who wanted to connect to the Wi-Fi, pulled up the list, and waited for a minute because "it's still loading!"
11/10, no regrets.
While you're not wrong about there being other constellations in the works, Starlink is the first to actually launch more than a (relative) few. Over 50% of satellites in orbit, total, belong to Starlink.
So while there are other projects planned or under construction, Starlink is the most visible by far, and that's a lot of why we hear about it the most.
Also yeah, it's owned by Elon Musk, so that alone guarantees it'll stay in the news.
Depending on where you work, your employer may be able to take that personal device you're using for work in the event of a lawsuit against the company (where they need to retain anything that may be relevant to discovery), or in the event of a security incident (where they may need it for forensics).
I work in information security, and I practice strict isolation for that exact reason. Two laptops, two phones, because if anything ever happens they can and will take devices for analysis or evidence. If you are using an issued device, they'll assign you a new one; if it's a personal device you'll get it back when they're done with it, which could take years.
Edited to add this is dependent on your employment contract, but it's better to be safe than sorry. Cover your camera and use your work computer.
We don't know what was on those servers, but it was apparently sensitive enough that the government redacted descriptions of the data in court filings.
The US government brief said the relocated servers were not wiped before being moved to a new data center. The type of data on the relocated servers was apparently so sensitive that it could not be described in the US court filing, which redacts the sentence that describes what the servers contained.
Except the rail union got what they wanted, and credited Biden's administration for making it happen.
https://www.ibew.org/media-center/Articles/23Daily/2306/230620_IBEWandPaid
I know you're being facetious, but for anyone thinking seriously about this, shooting down aircraft, which drones are categorized as, is a Federal offense. Same with shining a laser at it, trying to jam its communications, or spoofing GPS to throw off its navigation.
And if the cops are the ones operating the drone, they'll probably be highly incentivized to arrest and prosecute you.
This is why I always record calls with major corporations when I'm talking about money. I've never had to actually resort to sending them recordings, but I have used the "Well, every call made from this phone is recorded, so I can go back and pull the recording of what I've been told if you don't have it in your system" line a couple times.
I bought a smokeless firepit, which works by surrounding the fire with a compartment of air which gets superheated and shot back out into the smoke, igniting it and getting rid of almost all the smoke a fire normally puts out.
The day I set it up, I had it sitting on the grass and started wondering if the outer wall was hot enough to set my yard on fire. There happened to be a lot of dead leaves around, so I decided to touch one against the outer wall of the firepit and see if it caught on fire.
When I actually went to go do this, my brain skipped over the "pick up a leaf first" step, and I just touched the firepit with all five fingertips of my dominant hand.
I somehow ended up with mostly second-degree burns and only a couple smaller third-degree burns, but 0/10, do not recommend. Fire is hot, and touching it results in a lot of pain.
Turns out communism was just a red herring!