lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoDatacenters in space are a terrible, horrible, no good idea.taranis.ieexternal-linkmessage-square272linkfedilinkarrow-up1650arrow-down113
arrow-up1637arrow-down1external-linkDatacenters in space are a terrible, horrible, no good idea.taranis.ielemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square272linkfedilink
minus-squaregramie@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·20 hours agoYes, but the two-and-a-half hour lag each way would be a killer.
minus-squarevery_well_lost@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·15 hours agoMy understanding is that these “datacenters” would be used exclusively for model training, where latency doesn’t matter. It is still an outrageously stupid idea for a zillion other engineering reasons, though.
Yes, but the two-and-a-half hour lag each way would be a killer.
My understanding is that these “datacenters” would be used exclusively for model training, where latency doesn’t matter.
It is still an outrageously stupid idea for a zillion other engineering reasons, though.