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600 Miles from the North Pole on a boat. My Starlink Mini is at 171 mbit/s old.reddit.com

JCattheATM17 hours ago

As convenient as that may be, I can't imagine financially supporting someone doing so much malicious damage to a country, maybe the world for such selfish reasons.

schmookeeg17 hours ago

I would enjoy seeing your virtuous corporations list. "The devil you see in social media constantly and relentlessly" vs "the devil you never knew existed" seem... not all that different to me.

I suppose it's another way of saying "I'm exhausted trying to find the sucks-less providers of my everyday existence" which I grant is my own failing.

JCattheATM16 hours ago

There's a difference in support inescapable indirect evil, and explicit, direct evil.

bdangubic14 hours ago

nope, there isn’t. it is just lies you tell yourself to feel better…

JCattheATM42 minutes ago

If there wasn't any difference, the terms would be synonymous, and yet they are not.

itsdrewmiller12 hours ago

In case anyone was wondering, yes 600 miles from the North Pole is still pretty far north. Here’s one example - https://maps.app.goo.gl/skqZJ2JcB8R71nzP7?g_st=ic

nritchie17 hours ago

millibits per second? No actually megabits per second...

edgineer17 hours ago

Or maybe mebibits per second

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