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misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Starlink loses out on $886 million in rural broadband subsidies

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Starlink loses out on $886 million in rural broadband subsidies

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The FCC decided it wouldn’t be the “best” use of limited funds.
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    SpaceX and Starlink are both defense contractors…

    https://spacenews.com/spacex-gets-1-9-million-air-force-contract-for-starlink-services-in-europe-and-africa/

    https://spacenews.com/spacex-gets-29-million-space-force-contract-for-surveillance-of-non-military-launches/

    https://fortune.com/2023/12/08/spacex-arctic-military-tests-pentagon-contracts/

    Microsoft is also a defense contractor…

    https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsofts-big-win-pentagon-signs-massive-1-76bn-contract/

    https://news.microsoft.com/2022/11/16/lockheed-martin-microsoft-announce-landmark-agreement-on-classified-cloud-advanced-technologies-for-department-of-defense/

    Also, what do you think defense contractor means…? Because your example by itself, and without the other areas of defense Microsoft is engaged in, is a defense contract: providing software and services to the military.

    Oh, and thanks for confirming my earlier assumptions.

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      Starlink was not sold or provided to Ukraine under a defense contract… defense contractors who are labeled as such do not typically work with the public directly. You’re definition of a defense contractor apparently is any company who has worked on a DOJ or DOD bid…which means basically all companies in the USA. This doesn’t magically make them not have to follow civilian regulations. ITAR is in play here, just because starlink has defense contracts, doesn’t magically give them a pass on other regulations.

      Cereal companies get defense contracts FFS…that doesn’t make them a defense contractor.

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        Why would working a DOJ bid make a company a defense contractor…?

        JFC…you might actually need a reeducation camp, but instead of propaganda, it’s just a forced repeat of K-12 education.

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          You do know what the NSD is right? You put your foot in your mouth…easier to take the L…

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            You mean the lawyers who coordinate national security related legal issues with law enforcement and intelligence? Yep, sure do, still doesn’t make them part of the military.

            I’d say it’s easier to take the L, but I understand you lack the self-awareness of your stupidity.

            Honestly, you’re the clearest example of Dunning-Kruger I’ve seen in quite a while. For that, I’m sorry.

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              Forgot that DHS and the national guard aren’t military…

              You keep thinking that military contacts magically make a company a defense contractor and that they don’t have to follow the laws…the only reason you’re upset is because you are so far up the musk hate trains ass you can’t disassociate yourself from it.

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                Continuing to dunk on you feels like I’m abusing a special needs child, so I’m just going to retroactively agree with everything you’ve said, or ever will say.

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                  Lol ok kid

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                    Yes, I agree with you.

                    DHS is definitely NOT a civilian law enforcement agency under the Executive Branch, and is definitely a part of the US military.

                    Would you like me to edit the Wikipedia page to confirm this? It’ll take a while, because it does mention, multiple times, that they’re a civilian agency, but a promise is a promise.

                    Maybe we can take turns, as I’m sure the moderators will keep changing it back to reflect the previous reality, you know, the one before I agreed with everything you said.

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