lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 days agoDatacenters in space are a terrible, horrible, no good idea.taranis.ieexternal-linkmessage-square284linkfedilinkarrow-up1673arrow-down114cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ziptechnology@lemmy.mlpulse_of_truth@infosec.pubhackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
arrow-up1659arrow-down1external-linkDatacenters in space are a terrible, horrible, no good idea.taranis.ielemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 days agomessage-square284linkfedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ziptechnology@lemmy.mlpulse_of_truth@infosec.pubhackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
minus-squaregramie@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·20 days agoYes, but the two-and-a-half hour lag each way would be a killer.
minus-squarevery_well_lost@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·20 days 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.
minus-squaregramie@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·19 days agoThere’s also the issue that around once a year the two planets will be on opposite sides of the sun. Not only would you have a lag of close to 3 hours, but communication would be completely impossible for a month or so at a time.
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.
There’s also the issue that around once a year the two planets will be on opposite sides of the sun. Not only would you have a lag of close to 3 hours, but communication would be completely impossible for a month or so at a time.