This is really cool.
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Lantern: One Device, Free Data From Space Forever
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MachineGhost
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Lantern: One Device, Free Data From Space Forever
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Re: Lantern: One Device, Free Data From Space Forever
Looks like it's still in the funding stage. Do you know if they're technically a charity and can receive tax deductible donations? It looks like the device is designed for poor communities without Internet infrastructure.
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Re: Lantern: One Device, Free Data From Space Forever
No, its a capitalist business as far as I can tell. They plan to generate revenue from a few service areas. They already are utilizing two satellites beaming 24/7 so its not exactly a startup, but sort of in the early growth stage.WiseOne wrote: Looks like it's still in the funding stage. Do you know if they're technically a charity and can receive tax deductible donations? It looks like the device is designed for poor communities without Internet infrastructure.
I think its a potentially good Anti-Big Brother Device and a Dystopia Hope Beacon. They have plans around government censorship from the outset.
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Re: Lantern: One Device, Free Data From Space Forever
Are you going to buy one, MG?
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Amazing product. So cool how they're explicitly thinking about and working around government censorship. I love these kinds of private solutions to government, and I've put my money where my mouth is and donated. What an awesome thing.
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Re: Lantern: One Device, Free Data From Space Forever
:: potential obscure spoiler ::
It's a little bit like the end of Charles Stross' Singularity Sky come to life.
It's a little bit like the end of Charles Stross' Singularity Sky come to life.
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I'm thinking about it. $99 isn't bad, but I'm not sure I have any real use for v1 right now. I'm long past that stage where I gobble up every occult topic to learn what wasn't taught in schools or MSM.dualstow wrote: Are you going to buy one, MG?
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