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Here's some math:
Average Earth diameter: 12742kms + 10km Average airplane surface area = 500m2 12752^2*pi = 510,865,389km2 Surface flight/plane = 1021730 planes
Starlink orbit height = ~500km Surface at orbit = ~551,712,377 so ~8% increase (which is non-negligible) Average Starlink satellite surface area = ~7m2 Surface LEO/satelite = 78816053 satellites (77x compared to airplanes)
Daily flights 50k-100k. Total number of satellites <20k.
And this is only for Starlink LEO. If you go for higher orbits the surface grows substantially. Also satellites have predictable paths, altitudes, airplanes maneuver and turn, gain altitude/lose altitude. They gather around points (airfields) etc...
I mean, it depends on the use case right? Modern tall buildings/skyscrapers with metal framing use metal pillars where high compressive strength is very useful.
> Faster iteration means i mentally checkout less and am more involved with the code being created.
This is a good point I didn't consider and you're right. More interaction brings you closer to the code.
I still think that this is the opposite of what I personally want. Either I write the code (or a large majority of it), and be fully involved; or be more disconnected but more free to focus on other things. The middle ground removes me from the equation, but also requires me to babysit.
Factually that's just not true. Five years ago current llms would have seen like magic to even data scientists working on them and realistically their impact has been felt by many. Just taking jobs into account, imagine an average worker in an average industry; how do you think something like Fable compares? Worse? By how much?
Like even many years ago we had alphafold that had a non negligible impact on biology, who knows what's gonna happen when this technology grows up.