[rlv-dan]

> Please keep in mind that I wrote the majority of this post ~7 months ago, so it’s likely that the IT landscape has shifted since then.

Not sure if this is serious or intended as a joke. It made me giggle nonetheless. Which is kind of sad.

[kortilla]

It’s serious presumably because Starlink coverage includes the poles now. 7 months ago was around the time they did a demo with the McMurdo base IIRC.

[bizzyb]

McMurdo has starlink. South Pole doesn't, but not due to technical reasons from starlink's side. From what I understand when they tested at Pole they noticed interference with some of the science experiments, its possible they will engineer around that at some point but for now starlink is a low priority compared to ensuring the science goes on. I forget the exact distance, but its something like 5 miles from pole that they ask groups traversing to turn off their starlink.

[modeless]

They're being obtuse. What "it's likely the IT landscape has shifted" actually means is "they got Starlink and their connection is fast now, and I know this for certain but I want to downplay it as much as possible because I'm trying to make a point".

[sham1]

Or they could be making a joke about how quickly trends shift in IT. It's like how people joke (or at least used to joke) that you'd get a dozen new JavaScript frameworks daily.

Exaggeration for comedic effect, in other words.