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		wumpus on Feb 17, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Alphabet's Project Loon says it will run the progr... And I'm hearing from my Loonie friends who got laid off. They don't exactly spin this as a positive development. Yes, being able to use stationary balloons means that the minimum viable project can be a lot smaller. And now it is.

Eridrus on Feb 17, 2017 [–]

I'm sorry about your Loonie friends, but I can't help but think that having a real commercially viable deployment could be anything but a good thing for Loon.

The tech is sort of meaningless if it can't be cost competitive with other options.

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