this post was submitted on 22 Oct 2024
601 points (99.0% liked)

Technology

59597 readers
3410 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.


Our Rules


  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related content.
  3. Be excellent to each another!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots


founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 

A satellite belonging to multinational service provider Intelsat mysteriously broke up in geostationary orbit over the weekend.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Now would be the best time to do it

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

If it doesn't do it on its own, one of 2 things will happen:

  1. They get bought out, which almost always results in a bump.
  2. The government bails them out, which is an even bigger bump.
[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Their vehicles don't, so i wouldn't hold my breath

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

The doors pop off midflight, now would the best time to hold your breath.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Unless it's a dead cat moment :)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I don't think government will let the company fold. The stock will go up not in the short term but over 10-15 years it will surely fly.

Having said than enron is still in the back of the mind.