It's reasonable to suspect that the party in charge of handling the audio wouldn't have considered that latency to the end user between the two streams would make their release not synchronous.
They may even have thought that a few seconds could still be called synchronous, unaware of the advantage this presented in this particular case.
That's really interesting, it never occurred to me before (because I've never seen such thing), but it makes sense. A lot of work happens in the background, and folks don't see the value until their website is down or their certificate is about to expire.
I think you're right - an essay should communicate a key thought, broken down in logical steps, coherently tied together. This is important for a whole host of skills.
pretty snarky to suggest facebook is the only way developing countries would utilise the internet. access to knowledge to better their lives, even turn them into astronomers perhaps
An argument could be made that the "access to knowledge" does mostly not require the high bandwidths which are being provided as the selling point of the Starlink satellites. Surely most parts of the world already have access to internet via mobile phones, existing communication satellites, or the access could be provided for much lower costs than with Starlink, by creating new infrastructure on the ground.
They may even have thought that a few seconds could still be called synchronous, unaware of the advantage this presented in this particular case.