BARRY KAHNMay 27, 2024
Lauren Weinstein

Because Voyager 1 is so far from Earth, it takes almost 23 hours for a command to reach it at the speed of light, and the same for a response to reach us back, for a total of close to 50 hours.

Which means that interactions with Voyager 1, currently around 15 billion miles away, are still faster than many Microsoft Windows updates.

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Show threadAlan E. Yue (He/Him)May 26, 2024
@lauren The Burn goes deep! jaja!
Show threadJollyDigitalMay 26, 2024
@lauren As long as they can continue to spy on me and deliver ads to my desktop OS in a timely manner, I'm happy.
Show threadLauren WeinsteinMay 27, 2024
@JollyDigital Your Google recruiting email will arrive shortly.
Show threadJollyDigitalMay 27, 2024
@lauren I'm afraid they know all my secrets too!
Show threadLauren WeinsteinMay 27, 2024
@JollyDigital Actually, my times working inside Google gave me a great deal of faith in their privacy and security processes.
Show threadCassandrichMay 27, 2024
@lauren NTM updating any recent AAA game...
Show threadCapt. TonyMay 27, 2024
@lauren
Somewhat exaggerated, but so on point
Show threadJohnWMay 27, 2024

@lauren

The best we can hope for is Windows never being the core OS in a spacecraft.

Show threadRobert Kist 🇦🇹🇸🇬May 27, 2024
@the_Effekt @lauren but why not? Surely your new Copilot can land your spacecraft better than Clippy ever could...
Show threadWriting SlowlyMay 27, 2024
@lauren I imagine Voyager 1 can *choose* whether or not to get Windows updates. "Sorry, can't hear you, I'm not in your Solar System right now, try again later, bye."
Show threadDavid Chisnall (*Now with 50% more sarcasm!*)May 27, 2024

@lauren A few years ago Windows Update got a great new feature where it could download the updates overnight and reboot in the morning.

And then wait for you to get to your computer before it did the really slow part of actually applying the update.

Show threadPatrick GerkenMay 27, 2024
@lauren
Checks out. Microsoft thinking that recall is a good idea is farther away from reality than voyager 1 from earth. That’s why the update is slower.
Show threadTim MMay 27, 2024
@lauren Ah but does Voyager then NEED to be rebooted because [...checks release notes...] "Notepad.exe has been updated" ??
Show threadWINGS_radioMay 27, 2024
@lauren First LOL I've had all day
Show threadBenoît B.May 28, 2024

@lauren

So, please stop complaining that your Bash terminal is lagging a few seconds (https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/-/issues/3384)…

Severe keyboard input lag/pauses on Mutter 46.0, X11, NVIDIA (#3384) · Issues · GNOME / mutter · GitLab

Affected version OS: Linux system 6.8.1-2-MANJARO SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Sat Mar 23 04:58:30 UTC 2024 x86_64 GNU/Linux Mutter:...

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Show threadThird spruce tree on the leftMay 28, 2024
@lauren I remember the early days of Quake on dialup. My ping was about this.
Show threadLeonianUniverseMay 29, 2024
@Bluedepth @lauren Had me in the first half.
Show threadClaudio Zizza 🦜Jun 3, 2024
@lauren How long does it take to install and run Doom on Voyager 1? #itrunsdoom
Show threadLauren WeinsteinJun 3, 2024
@SenseException 0.00431 lightyears.