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Comment Re: Why not just run Windows ? (Score 1) 22

I bought a SteamDeck because I wanted to play some games that normally required a Microsoft-ridden PC to play. They use a very similar immutable approach on the SteamDeck, making apps more like game cartridges and maintenance as easy as choosing between public and preview update streams. For Grandma who keeps getting p0wnd by banner scams, an immutable Linux PC with a bog standard screenshare could also be a relief to the IT Support grandkids.

Comment Just a napkin calculation (Score 1) 12

The Vela pulsar is said to have a surface diameter of 12 miles. So, any point on its surface along the rotational equator, assuming rigidity, mass is moving hella fast. (2 pi (6 miles)) / ((1 / 11) seconds) = 667379 m/s That's about 0.2% of C, vs a point at its rotational pole. It's roughly 4x the fastest manmade object, the Parker probe, reaching 148000 m/s briefly while it did a gravity slingshot maneuver.

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