Comment on Light-Speed Spaceships Would Have Trouble Phoning Home

• Tangent5280@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I once tried to set up a LAN game of Halo, and let me tell you I’m resigned to staying on earth.

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  • intensely_human@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Earth is a massive obstacle to network communication. Move to an o’neill cylinder and never have latency again

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    • Tangent5280@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Are you suggesting I lead humanity into a golden interstellar post-scarcity future so that I can play halo without lag?

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      • RebekahWSD@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        It is your solemn duty!

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      • intensely_human@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        The best way to play Halo without lag is to make contact with the Covenant. So yeah, to space!

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      • CurlyMoustache@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        The goal of interstellar travel is to reduce ping to 0

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• linearchaos@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Maybe by that point we’ll have actual AI.

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