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  • knotthatone@lemmy.onetoApple@lemmy.worldI tried to us an iPad like a Computer
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    4 months ago

    There’s no technical reason an iPad can’t run full-blown MacOS or even Linux & Windows; Apple just locks down the hardware to prevent it. I dream of one day having strong enough right-to-repair protections that companies won’t do that anymore and we’ll be able to install whatever we want on the equipment we’ve purchased, but I’m also not holding my breath for it.










  • If you’re meeting the cycler in its orbit, you’re already on a free return trajectory back to Earth by definition. You need another burn if you want to stop at Mars and another burn after that to leave and get back on a trajectory to Earth. In any event, you need to bring all of that propellant one way or another through some combination of independent launches. I’m still not seeing what a rendezvous with the cycler craft is doing for an unmanned mission. Any delta-v you take from the cycler has to be put back via refueling or reboosting at some point or another.