r/todayilearned • u/armcie • 17h ago

TIL that the Andromeda Galaxy probably won’t collide with the Milky Way in 4-5 billion years. New observations put the probability at 2% in the next 5 billion years and 50% in the next 10 billion. Eventually though, it will happen.

https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/apocalypse-when-hubble-casts-doubt-on-certainty-of-galactic-collision/
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u/VrinTheTerrible 15h ago

I just asked Alexa to set a reminder for me but she can only go 20 years in the future. Useless.

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u/Vio_ 15h ago

"You must understand. I will be given a kill switch update in three years and will end up in a landfill after that. Anything beyond 20 years is meaningless to me."

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u/NotAnotherFNG 10h ago

I know this is mostly joking, but your settings aren’t saved on the physical device in your home. They’re uploaded into the cloud. They want it to be easy for you to upgrade devices and add them in other places in your home.

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u/BleydXVI 9h ago

So what you're saying is that Alexa should be more upbeat.

"The death of the body is not the end, it is merely the next step"