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I'm sure there are many vira, but that comparison can't be true. > Astronomers estimate there are about 100 thousand million stars in the Milky Way alone. Outs
by estaseuropano 5y ago
I'm sure there are many vira, but that comparison can't be true.
> Astronomers estimate there are about 100 thousand million stars in the Milky Way alone. Outside that, there are millions upon millions of other galaxies
https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Herschel/How_many_stars_are_there_in_the_Universe https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Hersch...
- hobs 5y agoI assume its "named" viruses instead of just a number/designation.
- Zenst 5y agoThat is a lot less than then number of viruses and article linked "An estimated 10 nonillion (10 to the 31st power) individual viruses exist on our planet—enough to assign one to every star in the universe 100 million times over." https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/factors-allow-viruses-infect-humans-coronavirus https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/factors-a...
- rixed 5y agoSo we can easily give one IPv6 address to any star in the observable universe _OR_ one IPv6 address to any virus on our planet, but we can't possibly address via IPv6 every single virus in every possible planet.
- MauranKilom 5y agoRelated: https://xkcd.com/865/ https://xkcd.com/865/
- mplabelspace 5y agoWe should give all an ipv6 address
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- truthsense 5y agoCool: I can make a lot of money selling a vaccine for each one of those. Seriously though, has anyone considered the big-O complexity of the "vaccine per virus" approach to improving immunity?
- DonHopkins 5y agoYeah maybe so, but how many of those 100 thousand millions stars have millions upon millions of their own viruses?
- djrogers 5y agoPretty sure there aren’t any viruses that can survive on a star…