I was a programmer for many years. Memory does not consume CPU or GPU and only minimal power.
It is not technically challenging to handle idle states properly. I’ve had to write software that does so many times, as wasting system resources is just unprofessional for any app other than games. You’re right, there is a reason for it, but it’s organizational. probably the problem is in code nobody wants to touch or burred in 3rd party stuff.
The day people on laptops or cellphones start playing games?
He makes borderline gay jokes when he has to sleep in bed with a Pacific Islander “Queequog”
Man, just wait until you get to the chapter on the joys of sperm.
I don’t think a two object encounter can result in capture, and Jupiter’s not big enough to matter here.
Some kind of roman candle?
The thing you’re looking for is (almost) called the “velocity vector.” You can get the values for any date and time here with these settings
Ephemeris Type: Vector Table
Target Body: Earth
Coordinate Center: Solar System Barycenter (SSB) [500@0]3
Time Specification: Start=2023-11-21 TDB , Stop=2023-12-21, Step=1 (days) (or whatever you want)
Table Settings: defaults
That will give you a table that includes VX, VY, and VZ. Those will be the velocity of the earth at that moment, relative to the J2000.0 reference frame. I don’t know if there’s any straightforward way to convert that into a point in the sky.
Easier, at sunrise, stand facing the sun. Point your right arm straight up (left arm if you’re in the southern hemisphere). Lower your arm to the side by an angle equal to your latitude. You’re now pointing more-or-less in the direction the earth is moving. That’s only completely accurate on the equinoxes. To improve accuratcy at other times, in the winter move your hand a bit away from the sun and in the summer towards the sun.
Continental drift will break it eventually. N-S movement and the shadows don’t line up, E-W and the time’s wrong.
BotE guess, not reliable to the minute after maybe 100k years from that effect?
No worries! But I can’t really be the only person who games during work breaks and pause alt-tabs when I’ve got something to do, can I?