| 00:05.22 | jfindlay | so there's this big drama about some stackoverflow moderator getting kicked by stackoverflow company |
| 00:06.26 | jfindlay | all the moderators are protesting like they're an oppressed class subject to arbitrary corporate fiat |
| 00:07.17 | jfindlay | I'm sure something about it is actually unfair, but I can't see what is really going on behind all the voluminous clamor |
| 00:07.57 | jfindlay | but mainly I'm entertained by the interesting irony about stackoverflow moderators realizing they're not the paragon of the universe |
| 00:09.03 | jfindlay | psych! it's actually a business and you're the product |
| 00:20.52 | jfindlay | ~psych youtah_ |
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| 16:16.17 | jlp_znc | jfindlay: if you're not paying for it, you're the product, not the customer. people seem to have a hard time understanding this. |
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| 18:30.22 | youtah_ | I cannot, for the life of me |
| 18:30.39 | youtah_ | figure out where and or how to calculate the date/time of Winter Solstice from year to year |
| 18:41.40 | jfindlay | youtah: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.forrestguice.suntimeswidget/ |
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| 19:30.51 | youtah | downloads and rips it apart |
| 19:31.35 | youtah | Ahg |
| 19:31.46 | youtah | he's just using a massive defined dataset |
| 19:34.24 | romanovic | how precise are you looking for, youtah? |
| 19:34.40 | romanovic | assumes youtah needs it down to the second for his pagan midwinter rituals |
| 19:34.55 | RyanE | youtah: those Druids made it hard to keep the secrets inside the group... :) |
| 19:36.01 | youtah | yup |
| 19:36.02 | youtah | basically |
| 19:36.12 | youtah | in order for the portals to open... |
| 19:38.17 | RyanE | :) |
| 19:39.15 | RyanE | Can you imagine having to unit test Stonehenge? "Well, we'll have to wait 6 months to verify that they're all lined up properly." |
| 19:50.37 | youtah | lol |
| 19:55.36 | jfindlay | astro data is traditionally very open |
| 19:56.21 | jfindlay | and the formula that tracks the earth's position and orientation is not going to be less than a page |
| 19:56.34 | youtah | lol |
| 19:56.47 | youtah | as long as I can call it in a function, I am okay with that |
| 19:56.48 | youtah | eval |
| 19:56.49 | youtah | lol |
| 19:58.14 | jfindlay | orbital plane attitude, inclination of rotational axis, orbital precessions, rotational precessions, nutation, numerous tremors and wobbles from ancient comet impacts and flybys |
| 19:58.27 | youtah | and Trump |
| 19:58.34 | youtah | can't forget about his gravitational pull |
| 19:58.38 | jfindlay | lunar artifacts |
| 19:58.47 | jfindlay | ~trump earth |
| 19:58.47 | infobot | ACTION tells earth what they want to hear |
| 19:58.47 | youtah | I guess you could call him that |
| 19:58.57 | jfindlay | indeed |
| 20:00.06 | jfindlay | youtah: did u install the app? |
| 20:00.15 | youtah | no, I just looked at the source code |
| 20:00.21 | jfindlay | it's got lots of cool features |
| 20:00.26 | youtah | lol, I didn't think you meant to install it |
| 20:00.36 | jfindlay | but I always wondered about the data accuracy |
| 20:02.51 | jfindlay | also one of the things apollo astronauts did was put retroreflecting mirrors on the lunar surface so that astronomers can measure the earth-moon distance |
| 20:03.23 | jfindlay | there are over 200 distinct wobbles and perturbations in that one measurement |
| 20:04.14 | youtah | are you talking about my belly again? |
| 20:04.32 | youtah | ho ho ho's |
| 20:04.34 | jfindlay | reminds me of simpsons episode |
| 20:04.40 | youtah | lol |
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| 22:49.26 | youtah | http://youtah.com/wintersolstice/ |
| 22:49.32 | youtah | Almost 10 days away |
| 23:45.23 | romanovic | it's so depressing |
| 23:45.28 | romanovic | I'm not ready |
| 23:53.35 | shalkie | I am. The days will slowly get longer. |
| 23:53.41 | romanovic | https://usercontent.irccloud-cdn.com/file/BXtU8Wpp/mourn_loss_night.jpg |
| 23:53.57 | romanovic | December 21 we mourn the loss of night |
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