i nerd sniped myself tonight and i imagine the NSA operative who is assigned to me is very confused by the increasingly erratic and frustrated google searches for HOW DO I CALCULATE THE MOON WHERE IS THE MOON
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@aeva https://aa.usno.navy.mil/publications/exp_supp roughly speaking it explains the mathematical models used to caclculate the almanac
@fanf that sounds useful. looks like it is out of print though?
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after a good night's sleep and reflecting on what I've learned so far, I've decided to follow the classic computer science strat: when faced with a problem you don't know how to solve, simply do something else, and pretend that is what you meant to do all along.
not only are horizontal coordinates the choice reference frame for backyard astronomers, the "altitude h" angular measurement is probably closer to the solution I wanted than my earlier framing of the problem. narf
the math's not quite right, but i managed to get the moon more or less working
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@aeva god, on the 3rd day:
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This is the best post to read entirely out of context that I have seen in years.
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astronomy math is out of this fucking world btw like want to know where the moon is? great buckle up you're in for a few hundred years of bizarre hacks and lots of exciting questions like "wait, why are they using the julian calendar?"
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This is the best post to read entirely out of context that I have seen in years.
@CliftonR :3
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@aeva god, on the 3rd day:
@halcy :3
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astronomy math is out of this fucking world btw like want to know where the moon is? great buckle up you're in for a few hundred years of bizarre hacks and lots of exciting questions like "wait, why are they using the julian calendar?"
in a way magpie math is kinda refreshing, like imagine not throwing everything away every few years because of industry fads
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astronomy math is out of this fucking world btw like want to know where the moon is? great buckle up you're in for a few hundred years of bizarre hacks and lots of exciting questions like "wait, why are they using the julian calendar?"
@aeva I think part of it is we stopped trying to guess based on date and moved to measurements and short term extrapolation
Gli ultimi otto messaggi ricevuti dalla Federazione
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Milano: settimana decisiva per la (s)vendita dello stadio di san siro
@anarchia
A Milano si apre una settimana decisiva in merito alla (s)svendita dello storico stadio di San Siro. La delibera sulla vendita a Inter e Milan, infatti, andrà in Giunta questa settimana, probabilmente giovedì, dopo che la vicesindaca Anna Scavuzzo avrà...Vedi l'articolo
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Golf elettrica in ritardo: la casa di Wolfsburg costretta a rivedere i piani
@motori
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Volkswagen Golf elettrica subisce ritardi per i costi di Wolfsburg. Slitta anche la T-Roc EV. ome cambia la strategia VW.
https://www.motori.it/golf-elettrica-ritardi-sfide-e-futuro-tra-wolfsburg-e-nuovi-modelli/
#motori #auto
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@Antonio1959 ragione su cosa?
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Defeating Nondeterminism in LLM Inference – Thinking Machines Lab https://blog.quintarelli.it/2025/09/defeating-nondeterminism-in-llm-inference-thinking-machines-lab/
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Quando il tuo #Android usa una buona VPN.😎
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We will leave soon. We are now trying to secure any place to set up a tent. My brother went yesterday to the south on his feet (like 50 km) going and back, but he didn't find anything. The transportations became more difficult and became more expensive.
We will leave at the end, but we are waiting to find anything
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“Non esiste un modello unico di democrazia, di diritti umani o di espressione culturale valido per tutto il mondo. Ma per tutto il mondo, devono esserci democrazia, diritti umani e libera espressione culturale."
Kofi Annan
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Il nuovo post di universita-it: Prestiti di onore all’università, cosa sono e a cosa servono?
Qui il post completo: https://www.universita.it/prestiti-per-studenti-universita/
