<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@0xabad1dea" class="u-url mention">@<span>0xabad1dea</span></a></span> it&#39;s used in the persian calendar (currently defined by Iran)</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@gsuberland" class="u-url mention">@<span>gsuberland</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@eggrobin" class="u-url mention">@<span>eggrobin</span></a></span> thanks!</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@eggrobin" class="u-url mention">@<span>eggrobin</span></a></span> my guess is this is VSOP87 or a newer model of the same ilk. it&#39;s used to calculate the position of the sun in the sky at a given time using a series of summed periodic functions to correct for the multibody gravitational forces that lead to variations from the nominal (Kepler) orbital paths. my wife&#39;s been doing similar things for the magellanic clusters in astropy recently.</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://galaxians.garden/users/hexylena" class="u-url mention">@<span>hexylena</span></a></span> no show next time?</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.noyu.me/@hikari" class="u-url mention">@<span>hikari</span></a></span> my life experience already lets me do that</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> 71998.4403… strongly resembles these coordinates of New York City from a solar position calculator, so I suspect this is a list of city coordinates for calculating things like sunrise time</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@eggrobin" class="u-url mention">@<span>eggrobin</span></a></span> maybe I&#39;m stating something too trivial, but zm8/zm7 is 180°/pi, so whatever comes before the &quot;*zm8/zm7&quot; part is in degrees...</p>

<p>Proton Experimental for Steam Deck / Linux fixes Disgaea 4 Complete+, Final Fantasy XIV and various other games <a href="https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/11/proton-experimental-for-steam-deck-linux-fixes-disgaea-4-complete-final-fantasy-xiv-and-various-other-games/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">gamingonlinux.com/2024/11/prot</span><span class="invisible">on-experimental-for-steam-deck-linux-fixes-disgaea-4-complete-final-fantasy-xiv-and-various-other-games/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LinuxGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LinuxGaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PCGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PCGaming</span></a></p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@eggrobin" class="u-url mention">@<span>eggrobin</span></a></span> I&#39;m still excitedly waiting for a reason to trigger<br />Windows::Globalization::Calendars::CalendricalCalculations::MomentInDynamicalTime::CenturiesFrom1900</p>