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Mac programmer, photographer, amateur astronomer, technology enthusiast, skeptic, and connoisseur of good wine!

Dunedin, New Zealand
Joined March 2007
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In relation to General Relativity. Blocked by Eratothenes so can't answer in thread.
Show me a test I can do at my house to prove it
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Probably the orbit of Mercury would be the easiest, and require very little expensive equipment. Just plot it extremely accurately for a year or two, then apply classical gravitation. Doesn't work. Now use GR. Does work.
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I've been seeing so many pictures of Ardern here today (after her buying that mansion). It's horrible! I was trying to foget the hideous tyrant. Make it stop!
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Yeah, sorry @oldinvest I can't answer your points because the coward who started the thread has blocked me. To answer your question: there are effects beyond tides, but tides always exist and are 100% predictable based on the position of the Moon.
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To anyone (especially @alrightyman) wondering why I am not responding to comments in a couple of controversial posts recently: it's because the coward who started the post has blocked me. Happy to contribute to the discussion elsewhere.
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I can't believe that I'm debating a pile of creationists and flat Earthers here on X. Sometimes I need to check what year this is.
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Is it just me or is it very difficult to follow debates/discussions on X? I'm never sure how comments relate to each other, what comments are in response to, etc. I mean, Facebook is bad enough, but X seems worse.
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Well, that's it for me for another year at work. In fact, that is it for me forever. I took redundancy and no longer work at the University of Otago. Sort of happy, sort of sad.
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I've noticed a new trend here (X) in recent weeks: people I'm debating wth leave a stupid comment, then block me so I can't reply and show them why they're wrong. They seem to be determined to remain ignorant. Interesting.
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My blog: "The Right Priorities"... ojb.nz/owen2/Blog/BlogPage.p…
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Here’s my report on Warbirds 2024, for anyone interested: ojb.nz/owen2/Air/AirAirshows…
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Well, this is frustrating. My iPhone 15 Pro Max has arrived and I can’t set it up because I’m away for the day.
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OMFG, Spark are useless. I mean, I heard Vodafone/One are worst, so they must be *really* bad!
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Finally reached my goal of 1000 on-line debates (AKA Facebook, Twitter, YouTube arguments). And this is just the tip of the iceberg, because I don't keep a record of the more minor ones!
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Quite disappointed that a few of my recent replies to tweets haven't got the old "We're asking Tweeters to review replies with potentially harmful or offensive language" warning. I must try harder.
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Pretty happy that almost every tweet or reply I send nowadays gets the warning that it might be offensive. You can’t have real free speech without risking offense!
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The eclipsed Moon and Uranus (bright "star" near top-right).
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