From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: =?utf-8?Q?=C3=93scar_Fuentes?= Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Challenges around displaying phase of moon in calfw Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2017 18:05:03 +0200 Message-ID: <87zidrpuc0.fsf@wanadoo.es> References: <20170528081730.GA17308@s70206.gridserver.com> <20170601052912.GB15070@s70206.gridserver.com> <874lvzrcan.fsf@wanadoo.es> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1496333184 12967 195.159.176.226 (1 Jun 2017 16:06:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2017 16:06:24 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.0.50 (gnu/linux) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jun 01 18:06:18 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dGSc2-0002vD-Ic for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 01 Jun 2017 18:06:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45546 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dGSc7-0000Wu-Uf for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 01 Jun 2017 12:06:19 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:40035) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dGSb7-0000VM-2U for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Jun 2017 12:05:17 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dGSb3-0000jE-4Q for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Jun 2017 12:05:17 -0400 Original-Received: from [195.159.176.226] (port=53122 helo=blaine.gmane.org) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dGSb2-0000iK-U8 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Jun 2017 12:05:13 -0400 Original-Received: from list by blaine.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dGSau-0008Gl-E2 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Jun 2017 18:05:04 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 17 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org Cancel-Lock: sha1:YnKJ2SNhCozv+Kp8r9p7HsfVNkw= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 195.159.176.226 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:113313 Archived-At: Jude DaShiell writes: > Where did you think the concept of phases came from? Those were around > long before astrologers created astronomy. Do you really suggest that programmers should devote their learning time to study astrology for knowing what the phases of the moon are? And for predicting the future too, I guess. I'm seeing the new fad that will replace Machine Learning: Astrology-based Event Anticipation. Seriously, all current scientific fields with a long enough historic background have their roots on superstition and story-telling. The phases of the moon is a perfectly fine astronomic concept. There is no need to waste time on learning fake knowledge, except for the sake of studying fake knowledge itself, that is.