Maxima 5.41.0 http://maxima.sourceforge.net using Lisp GNU Common Lisp (GCL) GCL 2.6.12 Distributed under the GNU Public License. See the file COPYING. Dedicated to the memory of William Schelter. The function bug_report() provides bug reporting information. (%i1) is(1200>70*7); (%o1) true
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Maxima 5.41.0 http://maxima.sourceforge.net using Lisp GNU Common Lisp (GCL) GCL 2.6.12 Distributed under the GNU Public License. See the file COPYING. Dedicated to the memory of William Schelter. The function bug_report() provides bug reporting information. (%i1) 1+3+5+7+9; (%o1) 25 (%i2) 1+3+5+7+9+9+7+5+3+1; (%o2) 50
Technically, Passover ends at sunset / sundown on April 13. Installing Orbtimes then one can type nicks@johndenver:~/Documents$ orbtimes Sunset local day Wednesday 19:27.015425 April 12 2023 Sunrise local day Thursday 6:29.800781 April 13 2023 I can check this against Google search which says 7:37 PM which is a ten minute discrepancy. […]
<2021-08-17 Tue> 24:21 azimuth 145 degrees calculated azimuth=188.408225 degrees clockwise from north and altitude 32.149676=degrees above horizon <2021-08-18 Wed> 23:56 local time, or 4.93 UT. Observed azimuth 160 degrees. calculation. ./orbtimes -vvv –saturn –location=”38.6N 90.2W” –date=”2021-aug-18″ -Z”4.93″ Saturn azimuth=179.058814 degree and altitude 32.602583=degrees above horizon Maybe this is Jupiter…. Jupiter […]
Get a Windows 10 (or other version) boot image (e.g. windows.iso) file by downloading from Microsoft. Insert the USB thumb drive. Note what device Linux has given it. (e.g. /dev/sdb ). Put a partition on the drive with fdisk. Put a file system on the drive with mkfs.fat -F32 Copy […]
In my youth, I was taken to an Atheneum. This was a private library which was an exclusive privilege akin to a golf course, swim club. I was introduced to the difference that privilege can give you. Later, I got a job working in my school library. I reshelved books […]
As usual, the default debian commands don’t do the job. I tried running pdflatex and got some indecipherable errors about a font not found. apt install texlive-latex-extra takes an inordinate time to complete, but it did the trick. pdflatex is now operative.
I thought about my privacy, but I really didn’t care. I just really needed e-mail, and they were giving it away free. A gift that keeps on giving, an offer I couldn’t refuse. The internet because of its machine to machine construction encourages one to feel anonymous. When you communicate, […]