“The Culture” is a series of nine novels and one short story collection written by Iain M. Banks: Consider Phlebas (1987) The Player of Games (1988) Use of Weapons (1990) The State of the Art (1989) Excession (1996) Inversions (1998) Look to Windward (2000) Matter (2008) Surface Detail (2010) The Hydrogen Sonata (2012) “The Culture”Continue reading “Iain M. Banks’ Culture Series:Utopia, Power, and Moral Complexity…”
Monthly Archives: March 2026
Astronomy: Python script to convert coordinates between epochs…
I like using “Burnham’s Celestial Handbook”, but the 1950s epoch coordinates quickly get frustrating, as we’re mostly using J2000 now. To speed up my workflow, I created this Python script to quickly convert from 1950s to J2000 coordinates. You’re welcome to pick it up (see disclaimer directly below) from my area on ‘Pcloud’ (Europe’s secure &Continue reading “Astronomy: Python script to convert coordinates between epochs…”
USA & Iran…
I said on 6/1/26 that actions the USA government takes against its own population are for United Statesians to consider, and to then react to at the ballot box as they see fit, and I do not comment on that. However, the USA continues to take international actions that put the whole world at risk,Continue reading “USA & Iran…”
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