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cjb110 wrote: It seems a little like a solution that happens to fit the data
Well, that's how they found Neptune[^]
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Not if it's that far out.
At that distance from the Sun (~600 AU), a single orbit would take ~14,700 years, so in the 400 years since the invention of the telescope it would scarcely have moved. Furthermore, its effect on the inner planets would be tiny; for example, its effect on Neptune would be ~1/40 of the Earth's effect on Neptune, which is already tiny.
It is quite likely that any perturbation effect is less than the experimental error of the observations.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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We've now found the true cause of Global Warming! 
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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How do we know our sun's tilt is unusual?
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If the accepted explanation for the formation of the Solar System is correct, then it is anomalous.
The accepted explanation is that the Sun and the planets formed from a rotating cloud, Which implies that (a) all planets should orbit approximately in the same plane, and (b) that the Sun's equator should be in the same plane as the planets (this is the same as saying that the axial tilt should be approximately zero). The problem is that the Sun's axial tilt is approximately 6 degrees, which is much too large to be explained by the accepted Solar System formation theory.
The theorized existence of this additional planet would supposedly explain why the inner Solar System and the Sun do not share the same plane, at the cost of having to explain why that planet (and only that planet) is anomalous.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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With a sampling of one, determining what is or isn't anomalous is impossible. (Beyond comparing something to an idealistic hypothesis.)
That Uranus's axis is tilted at about 90 degrees compared to the plane already indicates that the solar system isn't following the idealistic hypothesis.
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Joe Woodbury wrote: That Uranus's axis is tilted at about 90 degrees compared to the plane already indicates that the solar system isn't following the idealistic hypothesis
The theory that we have is obviously incomplete, but a theory that explains most of the formation of the Solar System is better that no theory at all. It is possible that more evidence will force us to abandon the current theory but until this is the case, astronomers will prefer to "tweak" the current theory and see if their predictions are borne out.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Expected to be released in late 2017, Swift 4 will aim to stabilize the language, both at the source code and ABI level. New features will include improvements to generics, and a Rust/Cyclone-inspired memory ownership model. They're updating this language pretty fast
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You mean swiftly?
cheers
Chris Maunder
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A pox on goodly grammar!
TTFN - Kent
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Hey - I speak real good grammar!
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Swift 4 feels kinda old. I am waiting for the fifth 5wift.
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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The final release of .NET Core tools will provide a build and project system that are unified with the rest of .NET project types, moving away from the project.json infrastructure that was specific to .NET Core. Bumpy road ahead
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These guys are doing my head in with their changes.
I fight the tools more than I fight the code these days.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Actually I use Notepad++.
'Cause I'm hardcore.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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I use it and PSPad as well
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Rust Language Server provides live information such as code completion and documentation through a Microsoft co-developed protocol I usually have to wait a while to watch my code rust
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CJEU rules that personal IPs can't be stored, unless to thwart cybernetic attacks or similar. Because you're just a unique little 192.168.0.1
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I strive for greater uniqueness, such as
2001:cdba:0000:0000:0000:0000:3257:9652
IPv6 (and, oft-times, yellow  ).
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New research from the University of California Irvine shows that an attacker, who has not compromised a target’s PC, can record the acoustic emanations of a victim’s keystrokes and later reconstruct the text of what he typed, simply by listening over a VoIP connection. Yet another reason not to like Skype
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I'm genetically disposed to auditory decoding of keystrokes over Skype. 
Marc
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There may be a future where genetics informs hiring and promotions. Let me dig up a Gattaca quote here...
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