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We need to get to the root of the problem; and for that, we must not show any sedimental leanings in our views, to wit:
How often do you find those hairy rocks in Wales, anyway - and are you sure they're not dried sheep?
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Where on the equator will the sun be directly overhead at the spring equinox this year?
I can't find the answer to this, and I'm curious.
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According to timeanddate.com[^], the equinox will be at 9:37 AM (UTC). At that time sun will be directly overhead at 2(hours)*15(degrees) + 20(minutes) * 0.25 = 35 degrees East longitude. Assuming my math is right, this is very close to lake Victoria.
Are you planning a trip? 
Mircea
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Nope, just writing a newsletter for our little village of Philmont and wanted to add that info.
Thank you!
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https://www.weather.gov/media/ind/seasons.pdf[^] says it occurs on March 20th, 0937 UTC, so find the line of longitude that is 2:23 ahead of the prime meridian, which I make out to be Lat 0, Long 35.75[^]
EDIT: Yes, just east of Lake Victoria, almost directly in the town of Solian, Kenya. Actually, it looks to be at a business: Merewe Tree Nursery. And there are photos of it!
modified 15-Feb-21 10:19am.
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Marc Clifton wrote: Where on the equator will the sun be directly overhead at the spring equinox this year?
Filed under [Funny Things Developers Do While PMs and other Management Types "Create A Software Development Plan"]
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With Stellarium, you could create a script to iterate to the equinox, then iterate longitude and latitude until you've found the coordinates, then you could put those into Google Earth for your answer! That's the programmer way!!!
(I created some iterative scripts for Stellarium before - they are kinda cool to play around with. Examples.)
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Neato. Some day I'll play with Stellarium scripts. 
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The devs told me they are going to have to switch to Python or whichever language Qt is forcibly moving their users to, so these may not be good examples by then! I believe it will be a couple years, though.
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Okay, I always confuse Mean and Median, and which one is "average" as I think of it.
So, Calling someone Average is Mean!
That's all you have to remember, and all three straighten out.
Average is Mean (Mathematically)
Where as Median is like the one in the middle (when the list is sorted).
But honestly, once I remember Average is Mean, Median is obvious.
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The average human being has 1 of each. 
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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Phew, thought you were about to suggest Man of Median[^]
(which is mean) 
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Now you've actually confused me.
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I'm sure he didn't average to ...
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Would that imply that calling YOU average would NOT be mean? LOL
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Kirk 10389821 wrote: Would that imply that calling YOU average would NOT be mean?
In the median of things, yes it still would.
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Kirk 10389821 wrote: So, Calling someone Average is Mean!
Unfortunately, I cannot relate... most of the people I meet, being called average would be a compliment. 
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Yeah,
But if you are the recipient of being called Average, it feels Mean...
Even though, provably it's probably true 50% of the time and a compliment 50% of the time
[Technically 1/2 Standard deviation less than 50/50, but if you are going there, you don't have any issues remembering Median vs Mean and probably can define Mode as well]
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Kirk 10389821 wrote: probably can define Mode as well
"Fashionable".
Simples! 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Kirk 10389821 wrote: Even though, provably it's probably true 50% of the time and a compliment 50% of the time
You're assuming a certain distribution. As a counter-example, the distribution of heights of all people in kindergarten classrooms has two groups - one for the adults and one for the children. The average is somewhere between the two (closer to the children's group).
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
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And when I skimmed the message subject, I caught something like '..Ave ... Maria ...' and thought to myself what's the point
modified 27-Mar-21 21:01pm.
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MariaDb maybe?
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Must be something like that
modified 27-Mar-21 21:01pm.
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Average, mean, median...
I like to think of myself as above all that.🤣
If you can't laugh at yourself - ask me and I will do it for you.
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