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mean11while t1_j1t4os8 wrote

The problem is less that this is related to astrology (it's really not - it's just astronomical data) and more that it's obviously just an advertisement for your grifting website.

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mollygunns t1_j1tptuy wrote

by grifting website do you mean the astrological mapping website that was used to calculate this data & is not owned by OP in any way, shape or form?

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mean11while t1_j1umrrj wrote

According to OP, the data were calculated by NASA (JPL) as part of their ephemerides database that help astronomers plan their work, not an "astrological mapping website." OP's profile says he's the creator of the website advertised on the animation.

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mollygunns t1_j1vfemt wrote

my mistake then, I didn’t see OP’s claim when I clicked his profile earlier, & after googling it does seem like he is Petr Soural, but astro-seek is still a website that’s been used in the astrology community for years, has many different developers, creators & contributors associated with it (with at least five beside himself listed on the contact page) & one of its features is still astrological mapping - which is essentially the same thing as establishing an ephemerides database; it’s the same data, it’s just being used for a different purpose, & it still isn’t a ‘grift’. you’re dismissing something you don’t know anything about, making assumptions because ‘astrology’ & saying it doesn’t belong here, despite it being mathematical data, & that’s what I was trying to point out. it’s literally data & it’s literally beautiful.

eta - genuine question, would any other programmer or developer be discouraged from sharing their datasets here?

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