[PLUG-TALK] Happy Consensus New Year

[Paul Heinlein]

On Mon, 31 Dec 2018, Russell Senior wrote:

> According to a recent consultation with Mr DuckDuck, a somewhat less 
> arbitrary marker that everyone could agree on is also coming up very 
> soon.
>
> "Perihelion in Portland, Oregon, USA is on Wednesday, January 2, 
> 2019 at 9:19 pm PST"

I'm not sure that something being measurable makes it less arbitrary 
(although, in this case, timezones are measurable). Being measurable 
makes something easier to repeat, but its applicability to anything 
else isn't a given.

Still, the timing of the perihelion is interesting... :-)

-- 
Paul Heinlein
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