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The author is Phil Plait, Bad Astronomer. He is writing for an audience that is not as technically well-informed as most of HN, so it’s no surprise to see his w
by skeltoac 3y ago
The author is Phil Plait, Bad Astronomer. He is writing for an audience that is not as technically well-informed as most of HN, so it’s no surprise to see his writing called out as “pedantic” by… a bunch of pedants! He’s helping people understand the world a bit better and that’s a great thing to do.
I recognized the style before I noticed his name. Phil was writing online as The Bad Astronomer at least as far back as 1999. I started reading his blog after it appeared on my WordPress “Blogs of the Day” ranking site in 2005.
http://www.badastronomy.com/info/whois.html http://www.badastronomy.com/info/whois.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20230922000000*/http://www.badastronomy.com:80/ https://web.archive.org/web/20230922000000*/http://www.badas...
https://web.archive.org/web/20051212173430/http://blogsoftheday.com:80/?list=topsites.html https://web.archive.org/web/20051212173430/http://blogsofthe...