-23.44

[William Seger]

100 Internet Points will be awarded to the first person to post what that title means.

[slumcamper]

1. Guessing

Countdown in hours and minutes (from time of posting) until shutdown?

[William Seger]

3. Good guess, and it might be true

... but that's not the geeky answer I'm looking for.

[Mike 03]

2. Stock down?

Since we're talking so much about Elon Musk, I'll go with Tesla stock futures, down?

Or how many minutes it's been since Musk took Ketamine?

[William Seger]

4. That might also be true

... but no cigar.

[Mike 03]

5. Okay. But you've got me hooked. I'll be

watching this space to find out the correct answer.

[2naSalit]

6. Current...

Temperature outside your home?

[William Seger]

7. Nope, but I'll give a hint: It is in degrees, just not that kind of degrees

[The Madcap]

8. T****'s IQ?

I'll see myself out...

[2naSalit]

9. Then...

It's the current tilt of the Earth upon it's axis.

[Bleacher Creature]

10. + 1

Which is why today is the winter solstice.

[William Seger]

12. +100 Internets Points

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Tonight, the North Pole will be tilted directly away from the sun, and the sun will be -23.44° below the Equator, making the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. This is when primitive people celebrated that the sun would now turn around and head north again. I heartily agree!

(We geeks have a way of recognizing each other, huh. )

[2naSalit]

13. Ayuh!

Living north of the 45th parallel makes this quite noticeable. Glad to have made it to this point and seeing longer days again.

[Bleacher Creature]

11. Happy first day of winter!

But 2naSalit wins the points.

[William Seger]

14. Yes, and those points are worth their weight in Bitcoin; he's gonna be rich!