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Re:"Ptolemaic Code": software that appears functional but is... by mac3n on Thursday January 22, 2026 @05:24PM (#46725918)
it seems like there's some confusion here between the Graeco-Roman astronomer Claudius Ptolemy (c. 100 – 160s/170s AD) and the Macedonian General/Pharoah Ptolemy I Soter (c. 369/68 BC – January 282 BC).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptolemy_(disambiguation)

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