Author Archives: Anton

Neptune’s Gulch

Posted on Monday, 2016 January 04 by Anton

In Atlas Shrugged, John Galt invented a radical new engine and (according to folklore) emigrated to Atlantis to keep his invention out of the hands of parasites. Charles Stross’s novel Neptune’s Brood is about uncovering the true history of the … Continue reading →

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I’ve seen such changes

Posted on Monday, 2016 January 04 by Anton

How old do you need to be to understand this gag from 1978?

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referral spam

Posted on Saturday, 2016 January 02 by Anton

Each month I look through my HTTP log for new incoming links. Most of them are phony. In December, Russian porno was up and other commercial spam was down.

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allonymy

Posted on Tuesday, 2015 December 29 by Anton

A notice to renew my domain registration prompts thoughts of what I might have used instead: ansher, anwood, tonsher, tonwood ? tonsher reminds me of an acquaintance whose bald spot looks uncannily like a monk’s tonsure — and that’s even funnier … Continue reading →

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Scribbles: The Ensmoothening, Part II

Posted on Sunday, 2015 December 20 by Anton

One thing I noticed in that last series of charts is that more than one degree of discontinuity doesn’t help: the best-looking curves are mostly on the diagonal, where only the last nonzero derivative is discontinuous. Here, therefore, are those … Continue reading →

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ensmoothening scribbles

Posted on Sunday, 2015 December 06 by Anton

Presented for your consideration: the somewhat disappointing results of an experiment in using piecewise polynomial spirals, of varying degrees of continuity, to fit the Takana — disappointing in that few if any of the curves are as pretty as I … Continue reading →

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is insincere appreciation better than nothing?

Posted on Wednesday, 2015 November 18 by Anton

This may be the most effusive comment ever received on this modest blog: Thanks so much for providing individuals with remarkably terrific opportunity to discover important secrets from here. It is usually so fantastic and as well , full of … Continue reading →

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