Category Archives: sciences

in memory

Posted on Tuesday, 2009 December 29 by Anton

Dan Alderson once made a map of nearby stars by mounting little colored spheres on threads strung between holes in two sheets of heavy clear plastic. It occurs to me that, taking the stars in pairs, he could use half … Continue reading →

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two links about medical policy

Posted on Monday, 2009 September 07 by Anton

blogpost on medical licensing surprisingly sane Atlantic article on the structure of the health biz Update: Twice in 2018, people urged me to improve this page by adding links about addiction and vaping.  If it happens again, I’ll suggest that … Continue reading →

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I’m melting!

Posted on Wednesday, 2009 August 12 by Anton

Without serious effort, I seem to have lost a tenth of my peak mass in three years. I think the main change is that I no longer eat rice most days.

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a perverse incentive in customer service

Posted on Tuesday, 2009 July 14 by Anton

Awhile ago I worked out that, if you want to watch a different disc every evening using Netflix, your quota (the number of discs you have out at a time) needs to be at least five: three for the mail … Continue reading →

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where’s my fix?

Posted on Friday, 2009 July 10 by Anton

For two or three years I was never without a supply of navel oranges, because the Australian (or before that Chilean) crop came in just as the California crop was ending; but the antipodean goodies have not (yet) shown up … Continue reading →

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polytopes

Posted on Sunday, 2009 June 07 by Anton

Dr. Richard Klitzing lost his webhost, so I took custody of his polytope pages.

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unexpected aspects of asymmetry

Posted on Friday, 2009 May 01 by Anton

My left arm is very sore today, making me notice how many little things I habitually do with my ‘wrong’ hand. I wonder whether this says something about my brain. They say women’s hemispheres are less specialized; maybe my partial … Continue reading →

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