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James Tauber

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Using computers to better understand languages, texts, and music OG Web, Python, Corpus Linguistics, Data Visualization, Philology, Ancient Greek, Music Theory, Tolkien, Space, Health, Retro Computing Perseus, Greek Learner Texts, @digitaltolkien.com

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James Tauber @jtauber.com · Nov 3

Intro for new followers: I'm a long-time (i.e. old) Python and Web developer. Now mostly apply that to digital humanities and corpus linguistics with focus on historical languages (especially Ancient Greek) and Tolkien. Also education, data visualization, music theory, and a handful of other things.

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Space Missions @space-missions.com · 15h

Fun fact: the very first event we added to our site was the launch of Europa Clipper which happened one year ago today!

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James Tauber @jtauber.com · 19h

Excited to be in the WHOOP Advanced Labs beta

screenshot of iPhone app showing a plot of HbA1c levels over the first half of the year dropping from 11.8 on Feb 3 to 5.6 in Jun 9.

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Project Amaze! @projectamaze.com · 21h

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Beanbag #59 | Project Amaze!

Some textual facts about Dimitri

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Project Amaze! @projectamaze.com · 2d

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Beanbag #58 | Project Amaze!

Spectroscopy is a valuable tool in understanding both Astrophage and the wider cosmos.

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James Tauber @jtauber.com · 1d

And ship success! Amazing!

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Booster success for SpaceX!

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James Tauber @jtauber.com · 1d

Oh wow! I hope you recover quickly.

James Tauber @jtauber.com · 2d

Tom has you covered. I'm a Hellenist with almost no Latin :|

James Tauber @jtauber.com · 2d

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Where the Variations in the DOS 3.3 Boot Sector Happen | CARC

Following on from the previous post, I started wondering where the different DOS-3.3-style boot sector types diverge so I constructed the following visualization.

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James Tauber @jtauber.com · 2d

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Boot Sector Types in the Apple II Disk Corpus | CARC

We previously looked at all sectors across the Apple II Disk Corpus but what about variation in the boot sector? In other words, track 0 sector 0.

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Project Amaze! @projectamaze.com · 3d

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Beanbag #57 | Project Amaze!

Textual Facts about Chapter 10

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Project Amaze! @projectamaze.com · 3d

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Beanbag #56 | Project Amaze!

The word “life” forms various compounds in Project Hail Mary, often but not always hyphenated.

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James Tauber @jtauber.com · 3d

And some more follow-on discoveries...

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Why So Many Sectors Start with 00 11 0X 00 | CARC

As we saw in the previous post, ten out of the top 20 sector types start with 00 11 0X 00 and continue with all zeros. I suspected why this might be the case and I’ve now confirmed the reason.

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James Tauber @jtauber.com · 3d

More Apple II disk explorations...

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Sector Types in the Apple II Disk Corpus | CARC

A regular Apple II floppy disk has 560 sectors of 256 bytes. Across the 12,450 disks in the current corpus, that’s 6,972,000 sectors. How many unique sector ...

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Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · 4d

Today, The Word for World: The Maps of Ursula K. Le Guin opens at AA Gallery in London! Curated by Sarah Shin and Harriet Jennings, the exhibition presents a selection of Ursula's maps, including some that have never been exhibited before.