Everywhere Vanishing Bean Curvature
@nrr.corvidae.org
Mennonite-raised. I get told "no" a lot. I'm finishing a math degree I started 20 years ago. I pretend to be a maned wolf-shaped tree on the Internet. You've used stuff I've worked on.
Trans rights are human rights.
I'm @nrr1.618033989 on Signal.
Trans rights are human rights.
I'm @nrr1.618033989 on Signal.
Hmm. To use VSS programmatically, I need to lean on COM.
Do I write a tiny shim in C++ and export symbols that Ada can use, or do I engage in my own vtable fuckery?
Do I write a tiny shim in C++ and export symbols that Ada can use, or do I engage in my own vtable fuckery?
January 30, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Hmm. To use VSS programmatically, I need to lean on COM.
Do I write a tiny shim in C++ and export symbols that Ada can use, or do I engage in my own vtable fuckery?
Do I write a tiny shim in C++ and export symbols that Ada can use, or do I engage in my own vtable fuckery?
I'm at Emerson and University in Palo Alto, and there is a shrine to wash trading on the one corner.
I couldn't help but lol at the wall-sized dashboard that was just one Cryptopunk NFT being traded back and forth.
I couldn't help but lol at the wall-sized dashboard that was just one Cryptopunk NFT being traded back and forth.
January 30, 2026 at 5:07 AM
I'm at Emerson and University in Palo Alto, and there is a shrine to wash trading on the one corner.
I couldn't help but lol at the wall-sized dashboard that was just one Cryptopunk NFT being traded back and forth.
I couldn't help but lol at the wall-sized dashboard that was just one Cryptopunk NFT being traded back and forth.
Being inexplicably banned from Google Scholar is intensely frustrating.
January 30, 2026 at 12:59 AM
Being inexplicably banned from Google Scholar is intensely frustrating.
For some reason, I can't sleep, so have some insomniac musing: free monads in Ada.
I have some packed binary data structures that I want to parse, but leaning on representation clauses is less than ideal because of fields that disappear/reappear dynamically and because of endianness.
I have some packed binary data structures that I want to parse, but leaning on representation clauses is less than ideal because of fields that disappear/reappear dynamically and because of endianness.
January 29, 2026 at 12:56 PM
For some reason, I can't sleep, so have some insomniac musing: free monads in Ada.
I have some packed binary data structures that I want to parse, but leaning on representation clauses is less than ideal because of fields that disappear/reappear dynamically and because of endianness.
I have some packed binary data structures that I want to parse, but leaning on representation clauses is less than ideal because of fields that disappear/reappear dynamically and because of endianness.
I managed to get LaTeX to give me Times-typeset fiction manuscripts with all the formatting set just right.
I can finally use proper version control!
I can finally use proper version control!
January 28, 2026 at 6:46 AM
I managed to get LaTeX to give me Times-typeset fiction manuscripts with all the formatting set just right.
I can finally use proper version control!
I can finally use proper version control!
You may forcefully tap my beans. It's fine.
January 27, 2026 at 4:00 AM
You may forcefully tap my beans. It's fine.
I have among my ménagerie of plantimal characters a particular sort of pine marten.
A ponderosa pine marten.
I'll give you a moment to think about this and perhaps consult Wikipedia about what's special about ponderosa pines (and other conifers like, e.g., P. contorta).
A ponderosa pine marten.
I'll give you a moment to think about this and perhaps consult Wikipedia about what's special about ponderosa pines (and other conifers like, e.g., P. contorta).
January 26, 2026 at 8:11 PM
I have among my ménagerie of plantimal characters a particular sort of pine marten.
A ponderosa pine marten.
I'll give you a moment to think about this and perhaps consult Wikipedia about what's special about ponderosa pines (and other conifers like, e.g., P. contorta).
A ponderosa pine marten.
I'll give you a moment to think about this and perhaps consult Wikipedia about what's special about ponderosa pines (and other conifers like, e.g., P. contorta).
Less than thrilled with this week's workshop submission.
Hopefully, folks enjoy a tale of getting stranded in Teutopolis.
Hopefully, folks enjoy a tale of getting stranded in Teutopolis.
January 26, 2026 at 8:08 AM
Less than thrilled with this week's workshop submission.
Hopefully, folks enjoy a tale of getting stranded in Teutopolis.
Hopefully, folks enjoy a tale of getting stranded in Teutopolis.
The only way around is through, it seems.
January 25, 2026 at 7:29 PM
The only way around is through, it seems.
There are two types of people: those who pronounce "Hydrocity" with the same stress pattern as velocity and those who pronounce it as "hydro-city."
January 25, 2026 at 5:49 AM
There are two types of people: those who pronounce "Hydrocity" with the same stress pattern as velocity and those who pronounce it as "hydro-city."
Achievement unlocked: Wrote commercial space travel that felt reminiscent of 19th or early 20th century train travel in its pacing.
January 25, 2026 at 3:38 AM
Achievement unlocked: Wrote commercial space travel that felt reminiscent of 19th or early 20th century train travel in its pacing.
Man, Caesar really needs to come to an understanding that March is not far off.
There's an awful lot of conscience testing going on, and I'm extremely not sure that it'll work out for them.
There's an awful lot of conscience testing going on, and I'm extremely not sure that it'll work out for them.
January 24, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Man, Caesar really needs to come to an understanding that March is not far off.
There's an awful lot of conscience testing going on, and I'm extremely not sure that it'll work out for them.
There's an awful lot of conscience testing going on, and I'm extremely not sure that it'll work out for them.
A train is moving at 300 km/h. How fast is that in mph?
Use Fibonacci. 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, etc.
340 km/h is 210 mph. 40 (5*8) km/h is 25 (5*5) mph.
That puts the train moving at, what, 185 mph?
(186 and some change, it turns out.)
Use Fibonacci. 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, etc.
340 km/h is 210 mph. 40 (5*8) km/h is 25 (5*5) mph.
That puts the train moving at, what, 185 mph?
(186 and some change, it turns out.)
January 24, 2026 at 9:42 AM
A train is moving at 300 km/h. How fast is that in mph?
Use Fibonacci. 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, etc.
340 km/h is 210 mph. 40 (5*8) km/h is 25 (5*5) mph.
That puts the train moving at, what, 185 mph?
(186 and some change, it turns out.)
Use Fibonacci. 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, etc.
340 km/h is 210 mph. 40 (5*8) km/h is 25 (5*5) mph.
That puts the train moving at, what, 185 mph?
(186 and some change, it turns out.)
A fun game is listening to vocal stems and trying to analyze chord progressions from them.
Uuuuusually, for a lot of pop at least, it's some inversion of vi-IV-I-V. The trick sometimes is trying to sort out when the chord changes happen.
Uuuuusually, for a lot of pop at least, it's some inversion of vi-IV-I-V. The trick sometimes is trying to sort out when the chord changes happen.
January 24, 2026 at 7:55 AM
A fun game is listening to vocal stems and trying to analyze chord progressions from them.
Uuuuusually, for a lot of pop at least, it's some inversion of vi-IV-I-V. The trick sometimes is trying to sort out when the chord changes happen.
Uuuuusually, for a lot of pop at least, it's some inversion of vi-IV-I-V. The trick sometimes is trying to sort out when the chord changes happen.
Okay. Ich habe gerade jetzt (zufällig!) ein deutschsprachiges Cover des Beatles-Liedes „Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da“ zugehört.
🎶 🎵
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da, life is crazy
Crazy und doch ist es schön
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da, life is crazy
Schade, dass wir uns kaum seh'n
🎵 🎶
Hä? Was für einen Text ist das denn?
🎶 🎵
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da, life is crazy
Crazy und doch ist es schön
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da, life is crazy
Schade, dass wir uns kaum seh'n
🎵 🎶
Hä? Was für einen Text ist das denn?
January 24, 2026 at 6:16 AM
Okay. Ich habe gerade jetzt (zufällig!) ein deutschsprachiges Cover des Beatles-Liedes „Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da“ zugehört.
🎶 🎵
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da, life is crazy
Crazy und doch ist es schön
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da, life is crazy
Schade, dass wir uns kaum seh'n
🎵 🎶
Hä? Was für einen Text ist das denn?
🎶 🎵
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da, life is crazy
Crazy und doch ist es schön
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da, life is crazy
Schade, dass wir uns kaum seh'n
🎵 🎶
Hä? Was für einen Text ist das denn?
Huh, Harry Kim canonically achieved the rank of admiral.
Voyager had me concerned that he'd be a lifelong ensign.
Voyager had me concerned that he'd be a lifelong ensign.
January 24, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Huh, Harry Kim canonically achieved the rank of admiral.
Voyager had me concerned that he'd be a lifelong ensign.
Voyager had me concerned that he'd be a lifelong ensign.
Man, I can't help but think that what's being done to Trump is elder abuse.
January 23, 2026 at 7:45 AM
Man, I can't help but think that what's being done to Trump is elder abuse.
A BattleMech is just a five-story-tall fusion-powered fursuit with guns.
January 23, 2026 at 3:17 AM
A BattleMech is just a five-story-tall fusion-powered fursuit with guns.
In between thinking about PDEs, I'm musing on a technique for playing a bass in fifths.
I probably won't have a bullshit bass for that kind of experimentation any time soon, but reading about upright bassists doing this is giving me hella ideas.
I probably won't have a bullshit bass for that kind of experimentation any time soon, but reading about upright bassists doing this is giving me hella ideas.
January 22, 2026 at 8:56 PM
In between thinking about PDEs, I'm musing on a technique for playing a bass in fifths.
I probably won't have a bullshit bass for that kind of experimentation any time soon, but reading about upright bassists doing this is giving me hella ideas.
I probably won't have a bullshit bass for that kind of experimentation any time soon, but reading about upright bassists doing this is giving me hella ideas.
Last night, I gave the boy a claw trim.
Then, the girl came over to socialize for a bit. I picked her up, and she started squeaking.
He promptly began echoing her squeaks.
The routine is that, whenever one or both of them gets a trim, they both get Churu. The demands were loud and insistent!
Then, the girl came over to socialize for a bit. I picked her up, and she started squeaking.
He promptly began echoing her squeaks.
The routine is that, whenever one or both of them gets a trim, they both get Churu. The demands were loud and insistent!
January 22, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Last night, I gave the boy a claw trim.
Then, the girl came over to socialize for a bit. I picked her up, and she started squeaking.
He promptly began echoing her squeaks.
The routine is that, whenever one or both of them gets a trim, they both get Churu. The demands were loud and insistent!
Then, the girl came over to socialize for a bit. I picked her up, and she started squeaking.
He promptly began echoing her squeaks.
The routine is that, whenever one or both of them gets a trim, they both get Churu. The demands were loud and insistent!
Every time I see the word "helicopter," I can only think of riffing on old Reese's peanut butter cups adverts.
You got your helico in my pter!
You got your pter in my helico!
You got your helico in my pter!
You got your pter in my helico!
January 21, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Every time I see the word "helicopter," I can only think of riffing on old Reese's peanut butter cups adverts.
You got your helico in my pter!
You got your pter in my helico!
You got your helico in my pter!
You got your pter in my helico!
I'm very tired. I'm taking this lone moment of respite I'll have in the next few days to say:
This quarter is also shaping up to be hell, and my cats are very clingy after my having been away for only a weekend.
If I missed folks at FC, sorry. I was drowning in deliverables.
This quarter is also shaping up to be hell, and my cats are very clingy after my having been away for only a weekend.
If I missed folks at FC, sorry. I was drowning in deliverables.
January 20, 2026 at 9:20 PM
I'm very tired. I'm taking this lone moment of respite I'll have in the next few days to say:
This quarter is also shaping up to be hell, and my cats are very clingy after my having been away for only a weekend.
If I missed folks at FC, sorry. I was drowning in deliverables.
This quarter is also shaping up to be hell, and my cats are very clingy after my having been away for only a weekend.
If I missed folks at FC, sorry. I was drowning in deliverables.
As part of making sure artists not attending Further Confusion can still exhibit in the art show, I spent a lot of time recently at the post office.
It's a very familiar place.
It's a very familiar place.
January 16, 2026 at 5:25 PM
As part of making sure artists not attending Further Confusion can still exhibit in the art show, I spent a lot of time recently at the post office.
It's a very familiar place.
It's a very familiar place.
I am here, but I am also not here.
January 16, 2026 at 5:58 AM
I am here, but I am also not here.