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.
I appreciate that the relationship between Garak and Bashir is some semblance of canon.
December 31, 2025 at 4:50 AM
I appreciate that the relationship between Garak and Bashir is some semblance of canon.
Current catus (among other things)
I'm sitting on the toilet, and Valérian paces around some. After my having ignored him, he chirps at me.
I immediately know where this is going, so I sit up. He jumps in my lap and then onto my back.
Welcome to when you have cats who only talk to you for uppies.
I'm sitting on the toilet, and Valérian paces around some. After my having ignored him, he chirps at me.
I immediately know where this is going, so I sit up. He jumps in my lap and then onto my back.
Welcome to when you have cats who only talk to you for uppies.
December 30, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Current catus (among other things)
I'm sitting on the toilet, and Valérian paces around some. After my having ignored him, he chirps at me.
I immediately know where this is going, so I sit up. He jumps in my lap and then onto my back.
Welcome to when you have cats who only talk to you for uppies.
I'm sitting on the toilet, and Valérian paces around some. After my having ignored him, he chirps at me.
I immediately know where this is going, so I sit up. He jumps in my lap and then onto my back.
Welcome to when you have cats who only talk to you for uppies.
What everyone calls a maned wolf's mustache is just powdered doughnut lips.
December 30, 2025 at 9:59 PM
What everyone calls a maned wolf's mustache is just powdered doughnut lips.
Man, I played some utterly gnarly hammer-on exercises almost two days ago now, and I am still feeling them.
December 30, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Man, I played some utterly gnarly hammer-on exercises almost two days ago now, and I am still feeling them.
From "Smolenskij gusačok" (the Smolyanin gosling) to "Ievan polkka" (Ieva's polka): How Savo Finns Harnessed the Chaos of the Goose to Celebrate a Good Dance in Contravention of a Parent's Wishes
December 30, 2025 at 1:19 AM
From "Smolenskij gusačok" (the Smolyanin gosling) to "Ievan polkka" (Ieva's polka): How Savo Finns Harnessed the Chaos of the Goose to Celebrate a Good Dance in Contravention of a Parent's Wishes
I'm always sort of surprised what my arcane knowledge of VMS internals lets me infer about systems both older (RSX-11 and TOPS-20) and newer (Windows NT) than it.
In fact, about the only thing that NT has that VMS doesn't is the Object Manager. IRPs, etc. are all lifted more or less wholesale.
In fact, about the only thing that NT has that VMS doesn't is the Object Manager. IRPs, etc. are all lifted more or less wholesale.
December 29, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I'm always sort of surprised what my arcane knowledge of VMS internals lets me infer about systems both older (RSX-11 and TOPS-20) and newer (Windows NT) than it.
In fact, about the only thing that NT has that VMS doesn't is the Object Manager. IRPs, etc. are all lifted more or less wholesale.
In fact, about the only thing that NT has that VMS doesn't is the Object Manager. IRPs, etc. are all lifted more or less wholesale.
Terraforming Mars also implies enabling it to have the joy of total eclipses.
Neither Phobos nor Deimos are big enough.
Neither Phobos nor Deimos are big enough.
December 29, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Terraforming Mars also implies enabling it to have the joy of total eclipses.
Neither Phobos nor Deimos are big enough.
Neither Phobos nor Deimos are big enough.
One of the reasons why I put the bass down a long time ago is that I stopped having enough feeling in my left hand to be able to play many of the workout-type practice exercises without seriously injuring myself.
So, uh, here I am, 10 years later, with feeling finally (mostly) back.
So, uh, here I am, 10 years later, with feeling finally (mostly) back.
December 29, 2025 at 8:17 AM
One of the reasons why I put the bass down a long time ago is that I stopped having enough feeling in my left hand to be able to play many of the workout-type practice exercises without seriously injuring myself.
So, uh, here I am, 10 years later, with feeling finally (mostly) back.
So, uh, here I am, 10 years later, with feeling finally (mostly) back.
Current catus
Valérian has been on my feet nonstop since sunrise today.
Valérian has been on my feet nonstop since sunrise today.
December 28, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Current catus
Valérian has been on my feet nonstop since sunrise today.
Valérian has been on my feet nonstop since sunrise today.
With my having dumped my shitty practice amp in favor of just using a high-Z audio interface and an effects stack cobbled together in Pd to color the tone a little, I made the mistake of looking at MIDI pedalboard controllers.
Then, I made the mistake of looking at DIY MIDI pedalboard controllers.
Then, I made the mistake of looking at DIY MIDI pedalboard controllers.
December 27, 2025 at 10:04 PM
With my having dumped my shitty practice amp in favor of just using a high-Z audio interface and an effects stack cobbled together in Pd to color the tone a little, I made the mistake of looking at MIDI pedalboard controllers.
Then, I made the mistake of looking at DIY MIDI pedalboard controllers.
Then, I made the mistake of looking at DIY MIDI pedalboard controllers.
I've been idly working off-and-on on a backup/archival system for Windows.
I think I finally chased down every API call for getting at everything on NTFS and ReFS volumes and hammered out an archive format for storing versioned snapshots of full NTFS and ReFS volumes with high fidelity.
I think I finally chased down every API call for getting at everything on NTFS and ReFS volumes and hammered out an archive format for storing versioned snapshots of full NTFS and ReFS volumes with high fidelity.
December 27, 2025 at 11:38 AM
I've been idly working off-and-on on a backup/archival system for Windows.
I think I finally chased down every API call for getting at everything on NTFS and ReFS volumes and hammered out an archive format for storing versioned snapshots of full NTFS and ReFS volumes with high fidelity.
I think I finally chased down every API call for getting at everything on NTFS and ReFS volumes and hammered out an archive format for storing versioned snapshots of full NTFS and ReFS volumes with high fidelity.
Leica did a sort of Adventskalender this year on YouTube, and there's one detail that has me kind of spinning.
Where the fuck did they find a tape measure in Germany, let alone one with imperial measurements?
Where the fuck did they find a tape measure in Germany, let alone one with imperial measurements?
December 26, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Leica did a sort of Adventskalender this year on YouTube, and there's one detail that has me kind of spinning.
Where the fuck did they find a tape measure in Germany, let alone one with imperial measurements?
Where the fuck did they find a tape measure in Germany, let alone one with imperial measurements?
Current catus
Laureline is padding around the house, chattering to anyone who will listen. (Importantly, without carrying a toy. That's different.)
She's funny. Her only goal in doing this is to get someone to say, "Hello!" Once that happens, she shuts up and runs right over to hang out for a bit.
Laureline is padding around the house, chattering to anyone who will listen. (Importantly, without carrying a toy. That's different.)
She's funny. Her only goal in doing this is to get someone to say, "Hello!" Once that happens, she shuts up and runs right over to hang out for a bit.
December 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Current catus
Laureline is padding around the house, chattering to anyone who will listen. (Importantly, without carrying a toy. That's different.)
She's funny. Her only goal in doing this is to get someone to say, "Hello!" Once that happens, she shuts up and runs right over to hang out for a bit.
Laureline is padding around the house, chattering to anyone who will listen. (Importantly, without carrying a toy. That's different.)
She's funny. Her only goal in doing this is to get someone to say, "Hello!" Once that happens, she shuts up and runs right over to hang out for a bit.
The 1954 Michael Curtiz film White Christmas features Mary Wickes playing the role of Emma Allen, General Waverly's housekeeper at his, as she put it, "Tyrolean haunted house" in Vermont.
You may recognize her as Sister Mary Lazarus from the 1992 Emile Ardolino film Sister Act.
You may recognize her as Sister Mary Lazarus from the 1992 Emile Ardolino film Sister Act.
December 25, 2025 at 6:11 AM
The 1954 Michael Curtiz film White Christmas features Mary Wickes playing the role of Emma Allen, General Waverly's housekeeper at his, as she put it, "Tyrolean haunted house" in Vermont.
You may recognize her as Sister Mary Lazarus from the 1992 Emile Ardolino film Sister Act.
You may recognize her as Sister Mary Lazarus from the 1992 Emile Ardolino film Sister Act.
Oh, huh. How did I not know that Sheldon Axler was at SFSU?
His "Linear Algebra Done Right" was a good adjunct to Friedberg/Insel/Spence when a little more exposition on a topic would have been nice.
His "Linear Algebra Done Right" was a good adjunct to Friedberg/Insel/Spence when a little more exposition on a topic would have been nice.
December 24, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Oh, huh. How did I not know that Sheldon Axler was at SFSU?
His "Linear Algebra Done Right" was a good adjunct to Friedberg/Insel/Spence when a little more exposition on a topic would have been nice.
His "Linear Algebra Done Right" was a good adjunct to Friedberg/Insel/Spence when a little more exposition on a topic would have been nice.
The cassgender urge to typeset your math notes from this past quarter and pull out your favorite vector art program to draw figures.
The genderfucked urge to do precisely none of that and instead look at really nice mechanical pencils and lead holders all day.
The genderfucked urge to do precisely none of that and instead look at really nice mechanical pencils and lead holders all day.
December 24, 2025 at 4:26 AM
The cassgender urge to typeset your math notes from this past quarter and pull out your favorite vector art program to draw figures.
The genderfucked urge to do precisely none of that and instead look at really nice mechanical pencils and lead holders all day.
The genderfucked urge to do precisely none of that and instead look at really nice mechanical pencils and lead holders all day.
Terry Gilliam's 1985 film Brazil is a Christmas movie.
It's also free to watch on YouTube right now, albeit with ads, which honestly enhances the dystopian effect.
It's also free to watch on YouTube right now, albeit with ads, which honestly enhances the dystopian effect.
December 23, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Terry Gilliam's 1985 film Brazil is a Christmas movie.
It's also free to watch on YouTube right now, albeit with ads, which honestly enhances the dystopian effect.
It's also free to watch on YouTube right now, albeit with ads, which honestly enhances the dystopian effect.
"Then, uh, what programming language do you use?"
"Ada mostly. C or assembly from time to time. Possibly also Smalltalk."
"Ada mostly. C or assembly from time to time. Possibly also Smalltalk."
December 23, 2025 at 6:53 PM
"Then, uh, what programming language do you use?"
"Ada mostly. C or assembly from time to time. Possibly also Smalltalk."
"Ada mostly. C or assembly from time to time. Possibly also Smalltalk."
While I'm here: Paul Verhoeven's 1987 film RoboCop is a Christmas movie.
It wouldn't be entirely out of the question to interpret RoboCop as a western through the lens of Reagan-era austerity policy (and the Cold War-era containment policy that largely preceded it).
We even see the culmination of Nancy Reagan's life work through the course of the series.
We even see the culmination of Nancy Reagan's life work through the course of the series.
December 23, 2025 at 7:17 AM
While I'm here: Paul Verhoeven's 1987 film RoboCop is a Christmas movie.
It wouldn't be entirely out of the question to interpret RoboCop as a western through the lens of Reagan-era austerity policy (and the Cold War-era containment policy that largely preceded it).
We even see the culmination of Nancy Reagan's life work through the course of the series.
We even see the culmination of Nancy Reagan's life work through the course of the series.
December 23, 2025 at 6:36 AM
It wouldn't be entirely out of the question to interpret RoboCop as a western through the lens of Reagan-era austerity policy (and the Cold War-era containment policy that largely preceded it).
We even see the culmination of Nancy Reagan's life work through the course of the series.
We even see the culmination of Nancy Reagan's life work through the course of the series.
Consider: „Datenschleppdienst“
December 22, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Consider: „Datenschleppdienst“
Current catus
Skitter skitter skitter skitter.
Skitter skitter skitter skitter.
December 21, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Current catus
Skitter skitter skitter skitter.
Skitter skitter skitter skitter.
Man, if there's anything I'm happy about having (from my vantage point at least) changed in information security, it's that social engineering is considered serious.
20 years ago, it was kinda laughed at, and I feel a little like it's bitten us in the ass.
20 years ago, it was kinda laughed at, and I feel a little like it's bitten us in the ass.
December 20, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Man, if there's anything I'm happy about having (from my vantage point at least) changed in information security, it's that social engineering is considered serious.
20 years ago, it was kinda laughed at, and I feel a little like it's bitten us in the ass.
20 years ago, it was kinda laughed at, and I feel a little like it's bitten us in the ass.