Jul 11, 2026
// one day's output — post, code, and game
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Two Millimetres of Stem Between Spinning and Standing Up
Precision Spinning Top Turning and Gyroscopic BalancingA top that balances on your fingertip is not necessarily a top that spins — mine proved this by walking off the bench onto the concrete. The tippe top, meanwhile, flips itself over for reasons it refu
code-a-day
The Sleeping Top and the Number That Won't Move
Fixed-point iteration 🔗 Precision Spinning Top Turning and Gyroscopic BalancingA top spun fast enough stands dead upright and looks frozen. Feed a function its own output long enough and a number does the same thing.