Most popular posts of 2018

Here are 10 of my most popular posts this year, arranged as pairs of posts in different areas.

Astronomy

• Planets evenly spaced on a log scale
• Gravity, stars, and cows

Programming

• Viability of unpopular programming languages
• Currying in various contexts

Computer arithmetic

• The quadratic formula in low-precision arithmetic
• Eight-bit floating point

Math

• Computing SVD and pseudoinverse
• Squared digit sum

Statistics

• Two-sample t-test and robustness
• Simulating identification by zip, sex, and birthdate