What I saw on the web on 2021.10.3

[reblogarythm]

1. Stirling’s Formula
   by John Baez
   https://johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com/2021/10/03/stirlings-formula/
   a nice derivation of a useful fact
   via rss
   
   
2. A Study in Emerald
   by Neil Gaiman
   https://www.neilgaiman.com/mediafiles/exclusive/shortstories/emerald.pdf
   for all you Sherlock Cthulhu fans out there
   via prompted memory
   
   
3. Jshelter
   by several people
   https://jshelter.org/
   might have to try this out?
   via /.
   
   
4. CollapseSupport
   by CollapseSupport
   https://www.reddit.com/r/CollapseSupport/
   what does it say of a subreddit that it needs another subreddit to help people cope with it?
   via siderea's post
   
   
5. Hope, not optimism
   by Cory Doctorow
   https://doctorow.medium.com/hope-not-optimism-943e88291b
   a useful distinction, also a good bit on the four cardinal directions in which to try to improve things
   via rss