# real numbers (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 5 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover real numbers. Page: Feed: --- ## [New album: I Will Die In This Jean Jacket || Hang From A Cloud Jim Blaha's basement, a tape machine, and a whole lot of feeling](https://addtowantlist.com/index.php/2026/08/21/album-review-i-will-die-in-this-jean-jacket-hang-from-a-cloud/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=album-review-i-will-die-in-this-jean-jacket-hang-from-a-cloud) _2026-08-21 · Niek · Add To Wantlist_ Social isolation can mess with both your head and your sense of being connected to the world, and by now we’ve all heard about the loneliness epidemic. But solitude isn’t necessarily the enemy. Sometimes getting away from everyone else is exactly what you need to reconnect with your emotions, your creativity, or simply yourself. A \[…\] The post \New album: I Will Die In This Jean Jacket || Hang… ## [New album: The Freebies || The Freebies Scrappy pop for carefree days](https://addtowantlist.com/index.php/2026/08/21/album-review-the-freebies-the-freebies/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=album-review-the-freebies-the-freebies) _2026-08-21 · Niek · Add To Wantlist_ What better way to return from a summer break than with the debut LP from a band that knows how to keep the summer vibes going? Remember The Freebies, who dropped a little single a couple of months ago? Well, their self-titled debut contains those two songs, Hard on U and Kiss Me, which are \[…\] The post \New album: The Freebies || The Freebies\ \Scrappy pop for carefree days\… ## [New album: Drug Country || Country Drugs Front-porch storytelling wrapped in unpolished production](https://addtowantlist.com/index.php/2026/08/20/album-review-drug-country-country-drugs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=album-review-drug-country-country-drugs) _2026-08-20 · Dennis · Add To Wantlist_ If you rhyme “I stop in this little bar” with “drink whiskey and listen to Big Star”, then you’ve already won me over to a large extent. Richmond, Virginia-based singer-songwriter/multi-instrumentalist John Russell does it in House Pour, one of the twelve songs—streaming services provide a thirteenth track—on Country Drugs, his debut record under the moniker \[…\] The post \New album: Drug… ## [New EP: Vlayman || On the Zero Line Capturing the raw energy of an adventurous live jam session](https://addtowantlist.com/index.php/2026/08/20/ep-review-vlayman-on-the-zero-line/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ep-review-vlayman-on-the-zero-line) _2026-08-20 · Dennis · Add To Wantlist_ Just after I first heard about the concept of zebra drinking (an alcohol-free option after every alcoholic drink, just like the black and white stripes of a zebra alternate), a recommendation from the Dutch Brewers Association to incoming students (true story), I stumbled upon the track Vertical Drinking by Vlayman (“I don’t like to do \[…\] The post \New EP: Vlayman || On the Zero Line\… ## [New album: Attic Abasement || Moonlight Passes On Lo-fi intimacy for fans of Neutral Milk Hotel, Silver Jews, Nana Grizol](https://addtowantlist.com/index.php/2026/08/19/album-review-attic-abasement-moonlight-passes-on/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=album-review-attic-abasement-moonlight-passes-on) _2026-08-19 · Dennis · Add To Wantlist_ It’s been a decade-long wait, but Rochester, New York-based indie rock band Attic Abasement is back with their fourth full-length album, Moonlight Passes On. This time, singer-songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Mike Rheinheimer constructed the eleven new songs mostly alone in his basement, then pieced them together with producer Ben Morey. It led to wonderful, folky noise pop that \[…\] The post… ## [New album: wearemarvin || Don’t Panic A little perseverance goes a long way](https://addtowantlist.com/index.php/2026/08/19/album-review-wearemarvin-dont-panic/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=album-review-wearemarvin-dont-panic) _2026-08-19 · Dennis · Add To Wantlist_ For music with a loudly beating heart, it is never too late. Hamburg quintet wearemarvin spent fourteen years bringing Don’t Panic to life, surviving lineup changes and abandoned recording sessions, without losing sight of the songs Sven Stellmach began writing back in 2012. It resulted in laid-back slacker rock steeped in the spirit of early-2000s \[…\] The post \New album: wearemarvin || Don’t… ## [New album: Shredded Sun || Never Odd or Even Growing older, one hook at a time](https://addtowantlist.com/index.php/2026/08/18/album-review-shredded-sun-never-odd-or-even/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=album-review-shredded-sun-never-odd-or-even) _2026-08-18 · Dennis · Add To Wantlist_ Two years after their Wilding LP, Chicago trio Shredded Sun return with a fuzz-fuelled new record that makes getting older sound considerably more fun than it probably should. Never Odd or Even tackles aging, self-worth, and adult dread, capturing the uneasy feeling of being stuck between the life you imagined and the one you’re actually \[…\] The post \New album: Shredded Sun || Never Odd or… ## [New album: Chateau || Sometimes We Wander A warm, woozy trip through genre-hopping pop delights](https://addtowantlist.com/index.php/2026/08/18/album-review-chateau-sometimes-we-wander/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=album-review-chateau-sometimes-we-wander) _2026-08-18 · Dennis · Add To Wantlist_ British singer-songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Henry Smith gives himself free rein on Chateau’s debut full-length, a summery 28-minute stroll through jangle pop, psychedelic soul, bedroom pop, and lo-fi oddities. The versatile musician plays every instrument himself, building the ten songs—including the short intro and outro, variations of the same theme—from whatever was within reach before… ## [Album review: Real Numbers || Was It Always This Way Turning wistful thoughts into irresistibly bright jangle pop](https://addtowantlist.com/index.php/2026/08/17/album-review-real-numbers-was-it-always-this-way/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=album-review-real-numbers-was-it-always-this-way) _2026-08-17 · Dennis · Add To Wantlist_ Minneapolis singer-songwriter Eli Hansen has already given us more than a handful of notable releases with Real Numbers, but Was It Always This Way might just be their most captivating one yet. Ten years after the Wordless Wonder LP and five years after the Brighter Then EP, both well worth revisiting, this is a beautifully \[…\] The post \Album review: Real Numbers || Was It Always This Way\… ## [New EP: Mac Luster || Ritual An overdue reckoning with things beyond control](https://addtowantlist.com/index.php/2026/08/17/ep-review-mac-luster-ritual/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ep-review-mac-luster-ritual) _2026-08-17 · Dennis · Add To Wantlist_ Formed in 2013 and put on ice in 2018, Southern California alt-rock band Mac Luster are making some noise again. Their guitars have bite, their drums push hard, and Jake Mazon sings like he’s finally getting some long-stored thoughts off his chest. That emotional urgency gives the Ritual EP its real pull; the years between \[…\] The post \New EP: Mac Luster || Ritual\ \An overdue reckoning… ## [Auto-trade Cross-Exchange Gaps (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/5kdokME1g0MF) _2026-08-17 · **Sponsored**_ Find cross-exchange spreads, backtest strategies, and execute automatically with risk controls. ## [New compilation: Sys Malakian || Greatest Hits A convincing case for a guitar hero who keeps expanding the possibilities of surf without losing sight of its thrills](https://addtowantlist.com/index.php/2026/08/14/compilation-review-sys-malakian-greatest-hits/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=compilation-review-sys-malakian-greatest-hits) _2026-08-14 · Dennis · Add To Wantlist_ With 15 years spent exploring the outer reaches of surf music, Sys Malakian has become one of the Mexican scene s most distinctive figures. This Greatest Hits compilation offers eighteen exciting tunes drawn from his solo work and various collaborations and bands, including Perro Agradecido, Systilus, Los Atascados, Diego Márquez, Philosurfia, and so forth. There’s plenty \[ \] The post \New… ## [New EP: Shampoo || Five Favorites Jangly melodies and sunshine harmonies that stick](https://addtowantlist.com/index.php/2026/08/14/ep-review-shampoo-five-favorites/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ep-review-shampoo-five-favorites) _2026-08-14 · Dennis · Add To Wantlist_ Two months ago we were introduced to New Jersey-based indie trio Shampoo, when they released the wantlist-worthy Don t Call Me Baby b/w Marble Eyes 7 . These two hits(!) return on the Five Favorites compilation, which features three other early recordings: Forgotten Lane, Nothing Left To Do, and Ding Dong. Although the infectious melodies and golden \[ \] The post \New EP: Shampoo || Five… ## [New album: Fantastic Shams || Back of My Mind Striking the critical balance between analog grit and vivid storytelling](https://addtowantlist.com/index.php/2026/08/13/album-review-fantastic-shams-back-of-my-mind/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=album-review-fantastic-shams-back-of-my-mind) _2026-08-13 · Dennis · Add To Wantlist_ Not being a music journalist or a trained critic, but merely an enthusiast who has followed his intuition for all these years of blogging, I have finally looked into what the criteria for a good review actually are. Usually, I am probably sort of unconsciously trying to incorporate the who, where, what, and why in \[ \] The post \New album: Fantastic Shams || Back of My Mind\ \Striking the… ## [New album: The Wyldewood Green || Tales Of The Wyldewood Green A crate-digger’s trip through heavy psych](https://addtowantlist.com/index.php/2026/08/13/album-review-the-wyldewood-green-tales-of-the-wyldewood-green/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=album-review-the-wyldewood-green-tales-of-the-wyldewood-green) _2026-08-13 · Dennis · Add To Wantlist_ The Wyldewood Green s debut full-length is the kind of instrumental trip that makes genre boundaries feel rather pointless. Hammond organ takes the lead, naturally, but beneath its swirling tones lurk gritty garage, deep funk, mod soul, heavy psych, and flashes of hard rock and prog. These eleven tracks are suitably unruly, with real drums, percussion, \[ \] The post \New album: The Wyldewood… ## [New album: The Happy Somethings || A Healthy Dose Of Hope Making peace with the here and now](https://addtowantlist.com/index.php/2026/08/13/album-review-the-happy-somethings-a-healthy-dose-of-hope/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=album-review-the-happy-somethings-a-healthy-dose-of-hope) _2026-08-13 · Dennis · Add To Wantlist_ I haven t actually counted, but it feels like The Happy Somethings are more productive than ever since they announced a hiatus following their Felt EP. Anyway, this is another release, a full-length one, oh yes. A Healthy Dose Of Hope is a scruffy, lo-fi collection of jangly guitars, fuzzy edges, and acoustic strumming, recorded with \[ \] The post \New album: The Happy Somethings || A Healthy… ## [Every awesome list rots. I built one that won't.](https://kacho.io/prediction-almanac) _2026-08-13 · Kacho — building in public_ Prediction Almanac is an open directory of every prediction market worth trading, the data you can backtest on, and the tools people have actually shipped. It rebuilds itself from scratch every day and fetches its own numbers - volume, repo health, blog freshness - so nothing on the page is a figure I typed once and left to go stale. ## [New album: Ready Ave || Across the Ceiling Tender tunes for everyday life](https://addtowantlist.com/index.php/2026/08/12/album-review-ready-ave-across-the-ceiling/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=album-review-ready-ave-across-the-ceiling) _2026-08-12 · Dennis · Add To Wantlist_ Ready Ave is an indie pop trio from Baltimore, Maryland, featuring Blake Douglas (vocals, all instruments except drums), Hannah Bonczek (vocals), and Paul Krolian (drums). Their debut album, Across the Ceiling, turns the small movements of everyday life into ten lo-fi songs with jangly guitars and delicate vocals. Nothing about it screams for attention at \[ \] The post \New album: Ready Ave ||… ## [New album: Slow Fiction || dollhouse Turning private doubts into public noise](https://addtowantlist.com/index.php/2026/08/12/album-review-slow-fiction-dollhouse/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=album-review-slow-fiction-dollhouse) _2026-08-12 · Dennis · Add To Wantlist_ New York City s Slow Fiction are a five-piece with a knack for turning wiry guitars, nervous rhythms, and immersive melodies into something slightly unsettling. On their debut full-length, dollhouse, they turn edgy structures and mundane observations into miniature dramas. Having grown out of live experimentation, these eleven songs retain a spontaneous quality, even when the \[ \] The post \New… ## [New EP: Von Cube || All Is Well Bold lines that give you just enough room to paint your relief](https://addtowantlist.com/index.php/2026/08/12/ep-review-von-cube-all-is-well/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ep-review-von-cube-all-is-well) _2026-08-12 · Dennis · Add To Wantlist_ If you were wondering how things have gone for Seattle s Von Cube since the moment we talked about 2024 s Dance Party, Grady Eddins (vocals, guitar, bass) and Nick Hagen (drums) provide the answer with a new EP: All Is Well. In the meantime we missed a few releases, but we are happy to make some \[ \] The post \New EP: Von Cube || All Is Well\ \Bold lines that give you just enough room to… ## [New album: Andy Crofts || Melody Boy A celebration of the art of songwriting](https://addtowantlist.com/index.php/2026/08/11/album-review-andy-crofts-melody-boy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=album-review-andy-crofts-melody-boy) _2026-08-11 · Dennis · Add To Wantlist_ After a band life of more than two decades (you heard him with The Moons and with Paul Weller), British singer-songwriter Andy Crofts steps even more into the spotlight with his first solo album, aptly titled Melody Boy. Its fourteen timeless songs blend classic chamber-pop craftsmanship with dreamy psychedelia full of transcendent details and vintage \[ \] The post \New album: Andy Crofts ||… ## [Meet Claude, an AI assistant (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/oK2Le3tD6jjN) _2026-08-11 · **Sponsored**_ Chat with Claude at claude.ai — a conversational AI assistant. ## [New EP: Killer Kin || One Way Raw power](https://addtowantlist.com/index.php/2026/08/11/ep-review-killer-kin-one-way/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ep-review-killer-kin-one-way) _2026-08-11 · Dennis · Add To Wantlist_ Niek is away for a few days, and I have taken it upon myself not to simply push aside the loudest releases that he would normally pick up. In the case of Killer Kin, I really enjoy doing that. On their latest 7-inch, the band from New Haven, Connecticut wastes no time reminding us why \[ \] The post \New EP: Killer Kin || One Way\ \Raw power\ appeared first on Add To Wantlist . ## [The Garden](/2026/08/03/the-garden.html) _2026-08-03 · Irregular Rhomboid_ I have long been trying to express a particular idea with respect to how I experience mathematics. Namely, Mathematics feels like a place , which I poetically like to call The Garden . This post is an attempt at articulating that thought, along with some recent reflections on what the future of mathematics might look like. On placehood Before talking about mathematics proper, I should specify what… ## [A bit of everything and nothing specific.](https://kacho.io/everything-and-nothing) _2026-07-29 · Kacho — building in public_ A quieter update. The retired sports bot's Rust replacement made $650 last month, why I won't open-source the one that actually works, what two months of blogging in the open returned, and the weather market-making model coming next. ## [I'm open-sourcing my Polymarket market making bot.](https://kacho.io/open-sourcing-my-polymarket-bot) _2026-07-21 · Kacho — building in public_ The market-making bot that made me about $5k on Polymarket is now on GitHub, MIT-licensed, wallet still public. Here's what's in it, what I stripped out, and why giving away a bot that made money costs me nothing - the code was never the edge. ## [Adverse selection eating away my Polymarket bot arbitrage profits.](https://kacho.io/why-my-polymarket-arbitrage-bot-lost-money) _2026-06-30 · Kacho — building in public_ Last post I left a question hanging - the directional bets lost $3,184 when every one was supposed to have at least 7% edge. Analytics scripts I built gave me a clear picture but there is not a single simple answer that explains why my ROI decayed. The main reason was that I was using stale odds (up to 30 minutes fresh) which resulted in adverse selection fills a lot more often than I thought… ## [Further mathematical posters](/2026/06/20/coffee-room-posters.html) _2026-06-20 · Irregular Rhomboid_ After making the computer room posters last year, I suggested to my department to make some for our coffee room. Just like the first time, this post is to document the creative choices made. Context Unlike the previous time, where I took it upon myself to decorate a classroom without asking for permission, this time I made the proposal at a department meeting to make posters for our coffee room.… ## [I recorded Polymarket's 5-minute crypto markets for two months. Here's the dataset.](https://kacho.io/polymarket-5min-crypto-dataset) _2026-06-16 · Kacho — building in public_ A free, open dataset: nearly 89,000 of Polymarket's 5-minute crypto up/down markets (BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP, DOGE, HYPE, BNB), captured second by second - about 26.8 million top-of-book order-book observations from March to May 2026. I collected it to backtest a bot. You can have it. ## [I ran an arbitrage bot on Polymarket. Here are the real numbers.](https://kacho.io/polymarket-arbitrage-real-numbers) _2026-06-06 · Kacho — building in public_ In early 2026 my bot netted ~$5k on Polymarket. The guaranteed arbitrage made +$8.3k - but capturing it forced directional bets that lost $3.2k. The whole story, with every number. ## [Everyone shows the wins. I'm showing the wallet.](https://kacho.io/why-kacho-io) _2026-05-28 · Kacho — building in public_ Why kacho.io exists: a logbook of the side hustles I'm actually building, with the real numbers behind them - the losing months included, and a public wallet so you can check. ## [Linear Algebra is (almost) Turing Complete](/2026/01/01/linear-algebra-is-turing-complete.html) _2026-01-01 · Irregular Rhomboid_ Turing Machines are the classic formalization of computation, later followed by many others. In this post, I will show how to represent any Turing Machine as a nonlinear operator on an appropriate Banach space. Along the way, we’ll find interesting interpretations of things like the Halting Problem as well as connections to a cool part of Dynamical Systems theory 1 . Note: While I try to provide… ## [Crush Every Threat in Real Time (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/4EHJqM9MZsCC) _2025-12-31 · **Sponsored**_ One agent for real-time detection, exposure tracking, and active defense. ## [The Hitchhiker's Guide to Research](/2025/08/15/hitchhikers-guide-to-research.html) _2025-08-15 · Irregular Rhomboid_ The purpose of this post is to provide a somewhat opinionated guide to doing scientific research (mostly in machine learning) for people outside traditional research institutions. There are already several excellent guides on writing papers and how to work on research projects (see below), so I aim for it to be a complement to those that can still serve as a standalone guide. Specifically, this… ## [I made posters for a computer room. This is what went into them.](/2025/02/01/computer-room-posters.html) _2025-02-01 · Irregular Rhomboid_ During the holidays I worked on a small project to make posters for a computer room in my university. Since this was essentially an exercise in artistic creativity, I thought I’d document the process of making these, as I think this is often omitted despite being (for me, at least) the most interesting part of the creative process. Context The math department I work at moved to a new building a… ## [Mathematics as Sorcery](/2024/10/31/math-as-sorcery.html) _2024-10-31 · Irregular Rhomboid_ Mathematics is often seen by outsiders as an austere discipline of pure reason. The goal of this post is to present an interpretation of mathematics as literal magic. More precisely, the practice of mathematics bears striking similarities (vibes) to the magical tradition known as goetia , or sorcery . Goetia is a type of European sorcery, often referred to as witchcraft, that has been transmitted…