I fought the power law and the power law won

My thoughts on the sources of inequality on Patreon and elsewhere.

2023-02-26 · 14 min · Frank Hecker

The end of GAP

I summarize my final thoughts on GAP: The Series.

2023-02-20 · 5 min · Frank Hecker

Logarithms are just orders of magnitude with a glow up, part 2

I continue to try to explain logarithms to myself.

2023-02-12 · 7 min · Frank Hecker

Logarithms are just orders of magnitude with a glow up, part 1

I try to explain to myself how logarithms work.

2023-02-11 · 11 min · Frank Hecker

Patreon earnings per patron and “1,000 true fans”

I look at Patreon earnings per patron, and how possible it is to acquire 1,000 true fans.

2023-02-06 · 2 min · Frank Hecker

A few more yuri manga recommendations

In which I recommend some yuri manga titles of note.

2023-01-25 · 3 min · Frank Hecker

The number of patrons per Patreon project is log-normally distributed

What it says in the title.

2023-01-24 · 1 min · Frank Hecker

Life in Patreonia: Inequality in the “creator economy”

If Patreon were a country, it would be the most unequal country in the world.

2023-01-21 · 12 min · Frank Hecker

Thugs at the Ren Faire

We love stories about the thuggish rulers of yore.

2023-01-16 · 5 min · Frank Hecker

My dear boy, why don’t you just try writing?

Prompting ChatGPT to write a story seems more difficult than just writing one yourself.

2023-01-12 · 2 min · Frank Hecker