Stochastic Drift

Notes from the Edge of Order

Nathan Myers
October 2025

1 Ragmans'

It was past midnight. Mac and Louie both hid their shoes from the drizzle under Ragmans’ little awning and pretended not to be all that cold in the biting November air. Their horn cases leaned against the wall, getting a little wetter each time the rain decided to team up...
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2 Submarine Story

A red sign with a glaring skull warned of land mines in the dunes. The dunes ran for a half mile, alongside gray craters. Beyond them lay a frothing shoreline. But from the dark edge of the forest Aaron saw only the submarine. Aaron knew the old rotting submarine struck...
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3 Soft Paper Silt

It was like a church—the sun blew lazily through the thick glass brick, casually diffuse, gently floating down like a clean sheet, smelling of toothpaste and of Tide. Rose petals, unswept, and so gone sweet, had settled on the floor. And a crackly piano wafted from down the hall, unstressed.

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4 "Would You Rather Be..."

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5 It Hit Me at Terrace

A few days ago, Saturday, I could be seen Terrace, crossed beyond recognition of course—as you should be at Terrace—stumbling my way downstairs, when I was struck in the head. I struck in the head with one of those fleeting but indelible moments of illumination, those peeks into something more...
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6 Rethinking Stochastic Drift

6.1 Original Introduction, December 2024

‘Stochastic Drift’ in the context of physical systems refers to gradual and cumulative changes in a system over time due to probabilistic influences and noise. In the same way, perhaps looking back upon this repository myself or others will be able to see the...
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