10.2.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

10.2.2.1 Where is Abbott? How to make logograms from the film "Arrival"?
10.2.2.2 Why I get the "Set::write: "Tag Times in is Protected." error?
10.2.2.3 Is there a syntax for single-line comments for notebooks?
10.2.2.4 How to create animated snowfall?
10.2.2.5 Placing text within a plot
10.2.2.6 Plotting a Phase Portrait
10.2.2.7 How do I draw a pair of buttocks?
10.2.2.1 Where is Abbott? How to make logograms from the film "Arrival"?

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=137156

The film Arrival showed Wolfram Language code in action analysing alien logograms. A recent 
blog describes some details and 
mentions 
a live-coding video by Christopher Wolfam. See also Stephen Wolfram'... 
[graphics] [generative-art]
 
asked by KennyColnago https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=3246 Score of 20
answered by KennyColnago https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=3246 Score of 20
10.2.2.2 Why I get the "Set::write: "Tag Times in is Protected." error?

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=11868

Why I get the error below with this code: 
 
... 
[vector-calculus]
 
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answered by Mark McClure https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=36 Score of 15
10.2.2.3 Is there a syntax for single-line comments for notebooks?

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I'm aware that I can use  (* ... *)  to comment out stuff in a notebook. Many languages have a syntax for single-line comments, such as 
 
... 
[syntax] [comment]
 
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answered by Szabolcs https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=12 Score of 86
10.2.2.4 How to create animated snowfall?

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Well, the title is self-explanatory. What sorts of snowfall can we generate using Mathematica? There are two options I suggest to consider: 
 
1) Continuous GIF animations with smallest possible number ... 
[dynamic] [random] [animation] [generative-art]
 
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10.2.2.5 Placing text within a plot

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I want to place text within a plot. The text is always centered relative to the coordinates. How can I left-align or right-align the text relative to the coordinates? For example: 
 
... 
[plotting] [graphics] [text]
 
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10.2.2.6 Plotting a Phase Portrait

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I'm trying to plot a phase portrait for the differential equation 
$$x'' - (1 - x^2) x' + x = 0.5 \cos(1.1 t)\,.$$ 
The primes are derivatives with respect to $t$. I've reduced this second order ODE to ... 
[plotting] [differential-equations]
 
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answered by David Slater https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=1746 Score of 42
10.2.2.7 How do I draw a pair of buttocks?

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=66538

I'm trying to develop a function which 3D plot would have a buttocks like shape. 
 
Several days of searching the web and a dozen my of own attempts to solve the issue have brought nothing but two ... 
[plotting] [graphics3d] [generative-art]
 
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