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Lots of reasons to love using Clojure, but Netflix reminded us of why we don’t want to use anything else…
In 12 years, over 7 different versions of Clojure (from 1.5.1 to 1.12.0) they had zero migrations!
I don’t know how to express how amazing that is
In 12 years, over 7 different versions of Clojure (from 1.5.1 to 1.12.0) they had zero migrations!
I don’t know how to express how amazing that is
November 16, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Lots of reasons to love using Clojure, but Netflix reminded us of why we don’t want to use anything else…
In 12 years, over 7 different versions of Clojure (from 1.5.1 to 1.12.0) they had zero migrations!
I don’t know how to express how amazing that is
In 12 years, over 7 different versions of Clojure (from 1.5.1 to 1.12.0) they had zero migrations!
I don’t know how to express how amazing that is
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Parents, please check your kids’ candy this Halloween. I’ve just found an ancient metal whistle with the inscription “QUIS EST ISTE QUI VENIT" inside a Snickers bar. I blew it and heard a note of infinite distance, and now I’m haunted by a figure in pale, fluttering draperies. Be safe.
October 22, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Parents, please check your kids’ candy this Halloween. I’ve just found an ancient metal whistle with the inscription “QUIS EST ISTE QUI VENIT" inside a Snickers bar. I blew it and heard a note of infinite distance, and now I’m haunted by a figure in pale, fluttering draperies. Be safe.
The first AI bubble in the 1980s popped because it had the audacity to be about helping people through technology. The next one will pop because it's about replacing people with technology... but that's also why this one has so much more investment.
October 21, 2025 at 10:59 PM
The first AI bubble in the 1980s popped because it had the audacity to be about helping people through technology. The next one will pop because it's about replacing people with technology... but that's also why this one has so much more investment.
Emblogginated: The Bird-Poker Deck
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October 20, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Emblogginated: The Bird-Poker Deck
blog.fogus.me/games/bird-p...
blog.fogus.me/games/bird-p...
I’ll admit that when LLMs first hit the scene I was excited for the possibility that perhaps they would finally offer a good recommendation system, but in practice they’re just as garbage as every other recommendation system and in many ways much worse.
October 14, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I’ll admit that when LLMs first hit the scene I was excited for the possibility that perhaps they would finally offer a good recommendation system, but in practice they’re just as garbage as every other recommendation system and in many ways much worse.
The App Store has 20K Christian Bible related apps that provide tools to read, annotate, summarize, index, bookmark, outline, explain, and build reading curriculums. My ignorance is on display but there are far less for other religions and none for Platonism, Aristotle, Homer, Discordianism...
October 13, 2025 at 8:27 PM
The App Store has 20K Christian Bible related apps that provide tools to read, annotate, summarize, index, bookmark, outline, explain, and build reading curriculums. My ignorance is on display but there are far less for other religions and none for Platonism, Aristotle, Homer, Discordianism...
Upon having just returned from Brazil, it strikes me that it’s nearly mid October and I haven’t watched a single horror movie this month. For shame.
October 10, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Upon having just returned from Brazil, it strikes me that it’s nearly mid October and I haven’t watched a single horror movie this month. For shame.
Emblogginated “Derek Raymond and 'The Black Novel'” over at Wormwoodania —> wormwoodiana.blogspot.com/2025/09/dere...
Derek Raymond and 'The Black Novel': A Guest Post by Fogus
The British crime writer Derek Raymond, best known for his bleak "Factory" novels, coined the term "Black Novel" in his autobiography The ...
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September 30, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Emblogginated “Derek Raymond and 'The Black Novel'” over at Wormwoodania —> wormwoodiana.blogspot.com/2025/09/dere...
Imagine having the arrogance to proclaim that your company is U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men, Inc, while trying to running it like Weyland-Yutani but ultimately producing R5-D4.
September 28, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Imagine having the arrogance to proclaim that your company is U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men, Inc, while trying to running it like Weyland-Yutani but ultimately producing R5-D4.
Came across an old House of Leaves notes site that a friend and I created many years ago. Fun times! fogus.me/fun/HOL/
September 24, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Came across an old House of Leaves notes site that a friend and I created many years ago. Fun times! fogus.me/fun/HOL/
We need more new horror movies about doppelgängers. I was sure that Us was going to usher in a new era, but it never did sadly.
September 21, 2025 at 7:58 PM
We need more new horror movies about doppelgängers. I was sure that Us was going to usher in a new era, but it never did sadly.
If I start reading now then I might just finish it by 2026. I’ve waited for this one since 2019 after reading about it on the Untranslated blog. theuntranslated.wordpress.com/2019/02/01/s...
September 15, 2025 at 11:31 PM
If I start reading now then I might just finish it by 2026. I’ve waited for this one since 2019 after reading about it on the Untranslated blog. theuntranslated.wordpress.com/2019/02/01/s...
Did a complete reassessment of my YT watching/subscriptions and didn't keep much. Not surprisingly, my feed has a ton of new channel recommendations and is not gummed up with the things that it thought I already liked.
September 11, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Did a complete reassessment of my YT watching/subscriptions and didn't keep much. Not surprisingly, my feed has a ton of new channel recommendations and is not gummed up with the things that it thought I already liked.
Finally found the perfect box to make a Marrakesh travel set like the one at boardgamegeek.com/image/376686....
September 10, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Finally found the perfect box to make a Marrakesh travel set like the one at boardgamegeek.com/image/376686....
Emblogginated: "18XX: A System of Systems" --> blog.fogus.me/games/18XX/i...
September 4, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Emblogginated: "18XX: A System of Systems" --> blog.fogus.me/games/18XX/i...
I wrote about Johan Kugelberg's essay 'Baron Corvo: The Greatest Asshole Who Ever Lived' at Wormwoodania. Kugelberg perfectly captures why people are still fascinated by Baron Corvo.
wormwoodiana.blogspot.com/2025/08/on-b...
wormwoodiana.blogspot.com/2025/08/on-b...
August 27, 2025 at 12:16 PM
I wrote about Johan Kugelberg's essay 'Baron Corvo: The Greatest Asshole Who Ever Lived' at Wormwoodania. Kugelberg perfectly captures why people are still fascinated by Baron Corvo.
wormwoodiana.blogspot.com/2025/08/on-b...
wormwoodiana.blogspot.com/2025/08/on-b...
I’m struggling to identify USA equivalents to the old trauma-inducing, hauntological/folk-horror British children’s shows from the 70s-80s. Aside from Doctor Who rebroadcasts, the closest I came up with are bits of Electric Company and Land of the Lost. Maybe they’re just weren’t any equivalents?
August 24, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I’m struggling to identify USA equivalents to the old trauma-inducing, hauntological/folk-horror British children’s shows from the 70s-80s. Aside from Doctor Who rebroadcasts, the closest I came up with are bits of Electric Company and Land of the Lost. Maybe they’re just weren’t any equivalents?