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`fogus @fogus.me · May 7

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`fogus @fogus.me · 2h

After a full weekend of nonstop, intense, social interaction I am prepared to avoid talking to anyone until Clojure/conj.

`fogus @fogus.me · 3d

O V E R — D R O P
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Maria J Pérez Cuervo @mjpcuervo.bsky.social · 4d

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.

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`fogus @fogus.me · 5d

Score!

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`fogus @fogus.me · 5d

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.

`fogus @fogus.me · 7d

Emblogginated: The Bird-Poker Deck
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Bird-Poker is formed from all cards in a single suit plus the 4, 7, 10, and King of another suit.

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`fogus @fogus.me · 7d

When R7RS small came out years ago I took a few weeks to use it as an implementation guide and found it was excellent for that use case. The Scheme reports have always been the gold standard in lang specification and it looks like they will continue to be into the future.

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`fogus @fogus.me · 13d

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.

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`fogus @fogus.me · 13d

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...

`fogus @fogus.me · 14d

I glad that you liked it. I had a good feeling that you might. I hope that the best month is going well for you. I’m a bit behind on the festivities but am trying to catch up.

`fogus @fogus.me · 16d

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.

`fogus @fogus.me · 27d

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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`fogus @fogus.me · 28d

Whhhhaaaaattttt!? This sounds like Jar-Jar as a sith nonsense to me ;)

`fogus @fogus.me · 28d

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.

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`fogus @fogus.me · Sep 25

I haven’t read the article yet, but I will asap. For a brief window a goal in personal computing was IA (look at 80s ads to see it on display). The “I” part almost seems like an undesirable attribute in a customer.

`fogus @fogus.me · Sep 24

Came across an old House of Leaves notes site that a friend and I created many years ago. Fun times! fogus.me/fun/HOL/

`fogus @fogus.me · Sep 23

I want to read the most evil choose your own adventure book of all time... candidates?

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`fogus @fogus.me · Sep 22

Often bad schemes are the best schemes. But Schemes that seem to teem with squeamish morphemes are deemed against the academe dream.

`fogus @fogus.me · Sep 22

Favorites so far?

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`fogus @fogus.me · Sep 21

It felt like they thought they had 10 episodes but found out they only had 8 late in the game.

`fogus @fogus.me · Sep 21

Oh, by the way, I came across an old British series on YouTube called Beasts from Nigel Kneal that I thought you might appreciate. The first episode is a rip off of Carrie (but good fun) but after that there are folk horror elements that would slot well with Robin Redbreast.

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`fogus @fogus.me · Sep 21

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.

`fogus @fogus.me · Sep 20

Not even if they do specious martial arts in the woods?!

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`fogus @fogus.me · Sep 15

Hmmmm. That sounds like a great idea!

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`fogus @fogus.me · Sep 15

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...

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