Fragments

Let me tell you the parable of the plough, as related to me by a wandering preacher in the high country, long ago.

I’ve been interested in how slow CLOS slot access is in Common Lisp. Here’s how I measured it.

Or: the Turing test is still junk.

Access to slots in CLOS instances is often very slow. It’s probably not possible for it ever to be really fast, but the AMOP MOP does provide a way of making it, at least, less slow.

Or, second system.

Some very serious rules. Very serious.

Or, the bullshit singularity.

Or: do not outsource your mind.

A little over a year ago I wrote an essay called A history of the near future. How have things gone since then?

Or, constantp is not enough.