Last Notes

**Priorities for the wilderness**
Even bug aside, the last year has been pretty good dose of whiplash.
https://jameso.be/2021/03/24/back-to-oss.html

2020-09-15 00:00:00 GMT

**Is Bitcoin’s lack of counterparty risk just a micro-optimization?**
As more and more talk grows of the dollar getting displaced as the almighty global reserve settlement asset, gold fans tend to point out that the commodity is a natural candidate for another go-round in this spot because of its lack of counterparty risk.**Is Bitcoin’s lack of counterparty risk just a micro-optimization?**
As more and more talk grows of the dollar getting displaced as the almighty global reserve settlement asset, gold fans tend to point out that the commodity is a natural candida…
https://jameso.be/2020/09/15/bitcoin-counterparty.html

2015-02-12 00:00:00 GMT

**Ignore the gurus (including me)**
Bodhisattva Would you take me by the hand Bodhisattva Would you take me by the hand Can you show me The shine of your Japan The sparkle of your China Can you show me Bodhisattva Steely Dan
https://jameso.be/2015/02/12/gurus.html

2014-01-19 00:00:00 GMT

**Lisp: more is less**
There’s recently been a resurgence of interest in Lisp (specifically, Clojure) in my neighborhood. I have some kind of a fondness for Lisp, but I think some of its characteristics make it poorly suited for use in large programming efforts. Indeed many of the unique properties that Lisp devotees (myself once included) tout over other languages, like homoiconicity, make Lisp into an unweidly, conceptual sledgehammer that’s often out of scale with the problem being solved.**Lisp: more is less**
There’s recently been a resurgence of interest in Lisp (specifically, Clojure) in my neighborhood. I have some kind of a fondness for Lisp, but I think some of its characteristics make it poorly suited for use in large prog…
https://jameso.be/2014/01/19/lisp.html