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Reviews

Pillow
Pillow

gosh, these things are good

11/5/2026
Poland Spring
Poland Spring

had a raspberry lime bottle of one of these this morning. the flavor was extraordinarily light, but it /was/ pleasant. i think they accomplished what they wanted.

11/5/2026
Full moon
Full moon

magnifique. prime for association with all kinds of meanings and omens

11/5/2026
Haskell
Haskell

beautiful language! unfortunately, it's possible to write quite a lot of it without ever learning the messy ins and outs of how a computer works

11/5/2026
Gödel, Escher, Bach
Gödel, Escher, Bach

a delightful book on mathematics, structure, and meaning. i don't know how many of its ideas on artificial intelligence hold up nowadays, but it does a great job of pushing the reader to think more subtly and broadly

11/5/2026
Category theory
Category theory

i fucking love this shit. it's so cool it lets you do so much with so much

11/5/2026
Homomorphism
Homomorphism

just feels great how many places this pops up in. really shines when you place restrictions or work with some family, but the general idea is rock solid

11/5/2026
Umberto Eco
Umberto Eco

one of the greats. introduced me to a good deal of the ideas that i like thinking about, and helped nurture the ideas that put me on the way to him

11/5/2026