Andy Wingo
@wingolog.org
wingolog.org / haute-savoie / iterating to a fixed-point
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Hello Romm-heads,
here is a thread of some things I wrote and said this year:
here is a thread of some things I wrote and said this year:
December 27, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Hello Romm-heads,
here is a thread of some things I wrote and said this year:
here is a thread of some things I wrote and said this year:
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My new year's resolution this year, as every year, is to be a more available, supportive friend as well as an increasingly looming, formidable enemy.
December 27, 2025 at 5:13 PM
My new year's resolution this year, as every year, is to be a more available, supportive friend as well as an increasingly looming, formidable enemy.
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my wife got me one of the coolest watches I’ve ever seen
December 26, 2025 at 2:07 AM
my wife got me one of the coolest watches I’ve ever seen
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It's like, how much more dark could this be? And the answer is none. None more dark.
December 21, 2025 at 12:03 PM
It's like, how much more dark could this be? And the answer is none. None more dark.
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Han hecho una “copia de seguridad” de (prácticamente) todo Spotify. 300TB. Wow. annas-archive.li/blog/backing...
Backing up Spotify
We backed up Spotify (metadata and music files). It’s distributed in bulk torrents (~300TB). It’s the world’s first “preservation archive” for music which is fully open (meaning it can easily be mirro...
annas-archive.li
December 21, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Han hecho una “copia de seguridad” de (prácticamente) todo Spotify. 300TB. Wow. annas-archive.li/blog/backing...
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happy chase-lev patent expiry day to all those who celebrate!!!!!!!!! please enjoy a straightforward implementation in C https://github.com/wingo/whippet/blob/main/src/shared-worklist.h
whippet/src/shared-worklist.h at main · wingo/whippet
A work-in-progress garbage collector for Guile. Contribute to wingo/whippet development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:13 AM
happy chase-lev patent expiry day to all those who celebrate!!!!!!!!! please enjoy a straightforward implementation in C https://github.com/wingo/whippet/blob/main/src/shared-worklist.h
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The collective delusion here is useful in that it has provoked conservatives to dispense with decades of bootstrap rhetoric and reveal what they would say if they thought black people were people, that is to say, if these things were happening to them
December 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The collective delusion here is useful in that it has provoked conservatives to dispense with decades of bootstrap rhetoric and reveal what they would say if they thought black people were people, that is to say, if these things were happening to them
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If we are banning cell phones for kids we need to be talking about banning chatbots for boomers
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
December 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
If we are banning cell phones for kids we need to be talking about banning chatbots for boomers
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
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had a dream we put my cat on salary (??)
it included the line “pancakes won’t be the only thing this salaried boy is making” (???)
it included the line “pancakes won’t be the only thing this salaried boy is making” (???)
December 18, 2025 at 10:38 AM
had a dream we put my cat on salary (??)
it included the line “pancakes won’t be the only thing this salaried boy is making” (???)
it included the line “pancakes won’t be the only thing this salaried boy is making” (???)
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This time of year can be reflective or depressive, but I’ve decided on my technique
https://www.patreon.com/posts/146122626?utm_campaign=postshare_fan
#AliceFraser
#writingCommunity
#NewYearResolutions
#ComedyWriting
#CreativeReboot
https://www.patreon.com/posts/146122626?utm_campaign=postshare_fan
#AliceFraser
#writingCommunity
#NewYearResolutions
#ComedyWriting
#CreativeReboot
December 18, 2025 at 10:00 AM
This time of year can be reflective or depressive, but I’ve decided on my technique
https://www.patreon.com/posts/146122626?utm_campaign=postshare_fan
#AliceFraser
#writingCommunity
#NewYearResolutions
#ComedyWriting
#CreativeReboot
https://www.patreon.com/posts/146122626?utm_campaign=postshare_fan
#AliceFraser
#writingCommunity
#NewYearResolutions
#ComedyWriting
#CreativeReboot
new bloggery, an acceptance speech ~~ wingolog.org/archives/202...
in which our protagonist dreams of laurels — wingolog
wingolog: article: in which our protagonist dreams of laurels
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December 17, 2025 at 10:43 PM
new bloggery, an acceptance speech ~~ wingolog.org/archives/202...
many organizations should be cooperatives. but especially those that are nominally nonprofit like mozilla corporation, it avoids the tendency among leadership to cosplay at american psycho
December 17, 2025 at 5:05 PM
many organizations should be cooperatives. but especially those that are nominally nonprofit like mozilla corporation, it avoids the tendency among leadership to cosplay at american psycho
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One of the biggest moments of my career:
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
December 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM
One of the biggest moments of my career:
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
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Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things
December 15, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things
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Tomorrow end of day, anywhere on earth, is our "pre-holiday" deadline for MoreVMs: 2026.programming-conference.org/home/MoreVMs...
Submit your papers, talk proposals, or experimental setups now and enjoy some time off!
Submit your papers, talk proposals, or experimental setups now and enjoy some time off!
MoreVMs 2026 - MoreVMs'26 - ‹Programming› 2026
The 10th MoreVMs workshop aims to bring together industrial and academic programmers to discuss the design, implementation, and usage of modern languages and runtimes.
This includes aspects such as re...
2026.programming-conference.org
December 16, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Tomorrow end of day, anywhere on earth, is our "pre-holiday" deadline for MoreVMs: 2026.programming-conference.org/home/MoreVMs...
Submit your papers, talk proposals, or experimental setups now and enjoy some time off!
Submit your papers, talk proposals, or experimental setups now and enjoy some time off!
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Good thread explaining why all EU options to financially help Ukraine are difficult and the over-complicated (and legally "creative") reparations loan seems to be the best solution after all.
Takeaway: Abolish unanimity in budgetary matters or face the need to choose among suboptimal solutions.
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Takeaway: Abolish unanimity in budgetary matters or face the need to choose among suboptimal solutions.
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First, most obvious: Member states could just pay Ukraine direclty. But they don't have the cash on hand. Which would thus add to MS debt stocks.
Second, NGEU-type joint borrowing for spending: This would require opening the own-resources decision. Which would require unanimity.
Second, NGEU-type joint borrowing for spending: This would require opening the own-resources decision. Which would require unanimity.
December 16, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Good thread explaining why all EU options to financially help Ukraine are difficult and the over-complicated (and legally "creative") reparations loan seems to be the best solution after all.
Takeaway: Abolish unanimity in budgetary matters or face the need to choose among suboptimal solutions.
⬇️
Takeaway: Abolish unanimity in budgetary matters or face the need to choose among suboptimal solutions.
⬇️
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PDS europeo para @atproto.com gestionado por una organización sin ánimo de lucro (con gente muy maja dentro). En enero. ¡Por fin!
Announcing eurosky.social accounts - launching January 2026.
✅ Managed by Eurosky, a European non-profit initiative
✅ Hosted on European cloud
✅ Governed by European law
www.eurosky.social/register
✅ Managed by Eurosky, a European non-profit initiative
✅ Hosted on European cloud
✅ Governed by European law
www.eurosky.social/register
Register for a eurosky.social account - one web identity, dozens of apps — eurosky
www.eurosky.social
December 15, 2025 at 3:39 PM
PDS europeo para @atproto.com gestionado por una organización sin ánimo de lucro (con gente muy maja dentro). En enero. ¡Por fin!
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this, from @kevinbaker.bsky.social, is a better analysis of the intersection between LLMs and academic science than 98% of what's out there.
Context Widows
or, of GPUs, LPUs, and Goal Displacement
artificialbureaucracy.substack.com
December 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
this, from @kevinbaker.bsky.social, is a better analysis of the intersection between LLMs and academic science than 98% of what's out there.
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I'm in the fast lane doing the speed limit because that's as fast as you can go 😊 everybody beeps at me to thank me for keeping them safe
Agreed. Some people go faster the speed limit and some people stay in the left longer than needed, it happens. This Speed Limit Crusader dufus filling the left lane because "its not my problem ur breaking the law" is a good example of why many things in life are worse than they need to be.
May 28, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I'm in the fast lane doing the speed limit because that's as fast as you can go 😊 everybody beeps at me to thank me for keeping them safe
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There's a pretense that despair/defeatism/doomerism is some kind of solidarity, when it's actually quitting while others face the horrors and resist succumbing to them. Wrote about that here.
Why climate despair is a luxury
Those facing flood and fire can’t afford to lose hope. Neither should we.
www.newstatesman.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:56 PM
There's a pretense that despair/defeatism/doomerism is some kind of solidarity, when it's actually quitting while others face the horrors and resist succumbing to them. Wrote about that here.
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The best scene in Jaws is when the boat guys sing a traditional sea shanty and Jaws pops out of the water and everyone is terrified but Jaws starts singing as well. There's this unspoken promise in the air that no one will eat anyone until the song ends.
December 12, 2025 at 7:30 AM
The best scene in Jaws is when the boat guys sing a traditional sea shanty and Jaws pops out of the water and everyone is terrified but Jaws starts singing as well. There's this unspoken promise in the air that no one will eat anyone until the song ends.
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SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
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Hay tres motivos para hacerse federalista europeo hoy en día.
Pragmatismo: es la única forma material de hacer todo lo que necesitamos.
Preservación: puede que sea la única forma de protegernos.
Rencor: es la mejor forma de joder a la panda de fascistas que nos odian.
Pragmatismo: es la única forma material de hacer todo lo que necesitamos.
Preservación: puede que sea la única forma de protegernos.
Rencor: es la mejor forma de joder a la panda de fascistas que nos odian.
🔴 Rusia celebra el plan de Trump para fragmentar la UE: "Es un enfoque atractivo”
Rusia celebra el plan de Trump para fragmentar la Unión Europea
El Kremlin afirma que el proyecto estratégico de Estados Unidos, que prevé retirar su apoyo militar a Europa, “es atractivo”
elpais.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Hay tres motivos para hacerse federalista europeo hoy en día.
Pragmatismo: es la única forma material de hacer todo lo que necesitamos.
Preservación: puede que sea la única forma de protegernos.
Rencor: es la mejor forma de joder a la panda de fascistas que nos odian.
Pragmatismo: es la única forma material de hacer todo lo que necesitamos.
Preservación: puede que sea la única forma de protegernos.
Rencor: es la mejor forma de joder a la panda de fascistas que nos odian.
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I wanted dinner recommendations so I scraped 13,000+ London restaurants and accidentally discovered Google Maps is running a shadow economy. Anyway here's a dashboard and a political economy thesis: open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...
How Google Maps quietly allocates survival across London’s restaurants - and how I built a dashboard to see through it
I wanted a dinner recommendation and got a research agenda instead. Using 13000+ restaurants, I rebuild its ratings with machine learning and map how algorithmic visibility actually distributes power.
open.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:53 AM
I wanted dinner recommendations so I scraped 13,000+ London restaurants and accidentally discovered Google Maps is running a shadow economy. Anyway here's a dashboard and a political economy thesis: open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...
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This was what I sent to someone years ago who was finishing up while struggling with depression
December 8, 2025 at 5:04 PM
This was what I sent to someone years ago who was finishing up while struggling with depression