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18XX: A System of Systems

Whereby I talk about 18XX -- the fantastic family of economic tabletop games...
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“The apprentice avoids all use of Java classes. The journeyman embraces Java classes. The master knows which classes to embrace and which to avoid.”
Michael Fogus, The Joy of Clojure

“Make it run, then make it right, then make it fast.”
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“Functional JavaScript by Michael Fogus (O’Reilly). Copyright 2013 Michael Fogus, 978-1-449-36072-6.”
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Michael Rob wrote: "How's your Kafka/Vonnegut binge going? And how are you able to digest that much dark surrealism and absurdism at once?"

So far so good. Cat's Cradle is a riot so far.


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Rob How's your Kafka/Vonnegut binge going? And how are you able to digest that much dark surrealism and absurdism at once?


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