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   Chris L (jayalane@mastodon.online)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Jan-2025 11:24:54 JST Chris L

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   • Craig Brozefsky

   @craigbro l think this is also a description of art history.

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     screwlisp (screwtape@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Jan-2025 11:24:54 JST screwlisp

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     • Craig Brozefsky

     @craigbro
     I try to keep walking in one direction. Such as, I don't expect to try and adopt an interface manager other than CLIM, or transducers other than Series, or when not series, a loop other than loop.

     Though I do sometimes get-really-into-org, or I get-really-into-asdf, but those being different, I end up wanting what I don't currently have and change (back) I think.

     I guess at the moment I primarily only-use-openbsd, though I kinda expect to use FreeBSD more as well eventua
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     Craig Brozefsky (craigbro@infosec.exchange)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Jan-2025 11:24:55 JST Craig Brozefsky

     Do others identify epicycles in their thoughts and emotions around computer use?

     I find myself mostly drawn to the comfort and aesthetics of simplicity and minimalism. From this. after some time. a drive for the novel arises, a need for learning material, and something to test assumptions against. This exploration and the pulling of the new into my environement eventually results in a aggregation of chaff and dependencies and breakage. As a response, a radical simplification is desired, a purging, a starting over. There is despair, dissatisfaction, and withdraw. Eventually, I re-enage with the simple foundations, #emacs, #lisp, and text, with a few changes from the start of the cycle.

     I am sure a psychological model exists to describe this, or a diagnosis. Maybe it's just what self-guided learning at my phase oflife looks like?