April 21st 2026 - Reading Summary
The Hobbit
The evil (industrialist?) goblins
The goblins take them deeper into the cave whipping them and singing songs. The goblins are represented as machine making evil creatures; perhaps a commentary on industrialism?
The Eye of the World
Bickering about fireworks
They bicker about the peddler carrying the fireworks not being there yet and how a gleeman would cheer up everyone in town. The boys then start carrying the goods into the inn.
Atomic Habits
The two phases
The habit cycle can be divided into two phases:
- The Problem Phase
- Cue
- Craving
- Solution Phase
- Response
- Reward
Prot's Elisp Book
Self-evaluating data types
Self-evaluating data types; meaning they return themselves as a value.
| Type | Example |
|---|---|
| string | "hello" |
| number | 1 |
| keyword | :hello |
| symbol | 'some-function-or-variable |
| nil | nil |
| t | t |
Quotes and sharp quotes
When you put a quoted symbol into a list and get back that value from the list it will no longer be quoted.
A sharp quote is the same as a regular quote but specifies we are referring to a function.
#'some-function