Protesilaos
Protesilaos
I am a philosopher living in the mountains of Cyprus at a house I built myself which I affectionately call “the hut.” I spend my free time programming on GNU Emacs, writing essays on a wide range of life issues, and doing infrastructure work around my house. My background is diverse and reflects my intellectual curiosity as well as consistently high work ethic.
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In this ~2-hour video, I talk with Ovidiu “Ovi” Stoica about programming in Clojure and using it for business, the use of Emacs, and various topics related to AI. About Clojure, I ask Ovi what the language is good for and which sort of business/project benefits from it. He explained at length the strengths of the...
Your name the unyielding force that plows the land Tonight I build the world you had fathomed
Thorny rose beautiful and untouchable like the dreams I never dared to pursue you are the flower my garden was made for
Below is the revised rendition of the original from 2022-12-03. It is in line with the interpretation I wrote this morning: https://protesilaos.com/interpretations/2025-10-09-enchantress-by-protesilaos/. Enchant me Siren Guide my ship to your rocks and drown me in your kiss
For this entry in the series, I have picked a poem from my own collection: https://protesilaos.com/poems. I usually do not explain what my poems mean or, rather, what I think they are about, because I do not want to bias the reader’s interpretation of them. The beauty of art is that it does not have to have one...
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