ok so mostly i've been working on placing cells into memory (for the past year or so)
i've ditched malloc although sodium_malloc may make an re-appearance down the line, as i merge the working branch into master (master always has encryption)
i'm going with POSIX shared memory for now, which limits me to gnu/linux distros (eventually need it working on bsd's also)
i have been working with several serialzation formats, one is a human-readable, human-editable format for data entry into the zz database
the other is in s-expressions (lithp)
a third is using enfilades instead of files
i have 3 ways of doing enfilades atm,
in c, in scheme, and in (forth-like zzcell programming language (cowcatcher UFO))
i have some scripting going
the philosophy of unix is that everything is a file
in this system however, its more like everything is a cell
files and folders are inherently hierarchical and perpetuate ideas that were popular in the computer labs at MIT in the 1950's, its literally just how they managed the information when they were using 'mainframes' the size of a room, and we're still using that same paradigm with home computers in the 21st century -w-;;
so the enfilades, which look like '1.0.0.1.4', and some data is mapped to that address --- are themselves made up of cells, making a dynamic and connected system ... the enfilade 'is' the cell's address ... which is itself made up of cells ... no 'Xanalogical' system to date has taken this approach ...
what's unique in this Quarter is that I'm working together with files and cells
i have developed a method you at home can try, for data entry
you can make 'a file', a (lump) file where the name of the file is called d.somedim that is the dimension
the file contents are formatted such that every new line is a new rank
cells are read in the format of -[abc]+*-[def]+ -[qrs]+ -[tuv]+
where, as you can see, there are positive and negative sides of the cells, and an * as an indicator for connections, a space allowing for free floating cells in the same rank/dim
this isn't the serialized, on-disk format, but it saves a lot of time rather than adding each cell, dim, rank, etc. by hand using the command-line tools
i need about 600 hours of sustained unbroken concentration to get to a working model, right now i have to work in the library, their hours suck, i can only work 4-5 hrs ... maybe 12 hrs a week of very broken very disrupted very public in the public library very little concentration ... buy me an airbnb for 3 weeks and i'll finish this jfcdo you know anyone else working on Ted Nelson's Xanadu(R)? currently? making it a reality? well I am, so ...
every day there's another news story, millions billions and trillions of dollars being spent and misspent... can i get a buck for doing what i'm doing? i'm going to do it anyway, but getting paid would be nice ...
hhhhhhhhhhhh well anyway we're Joelling here
despite any setbacks, we're still Joelling on the 'styke lemme hear ya one two
i'm personally excited because things are coming together on some level
right now i'm playing around with a couple of different 'applitudes', (distinct from 'applications') which are emergent properties of the hyperthogonal space
y'know i am influenced by hindu philosophy, getting these things working is reminding me a lot of the samkhya concept of 'jada'
we're not alive. we give off the illusion of aliveness due to our brains being subtle, they reflect that which is Living. there's a series of nerves firing off and everything, that all goes on automatically. The Divine Consciousness is the only alive thing.
in a similar way, i'm working on a lunar calendar applitude
its beginning to feel alive because it updates every second
there currently exists "A CELL" which contains as its value, which zodiac constellation the moon is currently in. what there is to marvel about is the fact that this cell's universal address, it's connections, remain the same, even though the content changes or adapts based on calculations ... the next step is to use cairo to create an image representative of the moon disc as it waxes and wanes, then we'll really be cooking ...
its just math, its just ones and zeros, its just information, its just a feedback loop for my mind to process, its just the moon's orbit, but its getting a feeling of aliveness
the other applitude i'm working on, (brilliantly) uses the same system to make SRS flashcards
i've attempted many times to learn japanese in the past, i graduated high school early and began my study then
but i've lacked the physical space to spread out and follow through on such a serious undertaking, and over time the tooling has diminished
this time i'm treating it like going to battle, i mean seriously, i'm enlisting generals, calling upon the 神, i'm going to war on J, all-out assault on the joyo kanji, i will learn it this time!!
and the tooling part that has been sorely lacking is finally far enough to actually take me there
go ahead and meme me out there as a terry davis, haha i'll live and die in total obscurity please fucking do something for me while i'm alive yoohoo!!! over here!!!
but i think TN is a divine prophet, his water vision of intertwingledness is a profound revelation for us all to follow ...
parts of this are chanelled / holy ... my version of Xanadu(R) is called Shambhalkul(R) idk where else to mention that ...
computer screens go beyond paper simulation, amen.