Pulling an all-nighter...

When you're lived in or on, IDK which is more appropriate, -it's good to vary the old routine once in a while. Variety being the spice of life, so they say. I have a pretty good idea where I want to take my JS applet, Tell to. But I'm not very confident I can handle the coding, even buying a book and with help from StackExchange / Overflow etc. 

Granted, the impossible is becoming more feasible as I rethink my objectives for the applet. But all things big or small begin with a single step. So tonight's the night. Drank a a black coffee and will delay taking my meds till 12am.

Feels good typing on my new Alcatroz keyboard and using my MS Ocean Plastic Mouse. Just past 8pm. The night is still young.

Fireworks for Id going on outside several days ahead, now past 11pm. Brushed and will work out now. Went well. Feeling re-energized. Yet to take my meds. Decided to use my Logi silent mouse instead of the MS Ocean Plastic. Haven't done any work, just shopped for computer accessories on Shopee.

Working out the UI for the redesigned Tell. The key to making it work is to drag and drop dots onto each other and to separate them all (explode) on hitting ESC but to leave them close to the contact point.

It's now midnight. I haven't laid down any code but have a clearer idea of what I need to do. Don't need a grid, just a container. Think I can get this done not too long off. Maybe Friday night.

Setup my workspace and computers…

For some time, I had been cluttering my desk with computer gear, now I’ve settled on a setup that uses less of my already small table. I have my used Ubuntu ThinkPad to the left, and nearer to the right, a 23” display connected to the old Aspire netbook with 4GB RAM running Windows 10. I shaved away at the OS until it became usable at 1.9GB / 3.8GB with Brave browser open and some applets like the Bible study one I coded myself. Uses Bluetooth peripherals.

The ThinkPad x250 is happily crunching thru Gnome with all the bells and whistles on, I run VS Code -a pretty hefty IDE, without any trouble.

Just got funds in. I have 500RM stashed in my room and circa 650RM in my wallet. A comfortable safety net. I am planning to get some copies of Inexact Science and The Gold Jacket printed and put in book nooks around PJ and KL. Maybe head out tomorrow if all goes well.

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Bought a cool new BT keyboard which didn't cost an arm and a leg. Like it lots. Alcatroz from Singapore. Now I'm all set to code. Last night I determined the use of Tell would be to graphically link up blocks of statements with simple operators. Eventually unifying a pool of blocks. Whereupon dissenting statements could be  toggled off via mouse click. Quite a neat premise.

And I was thinking the pattern of 'lies' would be an interesting one to observe as well, and to manipulate. Thinking the set of lies should have a separate window so they might be consulted.

Feel like resting more than working, even now that I have a big display, good keyboard, and mouse. Will try to make a start at 4-5pm. Planning stage now. Will work it in as I code.

Defining a clean loop of illogicalities is key to solving math problems to do with variables and uncertainty. For we can't prepare for every situation, just to know that illogicality approaches finite as we persist in complicating matters. I believe Tell is software worth writing. Unfortunately, there was no peace today to get into it.

I'm off to post on Medium now. Just taking life slow and easy.

Haven't posted in a while...

Life has been taking some sharp turns lately and I've been under the weather a little bit. Will talk about my latest doings here later tonight.

Tell is finally getting its algorithms corrected and it should be an easy job -not too complex after all. I am adjusting to Gnome Shell on my ThinkPad. Quite unobtrusive. It allows me to get my work done without distractions.

Mom was pleased with my help making tonight's dinner. I did my before bed routine without any trouble. Looking forward to tomorrow's visit to psych clinic.

Easy does it. No need to rush things. Meanwhile, the Liew witchy 6 are kept under control by osteoporosis. Good discovery of me and my team. Severe osteo can be dangerous

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Psych clinic went okay. I've set up Sway on Alpine on my old Aspire netbook.  Works well with my old BenQ 23" display. Tomorrow, we'll be heading out to pay some bills. Must remember to track Dad's packages I ordered this evening. One was misdirected to the old house tho all were card paid (no COD). Want to get a small keyboard with trackpad thing for hopefully cheap. 

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I've loaded the old Aspire netbook with OpenBSD / Sway. Works well but had to disable advanced touchpad in the BIOS. Remains to be seen what feeds I will put on the 23" display.  Yet to work on Tell but it's inching there.

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Stress necessitated some relaxing work, distro hopping and upgrading Windows. Feeling better with my PCs ticking along. I may get the Aspire upgraded if there’s spare cash for it. Heavy prevention lurks around my efforts. Tomorrow may be a busy day as well. Hope I can wake up early and get cleaned well. Yet to work out.

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I've pared down Windows to 1.7GB RAM and used a micro USB flash drive as Ready Boost. This is still circa 700MB more than what Linux uses but I guess it's okay. Thinking what to repurpose the netbook as I am mostly on Ubuntu nowadays. Sometimes on iPad.

Retirement beckons...

It's late afternoon and coding Tell is wrapping up. I have to be logical or it will be a mess. Dots and blocks everywhere. This will be my final work before I retire from writing, programming, and even making music.

But evil minds are gathering and these days are dark with mental health conditions / sorcery / abuse. I will be in the mindspaces more starting Thursday. Even doctors treating us have been blackmailed and threatened by the telepathy abusers. Somehow, cheating destroys like a cancer -a sin that consumes a person from within (as in sexual cheating). I guess family abuse / cheating a child out of his life is also a consuming sin -one that rots society from its roots.

I've finally sorted out the exact order I will move and shrink / grow visual things in Tell. This will be simpler and less chaotic than an everything is possible approach.

Got waylaid from coding to begin another project I'm interested in. A novel / play called MARS. I plan to explore relationships and situation-behavior in this, my last book before the end comes. I know I said Inexact Science was my final, but I guess one more can't hurt if I only give it a half hour's push per day -could also be cathartic. At this rate, it could be done by October. Want to take a quick rest. Most of the coding is done anyway.

Worked out and brushed. Will take my meds at 8:30pm. Just taking it easy for an hour or so.

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Coded like a fury and am on the cusp of releasing Tell. Maybe tomorrow, as the mindspace is rife with arguments and attacks. God's work comes first.

Was at MegaMall...

Since I got cleaned easily this morning, and it was a holiday (Koran reading day), I stepped out into the sunshine to make some vitamin D, and to check out the Aidilfitri bargains. I picked up a Nike T-Shirt for Mom. Her first Nike tee. Hope it fits. Tho hot today, it's also dry and not muggy as sometimes is. Sunning my room of odors.

Tell is still stuck at the drawing to screen stage. Hope to make a breakthrough today. Meanwhile the Royals, inhabited by the Liew witchy machine, continue to harass Asians.

Relaxing in my room with the air conditioning on. Depressed Liew telepathic witches jabbing and snapping my nerves. The future of God's prophecy looks like it will come true, truer and truer, instead of the Satanic Valhalla they believe will occur. Soon, Christians may be sacrificed to quell their anger.

It's make or break night for coding Tell. I may just top down the thing and see what comes up, just to get the ball rolling and chip some handholds for leverage later on.

Played Panzer General instead of coding. Successfully invaded Norway but lost an experienced tank unit. Brushed, worked out, and took my meds earlier. Sleep should come soon.

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It's midweek and I'm getting ready to lay down the few critical lines of code that could enable my applet. It really hinges on a small block doing all the calculations.

Success, in just 15 minutes, the program is ready for testing. It took a clear head to apply the finishing touch, having agonized for weeks.

It's been 4 days since I made a new post...

Today has been a constipated one. In and out of the loo. But finally, I got cleaned. Will be sweeping at 2pm. Want to buy Dad an air purifier for his room. Something that will absorb odors as well. I may have forgotten to say, Mom's Mi Band 9 Pro has magically come back to life from black screening. Tough little bugger of a watch. Feels well made but features-wise a little lacking.

I made good progress on Tell, not sure if I can finish today as there was a lot of talking in mindspace and chores to do later on. My toe nail has been split now for some time and is a bit sore. Hope it recovers soon. I may not be able to run for a month unless so.

Made lunch for the folks earlier. Noodles, egg, prawn, and cabbage with a zingy garlic dip. Will take the day easy. Prince William is considering abandoning the war on Asians as it is unprofitable. A momentous decision. More later...

Coding Tell needs some thinking…

What’s blocking the way now is a simple function that can detect lies. It would need to have a memory map that’s updateable. New statements bounce around the map until they find a new place or disagree or match. The map updates via a simple tree hard coded in.

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Fell asleep before laying down sufficient code. Am carrying on this morning. It's not yet 7am and still dark outside. Had a liquid breakfast. Countering the negative telepathy is taking hours out of my work time. Quite like the feel of my used ThinkPad's soft touch keys.

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Couldn't code much due to interruptions, bruising my brain every 5 minutes. Thankfully it passed but I'm too sleepy to program Tell. On the positive side, I rehabilitated my / Dad's old iPhone 7. I gave it to him as he needed an easy to use phone but now has a powerful Samsung 5G.

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The SIM went undetected again overnight. Switched back to my stodgy Nokia. No nerve to code past all the British minds thinking they'll be sent to hell and want to beat up a helpless Asian guy.

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Finally, I have the urge to work. This will really be my final project, writing or coding. I will then be making bio-pastic accessories for Apple Pencil.

Made good progress. The program is feasible and non-kludgy to write. I should be done soon.

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There is amazing complexity in Tell with just 4 operators and an equality, plus just 8 variables so I decided to write it a bit different. Almost midnight, been taking care of mental miscreants. We've figured out something called a 'chain bomb' that's tied to their spinal cord and causes incontinence, among other things.

So the applet will output to the screen after making a pass thru the data set against the truth checking array. The variables will cycle a,b,(c) in 3 internal for loops while rotating the color dots array. Now the question is how to render the thing to screen so it's logical. I thought of a 2x2 square at first. Also how does it move about? 

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Took a while to figure this thing out. That there are truth blocks and lie blocklets within, and dots where a block or blocklet meet space or one another's boundaries. Blocks should gray out that have lies and go dark if they're untrue. I think that if lies outnumber truth, then lies don't become the truth, but that the theory in Tell's blocks is faulty.