notes

This page contains some of my notes: References, reflections, reveries, etc. Organized by topic, but otherwise as disorganized as suits my fancy. Updated fairly often.

balanced ternary

balanced ternary could be implemented mechanically with rotating drums. each drum has the digits -1, 0, 1 in that order. each rotation from 1 to -1 or v.v. causes a + or - carry to the following digit.
an array of 6 ordered trits has been referred to as a "tryte" in the literature. i would like to instead call such an arrangement a "sestet." "tryte" leans on "byte" and to me implies there are 8 trits in it. there are 6. number of trits in a sestet is the same as the number of lines of poetry in a sestet. (I don't think I will because doing so would just be confusing for anyone reading my code, but in a better world bytes would be called octaves and trytes would be called sestets. this i would like to believe.)
using the "rotating drums" idea above, need "advance trit" function to tell a trit to turn positively or negatively. "carry" can be implemented at the next level.

balanced ternary logic tables

NOT
-	+
0	0
+	-

AND
	-	0	+
-	-	-	-
0	-	0	0
+	-	0	+

OR
	-	0	+
-	-	0	+
0	0	0	+
+	+	+	+

XOR
	-	+
-	-	+
0	0	0
+	+	-

MULT
	-	+
-	+	-
0	0	0
+	-	+

ADD
	-	0	+
-	+	-	0
0	-	0	+
+	0	+	-

CARRY
	-	+
-	-	0
0	0	0
+	0	+

organizing

by starting with who i know, i can avoid security threats early on and focus on building a cadre. if we are to have an army, it needs a strong foundation.
primary reason party building operations have failed is lack of high security protocol and lack of demcent implementation. no existing party is equipped to lead here.
the existing orgs are the forge we must temper ourselves in. none of them can be trusted for true orientation as they are all infiltrated and lack proper organization and leadership. there is yet any vanguard. we must ourselves have smaller groups of trusted compatriots who have our true loyalty. the existing orgs are secondary until the vanguard is formed.
the iron front failed because of its anticommunist stance. when you use the three arrows symbol, you communicate to me not only that you will fail, but that you are committed to failure. in this way, i see you no different than those you claim to combat.(i suppose most people using the symbol probably dont know what the three arrows are supposed to represent... they should. the arrows represent anti-fascism [cool], anti-monarchy [cool], and anti-communism [lame].)

haskell

setting up HLS integration is proving a pain in the ass. i think it will be worth it though (it is worth it. interprets the code interactively as you edit it.)
debug offered through phoityne. kind of a funny name.
the trits will be implemented as a custom type with three states.