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• Introduction
• I bought the computer last week.  here’s how the first week went.
• Cold case
• The electoral law has been passed.
• The experimental data vary and must fall within a 5% margin.
• It feels like I’m missing the AI ​​train.

§Introduction

I tried “vibecoding” an HTML page in the style of Coracle everything was made of rectangles with no rounded corners. And then I noticed something while opening Coracle: there was a “Collections” feature, a way to save phrases with tags, that someone had originally intended to build using labels two years ago. I decided to repurpose it as a bookmarking system: the page lets you select a bookmark and opens it in the feed, showing you the feed of npubs (notes) you’ve saved. It was magical. Of course, this created three problems, plus another one I solved using the cache. Basically, it’s a search function that finds the npub names present in the feed (though not all of them, I’m not sure why). The internet was acting up today I had like 1 Mbps download and 10 Mbps upload, really weird stuff, but anyway. As I mentioned, the UI I built created three issues involving the “reply,” “zap/tips,” and “like” buttons; the fourth button, “open note”, is the one that actually works. I have another template page called “type” with various sections, including one for comments; I might add a “tips” section too. I think the “like” function will be handled by the client,I just need to remember the “k” tag.

§I bought the computer last week.  here’s how the first week went.

I reorganized all the folders and installed a few applications. I had a moment of panic while importing the key, what if this becomes the “serious” computer and the other one becomes the “just for fun” machine (while it lasts)? Windows 11 is worse than Windows 10 in some respects, though I expected worse, then again, maybe it runs smoothly just because everything is new, and in a month it’ll be bogged down. I switched to Python 12 on the new PC, I’m not sure if I’ll migrate stronpy, at this point, I think I’ve shelved that project, at least mentally.

There is a chance this might lead me to use Flask.

§Cold case

The first rain arrived yesterday, climate change is happening more slowly than we are led to believe, and new pandemics are on the horizon. Perhaps being part of the mainstream social media crowd prevents you from grasping the full picture people are fixated on specific things. For months, the only topic has been the Garlasco case, a story that resurfaced after 18 years. Everyone assumed the victim’s boyfriend was the killer (or rather, the guilty party), and the verdict was, to put it mildly, bizarre: the logic was essentially that because he hadn’t gotten his shoes dirty upon entering the house,meaning he hadn’t actually gone inside, he must be the murderer. That’s the gist of it, there were gait analyses that served as the basis for the ruling, yet the whole argument falls apart when you consider the timeline. It was August, and more than four hours elapsed between the possible time of departure (9:28 AM) and 1:45 PM, surely enough time for things to dry. Then there are the potential witnesses who describe a different bicycle, one isn’t even sure if it was a Friday or a Monday, while the other’s statements are inconsistent, sometimes she claims to be alone, other times with three other people. The bicycle they spotted became the basis for a theory about swapped pedals, supposedly because the victim’s DNA was found there. Even though it may have been established that this never happened, the mere suggestion of a swap involving a lost bicycle was enough for the verdict. Now, the prosecution claims there was no DNA or rather, that the RIS (Forensic Science Department) concealed two pieces of evidence that yielded negative results, so there is certainly room for doubt that goes well beyond “reasonable doubt.”

§The electoral law has been passed.

Reaching 42% is required to win the election. As I understand it, the results must be “clean”, meaning every party in the coalition has to clear the 3% threshold. These “small” parties, along with a potential third coalition, could pose obstacles to the two-bloc system the law is intended to ensure. It always seems that the previous electoral law is better than the new one. Oh, and I forgot to mention that when submitting candidate lists, the coalition leader must be named, this creates a problem for opponents, as they have to agree on a single name, hold primaries, clash over candidates, and so on.

§The experimental data vary and must fall within a 5% margin.

It would be nice to have linear data where ‘a’ corresponds to ‘b’, simple stuff, instead, these are a nightmare, with parameters that change depending on the textbook.

§It feels like I’m missing the AI ​​train.

It seems you need to be smart to use it effectively, though Gemini has become unbearable on my phone; it tries to launch on its own, like some sort of forced auto-onboarding. It’s like dealing with someone who says, “You didn’t want to get inside my head? Well, now you’ve got an extra problem: trying to control one that’s unpredictable.”