Ah, a fellow dry dreamer. I’m a dream virgin. I always wondered what it would be like, how it compares to the wake experience.

Congrats on the sleep. What’s the story about you not sleeping?

Not sure but I think the limiting rate is actually Python syscalling the kernel rather than the actual GPIO hardware.

It regretfully is not called hand socks.

I build a program that runs various species of automata in raylib and c++. I can send you a link if you like. While running, the species can be interchanged (meaning the rule set). I also added different random densities and a gradient option. Plus I colour coded each cell based on the age (dead alive transition) which is very interesting to see.

Yes! And weirder that bicolour banded flags are not consistently on top. I suspect some float errors. I just know that using the typical Shannon style does even worse. I might add some filter that calculates a differential or something.

That really depends on the algorithm used. Ideally it takes colous and spacial information into account. I’ll keep you posted on the ranking.

I tried different definitions and settled on spectral entropy. This one uses fourier transform and (I think) this takes the spacial relation of the pixels into account, as opposed to the more common Shannon definition. I’d like to share it but am not sure on how to do that: were I to use GitHub I would doxx myself.

Their previous version was indeed without the coat of arms. Much cooler I think. During that time the Liechtenstein flag was identical, but they (Liechtenstein) changed it upon discovery.

Simplicity I suppose. Colour combination. In my opinion if i can draw it from memory it’s a good flag.

I owe it to the community. Since I don’t have it anymore I am coding it up again. Allow me some time - it’s weekend and I have family to look after.

I see a flag. I like flags. Especially the Japanese flags. I don’t specifically care for Japan, but the flag is one of my favourites. I prefer flags with low entropy: so I wrote a script once that ranks the nations flags by entropy so I could quantify my preference. Thanks for letting me infodump a bit.

Edit: Due to people aski g for it: here is the top ten of my ranking:

Nations' flag entropy ranking (n=208). 
Image source: Wikimedia.

0	white_field			-1.439759075204976e-10
1	Indonesia			3.3274441922278752
2	Germany			3.391689777286108
3	South_Ossetia			3.8174437373506778
4	Monaco			3.9718936201427066
5	Poland			3.9719290780440133
6	Austria			4.372592975412404
7	Ukraine			4.405280849871184
8	Hungary			4.4465472496385985
9	Albania			4.6134257669087395
10	Mauritius			4.707109405551959
11	Luxembourg			4.721346585737304

Here’s how I defined the entropy value for each flag:

def color_weighted_spectral_entropy(image):
    b_channel, g_channel, r_channel = cv2.split(image)
    
    # Calculate spectral entropy for each channel
    def channel_spectral_entropy(channel):
        f_transform = np.fft.fft2(channel)
        f_shifted = np.fft.fftshift(f_transform)
        magnitude_spectrum = np.abs(f_shifted)
        if np.sum(magnitude_spectrum) > 0:
            normalized = magnitude_spectrum / np.sum(magnitude_spectrum)
        else:
            normalized = magnitude_spectrum
        # Entropy calculation with color channel weighting
        epsilon = 1e-10
        entropy = -np.sum(normalized * np.log2(normalized + epsilon))
        
        return entropy
    
    weighted_entropy = (
        0.333 * channel_spectral_entropy(b_channel) +
        0.333 * channel_spectral_entropy(g_channel) +
        0.333 * channel_spectral_entropy(r_channel)
    )
    
    return float(weighted_entropy)

“White_field” is just an array that holds zeroes. I use this as a sanity check. Code is on github. I can send DM to whomever is interested. I guess it can also be searched for.

Waking life - I have no way of explaining why, it just leaves me with something unique. Blissful maybe?

Their site states that there is no issue checking in online and obtaining free of charge boarding pass at check-in. I assume a print out would still work as well.

Not sure. In Begium I’ve seen butcher shops that specialise in horse meat and in Korea there are restaurants where horse meat is served.

That’s not uncommon in many other languages aside from German. Think of it as saving space(s).

I started to read Earthsea books by Le Guin. I’m impressed by the pacing: few pages in, the protagonist already traveled half the world. I feel it’s written more for teenagers but I don’t mind it at all. Having a blast so far.

You are right: truth and lawfulness doesn’t matter, this is not about consequences or fear thereof but it is about attention. So long as headspace is taken up by something that presents him in a negative light, less attention is spend on validation and this leads to perceived lack of admiration. I am unable think of anything this administration does that cannot be explained by traits that align with narcissistic personality disorder.

I grew up in Germany and people have less of a prude culture around being nude. At sauna’s everyone is naked: from old folks to children and there isn’t anything erotic about it. I think finding someone attractive and being aroused depends on that person and the context and less on the amount of garments they’re wearing.

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