Post-Modern Terminal CLI

As is usual; with all things computing, the easy road of bootstrap before security is just an obvious order of things. It then becomes a secondary goal to become the primary input moderation tool such that effective tooling brings benefits while not having to rely on the obscurity of knowledge. For example a nice code signature no execution tool where absolutely no code even becomes partially executed if the security situation indicates otherwise.

A transparent solution is a tool for development which can export a standard script to just run within today’s environment. As that environment evolves within the future it can take on the benefits of the tool, so maybe even to the point of the tool being replaced purely by choice of the user shell, and at a deeper level by a runtime replacing the shell interpreter at the system level.

The basic text edit of a script at some primary point in the development just requires a textual representation, a checksum in the compiled code which is in a different file and a checksum to allow a text override with some security on detecting a change in the text. This then allows possible benefit by a recompile option along with just a temporary use of the textual version. It won’t look that hard in the end with some things just having a security rating of “system local” for a passing observer.

Node.js Destroys Raspbian Desktop

So the attempt to install node.js from the repository (version 13), just goes mental and wants to destroy the Raspbian desktop. Very useless. So I’ve demoted to a Mint 18.1, and I am in the process of building the system up with a windows 10 VirtualBox and some tools I will be needing.

I think I’ll even have to make a test bed system for software I don’t trust enough. Apart from some long standing tools which work, I like trying some other ones. I wonder if I can get some development tools to build windows binaries on Linux? There is the fabulous MinGW (which may be useful for some fast C building without needing all the Visual Studio weight and hence bloat), but what else is available?

So far I’ve put VSCode (good for a Microsoft initiative), Visual Studio Community Edition (also quite good on the windows in virtual), FPC/Lazarus (a good generic compiler) and IntelliJ (a nice Android/Java tool with some good Flutter and dart). This should be enough to get on with some of the things I was getting on with before the Windows hypervisor issue. It reminds me of that time virtual box had to disable the microsoft virtual hypervisor, and I think they have been fighting since.

This is no excuse for not testing such a popular product with the windows core system. I don’t think the use of the disk clean up wizard to gain the space could have been involved, with more options selected, not this far down the windows time line. The only other options are few, and include a botchy “security services” spyware which has no good intent and isn’t that secret, or the fabulous industrial espionage giggle, with the laugh a minute goal of finding out something juicy.

A New Paper on Computation and Application

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pipeline-Cache-Big-RISC-Computational-ebook/dp/B07XY9RSHH/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=pipeline+cache+big+risc&qid=1568807888&sr=8-1 is a nice paper on some computation issues, and eventually covers some politics and vitamin biochemistry. Not a fan? Still letting your biome let you shout at the bad people not feeding your hunger?

Shovel in the gammon all you want, and load it up with chips as a little survivor from ancient times takes advantage of the modern high carb diet and digs a hole for you.

Tomorrow’s Knowledge Base


import 'dart:math';
import 'dart:convert';
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';//flutter part too

part 'kwidgets.dart';

class PseudoRandom {
  int _a;
  int _c;
  int _m = 1 << 32;
  int _s;
  int _i;

  PseudoRandom([int prod = 1664525, int add = 1013904223]) {
    _a = prod;
    _c = add;
    _s = Random().nextInt(_m) * 2 + 1;//odd
    next();// a fast round
    _i = _a.modInverse(_m);//4276115653 as inverse of 1664525
  }

  int next() {
    return _s = (_a * _s + _c) % _m;
  }

  int prev() {
    return _s = (_s - _c) * _i % _m;
  }
}

class _RingNick {
  //alternate strategy of using least and most and lower window
  static bool alt = true;
  static double biasPlus = 0.125;//gen better figure
  final List<double> walls = [ 0.25 - biasPlus, 0.5, 0.75 + biasPlus ];
  int _position = 0;
  final int mostEscaped = alt ? 0 : 1;//the lowest pair of walls 0.25 and 0.5
  final int leastEscaped = 2;//the highest walls 0.5 and 0.75
  final int theThird = alt ? 1 : 0;//the 0.75 and 0.25 walls
  bool _right = true;
  static final PseudoRandom _pr = PseudoRandom();

  int _getPosition() => _position;

  int _asMod(int pos) {
    return pos % walls.length;
  }

  void _setPosition(int pos) {
    _position = _asMod(pos);
  }

  void _next() {
    int direction = _right ? 0 : walls.length - 1;//truncate to 2
    double wall = walls[_asMod(_getPosition() + direction)];
    if(_pr.next() > (wall * _pr._m).toInt()) {
      //jumped
      _setPosition(_position + (_right ? 1 : walls.length - 1));
    } else {
      //not jumped
      _right = !_right;//bounce
    }
  }

  void _prev() {
    int direction = !_right ? 0 : walls.length - 1;//truncate to 2
    double wall = walls[_asMod(_getPosition() + direction)];
    if(_pr._s > (wall * _pr._m).toInt()) {// the jump over before sync
      //jumped
      _setPosition(_position + (!_right ? 1 : walls.length - 1));
    } else {
      //not jumped
      _right = !_right;//bounce -- double bounce and scale before sync
    }
    _pr.prev();//exact inverse
  }

  void __next(bool skip) {
    _next();
    if(!skip) while(_getPosition() == mostEscaped) _next();
  }

  void __prev(bool skip) {
    _prev();
    if(!skip) while(_getPosition() == mostEscaped) _prev();
  }
}

class _GroupHandler {//yes, something goes here
  List<_RingNick> _rn;
  final int _window = 5;
  final int _opportunity = 1;
  final int _favouriteBit = 1 << 27;
  final bool _hypothesisA = true;//mutual information between wall states
  final bool _hypothesisB = true;//mutual information between wall states
  final bool _hypothesisC = true;//no spread required
  final bool _hypothesisD = true;//right bit is better for bias
  //Hypothesis D is perhaps the most interesting one.
  //There was an experiment with 128 walls at one point with the assumption
  //that the higher walls to the right would be more reflective and hence
  //the ring would move left more often.
  //The experiment proved this wrong with central limit statistics after 2 and a bit days ...
  //The explanation was the more "containy" right hand side held the climber
  //closer to the right edge, with an occasional fast zip through the left hand
  //side. The net bias was for rightward motion in the "current code framework"
  //The number 55 was not pulled from thin air, but was the worst case odd "consensus"
  //size of ring nicks.
  //The walls being lower on the left edges of cells was not providing the correct
  //direction of bias in motion.

  _GroupHandler(int size) {
    if(size % 2 == 0) size++;
    _rn = List<_RingNick>(size);
  }

  //BIAS
  //REMAIN (w1 * w2)^N
  //LEAVE (1-w1) + w1 * (1-w2) ...
  //even the switching on the fly of alt?
  //The matrix joke about mining humans as Maxwell demons was quite funny

  //the effect of a _mod1 and its 'right' interaction with the lowest wall?
  //in the most contained, which wall is higher?
  //in the least contained, which?
  //so a more likely turns into ?

  void _next() {
    for(int i = 0; i < _window; i++) {//null bias settling window
      if(!_hypothesisC) if(i == _opportunity) {//1 pre (so 4 of 5)
        for (_RingNick r in _rn) {
          _RingNick._pr.next();
          if((_RingNick._pr._s & _favouriteBit) != 0) {
            //kind of an xor spread to 50:50 cell
            _mod1(r, true);
          }
        }
      }
      for (_RingNick r in _rn)
        r.__next(_hypothesisD);
    }
  }

  void _prev() {
    for(int i = 0; i < _window; i++) {
      for(_RingNick r in _rn.reversed)
        r.__prev(_hypothesisD);
      if(!_hypothesisC) if(i == _window - _opportunity - 1) {//3 post (so 4 of 5)
        for(_RingNick r in _rn.reversed) {
          if((_RingNick._pr._s & _favouriteBit) != 0) {
            _mod1(r, false);
          }
          _RingNick._pr.prev();
        }
      }
    }
  }

  bool _majority() {
    int count = 0;
    for(_RingNick r in _rn) {
      if(_hypothesisD) {
        if(r._right) count++;
      } else {
        if (r._getPosition() == r.leastEscaped) count++; //a main cumulative
      }
    }// the > 2/3rd state would be true
    return (2 * count > _rn.length);
  }

  void _mod1(_RingNick r, bool direction) {
    //if(_hypothesis) r._right = !r._right;// a wall reflection hypothesis!
    //either both are the same or one is worse than the other (non-linear)
    //a more likely turns into ?
    //engineering differential probabilities
    if(_hypothesisD) {
      r._right = !r._right;//basic direction of motion flip
    } else {
      if (r._getPosition() == r.leastEscaped) {
        r._setPosition(r.theThird);
        if ((_hypothesisA ^ direction) || (_hypothesisB ^ !direction))
          r._right = !r._right;
      } else {
        //mostEscaped eliminated by not being used
        r._setPosition(r.leastEscaped);
        if ((_hypothesisB ^ direction) || (_hypothesisA ^ !direction))
          r._right = !r._right;
      }
    }
  }

  void _modulate(bool direction) {
    for(_RingNick r in _rn) _mod1(r, direction);//all modulate
  }
}

class _Modulator {
  final _GroupHandler _gh = _GroupHandler(_RingNick.alt ? 33 : 55);

  int _putBit(bool bitToAbsorb) {//returns absorption status
    _gh._next();
    if(_gh._majority()) {//main zero state
      if(bitToAbsorb) {
        _gh._modulate(true);
        return 0;//a zero yet to absorb
      } else {
        return 1;//absorbed zero
      }
    } else {
      return -1;//no absorption emitted 1
    }
  }

  int _getBit(bool bitLastEmitted) {
    if(_gh._majority()) {//zero
      _gh._prev();
      return 1;//last bit not needed emit zero
    } else {
      if(bitLastEmitted) {
        _gh._prev();
        return -1;//last bit needed and nothing to emit
      } else {
        _gh._modulate(false);
        _gh._prev();
        return 0;//last bit needed, emit 1
      }
    }
  }
}

class StackHandler {
  final List<bool> _data = [];
  final _Modulator _m = _Modulator();
  int _lenCode = 0;

  int _putBits() {
    int count = 0;
    while(_data.length > 0) {
      bool v = _data.removeLast();
      switch(_m._putBit(v)) {
        case -1:
          _data.add(v);
          _data.add(true);
          break;
        case 0:
          _data.add(false);
          break;
        case 1:
          break;//absorbed zero
        default: break;
      }
      count++;
    }
    return count;
  }

  void _getBits(int count) {
    while(count > 0) {
      bool v;
      v = (_data.length == 0 ? false : _data.removeLast());//zeros out
      switch(_m._getBit(v)) {
        case 1:
          _data.add(v);//not needed
          _data.add(false);//emitted zero
          break;
        case 0:
          _data.add(true);//emitted 1 used zero
          break;
        case -1:
          break;//bad skip, ...
        default: break;
      }
      count--;
    }
  }

  //STACK BLOCK FUNCTIONS 32 BIT

  int _putBlock(int lastCount) {
    explode(lastCount);
    return _putBits();
  }

  void putBlock() {
    _lenCode = _putBlock(_lenCode);
  }

  int _getBlock(int count) {
    if(count <= 0) throw Exception('Kodek empty below accumulated depth.');
    _getBits(count);
    if(_data.length < 32) throw Exception('Kodek hacked bad terminal.');//an empty is min 32
    return implode();
  }

  void getBlock() {
    _lenCode = _getBlock(_lenCode);
  }

  //BASIC UNIT OF EXTERNALIZED

  void explode(int x, [int c = 32]) {
    for(int i = 0; i < c; i++)
      _data.add(x & (1 << i) != 0);
  }

  int implode([int c = 32]) {
    int result = 0;
    for(int i = 0; i < c; i++)
      result &= ((_data.removeLast() ?? false) ? 1 : 0) << (c - 1 - i);
    return result;
  }

  void load() {
    for(_RingNick r in _m._gh._rn) {
      if(_data.length <= 0) throw Exception('Bad Kodek block length.');
      while((r._position = implode(2)) == 3) implode(1);//BILBO
      r._right = implode(1) == 1;
    }
    _lenCode = implode();
    _RingNick._pr._s = implode();
  }

  void save(bool reset) {
    explode(_RingNick._pr._s);
    explode(_lenCode);
    for(_RingNick r in _m._gh._rn.reversed) {
      explode(r._position, 2);
      explode(r._right ? 1 : 0, 1);
    }
    if(reset) _lenCode = 0;//reset
  }

  void explodeString(String s) {
    if(s == null) {
      explode(0, 1);
      return;
    }
    List<int> bytes = utf8.encode(s);
    int len = s.length;
    for(int i in bytes) explode(i, 8);
    explode(len);
    explode(1, 1);//not null marker
  }

  String implodeString() {
    if(implode(1) == 0) return null;//string terminal
    int len = implode();
    List<int> bytes = [];
    for(int i = 0; i < len; i++) bytes.add(implode(8));
    return utf8.decode(bytes.reversed);
  }

  String getB64() {
    if(_data.length != 0) throw Exception('Kodek must be fully packed.');
    save(false);
    List<int> chars = [];
    while(_data.length >= 8) {
      chars.add(implode(8));
    }
    int i = _data.length;
    chars.add(implode(8));
    chars.add(i);//length bits
    return base64Encode(chars);
  }

  void setB64(String s) {
    List<int> chars = base64Decode(s);
    int x = chars.removeLast();
    if(x > 7 || x < 0) throw Exception('Bad Kodek block alignment.');
    explode(chars.removeLast(), 8);//8 bits
    while((x++) < 8) implode(1);//remove bits
    while(chars.length > 0) explode(chars.removeLast(), 8);//explode kodek content
    load();
  }
}

class BlockChainTXStack {//A singleton is best, as the interaction between multiples is not order 'safe'
  final StackHandler _k = StackHandler();
  String _saved;

  String send(String s) {
    _k.explodeString(s);
    _k.putBlock();
    return _k.getB64();
  }

  List<String> receive(String s, [int down = 1, bool terminal = true]) {
    List<String> ls = [];
    _k.setB64(s);
    while(down-- > 0) {
      _k.getBlock();//top
      ls.add(_k.implodeString());
    }
    if(!terminal) ls.add(_k.getB64());//might as well make it easy to get a handle on lower ones again?
    return ls;
  }

  String nest() {//does not save push/pop states
    send(_k.getB64());//don't need result yet
    return send(_saved);
  }

  void fledgling(String s, [int nestDown = 1, bool destroyPop = false]) {//in pairs
    List<String> ls = receive(s, 2 * nestDown);//don't need terminal hook
    if(destroyPop) {
      _saved = ls.removeLast();//the saved stack
    } else {
      ls.removeLast();//dump
    }
    _k.setB64(ls.removeLast());//the kodek active
  }

  void push() {//state save
    String tmp = _k.getB64();
    if(_saved != null) _k.setB64(_saved);
    _saved = send(tmp);
    _k.setB64(tmp);//restore
  }

  void pop() {//state reload
    _k.setB64(receive(_saved, 1, false).removeLast());
  }

  void popNest() {
    String k = _k.getB64();//don't need result yet
    String tmp = _saved;
    pop();
    send(k);
    send(tmp);//stack the temporary pushed scope as a nest in the pop scope
  }

  void pushFledgling([int nestDown = 1, bool destroyTree = true]) {
    String s = _k.getB64();
    if(destroyTree) receive(s, 2);//2DROP
    push();//save scope
    fledgling(s, nestDown);//extract from self
  }
}

class BlockTreeManager {
  final BlockChainTXStack tx = BlockChainTXStack();

  void insert() {

  }

  String select() {
    return null;//TODO
  }
}

TypeScript in Visual Studio Community 2017

Just loaded up the VS 2017 community release. The TS 2.1 features include strong types relating to null and undefined. A bit annoying, but none the less it does force some decent console logging of salient error potential. I’ve found that many apparent error conditions are being removed. If only I could find a way to stop the coercion in JS, such that it is. It is one of the things I never liked about JS. I’d prefer an explicit cast every time.

How Moving to Outlook Destroys Your Gmail

Just testing out office 365. Surprising features in Outlook include unsubscribing folders, still makes them delete-able. Which is very surprising as you’d likely unsubscribe to a folder to not consume local space and download, and just want it left alone on the server. But alas the default to spam fill everything, with no subscribe wizard, and a bad default action on unsubscribed folders, and you’d think Microsoft never ever tested this thing in the real world of reality.

I have been thinking of a short cost saving by an Azure migration, but this has to be tested before committal. The last thing I need is to find that Microsoft has some limits on root servers. I find my current provider good, and would not want to end up between a rock and a hard place.