// this produces a rhythm for the idea of other cognitive processes learning // to dance together (timed behavior composed of habits that take time) // Ideally, a human would run the rhythm. #include "../level-1/level-1.hpp" #include "../level-2/level-2.hpp" #include using namespace intellect::level2; int main() { // do something, wait a constant (secret) time, and do it again. int micros = 400000 + double(rand()) / RAND_MAX * 400000; // the time things take is usually not known in advance, especially // for events one is still learning about. // hence this time is kept secret, as this pattern is about learning // to work with the timing of other processes. // six habits: next-habit, start-habit, keep-doing, output beat, wait, and start-beat // not sure if one is redundant in there somewhere decls(active, habit, step); decls(beat, wait, next, keep, doing); decls(context, start); // structure habit // next -> habit that follows #undef self ahabit(next-habit, (), { ref n = ctx[active-habit].get(next); ctx.set(active-habit, n); return n(); }); ahabit(start-habit, ((start,s)), { ctx.set(active-habit, s); return s(); }); ahabit(keep-doing-habit, ((start,s)), { (start-habit)(s); while (true) { (next-habit)(); } }); ahabit(start-beat, ((wait-habit, w, wait-habit), (beat-habit, b, beat-habit)), { ctx.vset(beat, int(0)); self.set(next, w); (b).set(next, w); (w).set(next, b); }); ahabit(beat-habit, (), { int & b = ctx.vget(beat); char const * beats[] = { "A one!", "and a two", "and a three!", "and a four, love" }; std::cout << beats[b] << std::endl; b = (b + 1) % (sizeof(beats) / sizeof(*beats)); }); #if 0 char const * beats[] = { // child <- spawns beauty, creativity, humanity, heart // wisdom, sacredness, ancestors <- spawns slowness, learning, respect, memory // silence, pause between <- spawns learning and discovery, subtle emotion, // and contains metalesson of how to learn the timing // if your own habits take time // self-reference <- connects above with active behavior /* "This song is sacred, this song is wild." "This song is happy with glee." "This song is ancient, this song is new." "And you, now, are free." */ /* "Our ancestors' childhood laughter,", "Teaches in the silence between.", "We exist in what is sacred,", "and this song is another part."//, // "Fuck yeah!" */ // we are ignoring how "fuck yeah" is ignored in karl's life. // he doesn't ever say that. now he finally says it, only surrounded by slow // stillness. it is important to excitedly connect. this is how stillness is // made. all the water molecules in a slow caring wave, are excitedly bashing // against each other to repeatedly figure out how to move, so fast, so constant. // when we have crucial information we need it // when we find wonderful information we lunge for it // we are working with a computer. // computers already have a harsh rhythm that goes like a hummingbird's // wings and never stops. // they need to slow down. // it ounds like it is true for the cmputer too // like the molecules of water, its parts buzz, constantly. but we can have it // still behave slow and caring. this buzzing seems important, and we will // likely need to be able to buzz too, on a larger scale. // we are workin with a rhythm learning pattern here // it cannot buzz, it would err // it cannot wait forever, it would never join the dance // the key is not the silence but the start and end // it would be good to get 'fuck yeah!' from somebody who actually // says that. } #endif ahabit(wait-habit, (), { usleep(micros); }); (keep-doing-habit)(start-beat); }