From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 18680 invoked from network); 26 Jul 2022 04:40:07 -0000 Received: from 9front.inri.net (168.235.81.73) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 26 Jul 2022 04:40:07 -0000 Received: from mail-oa1-f50.google.com ([209.85.160.50]) by 9front; Tue Jul 26 00:38:37 -0400 2022 Received: by mail-oa1-f50.google.com with SMTP id 586e51a60fabf-10bd4812c29so17320321fac.11 for <9front@9front.org>; Mon, 25 Jul 2022 21:38:34 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=cOqcaicc1JIFKMOyP9K0sZsyjPa2YY/BqWlDBdT0lNM=; b=LLUYmigMDuAXUUJt76p0mXOys2fMzj2KWsrVVwprjMd5cjTVxPDqVqxMp+TiOx6DXh F5mrVhp3waR1+EcFm3ZD1FBRF/cMWlH4bUtPHGX8b7OspeDt2TenFd/I3ZOM74qjWBdb Udgdug1CDdVYh9I7Smao/iCfOPqIkv0g6zR/9kiMlUQzMkXxfv6oGplPEyxCxctzqCWQ FF36diSx16Pm0sbme/SV890eOJZXTYIvughsT5ZpwubbclA7yPYol96yvQ39z8BL7SYR pBhpaGPWq6EQX8r/Uf0+Irn03RSnB/sAWa0IO4jE3SJbhW7apW+atEMeT6g7wXCXY00x hb9Q== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=cOqcaicc1JIFKMOyP9K0sZsyjPa2YY/BqWlDBdT0lNM=; b=MWAkqlIHqi+DTyiEeXy63D9TOGbZ/kwc1GxvthXvCusJ8rsTWx9vFbuMWQnb9p7Nai P9PDItBHE85gROUOmJmQd3eJj5RjcZ0nqjMKK3ylj70X88tTqByzhQuSupfQNArNDrrL JtvlHFDLysPLnRmVNYGxwI9uXR6DzjnsNEU11OQuvBNQtdJPayO2MLqsqt+uwqTy6pqj f3LA/NUVNEQrK7uKrQVcDIeH5iKpkUF05otHujygO1+iEbiMZ3ry4WlMdRCtCIT95efR kp9suJLGSeDrA7mF2dxGAn5+l2AKGc5NxpN6IHJZAiNvyLNAyliI9MIIuYZNW8p5AV2l N6mw== X-Gm-Message-State: AJIora8VFuMRTRbYf5o7sIvSWa61ecqZvqmAkc9HFpRiwUoN/sd/YFSi KHGWIN3xUldxKwzKTh6WITmaEkNi0AZch6DB+VoCYMi6uMY= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGRyM1slql/29xzOo/tH9908ZAA3v8fPSmFcqoMxU2iAWc2siAPEdCuOSxeN0Z+1Bv0GIZQ76T8tV6yXCrKfpJAci98= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6870:c1cf:b0:10d:f119:8b9e with SMTP id i15-20020a056870c1cf00b0010df1198b9emr6748564oad.163.1658810313687; Mon, 25 Jul 2022 21:38:33 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Amavect Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2022 23:35:02 -0500 Message-ID: To: 9front@9front.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" List-ID: <9front.9front.org> List-Help: X-Glyph: ➈ X-Bullshit: shared module event-oriented generator Subject: Re: [9front] rip mycroftiv Reply-To: 9front@9front.org Precedence: bulk I have only just learned of this... to say that his passing hurts is an understatement. My general absence for the past year only dulls it a bit. I stumbled into the 9grid chat in late 2018 and found community there, so I spent the next 3 years there. I was introduced to what Plan 9 could do, and what it could be. A remote disk, plumber, and pipe as a chatroom, all hacked together in harmony. mycroftiv was the only person I knew who could chat with me about math on a deeply technical and philosophical level, and I to him as well. Our conversations revolved around the hierarchy of infinity, the hypercubic topology of binary, and what math means in reality. Purplechess, the puzzle game of binary traversal on a chess board, grew from our chats and my work on various UI tools and bytebeat music. He had said that umbraticus and I laid the groundwork, but it was he who saw how they fit together. A move only changes 1 bit at a time, so one could imagine walking from corner-to-corner on an 8-dimensional hypercube. He didn't just imagine, he experienced it. My favorite idea of his is metaphysical namespace binding. A book would bind the story to present reality in a very real way. A song would bind the presence of the first performance to now, the performers, composers, and listeners. And he has bound himself to my world. Thanks, Amavect