Delta Time

OK. So ... I was just about to do something ... which is to explain this thing to me that has been bothering me for quite some time now. It sat there, before me - end yet if I reached out to it, it would be as ... in a movie when some things turn out to be smoke-like.
And then it clicked.
I mean ... it's in the first sentence I wrote: "Ever since the idea to this thing first crossed my mind, it eluded me - but yet sat there, as in plain vision, presenting itself to me as a pivotal thing. A thing I would one day ... OK." ... as it would go on: want to have like proof for, that it was my idea. And I didn't understand.

This particular idea implanted itself in my head after I was finished drawing a sketch - something telling me that I would want to hold on to it. But as time went by it never really made sense to me, as that sketch was barely anything. Well, maybe. Sort of. For this one however, I suppose I have to dig deeeeeeep.


Because actually, ... oh no, that's an extra layer.
But ... in a way ... we can take that sketch as a hypothetical mirror. I mean, there's a before and there's an after.


But now I look at it and ... I see that the idea is like ... missing from the picture at this point while Libra is taking the front row. There is something "Delta" in there but is tagged as 'nonsense'. And sure - I had struggled to get this "Delta Core" thing into the system many times. It should be simple but ... poof. So ... this time I just tried to not think about it. "Silly Idea". But now I'm kind of coming back to it - or am I? Because on the other hand side there's Libra. Do they need each other? What is either one to do?

And the answer is ... "yesn't"?


I mean - there are common roots in the idea. So - if I were to focus on that common thing first ... what do I have? Well, something that doesn't seem like it has a logical root.

Anyway. So - as it stands ... I'm however alarmed by this situation. Because ... there I see that ... in deed ... there is no hint for it. And I was primed to understand or think that leaving hints is important. And if I so just went on and did the thing, Drop 6 "Delta Core" or so, maybe it wouldn't look ... good?

I don't know. Buuut ... it is as it is. Well - I'm in disbelief, it sounds silly - it's like ... . Parallel worlds. Should I put on my tinfoil hat here, or not?
Well, without it ... what I'm left with is that writing this is like ... the distilled universal denominator in this.


I mean, I could now just go and say: This is what I'm working on (past) ... and then do it. Or I could explain what it is (future) ... and stuff here and then do it. Both might leave one with ... a sense of ... really? I mean, if I explained it here that could be interpreted as cockblocking. Like, I saw that solution ... and took it for my own and whatever. I don't know why I should ... listen to such thinking. But it's there. I wouldn't put it beyond ... ~you~. Whoever you are. To imply or believe such things.

So, the third option: I tell just enough so you too might go on and try to figure this out.


So - obviously, after cleaning up after ourselves (in the code, I forgot the clean up) the next step is to translate the acquired utility into what the thing wants to be - but the thing itself is like the Window Manager of a Linux system. The final final thing we want then again sits on top of that. So, that has to be considered too.

Or ... what is?
So, there's multiple layers and facets to it. And Delta was ... I mean, in the idea it's three things. But now I see it a bit better. Libra ... at large ... should end up being a collection of things. And a first step has been done to add aspects of the System to it. But uhm ... well, maybe I should not so much focus on the solution but on the problems of the past?


The - in my mind - central aspect of the Delta Core is the Delta Frame. It used to be my mind's handle for dealing with any kind of window in the system. So, along with that would come a title, a program ID - which ultimately traces back into a tree - finding a root somewhere. Given that the Supercore already does what it does - there would be a neat place. And now something else just ... .

I mean ... since the cat's out of the bag ... there's this one book. "The Sartori Book". I once flipped through it's pages and ... I thought that this could be like a blueprint or a manual or a map of ... this very system. And now I found ... the river to the tree or what it was? Well, something I previously thought would be the System Core or something about Zero. Well ... whatever.

Anyway. So ... there's the front layer of frames and windows, then there's a backbone which boils down into the individual processes that are running - but what's the third? A theming engine? Uhm, the thing is ... I kind of forgot. And God knows where I have that sketch. Whenever I try to put order into my things, they only get more chaotic it seems.

And then there's Libra. Like ... something just clicked when I named a thing that - but at that point it starts to ... replace the Delta Core. And at the same time it also extends into further complexity - just in a different way. So - at some point I had to question my sanity. Like ... are those things 'real'? And no ... . I would say that they aren't. It's like ... on the one hand I do appreciate the gifts of inspiration. In that regard I would tell you that inspiration is as dough, the human mind brings it into its final shape. So - it's not God dictating 'art' to us. It is God giving our minds thoughts and ideas to work with. And what do I do - I look at the inspiration and kind of expect it to take shape for me. I mean - not like ... me sitting there, waiting. But I take the idea into the code and just follow it to some end ... which ... hasn't been thought out properly just yet. So, there's missing context I presume.


So - to come back to beginning: System Popups - a.k.a. "M-Core triggered events" or something like that, uhm, "System Level Graphics"? ... that's a whole thing and so ... let's take a deep breath and come to the "deeeeper" part to this.




One reason why I was so reliefed is because this whole thing is now pretty much what I ... would have wanted it to be back in the days. I mean - all the ideas are accounted for and sit in their respective positions. But all those years ago I thought or felt like I had "it" - though, having an empty class named M_CORE and a main function ... would technically have satisfied that already.
And then I had to build from there to get towards where I wanted to take it - so on and so forth.
But now that I see it as it is ... my mind goes backwards, way back, to my earliest "inner eye open" sketches. And I find a few things that I had completely forgotten about. Some I abandoned and some seemed like ... not even feasible. The t_Core for instance. I mean - the t_Core would be what the T_CORE is now, except in application space and M would update the t_Core of each thing individually. It may yet become a thing - but first a Crystal has to be a thing - and before I start messing around with dynamic linking or some hacked in substitute I wanted to have the backbone for that.

And yea - so, the Metabar was a kind of derivative from those sketches - to be thought of ... kind of like the Status bar in your common OS. Except it's also more like a main menu in a video game. It's basically a visual idea ... and ... I never had a reason to actually seriously work on it. So, naming the thing I have now 'Metabar' was supposed to be more of a callback.

But there's now things. As per the roadmap ... a first "bottom line" should be a starting instance, like a Text Editor. Or - to also move towards my own goals: A project manager. So - it's a mess. What was I thinking I should find here?


Well. Hmm ... there is a ... bottom line to this.

What all of this tells me, sort of, is that I now have to pick a goal. The code as is has to be bent towards a more concrete ... thing ... in that it should then go to utilize the things that are required. That's the first thing. So, I have to think of what I want this to be - boil it down into the things that are, extend it by what the next step is - so, technically that's where the code is at - ... - and "escalate" to where there finally is a Crystal such that the whole ... depth of the system is present and functional.
A focus being on ... working towards something ... more fleshed out. Along the way I should probably also get the Inputs solved. And oh my ... my brain is getting ... low key orgasmed as I see a particular solution to a problem of sorts that ... uhm. OK, so - I may be taking me some time is what I'm saying.

I would then hope that the individual objects ... hmm. OK, I mean ... when putting it this way; Yea. The Delta Core is a child of desire, expressing an urge towards some kind of "virtual object permanence". Then it's also like ... the Language Libra would use to to interact with the System ... and for a brief moment I had a third thing flashing into my mind ... but uh, it's gone now.


So - I don't know. The thing still seems to elude me; But either way ... path is set. (Uhm ... also ... I got rid of the ashes. I mean, I'm supplied again - but this time I want to be a bit easier on the intake. Again. Well, let's see how long I think that makes sense ...)