Rewrites #6
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- Reorganized opening part
- Added some progress trackers and the ROADMAP
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✏️ Tip: You can customize this high-level summary in your review settings. WalkthroughThis pull request restructures the CΩMPUTER manuscript by introducing a prologue chapter, reorganizing chapter flow, expanding mathematical exposition (Lagrangian formalism, Rulial Distance), and adding project infrastructure (ROADMAP, progress tracking). The chapter "Computation Is Transformation" migrates from Ch. 01 to Prologue status, with Part I introduction repositioned accordingly. Changes
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77-91: Critical mathematical error: The figure's "Local Minimum" is actually a local maximum.The potential function on line 77 is:
0.1*(\x-2.5)^4 - 0.5*(\x-2.5)^2 + 2Taking the derivative and solving for critical points: the function has a local maximum at x=2.5 and local minima at x≈0.92 and x≈4.08. Your gradient arrows (lines 83-85) descend toward (2.5, 1.0), which is the peak of the potential well, not the basin.
Either:
- Fix the function to have a minimum at x=2.5 (e.g.,
0.1*(\x-2.5)^4 + 1or0.5*(\x-2.5)^2 + 1), or- Redirect the arrows to descend toward an actual minimum.
A figure illustrating gradient descent that descends uphill to a maximum is pedagogically catastrophic.
Suggested fix for a simple parabolic well with minimum at x=2.5:
% Potential Well Function - \draw[thick, domain=-0.5:5.5, smooth, samples=100] plot (\x, {0.1*(\x-2.5)^4 - 0.5*(\x-2.5)^2 + 2}); + \draw[thick, domain=-0.5:5.5, smooth, samples=100] plot (\x, {0.15*(\x-2.5)^2 + 1});
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tex/computer.tex (1)
253-254: File references confirmed — structure is clean.The mainmatter reordering is properly executed:
tex/02-prologue.texandtex/03-part-1-intro.texboth exist, and the replacedtex/03-ch-01.texhas been removed. No orphaned content.tex/02-prologue.tex (2)
1-5: LGTM on chapter structure.The
\chapter*with manual\addcontentslineis the correct pattern for unnumbered chapters that should appear in the TOC. Label placement on line 4 is correct.
54-72: TikZ figure looks correct, but node spacing is aggressive.The
node distance=5.0cmon line 56 is quite large. If this renders with excessive whitespace, you may want to tighten it. Otherwise, the figure structure is sound.tex/27-ch-21.tex (1)
10-48: The introduction makes promises the chapter must deliver: scrutinize rigorously before approving.The cross-references are correct (Chapter 5 on Rulial Distance, Chapter 18 on the Horizon of Optimizability), and the four guiding questions are answered starting at line 136 with the definition of the Rulial Derivative. However, several moves require critical examination:
Physics analogy (lines 34-35) is metaphorical, not mathematical. The chapter recovers from this by line 118 stating "This is not metaphor. It is literal"—but this recovery must be verified throughout the chapter. The Rulial Derivative definition at line 138 attempts to make this literal, but does it actually parallel the claimed geometric analogy rigorously, or is it merely symbolic notation without deeper justification?
The four questions (lines 28-31) are stated but not yet proven answerable. Verify that each receives a complete, formal answer, not hand-wavy motivation.
Line 40 claims "universe-to-universe continuity"—this requires proof. How is continuity defined when universes differ in law, not just state? This is non-obvious.
Lines 42-43 make a strong claim: computing geodesics between universes is qualitatively harder than within one. Is this justified, or merely asserted?
Do not approve until the chapter's body confirms these promises with mathematical precision, not metaphor.
tex/23-ch-18.tex (1)
96-100: No changes required — cross-references are accurate.Lines 98 correctly reference Chapter 5 for Rulial metrics and Chapter 12 for interference patterns. Chapter 5 ("Rulial Distance: The Metric on Possibility") establishes the metric foundation; Chapter 12 ("Interference as Constraint Resolution") details the three modes of interference (destructive, constructive, neutral) and K-Graph mechanics. Both references are properly anchored post-reorganization.
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🧹 Nitpick | 🔵 Trivial
Consider ignoring additional Obsidian artifacts beyond the vault directory.
Obsidian generates not only the .obsidian/ vault metadata directory, but also per-vault .obsidian.json files and workspace-specific configuration. Depending on your project philosophy (treat vault config as project state vs. ignore editor state), you may need:
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Verify whether .obsidian.json should be gitignored in this repository.
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In .gitignore around line 111, the repo currently ignores only the .obsidian/
directory but not per-vault and workspace files; update the .gitignore to also
ignore .obsidian.json and .obsidian-sync.json if you want to exclude Obsidian
workspace/config files from VCS. Confirm whether this repo treats vault config
as project state—if not, add entries for .obsidian.json and .obsidian-sync.json
(and any other Obsidian-generated files) to .gitignore; if the files are
intentionally tracked, leave as-is and document the decision.
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Misplaced entry: Relocate .obsidian/ to the dedicated editor section.
This entry is positioned orphaned after the "Other generic editor/OS clutter" section. Given that Obsidian is a first-class editor/IDE, it belongs with the other structured editor entries (VS Code, JetBrains, Xcode, etc.) starting at line 79, complete with its own subsection comment. Grouping it at the tail end of the file dilutes the organizational coherence.
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subsection comment (e.g., "# Obsidian") consistent with the existing editor
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Hardcoding bash is fine, but document why.
You're forcing /bin/bash for the progress target's bashisms (arrays, (( )) arithmetic). This breaks POSIX sh compatibility. Add a comment explaining this dependency so future maintainers don't waste time wondering why dash explodes.
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| doing=$$(grep -ao "⏳" "$$file" | wc -l | tr -d " "); \ | ||
| todo=$$(grep -ao "◽️" "$$file" | wc -l | tr -d " "); \ | ||
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| if [ $$total -eq 0 ]; then pct=0; else pct=$$(((100*done + total/2)/total)); fi; \ | ||
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| PROGBAR_SHORT="$${bar_short}" perl -0777 -CS -Mutf8 -pi -e 'my $$r=$$ENV{PROGBAR_SHORT}; s|<!-- PROGRESS_BAR(?:_README)? -->.*?<!-- /PROGRESS_BAR(?:_README)? -->|<!-- PROGRESS_BAR -->$$r<!-- /PROGRESS_BAR -->|sg' "$$f"; \ | ||
| PROGBAR_LONG="$${bar_long}" BOTTOM="$${bottom}" perl -0777 -CS -Mutf8 -pi -e 'my ($$r,$$b)=@ENV{qw/PROGBAR_LONG BOTTOM/}; s|(<!-- progress -->\n```text\n)[^\n]*\n[^\n]*\n(```\n<!-- /progress -->)|$$1$$r\n$$b\n$$2|sg' "$$f"; \ | ||
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This target is a maintainability minefield.
Several concerns with this progress tracking implementation:
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Emoji matching is fragile. The
◽️character is actuallyU+25FD+U+FE0F(variation selector). Depending on how the file is saved and the system's locale settings (LC_ALL,LANG),grep -aomay match zero, one, or two characters. This will silently produce wrong counts. -
The Perl one-liners are unreadable. Lines 57-59 are write-only code. When this breaks (and it will), nobody will be able to debug it without a Perl archaeology degree.
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No validation. If
ROADMAP.mddoesn't exist or has malformed content, this fails silently or produces garbage output.
Consider extracting this to a standalone script with proper error handling and comments:
progress:
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- done=$$(grep -ao "✅" "$$file" | wc -l | tr -d " "); \
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+ @./scripts/update-progress.shThen create scripts/update-progress.sh with proper comments, error handling, and locale forcing (LC_ALL=C.UTF-8).
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Corrupted Unicode — progress bar is garbage.
Lines 20 and 26 contain ��] — these are replacement characters indicating failed UTF-8 decoding. Whatever emoji or block-character progress bar you intended here has been mangled.
This renders as literal garbage in the README. Either:
- Fix the encoding pipeline that generates these placeholders, or
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| This roadmap tracks the CΩMPUTER manuscript from rough draft through final release v1.0.0. | ||
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| **Overall Progress:** <!-- PROGRESS_PCT -->39% (178/460)<!-- /PROGRESS_PCT --> | ||
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Missing top-level heading and corrupted progress bar.
Two issues:
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��]). Either the progress bar wasn't generated correctly, or there's an encoding mismatch. This suggests the Makefile'sprogresstarget may have already corrupted the file.
+# CΩMPUTER Roadmap
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## Overview
This roadmap tracks the CΩMPUTER manuscript from rough draft through final release v1.0.0.
**Overall Progress:** <!-- PROGRESS_PCT -->39% (178/460)<!-- /PROGRESS_PCT -->
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| \item the underlying space is the Rulial state space $(S, d)$ with directed pseudometric $d$ (Rulial Distance), | ||
| \item each legal rewrite edge $s \to t$ is labeled with a local resource vector $\rho(r,s)$, | ||
| \item a Lagrangian $\mathcal{L}(r,s)$ turns $\rho$ into a scalar edge cost, | ||
| \item the cost of a worldline $\gamma$ is $C(\gamma) = \sum \mathcal{L}(r_i,s_i)$, | ||
| \item the optimizer performs a constrained uniform-cost search for geodesics (minimal $C(\gamma)$) over bundles, | ||
| \item the search is guided by curvature estimates, bounded by interference patterns, and constrained by DPO typing. | ||
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Inconsistent spacing in mathematical notation.
Throughout the main text, you use $\mathcal{L}(r, s)$ and $\rho(r, s)$ with spaces after commas (lines 184, 190, 212). In the "FOR THE NERDS™" sidebar, you switch to $\rho(r,s)$ and $\mathcal{L}(r,s)$ without spaces (lines 281-283).
Pick one convention. LaTeX will render them identically, but source consistency matters for maintainability. The spaced version (r, s) is more readable in source.
- \item each legal rewrite edge $s \to t$ is labeled with a local resource vector $\rho(r,s)$,
- \item a Lagrangian $\mathcal{L}(r,s)$ turns $\rho$ into a scalar edge cost,
- \item the cost of a worldline $\gamma$ is $C(\gamma) = \sum \mathcal{L}(r_i,s_i)$,
+ \item each legal rewrite edge $s \to t$ is labeled with a local resource vector $\rho(r, s)$,
+ \item a Lagrangian $\mathcal{L}(r, s)$ turns $\rho$ into a scalar edge cost,
+ \item the cost of a worldline $\gamma$ is $C(\gamma) = \sum \mathcal{L}(r_i, s_i)$,📝 Committable suggestion
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| \begin{itemize} | |
| \item the underlying space is the Rulial state space $(S, d)$ with directed pseudometric $d$ (Rulial Distance), | |
| \item each legal rewrite edge $s \to t$ is labeled with a local resource vector $\rho(r,s)$, | |
| \item a Lagrangian $\mathcal{L}(r,s)$ turns $\rho$ into a scalar edge cost, | |
| \item the cost of a worldline $\gamma$ is $C(\gamma) = \sum \mathcal{L}(r_i,s_i)$, | |
| \item the optimizer performs a constrained uniform-cost search for geodesics (minimal $C(\gamma)$) over bundles, | |
| \item the search is guided by curvature estimates, bounded by interference patterns, and constrained by DPO typing. | |
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| \item the underlying space is the Rulial state space $(S, d)$ with directed pseudometric $d$ (Rulial Distance), | |
| \item each legal rewrite edge $s \to t$ is labeled with a local resource vector $\rho(r, s)$, | |
| \item a Lagrangian $\mathcal{L}(r, s)$ turns $\rho$ into a scalar edge cost, | |
| \item the cost of a worldline $\gamma$ is $C(\gamma) = \sum \mathcal{L}(r_i, s_i)$, | |
| \item the optimizer performs a constrained uniform-cost search for geodesics (minimal $C(\gamma)$) over bundles, | |
| \item the search is guided by curvature estimates, bounded by interference patterns, and constrained by DPO typing. | |
| \end{itemize} |
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In tex/23-ch-18.tex around lines 279 to 286, the math labels in the itemize use
no space after the comma (`\rho(r,s)` and `\mathcal{L}(r,s)`), which is
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convention `\rho(r, s)` and `\mathcal{L}(r, s)` (and scan nearby lines in the
sidebar to ensure all occurrences follow the spaced `(r, s)` style for
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| We call the machine that records this \emph{Rulial Provenance} and the \emph{Eternal Audit Log}. Chapter 19 will build it explicitly. You can think of it, roughly, as: | ||
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| Crucially, the optimizer does not simply delete these inefficient paths. Every optimization decision—including the counterfactuals examined and discarded—is recorded. The system marks them as unchosen branches in the provenance graph. To make this practical, we need a machine capable of logging not just what happened, but everything that \emph{could} have happened, forever. | ||
| From that structure you can replay any worldline, compare naive vs optimized universes, audit every optimization decision, and even debug the optimizer itself. | ||
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| We call this Rulial Provenance and the Eternal Audit Log. That is the subject of \cref{chapter-19-rulial-provenance-eternal-audit-logs}—the final machine of Part IV. | ||
| We have learned how to steer computation across worlds. Next, we learn how to remember \emph{all} those worlds—what happened, what could have happened, and why one universe won. That is the subject of Chapter 19—the final machine of Part IV. |
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More missing non-breaking spaces before chapter references.
Lines 312 and 323 both reference "Chapter 19" without ~. At this point, it's clear the manuscript needs a global find-and-replace: Chapter (\d) → Chapter~$1.
-We call the machine that records this \emph{Rulial Provenance} and the \emph{Eternal Audit Log}. Chapter 19 will build it explicitly. You can think of it, roughly, as:
+We call the machine that records this \emph{Rulial Provenance} and the \emph{Eternal Audit Log}. Chapter~19 will build it explicitly. You can think of it, roughly, as:-We have learned how to steer computation across worlds. Next, we learn how to remember \emph{all} those worlds—what happened, what could have happened, and why one universe won. That is the subject of Chapter 19—the final machine of Part IV.
+We have learned how to steer computation across worlds. Next, we learn how to remember \emph{all} those worlds—what happened, what could have happened, and why one universe won. That is the subject of Chapter~19—the final machine of Part~IV.📝 Committable suggestion
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| We call the machine that records this \emph{Rulial Provenance} and the \emph{Eternal Audit Log}. Chapter 19 will build it explicitly. You can think of it, roughly, as: | |
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| \item a graph of all traversed and traversable worldlines, | |
| \item annotated with Rulial Distances and Lagrangian costs, | |
| \item enriched with curvature, interference, and MRMW layers, | |
| \item and tagged with which paths were naive, adversarial, or optimized. | |
| \end{itemize} | |
| Crucially, the optimizer does not simply delete these inefficient paths. Every optimization decision—including the counterfactuals examined and discarded—is recorded. The system marks them as unchosen branches in the provenance graph. To make this practical, we need a machine capable of logging not just what happened, but everything that \emph{could} have happened, forever. | |
| From that structure you can replay any worldline, compare naive vs optimized universes, audit every optimization decision, and even debug the optimizer itself. | |
| We call this Rulial Provenance and the Eternal Audit Log. That is the subject of \cref{chapter-19-rulial-provenance-eternal-audit-logs}—the final machine of Part IV. | |
| We have learned how to steer computation across worlds. Next, we learn how to remember \emph{all} those worlds—what happened, what could have happened, and why one universe won. That is the subject of Chapter 19—the final machine of Part IV. | |
| We call the machine that records this \emph{Rulial Provenance} and the \emph{Eternal Audit Log}. Chapter~19 will build it explicitly. You can think of it, roughly, as: | |
| \begin{itemize} | |
| \item a graph of all traversed and traversable worldlines, | |
| \item annotated with Rulial Distances and Lagrangian costs, | |
| \item enriched with curvature, interference, and MRMW layers, | |
| \item and tagged with which paths were naive, adversarial, or optimized. | |
| \end{itemize} | |
| From that structure you can replay any worldline, compare naive vs optimized universes, audit every optimization decision, and even debug the optimizer itself. | |
| We have learned how to steer computation across worlds. Next, we learn how to remember \emph{all} those worlds—what happened, what could have happened, and why one universe won. That is the subject of Chapter~19—the final machine of Part~IV. |
🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
In tex/23-ch-18.tex around lines 312 to 323, the text references "Chapter 19"
twice without non-breaking spaces; update those instances to use "Chapter~19" so
the chapter number doesn't break across lines, and perform a global
search-and-replace across the manuscript replacing occurrences matching the
pattern `Chapter (\d+)` with `Chapter~$1` (or an equivalent LaTeX-safe regex) to
fix all similar missing non-breaking spaces.
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CRITICAL: Duplicate chapter declarations will break the document.
You have TWO \chapter commands:
- Line 1:
\chapter{Twenty-One}\label{chapter-twenty-one}(OLD - should be deleted) - Line 3:
\chapter{Differential Rulial Analysis}(NEW)
This will render two separate chapter headings in the PDF, completely mangling your document structure, TOC, and page numbering. The old line 1 was not removed during the rewrite.
-\chapter{Twenty-One}\label{chapter-twenty-one}
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\chapter{Differential Rulial Analysis}
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| \chapter{Twenty-One}\label{chapter-twenty-one} | |
| \begin{quote} | |
| {[}!NOTE{]} Diagrams Required | |
| \end{quote} | |
| \chapter{Differential Rulial Analysis} | |
| \label{chapter-21-differential-rulial-analysis} | |
| \chapter{Differential Rulial Analysis} | |
| \label{chapter-21-differential-rulial-analysis} |
🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
tex/27-ch-21.tex lines 1-4: the file contains two \chapter declarations (line 1
old `\chapter{Twenty-One}\label{chapter-twenty-one}` and line 3 new
`\chapter{Differential Rulial Analysis}`) which will produce duplicate chapter
headings; delete the old line 1 entirely (or replace it with nothing) so only
the new `\chapter{Differential Rulial Analysis}` remains, and ensure the chapter
label is correct/kept on the surviving \chapter line.
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Orphaned section header from previous structure.
Lines 49-50 have a \section{Differential Rulial Analysis} which is now redundant with the chapter title on line 3. You've got "Chapter: Differential Rulial Analysis" followed immediately by "Section: Differential Rulial Analysis". This is jarring.
Consider either:
- Removing this section header entirely (the chapter intro serves the purpose), or
- Renaming this section to something like "The Calculus of Change" to differentiate it.
-\section{Differential Rulial
-Analysis}\label{differential-rulial-analysis}
+\section{The Calculus of Change}
+\label{sec:calculus-of-change}🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
In tex/27-ch-21.tex around lines 49–51 there is an orphaned
\section{Differential Rulial Analysis} that duplicates the chapter title; remove
this redundant section header or replace it with a distinct, descriptive section
title (e.g., "\section{The Calculus of Change}") so the chapter intro is not
immediately repeated; update any references or labels accordingly to match the
chosen action.
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Misleading comment and near-duplicate macro.
Line 15 claims this belongs "In preamble (main.tex)" — you're in macros.tex. Fix the comment or delete it entirely.
More critically: you now have two em-dash macros with nearly identical names and subtly different behavior:
\emd→\textemdash\!(thin negative space after)\emdash→\textemdash{}(no spacing adjustment)
This is a maintenance landmine. Contributors will use them interchangeably, producing inconsistent typography across the manuscript. Pick one canonical name and nuke the other, or at minimum document the intended distinction explicitly.
-% In preamble (main.tex)
-\newcommand{\emdash}{\textemdash{}}
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+% Em dash with trailing space termination (no kerning adjustment).
+% Prefer \emd for tighter dash–word spacing; use \emdash in display contexts.
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| % Em dash with trailing space termination (no kerning adjustment). | |
| % Prefer \emd for tighter dash–word spacing; use \emdash in display contexts. | |
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