Yeah. So I skipped the November update and have gone to the
October update. It ended up being a busy month, especially around the
time when I intended to write the update.
For this update I am adding the reflection section, as I
think it is important to reflect - at least occasionally. I’m not sure
if I will continue it in future updates (or if future updates are
themselves guaranteed).
Reflection
There is somebody I know that is going through a tough time, but I
don’t speak to them regularly. I was thinking to myself “what advice
would I give to this person if given the opportunity?”. I think the
advice I would give is “plan and take actions today that lead to the
path of the best version of yourself”.
Maybe I should head my own advice.
Firstly, what possible future version of myself do I want to see? I
think my view on this has been relatively consistent:
To be financially secure (not necessarily rich), such that I am not
living hand-to-mouth.
To start a family and have children, and to offload my learnings
about the world unto them. I believe that it is fundamentally important
that we remain invested in the future past our own life-span. It should
go without saying, that I would work to secure the children’s future
also.
To invent or create or build something that has value past my
lifetime, such that my name is not lost to history.
Given those objectives, I need to make a few changes to my current
path:
Secure better paying work to increase financial security.
Lose weight so that I am an attractive prospect.
Continue high-level fundamental research to increase the probability
of creating post-life value.
Those are well-defined and clear objectives.
Recap
I planned and was able to do the following:
I so far plan on attending the following activities/events:
Local parish voting on the 18th September
Meeting with family
I additionally did the following:
A lot more health-based check-ups
A web-browser based Python code runner (almost complete)
Rebuilt the website from scratch due to a server issue
Ran a workshop, including the preparation of many talks
Experiments with simulators
Experiments with Python GUIs (and discovery of their flaws)
Produced a book
Taking an old book scan and modernising it (OCR, LaTeX,
editing)
Publishing the book
Designed a modular storage module (needs to be printed)
Built out a concept for open-source publishing of political
materials
I was not able to do the following:
The following tasks:
Get the new GPU into my desktop
Migrate away from old laptop
I plan to complete the following hardware:
Linux core
Linux PDA
I plan to complete the following software:
Linux distribution (automated)
Lightweight container alternative for low-RAM systems
ESP32 Linux compilation process
Forward
I want to carry over the following items (with changes):
The following tasks:
Get the new GPU into my desktop
Migrate away from old laptop
I plan to complete the following hardware:
Linux core
Linux PDA
I plan to complete the following software:
Linux distribution (automated)
Lightweight container alternative for low-RAM systems
Coffee Space 
