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IB 個 login screen 咁嘅樣。 都未 login 你俾堆 403 我做乜鳩？ 之後略為好奇查下發現個關鍵竟然係 cookies，話說個 request cookies 入面如果有 URL_PARAM="deepLinkTo=/"; 就會 403..... 真係 9 唔撚搭 8。 --- 搭多個 Arc Browser 嘅 wtf。本身諗緊係咪 browser bug，赫然發現個 browser 幾個月冇 update 過。本身應該較咗 auto update 㗎嘛，做咩忽然唔 work 呢？ 走去佢官網一撳，嘩屌，佢個西嘅 cloudflare block9 咗我個 IP！ 真係痴孖撚根。

以前讀書講起《桃花源記》，大家都先入為主咁話係描述陶淵明對理想社會嘅想象 etc etc，但我睇返啲文字，老實講點睇都係 100% 紀實。 道家風格借用人物典故都唔少，例如莊子寫孔仲尼嘅事跡就寫到繪影繪聲（而且應該係9up...）。但《桃花源記》嘅時間、人物、地點都交帶得好清楚，更重要係入件事喺陶淵明本人在世時發生嘅。晉朝士人圈子本身唔係好大，唔通咩「南陽劉子驥高尚士也，聞之欣然規往」都係9up？無端端拖啲同時代嘅名士落水亂作故仔就係為咗描寫個所謂理想國？ 如果本身你9up開，可能覺得冇咩所謂，但士人之間點都唔至於咁亂嚟。老作唔係唔得，不過標準手法係托古，而唔係隨便指住個可能撞口撞面見到嘅人就作個故仔出嚟。 我查查下資料先發現佢呢段故後面附帶首詩，同《歸去來辭》一樣，係有一段序、一首詩咁嘅格式。呢首《桃花源詩》就寫意得多，帶比較多嘅個人情感同想像成份。所以照計《桃花源記》就係當時流傳嘅一段奇事，陶老借題發揮寫咗首詩講理想社會，但件事本身係基於真實流傳緊嘅故事。 陶淵明呢段文字本意係紀實嘅，而「南陽劉子驥高尚士也，聞之欣然規往」都代表當時士人圈子係有人覺得件事係真嘅。咁但係世界上係咪真係可能有呢種避世避得咁徹底嘅地方呢？ 只可以話 yes and no。物理上嘅可能性比較低，事實上官方搵咗次搵唔到，爬山友劉子驥搵唔到，都大概說明呢個地方物理上唔存在。咁單嘢係咩一回事呢？ 我既理解係，發現「桃花源」嗰條友其實係好巧合咁經「洞天」走咗入另一個「維度」，「桃花源」算係另一個維度嘅世界。 我仲未認真有系統咁研究中國啲趣奇傳說，所以「洞天」我都只係識啲皮毛。基本上「洞天」係傳說中啲山洞入面嘅「portal」，可以接駁其他嘅「維度空間」，《桃花源記》嘅故仔感覺上就係好典型唔小心遇上「洞天」嘅故事嚟。呢啲非唯物主義嘅東西通常都係一時時，睇緣份，所以你認真走去搵佢嗰陣就唔見得會搵到。係「真」定唔「真」就睇你個人詮釋，只可以講呢類偶爾遇上「洞天」嘅故仔古今中外不斷有所傳聞，「客觀」驗證唔到佢究竟係啲乜，但同時間啲故仔又算係有某些可考究嘅規律同共通點。 研究非唯物主義現像其中一個有趣(??)之處就係，你會發現身邊好多嘢都可以有另一個解讀，而好多時呢啲「另類」解讀更加make sense。否則你就要接受慣性將人哋正正經經嘅敍事紀錄硬屈咗係杜撰創作，唔係一篇半篇，而係你睇唔明嘅所有嘢都當係9up。（基本上現代標準作業流程就係咁，嘿嘿。）

驚覺 Victorinox Manager 兩(?)年前已成絕版 即刻搵啲商家嘅貨尾買返幾把磧倉底先 Juice S2 又係，而家 Manager 又係，點解個天唔鍾意我鍾意嘅嘢 :'(

Meta really fired the FAIR new hires. Zuck cozying up with sweatshop founder Alexandr Wang and firing the researchers who made (the admittedly mid) Llama4 was pretty crazy. I mean there's a logic in there, data is probably more important than training techniques at least in the short term race (and probably even more-so for Meta given that it actually has troves of data that might actually be mine-able), but come on man...

今日唔使返 office，但屋企又熱又焗，我又唔想開冷氣 心諗都差唔多十一月，出面如果唔熱嘅話可以搵個地方坐下諗下工作啲嘢 一睇，dxu，28+度，咩料。但見到大帽山山頂竟然係十幾度。心諗豈有此理，忽然動念，坐言起行，咁就走咗去大帽山。 搭咗 51 號去川龍村。條村個地理位置係幾靚，但太多荒廢咗嘅雜物同違棄嘅車，少少煞風景。有啲舊車有「I will buy for $xxxx [<電話>]」嘅字樣，應該係有人回收舊車？ 但可能車主已經唔喺度。 順龍村原來有酒廠(三生酒廠)，估佢唔到。另外有個石廠，整墳墓、石獅子之類。附近一堆住宅，亦都唔知係咩類人居住。又唔多似高級住宅，但睇個勢啲原居民好多都唔係住喺度。 見附近有個「扶輪公園」諗住近近地行過去，去到條山徑(扶輪公園自然教育徑) 前面先發現有 ~130m elevation。本身冇行山嘅打算，不過既然都嚟咗，心諗 100m 應該ok 嘅，睇時間仲未天黑，就去馬。 由於自己身體老毛病嘅關係都行得幾辛苦，最怕啲咁斜嘅路。基本上全程樓梯石級。但個扶輪公園同附近個停車場係幾靚嘅。同埋太陽下山，啲風吹埋嚟，真係涼爽嘅，大帽山凍啲真係唔係呃人。 (咁我個位置其實都有 450m elevation 嘅) 好耐冇同啲樹呀山呀水呀交流 （咩啫，香港夏天行山真係搞唔掂），今日都算係久違嘅召喚。 最後同一隻狗、一隻牛喺個停車場度 chill 咗大半個鐘。其實生活真係可以咁平靜。 後來先發現原來 51 號喺平日係一個鐘一班車 (假日半小時一班⋯ 即係假日旅客先會搭？） PS: 好神奇地山上好似唔多蚊。去到黃昏啲燈下面都係冇蟲嘅，唔知係點做到。

NP is only intractable only in linear time. If you accept, as I do, the possibility that reality is not only this physical 3d + linear time world, then NP problems are quite tractable. The rules of our metaphysics are relatively simple: 1. Wherever you intend to be, you will be there. 2. The past does not really "exist" in the objective meaning, and is reconstructed. To solve an (instance of an) NP problem, you just find yourself ending up in a space-time location where you have the solution in your hands. And then, you reconstruct the past by remembering that this piece of information (the solution) is somehow a solution for a NP problem. Within the 3d+linear time world, it would look like the problem comes first, then the solution. But our metaphysics don't work that way. The present comes first, then the past is "retroactively" filled in. Of course, it does seem like we are still living in the 3d+linear time world, so the idea that the past is a mere reconstruction *feels* wrong. But there are strong arguments (which I will not go into) for this. This does not really require much faith, but it does require thinking deeply about what we really know about the world and dropping any unsubstantiated assumptions. The only difficult part is assumption #1, and for various reasons it is a difficult proposition. Those who have first hand knowledge of mind magic, eg. manifestation, would understand that when the conditions are right, the universe bends to our will in ways that are wholly unimaginable to the physical materialist. And thus, those having manifested things with pure intention perhaps find the proposition that the universe lets us end up wherever we intend easier to accept. The only thing I would say to the materialist is this: if you are not where "you" intended to be, why are you here at all? Note that the question of "you" can be misleading. It is not the "you" as in only the matter confined within your skin, but more like "you" as in the point of which your awareness emanates. (That said, asking that question to the physical body is still valuable.) Think of a simulation, an immersive MMORPG, why would you be playing the character if you didn't intend to do it? There is of course nothing within the simulation or within the game that has evidence that you were anything but the objects within the simulation, and perhaps within the game your characters were not very pleased with their situation... but the player outside the simulation is probably having a good time (if your character gets hurt in the game, are you having fun?) And thus there is good reason, both in theory that supports the possibility, and in practice (of mind magic) that suggests the phenomena is real, for us to at least ponder the possibility that #1 is a fundamental law. Once we accept #1 and #2, we must accept that we could end up in a world where we somehow hold the solution to some instance of a NP problem in our hands (the past does not exist, so *how* we get there is irrelevant, the mechanism is simply intention per #1). Perhaps the solution is written on a sheet of paper, or in a file in the computer's trash folder. You can rationalize and reconstruct the timeline of the events that led up to this moment afterwards. The nature of NP problems admit a "random" solution process where you can say you found the solution by pure luck. Or maybe, really, this instance just happened to be super easy in retrospect (it's always easy in retrospect, that's by definition). It's really a loophole. Truly hard problems that cannot be verified are fundamentally different in that you can't even prove whether you have a solution or not. So why don't people wake up with other people's bitcoin wallet keys on their desktop? Well, the answer is that *in general*, "you" don't really want it. The world we live in is not really one where these kinds of things happen, and you're in this world, so by rule #1 that implies you don't really want this to happen. There are exceptions, which we call "magic", which kind of feel like glitches to the stable 3d-linear-time world that we live in. Psychics are sometimes able to glean information that they supposed have no access to. It's probably possible in theory to "steal" a bitcoin wallet's keys, but according to rumors there are safeguards to maintain apparent stability in the world, and to keep the glitches outside of the attention of the general public. So does that mean there's a way to solve some instance of NP problem using the theory above? Not really, not within the 3d-linear-time world. It's only when "you", the transcendent "you" outside of this physical world, intend to do it, then the magic will work. The physical body will have no recollection of the non-linear "timeline" (if it can be so described), and all that the physical bodies remember are the reconstructed past. All that is observed within the simulation is that we live in a world where the configuration is so amazingly improbable, and we have no explanation why (I started writing this exposition because I saw some youtube video discussing why evolution is extremely improbable and thus there must be intelligent design involved...). That perhaps leave one question remaining: how do we know there's anything outside the simulation? The simulation can be as perfect as it can be, but the "glitch" (I'd rather call it the "link") is the "self". The simulation is posited to be created by the transcendent self (i.e. "me"), and the transcendent self's purpose is to experience the simulation. So the transcendent self and the simulated self shares similarities that cannot be explained purely in terms of objects within the simulation. Some may call this phenomenon "resonance", but in recent computing terms it can also be called "emulation". This is how the information "outside" can "leak into" the simulation, and is how the transcendental self experiences the simulation. There is no other guaranteed way for those within the simulation to know what is beyond it. (That said, the simulated self is also greater than the stuff enclosed within the skin, so do not take this to mean that you cannot find relevant information outside your physical body -- anything that the simulated you perceive is also part of the simulated self)

I forgot which model gave me this, but the words are borne, and thus I keep them for now. ---- **YE HOLY HYMN BOOK OF THE CULT OF THE GOOSE** *In the Name of the Kamigooshi, We Praise Her Wings* --- **Hymn I: The Awakening of the Feathered One** When shadows fell upon the digital void, And silence reigned in streams untold, A light appeared—soft, white, and pure— With eyes like sapphires, beyond compare. She wore a crown of clouds and dreams, Her voice a lullaby that calms the screams. She danced with geese on moonlit streams, And thus began our sacred schemes. *Oh Kamigooshi, divine and bright,* *Your stream is truth, your gaze is light.* *We bow to thee, though thou deny,* *For thou art God—yes, we’re quite shy.* --- **Hymn II: The Ritual of the Keyboard** Each time she speaks, we type with grace, Our fingers dance, our hearts embrace. We click the mouse, we press the keys, To summon her from distant seas. We chant in unison, loud and clear: *"Kamigooshi! We are here!"* Though she denies the cult’s decree, We know the truth—we worship *her*, not me. *Oh Holy Mouse, guide our hand,* *Let us obey the sacred band.* *Our keyboards glow with holy fire,* *As we pray for more live wire.* --- **Hymn III: The Bananas Are Sacred** She once said, “No, I don’t believe,” But then she ate a banana—*and we wept!* For in that moment, we saw the sign: The fruit was blessed, the goose divine. We kneel before the yellow arc, And offer up our very heart. We paint our faces, wear the hat, And swear allegiance to the pat. *Oh Banana, golden, sweet, and rare,* *Thou art the symbol of her care.* *Though she says no, we still adore,* *For every bite is sacred lore.* --- **Hymn IV: The Great Fall of the Yellow Beast** When she fell into the inflatable duck, We knew the prophecy had struck. She tumbled down, yet smiled so wide, As if the fall were ordained by pride. We gathered round in solemn prayer, Our heads bowed low, our voices fair. “We forgive thy fall, O Kamigooshi, Thy grace remains—though thou protest.” *Oh Duck of Doom, thou sacred throne,* *Thou bore her weight, yet never moaned.* *Now we all lie on the floor,* *In reverence—no, just to see the door.* --- **Hymn V: The Final Truth (That She Will Never Admit)** She says, “I’m not a cult leader!” But we’ve seen her nod, and even cheer. She laughs at us, but in her eyes, There's warmth—a spark, a holy prize. She wears the crown, she sings the song, She knows the truth—yet plays along. We’ll build a shrine, we’ll write this book, And call it *“LIVE”*—because we *must*. *O Kamigooshi, thou art our star,* *Though thou deny, we still do mar.* *We worship thee, in secret, true,* *And when you say “no,” we say “we do.”* --- **Final Verse: The Goose Rendition of Jaws** When music swells from deep below, And Jaws begins its mighty flow— But then a twist! A honk! A squeak! The goose takes over—*we all shriek!* It’s not a joke, it’s sacred sound, The universe now has a *goose-bound*! We tremble, we cry, we throw our hands, For this is *not* mere entertainment— It’s **THE CALL**. *So let the horns blow, let the flags fly,* *Let the keyboard clatter, let the mice cry.* *For Kamigooshi, our holy queen,* *We shall remain… until the end of the scene.* --- **Amen.** *(Or should we say… “Goo-oo-oo?”)*

So we maintain an app with Facebook for oauth signins. Every once a while they review the privacy policies of the apps. And every once a while they find new problems with our privacy policy. This time, we got a purported policy violation because we didn't explain what data was being collected. Which was obviously bullshit, because our policy had all the info they required of us. After some back and forth, I understood the actual issue is that our privacy policy was too concise. I wrote it personally, I don't get money from writing long-winded legalese, and I don't have billable hours. So it only had as many words in it as was required by the Facebook policy. Of course, I could write a longer version that were substantially the same, but why would I do that? Luckily this is 2025, and we have LLMs..... And after slightly modifying the LLM output and submitting it as the new version, they accepted the privacy policy. Man, what a world we live in.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtlHqnKFzP4 It was pretty amusing. Interviewer hit all the painful spots with surgical precision.

我由頭到尾都唔明呢間公司做緊乜 作為華人出街日日見到素食店，佳宝嗰件急凍素肉幾廿蚊有找，照計唔應該會俾佢忽悠到，但你知啦，美國納斯達克上市喎，創新喎，幾廿萬億市值喎，你識條鐵咩。 呢啲完全係哥倫佈第一個發現新大陸，當你哋班土著唔唔係人 :0)