diff --git a/content/build.mark.svg b/content/build.mark.svg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..066e40d --- /dev/null +++ b/content/build.mark.svg @@ -0,0 +1,81 @@ + + A vertical compilation pipeline rendered as a small DAG, with a clock-face fragment in the upper corner + A frontispiece mark for the Build telemetry page. Three source nodes at top funnel through a filter stage, narrow to a single canonical AST, then expand to four output artifacts at the bottom. A small arc with a single tick mark in the upper-left of the inner field is a clock-face fragment, an unobtrusive nod to the build-timing aspect of the page. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + diff --git a/content/colophon.mark.svg b/content/colophon.mark.svg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..761f1f6 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/colophon.mark.svg @@ -0,0 +1,91 @@ + + A printer's device — a small ordered tree of typesetting at center, ringed by gathering marks indicating the book is mid-set + A frontispiece mark for the Colophon — drawn in the lineage of Aldine, Plantin, and Elzevir printer's marks. The central tree is the AST of one document being typeset; the outer ring of small marks indicates pages still being gathered, the document not yet bound. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + diff --git a/content/colophon.md b/content/colophon.md index f8288ba..5d42b65 100644 --- a/content/colophon.md +++ b/content/colophon.md @@ -127,7 +127,11 @@ to inspect it, fork it, or, more broadly, do whatever you please with it. The dominant convention of academic and professional publication is that a document, once released, is finished. It carries an implicit claim: *this is what I think, full stop.*^[This is particularly problematic in academia, where there is a long tradition of researchers whose work was eventually disproven taking an extreme defensive stance, usually rooted in [confirmation bias](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias).] I find this convention dishonest in proportion to how seldom it is actually true. Thinking is continuous; positions shift; evidence accumulates; people change their minds and rarely say so in public. This site operates under a different premise, one that I strive to operate all of my life under. -Every essay and post on this site carries an **epistemic footer** — a structured block that reports my current relationship to the work. The footer only appears when a `status` field is set in the document's frontmatter; standalone pages and very short items omit it. The full set of fields: +Every essay and post on this site carries an **epistemic footer** — a structured block that reports my current relationship to the work. The footer only appears when a `status` field is set in the document's frontmatter; standalone pages and very short items omit it. + +The vocabulary below is genre-general but reads differently across genres. For a personal essay, *confidence* reflects credence in a thesis — "I might change my mind." For an empirical research paper, it reflects expected generalization — "this would replicate." For formal mathematics, it reflects credence in proof correctness, with a special value `proved` available for theorems with complete proofs (where any numeric value would be false precision). *Evidence* reads analogously: the strength of arguments and supporting writing in essays, the empirical base in research, the structure of the proof in mathematics. The fields are the same; the interpretive frame shifts with the work. + +The full set of fields: - **Status** — a controlled vocabulary describing where the work stands: *Draft*, *Working model*, *Durable*, *Refined*, *Superseded*, or *Deprecated*. A document marked *Working model* is not just unfinished — it is a position I currently hold but would not stake much on. A document marked *Durable* is something I expect to hold up. *Superseded* means I wrote a better version; *Deprecated* means I no longer endorse it. @@ -141,6 +145,10 @@ Every essay and post on this site carries an **epistemic footer** — a structur - **Scope**, **Novelty**, **Practicality** — orientation fields shown as their own rows in the epistemic footer alongside confidence, importance, and evidence. *Scope* ranges from *personal* to *civilizational*; *novelty* from *conventional* to *innovative*; *practicality* from *abstract* to *exceptional*. These are not ratings — they are orientations, and they intentionally do not feed the trust score. +- **Peer status** — the *external* review state, distinct from `status` (which is my internal position). Values: *unreviewed* (default), *under review*, *peer reviewed*, *published*, *retracted*. A piece can be *Durable* (I expect it to hold up) and *unreviewed* (the world hasn't checked yet) at the same time; the two axes are deliberately factored. A *retracted* piece renders with the field name struck through and the outer ring of the epistemic figure crossed out. + +- **Result shape** — the shape of the central claim: *positive* (argues something works), *negative* (argues something does not), *mixed* (both, as in a double-pincer barrier paper), *comparative* (compares approaches), or *descriptive* (describes without arguing for or against). Encoded as a small glyph beside the trust score on the epistemic figure. Adds nothing to the compact row. + - **Stability** — auto-computed at every build from `git log --follow`. The heuristic: very new or barely-touched documents are *volatile*; actively-revised documents are *revising*; older documents with more commits settle into *fairly stable*, *stable*, or *established*. This requires no manual maintenance — the build reads the repository history and makes the inference. The version history block, directly above the epistemic footer, uses a three-tier fallback: authored `history:` notes when they exist (written by me when the git log alone would not convey what changed), then the raw git log, then the `date:` frontmatter field as a creation record. `make build` auto-commits any changed content files before the Hakyll compilation runs, so the git log is always current. diff --git a/content/essays/beyond-comorbidity-indices/index.md b/content/essays/beyond-comorbidity-indices/index.md index 716e9b9..8b3f444 100644 --- a/content/essays/beyond-comorbidity-indices/index.md +++ b/content/essays/beyond-comorbidity-indices/index.md @@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ evidence: 5 scope: average novelty: moderate practicality: moderate +peer-status: under-review +result-shape: comparative bibliography: data/bci-paper.bib repository: "https://git.levineuwirth.org/neuwirth/beyond_comorbidity_indices" summary: | diff --git a/content/essays/beyond-comorbidity-indices/mark.svg b/content/essays/beyond-comorbidity-indices/mark.svg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..384dd53 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/essays/beyond-comorbidity-indices/mark.svg @@ -0,0 +1,56 @@ + + A small grid of nodes resolving into a tighter ROC-style curve, with a baseline arc beneath + A frontispiece mark for "Beyond Comorbidity Indices" — many diagnosis codes aggregated to a discriminating risk score. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + diff --git a/content/essays/branch-based-local-capture-in-tree-balls/index.md b/content/essays/branch-based-local-capture-in-tree-balls/index.md index f30ab60..4b10492 100644 --- a/content/essays/branch-based-local-capture-in-tree-balls/index.md +++ b/content/essays/branch-based-local-capture-in-tree-balls/index.md @@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ affiliation: bibliography: data/branch-capture-paper.bib preprint: /papers/branch-capture-paper.pdf no-collapse: true +status: "Durable" +confidence: proved +evidence: 5 +peer-status: unreviewed +result-shape: mixed further-reading: - NowakowskiWinkler - Quilliot diff --git a/content/essays/branch-based-local-capture-in-tree-balls/mark.svg b/content/essays/branch-based-local-capture-in-tree-balls/mark.svg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8e86ff4 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/essays/branch-based-local-capture-in-tree-balls/mark.svg @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ + + Two cones meeting at a vertex on a regular tree, with a depth-budget bracket beneath + A frontispiece mark for "Branch-Based Local Capture in Tree-Ball Geometry: Sharp Positive and Negative Results". + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + diff --git a/content/essays/levcs.mark.svg b/content/essays/levcs.mark.svg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c8584fa --- /dev/null +++ b/content/essays/levcs.mark.svg @@ -0,0 +1,90 @@ + + A federated commit graph: multiple peer roots connected by signed edges, with no privileged origin. + Frontmatter mark for the essay "LeVCS: A Distributed Version Control System". + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + diff --git a/content/essays/networking-stack/mark.svg b/content/essays/networking-stack/mark.svg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..274f3ad --- /dev/null +++ b/content/essays/networking-stack/mark.svg @@ -0,0 +1,89 @@ + + A four-layer protocol stack with addressing arrows passing vertically through, headers nested as concentric brackets at each layer. + Frontmatter mark for the essay "Networking Stack from Scratch". + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + diff --git a/content/essays/neuropose/mark.svg b/content/essays/neuropose/mark.svg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c57009e --- /dev/null +++ b/content/essays/neuropose/mark.svg @@ -0,0 +1,106 @@ + + An articulated kinematic figure with a small dendritic node at the head — pose tracked through the body, signal originating from the brain. + Frontmatter mark for the essay "NeuroPose". + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + diff --git a/content/essays/ozymandias.mark.svg b/content/essays/ozymandias.mark.svg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2105cc9 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/essays/ozymandias.mark.svg @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@ + + A half-buried fluted column on a desert horizon, with a low sun-disk behind + A frontispiece mark for "Ozymandias: A Static Site Framework". + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + diff --git a/content/essays/specification-dilemma/mark.svg b/content/essays/specification-dilemma/mark.svg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..722c901 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/essays/specification-dilemma/mark.svg @@ -0,0 +1,54 @@ + + Many sparse arrows converging on a single dense focal point + A frontispiece mark for "The Specification Dilemma" — divergent prompts collapsing to a homogeneous output. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + diff --git a/content/essays/weenix/mark.svg b/content/essays/weenix/mark.svg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c6590a3 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/essays/weenix/mark.svg @@ -0,0 +1,119 @@ + + A process tree rooted at PID 1 living inside the kernel boundary, with hardware ticks outside — the roundel is the abstraction. + Frontmatter mark for the essay "Weenix" — a Unix-like kernel from scratch. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + diff --git a/content/essays/where-does-simd-help-post-quantum-cryptography/mark.svg b/content/essays/where-does-simd-help-post-quantum-cryptography/mark.svg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cf23764 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/essays/where-does-simd-help-post-quantum-cryptography/mark.svg @@ -0,0 +1,82 @@ + + A scalar lane stacked above eight parallel SIMD lanes, with a lattice of points beside + A frontispiece mark for "Where Does SIMD Help Post-Quantum Cryptography?" — scalar versus vectorized arithmetic over an ML-KEM polynomial. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + diff --git a/content/index.md b/content/index.md index 52c0cc7..f38afbf 100644 --- a/content/index.md +++ b/content/index.md @@ -18,5 +18,5 @@ This website is *not* an academic homepage, nor a blog, nor a portfolio — thou
-Memento MoriCommonplaceColophonBuildRandom +BibliographyBuildColophonCommonplaceMemento MoriRandomStatistics
diff --git a/content/library.mark.svg b/content/library.mark.svg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..94a38a4 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/library.mark.svg @@ -0,0 +1,62 @@ + + An ex-libris bookplate — eight volumes of varied size on a shelf, with a single ribbon bookmark held between two of them + A frontispiece mark for the Library — drawn in the ex-libris tradition. Eight vertical strokes, one per portal, of irregular height and weight; a small ribbon between two of them marks the reader's place. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + diff --git a/content/me/mark.svg b/content/me/mark.svg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6fa8859 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/me/mark.svg @@ -0,0 +1,63 @@ + + An invented constellation of eight stars of varied magnitude, lightly connected, over a low pre-dawn horizon, with a single brighter anchor-star slightly off the principal figure + A frontispiece mark for the author's about page. The constellation is invented for this page: each star marks one of the page's named preoccupations (curiosity-and-creativity, aphantasia, music, mathematics, systems, language, running, present-moment), the lines mark which connect to which, and a ninth heavier point off the main figure stands for the one favorite the page admits — Karamazov. The horizon is low because the page locates the present moment in dawn over Rhode Island bays. No portrait, no initials, no logo: a person via their relations. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + diff --git a/content/memento-mori/mark.svg b/content/memento-mori/mark.svg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6375a96 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/memento-mori/mark.svg @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ + + A succession of waves making toward a pebbled shore beneath a low sun + A frontispiece mark for "Memento Mori" — drawn from Sonnet 60: "Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore, so do our minutes hasten to their end; each changing place with that which goes before, in sequent toil all forwards do contend." + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + diff --git a/content/music/mark.svg b/content/music/mark.svg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..19f6ebe --- /dev/null +++ b/content/music/mark.svg @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ + + Music: staff and treble curve + Placeholder monogram for the Music index — a five-line staff crossed by a treble-clef-derived curve, abstracted to a single sweep through the staff lines. + + + + + + + + + + diff --git a/content/poetry/selected-verse/index.md b/content/poetry/selected-verse/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3be277b --- /dev/null +++ b/content/poetry/selected-verse/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +--- +title: "Selected Verse" +date: 2026-05-08 +abstract: > + A placeholder poetry collection — replace this landing page with the + collection's actual title, abstract, and any prefatory note. Add + poems as `content/poetry/selected-verse/{slug}.md`; each compiles + with the standard poetry pipeline (hard line breaks, codex reading + mode). Rename the directory to retitle the collection. +--- + +This collection is a scaffold. Replace this body with a short +introduction describing the collection's organising principle — a +single author, a thematic arc, a translation project, a sequence +written in a particular season — or whatever frame matters to you. + +Individual poems live in this directory and link from here +automatically through the site's backlink and tag systems. diff --git a/content/poetry/selected-verse/mark.svg b/content/poetry/selected-verse/mark.svg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..bf08d15 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/poetry/selected-verse/mark.svg @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ + + Selected Verse: open book + Placeholder monogram for the Selected Verse poetry collection — an open book with a central spine and three lines of text on each page, abstracted from a printed octavo of poetry. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + diff --git a/content/stats.mark.svg b/content/stats.mark.svg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7b41e3d --- /dev/null +++ b/content/stats.mark.svg @@ -0,0 +1,64 @@ + + A small histogram of word-length buckets above a row of tag-frequency strokes, separated by a thin rule + A frontispiece mark for the corpus statistics view of the build telemetry page. The upper register is a five-bucket histogram in the Tufte sparkbar tradition, encoding the word-length distribution. The lower register is a row of vertical strokes of varied length representing tag frequency across the corpus. A thin rule between the two separates them — the page reports many distributions, and the mark holds two of them side by side. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +