From c99a6691940c7c1337aafe9943385b432bad09d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben Stull Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2026 22:37:56 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] add sessions/0008/SESSION-0008.0-TRANSCRIPT-2026-06-07T19-42--2026-06-07T22-37.md + replace placeholder/variant SESSION-0008.0-TRANSCRIPT-2026-06-07T19-42--INPROGRESS.md --- ...RIPT-2026-06-07T19-42--2026-06-07T22-37.md | 102 ++++++++++++++++++ ...TRANSCRIPT-2026-06-07T19-42--INPROGRESS.md | 20 ---- 2 files changed, 102 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-) create mode 100644 sessions/0008/SESSION-0008.0-TRANSCRIPT-2026-06-07T19-42--2026-06-07T22-37.md delete mode 100644 sessions/0008/SESSION-0008.0-TRANSCRIPT-2026-06-07T19-42--INPROGRESS.md diff --git a/sessions/0008/SESSION-0008.0-TRANSCRIPT-2026-06-07T19-42--2026-06-07T22-37.md b/sessions/0008/SESSION-0008.0-TRANSCRIPT-2026-06-07T19-42--2026-06-07T22-37.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f047a14 --- /dev/null +++ b/sessions/0008/SESSION-0008.0-TRANSCRIPT-2026-06-07T19-42--2026-06-07T22-37.md @@ -0,0 +1,102 @@ +# Session 0008.0 — Transcript + +> App: human-experience-filter-art +> Start: 2026-06-07T19-42 (PST) +> End: 2026-06-07T22-37 (PST) +> Type: spec +> Status: **FINALIZED** + +## Launch prompt + +Session opened as `wgl-session-none` (research errand: "Let's find a great public +domain nature video for this project"), then upgraded mid-session to a **spec** +session once the work became tracked. Operator chose "Spec session, comprehensive": +fold the session's POC findings into the design AND resolve the open cosmic-zoom +structure fork. + +## Plan + +Develop a design revision to the machine-altered-perception design, grounded in a +local POC run this session: (1) Right-axis alteration pipeline; (2) content +structure (cosmic-zoom fork); (3) strictly-PD sourcing. + +## Pre-state + +- On `feature/simulator-alteration-preview` (session 0007's unmerged design), clean + tree; `main` at `5290785`. +- Catalog empty; `tools/ingest/internet_archive.py` is the only wired fetcher. +- No ML stack, no ffmpeg in the venv (pure-stdlib project). + +## Session arc (uncurated) + +1. **PD nature-video research.** Surveyed pools and verified licenses against the + actual metadata, not marketing. Key finding: **Pexels / Pixabay / Mitch Martinez + "free 4K" are royalty-free but NOT public domain** (restrict redistribution, + retain copyright) — exactly the trap the ingest tool's "no explicit license → + assume PD, verify" flag exists for. Genuinely-PD: NASA/Hubble (cosmos), **NOAA + Ocean Exploration** (deep sea, global), **NPS/USGS** (US land). Wikimedia nature + 4K timelapses are mostly CC-BY, not PD. + +2. **Operator pivot → "cosmic zoom".** Operator proposed a Powers-of-Ten journey + (space → continents → birds → ocean → abyss → microscopic → cosmos). Brainstormed + the thesis tension (a scale-journey carries built-in awe vs. the "neutral base" + thesis) and the cost (per-base pre-bake × altitudes). Surfaced that the *ends* of + the zoom are strict-PD-rich; the terrestrial *middle* (birds, non-US land) is the + CC-BY soft spot. + +3. **"Can this run locally?" → POC.** Operator's machine: **Mac mini M4 Pro, 64 GB, + 16-core GPU.** Built a throwaway POC in `~/hef-poc/` (outside the repo). + - *Wrong turns:* `brew install ffmpeg` and `pip install` were **denied by the + harness** (it blocks package installs) — switched to venv-local `imageio-ffmpeg` + run by the operator via `!`. zsh **doesn't word-split** unquoted `$EARGS` → + mangled encoder flags; inlined them. sd-turbo img2img **crashed** ("reshape + tensor of 0 elements") because `int(steps×strength)=int(2×0.45)=0` denoise steps + → guarded to ≥1. + - *Results on an 8s/1080p clip:* deterministic **Dark/Light/Left** grades/overlay + ~2.4s each (~3× faster than realtime, runtime-capable). **Right** painterly + restyle (SD img2img on MPS) ~3.4 min/clip and **flickers badly**. + +4. **Flicker is disqualifying.** Operator: "crazy and disorienting … this project is + meant to be peaceful." Prototyped two fixes: (a) a **deterministic** soft-dreamy + filter (smartblur + RGB bloom — first attempt had a magenta cast from blending on + YUV chroma planes; fixed by blending in RGB), ~5s, zero flicker by construction; + (b) **optical-flow keyframe propagation** (EbSynth principle; genuine ebsynth is + NVIDIA/Windows so implemented with OpenCV Farneback + the diffusers pipeline), + ~2.7 min/clip, **calm**. Operator chose **AI + flow**. + +5. **Spec session (comprehensive).** Upgraded the session via + `wgl-session-spec-init` → claimed 0008. Resolved the cosmic-zoom fork: operator + chose a **small NEUTRAL "scales of nature" library** (not a single stitched film). + Then operator added the **infinite-zoom ring** (AI zoom transitions between + scales, micro→cosmos wraparound) and the **infinitely-turnable endless encoder**. + Probed i18n feasibility → **§1.2**: Left HUD is a Pi-rendered **runtime overlay** + (Pango/HarfBuzz + Noto, annotation-track + per-language string tables), NOT a baked + per-language video. + - Wrote `docs/superpowers/specs/2026-06-07-scales-library-and-right-axis-pipeline-design.md`, + committed on `feature/scales-library-right-axis`. + +## Cut state (what landed) + +- **PR #6 merged to `main`** (merge `42a72fe`): the design revision doc. +- No spec-RFC submission: this app keeps specs in-repo (`app.json` `contains:["specs"]`), + so `submit-spec.sh` is N/A — surfaced, not dropped. +- POC artifacts left in `~/hef-poc/` (throwaway, outside repo): `restyle.py`, + `flow_restyle.py`, and the comparison clips/contact sheets. +- Memory updated: `sub-project-3-player-progress.md` (+ `MEMORY.md` index). + +## Deferred decisions + +- **Left-HUD treatment conflict (low confidence — flag).** 0008 §1.2 specifies the + Left HUD as a runtime Pango/HarfBuzz overlay (to keep i18n near-free, per parent + §10). This **reverses session 0007's decision** to bake the HUD into the 5×5 + variant grid for authorial precision. I recommended the runtime-overlay path + following the operator's i18n question without flagging the 0007 reversal at the + time. `main` now carries the runtime-overlay position; the unmerged + `feature/simulator-alteration-preview` carries baked-HUD. **Reconciliation deferred + to next session** (pick one, or hybrid: authored positions + runtime-shaped text). + +## Next /goal + +``` +/goal Reconcile the 0007 simulator-alteration-preview design (feature/simulator-alteration-preview, UNMERGED) with the merged 0008 scales-library + flow-stabilized Right-axis design — resolve the Left-HUD conflict (baked-into-5×5-grid vs runtime Pango/HarfBuzz overlay) FIRST — then writing-plans → build the simulator-first slice: deterministic Dark/Light/Left + a flow-stabilized Right restyle over ONE neutral scale clip wired into the simulator. Defer Pi renderer, endless-encoder/serial, and AI zoom-transitions per simulator-first. +``` diff --git a/sessions/0008/SESSION-0008.0-TRANSCRIPT-2026-06-07T19-42--INPROGRESS.md b/sessions/0008/SESSION-0008.0-TRANSCRIPT-2026-06-07T19-42--INPROGRESS.md deleted file mode 100644 index df0537a..0000000 --- a/sessions/0008/SESSION-0008.0-TRANSCRIPT-2026-06-07T19-42--INPROGRESS.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,20 +0,0 @@ -# Session 0008.0 — Transcript - -> App: human-experience-filter-art -> Start: 2026-06-07T19-42 (PST) -> Type: spec -> Status: **PLACEHOLDER — claimed at session start; finalized at session end.** -> -> This file reserves session ID 0008 for human-experience-filter-art. The driver replaces this -> body with the full transcript and renames the file to its final -> SESSION-0008.0-TRANSCRIPT-2026-06-07T19-42--.md form at session end. - -## Launch prompt - -_(launch prompt not captured at claim time)_ - -## Deferred decisions - -_Autonomous-mode low-confidence calls the driver made and would have -liked operator input on. Appended as the session runs; surfaced at -finalize. Empty if none._