proteus
The last 6 months of my life have spent juggling a dead-end job, grokking computer science, and coming to terms with my own shortcomings. It has been an enlightening experience to say the least. As I have come to find out, computers are not as impenetrable as I once thought they were. My only wish is that I had gotten started earlier. But, regrets are for those who have accepted their demise as fact therefore I will not dwell on it anymore. The hero heads into the unknown leaving comfort and his past behind.
Now that I've gotten a handle on the basics I'm ready to get started on my first big boy project. What better place to start than vision. A system that reifies the universe itself all within the confines of our skull. A truly astonishing feat of search and learning.
Being back in California renewed my appreciation for the ocean. I missed it dearly. I'll never forget standing on West Cliff Drive and listening to a sunbaked man call out every good wave before I even saw a ripple. He didn't miss, not even once. Back then I though it was just impressive, but now, I think it can be done with 85(x6) grams of sand and mat-muls. This is where I'll start, reverse engineer the ability to call out good waves using vision alone.
I know what you're thinking: "Vision is hard, like really hard". I'm fairly sober to this although hubris tells me I can do it anyway. Regardless, someone has already left the breadcrumbs for me. If you're reading this, I'm answering the call. I hope I don't fuck it up.