focus splocus

 "Focus" in linguistics, refers to subchannel encodings which accompany a primary signal. In writing we do things like "emphasis", EMPHASIS, _emphasis_, and in speech we extend the lengths, tone, and vibrato of pronounced words, or we mangle their pronunciation entirely by mutating the gross phonemic structure of entire words and phrases.

This is all VERY interesting to note, in the encoding of language in machines. Because resulting from the above, the connotations of "focus" must result in a signal receiver performing different semantic interpretations of the parent channel information, based on subchannel information. All said and done, this is not at all mysterious ... but it is a quantum of detail to be noted in the architecture of communications.

This is all groundwork for my study, in designing a new programming language environment for myself.

Perhaps I am over-optimistic about the value of performance

Spending more time on Threads and LinkedIn in 2025, as I work solo at my desk. I realise that a lot of people are anxious about jobs, and career progression.

Maybe I am a horrible interviewee/pitcher because I've never viewed employment as a highly desirable objective. My approach to life has been that minimum wage is good enough, and I am overqualified for minimum wage, so there will always be jobs there. 

Before the AI renaissance, there was also always the option to teach, which I never activated - I think in the future, we should continue to expect that the premium on human interaction is not because of human skill ( which will never be competitive with machine skill in the long run ) but because of sentimental value between humans.

So maybe after all, the world's oldest profession has its place. But even that will be adjusted over time as sex bots become indifferentiable from human sex workers. I have been optimistic about the impact that sex bots and artificial wombs will have on civilisation. But I am not sure that I will see it happen - it is possible within 5-20 years, but politics always slows things down.

Why hire a human? Sheer performance value. That is why we go to cafes etc.

Labour Economics and Subgroup Equality

Creating "perfect comp & ben equality" in any category C gets complicated, in light of total compensation.

Once the differential COST of hiring for subgroups C_g within category C is accounted for, the difference in output productivity per input dollar entire a fuzzy zone where either the employer picks up excess cost as a matter of creating equitable opportunity, or the less productive subgroups pick it up in the form of reduced cash for added benefits. :)