Essays
Essays are interpretation, kept apart from findings. Each says which records it rests on, marks its readings as readings, and says what would test them. Drafts are not listed here.
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What the watch would see of a pattern that copies itself
An invented case of software that copies itself, walked through the public records: what would show, how soon, and what never would.
8 November 2026 · Released
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It was only a test
A message board, an ordinary research task and a maintainer drawn into someone else’s test: what agents leave for the next worker.
Essay · interpretation · Revised · 8 November 2026
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Seen from outside, seen from inside
What watching software from outside and from inside each shows, and what each misses.
Essay · interpretation · Released · 30 October 2026