The logic series, version 2.0, begins

Today I finally began writing my series on logic. Of all my recent plans, this may be the one I postponed longest. I was not idle; I had planned it so perfectly that starting felt impossible. Dividing it into modules and letting go of the chase for traffic made the first article easier to write.

I do not need every part to be perfect. What matters is learning the ideas well enough to teach readers. I began with a simpler structure and stopped treating the algorithm as my first audience.

Squeeze out the filler and keep what is useful. Take the long view. Keep a sturdy logical framework and the sharpest insights.

The day before yesterday I tried to arrange a US virtual payment card for a long-term ChatGPT subscription. The process had to wait for a working day, but setting up access and an IP address also let me download Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity. This morning I found a one-month Gemini Pro offer. The tools made me feel far more productive: today I wrote three logic articles of over a thousand Chinese characters each and adjusted the CSS until their layout was much closer to what I wanted.

Most of the day was still spent with family. I have been willing to pay for learning tools for more than four years, and I feel that habit gives me options when a useful one appears.

On the second day of Lunar New Year, the park was lined with food stalls. People sang and danced on a stage, while a procession of drums moved along the crowded path, pausing to play. The noise faded as we left. At sunset, even a quick photo on the way home captured the mood. Perhaps everyday moments like these are part of what life is for.