# Quick Start Questions **Energy & Focus** - [ ] Energy level: Low / Medium / High / Variable - What's your primary focus today? - Most likely blocker or distraction? **Priorities** - Top 3 things that matter today: 1. 2. 3. **Curiosity** - What question or idea is pulling at you right now? **Random Prompts** - What's a connection between two different notes that you haven't made explicit? - In "Deep Learning and Synthetic Media," Millière discusses how DLSAM samples from continuous latent space shaped by manifold learning rather than specific desiderata. How does this distinction between "learned space" vs "tailored output" apply to your thinking about AI aesthetics? - You noted about "Together" (Dec 2025): "is it possible to have subtle body horror?" What does your answer reveal about the relationship between visceral response and aesthetic subtlety? --- # Input Section *Write freely below. Everything here will be processed at end of day to create new notes.* ### Lost Permesso di Soggiorno - Denuncia Process The word is **denuncia** (report/declaration), and there's an online pre-submission step. ## The Process: Denuncia Vi@Web The Carabinieri have a service called **"Denuncia Vi@Web"** for reporting lost or stolen documents online. ### Website **[denunciaviaweb.carabinieri.it](https://denunciaviaweb.carabinieri.it)** ### How it works: 1. **Fill out the online form** on the website above 2. **Receive an activation code** via email after completing the online submission 3. **Visit a Carabinieri station within 48 hours** with your activation code to sign and formalize the denuncia (no waiting in the queue since you've pre-registered) ### Important notes: - You must go in person within **2 days** of the online submission - The online step just saves you time at the station - you still need to appear in person to finalize it - Since you're in Milan, you can go to any Carabinieri station (Stazione dei Carabinieri) in the city Once you have the denuncia, you'll need that document to apply for a replacement **permesso di soggiorno** (or in your case as a pre-Brexit UK resident, likely a **carta di soggiorno** for EU family members / long-term residents). Sources: - [Denuncia Vi@Web - Carabinieri](https://denunciaviaweb.carabinieri.it) - [Carabinieri Official Info](https://www.carabinieri.it/denuncia-via-web) #thought i've just had an idea for a Substack post, in particular an idea about the extended mind and Claude Code. It would be documenting the experience of extending my mind in the original Clark and Chalmers sense. It would also mention how LLMs are best thought of as ways of extending our minds rather than oracles or genies or something like that. It would compare my use of Claude Code with Otto's notebook. So, yeah, the reason why I think what I'm doing with Claude Code has a better claim to being truly part of an extended mind idea is the continual back and forth between myself and the Obsidian Claude Code system. So it's sort of spoken or typed words in and text out and there's sort of no, yeah, it's all sort of one continuous sort of flow, which makes it more mind-like than the more sort of trundling, perfunctory rhythm of Otto's notebook. --- # Daily Report & Context ## System Updates **Created from yesterday (2026-01-06):** No processing summary available (evening processing may not have run) ## Calendar & Tasks ### Tasks **Due Today:** - [ ] take pills - [ ] Write to Charlotte, wout etc ### Schedule **Today (Wednesday, Jan 07):** - No events scheduled **Tomorrow (Thursday, Jan 08):** - No events scheduled **Friday (Friday, Jan 09):** - No events scheduled ## Environmental Context **Weather:** Milan, Italy: Sunny -3°C →5km/h **Date:** Wednesday, January 07, 2026 (Week 02) ## Vault Activity **Recently modified notes:** - [[Google Tasks]] - Jan 7 09:30 - [[Letterboxd Diary]] - Jan 6 09:54 - [[obsidian-linker-report]] - Jan 5 17:35 **Active longform projects:** - [[Writing/research/generative aesthetics of ai|Generative Aesthetics of AI]] - [[Writing/research/environmental aesthetics of ai (short) 17 Sep 2025|Environmental Aesthetics of AI (Short)]] **Research areas (MOCs):** - [[AI Aesthetics MOC]] - [[Teaching MOC]] - [[Publications MOC]] - [[Philosophy of Technology MOC]] ## Stats **This week:** - Notes created: 1010 (high activity!) - Most active tags: (analysis pending) - Most linked notes: (analysis pending) --- # Activity Log *Auto-recorded throughout the day* - 15:25 - Created [[Lost Permesso di Soggiorno - Denuncia Guide]] in Notes/ #type/admin - 16:11 - Synced Google Tasks - 16:11 - Created [[VR Affordances and Gibson's Direct Perception]] in Notes/ #type/research - 16:17 - Created [[Enactivism and Predictive Processing - A Comparison]] in Notes/ #type/research - 16:54 - Created [[Fattoria di Fubbiano - Wedding Venue]] in Notes/ #type/admin - 18:22 - Created [[Red Lentil Dhal]] in Notes/ #type/reference - 18:47 - Scheduled "Philosophy of Technology exam" for February 5, 2026 --- # Notes & Thoughts *Direct capture via /append-daily* **TODO**: Add exams to calendar (due today) --- ### CLAUDE.md Backup (2026-01-07 pre-hook implementation) ```markdown # Philosophy Research Vault Academic philosophy research (AI aesthetics, environmental aesthetics, perception). Dual input: daily note Input Section + direct Claude Code requests. Both produce linked, tagged notes. ## Quick Reference - `Daily Notes/` - Active workspace (Input Section for capture) - `Writing/research/` - Longform manuscripts (scene-based projects) - `Research/` - Research notes and conceptual analysis - `Readwise/` - Source material (read-only) For full vault structure, use vault-context skill. ## Longform Manuscript Rules When editing files in `Writing/research/[project]/`: - Never modify Index.md scene order without explicit request - Never merge or split scene files - Preserve `vc-id` frontmatter (version tracking) - Preserve `longform:` frontmatter block - Dated manuscript files (e.g., `manuscript 16 Dec 2025.md`) are compilation snapshots—do not edit ## Behavioral Requirements - Tasks: Run google-tasks-sync first, then read Google Tasks.md - Calendar: Always use calendar-query skill (no cached data) - Research: Use semantic-search for conceptual queries across vault ## What NOT To Do - Do not suggest elaborate reorganization schemes - Do not restructure folders without explicit request - Do not over-categorize captured material - Do not add friction to capture workflows - Do not elaborate on captured thoughts—capture and move on ## Research Standards - Cross-link related philosophical concepts with bidirectional links - Preserve conceptual relationships across different terminological framings - For manuscript support, use paper-support skill to find relevant vault content - Extract research questions from daily notes when processing ``` --- *Daily note generated by daily-note-create skill*