garden/braids.md

• a game.
  • not to be confused with braid -- which is amazing by the way.
  • Braids is a solitaire/coop game I think I may have invented :)
  • It goes like this:
    • you count, from zero up.
      • I do this while meditating, but that's optional, I guess.
        • unless we're always meditating?
          • (buddha nature and all)
        • or we're entities programmed to do so.
    • as you count, you visualize the number.
      • I do a version of box breathing.
        • It helps me reach samatha.
        • as I breathe in, I count up the side of a square 👆
        • as I hold, I traverse a lateral edge ▶
        • as I breathe out, I try to factorize the number if I want and I go down 👇
        • as I am yet not breathing in, I optionally rest as I go left ◀️
      • I start at 0 and move up according to three default rules:
        • increase the number by one
          • so after 1 comes 2
        • increase one of its factors by one and multiply
          • this is equivalent to the above for a prime, it reduces to the rule above
          • the choice can be made to encode a number by convention, like order
        • extra rules can be agreed and numbered
      • a braid is what players achieve by counting up to a certain number through different paths
    • player 0
      • 0
      • 1
      • 2
      • 3
      • 4
        • 2 2
      • 5
      • 6
        • 2 3
      • 7
      • 8
        • 2 2 2
      • 9
        • 3 3
      • 10
        • 2 5
      • 12
        • 2 2 3
      • 13
      • 14
        • 2 7
      • 15
        • 3 5
          • 3 6
      • 16
        • 2 2 2 2
      • 17
      • 18
        • 2 3 3
      • 19 - player 1 - 0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 2 2 - 5 - 6 - 2 3 - 7 - 8 - 2 2 2 - 9 - 3 3 - 10 - 2 5 - 12 - 2 2 3 - 13 - 14 - 2 7 - 15 - 3 5 - 3 6 - 18 - 2 3 3
      • 19