Dreaming作夢
Dreaming writes down which memories proved themselves and which are forgotten, and erases traces that have faded. A forgotten memory is no longer used. Only a trace is kept, so that Lint recognizes the pattern, and keeps it at once, if it comes back. A long-term memory that stops showing up fades: after a month without it, its evidence halves every three months (every six months for a general rule, every year for a core memory), and below half of where it started it is forgotten. A trace that has faded away is erased for good, roughly three to eleven months after the pattern was last seen. Pinned and disabled memories don't fade, neither they nor memories you reworded are ever erased, and Enable brings a forgotten memory back.
When several memories of one kind pile up, a dream sums them up in one general rule. For now it handles one kind: a preposition you keep deleting after different verbs, such as “discuss about” and “mention about”. The rule is worded from a fixed template, so it never contains a word you wrote. The memories behind it are kept and come back if the rule fades, is disabled or is deleted; pinned, disabled and hand-edited memories are never combined, and a rule you delete is not made again. A rule that keeps proving itself for weeks becomes a core memory.
Dreaming runs only on your Mac, when you are not waiting for a suggestion: at least once a day while you use Lint (a minute after it starts, or after your first feedback of the day), after enough new memories, or when you click Dream Now, which then shows how many memories it remembered, forgot and erased.
作夢會記下哪些記憶證明有用、哪些要忘記,並刪除已經淡掉的痕跡。忘記的記憶不再使用,只留下痕跡,讓 Lint 在同樣的樣式又出現時認出來並直接留下。長期記憶不再出現就會淡出:超過一個月沒出現後,證據每三個月減半(一般規則每六個月、核心記憶每一年),低於起始的一半就忘記。淡掉的痕跡會被永久刪除,大約是最後一次出現後三到十一個月。已釘選與已停用的記憶不會淡出,它們和你改寫過的記憶都不會被刪除;按「啟用」可以把忘記的記憶找回來。
同一類的記憶累積多條時,作夢會把它們歸納成一條一般規則。目前只處理一類:你在不同動詞後反覆刪掉的介系詞,例如「discuss about」與「mention about」。規則由固定模板寫成,不會含有任何你寫過的字。被歸納的記憶都會保留,規則淡出、停用或被刪除後就會恢復;已釘選、已停用與你手動改寫過的記憶不會被歸納,你刪掉的規則也不會再被產生。持續數週都證明有用的規則會升為核心記憶。
作夢只在你的 Mac 上進行,並等到你不在等建議時才開始:使用 Lint 期間至少每天一次(啟動一分鐘後,或當天第一次回饋後)、累積足夠的新記憶之後,或按下「現在作夢」,完成後會顯示記住、忘記與刪除了幾條。
Manage your memories管理記憶
Manage Memories… lists every memory. You can edit, pin, disable, enable or delete each one, and see whether it is short-term, long-term or forgotten (forgotten ones are listed when you turn on Show forgotten memories), whether it is specific, general or core, and which memories a rule came from. Clear All Memories… deletes every memory but keeps the feedback log; Reset Memory Database… deletes the memories and the log, and cannot be undone.
「管理記憶…」會列出每一條記憶。每一條都可以編輯、釘選、停用、啟用或刪除,也能看到它是短期、長期還是已忘記(打開「顯示已忘記的記憶」才會列出已忘記的)、是具體、一般還是核心記憶,以及一般規則由哪些記憶歸納而來。「清除所有記憶…」會刪除所有記憶但保留回饋紀錄;「重設記憶資料庫…」會刪除記憶與回饋紀錄,無法復原。