---
title: Political Opinion Calendar
description: Instead of wasting time thinking of the best political opinion to hold, simply pick them pseudorandomly per day with this tool.
slug: polcal
---
<script src="/assets/js/mithril.js"></script>
<script src="/assets/js/date-fns.js"></script>
<style>
    .calday {
        padding: 1em;
        margin: 0;
        border: none;
    }
    #app table {
        border-collapse: collapse;
    }
    .opinion {
        font-style: italic;
    }
    #app button, #app input {
        font-size: 1.25em;
    }
</style>
<div id="app">

</div>
<script>
    const STORAGE_KEY = "political-opinion-calendar"

    const now = new Date(Date.now()) // JavaScript "irl"
    var month = now.getMonth() + 1
    var year = now.getFullYear()

    const readSave = () => {
        try {
            const result = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem(STORAGE_KEY))
            if (!result || !Array.isArray(result) || !result.every(x => typeof x.opinion === "string" && typeof x.weight === "number")) { return }
            return result
        } catch(e) {
            console.error(e, "load failed")
        }
    }

    var opinions = readSave() || [{ weight: 1, opinion: "" }]

    const writeSave = () => {
        localStorage.setItem(STORAGE_KEY, JSON.stringify(opinions))
    }

    const hash = (str, seed = 0) => {
        let h1 = 0xdeadbeef ^ seed, h2 = 0x41c6ce57 ^ seed
        for (let i = 0, ch; i < str.length; i++) {
            ch = str.charCodeAt(i)
            h1 = Math.imul(h1 ^ ch, 2654435761)
            h2 = Math.imul(h2 ^ ch, 1597334677)
        }
        h1 = Math.imul(h1 ^ (h1>>>16), 2246822507) ^ Math.imul(h2 ^ (h2>>>13), 3266489909)
        h2 = Math.imul(h2 ^ (h2>>>16), 2246822507) ^ Math.imul(h1 ^ (h1>>>13), 3266489909)
        return 4294967296 * (2097151 & h2) + (h1>>>0)
    }

    function incMonth(by) {
        month += by
        if (month < 1) {
            month = 12 - month
            year--
        } else if (month > 12) {
            month = month - 12
            year++
        }
    }

    function displayMonth(year, month) {
        var opinionLookup = []
        for (const opinion of opinions) {
            for (var i = 0; i < opinion.weight; i++) {
                opinionLookup.push(opinion.opinion)
            }
        }

        var init = dateFns.addMonths(dateFns.addYears(0, year - 1970), month - 1)
        var offset = dateFns.getDay(init) - 1
        var weekinit = dateFns.subDays(init, offset >= 0 ? offset : 6)
        var rows = [
            m("tr.calweek.calhead", ["Mon", "Tue", "Wed", "Thu", "Fri", "Sat", "Sun"].map(x => m("th.calday", x)))
        ]
        outer: for (var i = 0; i < 6; i++) {
            var row = []
            for (var j = 0; j < 7; j++) {
                var x = dateFns.addDays(dateFns.addWeeks(weekinit, i), j)
                if (x > init && dateFns.getMonth(x) + 1 !== month && dateFns.getDate(x) >= 7) { break outer }
                var opindex = hash(`${dateFns.getYear(x)}-${dateFns.getMonth(x)}-${dateFns.getDate(x)}`) % opinionLookup.length
                var opinion = opinionLookup.length > 0 ? opinionLookup[opindex] : "no opinion"
                row.push(m("td.calday", { style: `background: hsl(${hash(opinion) % 360}deg, 100%, 60%); opacity: ${dateFns.getMonth(x) + 1 === month ? "1": "0.5"}`  }, [
                    m(".date", dateFns.getDate(x)),
                    m(".opinion", opinion)
                ]))
            }
            rows.push(m("tr.calweek", row))
        }
        return rows
    }

    m.mount(document.querySelector("#app"), {
        view: function() {
            return [
                m("", [
                    m("h1", "Political Opinions"),
                    m("ul", 
                        opinions.map((opinion, index) => m("li", [
                            m("button", { onclick: () => opinions.splice(index, 1) }, "-"),
                            m("input[type=number]", { value: opinion.weight, min: 1, max: 100, oninput: ev => { opinions[index].weight = Math.min(ev.target.value, 100); writeSave() } }),
                            m("input", { value: opinion.opinion, oninput: ev => { opinions[index].opinion = ev.target.value; writeSave() }, placeholder: "Political opinion..." })
                        ]))
                    ),
                    m("button", { onclick: () => opinions.push({ opinion: "", weight: 1 }) }, "+")
                ]),
                m("", [
                    m("h1", "Calendar"),
                    m("h2", `${year}-${month}`),
                    m("button", { onclick: () => incMonth(-1) }, "-"),
                    m("button", { onclick: () => incMonth(1) }, "+"),
                    m("table", displayMonth(year, month))
                ]),
            ]
        }
    })
</script>