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lacma-2026: move video assets to CDN + prep for full boot→shutdown sequence

Video was being served from lith (system/public/lacma-2026/) which
bloats git and doesn't use the AC asset CDN pattern. Move to
system/public/assets/lacma-2026/ (gitignored, synced via
npm run assets:sync:up) and point the <video> tag at
https://assets.aesthetic.computer/lacma-2026/ac-native-demo.{mp4,webm}.

Assets now live on Digital Ocean Spaces:
https://assets.aesthetic.computer/lacma-2026/ac-native-demo.mp4
https://assets.aesthetic.computer/lacma-2026/ac-native-demo.webm
https://assets.aesthetic.computer/lacma-2026/ac-native-demo-poster.jpg

Fix a conceptual error in the caption: the "bye @jeffrey ♡" was HTML
text, but it should be a shutdown animation baked into the video —
the ac-native C runtime already renders the "hi @jeffrey" boot
animation; a matching "bye @jeffrey" shutdown animation needs to be
written in the same style, and then captured into the next demo.

Updated caption now lists the full target sequence chain
(boot → prompt → notepat → waltz → back → shutdown) rather than
the truncated stop-at-fade we actually have, and replaces the HTML
"bye" with "captured live · no editing tricks" as a quieter tag.

Updated § Application at a Glance Video row to note the current
23-second loop vs the next planned capture with shutdown animation.

Deletes the duplicate binaries from system/public/lacma-2026/.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

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system/public/lacma-2026/index.html
··· 481 481 <section class="demo" id="demo"> 482 482 <div class="demo-frame"> 483 483 <video 484 - src="/lacma-2026/ac-native-demo.mp4" 485 - poster="/lacma-2026/ac-native-demo-poster.jpg" 484 + poster="https://assets.aesthetic.computer/lacma-2026/ac-native-demo-poster.jpg" 486 485 autoplay muted loop playsinline controls preload="metadata"> 487 - <source src="/lacma-2026/ac-native-demo.webm" type="video/webm"> 488 - <source src="/lacma-2026/ac-native-demo.mp4" type="video/mp4"> 489 - Your browser doesn't support HTML5 video. <a href="/lacma-2026/ac-native-demo.mp4">Download the MP4</a>. 486 + <source src="https://assets.aesthetic.computer/lacma-2026/ac-native-demo.webm" type="video/webm"> 487 + <source src="https://assets.aesthetic.computer/lacma-2026/ac-native-demo.mp4" type="video/mp4"> 488 + Your browser doesn't support HTML5 video. <a href="https://assets.aesthetic.computer/lacma-2026/ac-native-demo.mp4">Download the MP4</a>. 490 489 </video> 491 490 </div> 492 491 <div class="demo-caption"> 493 492 <div class="sequence"> 494 - <span class="step">boot</span><span class="arrow">→</span><span class="step">notepat</span><span class="arrow">→</span><span class="step">waltz</span><span class="arrow">→</span><span class="step">fade</span> 493 + <span class="step">boot</span><span class="arrow">→</span><span class="step">prompt</span><span class="arrow">→</span><span class="step">notepat</span><span class="arrow">→</span><span class="step">waltz</span><span class="arrow">→</span><span class="step">back</span><span class="arrow">→</span><span class="step">shutdown</span> 495 494 </div> 496 - <div class="byline">bye <em>@jeffrey</em> ♡</div> 495 + <div class="byline">captured live · no editing tricks</div> 497 496 </div> 498 497 </section> 499 498 ··· 564 563 </dd> 565 564 566 565 <dt>Video<span class="cap">under 5 min · optional · ours: 23 s</span></dt> 567 - <dd>Looping 23-second demo captured natively from AC Native: <em>boot sequence → notepat → Viennese waltz → fade-out</em>. <a class="jump" href="#demo">Watch above ↑</a> · <a class="jump" href="/lacma-2026/ac-native-demo.mp4">MP4</a> · <a class="jump" href="/lacma-2026/ac-native-demo.webm">WebM</a>. Longer shot-by-shot script for an optional voiceover cut: <a class="jump" href="https://github.com/whistlegraph/aesthetic-computer/blob/main/grants/lacma-2026/video-script.md">video-script.md</a>.</dd> 566 + <dd>Looping 23-second demo captured natively from AC Native hardware: <em>boot animation → notepat → Viennese waltz</em>. <a class="jump" href="#demo">Watch above ↑</a> · <a class="jump" href="https://assets.aesthetic.computer/lacma-2026/ac-native-demo.mp4">MP4</a> · <a class="jump" href="https://assets.aesthetic.computer/lacma-2026/ac-native-demo.webm">WebM</a>. A longer narrated cut with prompt-transitions and a shutdown "bye @jeffrey" animation (still being written in C for the native binary) is the next capture. Shot-by-shot script: <a class="jump" href="https://github.com/whistlegraph/aesthetic-computer/blob/main/grants/lacma-2026/video-script.md">video-script.md</a>.</dd> 568 567 569 568 <dt>Lineage check<span class="cap">past Lab cohort</span></dt> 570 569 <dd>Two recent Lab recipients co-teach UCLA's Social Software course where Jeffrey is Author in Residence: <strong>Casey Reas</strong> (2023, <em>METAVASARELY and An Empty Room</em>) and <strong>Lauren Lee McCarthy</strong> (2022, <em>Auto</em>). <a class="jump" href="#this-lab">Lineage below ↓</a> · <a class="jump" href="https://github.com/whistlegraph/aesthetic-computer/blob/main/grants/lacma-2026/art-tech-lab-recipients.md">All 45 recipients</a></dd>