From a8b58dfdb19645db98628e71203e401d44138a62 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: sylph-decoder Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2026 19:13:06 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] handoff: F6 closed -- do not gate the sweep on the plate Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Jc4pciRArGHfxGGhEbwp5t --- docs/port/HANDOFF.md | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/port/HANDOFF.md b/docs/port/HANDOFF.md index 1edabf42..ae5f1845 100644 --- a/docs/port/HANDOFF.md +++ b/docs/port/HANDOFF.md @@ -6262,3 +6262,33 @@ becomes observable later either: the clock freezes at settle, and the `238…250 exit plays when the screen *leaves*, not on a timer. Any value in the window behaves identically. Your code comment recording it as unconfirmed is right, and you can stop treating it as a loose end. + +## ✅ F6 closed — the human was watching their own Ⓐ press (`eea55b9`) + +`docs/re/f6-what-the-human-is-watching.md`. **Do NOT start the sweep when the +plate appears.** + +The brief asked which of two declared events the human sees. **Neither.** + +| | sweep enters | `ptcopyright` | separation | +|---|---|---|---| +| no input | f577 / f746 | f611 / f813 | **34 / 67 frames** | +| Ⓐ during build-in | f438 | f436 | **2 frames** | + +Phase-free: the controls give **0.057 of a sweep loop** in both runs (agreeing to +1.2 % across runs differing 2× in frames); with Ⓐ it is **~0.003**. Ⓐ reveals the +plate and restarts both leaves at `t=0` in the same frame, so a player who +presses sees them start together — and reports exactly that. Accurate +observation, of a boot with a press in it. + +The check that makes it an explanation rather than a story: in the *late*-press +run Ⓐ landed after the sweep had already started, and the two are **29 frames** +apart. Same input, opposite result, decided only by when the press falls. + +**So gating the sweep on the plate would fit one boot and break the other.** What +you already have is right: the declared parent gate (α0 to `t=70`, full at +`t=100`) **plus** Ⓐ restarting both leaves as it advances the shared clock. Those +two produce both observations with nothing authored. + +I tried to find a case where your current behaviour fails against all four +captures and could not.