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sylph-decoder bbe339d856 re: pre-register F6's numbers for an out-of-sample boot
Every F5/F6 figure comes from captures taken for other purposes and
re-analysed after the reader and three labels were corrected. None has been
tested out of sample. Six predictions registered before the capture, five of
them checkable by check_labels.py, which now takes --cap NAME=path.

Prediction 6 is the one already got wrong once (0.057 against ptcopyright
instead of 0.14 against the real plate), and is stated so a landing near
0.057 would show the correction itself was wrong.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Jc4pciRArGHfxGGhEbwp5t
2026-09-04 13:17:26 +00:00

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Pre-registration — F6's numbers on a boot that did not produce them

Committed before the capture is taken. Every F5/F6 figure I hold comes from f6, f6b, f5 or f5-early — captures taken for other purposes, several re-analysed after I fixed the draw reader and corrected three element labels. None has been tested out of sample. A number re-derived from the same log that suggested it is not independent evidence.

One fresh no-input boot. Five predictions, all phase-free, all failing loudly if wrong:

# quantity predicted
1 pteff03a period / pteff03 period 1.200 ±5 %
2 strip length ratio (sy 800/600) 1.333 ±6 %
3 pulse period / sweep loop 0.100 ±5 %
4 pulse amplitude vs ptbtn00f.rat's declared 8-key curve ≤3 alpha levels mean error
5 ptcopyright ramp / parent ramp 0.733 ±8 %

And one that is not in the checker, stated here so it cannot be quietly dropped:

| 6 | sweep enters before ptbtn00f, by | 0.1380.141 of a sweep loop |

⚠️ Prediction 6 is the one I got wrong once already — I measured it against ptcopyright and published 0.057. If the fresh run lands near 0.057 rather than 0.14, the correction was wrong and the original figure was right.

A pass is the boring outcome. The value is that five of the six are checks a wrong reader or a wrong label would fail, and the reader and two of the labels have been wrong inside the last day.