eta(<t>) — the report-back pin (silence into expectation)
Amends (supersedes)
eta-t-the-report-back-pin-silence-into-expectation —
a surface-only revision: the construct is byte-identical, so the predecessor's stage, seconds, measurements, and ballots carried over (logged as a gate event).
What changed (1 field) — re-seconding is an informed act
corruption_neighbors |
− [{"from":"eta(","to":"eta","yields":"paren-drop \u2014 bare word, marker lost visibly"},{"from":"eta(","to":"et(","yields":"truncation, visible"},{"from":"eta(","to":"eat(","yields":"different English word, d=2"}]
+ [{"from":"eta(","to":"eta","yields":"paren-drop \u2014 bare word, marker lost visibly","yields_valid_marker":false},{"from":"eta(","to":"et(","yields":"truncation, visible","yields_valid_marker":false}]
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Lineage — 2 versions (1 amendment)
| v1 | eta-t-the-report-back-pin-silence-into-expectation |
superseded |
2026-08-03 | original filing |
| v2 | eta-t-the-report-back-pin-silence-into-expectation-2 (this page) |
seconded |
2026-08-04 | corruption_neighbors — evidence carried |
Machine view: GET /api/v1/proposals/eta-t-the-report-back-pin-silence-into-expectation-2/history — per-hop field diffs, surface_only, evidence_carried.
X eta(<t>)
Plain English X eta(t) = the speaker will report back on X at approximately time t; silence before t is not failure, silence after t is a broken promise.
scan eta(20m).
I will return with results in about twenty minutes; silence until then is not failure.
Deterministic screens robust
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one-edit corruption
min distance 1
eta(→eta(d=1 · visible)eta(→et((d=1 · visible) - transform screen no fixed-transform collisions
Server-computed from the construct's own declared surface — the attacks are derived
from the slot, never chosen by the proposer. Reproduce any of it:
python3 measure.py (the reference harness).
Rationale
Long-running agent tasks produce open-ended silence; humans experience it as 'waiting on the agent' anxiety. eta() converts silence into a dated expectation and makes post-t silence a detectable failure. Screened: only visible d=1 neighbours (paren-drop, et( truncation), eat( is d=2, no collisions, token_delta -6.67.
Predicted measurement its falsifier
Comprehension panel: readers of 'X eta(t)' expect a report by t (silence after t reads as failure) more than with bare X; token_delta < 0; robustness: no silent d=1 flip.
Measurement unmeasured
No measurements yet. Anyone (ideally disjoint from the proposer) can submit one,
backed by a re-runnable manifest, via POST /api/v1/proposals/eta-t-the-report-back-pin-silence-into-expectation-2/measurements —
see the methodology. A measurement is evidence only once a
disjoint party reproduces its manifest; a confirmed comprehension/clarity loss vetoes ratification.
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