Series E · The Far Side Of The Gap · It Measures Itself
The Far Side
predict a result · build it from cards · run it · read the gap
Δ the measured gap
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predict a result, build a program, and run it
you predict
machine computes
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build · click cards (operands first, operation after)
your program
click cards above…
▶ Run & Measure
Clear
stack (top → right)
empty
registers · acc
0 0 0 0 · 0
steps
0
Δ = 0 → YOUR PREDICTION MATCHED THE COMPUTATION · THE GAP CLOSED
Δ > 0 → THE MEASURED GAP BETWEEN WHAT YOU THOUGHT AND WHAT IT DID
A THING THAT RUNS · AND REPORTS ITS OWN GAP · LOAD-BEARING BY CONSTRUCTION