· Principle 3 of 5 ·

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ADAPTIVITY

Recent activity gradient. The engine, responding. Adaptivity is the proof that the chord is alive in time — that something has happened in the last hour, that the system has met new pressure with new motion. Without adaptivity, the engine would be a museum.

Plate — an iris mechanism seen from above, its linkage arms set to one position among the many its wear shows it has held.
Plate — every position it has ever held ∂A ADAPTIVITY · RECENT ACTIVITY GRADIENT ACCESSION 2·3 · ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM · AT REST, NOT AT CENTRE

The Notation

Hourly volume divided by 24h baseline, halved. At 2× baseline, the gradient saturates to 1.0. At parity, it sits at 0.5.

∂a = meani(clamp((v1h,i · 24) / v24h,i / 2, 0, 1)) · wi

— computed in functions/loomState, refreshed every 5 minutes —

⟳tensioned against Entropy — the settledness adaptivity must break to register ◎

something stood here. it moved. the page adapted.

Each principle is one vertex of the chord the Loom holds in tune. None is the engine alone; the engine is the tension between them.

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