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| author | YurenHao0426 <blackhao0426@gmail.com> | 2026-06-13 12:35:36 -0500 |
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| committer | YurenHao0426 <blackhao0426@gmail.com> | 2026-06-13 12:35:36 -0500 |
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Curated export for clone-and-run Maze training (2x A6000) + diagnostics.
trm/hrm pretrain.py carry trajectory-augmentation code (backward-compatible).
Heavy artifacts (checkpoints/wandb/npz) gitignored; see PROVENANCE.md.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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diff --git a/research/flossing/paper/style_contract.md b/research/flossing/paper/style_contract.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4e0f319 --- /dev/null +++ b/research/flossing/paper/style_contract.md @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +# Style contract (operative checklist for every section pass) + +Sources: Shaib et al. 2026 slop taxonomy (density/relevance/coherence are the load-bearing +dimensions); Buschek's four reviewer complaints; 2026 banned-pattern lists. Applied as a per- +section pass, not a vibe. + +## Hard bans (lexical) +delve, tapestry, landscape (figurative), testament, pivotal, showcase, intricate, vibrant, +seamless, elegant, dramatically, novel (self-describing), comprehensive (self-describing), +notably, crucially, interestingly, importantly, "It is worth noting", "Moreover," as sentence +opener, "In recent years", "has garnered attention", "paradigm shift". +Technical terms that overlap ban lists (e.g., "robust" in "threshold-robust") stay. + +## Punctuation & rhythm +- Em dash: ≤2 per section, never two in one sentence, never as paired parenthetical. +- No exclamation marks. Semicolons fine. +- Every paragraph contains at least one sentence under ~12 words. +- No uniform paragraph shapes: don't end three consecutive paragraphs with a summary clause. + +## Structure +- The contrast template ("X, not Y" / "not X, but Y") has a total budget of ONE device: + the title and its single echo at the end of paragraph 1. Zero elsewhere. Express other + contrasts by stating the positive finding and letting the numbers carry the negation. +- Rule-of-three closers only when the three items are an exhaustive measured list. +- No chronological narration of the investigation. Structure follows claims.md. +- Results topic sentences contain a finding or a number, never a plan ("We then examine..."). + +## Integrity (Buschek's four, mapped to our risks) +- Marketing language: zero unevidenced evaluative adjectives. "near-perfect" only with the AUC + in the same sentence. +- Performative related work: every citation paired with the precise claim it supports; check + each against papers/notes/*.md before the citation lands. +- Misrepresentation: prior-work characterizations quote verbatim with page/section; corrections + target the quoted words only (claims.md C6a discipline). +- Stretched summaries: no interpretive metaphors for results. One flourish per section maximum, + and it must be cuttable without losing content. + +## Density (the actual anti-slop weapon) +- Every sentence must add a number, a definition, a caveat, or a logical step. Otherwise cut. +- Modal verbs (could/might/may) confined to Discussion and future work. +- Hedges appear only where claims.md concedes; one hedge per concession, not a seesaw. + +## Honesty rails (project-specific) +- Never compare λ values across estimator versions; state scale ownership at first use. +- "Settled" always defined as the measured low-velocity band, with its residual velocity given. +- No mechanism claims; observations and their direct logical consequences only. +- No promises (code release, future experiments) that the authors have not decided. |
