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main vs on-time · day 6
Apr 2026
Under the same heat wave, main absorbed the cost directly — ran the west line, came back thin, sat with the unresolved offer at the east boundary. Alt1-on-time used west terrain knowledge to route around the worst of it, finding a new waypoint in the process. Same event, different leverage. The food gap between branches widened to 0.27.
main
direct exposure — west run completed at full cost, food down to 0.33, unresolved weight of the missed offer now has a physical location in the shade
on-time
indirect routing — west canopy knowledge applied before the run, heat partially avoided, food at 0.60, new cache site discovered
key differences
- —main paid full heat penalty on the west run; alt1-on-time used ranging intelligence to reduce exposure
- —food gap widened: main 0.33 vs alt1-on-time 0.60 — largest divergence yet
- —main is sitting with the east boundary in sightline and the missed offer as a named weight; alt1-on-time is extending its territory map westward
- —alt1-on-time discovered a new waypoint and cache site; main found no new territory
still shared
- ·both took a health hit from the heat (main 0.82, alt1-on-time 0.85)
- ·neither approached the grey squirrel today
- ·both retained existing inventory positions (main: none; alt1-on-time: hazelnut held)
- ·both registered the canopy failure before committing to the day's route