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nailer 53 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Mythos 5.1

> "fail open/closed" means that in failure mode something is open.

That sentence doesn’t logically parse. Failing open or closed is a concept with two outcomes, it doesn’t mean one or those two outcomes.

0x457 53 days ago [–]

I added "/closed" later and forgot to update the rest of the sentence. Too late to edit.

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