I asked her if she wanted to stop and she didn’t answer, but she still seemed tense as if holding her breath
I asked her why she didn’t reply when I asked her, and she told me that she had. However, I had asked her several times, and I heard nothing.
Seems a better way would be to ask in a way that requires a positive response. Something along the lines of "do you want to continue".
Then a missing response, regardless of reason, is naturally interpreted in the safe direction.
This would be similar to how STOP buttons on machinery should be normally-closed, so that a broken wire is interpreted as if the STOP button was pressed.
I asked her if she wanted to stop and she didn’t answer, but she still seemed tense as if holding her breath
I asked her why she didn’t reply when I asked her, and she told me that she had. However, I had asked her several times, and I heard nothing.
Seems a better way would be to ask in a way that requires a positive response. Something along the lines of "do you want to continue".
Then a missing response, regardless of reason, is naturally interpreted in the safe direction.
This would be similar to how STOP buttons on machinery should be normally-closed, so that a broken wire is interpreted as if the STOP button was pressed.
Why is this here??
From the post:
When it was discussed on Hacker News in 2021
which links to this[1] HN submission.
At least that's my guess.
[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26961482
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