Gwern it actually can get tricky when you have roommates that don’t always obey the rules, or you run half loads because you don’t want to wait and want the same pot available the next day. So that half load situation means a roommate comes along, opens the dishwasher, sees space and adds dirty.
Then I come along and unload in an order I don’t see the dirty until halfway through.
Adding more permutations the dishwasher where I currently live doesn’t restart when dishes are added mid load, you must actively push the resume button. So it’s not uncommon for it to end up in a state where it’s half dirty...
Gwern it actually can get tricky when you have roommates that don’t always obey the rules, or you run half loads because you don’t want to wait and want the same pot available the next day. So that half load situation means a roommate comes along, opens the dishwasher, sees space and adds dirty.
Then I come along and unload in an order I don’t see the dirty until halfway through.
Adding more permutations the dishwasher where I currently live doesn’t restart when dishes are added mid load, you must actively push the resume button. So it’s not uncommon for it to end up in a state where it’s half dirty...