OFF: [Rulekeepor] Notes on Application of Proposals 845-8654

[Jason Cobb via agora-official]

> //
> ID: 8653
> Title: Device Reconstruction
> Adoption index: 1.0
> Author: ais523
> Co-authors: 
>
>
> In rule 2654, replace:
> {{{
> * If a Device has no judge assigned, then any player eligible to
>   judge that Device CAN assign it to emself without 3
>   objections.
> * The Rulekeepor SHOULD also include any other information which
>   e feels may be helpful in the use of the Device in the FLR.
> * Then, the Device changes, following which each active player
>   gains 1 card of each type and eir grant (if any).
> }}}
> with
> {{{
> * If a Device has no judge assigned, then any player eligible to
>   judge that Device CAN assign it to emself without 3
>   objections.
> * Then, the Device changes, following which each active player
>   gains 1 card of each type and eir grant (if any).
> * The Rulekeepor SHOULD also include any other information which
>
>   e feels may be helpful in the use of the Device in the FLR.
> }}}
> [The current version of the rule makes drastic changes to the economy
> on a very vaguely defined trigger (possibly dependent on the
> Rulekeepor's mental state) which might potentially be set off without
> us realising it. This reorders the sections of the rule to make the
> trigger something that we have more control over - this is the order I
> had in mind when trying to construct the Device originally.]
>
> //


There is a stray newline in the new text. Based on the prose, I consider
this to not be a paragraph break, and thus able to be replaced with
different whitespace under R2429, which I have done in the most recent
rulesets.

Please file your objections if you disagree with this assessment.

-- 
Jason Cobb

Assessor, Rulekeepor, S​tonemason

OFF: [Rulekeepor] ACORN - 27 Mar 2022

[Jason Cobb via agora-official]

THE AGORA NOMIC CODE OF REGULATIONS

These ACORNs are also online at http://agoranomic.org/ruleset/

Date of this ACORN: 27 Mar 2022



Table of Contents:

Auction Regulations
   * Regulation  AM0: Generalized Auction
   * Regulation  AM1: Forward Auctions
   * Regulation  AM2: Sealed-bid Auctions
   * Regulation  AM3: Second-price Auctions
   * Regulation  AM4: Nonwinning-price Auctions
   * Regulation  AM5: Selective-bid Auctions
Administrative Regulations
   * Regulation  PA0: Certification
   * Regulation  PA1: Proposal Style Guide
   * Regulation  RA1: Tardiness
   * Regulation  RA2: Guidelines to Referees for Compiling Weekly Reports
   * Regulation  RA3: Holiday Rule Reminder Practice





Auction Regulations
   This section has the regulations, written by the Treasuror, governing
   how auctions proceed.

Regulation AM0/5
Generalized Auction

  Generalized auctions exist to give context to the form of other
  types of auctions. They CANNOT be held directly. Other auction
  methods that use this type of auction as a starting point can
  override attributes of generalized auctions except when it is
  explicitly stated that that attribute is not able to be
  overridden.
  
  INITIATION: When a person CAN begin an auction by this or any
  derivative method, e CAN only do so by specifying the type of
  auction method to be held, a list of lots to be auctioned off, and
  the currency for the auction in a public message (henceforth the
  "initiation message"). The bidding period starts at this point.
  
  BIDDING: Players CAN place a bid on an auction in its bidding
  period by creating a public message (henceforth a "bid message")
  specifying an amount of that auction's currency. Players CAN
  withdraw from an open auction by announcement.
  
  EXCLUSIVITY: Bids in an auction are grouped into classes of that
  auction. Unless otherwise specified, all bids in a given auction
  are in a single class. A bid CANNOT be made if, in the class it
  would be in, another bid already exists with the bid amount of the
  hypothetical bid.
  
  TERMINATION: The bidding period ends four days after the final
  instance of any of the following events' occurance:
* the auction begins
* a bid is placed
* a player withdraws from the auction
  
  AWARDING: For each auction, there are a number of awardees equal
  to the number of lots. The Nth lot of an auction goes to the Nth
  awardee of that auction. If the identity of an awardee is
  undecidable, then that lot cannot be given away. Auction methods
  specify how awardees are picked for auctions using that method.
  
  PAYMENT AMOUNT: The amount that an awardee in an auction is
  required to pay for eir lot is, unless otherwise specified, the
  amount of the auction's curency specified in eir highest bid on
  that auction.
  
  FUNDED PLAYERS: Derivative auction methods should ensure that only
  players who, at the end of an auction's bidding period, have at
  least as much of that auction's currency as the amount that e is
  required to pay in that auction (hereafter "funded players") can
  be selected as awardees for auctions using that auction method.
  
  DISTRIBUTION: To distribute lots in an auction is to:
* publish a reasonably accurate full history of bids on the
  auction and withdrawals from the auction, and
* for each awardee in that auction, revoke the amount to be paid
  from that awardee and transfer to that player (or grant em if
  the item is new) the set of assets associated with the lot e
  won.
  
  The Auctioneer for an auction CAN, by announcement within fourteen
  days after the bidding period for an auction ends, and SHALL, in a
  timely fashion after that same point, distribute lots. The message
  in which e does so is the "resolution message" for that auction.
  
  ACTIVE BIDS: The set of active bids for an auction is the set of
  all funded, non-withdrawn players' highest bids on that auction.

History:

Enacted by Trigon, 08 Aug 2020
Amended(1) by Trigon, 28 Mar 2021
Amended(2) by Trigon, 05 May 2021
Amended(3) by Trigon, 02 Aug 2021
Amended(4) by Trigon, 30 Aug 2021
Amended(5) by Trigon, 05 Mar 2022

Annotations:


Regulation AM1/1
Forward Auctions

  Forward auctions function like generalized auctions except:
  
  * The Nth awardee for a forward auction is the player who
submitted the 

OFF: [Stonemason] Billboard Rock Chart - 27 Mar 2022

[Jason Cobb via agora-official]

THE BILLBOARD ROCK CHART (STONEMASON'S WEEKLY REPORT)

Stone  OwnerLast Wielded  Immune?
-  ---    ---
Power  Jason2022-03-27
Wealth Secretsnail9 2022-03-24
Soul   Agora2021-02-14Agora
Sabotage   Agora2021-10-04Agora
Concentration  Agora2021-01-04Agora
Protection G.   2021-03-02
Recursion  Agora2022-03-02Agora
Hot Potato Gaelan   2022-03-16
Blank  Trigon
AlchemyJason2022-03-27

Summary of stone functions:

Power  a specified player's strength is increased by 3 on a
   specified Agoran decision. Escape risk: 40%.

Wealth a specified player earns 5 boatloads of coins. Escape
   risk: 50%.

Soul   a specified non-immune stone is stolen by the
   wielder, then the Soul Stone is transferred to the
   robbed player. Escape risk: 50%.

Sabotage   the AI of a specified AI-majority decision is
   increased by 1. Escape risk: 80%.

Concentration  a specified player earns an extra Grant for eir
   Focus. Escape risk: 60%.

Protection a specified stone becomes immune (until the next
   Collection Notice). Escape risk: 70%.

Recursion  can be wielded as any other stone. Escape risk: 70%.

Hot Potato gain 8 boatloads of coins if transferred to a player who
   has not owned the stone since the last time Agora owned
   it.  Escape risk: immune if wielded 3 or more times since
   the last collection notice, else 100%.

Blank  does nothing. Escape risk: 5%.

Alchemypay four of your own cards to gain 7 products of
   your choice. Escape risk: 70%.

History:
===
2022-03-27 01:46:56  Jason wields Power Stone, specifying self.
2022-03-27 01:39:29  Jason wields Alchemy Stone, specifying 1 win card, 3 
legislative cards, and 7 winsomes.
2022-03-24 22:22:46  Secretsnail9 wields Wealth Stone, specifying self.
2022-03-18 03:34:21  Secretsnail9 wields Wealth Stone, specifying self.
2022-03-16 22:08:10  Jason transfers Hot Potato stone to Gaelan.
2022-03-16 22:08:10  Jason wields Hot Potato stone.
2022-03-16 22:03:17  Alchemy Stone is transferred to Jason from Agora in 
auction resolution.
2022-03-16 22:03:17  Hot Potato Stone is transferred to Jason from Agora in 
auction resolution.
2022-03-12 01:58:38  Secretsnail9 wields Wealth Stone, specifying self.
2022-03-08 23:15:29  Jason wields Power Stone, specifying self.
2022-03-04 17:59:58  Protection Stone ceases being immune after collection 
notice.
2022-03-04 17:59:58  Power Stone ceases being immune after collection notice.
2022-03-04 17:59:58  Recursion Stone is transferred from Jason to Agora per 
collection notice.
2022-03-02 16:55:45  G. wields Protection Stone, specifying Protection Stone
2022-03-02 01:12:07  Secretsnail9 wields Wealth Stone, specifying self.
2022-03-02 00:17:12  Jason wields Recursion Stone as Protection Stone, 
specifying Power Stone.
2022-02-21 15:23:28  Secretsnail9 wields Wealth Stone, specifying self.
2022-02-20 23:42:37  Power Stone is transferred to Jason from Agora in auction 
resolution.
2022-02-20 23:42:37  Wealth Stone is transferred to Secretsnail9 from Agora in 
auction resolution.
2022-02-07 01:53:16  Recursion Stone ceases being immune after collection 
notice.
2022-02-07 01:53:16  Protection Stone ceases being immune after collection 
notice.
2022-02-07 01:53:16  Alchemy Stone is transferred from Trigon to Agora per 
collection notice.
2022-02-07 01:53:16  Wealth Stone is transferred from G. to Agora per 
collection notice.
2022-02-04 19:06:56  G. wields Wealth Stone, specifying self.
2022-02-03 04:26:16  G. wields Protection Stone, specifying Protection Stone.
2022-02-03 03:19:01  Jason wields Recursion Stone, specifying Protection Stone, 
specifying Recursion Stone.
2022-01-30 22:34:39  G. wields Wealth Stone, specifying self.
2022-01-23 20:28:24  G. wields Wealth Stone, specifying self.
2022-01-15 19:39:36  Alchemy Stone is transferred to Trigon from Agora in 
auction resolution.
2022-01-15 19:39:36  Blank Stone is transferred to Trigon from Agora in auction 
resolution.
2022-01-12 18:31:23  G. wields Wealth Stone, specifying self.
2022-01-04 17:40:25  Recursion Stone ceases being immune after collection 
notice.
2022-01-04 17:40:25  Protection Stone ceases being immune after collection 
notice.
2022-01-04 17:40:25  Concentration Stone is transferred from Jason to Agora per 
collection notice.
2022-01-04 17:40:25  Soul Stone is transferred from Jason to Agora per 
collection notice.
2022-01-04 03:00:28  Jason wields Concentration Stone, specifying self.
2022-01-02 04:36:12  Jason wields Recursion Stone, specifying Protection Stone, 
specifying Recursion Stone.
2021-12-31 23:51:52  G. wields Protection Stone, specifying 

OFF: [Obstructive Pooling] 10 Decireports

[ais523 via agora-official]

I become the Obstructive Pooling Accountant, publish the below report,
then cease being Accountant:
{{{
ais523 is the Trustee.

Decipoint balances:

ais523  45
Jason  215
}}}

-- 
ais523

Re: OFF: [Notary] The Notes (contracts, pledges, & promises)

[Jason Cobb via agora-official]

On 3/20/22 22:48, secretsnail9 via agora-official wrote:
> "Obstructive Pooling" (revision 3)
> Parties: Jason


ais523 is a party to this contract [0].

[0]:
https://mailman.agoranomic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/private/agora-business/2022-February/048196.html

-- 
Jason Cobb

Assessor, Rulekeepor, S​tonemason

OFF: [Mad Engineer] Intent to Invent

[ais523 via agora-official]

The Device is on.

I intend, with Agoran Consent, to cause rule 2655 to amend the rule
"The Device" by appending the following as a list item to the "When the
device is off:" list:
{{{
At any given time, each instance of a Device has exactly one
possible value for that type of Device.
}}}
[My favourite of this week's suggestions – most of them are either
statements that are already true (because the Device is a switch, so
replacing "switch" with "Device" doesn't do much), or potentially
create a large tracking burden, but this one seems to imply the
existence of concepts like "type of Device" and thus may end up
affecting the interpretation of the rest of the rule.]

-- 
ais523

Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Notary] The Notes (contracts, pledges, & promises)

[secretsnail9 via agora-official]

On Sun, Mar 20, 2022 at 10:30 PM ais523 via agora-business <
agora-busin...@agoranomic.org> wrote:

> On Sun, 2022-03-20 at 21:48 -0500, secretsnail9 via agora-official wrote:
> > 
> > "Buying bbgs badly" created by ais523
> > Bearer: ATMunn
> > Text:
> >
> > Cashing conditions: In the same message as cashing, the bearer has
> > transferred me six blot-be-gones, and it is 14 or 15 March 2022.
> >
> > I transfer 20 Decipoints, 2 pendants, and 3 votives to the bearer.
> > 
>
> CoE: This promise can't be owned by ATMunn, because ownership of
> Promises is restricted to Agora, players, contracts, the Library, and
> the Lost and Found Department (rules 2576, 2618), and ATMunn does not
> fall into any of those categories.
>
> I suspect the promise in question is actually owned by the Lost and
> Found Department. It will never be possible to cash and thus all it's
> doing is cluttering up the Notary's report.
>

COE accepted. The revision is below.


> As such, I intend, without objection, to destroy it (using the
> mechanism in rule 2576).


Remember to do this.


> The "outbidding" promise is in a similar situation, but if the Notary
> wants to declutter eir report of that one, e can destroy it by
> announcement because e owns it (rule 2577).
>

I destroy the promise "Outbidding ATMunn".

Revised Notary's weekly report:

I deputize (not temporarily) as the Notary to post the following Notary's
weekly report, if I am not already the Notary:


   ██   ██ ███   ███   ██  █   ███  ██
 ████   ██ ██  ██ ██   ██████  ██
 █████ █ ██ ██ ██ ██   ██████
 ████   ██ ████   ██   ██████   ██
 ████   ██ ███   ██   ███  █ █████ ██

 -~= Notary's weekly report =~-



~~ This is my first report as the Notary so be gentle ~~

All times and dates in this report are given in Coordinated Universal
Time (UTC).

Date of last report: 14 Mar 2022
Date of this report: 21 Mar 2022


If any contract(s) have no name currently, I assign it/them the name(s)
displayed in this report.


=== SHORT LIST OF CONTRACTS 

Contracts marked with an asterisk (*) are charities.

 Title   Parties
"The Dragon Corporation"Aspen, Jason
"TPP"[1]   Madrid, G., Aspen
"LoAFER"[2]Trigon, Jason, ATMunn
"Cuddlebeam's Locker" Madrid
"SEAMSTRESS"[3]Trigon, Jason
"SNOCS"[4]   omd, Gaelan
"Dragon Political Outreach"Jason
"The Platonic Parrot"omd, Madrid
"I bet that was written by G."   omd, ATMunn
* "Agoran Press"Murphy, Telna, Jason
"The Splat Market"Gaelan
"Humble Agoran Farming"  Madrid, Gaelan, ... [5]
"The Orchard"   Madrid, Jason, Gaelan, Murphy, Lucidiot, ... [6]
"FIAA"[7]Jason, nix, secretsnail
"Boatloans"   Gaelan
"Obstructive Pooling"  Jason, ais523
"Nathan's Locker" Nathan
"Lee's Card Shop" R. Lee
"Dragon's Hoard"Telna, Jason
"The Useless Lever"  Shy Owl, secretsnail, Jason
"Nim"secretsnail
"The Duck Fund" duck
"ATMunn's Stash"  ATMunn
"Minesweeper"   juan
"NOTA"[8]nix
"Snailtrap"  secretsnail
"Geocache"[9]secretsnail


[1] The Plunder Partnership
[2] League of Agorans Facilitating Effective Recordkeeping
[3] Signature Enthusiast Allows Modification of Signature Through
Rigorous Exchanging of Signature Suggestions
[4] Simple, No-Opportunity-Cost Sets
[5] also Aspen, Murphy, Lucidiot, secretsnail
[6] also 

OFF: [Arbitor] Court Gazette (26 Mar 2022)

[secretsnail9 via agora-official]

Agoran Court Gazette (Arbitor's Weekly Report)
Sat 26 Mar 2022

DEADLINES (details below)
---
[None currently]


INTERESTED JUDGES AND THEIR MOST RECENT CASES
---
Regular Judges:
3944 Jason
3947 secretsnail
3948 G.
3949 Murphy
3950 R. Lee
3951 ais523

Occasional Judges:
3907 Aspen[Sat 05 Jun 2021]

Overflow Judges:
[None currently]

Recused:

3941 Cuddlybanana
3926 Gaelan
3924 Madrid (AKA Cuddlebeam)


OPEN CASES
---
[None currently]

RECENTLY-JUDGED CASES
---
3951 Judged FALSE by ais523 [Thu 24 Mar 2022]
 Called by secretsnail [Fri 18 Mar 2022]
 secretsnail transferred 5000 coins and 6 wincards in the above message.


--
secretsnail

OFF: [Treasuror] First Victory Auction of March 2022

[Trigon via agora-official]

I, Trigon, the Treasuror of Agora Nomic, being authorized by Rule 2654, 
do hereby initiate a Victory Auction.


The first lot is six Win Cards owned by the Lost and Found.

The second lot is one new Win Card.

The currency for this auction shall be the coin.

The procedure for this auction shall be a Selective-Bid Auction, as 
described by the Treasuror's Auction Regulations, which can be found in 
the ACORN at the following link:




--
Trigon

 ¸¸.•*¨*• Play AGORA QUEST





I’m always happy to become a party to contracts.
I LOVE SPAGHETTI
transfer Jason one coin
nch was here
I hereby
don't... trust... the dragon...
don't... trust... the dragon...
Do not Construe Jason's message with subject TRIGON as extending this