OFF: [Dream Keeper] Dream Journal (06 Mar 2023)
Dream Keeper's Weekly Report 06 Mar 2023 Dream Switches (self-ratifies) Charity: snail nix Janet Justice: Sharing: juan Murphy Wealth: R. Lee Machinery: Gardens: Power: 4st G. Revolution: Wandering (default): All other active players [Inactive/nonplayers do not have this switch] Explanation of Dreams Charity: Get 1 stamp the L&FD has the most of, or more if 11+ or 21+ stamps. Dream of Justice: 1 blot is expunged from you, and if not, you can expunge someone else Sharing: Get X/Y points, X is 1/2 of active players, Y is those w/ this dream Wealth: Gain 2/1/0 stamps of your own type if <8/<16/>15 of your stamps exist Machinery: You can flip the device on or off with Agoran Consent. You can act on behalf of the device to take a specified action with 1 support. Gardens: Once per week, transfer mossiest stone to yourself. (May be incorrect) Power: Your voting strength on ordinary proposals is increased by 2 while having this dream. Revolution: If less than a majority of dreams, lose 1 point. If a majority, all scores are set to 100-(current score). Dream of Wandering (default): No effect. You can envision any dream at any time. Dreams switch to each active player's most recently envisioned dream at the start of each week. Most effects happen afterwards. -- snail
OFF: [Stonemason] March Collection Notice
I hereby publish the following collection notice: All random choices are made using AgoraBot in a public channel on the unofficial Discord. I affirm under penalty of No Faking that, to the best of my knowledge, the choices listed below had the probabilities listed below. Stones that escape do so in the order they are listed below. Escape Minimum: 5 StoneOwnerSmoothness Mossiness Slipperiness Escape Eligible? ---- -- - Powersnail 2 0 2 NO Soul Aspen 3 0 3 NO Sabotage Agora 4 0 4 [Immune: Agora] Jockey Agora 3 0 3 [Immune: Agora] Protection Janet 4 0 4 [Immune: Protection] RecursionAgora 4 0 4 [Immune: Agora] Hot Potato Aspen 5 0 5 YES BlankAgora 0 0 0 [Immune: Agora] Anti-Equatorial Agora 5 0 5 [Immune: Agora] Scoresnail 3 0 3 NO The following stones are hereby transferred to Agora: >From Aspen: Hot Potato Stone. The mossiness of each other Stone is incremented by 1.
OFF: [Promotor] Distribution of Proposals 8922-8925
PROMOTOR'S REPORT AS OF RIGHT NOW
I assign the proposal with title "ReGardening" ID number 8921.
If you vote on a proposal, please edit this spreadsheet with your votes:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1F39OHtBlZlQ8XVccqKCFtP-DPuHz4wPnujxbxkCN3LI/edit?usp=sharing
I hereby distribute each listed proposal, initiating a referendum on it,
and removing it from the proposal pool. For this decision, the vote
collector
is the Assessor, the quorum is 5, the voting method is AI-majority, and the
valid options are FOR and AGAINST (PRESENT is also a valid vote, as are
conditional votes).
ID Author(s) AITitle
---
8922~ G. 1.0 What's a paragraph anyway?
8923~ G. 2.0 Department of Defense
8924~ G., Janet 2.0 A Populist PM
8925* G., Janet, Murphy 3.0 Codify Conditionality
The proposal pool contains the following proposals:
ID Author(s) AITitle
---
8926* 4st, nix3.0 Just add the sins directly
8927~ 4st, nix1.0 One More Sin
Legend: * : Democratic proposal.
~ : Ordinary proposal.
The full text of the aforementioned proposal(s) is included below. Where
the information shown below differs from the information shown above,
the information shown above shall control.
//
ID: 8922
Title: What's a paragraph anyway?
Adoption Index: 1.0
Author: G.
Co-Author(s):
Amend Rule 2429 (Bleach) by replacing:
Replacing a non-zero amount of whitespace with a different
non-zero amount of whitespace is generally insignificant, except
for paragraph breaks.
with:
Replacing a non-zero amount of whitespace with a different
non-zero amount of whitespace is generally insignificant, except
if doing so substantially changes the semantic, logical, or
artistic structure of the text.
//
ID: 8923
Title: Department of Defense
Adoption Index: 2.0
Author: G.
Co-Author(s):
Amend Rule 2451 (Executive Orders) by appending the following list item:
- Research Funding (Mad Engineer): The Prime Minister specifies
an existing
Rule. Rules to the contrary notwithstanding, the Mad Engineer CAN and
SHALL use that rule instead of making a random rule selection as
part of eir weekly
duties for the following week.
//
ID: 8924
Title: A Populist PM
Adoption Index: 2.0
Author: G.
Co-Author(s): Janet
Amend Rule 2451 (Executive Orders) by appending the following list item:
- Proxy (Assessor): The Prime Minister specifies another active
player. A player's voting strength on an ordinary referendum
is increased by 4 for each time Proxy was specified for em in
its voting period.
//
ID: 8925
Title: Codify Conditionality
Adoption Index: 3.0
Author: G.
Co-Author(s): Janet, Murphy
[Since a recent win was performed with a slightly-complex conditional
action, there has been discussion in DIS and on discord about
codifying conditional actions. There is much debate and difference of
approach in the Discord discussion, but it would be good not to stall
out. This paragraph is intended to essentially change no mechanics,
and legislatively codify our current common-law precedent - thus
acknowledging that conditionals exist at least, which can be changed
in later proposals].
Amend Rule 2518 (Determinacy) by appending the following paragraph:
A communication purporting to express conditional intent to
perform an action is considered unclear and ambiguous unless, at a
minimum, the conditional is determinate, true, and reasonably
straightforward to evaluate with publicly-available information at
the time of communication. The communicator SHOULD explain
specific reasons for being uncertain of the outcome when e makes
the communication.
//
ID: 8926
Title: Just add the sins directly
Adoption Index: 3.0
Author: 4st
Co-Author(s): nix
Some rules have synonyms defined (EG CFJ, intend, submit, proposer,
become) and some... don't. Yet somehow they all work based on the
'belief' that they work (like CFJs and airplanes). So the time has come
to codify it. Additionally, some doubt has come based on whether "oppose"
is sufficient to object to Agoran consent, and if other systems are
working on 'belief', then either that should be standardized, or this.
And it is of my opinion that Agorans would rather have things this way,
so...
ThUSLY, Amend R2201 ("Self-Ratification") by replacing:
"(syn. claim
Re: OFF: [Mad Engineer] Experiment 00075 - Intent to Invent (corrected)
On Sun, Mar 5, 2023 at 2:23 PM Janet Cobb via agora-official < agora-official@agoranomic.org> wrote: > EXPERIMENT 00075 INTENT TO INVENT (CORRECTED) > > > I mean, I support any available intents to invent with number 00075, including this one. -- 4st
OFF: [Horsened] The Horses Rundown (05 Mar 2023)
The Horsened's Weekly Report The Horses Rundown 05 Mar 2023 DOLLARIES AND HOOVES (self-ratifies) == Entity DollariesHooves --- Aced7 1010 ais523 11 3 Aspen 1010 G. 1010 Gaelan 1010 Janet 18 9 juan1010 Marb1010 Murphy 4 4 nix 1410 snail2 5 Shy Owl 1010 4st 010 R. Lee 10 4 TB148010 cuddlybanana1010 omd 1010 HORSES (self-ratifies) == Horse OwnerRace Position Race Place -- - -- Alexia snail9 none Baxter Murphy 15 none Cannon snail5 none Destructor ais523 8 none Fargo Agora1 none Nacho Agora6 none Rubert nix 3 none Sugar snail4 none HORSE PULLS (self-ratifies) == Horse Pulls - -- Alexia Destructor, Nacho Baxter Baxter, Destructor, Fargo Cannon Alexia, Destructor Destructor Alexia, Baxter Fargo Alexia, Destructor Nacho Alexia, Baxter, Cannon, Destructor Rubert Alexia, Cannon, Destructor Sugar Alexia, Baxter, Destructor HELMETS AND JERSEYS(does not ratify) == A: Alexia, B: Baxter, C: Cannon, D: Destructor F: Fargo, N: Nacho, R: Rubert, S: Sugar Player HELMETSJERSEYS - - ais523 AB ABC NR Murphy B B JanetR snailD N S All players not in the above list have gotten no helmets or jerseys for a horse since the race last started anew. BETS, IN DOLLARIES, SINCE RACE STARTED ANEW(does not ratify) == snail: 3 on Cannon ais523: 3 on Baxter RECENT HISTORY (does not ratify) == H: got a helmet for J: got a jersey for 05 Mar 2023: Murphy gets a helmet for Baxter by paying 1 hoof. 05 Mar 2023: ais523 bets 3 on Baxter (has helmet) Destructor moved forward 2, pulling Alexia and Baxter 1. +1 Hooves to all players. 26 Feb 2023: snail bought Sugar for 4 dollaries. 26 Feb 2023: Murphy gains 1 hoof 25 Feb 2023: ais523 gets a helmet for Alexia by paying 1 hoof. Sugar moved forward 2, pulling Alexia, Baxter, and Destructor 1. +1 Hooves to all players. 19 Feb 2023: snail gains 1 hoof. 19 Feb 2023: ais523 got a helmet for Baxter by paying 1 hoof. Sugar moved forward 2, pulling Alexia, Baxter, and Destructor 1. +1 Hooves to all players. Feb 12 2023: snail got a Jersey for Sugar, adding Alexia Feb 12 2023: Murphy paid 3 hooves to move Baxter 2. Feb 12 2023: ais523 gets a jersey for Baxter, adding Destructor Feb 08 2023: Murphy uses the jockey stone to move Baxter 1. Feb 06 2023: TB148 receives 7 hooves in a welcome package Feb 06 2023: R. Lee pays 3 hooves for 5 dollaries. Nacho moved forward 3, pulling Alexia,Baxter,Cannon, and Destructor 1. +1 Hooves to all players. Feb 05 2023: snail got a jersey for Nacho, adding Alexia Feb 05 2023: Murphy paid 3 hooves to move Baxter 2. Feb 05 2023: ais523 got a jersey for Nacho, adding Destructor. Feb 02 2023: R. Lee pays 3 hooves to get 5 dollaries. Jan 31 2023: R. Lee registers and gets 6 hooves from welcome package. Jan 30 2023: nix buys Rubert for 4 dollaries Destructor moved forward 1, pulling Alexia and Baxter 1. +1 Hooves to all players. 29 Jan 2023: ais523 moves Alexia back 2 using Destructor's power. 29 Jan 2023: ais523 got a jersey for Alexia, adding Destructor. 29 Jan 2023: snail gets a jersey for Destructor, adding Alexia. 29 Jan 2023: Murphy moves Baxter 2 by paying 3 hooves. 29 Jan 2023: 4st receives 5 hooves from a welcome package. Rubert moved forward 2, pulling Alexia, Cannon, and Destructor 1. +1 Hooves to all players. 22 Jan 2023: snail gains 5 dollaries by paying 3 hooves 22 Jan 2023: Janet got a helmet for Rubert 22 Jan 2023: ais523 got a jersey for Rubert, adding Destructor 22 Jan 2023: Murphy moved Baxter
OFF: [ADoP] Metareport
=Metareport= You can find an up-to-date version of this report at http://zenith.homelinux.net/adop/report.php Date of last report: 2023-02-26 Date of this report: 2023-03-05 MISCELLANEOUS INFO Filled offices: 19/19 (100.00%) Total officers: 8 Consolidation[1]: 2.38 Late reports: 2/15 (13.33%) [1] This is the number of filled offices divided by the number of officers. At 1, this means that all offices are filled by different players; if it reached the number of filled offices, that would mean that all offices are filled by one player. OFFICES Office Holder[1]Since Last Election Complexity ADoP Murphy 2020-07-032022-10-091 Arbitor G. 2022-10-092023-01-152 Assessor ~ Janet2019-07-092022-07-243 Collector *nix 2022-10-23(never) 1 Distributor omd 2018-06-15(never)[3]0 Dream Keeper snail2022-12-11(never) 1 Herald ~*nix 2022-10-172022-07-242 Horsened snail2022-08-14(never) 1 Mad Engineer Janet2022-06-17(ongoing) 1 Notary snail2022-03-142023-01-152 Prime Minister nix 2023-02-022023-02-260 Promotor snail2022-05-012023-01-153 Referee *4st 2023-02-062023-01-012 Registrarjuan 2022-08-292022-10-021 Rulekeepor Janet2019-12-062022-10-093 Speaker snail2023-02-272019-11-05 [3]0 Stonemason Janet2020-11-11(never) 1 Tailor Murphy 2021-02-282022-10-091 Webmastor ~*4st 2023-02-062022-08-141 [1] * = Interim office (vacant or holder not elected) ~ = Term limited (held for 180+ days, 90+ for Prime Minister) [2] Vacant since this date [3] Currently imposed WEEKLY REPORTS Office ReportLast Published Late[1] ADoP Offices 2023-02-26[2] Arbitor Judicial matters 2023-03-03 CollectorStamps2023-02-27 Dream Keeper Dreams2023-02-27 Herald Scores2023-02-27 Horsened Horses2023-02-26 Mad Engineer The Device2023-03-05 Notary Contracts 2023-02-12 !! Promotor Proposal pool 2023-02-26 Referee Rule violations 2023-02-15 ! RegistrarPlayers, Fora 2023-02-27 Rulekeepor Short Logical Ruleset 2023-02-26 Stonemason Stones2023-03-05 [1] ! = 1 period missed, !! = 2, !!! = 3+ (does not take succumbing into account) [2] Not including this report MONTHLY REPORTS Office ReportLast Published Late Herald Patent titles 2023-02-06 RegistrarPlayer history2023-03-01 Rulekeepor Full Logical Ruleset 2023-02-26 Tailor Ribbons, Laudability 2023-03-05 WebmastorWeb resources 2023-02-06 ELECTIONS Office Initiated Phase Candidates Mad Engineer 2023-02-14 Post-nominating 4st, Janet UPCOMING ELECTIONS[1] Office Days Until Last Election Assessor 00 Days 2022-07-24 Herald 00 Days 2022-07-24 Webmastor00 Days 2022-08-14 Registrar00 Days 2022-10-02 ADoP 00 Days 2022-10-09 [1] Anyone can start an election (with 2 support and also becoming a candidate) 90 days after the previous one (or if it's interim and no election is ongoing). This section shows the 5 elected offices with the most time passed since the last election. Once a quarter, the ADoP SHALL star
OFF: [Mad Engineer] Experiment 00075 - Intent to Invent (corrected)
MAD ENGINEER'S WEEKLY REPORT
The Device is off.
EXPERIMENT 00075 INTENT TO INVENT (CORRECTED)
I intend, with Agoran consent, to cause Rule 2655 to amend the Rule "The
Device" by appending the following a a list item to the "When the device
is on:" list:
{
The first Agoran week each year which falls entirely in February
is Read the device Week. Agorans are encouraged to read the
device during Read the device Week.
}
OFF: [Tailor] Ribbon Bar
The Ribbon Bar (Tailor's Monthly Report) as of Sunday 2023-03-05 You can find an up-to-date version of this report at http://zenith.homelinux.net/tailor/report_monthly.php FESTIVITY(self-ratifies) No Festival is ongoing; that is, Agora's Festivity is 0. RIBBON OWNERSHIP (self-ratifies) --- PLAYERSROGECBMUVIPLWKAT LAUDABILITY --- 4stCBM P4 Aced7 0 ais523 ROGECBMUV PLWKAT 16 Aspen V 16 cuddlybanana VKA3 G. ROGECBMUV PLWKAT 16 Gaelan CBMUV A6 Janet ROGECBM V PLWKAT 16 juan M1 Marb 0 Murphy R G CBMUVKAT 16 nixROGECBMUV PLWKAT 15 omdC UVKA5 R. Lee ROGECBMUV PLWKAT 15 Shy OwlC 1 snail ROGECBMUV PLWKAT 15 tb148 0 --- NON-PLAYERSROGECBMUVIPLWKAT LAUDABILITY --- Alexis ROGECBMUVIP WKAT 16 aranea ROG CBM V PLW A 11 ATMunn ROGECBMUV P WKAT 14 babelian U 1 Baron von Vaderham A1 Bayushi MU 2 Bede M W 2 Bernie ROM3 Bögtil A1 ChuckM1 Corona M VK 3 D. Margaux ROG CBMUVIP WKAT 14 Falsifian ROGECBMUV PL KAT 14 grokO BMUV P A7 JTAC EC 2 K W 1 Kenyon A1 Lucidiot A1 Madrid CBMUVIP WKA 10 o ROG BMUV WKAT 11 ØrjanM V A3 pokes K 1 PSSROGECBMUV L KAT 13 Quazie O C MUVKA7 Rance C 1 redtara UV 2 Roujo V 1 Sgeo V 1 SprocklemMUV W A5 stadjerW 1 TABBAT V 1 Tekneek M1 Telna ECBM VKA7 TenhigitsuneO UV A4 Tiger BM2 Trigon ROGECBMUV PL KAT 14 tris UV 2 twg O EC U IP WKAT 16 Veggiekeks C UV 3 Walker M1 Warrigal C M2 YallyM1 Zachary Watterson U 1 RULES SUMMARY (does not self-ratify) The rules for Ribbons are set out in detail in Rule 2438, but to summarise, you can be awarded each different colour of Ribbon for different achievements within Agora, usually within 7 days after the chievement. When you have collected all 16 Ribbons, you can use them to win the game by Renaissance. After winning by Renaissance, you can't collect any more Ribbons for 7 days. Approximate summary of how to collect each type of Ribbon: Red Successfully propose a rule change at Power 3 or higher Orange Your proposal is unanimously adopted GreenHold an elected office for 30 days, without Tardiness Emerald Win an election Cyan Deputise for an officer Blue Judge a CFJ within the time limit Magenta Claim on Agora's Birthday Ultraviolet Become Champion not by Renaissance (usually by winning the game) Violet Receive a Patent Title (other than Champion or a degree) Indigo Receive a degree Platinum Be the
OFF: [Stonemason] Billboard Rock Chart - 5 Mar 2023
THE BILLBOARD ROCK CHART (STONEMASON'S WEEKLY REPORT) StoneMossiness OwnerLast Wielded Immune? -- --- --- Power0 snail2023-02-06 Soul 0 Agora2023-02-19 Sabotage 0 Agora2023-02-07 Jockey 0 Agora2023-02-08 Protection 0 Janet2023-02-01Protection Recursion0 Agora2023-02-08 Hot Potato 0 Aspen2023-02-19 Blank0 Agora Anti-Equatorial 0 Agora2023-02-02 Score0 snail2023-03-02 Player Base Rockiness --- -- [All players have the default Base Rockiness.] Summary of stone functions: PowerA specified player's strength is increased by 3 on a specified Agoran decision. Soul A specified non-immune stone is stolen by the wielder, then the Soul Stone is transferred to the robbed player. Sabotage The AI of a specified AI-majority decision is increased by 1. Jockey A specified Running horse's Race Position is increased by 1. Protection A specified stone becomes immune (until the next Collection Notice). RecursionCan be wielded as any other stone. 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. BlankDoes nothing. Anti-Equatorial Steals the mossiest stone, then increases its own mossiness by one. ScoreA specified player's score is increased by 3. History: === 2023-03-03 05:01:43 Janet reaches for Soul Stone. 2023-03-03 05:01:43 Janet transfers Protection Stone from AGora to self with Dream of Gardens, resetting mossiness. 2023-03-02 06:16:36 snail wields Score Stone, specifying self. 2023-02-27 20:01:42 snail reaches for Soul Stone. 2023-02-27 00:00:00 snail gathers the Power Stone. 2023-02-26 06:47:38 Janet transfers Power Stone from Agora to self with Dream of Gardens, resetting mossiness. 2023-02-26 06:47:38 Janet reaches for Power Stone. 2023-02-20 00:03:55 snail reaches for Power Stone. 2023-02-20 00:03:55 snail wields Score Stone, specifying self. 2023-02-20 00:00:00 snail gathers the Score Stone. 2023-02-19 05:59:30 Janet reaches for Power Stone. 2023-02-19 05:59:30 Janet wields Score Stone, specifying self. 2023-02-19 05:59:30 Janet transfers Score Stone from Agora to self with Dream of Gardens, resetting mossiness. 2023-02-19 05:59:30 Hot Potato Stone is transferred to Aspen with Hot Potato Stone. 2023-02-19 05:59:30 Janet wields Hot Potato Stone, specifying Aspen. 2023-02-19 05:59:30 Hot Potato Stone is transferred to Janet with Soul Stone. 2023-02-19 05:59:30 Soul Stone is transferred to Agora with Soul Stone. 2023-02-19 05:59:30 Janet wields Soul Stone, specifying Hot Potato Stone. 2023-02-17 08:59:04 snail reaches for the Score Stone. 2023-02-12 23:58:44 Janet transfers Soul Stone to self from Agora, resetting mossiness. 2023-02-10 02:52:13 All stones are transferred to Agora after Rock Garden Noticing. 2023-02-08 01:56:46 Murphy wields Jockey Stone, specifying Baxter. 2023-02-08 01:56:46 Murphy wields Recusion Stone, specifying Power Stone, specifying self. 2023-02-07 21:13:08 snail wields Sabotage Stone, specifying referendum on P8899. 2023-02-06 03:25:00 snail wields the Score Stone, specifying self. 2023-02-06 03:25:00 snail wields the Power Stone, specifying self. 2023-02-06 03:01:31 Murphy transfers Sabotage Stone to snail. 2023-02-06 03:01:31 Murphy transfers Score Stone to snail. 2023-02-06 03:01:31 Murphy transfers Power Stone to snail. 2023-02-06 02:52:13 snail Notices the Rock Garden. 2023-02-06 02:52:13 snail transfers Score Stone to Murphy. 2023-02-06 02:52:13 snail wields Hot Potato Stone, specifying Murphy. 2023-02-06 02:52:13 snail transfers Sabotage Stone to Murphy. 2023-02-06 02:52:13 snail transfers Power Stone to Murphy. 2023-02-06 02:48:08 Murphy transfers Soul Stone to self from Agora, resetting mossiness. 2023-02-05 23:23:24 snail wields Power Stone, specifying self. 2023-02-05 22:28:32 4st wields Hot Potato Stone, transferring it to snail. 2023-02-05 22:28:32 4st transfers Hot Potato Stone to self from Agora, resetting mossiness. 2023-02-05 22:26:01 Anti-Equatorial Stone is transferred from snail to Agora per collection notice, resetting mossiness. 2023-02-04 23:04:31 P8886 takes effect, repealing Mason's Stone. 2023-02-02 07:56:68 snail wields Anti-Equatorial Stone, causing Protection Stone to be transferred to snail, and increasing Mossiness by 1. 2023-02-02 07:56:68 Sabotage Stone is transferred to snail wit
OFF: [Arbitor] CFJ 4012 Assigned to snail
I recuse R. Lee from CFJ 4012 for violating the time limit to judge
(and remove em from the judges' list pending response as per R2492p3).
I assign CFJ 4012 to snail.
status: https://faculty.washington.edu/kerim/nomic/cases/#4012
=== CFJ 4012 ===
The text of Rule 2486/1 (The Royal Parade), up to but not
including "IN CELEBRATION", consists of multiple paragraphs.
==
Caller:G.
Barred:Janet
Judge: snail
==
History:
Called by G.: 19 Feb 2023 20:07:07
Assigned to R. Lee: 21 Feb 2023 01:06:14
R. Lee Recused: [Now]
Assigned to snail: [Now]
==
Caller's Evidence:
The text in question (> quotes added)
>_
> _\ /_
> >_X_<
> .---._ /_\ _.---.
> /`.---._`{/ \}`_.---.`\
>| / ___`{\_/}`___ \ |
>\ \."`* `"{_}"` *`"./ /
> \ \ )\ _\ /_ /( / /
> \ *<()( >_X_< )()>* /
> |._)/._./_\._.\(_.|
> jgs |() () () () () ()|
> <><>><>
> `"""`
Caller's Arguments:
The cited text is ASCII art. Art is an attempt to communicate...
something. For this type of communication, whitespace is clearly
substantial, as the quoted text has a very different meaning and (I would
argue) communicates something substantially different compared to:
_ _\ /_ >_X_< .---._ /_\ _.---. /`.---._`{/ \}`_.---.`\ | /
___`{\_/}` ___ \ | \ \."`* `"{_}"` *`"./ / \ \ )\ _\ /_ /( / / \
*<()( >_X_< )()>* / |._)/._./_\._.\(_.| jgs |() () () () () ()|
<><>><> `"""`
(this should be the same non-whitespace characters with whitespace
reduced/formatted as wrapped rule text). If the rulekeepor were allowed
to replace one with the other, that would be a substantial change of
meaning.
Rule 2429/1 (Bleach) reads:
Replacing a non-zero amount of whitespace with a different
non-zero amount of whitespace is generally insignificant, except
for paragraph breaks.
While CFJ 3542 stresses that paragraphs are elements of "prose not
whitespace", it emphasizes this point in stating that it's the logical
structure of the text that most readily determines paragraphs. In this
situation, I argue that "logical structure" is replaced with "artistic
structure" that comingles characters and whitespace in a precise manner,
and that's what determines paragraph breaks in the rule in question.
Therefore, in this rule, pretty much all the whitespace, and whitespace
following whitespace, represent "significant" whitespace, and are
therefore paragraph breaks.
It might seem like a semantic irrelevance to determine if ASCII art has
"paragraphs", but the purpose of this CFJ is not to allow a
proposal to refer to parts of this art by paragraph (that's kind of silly
and would be very hard to specify properly) but to determine whether
the whitespace in that rule is "significant" in terms of the rulekeepor's
ability to rearrange such rules.
==
OFF: [Mad Engineer] Experiment 00075 - Intent to Invent
MAD ENGINEER'S WEEKLY REPORT
The Device is off.
EXPERIMENT 00075 INTENT TO INVENT
I intend, with Agoran consent, to cause Rule 2655 to amend the Rule "The
Device" by appending the following a a list item to the "When the device
is on:" list:
{
The first Agoran week each year which falls entirely in February
is Read the device Week. Agorans are encouraged to read the
ruleset during Read the device Week.
}
OFF: [Mad Engineer] Experiment 00075 - Rule Selection
EXPERIMENT 00075 RULE SELECTION
As selected on Discord #botspam, the rule for this week is Rule 2327
("Read the Ruleset Week"). I affirm under penalty of No Faking that, to the
best of my knowledge, the process used in this selection had the correct
distribution.
Please send suggestions if you have them!
The text of Rule 2327 is reproduced below for convenience:
Rule 2327/3 (Power=1)
Read the Ruleset Week
The first Agoran week each year which falls entirely in February
is Read the Ruleset Week. Agorans are encouraged to read the
ruleset during Read the Ruleset Week.
OFF: [Assessor] Humiliating Public Reminder for Proposals 8911-8913
For each of the referenda on Proposals 8911-8913, I hereby issue a humiliating public reminder to the following slackers who are eligible to vote but have not done so: Aced7, ais523, Aspen, G., Gaelan, Marb, nix, Shy Owl, cuddlybanana, tb148, R. Lee, the Astrally Forged, omd. The voting period has been extended to 14 days. -- Janet Cobb Assessor, Mad Engineer, Rulekeepor, Stonemason
