DIS: Re: OFF: [Spendor] Spendor's Weekly Report

2024-04-23 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 4/23/24 12:09, nix via agora-official wrote: > snail: 2 > [2024-03-21] -5 (transfer Anneke stamp from L to emself) > [2024-03-21] -6 (transfer Crystalizedmire stamp from L to emself) > [2024-03-21] -7 (transfer Zipzap stamp from L to emself) These dates do not ratify so no CoE, but note it

DIS: Re: OFF: [Spendor] Spendor's Weekly Report

2024-04-23 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 4/23/24 12:09, nix via agora-official wrote: > Below is the Spendor's weekly report. As this is a new report I'll likely be making tweaks. Feedback always appreciated. -- nix Arbitor, Spendor

DIS: Re: BUS: (@Arbitor) A belated recusal (CFJs 4075-76)

2024-04-23 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 4/22/24 23:11, Kiako via agora-business wrote: > I recuse myself from CFJs 4075 and 4076, if able, with the following > statement: > >   I seem to have gotten distracted from Agora, and I don't think I have > a good enough grasp of Agora's handling of paradoxes (and am perhaps too >

Re: DIS: Question regarding 'a welcome package'

2024-04-22 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 4/22/24 00:56, Katherina Walshe-Grey via agora-discussion wrote: > I'm not sure why it doesn't currently include any spendies. Maybe an > oversight? I haven't been following the drafting of that subsystem. As a general rule any economic proposal I make is slightly under-specified. This is both

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Promotor] Distribution of Propositions 9087-9095

2024-04-15 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 4/14/24 23:11, Quadrantal via agora-business wrote: > For each proposal below, I vote as follows, if I am so eligible. > > //Pretty sure I registered before all of þese, but one can never be too > careful Just to clarify, you are eligible for all of them, because you only need to be

Re: DIS: [Proto] Sortition

2024-04-14 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 4/14/24 11:41, nix via agora-discussion wrote: > Title: Sortition > Author: nix > Co-Authors: > AI: 2 > > [This proposal experiments with a much older idea of democracy - > sortition. In this process, instead of an election the office is > randomly assigned to ever

DIS: [Proto] Sortition

2024-04-14 Thread nix via agora-discussion
Title: Sortition Author: nix Co-Authors: AI: 2 [This proposal experiments with a much older idea of democracy - sortition. In this process, instead of an election the office is randomly assigned to everyone that shows interest at regular intervals. In theory the advantages is that it avoids us

Re: DIS: Recruiting Github Group Owners

2024-04-10 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 4/10/24 13:28, 4st nomic wrote: > Uh I'm not a player currently but it couldn't hurt?  > fjsweeney Seems good to me, as long as you're planning to at least generally stick around for a while. -- nix Arbitor

Re: DIS: Recruiting Github Group Owners

2024-04-10 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 4/9/24 12:27, nix via agora-discussion wrote: > As you might know, we have a Github Group. Some of the officers use it > to maintain various tools and archives related to the game; essentially > it's a collaboration tool. > > Similar to the discussion of the backup mailing lis

DIS: Re: BUS: [proposal] Spendor definition

2024-04-10 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 4/10/24 10:06, Janet Cobb via agora-business wrote: > The Officeholder of Spendor is hereby flipped to nix. > > } For bystander context, I consented to this. -- nix Arbitor

Re: DIS: Recruiting Github Group Owners

2024-04-09 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 4/9/24 12:27, nix via agora-discussion wrote: > As you might know, we have a Github Group. Some of the officers use it > to maintain various tools and archives related to the game; essentially > it's a collaboration tool. It occurs to me that I didn't mention what owners do.

DIS: Recruiting Github Group Owners

2024-04-09 Thread nix via agora-discussion
As you might know, we have a Github Group. Some of the officers use it to maintain various tools and archives related to the game; essentially it's a collaboration tool. Similar to the discussion of the backup mailing list, I think it'd be best to add new "owners" to the group. The group has 3

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [ADoP] You deserve it!

2024-04-09 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 4/8/24 09:39, juan via agora-discussion wrote: > Gaelan Steele via agora-discussion [2024-04-04 19:45]: >> >> >>> On Apr 4, 2024, at 7:25 PM, juan via agora-discussion >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> I want to ensure whoever will take my place during that period can use >>> my tools effectively. Who

Re: DIS: Re: [Registrar] Weekly report

2024-04-01 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 4/1/24 17:40, Michael via agora-discussion wrote: > I registered for my email account with my given name (Michael), but I > think I'd like to use Jaff in documentation if that can be changed. We can do that, names are largely informal in Agora and you can request to change it as much as

Re: DIS: @Gaelan Re: BUS: [Arbitor] CFJ 4056 Recused from @Gaelan and assigned to @Janet

2024-04-01 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 4/1/24 15:26, Gaelan Steele via agora-business wrote: > I become an eligible judge (to BUS, just in case). nix, please don’t > assign me anything before this Thursday, when I should be under > significantly less time pressure. > > Gaelan So noted. -- nix Arbitor

DIS: Re: BUS: Announcement of Dictatorship

2024-04-01 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 4/1/24 12:22, Yachay Wayllukuq via agora-business wrote: > Quite a lot has happened in the last couple of hours. I have taken complete > control of Agora. > > Full explanation here: ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGxIE1hr0w4 ) Finally, a dictator with a good platform. I feel like this

DIS: Re: OFF: [Arbitor] Weekly Report

2024-04-01 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 4/1/24 10:55, nix via agora-official wrote: > INTERESTED JUDGES > > To be added to or removed from this list, simply let me know. I will > automatically remove any judge that lets a judgment deadline slip > without notice.

DIS: @Gaelan Re: BUS: [Arbitor] CFJ 4056 Recused from @Gaelan and assigned to @Janet

2024-04-01 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 4/1/24 10:48, nix via agora-business wrote: > On 3/16/24 12:38, nix via agora-business wrote: >> On 3/12/24 05:02, Yachay Wayllukuq via agora-business wrote: >>> I recuse myself from CFJ 4056. Besides that Agoran't's gameplay was >>> immensely complex, I was a participant in it, there is a

DIS: Re: BUS: (@Arbitor) CFJ 4073 Judged TRUE by Yachay

2024-04-01 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 3/19/24 16:06, Yachay Wayllukuq via agora-business wrote: > That is a good point, I self-file a motion to reconsider. Do you intend to rejudge this yourself, or would you like it to be assigned to someone else? -- nix Arbitor

DIS: Spendies QoL Thoughts

2024-03-26 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 3/25/24 17:49, secretsnail9 via agora-official wrote: > Amend R2659 (Stamps) by appending the following paragraphs: > > Any player CAN pay a fee of 5 Spendies to grant emself X stamps of > eir own type. When less than 8 Stamps of eir type exist, X is 2. > When 8 to 15 Stamps of eir

DIS: Re: BUS: CFJ 4072 Judged TRUE

2024-03-25 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 3/16/24 22:08, Janet Cobb via agora-business wrote: > So, a potential point of disagreement here is what *exactly* this > standard is requiring. Importantly, I think it's unclear whether the > requirement for the "specification of the method" includes a requirement > for the specification to be

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [Registrar] Weekly report

2024-03-25 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 3/25/24 16:56, secretsnail9 via agora-discussion wrote: > No, it's only been 42 days since they were made inactive. Ohhh. I misread the rule as 60 days from time of last public message. Thanks for the clarification. -- nix Arbitor

DIS: Re: OFF: [Registrar] Weekly report

2024-03-25 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 3/25/24 11:09, juan via agora-official wrote: > - cuddlybanana 2021-03-16 2024-02-12 rose.stron...@gmail.com > > - blob 2023-05-18 2024-02-12 cearguinzo...@gmail.com > > - Anneke-Constantine 2023-05-23 2024-02-12 agora.quarent...@gmail.com

DIS: Re: BUS: [Arbitor] Judgment Reminder @Kate @Janet @Murphy @Gaelan

2024-03-25 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 3/23/24 13:52, Katherina Walshe-Grey via agora-business wrote: > I recuse myself from my CFJs (4063 and 4057). I'm sorry - I've > overextended myself these last couple of months and dropped a lot of the > balls I'm juggling, exactly like I said I'd learned not to when I > rejoined last year,

DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal] FUNgibility

2024-03-17 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 3/17/24 15:08, nix via agora-business wrote: > [Right now, sentences like "Blank are an asset ownable by..." is > interpreted to adding to a default within R2576. This seems unintuitive. > This proposal makes that default only apply if there's no mention of > ownership.] That doesn't belong

Re: DIS: [Proto] Spendies

2024-03-16 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 3/16/24 21:17, nix via agora-discussion wrote: > Retitle R2642 (Gathering Stones) to "Stone Cost" and amend R2642 to read > in full: > >     Stone Cost is a Stone switch with values of non-negative integers >     and a default of 50. Stone Cost is tracked by the Ston

Re: DIS: [Proto] Spendies

2024-03-16 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 3/16/24 21:27, Janet Cobb via agora-discussion wrote: > "P=1" grr... > > "Spendies are a currency". "Fixed" (tho these are not strictly 'errors') in local. > Also, per precedent, this has to say "with ownership wholly restricted > to players and contracts" (or similar), otherwise it doesn't

DIS: [Proto] Spendies

2024-03-16 Thread nix via agora-discussion
Here's a proto, let me know what you think: { Title: Spendies Author: nix Co-Authors: AI: 2 [Spendies are simple. We all start with the same amount every month, and if you don't use them you lose them. You can transfer them, put them in contracts, etc. But they will go away. What's important is

Re: DIS: (@Janet) Re: BUS: [Arbitor] Judgment Reminder @Kate @Janet @Murphy @Gaelan

2024-03-16 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 3/16/24 15:29, ais523 via agora-discussion wrote: > On Sat, 2024-03-16 at 16:23 -0400, Janet Cobb via agora-business wrote: > > > > Janet, you've just sent two blank messages in a row – has something > gone wrong with your email client? > According to eir discord messages, Janet attempted

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: CFJ 4072 Judged TRUE

2024-03-16 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 3/16/24 14:58, nix via agora-discussion wrote: > One quick thought to add: I suspect one or two people will want to > reconsider this. If they do, I strongly suggest they come up with > compelling arguments for why this was missed by every CFJ on Rule 105, > every Promotor, and

DIS: Re: BUS: CFJ 4072 Judged TRUE

2024-03-16 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 3/16/24 14:55, nix via agora-business wrote: > Given that agoran tradition has suggested that this formulation works > for at least 4 years and perhaps more than a decade, that no previous > CFJ has raised any concerns about this (despite many CFJs scrutinizing > Rules 105 and 106), and that

DIS: Re: OFF: [Registrar] Birthday Announcement

2024-03-16 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 3/14/24 16:48, juan via agora-official wrote: > === > Registrar: juan Birthday Announcement > 2024-03-14 > ===

Re: DIS: Re: Assignment of CFJ 4069 to 4st [Re: BUS: Overly Effective Identity Theft Protection, Or, Is There A Rule 105]

2024-03-16 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 3/14/24 15:08, 4st nomic via agora-discussion wrote: > On Mon, Mar 11, 2024 at 3:53 PM nix via agora-business < > agora-busin...@agoranomic.org> wrote: > >> On 3/11/24 17:41, Gaelan Steele via agora-business wrote: >>> CFJ: There exists a rule 105. >> >> I number this CFJ 4069. I assign CFJ

DIS: Request for Feedback: What's the Method Anyway?

2024-03-12 Thread nix via agora-discussion
This is related to CFJ 4072, but you don't need to be familiar with all of the arguments there. I just want everyone's reading on one (crucial) element. R105 requires an "unambiguous and clear specification of the method to be used for changing the rule". For rule changes in proposals, what would

Re: DIS: Re: [Arbitor] Assignment of CFJ 4072 to nix [Re: BUS: [CFJ] Another R105 CFJ]

2024-03-12 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 3/12/24 09:28, Gaelan Steele via agora-discussion wrote: > 105 requires us to publish the “full text” of a rule change. What > is that? > > Clearly what was intended is “a full description of the change to > be made”, that feels like a somewhat counterintuitive interpretation. > It seems like

DIS: Re: (@Arbitor) Re: [Arbitor] Assignment of CFJ 4071 to ais523 [Re: BUS: A Silly Little Message]

2024-03-11 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 3/11/24 21:54, ais523 via agora-business wrote: > (It's also possible that the caller was wondering whether the message > might have performed actions other than creating a CFJ, e.g., whether > publishing the disclaimer was itself an action. Rule 2466 implies that > the ruleset draws a

DIS: Re: BUS: (@Collector) So welcome

2024-03-10 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 3/9/24 18:51, secretsnail9 via agora-business wrote: > I grant myself a welcome package. > > I don't think i've gotten one yet. > > CFJ: snail was granted a stamp in this message. > > arguments for TRUE: > When i registered, i was granted some assets that did not include a > stamp of my own

DIS: [Arbitor] Temporary CotC (List of Judgments)

2024-03-10 Thread nix via agora-discussion
I will be maintaining a stop-gap CotC here: https://gist.github.com/nixnull/cef47c1e88063177feedfe52a906c59b It currently includes 4054. G.'s CotC stops at 4049. I will try to backfill 4050-4053 into mine at a later date. -- nix

DIS: Re: [Arbitor] @4st Re: BUS: Registering

2024-03-09 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 3/9/24 15:35, 4st nomic via agora-business wrote: > I doubt that this is a valid CFJ. See CFJ 4067. > Since it is not a valid CFJ, it is not able to be assigned a number or a > judge, nor a judgement, nor a status. > However, 4067 will provide the details to all that. Note that numbers for

DIS: Re: (@Arbitor) Re: BUS: [Arbitor] New Arbitor in Town

2024-03-09 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 3/9/24 12:41, ais523 via agora-business wrote: > On Sat, 2024-03-09 at 12:33 -0600, nix via agora-business wrote: >> I assign CFJ 4057 to ais523. >> https://www.mail-archive.com/agora-business@agoranomic.org/msg45651.html > > I recuse myself from this CFJ. It depends on events that happened on

DIS: Re: BUS: [Arbitor] New Arbitor in Town @kiako @Kate @Yachay @ais523 @Janet @Murphy

2024-03-09 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 3/9/24 12:33, nix via agora-business wrote: > I assign CFJ 4055 to Kate. > https://www.mail-archive.com/agora-business@agoranomic.org/msg45491.html This particular assignment failed; kiako has already self-assigned and judged this CFJ. -- nix

DIS: Re: BUS: Covering bases

2024-03-05 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 3/5/24 14:24, Rowan Evans via agora-business wrote: > After that: If I have granted myself a welcome package 52 times AND not > granted Murphy 2.4, then 2.4 times, I grant Murphy a welcome package. This still fails, you can't do something a fractional amount, so the specification of what

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registering

2024-03-05 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 3/5/24 09:59, Aris via agora-business wrote: > A question is not a statement; Rule 991 > *requires* a statement. You haven't read How to Do Things With Words, have you? (this is a tease, also a rhetorical question. which is a statement.) -- nix

DIS: Re: BUS: Registering

2024-03-05 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 3/4/24 22:32, Rowan Evans via agora-business wrote: > By rule 2577: Granting an asset causes it to be "created in that entity's > possession". I take this to be meaningfully different from "receiving" an > asset, because granting is distinguished from the "transfer" of an asset in > this same

DIS: Re: BUS: gift to my friend murphy

2024-03-05 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 3/5/24 01:56, Rowan Evans via agora-business wrote: > Conditional on my silly scam receiving a favourable CFJ, I grant Murphy 2.4 > welcome packages. This fails for two reasons. First, you cannot use conditionals that rely on future information for actions. Secondly, there's no way to do a

DIS: Re: BUS: Registering

2024-03-05 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 3/4/24 22:32, Rowan Evans via agora-business wrote: > I grant myself 52 welcome packages, each containing 1 stamp. It's possible this fails on the fact that there's no mechanism to grant yourself X welcome packages. You can only do one at a time, so the more proper language would be "52 times,

DIS: Re: BUS: ѕёѦѤ ѦѯќѤѦі (ѯѴњѩћѰ ђѨѯ ѕёѪѐ ѥѰ)

2024-03-04 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 3/4/24 12:19, Goren Barak via agora-business wrote: > ѣѧѤѴ ѩќѹѩ, > Ѳ ћѧђѤѺ ѝѦђёѹѰ њѲ ѨѐѩєѰ ѓ ·њѧѯ ѯ ·ќѹѧѯ > ё ѳњѡѧђё, ѮѲё "Ѳ ѳњѡѧђё ё ѝѦђёѹѰ њѲ ѨѐѩєѰ" > > ќѫћњѲ ѩќѹѩ A few notes on this, besides the fact it probably doesn't work for effort reasons: I assume you meant to make an intent here,

DIS: Re: BUS: (@Herald) A New Reviewer Approaches

2024-02-29 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 2/29/24 15:45, Kiako via agora-business wrote: Attention Herald:   I am interested in reviewing future theses, and would like to be added to the review board. -- Much obliged, kiako Samesies. Also, in the interest in moving more theses along and breaking the dry-spell, I will commit

DIS: Re: BUS: [Herald] Convening the review board (@Janet, @G., @Aspen)

2024-02-29 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 2/29/24 15:35, secretsnail9 via agora-business wrote: Thesis reviewing is part of the fun of agora, might as well assign it to people! I think the feedback could be interesting. This shouldn't have slipped through the cracks for so long, though, so please take action (such as pestering me) if

DIS: Re: BUS: [@Herald] Re: ALT: (@Herald) Thesis still needs review/feedback/corrections/additions

2024-02-27 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 2/27/24 09:49, 4st nomic via agora-business wrote: > I petition the Herald to deny reviewing my thesis nor accept it as a thesis. > Ample time was given for players to review it, and no reviews were provided. > If players don't care about theses, then don't force them to review it. > Players

DIS: Re: BUS: [@Herald] Re: ALT: (@Herald) Thesis still needs review/feedback/corrections/additions

2024-02-26 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 2/26/24 18:52, nix via agora-business wrote: > On 11/15/23 17:17, 4st nomic wrote: >> -- Forwarded message - >> From: *4st nomic* <4st.no...@gmail.com > >> Date: Wed, Nov 15, 2023 at 1:30 PM >> Subject: (@Herald) Thesis still needs

DIS: Help With Gio Membership Approval

2024-02-22 Thread nix via agora-discussion
The backup mailing list, m...@agoranomic.groups.io, requires manual approval of new subscribers (per the webhost's policy). It's extremely simple: moderators receive an email, and either click the link or send a reply to approve. The problem is the current moderators are me, Gaelan, and G. Of

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Potential ruleset issue

2024-02-18 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 2/18/24 15:33, nix via agora-discussion wrote: > On 2/15/24 19:07, Janet Cobb via agora-business wrote: >> So, we've discovered on Discord a potential issue that could have >> wide-ranging effects. Consider the four-day rule as stated in the >> (purported) Rule 105/23: &g

DIS: Re: BUS: Potential ruleset issue

2024-02-18 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 2/15/24 19:07, Janet Cobb via agora-business wrote: > So, we've discovered on Discord a potential issue that could have > wide-ranging effects. Consider the four-day rule as stated in the > (purported) Rule 105/23: > { > > A rule change is wholly prevented from taking effect unless its >

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Promotor] Distribution of Propositions 9058-9061

2024-02-15 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 2/15/24 09:48, nix via agora-business wrote: >> 9059~ Maloney 1.0 Ambiguity Amendment > AGAINST; Aris' seems to fix the problem in a more clear way, IMO. I > think there's a lot of potential debate over "alter the function". > >> 9060~ Maloney 1.0

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Promotor] Distribution of Propositions 9053-9057

2024-01-30 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 1/30/24 16:54, secretsnail9 via agora-business wrote: > AGAINST (allows for officers to put officework on other players without > their consent, also might be broken) The first is fixable after it passes. What do you mean by "might be broken"? -- nix

DIS: Fwd: BUS: Estimation (attn Herald)

2024-01-29 Thread nix via agora-discussion
Forwarded Message Subject: Re: BUS: Estimation (attn Herald) Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2023 12:01:07 -0800 From: Edward Murphy via agora-business Reply-To: agora-discussion@agoranomic.org To: Agora Business CC: Edward Murphy I wrote: > I intend, with Agoran consent, to declare

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [Registrar] Birthday Announcement

2024-01-29 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 1/29/24 10:58, juan via agora-discussion wrote: > Hi Murphy, > > Edward Murphy via agora-discussion [2024-01-28 13:34]: >> juan wrote: >> >>>The 27th of October of 2023 >>> is >>>Murphy's 16th Agoran

DIS: Re: BUS: Intent to register

2024-01-28 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 1/28/24 17:24, Maria Carmela Del Gaudio via agora-business wrote: > Hello, > I would like to register, my preferred name is mcdg. > Many thanks. Welcome! By the way, for all new players (or anyone that wants a refresher?), I've been working on a new beginner's guide. You can see the rough

DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal] Vacations

2024-01-28 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 1/28/24 14:04, nix via agora-business wrote: >     A player CAN flip the Delegate switch of a specified office to >     emself with Agoran Consent. If the Delegate switch of an office is >     set to "None", the holder of that office CAN flip the Delegate >     switch of that office to a

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registering as player

2024-01-10 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 1/10/24 21:15, Mercury via agora-discussion wrote: > I'm trying to parse the Election Procedure, I think if the decision is up > for voting that means the nomination period is ended, which means no new > nominations? Or not, because it states more players can become candidates > before the

Re: DIS: Battle of generations (just a question)

2024-01-10 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 1/8/24 07:56, juan via agora-discussion wrote: > So, > > Some people tag officers using “Attn”, and some using a “@”. What > is your opinion on this? It seems “Attn” is a more traditional way > of calling someone's attention on email, while “@” probably comes > from social midia websites. Does

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: Deregistration intents

2023-12-20 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 12/20/23 15:35, Janet Cobb via agora-business wrote: > On 12/18/23 09:42, juan via agora-official wrote: >> I intend, without 3 objections, deregister the players known as >> inalienableWright and Beokirby, inactive since 2023-10-07. >> > > I object. These are separate actions and need to be

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: (@Herald) Maze protocol

2023-12-12 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 12/12/23 16:42, 4st nomic via agora-discussion wrote: > Similarly, creating and destroying a blot in the same message is a little > "do nothing" thing, which although neat and shows that rules interact, > again, doesn't further encourage any gameplay or interaction. (some other > examples I was

DIS: Re: BUS: (@Herald) Maze protocol

2023-12-12 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 12/11/23 14:53, 4st nomic via agora-business wrote: > (Herald Administrative Regulation MAZE) Also, the more I think about this, the more I'd rather it was a rule, if it's going to be implemented. A new player wouldn't know about Regulations without being pointed to them. (TBH I'd lean towards

DIS: Re: BUS: (@Herald) Maze protocol

2023-12-12 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 12/11/23 14:53, 4st nomic via agora-business wrote: > Comment: 1. is not restrictive, and permits flipping the activity switch > for succeeding. > Response: This is not the only longstanding switch available in the rules > to be flipped, it's not the intended one, so should we explicitly say >

DIS: [@distributor] Test Email, Lists Down

2023-12-05 Thread nix via agora-discussion
This email contains no game actions besides the following: I object. Sending this email to see which lists are working and alert the distributor. -- nix

DIS: Re: OFF: [Geologist] shiny stuff

2023-12-04 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 12/4/23 11:29, 4st nomic via agora-official wrote: > ID Owner Size Instability > 2659 Snail 0 0 FYI these are not aligned. Could become a MMEB issue if it stays like this while the list grows. -- nix

DIS: Re: OFF: [Assessor] Resolution of Proposals 9032-9034

2023-12-04 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 12/3/23 16:48, Janet Cobb via agora-official wrote: > 9033 It's been 4 years, Agora. 4 YEARS. REJECTED As I understand it, this was voted down due to a mistake in distribution. Can we just resubmit it, or are there other concerns? -- nix

DIS: Re: BUS: [Anarchist] (@Promotor) Anarchy

2023-12-01 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 12/1/23 17:15, 4st nomic via agora-business wrote: > (See proposal 5794, submitted on October 14th, 2008) Uhm excuse me, but I am the anarchist, per R2486. -- nix

DIS: Re: BUS: (@Herald) [Thesis] Snapshots

2023-12-01 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 12/1/23 06:07, secretsnail9 via agora-business wrote: > I submit the following list of Agoran emails as an artistic thesis, I hope > you enjoy them: > > https://www.mail-archive.com/agora-business@agoranomic.org/msg04359.html > >

DIS: Re: BUS: (@Herald) Maze protocol

2023-11-29 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 11/29/23 15:40, nix via agora-business wrote: > On 11/26/23 02:56, secretsnail9 via agora-business wrote: >> I respond to the petition as follows: worth a shot! >> >> I intend, with 2 Agoran Consent, to enact the following regulation as >> Herald: >> >> { >> (Herald Administrative Regulation

DIS: Re: OFF: [Promotor] Distribution of Propositions 9035-9039

2023-11-29 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 11/26/23 16:50, secretsnail9 via agora-official wrote: > ID: 9039 > Title: Well, worth a shot > Adoption Index: 1.0 > Author: juan > Co-authors: > > > Create a rule with title “We win”, power 1, and text: > { > Immediatly after the creation of this rule, the players > 4st, juan, zipzap,

Re: DIS: Proto: Stamp Specialization v0.9

2023-11-24 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 11/22/23 18:55, 4st nomic via agora-discussion wrote: >> Enact a new rule titled "Stamp Specialization": >> > > I think stamp specialty should be secured at power 2, since it affects > voting strength, but I don't see that listed here. i > Also... Stamp specialization switch would need to be

Re: DIS: Proto: Stamp Specialization v0.5

2023-11-22 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 11/22/23 16:48, Janet Cobb via agora-discussion wrote: > On 11/22/23 17:38, nix via agora-discussion wrote: >>>>     If no player has won by victory tokens in 3 months, the player with >>>>     the most victory tokens CAN win by announcement. >>>&g

DIS: Proto: Stamp Specialization v0.9

2023-11-22 Thread nix via agora-discussion
This is likely the last proto before a submission, feedback is appreciated. Thanks to Janet for the feedback and ais523 for the victory condition idea: { Changes: - Borrowed ais523's proto's win condition. - Changed minting to be based on your own holdings. The more stamps you   own, the less

Re: DIS: Proto: Stamp Specialization v0.5

2023-11-22 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 11/11/23 14:37, Janet Cobb via agora-discussion wrote: >> { >> Enact a new rule titled "Stamp Specialization": >> >>     Specialization is a stamp type switch with potential values >>     "None" (default), "Any", "Selfsame", "Stone", and "Strength", >>     tracked by the Collector. > > Are we

DIS: Re: BUS: A petition [attn. Herald]

2023-11-21 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 11/21/23 14:50, Janet Cobb via agora-business wrote: > I petition the Herald to award 3, 6, 9, and 12 month long service awards > based on present office holdings. The ADoP's report is very useful for this, btw. -- nix

Re: DIS: [proto] Unforceability

2023-11-20 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 11/20/23 12:04, Janet Cobb via agora-discussion wrote: > A Rule that purports to designate an action as "unforceable" thereby > designates that a player NEED NOT comply with any provision of any Rule > that requires or forbids em from performing or refraining from > performing that action,

DIS: Re: BUS: Something completely obvious

2023-11-20 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 11/20/23 16:17, 4st nomic via agora-business wrote: > Hi new players who haven't won yet! > > This probably won't work, but: > > I intend to, without objection, declare apathy, specifying myself, juan, > zipzap, Goren, crystalizedmire, cuddlybanana, Anneke-Constantine, and > kiako. I may

DIS: Proto: Stamp Specialization v0.5

2023-11-10 Thread nix via agora-discussion
Here is a proto economy. It tries to work with the existing game structures. Here's how it works: The core gameplay revolves around three different win conditions: Stamp collecting, which works exactly as currently, stone collecting, which works nearly the same, and a new method of victory tokens

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Registrar] Monthly report: Arrivals and Departures

2023-11-09 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 11/9/23 20:39, 4st nomic via agora-business wrote: > (I'm realizing that tabling an intent to declare apathy is intended to be > funny, not frustrating: you have to wait to feel an emotion? Declaring > apathy is a way to win? How did anyone ever let anyone win this way?) Generally, nobody does

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Player/person analysis update

2023-11-09 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 11/9/23 21:09, 4st nomic via agora-business wrote: > These are based on the email used to register according to the registrar's > report. > My plan here is to omit them entirely from the dataset, since they are most > definitely bad data. > If I can find evidence on whether or not they are the

DIS: Re: BUS: Player/person analysis update

2023-11-09 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 11/9/23 19:16, 4st nomic via agora-business wrote: > Here are my stats so far: > number of reported players: 382 > number of probably-not-a-person: 59 > number of estimated players, (reduced by probably-the-same-person and > probably-not-a-person): 300 > > I'm reporting things early on in this

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Registrar] Monthly report: Arrivals and Departures

2023-11-09 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 11/8/23 22:22, 4st nomic via agora-business wrote: > if it helps, I think the following groups constitute the same person (not > player): FWIW, some of these are correct. I've been meaning to contact juan privately to note them, so they can be more quietly updated (since some of them may not

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Registrar] Monthly report: Arrivals and Departures

2023-11-09 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 11/9/23 13:29, nix via agora-discussion wrote: > FWIW, your name shows up in the FLR 21 times, and while that varies > between things you wrote, cleanings, and co-authorship, it clearly shows > you're having an impact on the rules. I appreciate your presence, even > if I'm often opp

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Registrar] Monthly report: Arrivals and Departures

2023-11-09 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 11/8/23 23:01, 4st nomic via agora-business wrote: > And I'm a bit sensitive about it because I'm considering deregistering > again myself, and I'm just trying to collect evidence! That I apparently > need to prove I'm right. > > I'm also feeling generally othered by the game, like my ideas

Re: DIS: Poll on email address obfuscation on reports

2023-11-07 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 11/6/23 09:43, juan via agora-discussion wrote: > Hello y'all, > > Here are some questions for you: > > - Do you want your address to be obfuscated? > - Do you want every address to be obfuscated? > - Do you want the obfuscation to be uniform? > - Do you think each player should get to

DIS: What're Ya Playin?

2023-11-03 Thread nix via agora-discussion
Brainstorming subgame ideas and I realized I should just ask people - what have you been playing, or wanting to play recently? Can be as specific or general as you want. Might be helpful to generate ideas for what people might want to do. Personally, lately I've been really into roguelikes of all

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [Registrar] Weekly report

2023-11-03 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 11/3/23 12:08, Janet Cobb via agora-discussion wrote: > On 10/30/23 15:37, juan via agora-official wrote: >> a Player Registration Latest Contact >> >> - -- -- >> - >> +

DIS: @Distributor List Status

2023-10-29 Thread nix via agora-discussion
There are no game actions here, I am just testing the lists and emailing the distributor to let em know the lists may be down and get a status update. -- nix

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [Promotor] Distribution of Propositions 9011-9019

2023-10-20 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 10/20/23 17:18, secretsnail9 via agora-discussion wrote: > On Fri, Oct 20, 2023 at 5:11 PM nix via agora-discussion < > agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > >> On 10/20/23 17:09, secretsnail9 via agora-discussion wrote: >>> On Fri, Oct 20, 2023 at 4:46 

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [Promotor] Distribution of Propositions 9011-9019

2023-10-20 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 10/20/23 17:09, secretsnail9 via agora-discussion wrote: > On Fri, Oct 20, 2023 at 4:46 PM ais523 via agora-discussion < > agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > >> On Fri, 2023-10-20 at 16:37 -0500, secretsnail9 via agora-business >> wrote: >>> I deny this CoE. The proposals were not

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Promotor] Distribution of Propositions 9011-9019

2023-10-20 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 10/20/23 11:42, 4st nomic via agora-business wrote: > If that didn't work, I vote FOR on at least referenda numbered > 9011-9019, the very same referenda snail voted on above. I think this fails, "at least" is an ambiguous specification by definition, there's no way to confirm the intended

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [Registrar] Weekly report

2023-10-16 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 10/16/23 10:25, nix via agora-discussion wrote: > On 10/16/23 08:36, juan via agora-official wrote: >> Foreign agoranomic at groups.io * backup Foreign agora at >> listserver.tue.nl backup > > Is this correct? both the backups are currently not playable fora? When

DIS: Re: OFF: [Registrar] Weekly report

2023-10-16 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 10/16/23 08:36, juan via agora-official wrote: > Foreign agoranomic at groups.io * backup Foreign agora at > listserver.tue.nl backup Is this correct? both the backups are currently not playable fora? When were they switched? -- nix

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [Webmastor] Monthly Report

2023-10-15 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 10/15/23 16:13, nix via agora-discussion wrote: > On 4/2/23 18:09, Forest Sweeney via agora-discussion wrote: >> On 4/2/23 15:40, nix via agora-discussion wrote: >>> On 4/2/23 17:14, Forest Sweeney via agora-official wrote: >>>> https://agoranomic.org/calen

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [Webmastor] Monthly Report

2023-10-15 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 4/2/23 18:09, Forest Sweeney via agora-discussion wrote: > On 4/2/23 15:40, nix via agora-discussion wrote: >> On 4/2/23 17:14, Forest Sweeney via agora-official wrote: >>> https://agoranomic.org/calendar.html  - has strange events on it >> >> Strange events such a

DIS: Re: OFF: [Registrar] Monthly report: Arrivals and Departures

2023-10-15 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 10/2/23 15:20, juan via agora-official wrote: > === > Registrar: juan Arrivals and Departures > 2023-10-02 > ===

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: (no subject)

2023-10-13 Thread nix via agora-discussion
On 10/12/23 20:17, Ned Strange via agora-discussion wrote: > This is not a working link if you aren't aware.; > > Regards > > On Fri, Oct 13, 2023 at 9:18 AM nix via agora-business < > agora-busin...@agoranomic.org> wrote: > >> file:///tmp/Screenshot_2023-10-12_17-16-26.png >> > > Yea, we

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