Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Let's toss us a coin, shall we?

2020-03-02 Thread Cuddle Beam via agora-discussion
I mean, I’m inclined to agree with G.’s interpretation there. It would do something, but it’s IMPOSSIBLE to determine the result, making the whole thing ambiguous. But anyways, the sword of “the majority” doesn’t really matter to me. My opinion is my own. On Monday, March 2, 2020, Tanner Swett

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Let's toss us a coin, shall we?

2020-03-02 Thread Tanner Swett via agora-discussion
On Mon, Mar 2, 2020, 08:23 Cuddle Beam via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > But yeah, even if it is tradition, I'm not against just going contrary to > it since all we need to do that is enough people agreeing to do so, and I'd > agree to it (although, probably not

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Let's toss us a coin, shall we?

2020-03-02 Thread Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion
On 3/2/2020 3:45 AM, Cuddle Beam wrote: > On Mon, Mar 2, 2020 at 12:39 PM Tanner Swett wrote: >> On Mon, Mar 2, 2020, 04:41 Cuddle Beam wrote: >> >>> I think this would cause: >>> - A big and spreading fog of war of CfJ DISMISS, because its >> "undecidable" >>> and "insufficient information

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Let's toss us a coin, shall we?

2020-03-02 Thread Timon Walshe-Grey via agora-discussion
CuddleBeam wrote: > But "a player" is just one player, no? At least that's my understanding of it. Compare, for example: > A player whose master is not emself is a zombie (syn. inactive); > all other players are active. I don't think any reasonable interpretation of the rules would

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Let's toss us a coin, shall we?

2020-03-02 Thread Tanner Swett via agora-discussion
On Mon, Mar 2, 2020, 04:41 Cuddle Beam via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > I think this would cause: > - A big and spreading fog of war of CfJ DISMISS, because its "undecidable" > and "insufficient information exists" to know what's going on with coins > My proposal

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Let's toss us a coin, shall we?

2020-03-02 Thread Cuddle Beam via agora-discussion
> My proposal would just create an ambiguity in the rules, and we never judge DISMISS due to an ambiguity in the rules; we pick an interpretation instead. Why is this? (Is it just culture? A CfJ-rule? A rule?) On Mon, Mar 2, 2020 at 12:39 PM Tanner Swett via agora-discussion <

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Let's toss us a coin, shall we?

2020-03-02 Thread Cuddle Beam via agora-discussion
...or - Some CfJ-rule already exists to let us ignore its effects. On Mon, Mar 2, 2020 at 10:41 AM Cuddle Beam wrote: > I think this would cause: > - A big and spreading fog of war of CfJ DISMISS, because its "undecidable" > and "insufficient information exists" to know what's going on with

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Let's toss us a coin, shall we?

2020-03-02 Thread Cuddle Beam via agora-discussion
I think this would cause: - A big and spreading fog of war of CfJ DISMISS, because its "undecidable" and "insufficient information exists" to know what's going on with coins - Or the Judge would make a new CfJ-rule that would allow us to ignore its effects altogether because it can't be

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Let's toss us a coin, shall we?

2020-03-02 Thread Tanner Swett via agora-discussion
On Mon, Mar 2, 2020, 06:45 Cuddle Beam via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > > My proposal would just create an ambiguity in the rules, and we never > judge DISMISS due to an ambiguity in the rules; we pick an interpretation > instead. > > Why is this? (Is it just

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Let's toss us a coin, shall we?

2020-03-02 Thread Cuddle Beam via agora-discussion
Yes but I believe there is a difference, it's the same word "a", but with different meaning. And what matters is the meaning of the word, not just the word used. You see, that's what matters, in this matter. Also, unrelated, liquids are a state of matter. If I tell you "you can take a cupcake",

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Let's toss us a coin, shall we?

2020-03-02 Thread Cuddle Beam via agora-discussion
Ah, alright. I wasn't familiar with that. I've been here for so long and I still don't know that stuff lmao. But yeah, even if it is tradition, I'm not against just going contrary to it since all we need to do that is enough people agreeing to do so, and I'd agree to it (although, probably not

DIS: Re: BUS: [attn ADoP] humble agoran farmer buys into high office

2020-03-02 Thread Jason Cobb via agora-discussion
On 3/1/20 3:11 PM, Jason Cobb wrote: > Oh, apparently I can be bought. I change my vote in the ongoing ADoP > election to ENDORSE twg. > > I cause Rance to change eir vote in the ongoing ADoP election to [Aris]. > > -- Jason Cobb Well, apparently I don't know what the acronym for "Prime

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Let's toss us a coin, shall we?

2020-03-02 Thread Timon Walshe-Grey via agora-discussion
On Sunday, March 1, 2020 10:46 PM, Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion wrote: > On Sun., Mar. 1, 2020, 17:05 Tanner Swett via agora-business, < > agora-busin...@agoranomic.org> wrote: > > > I submit a proposal with AI = 1, titled "Somebody gets a coin": > > { > > Enact a power-1 rule titled "A

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Let's toss us a coin, shall we?

2020-03-02 Thread Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion
On Monday, March 2, 2020, Timon Walshe-Grey via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > G. wrote: > > Well, we purposefully error-trapped switches, which suggests that we > allow > > that sort of thing if the rules are explicit about it happening: > > > > > If a type of

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Let's toss us a coin, shall we?

2020-03-02 Thread Timon Walshe-Grey via agora-discussion
CuddleBeam wrote: > If I tell you "you can take a cupcake", that doesn't mean you can take > ALL the cookies. It means you can take one. > > And if I say "a cupcake is a pastry", that doesn't mean that only ONE > cupcake is a pastry. It means that all cupcakes are pastries. Sure, I'm with you

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Let's toss us a coin, shall we?

2020-03-02 Thread Timon Walshe-Grey via agora-discussion
G. wrote: > Well, we purposefully error-trapped switches, which suggests that we allow > that sort of thing if the rules are explicit about it happening: > > > If a type of switch is not explicitly designated as > > possibly-indeterminate by the rule that defines it, and if an action > >

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Let's toss us a coin, shall we?

2020-03-02 Thread Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion
On 3/2/2020 8:11 AM, Cuddle Beam via agora-discussion wrote: > On Monday, March 2, 2020, Tanner Swett via agora-discussion wrote: >> On Mon, Mar 2, 2020, 08:23 Cuddle Beam wrote: >> >>> But yeah, even if it is tradition, I'm not against just going contrary to >>> it since all we need to do that

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Let's toss us a coin, shall we?

2020-03-02 Thread Cuddle Beam via agora-discussion
But "a player" is just one player, no? At least that's my understanding of it. On Mon, Mar 2, 2020 at 10:50 AM Timon Walshe-Grey via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > On Sunday, March 1, 2020 10:46 PM, Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion < >

DIS: Re: BUS: humble agoran farmer pledges loyalty to the deal

2020-03-02 Thread Timon Walshe-Grey via agora-discussion
CuddleBeam wrote: > So, twg was cool to not weasel out when they had the chance to, so I will > as well. I don’t know how to best do this aside from a Pledge, and I dont > want to make the N too high in case he wants to use the blot availability I > have during rental for something and this Pledge

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: humble agoran farmer pledges loyalty to the deal

2020-03-02 Thread Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion
On 3/2/2020 3:50 PM, Timon Walshe-Grey via agora-discussion wrote: > CuddleBeam wrote: >> So, twg was cool to not weasel out when they had the chance to, so I will >> as well. I don’t know how to best do this aside from a Pledge, and I dont >> want to make the N too high in case he wants to use

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Let's toss us a coin, shall we?

2020-03-02 Thread Tanner Swett via agora-discussion
On Mon, Mar 2, 2020, 11:34 Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > Well, we purposefully error-trapped switches, which suggests that we allow > that sort of thing if the rules are explicit about it happening: > But an indeterminate value is merely one that

Re: DIS: CFJ 3813 proto-judged FALSE

2020-03-02 Thread Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion
On 3/2/2020 2:40 PM, Gaelan Steele via agora-discussion wrote: > Not yet. Think I have till tomorrow? > I'm showing it as assigned Feb 19th, due Feb 26th: https://mailman.agoranomic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/private/agora-official/2020-February/013456.html (but I'm not going to recuse you for

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Clean r2493 (Regulations)

2020-03-02 Thread Timon Walshe-Grey via agora-discussion
G. wrote: > On 3/2/2020 12:54 PM, Gaelan Steele via agora-discussion wrote: > >> On Mar 2, 2020, at 12:46 PM, Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion > >> wrote: > >> > >> Please, put some effort in though. After a request/discussion a couple > >> months ago people stopped doing it and threads became

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Clean r2493 (Regulations)

2020-03-02 Thread Gaelan Steele via agora-discussion
us young whippersnappers and our fancy email clients, that’s who Gaelan P.S. Chapter 3 of Gretchen McCulloch’s book Because Internet, about “generational” differences in internet communication styles, is quite interesting in an Agoran context. > On Mar 2, 2020, at 12:19 PM, Kerim Aydin via

Re: DIS: CFJ 3813 proto-judged FALSE

2020-03-02 Thread Gaelan Steele via agora-discussion
Not yet. Think I have till tomorrow? Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 2, 2020, at 1:52 PM, Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion > wrote: > >  >> On 2/20/2020 3:08 PM, Gaelan Steele via agora-discussion wrote: >> CFJ 3813 asks us whether Agora is a contract... > > Gaelan did you ever deliver this

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Let's toss us a coin, shall we?

2020-03-02 Thread Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion
On 3/2/2020 2:25 PM, Tanner Swett wrote: > On Mon, Mar 2, 2020, 11:34 Kerim Aydin wrote: > >> Well, we purposefully error-trapped switches, which suggests that we allow >> that sort of thing if the rules are explicit about it happening: >> > > But an indeterminate value is merely one that

DIS: Re: BUS: The Dragon Corporation

2020-03-02 Thread Jason Cobb via agora-discussion
On 3/1/20 6:13 PM, Tanner Swett via agora-business wrote: > ## Bylaw 7: IPO > > Within 90 days after this contract is created, any entity CAN buy a > share by announcement; in the same message, the entity must transfer 10 > coins and/or banknotes to the Dragon Corporation as a cost for this >

DIS: Re: OFF: [Arbitor] CFJ 3818 Assigned to Jason

2020-03-02 Thread Jason Cobb via agora-discussion
On 3/2/20 7:23 PM, Kerim Aydin via agora-official wrote: > The below CFJ is 3818. I assign it to Jason. > > status: https://faculty.washington.edu/kerim/nomic/cases/#3818 > > === CFJ 3818 === > > Rance's master switch is set to

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [Arbitor] CFJ 3818 Assigned to Jason

2020-03-02 Thread Rebecca via agora-discussion
I always prefer an interpretation that the rules and game state are fixed clearly and intractably at all times, and it is only our failure that prevents us from having knowledge of them. Anyway, these conditionals, I think, are the most strongly supported by game custom. The "if this exists, I do

DIS: Re: OFF: [Arbitor] CFJ 3820 Assigned to Murphy

2020-03-02 Thread Rebecca via agora-discussion
I vividly remember arguing that the "unless the pledge explicitly states otherwise" didn't actually say would would happen if the pledge DID happen to explicitly state otherwise. On Tue, Mar 3, 2020 at 11:28 AM Kerim Aydin via agora-official < agora-offic...@agoranomic.org> wrote: > The below

DIS: Re: OFF: [Arbitor] CFJ 3821 Assigned to Alexis

2020-03-02 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Mon, 2 Mar 2020 at 19:28, Kerim Aydin via agora-official wrote: > > The below CFJ is 3821. I assign it to Alexis. > > status: https://faculty.washington.edu/kerim/nomic/cases/#3821 > > === CFJ 3821 === > > twg is both Speaker and

DIS: Re: BUS: The Dragon Corporation

2020-03-02 Thread Gaelan Steele via agora-discussion
I become a party to the Dragon Corporation. I transfer 10 coins to DRGN to buy a share. I transfer 10 coins to DRGN to buy a share. I transfer 10 coins to DRGN to buy a share. I transfer 10 coins to DRGN to buy a share. I will neither confirm nor deny that I performed this hostile takeover

Re: DIS: [Notary] Draft Report

2020-03-02 Thread Gaelan Steele via agora-discussion
> On Mar 2, 2020, at 6:46 PM, Gaelan Steele via agora-discussion > wrote: > > NOTARY'S REPORT OF MARCH 03 2020 Oops, I omitted the notes for Chattelbeam. Fixed draft: NOTARY'S REPORT OF MARCH 03 2020 An up-to-date version of this report is available online at

Re: DIS: [Notary] Draft Report

2020-03-02 Thread Tanner Swett via agora-discussion
> Mar 03 2020 01:50: > Gaelan joined, purchased 3 shares and became president CoE: You purchased 4 shares, not 3, and you did so via my t4pf a couple of minutes ago. —Warrigal

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [Arbitor] CFJ 3818 Assigned to Jason

2020-03-02 Thread Rebecca via agora-discussion
Oh okay, there is no zombie auction per CFJ 1817, so yes, false per caller On Tue, Mar 3, 2020 at 11:58 AM Rebecca wrote: > I always prefer an interpretation that the rules and game state are fixed > clearly and intractably at all times, and it is only our failure that > prevents us from having

DIS: [Notary] Draft Report

2020-03-02 Thread Gaelan Steele via agora-discussion
There were a lot of contract/pledge changes in the past few days. Just to make sure we’re all on the same page, here’s my current report. If you don’t mind, please take a look at contracts/pledges you care about make sure we agree. Gaelan NOTARY'S REPORT OF MARCH 03 2020 An up-to-date version

Re: DIS: CFJ 3813 proto-judged FALSE

2020-03-02 Thread Gaelan Steele via agora-discussion
> On Mar 2, 2020, at 2:50 PM, Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion > wrote: > > > On 3/2/2020 2:40 PM, Gaelan Steele via agora-discussion wrote: >> Not yet. Think I have till tomorrow? >> > > I'm showing it as assigned Feb 19th, due Feb 26th: > >

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: The Dragon Corporation

2020-03-02 Thread Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion
> On Mon, Mar 2, 2020, 20:50 Gaelan Steele wrote: > >> I become a party to the Dragon Corporation. On 3/2/2020 7:11 PM, Tanner Swett via agora-business wrote: > As per the contract known as "Gaelan's Really Bad At Sending Things To > The Public Forum", I act on Gaelan's behalf to perform the

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Clean r2493 (Regulations)

2020-03-02 Thread Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion
On 3/2/2020 12:38 PM, Gaelan Steele via agora-discussion wrote: > us young whippersnappers and our fancy email clients, that’s who > > Gaelan > > P.S. Chapter 3 of Gretchen McCulloch’s book Because Internet, about > “generational” differences in internet communication styles, is quite >

Re: DIS: CFJ 3813 proto-judged FALSE

2020-03-02 Thread Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion
On 2/20/2020 3:08 PM, Gaelan Steele via agora-discussion wrote: > CFJ 3813 asks us whether Agora is a contract... Gaelan did you ever deliver this judgement I can't find anything on BUS or OFF that has it just not sure if I'm missing it. -G.

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Clean r2493 (Regulations)

2020-03-02 Thread Gaelan Steele via agora-discussion
> On Mar 2, 2020, at 12:46 PM, Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion > wrote: > > Please, put some effort in though. After a request/discussion a couple > months ago people stopped doing it and threads became easier to read > again. Now it's becoming hard to read threads again. Some courtesy

DIS: Re: BUS: Clean r2493 (Regulations)

2020-03-02 Thread Rebecca via agora-discussion
alright WHO brought back regulations goddamnit On Tue, Mar 3, 2020 at 12:12 AM sukil via agora-business < agora-busin...@agoranomic.org> wrote: > > El 01/03/2020 a las 5:53, James Cook via agora-business escribió: > > On Wed, 26 Feb 2020 at 15:14, sukil via agora-business > > wrote: > >> I

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Clean r2493 (Regulations)

2020-03-02 Thread Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion
On 3/2/2020 12:01 PM, Rebecca via agora-discussion wrote: > alright WHO brought back regulations goddamnit who brought back top-posting is what I want to know