DIS: Re: BUS: Payment

2017-07-17 Thread Owen Jacobson
I pay Cuddlebeam 1 Shiny. (Cuddlebeam: contact me off-list if your pledge follows the most obvious interpretation. This isn’t the email associated with my Paypal account.) -o > On Jul 18, 2017, at 2:15 AM, Cuddle Beam wrote: > > I present the following as gratuitous argument to that CFJ (whic

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Payment

2017-07-17 Thread Owen Jacobson
The most reasonable interpretation of that “for” is the colloquial sense, which is broadly the same as “in return for.” However, you’re not wrong… -o > On Jul 18, 2017, at 2:18 AM, Quazie wrote: > > You didn't say which shiny... you didn't pledge to pay $20 to the first > person that sent you

DIS: Re: BUS: Payment

2017-07-17 Thread Quazie
You didn't say which shiny... you didn't pledge to pay $20 to the first person that sent you a shiny - I'm unsure what the specifics of this pledge actually are On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 23:15 Cuddle Beam wrote: > I present the following as gratuitous argument to that CFJ (which is also > a pledge

DIS: Re: OFF: [Reportor] Get this information into your brain locations

2017-07-17 Thread Owen Jacobson
> On Jul 18, 2017, at 12:38 AM, V.J Rada wrote: > > Nichdel fixes judiciary > He also fixed the economy last week. Easy game easy life. > No but really he has a proto proposal (soon to pend) about > shinies, making them more usable (and restricting CFJs a > bit, and making proposals slig

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Payment

2017-07-17 Thread V.J Rada
Given that nothing we do here has any value and no real money is ever exchanged I feel like a nickel's worth of shinies is not a statement that can be made, the two things are not equivalent. Alternatively a nickel's worth may be a non-transferable decimal quantity... On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 1:20

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Payment

2017-07-17 Thread Josh T
I'm pretty sure the "without warning" part can be easily fixed. 天火狐 On 17 July 2017 at 23:12, Owen Jacobson wrote: > I am extremely tempted to offer you a shiny for it, but I think my partner > might be a bit miffed if bread showed up in the post without warning. > > -o > > On Jul 17, 2017, at

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Payment

2017-07-17 Thread Owen Jacobson
I am extremely tempted to offer you a shiny for it, but I think my partner might be a bit miffed if bread showed up in the post without warning. -o > On Jul 17, 2017, at 11:10 PM, grok (caleb vines) wrote: > > The theoretical answer is probably a function of known values, like the price > of

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Payment

2017-07-17 Thread grok (caleb vines)
The theoretical answer is probably a function of known values, like the price of an estate. For a practical answer, I have an extra loaf in my pantry I'd be willing to mail out... -grok On Jul 17, 2017 9:55 PM, "Owen Jacobson" wrote: Indeed. What’s the price of bread? -o On Jul 17, 2017, at

DIS: [Promotor] Not-so-weekly draft

2017-07-17 Thread Aris Merchant
Draft: I hereby distribute each listed proposal, initiating the Agoran Decision of whether to adopt it, and removing it from the proposal pool. For this decision, the vote collector is the Assessor, the quorum is 3.0 and the valid options are FOR and AGAINST (PRESENT is also a valid vote). ID

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Payment

2017-07-17 Thread Owen Jacobson
Indeed. What’s the price of bread? -o > On Jul 17, 2017, at 10:54 PM, Josh T wrote: > > I mean if I can buy the entire estate of Antegria for 50 cents, I think 10 > cents a month is a lot. > > 天火狐 > > On 17 July 2017 at 22:50, Quazie > wrote: > If this CFJ is t

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Payment

2017-07-17 Thread Josh T
I mean if I can buy the entire estate of Antegria for 50 cents, I think 10 cents a month is a lot. 天火狐 On 17 July 2017 at 22:50, Quazie wrote: > If this CFJ is true then all officers work for a very low rate of ~10 > cents a month - which to me is bonkers. > > On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 19:03 Owen

DIS: Re: BUS: Payment

2017-07-17 Thread Quazie
If this CFJ is true then all officers work for a very low rate of ~10 cents a month - which to me is bonkers. On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 19:03 Owen Jacobson wrote: > On Jul 16, 2017, at 6:58 PM, Quazie wrote: > > > I pay nichdel a nickel's worth of shinies for taking over as Assessor. > > I CFJ on

Re: DIS: Two Related Protos: Judicial Expansion and Criminal Cases

2017-07-17 Thread Alex Smith
On Mon, 2017-07-17 at 12:04 -0700, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > On Sun, 16 Jul 2017, Cuddle Beam wrote: > > I love Agoras Pledges. I won a a dynasty at BN and now running it with a  > > "Pledge" theme (called "Promises". Pledges is one of my favorite Agora  > > mechanics and BN is giving them a great tw

Re: DIS: Two Related Protos: Judicial Expansion and Criminal Cases

2017-07-17 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Sun, 16 Jul 2017, Cuddle Beam wrote: > I love Agoras Pledges. I won a a dynasty at BN and now running it with a > "Pledge" theme (called "Promises". Pledges is one of my favorite Agora > mechanics and BN is giving them a great twist rn). So I must admit credit > to Agora for that. > > Also

DIS: Re: OFF: [Arbitor] CFJs 3534, 3535, possibly others assigned to ais523

2017-07-17 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Fri, 14 Jul 2017, Alex Smith wrote: > > Bu demeçin kararı için ben bağırım:  Bu bir bağırış kararı için > > değil. > > And here are machine translations of those corrected messages: > > > For the sake of this statement I am a coward: it is not a shouting > > decision. This is the weirdest th

Re: DIS: Two Related Protos: Judicial Expansion and Criminal Cases

2017-07-17 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Sun, 16 Jul 2017, Cuddle Beam wrote: > > > I’m on the fence on this. Pledges and promises are mechanically interesting > > and a subtle part of Agora’s texture. Quashing someone’s promises for a > > full month seems extreme. > > I love Agoras Pledges. I won a a dynasty at BN and now runn

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [Assessor] Resolution of Proposal(s) 7865-7866

2017-07-17 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Mon, 17 Jul 2017, Ørjan Johansen wrote: > On Mon, 17 Jul 2017, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus wrote: > > > It wasn’t needed, but I think it would have worked. > > Well my thought was that if it was needed, then the time limit to resolve the > proposal could not have expired, and so the depu

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [Assessor] Resolution of Proposal(s) 7865-7866

2017-07-17 Thread Ørjan Johansen
On Mon, 17 Jul 2017, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus wrote: It wasn’t needed, but I think it would have worked. Well my thought was that if it was needed, then the time limit to resolve the proposal could not have expired, and so the deputisation would not be valid. Greetings, Ørjan. ---

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [Assessor] Resolution of Proposal(s) 7865-7866

2017-07-17 Thread Publius Scribonius Scholasticus
It wasn’t needed, but I think it would have worked. Publius Scribonius Scholasticus p.scribonius.scholasti...@gmail.com > On Jul 17, 2017, at 11:52 AM, Ørjan Johansen wrote: > > On Sun, 16 Jul 2017, nichdel wrote: > >> I deputise as Assessor to resolve the decisions to adopt proposals >>

DIS: Re: OFF: [Assessor] Resolution of Proposal(s) 7865-7866

2017-07-17 Thread Ørjan Johansen
On Sun, 16 Jul 2017, nichdel wrote: I deputise as Assessor to resolve the decisions to adopt proposals 7865-7866. Agora are ADOPTED (*), REJECTED (x), and FAILED QUORUM (!). If a decision's voting period is still ongoing, I end it immediately before resolving it and after resolving the previo

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: CFJ judgement

2017-07-17 Thread Ørjan Johansen
But there's no pun in that. (Also, product[1..x] is shorter.addict>) Greetings, Ørjan. On Mon, 17 Jul 2017, Josh T wrote: I kind of prefer fact x = foldl (*) 1 [1..x] myself. 天火狐 On 16 July 2017 at 11:16, Ørjan Johansen wrote: On Sun, 16 Jul 2017, V.J Rada wrote: fun fact: i'm dumb f

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [Assessor] Resolution of Proposal(s) 7865-7866

2017-07-17 Thread Publius Scribonius Scholasticus
I like that informal transition. Publius Scribonius Scholasticus p.scribonius.scholasti...@gmail.com > On Jul 17, 2017, at 3:26 AM, Aris Merchant > wrote: > >> >> ID: 7865 >> Title: Regulations v4 >> Adoption index: 3.1 >> Author: Aris >> Co-authors: o, nichdel, ais523 > > I'm at risk

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: CFJ judgement

2017-07-17 Thread Josh T
I kind of prefer fact x = foldl (*) 1 [1..x] myself. 天火狐 On 16 July 2017 at 11:16, Ørjan Johansen wrote: > On Sun, 16 Jul 2017, V.J Rada wrote: > > fun fact: i'm dumb >> > > fun fact 0 = 1 | fact n = n * fact (n - 1) > > Greetings, > Ørjan.

DIS: Re: OFF: [Assessor] Resolution of Proposal(s) 7865-7866

2017-07-17 Thread Aris Merchant
> > ID: 7865 > Title: Regulations v4 > Adoption index: 3.1 > Author: Aris > Co-authors: o, nichdel, ais523 I'm at risk of setting a record for accidentally messing things up. This proposal provides no transition mechanism, and so the tournament isn't currently happening. I'd appreciate suggestions