DIS: Re: BAK: [RWO] List Patch (attn. Arbitor)

2020-01-06 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Wed, 1 Jan 2020 at 12:31, Timon Walshe-Grey wrote: > *sigh* > > CFJ: "Alexis is a player." > Gratuitous: I agree with twg's arguments.

Re: DIS: ratifying honour etc.

2020-01-07 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Tue, 7 Jan 2020 at 16:13, Aris Merchant via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 7, 2020 at 10:56 AM Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion > wrote: > > > > Would anyone complain/object if I ratified a "false" Herald's Report > > that claims the Notices of Honor r

Re: DIS: ratifying honour etc.

2020-01-07 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Tue, 7 Jan 2020 at 18:12, Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 7, 2020 at 3:00 PM Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion > wrote: > > This gets me thinking of a potential big and maybe-interesting-maybe-not > > big chang

Re: DIS: [Promotor] Draft

2020-01-08 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Tue., Jan. 7, 2020, 23:34 Aris Merchant via agora-discussion, < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > 8280 Murphy, Jason Cobb 3.0 Resolve the troubles v1.1 > AGAINST > 8281 Gaelan 1.0 Nothing to see here, Rule 1030 v2 > AGAINST > 8282 Falsifian

Re: DIS: ratifying honour etc.

2020-01-08 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Wed, 8 Jan 2020 at 14:51, Aris Merchant via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 8, 2020 at 9:59 AM Gaelan Steele via agora-discussion > wrote: > > > > I’m intrigued by the idea. I’m a little concerned that it’s TOO > vague—are these rulings CFJ-like (a mean

Re: DIS: [Promotor] Draft

2020-01-08 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Wed, 8 Jan 2020 at 16:07, Gaelan Steele via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > Neither your votes, nor the promotor report, were to the public forum. > > Additionally, I ask that you reconsider your vote on 8281. I don’t have a > force-through scam up my sleeve, and I

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [Promotor] Distribution of Proposals 8277-8279

2020-01-08 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
Well, the current contracts rules are very broken. But that's ok! :P On Wed, 8 Jan 2020 at 16:21, Aris Merchant via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > TBH, there's no real reason to disallow 1-member contracts. It doesn't > make sense under real world contract law, but A

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Treasuror] Forbes 500

2020-01-11 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Sat, 11 Jan 2020 at 13:25, Jason Cobb via agora-business < agora-busin...@agoranomic.org> wrote: > I suppose. I was considering keeping them to try to bribe people, but > since they're pretty useless, that would be pointless. I perform the > following action 18 times: { If I have more than 1000

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Treasuror] Forbes 500

2020-01-11 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Sat, 11 Jan 2020 at 14:26, Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > > On 1/11/2020 10:53 AM, Alexis Hunt wrote: > > On Sat, 11 Jan 2020 at 13:25, Jason Cobb wrote: > > > >> I suppose. I was considering keeping them to try to bribe people, but > >> since

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Treasuror] Forbes 500

2020-01-11 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Sat, 11 Jan 2020 at 21:30, Aris Merchant via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > On Sat, Jan 11, 2020 at 11:26 AM Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion > wrote: > > > > > > On 1/11/2020 10:53 AM, Alexis Hunt wrote: > > > On Sat, 11 Jan 2020 at 13:25, Jason Cobb wrote: > >

DIS: Re: OFF: [Arbitor] CFJ 3783 Assigned to Alexis

2020-01-11 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Sat, 11 Jan 2020 at 14:38, Kerim Aydin via agora-official < agora-offic...@agoranomic.org> wrote: > > I recuse omd from CFJ 3783 (I know you put forward some preliminary > thoughts on the case omd, which is why I waited a bit, but it's been a > long time on this case now). > > I assign CFJ 3783

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [Arbitor] CFJ 3783 Assigned to Alexis

2020-01-11 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Sun, 12 Jan 2020 at 01:07, James Cook wrote: > On Sun, 12 Jan 2020 at 06:05, James Cook wrote: > > However, the use of the word "it" in the text "but already owned it" > > in R2602 indicates to me that the text of the rule is written with the > > point of view that there's only one of each ri

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [Arbitor] CFJ 3783 Assigned to Alexis

2020-01-11 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Sun, 12 Jan 2020 at 01:25, James Cook wrote: > On Sun, 12 Jan 2020 at 06:13, Alexis Hunt wrote: > > On Sun, 12 Jan 2020 at 01:07, James Cook wrote: > >> > >> On Sun, 12 Jan 2020 at 06:05, James Cook wrote: > >> > However, the use of the word "it" in the text "but already owned it" > >> > in

DIS: Re: BUS: [Arbitor] Request

2020-01-12 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Sun, 12 Jan 2020 at 11:12, Kerim Aydin via agora-business < agora-busin...@agoranomic.org> wrote: > > Like with [Proposal], please put/edit [CFJ] into subject lines > when you call a CFJ, if you think about it :). > I can appreciate the use of this, but changing subject lines always leaves me

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Arbitor] CFJ 3783 Assigned to Alexis

2020-01-12 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Sun, 12 Jan 2020 at 18:12, Jason Cobb via agora-business < agora-busin...@agoranomic.org> wrote: > > Notice of Honour: > > -1 Karma to Jason Cobb for calling a CFJ on eir own scam and presenting > no > > arguments about the most critical aspects of eir case. > > +1 Karma to omd for the detailed

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Arbitor] CFJ 3792 Assigned to G.

2020-01-12 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Sun, 12 Jan 2020 at 19:05, Aris Merchant via agora-business < agora-busin...@agoranomic.org> wrote: > On Sun, Jan 12, 2020 at 1:28 PM Kerim Aydin via agora-official > wrote: > > > > The below CFJ is 3792. I assign it to G. > > > > status: https://faculty.washington.edu/kerim/nomic/cases/#3792

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [proposal] kamikaze

2020-01-13 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Mon, 13 Jan 2020 at 00:38, Gaelan Steele via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > This doesn’t really do all that much—default voting strength is 3 and max > is 5, so it’s a little under a double vote. Maybe we need to increase the > range of allowed voting strengths? >

Re: DIS: Proto: Bureaucratic Power

2020-01-13 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Mon, 13 Jan 2020 at 10:35, Jason Cobb via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > On 1/13/20 5:58 AM, Timon Walshe-Grey via agora-discussion wrote: > > I agree that it would be good to have some way of giving officers extra > > votes on relevant proposals - this was also th

DIS: Proto-proto: Findings of Law & Fact

2020-01-13 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
Here's some outline I was thinking to move us towards a more pragmatic model of law: Any question that arises as part of a dispute can be categorized into one of the following: - Question of fact, divided into: - Questions of natural fact, being facts which are true without reference to the rul

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Arbitor] CFJ 3792 Assigned to G.

2020-01-13 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Mon, 13 Jan 2020 at 17:10, Timon Walshe-Grey via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > Alexis wrote: > > The only difference is the expectation that the officer, before > publishing > > the report, verify that no messages have been sent that would alter the > > contents o

DIS: Straw poll: officers responsible for rewards?

2020-01-14 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
There's been some comments lately on the degree of difficulty of some offices, notably Treasuror, and it's definitely of note that twg proposed to maintain the Glitter rewards in eir report. But it strikes me as odd that the rewards are largely the province of individual players, since it puts a l

DIS: Re: BUS: CFJ 3792 Judgement

2020-01-14 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Tue, 14 Jan 2020 at 12:12, Kerim Aydin via agora-business < agora-busin...@agoranomic.org> wrote: > > > On 1/12/2020 1:27 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > === CFJ 3792 > === > > > > The above-quoted message contained a valid Promotor's we

Re: DIS: Straw poll: officers responsible for rewards?

2020-01-14 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Tue, 14 Jan 2020 at 12:36, Timon Walshe-Grey via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > The only thing I'm a little concerned about is glitter. Rewards for > proposals, CFJs, reports and theses are all clearly associated with one > officer when they are awarded, but glitte

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Straw poll: officers responsible for rewards?

2020-01-14 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Tue, 14 Jan 2020 at 12:40, Timon Walshe-Grey via agora-business < agora-busin...@agoranomic.org> wrote: > I wrote: > > Here's a proto... > > I warrant that I did not intentionally include loopholes in any of the > proto-proposals I supplied in the referenced message. (Ribbons are > Serious Busi

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: CFJ 3792 Judgement

2020-01-14 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Tue, 14 Jan 2020 at 13:27, Timon Walshe-Grey via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > Alexis wrote: > > The critical distinction, then, is that the > obligation > > to publish a report is not an obligation to publish a document (much > less a > > publ

Re: DIS: Straw poll: officers responsible for rewards?

2020-01-14 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Tue, 14 Jan 2020 at 13:26, Timon Walshe-Grey via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > Alexis wrote: > > omd's fix proposal would make it so that the amount of the award is > > platonic, given when the player invokes the triggering phrase > > (presumably in response to ou

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Registrar] End of January zombie auction

2020-01-16 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Thu, 16 Jan 2020 at 12:21, Jason Cobb via agora-business < agora-busin...@agoranomic.org> wrote: > On 1/16/20 8:01 AM, Jason Cobb via agora-business wrote: > > On 1/16/20 12:55 AM, James Cook via agora-official wrote: > >> The January zombie auction has ended. > >> > >> On 2020-01-07 at 07:03 U

Re: Fwd: DIS: Re: BUS: Zombie auction fix

2020-01-16 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Thu, 16 Jan 2020 at 19:38, AIS523--- via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > On Thu, 2020-01-16 at 15:05 -0800, Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion > wrote: > > Now here we are a third time. Whatever we can say about CFJ 3694, > > the judgement is suitably unintuitive suc

Re: Fwd: DIS: Re: BUS: Zombie auction fix

2020-01-16 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Thu, 16 Jan 2020 at 21:39, Alexis Hunt wrote: > On Thu, 16 Jan 2020 at 19:38, AIS523--- via agora-discussion < > agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > >> On Thu, 2020-01-16 at 15:05 -0800, Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion >> wrote: >> > Now here we are a third time. Whatever we can say ab

Re: Fwd: DIS: Re: BUS: Zombie auction fix

2020-01-16 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Thu, 16 Jan 2020 at 21:45, Jason Cobb via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > I think I remember hearing that the concept of regulated actions was > created because a judge ruled the other way - the Rules say that someone > "CAN" do it (even if not providing a method),

Re: DIS: [Proto] Deputisation timeliness

2020-01-18 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Sat, 18 Jan 2020 at 21:58, Jason Cobb via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > Full disclosure, I think the bug that this fixes could be used for a > scam attempt similar to the 18K scam. Specifically, I believe a person > could find an office that missed a report a whil

Re: DIS: [Proto] Deputisation timeliness

2020-01-18 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Sat, 18 Jan 2020 at 22:17, Jason Cobb via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > Here's an excerpt from R2160: > > > 1. the rules require the holder of that office, by virtue of > > holding that office, to perform the action (this requirement is > >

DIS: [Proto] Zombie voting package

2020-01-18 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
Proposal: Zombie voting package (AI=3) {{{ Amend Rule 683 (Voting on Agoran Decisions) by appending the following paragraph: {{ The above notwithstanding, at the end of the voting period for an Agoran decision, prior to the evaluation of conditionals, each entity who has never submitted a valid bal

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Cleanings

2020-01-18 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Sun, 19 Jan 2020 at 01:01, Aris Merchant via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > On Sat, Jan 18, 2020 at 8:27 PM Alexis Hunt via agora-business < > agora-busin...@agoranomic.org> wrote: > > > I intend, without objection, to make the following cleanings (in > numerical >

Re: DIS: [Proto] Deputisation timeliness

2020-01-19 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Sun, 19 Jan 2020 at 17:16, Jason Cobb via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > On 1/18/20 11:07 PM, Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion wrote: > > Ah, I see where we were thinking differently. Yes, I think your idea > works > > then, so long as i

Re: DIS: Theses in the Agoran Context: A Query

2020-01-19 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
The best way is to look at past examples. On Sun, 19 Jan 2020 at 17:43, Aris Merchant via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > What exactly are the expectations for theses? It's not very well > spelled out in the relevant rule (probably something we should fix). > I'm work

DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal dump

2020-01-19 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Sun, 19 Jan 2020 at 10:40, Timon Walshe-Grey via agora-business < agora-busin...@agoranomic.org> wrote: > Amend Rule 217, "Interpreting the Rules", by inserting "authorial > intent," after "past judgements,". > Quite opposed; this would require judges to read mailing lists to determine int

Re: DIS: Proto-proto: Findings of Law & Fact

2020-01-19 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Mon, 13 Jan 2020 at 14:14, Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > Here's some outline I was thinking to move us towards a more pragmatic > model of law: > Any opinions? Buehler? Agora

Re: DIS: Proto-proto: Findings of Law & Fact

2020-01-19 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Sun, 19 Jan 2020 at 18:52, Aris Merchant via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > My gut feeling is that this is a bit overcomplicated. There are too > many categories. Additionally, I dislike this sort of pragmatization. > The generally platonic model has served Agora w

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: [Herald] Weekly Report

2020-01-19 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Sun, 19 Jan 2020 at 19:28, Kerim Aydin via agora-business < agora-busin...@agoranomic.org> wrote: > > On 1/19/2020 1:35 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > > > On 1/19/2020 1:33 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: > >> +7 G. <= SHOGUN > >> +6 Aris > > > > I pledge to equalize these next week, if no one doe

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Warranty

2020-01-19 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Sun, 19 Jan 2020 at 22:13, Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > I was about to re-reply to say, I don't mind expanding the scope of J.D. at > all! just that it might warrant some discussion first and it was worth > mentioning the original intent. > I wo

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal] Gender neutrality in degrees

2020-01-20 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Mon, 20 Jan 2020 at 06:58, D. Margaux via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > > > > On Jan 19, 2020, at 9:27 PM, Alexis Hunt via agora-business < > agora-busin...@agoranomic.org> wrote: > > > > It's a new thing from some universities to offer gender neutral degree > > t

DIS: Re: BUS: income and [CFJ]

2020-01-23 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Wed, 22 Jan 2020 at 21:03, James Cook via agora-business < agora-busin...@agoranomic.org> wrote: > On Sun, 19 Jan 2020 at 21:04, Kerim Aydin via agora-business > wrote: > > However, it also reads (unintentionally?) as a limit. If the > parenthetical > > is read like this: "CAN once (until e e

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal] A degree of inefficiency

2020-01-23 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Thu, 23 Jan 2020 at 11:20, Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > > On 1/23/2020 7:49 AM, Alexis Hunt via agora-business wrote: > > Proposal: A Degree of Inefficiency (AI=3) > > {{{ > > Amend Rule 2595 (Performing a Dependent Action) by inserting ", and did

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal] A degree of inefficiency

2020-01-23 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Thu, 23 Jan 2020 at 12:12, Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > Sorry, I mis-typed, but it doesn't change it IMO. The question "did I > publish > and then subsequently withdraw an announcement of intent" becomes true > when I > do it once, and remains tr

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal] A degree of inefficiency

2020-01-23 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Thu, 23 Jan 2020 at 12:24, Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > Another thought experiment: > 1. intent > 2. intent again > 3. action that's very direct and explicit in citing intent #1 (e.g. > "having > posted intent in the quoted message (#1), I do X

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal] A degree of inefficiency

2020-01-23 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Thu, 23 Jan 2020 at 15:11, Aris Merchant via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > Why would we want this? Our system is explicitly designed to make sure > that people can't announce intent to do something with support or with > Agoran consent, and then single-handedly ta

DIS: Re: OFF: [Arbitor] CFJ 3794 Assigned to Alexis

2020-01-25 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Sat, 25 Jan 2020 at 14:48, Kerim Aydin via agora-official < agora-offic...@agoranomic.org> wrote: > The below CFJ is 3794. I assign it to Alexis. > > status: https://faculty.washington.edu/kerim/nomic/cases/#3794 Non-CoE: This appears to be missing the arguments from https://www.mail-archive

DIS: Re: BUS: [attn: ADoP] Whither the Agoran economy?

2020-01-25 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Sat, 25 Jan 2020 at 11:29, Timon Walshe-Grey via agora-business < agora-busin...@agoranomic.org> wrote: > I wrote: > > I intend, with 2 days' notice, to temporarily deputise for the ADoP to > > end the uncontested election for Treasuror, thereby installing myself. > > Having given notice, I do

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Warranty

2020-01-25 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Tue, 21 Jan 2020 at 13:41, Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > On 1/20/2020 1:30 PM, Timon Walshe-Grey via agora-discussion wrote: > > ...nd, maybe, if it please m'lud, to request that at least the > > degree intent, if not also the separate title, b

DIS: [Attn: Rulekeepor] Annotations for CFJ 3783

2020-01-25 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
I suggest the following annotations based on CFJ 3783: For rule 2143: "It is not possible to win an election after it has ended." For rule 2602, if all amendment proposals fail: "A player cannot use this rule to earn coins for a ribbon after e has earned another ribbon, regardless of the latter's

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Warranty

2020-01-25 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Sat, 25 Jan 2020 at 15:36, Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > > On 1/25/2020 12:23 PM, Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion wrote: > > if anyone has any other arguments or opinions between A.N. and B.N., I > > would appreciate hear

Re: DIS: Theses in the Agoran Context: A Query

2020-01-25 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Sun, 19 Jan 2020 at 19:11, Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > When we last had a specific criteria (a loong time ago) it looked like this > (from 2003): > > The Degree of Associate of Nomic requires a Thesis of at least > 150 words. A Candi

Re: DIS: Theses in the Agoran Context: A Query

2020-01-25 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Sat, 25 Jan 2020 at 16:42, Alexis Hunt wrote: > On Sun, 19 Jan 2020 at 19:11, Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion < > agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > >> When we last had a specific criteria (a loong time ago) it looked like >> this >> (from 2003): >> >> The Degree of Associate of

DIS: [Proto-Proposals] The beginnings of reform

2020-01-25 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
This proto marks the beginning of my quests for reform in two large areas of the game, administrative discretion and ratification, as discussed previously. I may choose to write up a plan at some point and submit it as a thesis, but I may just fly by the seat of my pants. Proposal: Administrative

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: [CFJ] Re: OFF: [Assessor] Resolution of Proposals 8280-8286

2020-01-25 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Sat, 25 Jan 2020 at 21:03, Timon Walshe-Grey via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > Alexis wrote: > > Blatant attempt to sneak something Gaelan missed: I CFJ on "Gaelan > > CAN, by announcement, award emself the patent title of 'The > > Powerless'.", requesting linked

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Shortening of name

2020-01-25 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Sat, 25 Jan 2020 at 23:38, Gaelan Steele via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > My Agoran name shall be now Gaela+n, where “a+” represents the letter a > repeated n times, where n is one more than the maximum number that would > fit in whatever table the name is includ

DIS: Re: BUS: CFJ 3793 judged FALSE (zombies work but not for Gaelan)

2020-01-26 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Sun., Jan. 26, 2020, 07:16 Timon Walshe-Grey via agora-business, < agora-busin...@agoranomic.org> wrote: > I wrote: > > === CFJ 3793 > === > > > > Rance’s master switch is set to Gaelan. > > > > > ===

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [Herald] Hear, ye! Hear, ye! A new Champion!

2020-01-28 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Tue, 28 Jan 2020 at 12:12, Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 8:24 AM Alexis Hunt via agora-official > wrote: > > NOW KNOW YOU that we, by the Powers granted to us under Winning the > > Game, being the two thousand and forty-fourth Rule of Agora, do hereby > >

Re: DIS: The Very Worst Thing That Could Possibly Happen (Attn. Distributor)

2020-01-28 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Tue, 28 Jan 2020 at 15:47, Jason Cobb via agora-discussion wrote: > > On 1/28/20 2:14 PM, Aris Merchant via agora-discussion wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 12:03 AM omd via agora-discussion > > wrote: > > > >> I suppose I could mirror the archives on GitHub, which would be less > >> idiosy

Re: DIS: The Very Worst Thing That Could Possibly Happen (Attn. Distributor)

2020-01-28 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Tue, 28 Jan 2020 at 17:48, omd via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 7:29 AM Matthew Berlin via agora-discussion > wrote: > > A custom Agora blockchain for the ruleset and BUS actions? I'd > > certainly be up for running a node...and could hel

Re: DIS: The Very Worst Thing That Could Possibly Happen (Attn. Distributor)

2020-01-28 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Tue, 28 Jan 2020 at 18:26, Timon Walshe-Grey via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > omd wrote: > > However, I vaguely remember having proposed this in the past, and > > someone objecting to it. But I can't find the thread; searching for > > "scrapers", only this thread

DIS: Reply-To Headers

2020-01-28 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
H. Distributor, Is it intentional that the Reply-To headers for messages include the original author? I always take them out. Alexis

Re: DIS: Reply-To Headers

2020-01-28 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Tue, 28 Jan 2020 at 18:47, Timon Walshe-Grey via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > I wrote: > > Alexis wrote: > > > Is it intentional that the Reply-To headers for messages include the > > > original author? I always take them out. > > > > To my knowledge, this isn't

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Editorial Guidelines

2020-01-29 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Wed, 29 Jan 2020 at 12:25, Timon Walshe-Grey via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > Aris wrote: > > For the record, I strongly disagree. I think Spivak is part of Agoran > > culture at this point, like the “or” suffixes at the end of offices. It’s > > part of what make

Re: DIS: Some thoughts on pragmatism and accounting

2020-01-29 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Wed, 29 Jan 2020 at 15:22, Aris Merchant via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > Oh, light, no. Last time we tried to store money as accounts it was an > infernal mess. It lead to a never ending series of bugs and > counterintuitive results. > > For the implementation,

Re: DIS: Some thoughts on pragmatism and accounting

2020-01-29 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Wed, 29 Jan 2020 at 16:19, Aris Merchant via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > Regardless, there are simple ways to implement Warrigal's proposal on > top of assets, and I'm simply saying that I'd prefer that we use those > instead. For allowing negative balances, for

DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal] Deputisation timeliness

2020-01-29 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Fri, 24 Jan 2020 at 18:03, Jason Cobb via agora-business < agora-busin...@agoranomic.org> wrote: > I submit the following proposal: > > Title: Deputisation timeliness > > AI: 3 > > Author: Jason Cobb > > Co-authors: Alexis > > { > > Amend Rule 2160 to read, in whole: > > { > > A player acting a

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal] Deputisation timeliness

2020-01-29 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Wed, 29 Jan 2020 at 17:35, Gaelan Steele via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > What about different mechanisms? I think we have rules where the officer > CAN do it by announcement, but everyone else needs CONSENT. > > Gaelan > Sounds like a fun CFJ. ;) -Alexis

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Notary] Weekly report

2020-01-29 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Wed, 29 Jan 2020 at 20:50, Gaelan Steele via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > > > On Jan 29, 2020, at 5:35 PM, Timon Walshe-Grey via agora-business < > agora-busin...@agoranomic.org> wrote: > > > > Gaelan wrote: > >> NOTARY'S REPORT OF JANUARY 29 2020 > > > > Ooh, j

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal] Help with Forgotten Announcements, Support Improvements

2020-01-29 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Wed, 29 Jan 2020 at 19:21, Aris Merchant via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > A bit messy, no? Most deferences in rules actually do something > significant; if it doesn't, it's likely to make people go "why is that > in there?" > > -Aris > It's also future-proofing;

DIS: Re: [CFJ] Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Assessor] Resolution of Proposals 8287-8307

2020-01-29 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Wed, 29 Jan 2020 at 20:45, Timon Walshe-Grey via agora-business < agora-busin...@agoranomic.org> wrote: > Jason wrote: > > On 1/28/20 10:26 PM, Jason Cobb via agora-official wrote: > > > > > // > > > ID: 8305 > > > Title: Keepi

DIS: Re: BUS: And in lighter news... [DoV]

2020-01-29 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Wed, 29 Jan 2020 at 14:17, Timon Walshe-Grey via agora-business < agora-busin...@agoranomic.org> wrote: > Having achieved a full set of 16 Ribbons, including the new Emerald > Ribbon, I Raise a Banner, causing me to win the game. > > -twg > Given that: a) I'm genuinely uncertain about the stat

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal] Help with Forgotten Announcements, Support Improvements

2020-01-29 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Wed, 29 Jan 2020 at 21:46, omd via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 1:45 PM Alexis Hunt via agora-business > wrote: > > Enact a new power-1 rule entitled "Default Mechanisms" reading as > follows: > > I feel like this makes more sense in a hi

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [Assessor] Resolution of Proposals 8287-8307

2020-01-29 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Wed, 29 Jan 2020 at 22:23, omd via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 5:52 PM Alexis Hunt via agora-business > wrote: > > [Note that the existing "more than one option" text is basically > > tautologically true and practically useless anyway. P

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal] Zombie proposals

2020-01-29 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Wed., Jan. 29, 2020, 23:35 Luke Tyler via agora-discussion, < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > > > Amend Rule 2532 (Zombies) by: > > - appending "A player CAN, without 3 objections, flip eir own master > switch > > to any other player. Other players SHOULD NOT object unless they believ

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal] Zombie proposals

2020-01-30 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Thu., Jan. 30, 2020, 00:47 Aris Merchant via agora-discussion, < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > If you’re going to do a revision, I’d appreciate it if you made the zombie > trust apply to all assets. > > -Aris > The only other assets are blots which, in my opinion, ought to be exclu

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: CFJ 3793 judged FALSE (zombies work but not for Gaelan)

2020-01-30 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Sun., Jan. 26, 2020, 15:51 Timon Walshe-Grey via agora-business, < agora-busin...@agoranomic.org> wrote: > Alexis wrote: > > I think this needs to be addressed properly in the judgment. I intend, > with > > 2 support, to group-file a motion to reconsider CFJ 3793. > > > > I will likely have mor

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Editorial Guidelines

2020-01-30 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Thu., Jan. 30, 2020, 06:08 AIS523--- via agora-discussion, < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > On Wed, 2020-01-29 at 17:25 +, Timon Walshe-Grey via agora- > discussion wrote: > > Aris wrote: > > > For the record, I strongly disagree. I think Spivak is part of Agoran > > > culture at

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [Assessor] Resolution of Proposals 8287-8307

2020-01-30 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Thu, 30 Jan 2020 at 10:32, Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion wrote: > Proto: "Pragmatic decisions", AI-3 > > Amend R208 by replacing: > 4. It specifies the outcome, as described elsewhere, and, if there > was more than one valid option, provides a tally of the voters' >

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [Assessor] Resolution of Proposals 8287-8307

2020-01-30 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Thu, 30 Jan 2020 at 12:10, Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion wrote: > Unless I'm misreading your suggestion, wouldn't this leave us open to saying > weeks/months/years later, if a deep error turns up, "since that result was > posted incorrectly, we've been playing under the wrong rules for a whi

DIS: [Proto] [Possibly Urgent] Ratification Changes

2020-01-30 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
Ugh, so, I just realized with G.'s recent point about the tally of votes in Agoran decisions possibly being self-ratifying, that ratifying the outcome of a decision could have all sorts of backwards-propagating effects and, in particular, possibly prevents self-ratification of incorrect outcomes al

Re: DIS: [Proto] [Possibly Urgent] Ratification Changes

2020-01-30 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Thu, 30 Jan 2020 at 13:18, Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion wrote: > > } > }}} > > -Alexis One missing paragraph: { Establish a legal fiction that, for each purported resolution of an Agoran decision that would have self-ratified, but whose self-ratification failed only bec

Re: DIS: [Proto] [Possibly Urgent] Ratification Changes

2020-01-30 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Thu, 30 Jan 2020 at 14:00, Aris Merchant via agora-discussion wrote: > Please cut the natural fact/legal fact distinction. It isn't helping > anything, and is just confusing and unnecessary complexity. Hm, I'm not entirely sure it is, because this wording makes it very clear that legal fiction

Re: DIS: [Proto] [Possibly Urgent] Ratification Changes

2020-01-30 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Thu, 30 Jan 2020 at 20:11, omd via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > > A legal fiction must be defined with respect to a specific point in > > time, or to a specific period of time, which CANNOT be in, or extend > > into, the future beyond its creation. > > By analogy

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [Promotor] Distribution of Proposals 8308-8321

2020-01-30 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Thu, 30 Jan 2020 at 23:41, Gaelan Steele via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > > 8315* Alexis 3.0 Clearer Resolutions > > ENDORSE Alexis, because I don’t have any idea what’s going on with this > mess and it seems like e does > I can go back to a

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [Herald] Thesis Committee for twg

2020-01-30 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Thu, 30 Jan 2020 at 23:48, Gaelan Steele via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > Wait, I’m curious about the legal basis for this conditional intent—I’ve > never seen something like it before. I guess there’s an argument to be made > that the “announcement of intent” re

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: A quirk in the CFJ archives

2020-01-31 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Fri, 31 Jan 2020 at 15:44, Jason Cobb via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > On 1/31/20 3:42 PM, Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion wrote: > > For the record, I just sent the case assignment message, it tripped my > > spam filter on the return so dunno if enough people w

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Arbitor] CFJ 3805 Assigned to Aris

2020-01-31 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Fri, 31 Jan 2020 at 18:17, Aris Merchant via agora-business < agora-busin...@agoranomic.org> wrote: > > I support. For those who don’t understand the reference, see [1][2] (at > > least I think the first one is part of it; I know the second is). > > > > [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Promotor] Distribution of Proposals 8308-8321

2020-01-31 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Fri, 31 Jan 2020 at 22:15, omd via agora-business < agora-busin...@agoranomic.org> wrote: > > 8316* Alexis 3.0 Zombie voting package > PRESENT; the fact that the new Rule 683 clause forces default votes to > be "valid" means that they could be submitted even by ineligible >

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [Assessor] Resolution of Proposals 8287-8307

2020-02-01 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Sat, 1 Feb 2020 at 00:10, James Cook via agora-discussion wrote: > Are we sure the first attempt at resolving the decisions didn't > succeed? I've lost track. > > In case we're a the situation like Alexis outlined, where the first > succeeds platonically and this one succeeds via self-ratificat

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [Assessor] Resolution of Proposals 8287-8307

2020-02-01 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Sat, 1 Feb 2020 at 19:22, Jason Cobb via agora-discussion wrote: > > On 2/1/20 7:20 PM, James Cook wrote: > > I submit a proposal as follows: > > > > Title: Unrepetition > > AI: 3 > > Chamber: Efficiency > > > Perhaps the H. Promotor should order this first in the batch so that the > other prop

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [DoV] [Proposal] Closing the door behind me

2020-02-06 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Thu, 6 Feb 2020 at 14:55, James Cook via agora-discussion wrote: > > On Thu, 6 Feb 2020 at 18:09, James Cook wrote: > > Are we just going to let a steady stream of sufficiently dedicated > > players claim their standard victories? I say we raise the bar a > > little. > > By the way, I don't me

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [Promotor] Distribution of Proposals 8308-8321

2020-02-06 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Thu, 30 Jan 2020 at 23:42, Gaelan Steele via agora-business wrote: > >> 8317e Alexis 2.0 Zombie trade > > > > FOR, although I note that there’s a minor scam: you can prevent a zombie > > from expiring by putrefying it after it’s already been putrified to > > increase its

DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal] Help with Forgotten Announcements, Support Improvements

2020-02-06 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Fri, 31 Jan 2020 at 11:24, James Cook wrote: > > On Wed, 29 Jan 2020 at 21:46, Alexis Hunt via agora-business > wrote: > > 3. Replacing "The action is to be performed with N Agoran consent, and > > the number > > of Supporters of the intent is less than or equal to N times the number of > > Ob

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Editorial Guidelines

2020-02-06 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Thu, 6 Feb 2020 at 22:06, Jason Cobb via agora-discussion wrote: > > On 2/6/20 7:47 PM, Alexis Hunt via agora-business wrote: > > "I intend, with Agoran consent, to enact the following Editorial > > Guidelines:" > > > > does not seem like multiple separate intents. > > > Whoops, you're right.

DIS: Re: BUS: CFJ 3805 judged TRUE

2020-02-06 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Thu, 6 Feb 2020 at 23:46, Aris Merchant via agora-business wrote: > > [Sorry if this came out a bit confusing or has errors. I'm a bit > rushed and I don't have time to edit ATM.] I'm disappointed that you didn't go for PROBABLY instead.

Re: DIS: [Reporter] Some questions, some thoughts, and a proposed newsletter

2020-02-07 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Fri, 7 Feb 2020 at 14:31, James Cook via agora-discussion wrote: > I'll try to start by covering the period I've summarized, but consider > going to monthly-ish after that. -ish because it would be nice to line > it up with weeks. > > Payment would be nice. > > We could add an office. I think i

Re: DIS: [proto] Retroactive Events: a refactor of ratification

2020-02-08 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Sat, 1 Feb 2020 at 19:41, omd via agora-discussion wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 1, 2020 at 8:17 AM James Cook via agora-discussion > wrote: > > This is a counter-proto to Alexis's "Ratification by Legal Fiction", in > > the sense that I think it also fixes the problem of ratification > > failing due

DIS: Re: BUS: [Registrar] February zombie auction status

2020-02-08 Thread Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion
On Sat, 8 Feb 2020 at 12:17, James Cook via agora-business wrote: > > This is an unofficial report on the ongoing zombie auction. All times UTC. > > Note: it is not clear that zombie auctions work. It is possible the > winners will not receive their lots but will still be required to pay. > The ju

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