Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal] Scoring Integer Points
On Mon, Feb 28, 2022 at 6:46 PM Ørjan Johansen via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > I knew the meaning from both math and programming, but I still think it > would look and flow better to express it as "rounded down". > > Greetings, > Ørjan. > The ruleset has no floors, walls, or ceilings, so I thought we could start from the ground up. Also "Each time a player fulfills a scoring condition, the officer associated with the condition CAN once by announcement, and SHALL in an officially timely fashion, add to that player's score the associated amount of points, rounded down" just sounds strange to me. -- secretsnail
Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal] Scoring Integer Points
On Mon, 28 Feb 2022, Sarah S. via agora-discussion wrote: On Mon, Feb 28, 2022 at 9:45 PM Aspen via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: On Mon, Feb 28, 2022 at 1:41 AM Sarah S. via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: On Mon, Feb 28, 2022 at 6:47 PM secretsnail9 via agora-business < agora-busin...@agoranomic.org> wrote: I submit the below proposal, and then pay a pendant to pend it: Title: Scoring Integer Points Author: secretsnail Coauthors: AI : 1.0 { Amend Rule 2657 (Scoring) by replacing "add to that player's score the associated amount of points" with "add to that player's score the floor of the associated amount of points". (This would let players score points for proposals with non-integer AIs.) } -- secretsnail im telling on myself here but idk what 'the floor' means in this context. i assume it's mathematical? "The floor of X" means "X rounded down to the nearest integer". Ceiling is the same, but rounded up. They pop up in math and computer programming. -Aspen i'd prefer it written out like that because i wouldn't really understand its meaning if i read it in the ruleset. but it has been pended already so no big deal, it's just me being a word person instead of a numbers person. obviously its a very necessary bugfix anyway. I knew the meaning from both math and programming, but I still think it would look and flow better to express it as "rounded down". -- R. Lee Greetings, Ørjan.
Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal] Scoring Integer Points
On Mon, Feb 28, 2022 at 9:45 PM Aspen via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > On Mon, Feb 28, 2022 at 1:41 AM Sarah S. via agora-discussion < > agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > > > On Mon, Feb 28, 2022 at 6:47 PM secretsnail9 via agora-business < > > agora-busin...@agoranomic.org> wrote: > > > > > I submit the below proposal, and then pay a pendant to pend it: > > > > > > Title: Scoring Integer Points > > > Author: secretsnail > > > Coauthors: > > > AI : 1.0 > > > > > > { > > > > > > Amend Rule 2657 (Scoring) by replacing "add to that player's score the > > > associated amount of points" with "add to that player's score the floor > > of > > > the associated amount of points". > > > > > > (This would let players score points for proposals with non-integer > AIs.) > > > > > > } > > > > > > -- > > > secretsnail > > > > > > > im telling on myself here but idk what 'the floor' means in this > context. i > > assume it's mathematical? > > > "The floor of X" means "X rounded down to the nearest integer". Ceiling is > the same, but rounded up. They pop up in math and computer programming. > > -Aspen > i'd prefer it written out like that because i wouldn't really understand its meaning if i read it in the ruleset. but it has been pended already so no big deal, it's just me being a word person instead of a numbers person. obviously its a very necessary bugfix anyway. -- R. Lee
Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal] Scoring Integer Points
On Mon, Feb 28, 2022 at 1:41 AM Sarah S. via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > On Mon, Feb 28, 2022 at 6:47 PM secretsnail9 via agora-business < > agora-busin...@agoranomic.org> wrote: > > > I submit the below proposal, and then pay a pendant to pend it: > > > > Title: Scoring Integer Points > > Author: secretsnail > > Coauthors: > > AI : 1.0 > > > > { > > > > Amend Rule 2657 (Scoring) by replacing "add to that player's score the > > associated amount of points" with "add to that player's score the floor > of > > the associated amount of points". > > > > (This would let players score points for proposals with non-integer AIs.) > > > > } > > > > -- > > secretsnail > > > > im telling on myself here but idk what 'the floor' means in this context. i > assume it's mathematical? "The floor of X" means "X rounded down to the nearest integer". Ceiling is the same, but rounded up. They pop up in math and computer programming. -Aspen
DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal] Scoring Integer Points
On Mon, Feb 28, 2022 at 6:47 PM secretsnail9 via agora-business < agora-busin...@agoranomic.org> wrote: > I submit the below proposal, and then pay a pendant to pend it: > > Title: Scoring Integer Points > Author: secretsnail > Coauthors: > AI : 1.0 > > { > > Amend Rule 2657 (Scoring) by replacing "add to that player's score the > associated amount of points" with "add to that player's score the floor of > the associated amount of points". > > (This would let players score points for proposals with non-integer AIs.) > > } > > -- > secretsnail > im telling on myself here but idk what 'the floor' means in this context. i assume it's mathematical? -- R. Lee