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\documentclass[11pt]{article}
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\usepackage{fullpage}
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\usepackage[pdftex]{graphicx}
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\usepackage{setspace}
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\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
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\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
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\usepackage{hyperref}
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\renewcommand{\thesection}{}
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\renewcommand{\thesubsection}{\arabic{subsection}}
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\makeatletter
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\def\@seccntformat#1{\csname #1ignore\expandafter\endcsname\csname the#1\endcsname\quad}
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\let\sectionignore\@gobbletwo
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\let\latex@numberline\numberline
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\def\numberline#1{\if\relax#1\relax\else\latex@numberline{#1}\fi}
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\makeatother
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\begin{document}
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\section{\#offtopia law guide}
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This document is merely a summary of the most important laws helpful for everyday activity.
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\subsection{Terminology}
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\begin{itemize}
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\item \texttt{law}: A passed proposal. A proposal requires three contiguous votes
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by unique non-bot members of the channel to be passed.
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Laws need not effect active behavior on the channel, and can be passed because of
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Rule of Funny.
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\item \texttt{malcompliance}: The act of complying in the worst possible manner. Or,
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as the Finnish define it, ``following the letter of the law while pissing on the spirit''.
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Examples:
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\begin{quote}
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``Hey could you test sortix?'' ``test -f sortix.iso \# Yep. It's a file.'' \\
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``Hey, can you give me some water?'' ``You mean aqua?'' ``...sure.'' *gives aqua fortis*
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\end{quote}
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\item \texttt{filibuster}: Anything that is sent on the channel, and can stop a
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law from being passed, is known as a filibuster. This is line in with the literal meaning, ``obstructs progress in a legislative assembly''.
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\item \texttt{proposal}: Anything that can filibuster can be a proposal.
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\item \texttt{new ancient law}: A law that has always been true,
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but was only recently discovered and legislated.
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\item \texttt{lawrememberer}: The person responsible for maintaining the lawlist,
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currently `nortti'.
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\item \texttt{lawspeaker}: The person who interprets and clarifies the law,
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currently `nortti'.
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\item \texttt{triminority}: The three required to pass a law. Can be used to refer to
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an actual group, or a hypothetical group.
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\item \texttt{triumvirate}: People who are more active with channel work, and have additional rights with ChanServ. Currently consists of `FireFly', `heddwch', `meowrobot', `nortti', `puckipedia', `shikhin', `sortie', `vehk', and `ybden'.
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\item \texttt{vote}: Anything described under `Voting.Syntaxen'.
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\end{itemize}
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\subsection{Voting}
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\subsubsection{Basics}
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At every moment, there is an active proposal and a vote count.
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If a vote that doesn't
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refer to the current active proposal is cast, the active proposal changes to the new
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proposal, and the vote count resets to 0. A filibuster sets the active proposal to itself and resets the vote count to 0.
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A vote increments the vote count by 1 after change of proposal (if required).
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When
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the vote count reaches 3, the active proposal becomes a law.
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\subsubsection{Syntaxen}
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There are several different kinds of syntaxes for voting on laws. They're all based
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on the original syntax of \texttt{:D}, with various modifications.
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\begin{itemize}
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\item \texttt{:D}
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The most basic form. Votes for the current active proposal.
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\item \texttt{:D\~{}N}
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Votes N proposals back. Is 0-indexed, so \texttt{:D\~{}0} is
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equivalent to \texttt{:D}.
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\item \texttt{:D\^{} :D\^{}\^{} :D\^{}\^{}\^{} ...}
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Equivalent to \texttt{:D\~{}N}, where N is the number of `\^{}'s.
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\item \texttt{:D\~{}mathematical expression}
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If the mathematical expression, or its
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modulus, is a non-negative integer, say N, then it is equivalent to \texttt{:D\~{}N}.
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Otherwise, it is an invalid vote.
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\item \texttt{:D\~{}kick}
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Refers to last kick. Can only be used right after a kick, or
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a kick followed by a join by the kicked person.
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\item \texttt{nick: :D, nick: :D\~{}N, nick: :D\^{}, nick: :D\~{}mathematical expression}
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Same as without the \texttt{nick: } prefix, but instead refer to the relevant proposal made by `nick'. \texttt{nick, } can be used instead of \texttt{nick: }.
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\end{itemize}
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\subsubsection{What counts as a filibuster/proposal?}
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\begin{itemize}
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\item Filibustering messages \emph{are} proposals, \emph{unless} they're sent by bots to explain something in the previous message (e.g. title bot, automatic translation) \emph{or} they begin with \texttt{nolog:} or \texttt{[nolog]}.
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\item Bot messages sent as a response to direct command (e.g. program evaluation, non-automatic translation) \emph{are} proposals.
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\item Bot messages that are generally to be ignored in the legislative process (e.g. title bot, automatic translation) \emph{are} proposals \emph{if} intended to disrupt.
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\item Notices are treated like messages (except they can't be used to vote).
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\item Nick changes \emph{are not} proposals, \emph{unless} they are a direct response to something in channel \emph{or} are disruptive.
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\item Kicks and mode changes \emph{are} proposals.
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\item Joins \emph{are not} proposals, \emph{unless} it is a first join \emph{or} intended to disrupt.
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\item Parts and quits \emph{are not} proposals, \emph{unless} intended to disrupt.
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\item Special behaviour: valid votes with \texttt{:D:} or \texttt{D:} substituted for \texttt{:D} can \emph{not} act as proposals. These messages
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still filibuster.
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\end{itemize}
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\subsection{Behaving}
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\begin{itemize}
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\item \url{https://gitlab.com/sortie/mmmm/blob/master/mmmm.txt} (MMMM).
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A collection of rules and guidelines that evolved from horrors that won't be mentioned here; currently in helpful form. By new ancient law, MMMM is lawful.
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\item Calling women subhuman; making racist, homophobic, or transphobic
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comments; calling people with disabilities leeches and subhuman;
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telling people with mental illnesses to kill themselves; or other comparable acts
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are to be prohibited by punishment of ban, except in cases of clear sarcasm.
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\item Mark NSFW content. Linked NSFW content should be marked, preferably with \texttt{NSFW} or \texttt{[NSFW]}.
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\item Do not kick idlers.
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Idlers are defined as people whose last activity has been 5 minutes ago (where activity implies messages or nick changes as a response to something in the channel), or who have marked themselves away (e.g. by \texttt{bbl}).
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\item Avoid funkicking.
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`Funkicking' is where you kick someone just for fun, or for some insignificant reason. Exception to this is if the person you're `funkicking' does not mind the fun kick.
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\end{itemize}
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\subsection{Logs}
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\begin{itemize}
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\item There is a public log that logs the last hundred lines of the channel, except those that begin with
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begin with \texttt{nolog:} or \texttt{[nolog]}.
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\item Publishing channel logs otherwise without explicit agreement from the channel is prohibited.
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\item The gopher server serving the public logs is allowed to collect IPs, requested paths, and user
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agents of connecting users; these are not retained for over a month except in cases of abuse.
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\end{itemize}
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\subsection{Additional stuff}
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\begin{itemize}
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\item In cases where there is disagreement on whether something passed, the lawrememberer's point of view is used.
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\item The person who opens the vote on a proposal must provide the law to lawrememberer, if requested to do so.
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\item Zero-width spaces in votes are to be ignored.
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\item It is a good custom to vote on one's own proposal last.
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\end{itemize}
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\end{document}
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