Nomic: Wiki Edition --- Finished (More or Less)

[Jake The Wolfie]

Also, for reference:

Durability: How much damage this item can take before being destroyed.

Protection from Y: Any spell which has a color identity of Y will automatically fail.

Color Identity: The mana colors used to cast the spell, or the mana colors used as an ability of the spell.

[Jake The Wolfie]

Buy 1 Wastes

[Ircher]

Motion M009 - (This motion lasts for 1 second) The following item shall be added to the Nomic Shop as a permanent: Conjure Wall (N$1000): This spell costs at least 1 mana to cast. When casted, you gain control of a wall with the following text, where X is the amount of mana used to cast the spell: "This wall has a durability of X. If you are the target of a spell, this wall protects you from that spell, and this wall takes damage equal to the spell's mana cost." If you casted this spell using only one mana color, the wall also gains "This has protection from Y.", where Y is the color of mana used to cast this spell.

Proposal 345 - Any player may create and define keywords without the need for any proposal to pass. These keywords should be recorded somewhere on the wiki.

M009 draws a little bit from 345.

The main reason for 345 is so that any time we need a new keyword for stuff, we don't need everyone's approval each time just to define terms.

VOTE: Yea M009

Regarding 345... What if two players come up with conflicting definitions and/or don't agree on how to define a keyword? How should that be resolved?

Also, prodding lendunistus (2d 2h).

[Jake The Wolfie]

You can make a proposition to take care of that, such as "If one keyword has two different definitions, a vote may be held to determine which definition is correct."

[Ircher]

Fair enough.
VOTE: Yea 345

[Ircher]

Question of the Day #8

Category: History
Question: Who is known as the "father of anatomy" and is credited as the first physician to dissect human bodies?

The correct answer is

Herophilus

.

Question of the Day #9

Category: Mathematics
Question: What are

eight

equivalent conditions to an n by n square matrix A having an inverse? (Recall: A matrix B is the inverse of a square matrix A if and only if AB = BA = I where I is the n by n identity matrix with 1's on the diagonal and 0's elsewhere.)

There are a whole slew of conditions equivalent to the above; way more than just eight. For each correct one you name, I will award you with 3 KP. You get a bonus of 2 KP if you manage to name 4 and a bonus of 4 KP if you manage to name 8. You may not guess a condition that someone else has already guessed.

1. Categorise the following countries according to whether they are parliamentary, semi-presidential, or presidential democracies: USA, South Korea, Brazil, UK, France (2KP each)

USA - Presidential
UK - Parliamentary
South Korea - Semi-Presidential
Brazil - Parliamentary
France - Presidential
I am guessing on 3/5 of these.

[StrangerCoug]

VOTE: Yea M009
VOTE: Yea 345

[D3f3nd3r]

Interjecting to say “good lord” to Ircher’s question because I for one would love to forget proof based linear algebra

[lendunistus]

prodge

[Ircher]

M009

and 345

pass. I will update the wiki later.

[Deimos27]

USA - Presidential
UK - Parliamentary
South Korea - Semi-Presidential
Brazil - Parliamentary
France - Presidential
I am guessing on 3/5 of these.

AYYYY someone tried (clearly my questions were much too hard)
UK is correct and US is correct
South Korea and Brazil are presidential
France is semi-presidential

Give 5KP to Ircher

Extra KP for trying (thank you)

[Deimos27]

Buy 2 Victory Trophies

If they're still around

[Deimos27]

Ok new questions (I can provide answers to old questions on demand)

Given that we are the Nomic Central Bank, let us consider European Central Bank (ECB) monetary policy (some of these may be generalisable outside that institution)

1. Who is the president of the ECB? (5KP)
2. ECB governors are often described as "doves" or "hawks". What is the difference? (10KP)
3. How did the ECB adjust its inflation target as a result of the 2021 strategy review? (15KP)
4. Why is the ECB's current deposit facility interest rate considered "unconventional"? (15KP)

Surely one of you is an expert 'bout to hoover up those 45KP?

EDIT: Fixed numbering

[Jake The Wolfie]

1. Who is the President of the ECB? (5KP) - ME, I am.
2. ECB governors are often described as "doves" or "hawks". What is the difference? (10KP) - Both are eternally enslaved by the ECB, however I occasionally release some employees during a wedding. They are called Doves.
2. How did the ECB adjust its inflation target as a result of the 2021 strategy review? (15KP) - We started shoveling money into an Earth burning machine to deflate the economy

and

destroy the Earth!
3. Why is the ECB's current deposit facility interest rate considered "unconventional"? (15KP) - This is vile slander from cowards who won't accept that this is the best way to do business.

[Ircher]

Question of the Day #9
Category: Mathematics
Question: What are eight equivalent conditions to an n by n square matrix A having an inverse? (Recall: A matrix B is the inverse of a square matrix A if and only if AB = BA = I where I is the n by n identity matrix with 1's on the diagonal and 0's elsewhere.)

I'm gonna give this question another day. As a hint, I gave you two equivalent conditions already .

[Ircher]

I think 345 is going to have to be reposted as 346 as it turns out we had a 345 already (see rule 210). With that being said, it's been well over 72 hours since the (original) 345, so that proposal fails. (This was totally on me though for not noticing it sooner.) Also, with that said, we have no active proposals or motions!

[StrangerCoug]

Prod dodge; had been meaning to post more questions of my own for KP.

[Jake The Wolfie]

I think 345 is going to have to be reposted as 346 as it turns out we had a 345 already (see rule 210). With that being said, it's been well over 72 hours since the (original) 345, so that proposal fails. (This was totally on me though for not noticing it sooner.) Also, with that said, we have no active proposals or motions!

Wait, why did 345 fail? You and StrangerCoug voted for it without either unvoting or negative voting it.

[Ircher]

We had two 345's.

Proposal 345 - Any player may create and define keywords without the need for any proposal to pass. These keywords should be recorded somewhere on the wiki.

Should've been labeled 346 as you posted this earlier:

Proposal 345: Any immutable rule may be altered or deleted via unanimous consent without first transmuting it.

[Ircher]

Question of the Day #9
Category: Mathematics
Question: What are eight equivalent conditions to an n by n square matrix A having an inverse? (Recall: A matrix B is the inverse of a square matrix A if and only if AB = BA = I where I is the n by n identity matrix with 1's on the diagonal and 0's elsewhere.)

I'm gonna give this question another day. As a hint, I gave you two equivalent conditions already .

I'm disappointed no one attempted this. Anyway, here are several that I can think of:

1) A has n pivots.
2) A has a left inverse B such that BA = I.
3) A has a right inverse B such that AB = I.
4) A is row equivalent to the n by n identity matrix.
5) The columns of A span R^n.
6) The columns of A form a basis for R^n.
7) The columns of A are linearly independent.
8) The determinant of A is nonzero.
9) The rows of A span R^n.
10) The rows of A are linearly independent.
11) The rows of A form a basis for R^n.
12) The matrix equation Ax = b where b is a vector in R^n has a unique solution.
13) The transpose of A is invertible.

Here are a few more after looking over my linear algebra notes:
14) The column space of A equals R^n.
15) The rank of A equals n.
16) The null space of A equals the zero vector.
17) The dimension of the null space of A equals 0.

Several more exist as well!

Question of the Day #10

Category: Biochemistry
Question: What kind of molecule helps speed up reactions in the human body?

[StrangerCoug]

Question of the Day #10

Category: Biochemistry
Question: What kind of molecule helps speed up reactions in the human body?

An enzyme?

[Ircher]

Yes, that's it!

Give StrangerCoug 30 Knowledge Points.

[Jake The Wolfie]

Proposal 346 - Any player may create and define keywords without the need for any proposal to pass. These keywords should be recorded somewhere on the wiki.

[Ircher]

VOTE: Yea 346

[StrangerCoug]

VOTE: Yea 346