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by Cachard Calia » Thu Jun 01, 2023 1:22 pm
by Remulia » Thu Jun 01, 2023 6:02 pm
by Trotterdam » Fri Jun 02, 2023 6:50 am
Only #1356, which is specifically for autark nations.Edush wrote:I want to write an issue about the adoption of Windows, Mac OS or Linux on government computers. Is there already an issue with this theme?
by Tinhampton » Fri Jun 02, 2023 7:20 am
Trotterdam wrote:The equivalent of Apple is Pear, which are mostly known for selling uPhones...
by Democratic Poopland » Fri Jun 02, 2023 10:34 am
Protests in Klūben. | Mind-control documents leaked. | PSS 12345Moderation links. (I'm not a moderator.) | Governor of The Poopian Bloc. | He/they. | aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
by Verdant Haven » Fri Jun 02, 2023 11:59 am
Democratic Poopland wrote:I'm thinking of making an issue where a small group of millionaires find a glitch in the economic system but I think there's already an issue on that. Is there an issue on the subject?
by Democratic Poopland » Fri Jun 02, 2023 12:02 pm
Verdant Haven wrote:Democratic Poopland wrote:I'm thinking of making an issue where a small group of millionaires find a glitch in the economic system but I think there's already an issue on that. Is there an issue on the subject?
I think you'll need to be more specific. "Find[ing] a glitch" typically refers to finding something wrong in a computer program, while an economic system typically means a sort of broad philosophy applied to a means of production and distribution of products and services (like "capitalism" or "Mercantilism"). What exactly do you have in mind?
Protests in Klūben. | Mind-control documents leaked. | PSS 12345Moderation links. (I'm not a moderator.) | Governor of The Poopian Bloc. | He/they. | aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
by Isomedia » Fri Jun 02, 2023 5:14 pm
by Southland » Fri Jun 02, 2023 5:24 pm
Disserbia wrote:swaziland on acid and jesus
Ealdracaland wrote:I get a weird vibe from the sun on the flag. It feels like it's looking at me with malicious intent.
Verkhoyanska wrote:Condemn for having that creepy looking sun in your flag. IT'S STARING INTO MY SOUL.
Reloviskistan wrote:Unrelated: AN's flag looks like a mural on the wall of a Mexican restaurant
Valehart wrote:That flag's face is high on something that's illegal in most countries
Spiritkin Village wrote:Banned for you constantly implying you got all this lore, yet have no factbooks. Like at this point it is just a tease.
by Democratic Poopland » Fri Jun 02, 2023 11:57 pm
Isomedia wrote:I need a bit of a tip
I noticed surfing a bit through the forums that people put @@RANDOMNAME@@ in their issue drafts, now, I have written a few issues and I don't put that what I assume is either a script code or a placeholder, I make up a name myself, am I doing something stupid? will my issues be denied immediately because I made a name instead of @@RANDOMNAME@@? Would a issue editor edit this into my issue if it miraculously got accepted? Am I freaking out over absolutely nothing like an idiot? I need just a quick tip about this random name thing.
Protests in Klūben. | Mind-control documents leaked. | PSS 12345Moderation links. (I'm not a moderator.) | Governor of The Poopian Bloc. | He/they. | aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
by Edush » Sat Jun 03, 2023 2:32 am
Trotterdam wrote:Only #1356, which is specifically for autark nations.Edush wrote:I want to write an issue about the adoption of Windows, Mac OS or Linux on government computers. Is there already an issue with this theme?
It appears to have been decided to not use real-life operating system names in the NationStates universe, with issues instead referring (rarely) to the standins "Windoors" and "Sprinux".
The equivalent of Apple is Pear, which are mostly known for selling uPhones, but there's also one mention of them selling what sounds like a laptop. The name of their operating system has not been established.
by Pogaria » Sat Jun 03, 2023 3:14 am
Southland wrote:I have two ideas for the contest: the "Sample" one that's already posted, and one that deals with robot religious conversion. I have a draft of the latter sitting on my computer with the original intent of it being my follow up on the "Sample" issue (severely overestimating the speed of getting drafts resolved...), but I feel its unique premise would make it stick out more. Which one should I go with?
by New Anarchisticstan » Sat Jun 03, 2023 5:06 am
by Verdant Haven » Sat Jun 03, 2023 7:01 am
New Anarchisticstan wrote:Is there an issue about school performance inspections? Nothing comes to mind. If not, then I could make one. For reference, such inspection body would be similar to UK's Ofsted. It would, quite broadly, monitor student behaviour, school administration integrity, and curriculum progress.
Now, the complicated part comes here: if a school is graded below average, would there be punishments handed out by the government, like taking away school independence (eg all school finance and assets will be managed directly by the government)?
Maybe this issue can be repurposed for independent private schools, idk. Any thoughts or extra input?
by Trotterdam » Sat Jun 03, 2023 7:13 am
Wouldn't half of all schools be graded "below average"?New Anarchisticstan wrote:Now, the complicated part comes here: if a school is graded below average,
by Verdant Haven » Sat Jun 03, 2023 7:53 am
Trotterdam wrote:Wouldn't half of all schools be graded "below average"?New Anarchisticstan wrote:Now, the complicated part comes here: if a school is graded below average,
If your people think that merely being "below average" is something horrible that needs to be punished, then that's definitely a symptom of your poor school system.
by Trotterdam » Sat Jun 03, 2023 8:26 am
Technically, "average" is an informal term that can refer to one of several different types of formal average depending on the context, one of which is the median.Verdant Haven wrote:No. "Average" isn't the same as Median.
Technically, but this is the kind of statistics that the "lies, damned lies, and statistics" saying refers to. The sensible way to read this is that the majority of schools are within a couple points of the mean (itself something unlikely to happen in a more realistic dataset), with about as many significantly above it as significantly below it.Verdant Haven wrote:If you have fifty schools that earn a score of 80, ten schools that earn a score of 90, and ten schools that earn a score of 60, then the average score is 78.57, and those scoring "below average" are a small and obviously underperforming group.
If we switch that so it's fifty at 80, ten at 100, and ten at 70, then the average is 81.43 and "below average" means almost everybody.
by Islands Of Ventro » Sat Jun 03, 2023 11:38 am
by New Anarchisticstan » Sat Jun 03, 2023 11:48 am
Islands Of Ventro wrote:I want to make an issue about your governments stance emojis and their affects on messaging around the country and the divide between older and younger generations on them. I couldn’t find anything that was similar enough to warrant not writing it but just wanted to double check with this forum to make sure that this hasn’t been done before.
by Verdant Haven » Sat Jun 03, 2023 4:47 pm
Islands Of Ventro wrote:I want to make an issue about your governments stance emojis and their affects on messaging around the country and the divide between older and younger generations on them. I couldn’t find anything that was similar enough to warrant not writing it but just wanted to double check with this forum to make sure that this hasn’t been done before.
by Islands Of Ventro » Sun Jun 04, 2023 11:10 am
Verdant Haven wrote:Islands Of Ventro wrote:I want to make an issue about your governments stance emojis and their affects on messaging around the country and the divide between older and younger generations on them. I couldn’t find anything that was similar enough to warrant not writing it but just wanted to double check with this forum to make sure that this hasn’t been done before.
The main challenge with that would be finding a reason for emojis to matter to the government. Emojis are not, in and of themselves, relevant to national policy, and different generations not communicating in the same manner is a tale as old as human record keeping. If there is a way to use the discussion of emojis as a means to access a question or dilemma that actually does matter, then that's totally fair, but I don't see emojis themselves serving as the primary motivation for an issue.
by Entropan » Mon Jun 05, 2023 12:26 am
Panda wrote:Whichever way you cut it, it's homeopathy. Have you got a holy anti-aircraft missile? That I could gladly believe in.
by West Barack and East Obama » Mon Jun 05, 2023 12:36 am
by Edush » Mon Jun 05, 2023 6:20 am
Entropan wrote:Regarding Issue #73: @@NAME@@, Without Cars, Going Nowhere Fast
Why are the options only to bring back cars, bring back electric cars, or ban political dissent? Should there not be an option to increase funding for public transportation, or just a 'status quo' option if the nation has well-funded public transportation?
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