Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on July 09, 2025, 06:48:38 PMDoesn't the MinImm have a pretty free hand to discontinue applications (Lexh.E.5)?

Let me get this straight. You would support me just deep-sixing a prospective citizen on my own initiative; but you're allergic to the idea of pre-screening immigration applications.

I am open to making amendments to this before Clarking if someone else can provide better ways to eliminate prospectives' use of LLMs. It doesn't have to be on the immigration form but we have to have a law that says: "sorry, speak in your own voice, using Google Translate where necessary, don't get a robot to speak for you"

Quote from: Marcel Eðo Pairescu Tafial, UrGP on July 09, 2025, 11:26:44 AMWhat are you talking about?

Any immigration procedure that doesn't *exclude* the use of ChatGPT (not necessarily before application, but definitely before citizenship) is going to lead to things like this.

I mean, there's a difference with a citizen or a prospective using Google Translate; it might sound a bit "fake" but there's a real person behind it.

I still insist on my (mis)use of the Greek term National Schism to describe the era of the separate existence of the Republic.

@Xheralt Del'Encradeir's categorization of Sir Tamorán dal Nava as a "jock" strikes me as weird. He's just as nerdy as the rest of us. But he's also very combative (or was so), and during the period when he was Seneschál and I was a leading figure in Penguinea we absolutely despised each other. Then, during the Republican era, we became very close political allies, and I keep trying to persuade him to become active again. I've found that that happens to me again and again in Talossa - my closest political allies seem to be my firm political opponents of 5 years ago. I like to think of that as the Hegelian dialectic.

Also of historical interest to Xheralt might be this - entent2.pdf - a newssheet which was my attempt (in my usual overheated style of the time) to intervene in the post-Ben Kingdom. I beg Xheralt's forgiveness for the personalised tone. What we were aiming for above all was to try to counter Ben's lies and propaganda, to reach out to whichever Kingdom citizens might be prepared to treat us fairly, to repair the National Schism. Sadly, that door closed when John Woolley became King and didn't open up again for 5 years or so.

No comments? No alternative suggestions? No edits? We're 6 days out from voting on this

Estimat Túischac'h, in accordance with the 61st Cosa Budget, I would like to give two weeks notice to the Burgermeister of Internal Revenue to disburse $US75 to Baron A. Davinescu for provision of three Talossan-language lessons.

Senator Carbonel actually wrote to me to ask me about the facts of the case a few months ago, so it's not as if he's unwillingly ignorant

It's just that AD seems to be complaining about the Immigration form at the same time he is voting against an actual Government proposal to simplify that form.

Estimat Tuischac'h, my Ministry has authorised the release of $US75 to Baron A. Davinescù for the provision of three more Teach Yourself Talossan lessons.

@þerxh Sant-Enogat , is the Baron speaking for your party with this new manifesto he seems to have worked out?

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on July 02, 2025, 06:08:10 PMI would be open to that. The trick will be defining it in a way that doesn't threaten civil liberties.

Perhaps the model should be El Lexh A.7.2.4., the existing Contempt of Court provisions? Witt moderators are the analogy of peace officers.

BTW, you guys may be amused to learn that an ¡Avant! legislator who's a less regular Witt follower asked me what in blazes "this word salad" was supposed to mean, referring to 61RZ17 :D

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on July 01, 2025, 10:50:28 PMPerhaps the fourth offense should be criminalized somehow?

My first impulse would be to create an offence of "disturbing the peace", which would - among other things - include wilful disregard of Wittiquette and defiance of Witt moderators

I would just like to tag on here a reminder that this isn't over, not by a long shot. While we are rightfully prioritizing the issue of sexual harassment, Brenéir has most recently bullied the Túischac'h of the Cosa into taking an extended leave of absence. We're not through with Toxicity and Destructiveness unless we address it as a political phenomenon as well as a personal one.

Quote from: Sir Lüc on June 30, 2025, 05:34:29 PMI'm not sure what precedent looks like here

The precedent to this point has *always* been "2 members of the CRL read and offer their comments" is enough for passing the CRL. You can ask your predecessor in this role about that.