The Factory Floor

3:46 AM

@DaaaahWhoosh I don't know (and have no reasonable way to find) my first chat message, but my recollection is that it was something like "(click on link) hi, I've never used chat before". :-) I didn't use chat until somebody invited me into some room or other, maybe in a comment. It was probably 2011.

@PavelJanicek congratulations on your well-earned trustworthiness!

@DaaaahWhoosh ha. I did fight in the SCA for some years -- came in from the D&D path originally, got more interested in history later -- but I wasn't very good. I especially wasn't good at sword and shield, which is what they start people on (or did at the time, anyway).

It turned out that I was much better with polearm, which with the SCA's safety rules is basically a staff with a blade at the end and only 6' long, not like historical glaves and stuff that you couldn't use in tournament combat anyway.

I much preferred tournament combat to melees. Especially with my vision I found the large battles to be really hard to function in -- lots going on, couldn't see very far, and not a well-trained soldier to begin with.

Journeyman Geek

6:43 AM

@MonicaCellio being able to find your first chat message was a requested feature.

Pᴇᴛᴇ

7:02 AM

@MonicaCellio - You rock.

Pavel Janicek

7:32 AM

Comments have been moved to chat by an evil moderator. Bwahahaha — Monica Cellio ♦ 5 hours ago

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I love you @MonicaCellio

Pᴇᴛᴇ

Humour for the win!

Pavel Janicek

I poened that comment in work. Literally LOLed

Luckily I am still only one in my office

Pᴇᴛᴇ

@kingledion- The sweary map link is still live, it's a WordPress site, so might be blocked for you. Here's a link to a Web App where you can search for whatever NSFW words you can think up. Use the HotSpot option, it just seems more focussed - isogloss.shinyapps.io/isogloss

Pavel Janicek

7:57 AM

This is in my opinion "Good story based question"

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Q: Why would rovers talk to each other?

In my near future of manned Mars exploration, NASA/ESA/etc have a dozen or so rovers spread out around Mars. For scientific purposes, the rovers 'talk' to each other via low and high gain antennae bounced off of several orbiters. The rovers are similar to ours today and far enough away that the...

Pᴇᴛᴇ

8:09 AM

That's actually a pretty nice question. I even managed to think of an answer after only one coffee.

Other answers are better than mine, so I used headings. They always guarantee a few votes (like putting racing stripes on a car makes it go faster).

Pavel Janicek

True. Thats how I reached 20 000 reputation

And by the way, it is good question. It explains the story and asks about part of the story

Which I consider completely on topic

And answer I upvoted even adds some danger to the sory

Pᴇᴛᴇ

Absolutely. The "Story-based" closure reason is the one that I hate the most and never ever use myself.

Pavel Janicek

well, to me this one is "bad story based question"

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Q: The universe is erased, two humans wake up in a ship on its way to New Earth, their trip duration Is 100 years. How do they react and do they make it?

It is an ordinary day, people all over Earth are living their lives like it is any other. The hours and minutes go by, and then in a second everyone is gone. They are erased and it is like they never existed. It isn't only them, the entire universe has been erased with them. The entire universe...

humans space-travel psychology isolation

I instantly VTC that question, because it basically asks "write story for me"

Pᴇᴛᴇ

Yes, it's far too broad in scope, nothing specific to answer.

Pavel Janicek

8:24 AM

It has really great premise and I would definitely go to see that story in the movies

Or even read book about it

But, out of scope of worldbuilding

Now, work

work work work work

Pᴇᴛᴇ

That movie will now never happen because WorldBuilding stopped the question.

Pavel Janicek

Awww, thats sad

Pᴇᴛᴇ

Work, yes. I have FY18 to prepare for.

Pavel Janicek

Voting to reopen and prepairing fresh batch of popcorn

What the heck is FY18

And do I want to know?

Pᴇᴛᴇ

Financial Year. We reorganise our offering product structure and sales teams every year. It's a long and complicated process.

Pavel Janicek

8:29 AM

Ugh. It was enough hassle when I worked in Telco

Preparing for christmas started during summer

And during christmas, we were preparing for summer

Did someone say "work"?

And it was me?

Ok, coffee and then definitely work

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Pᴇᴛᴇ

Ditto

@PavelJanicek - Have a good day.

Pavel Janicek

8:50 AM

@Pᴇᴛᴇ You too

dot_Sp0T

10:22 AM

@PavelJanicek isnt that the plot of a very recent movie..?

Pavel Janicek

@dot_Sp0T If yes, I have not seen the movie. Can you give me the movie name? I would want to watch it

Pᴇᴛᴇ

10:46 AM

@dot_Sp0T "Passengers". Is that the one you were referring to?

"Larger swords vs larger monsters" - this question makes me want to ask about Lager Swords against Lager Monsters.

Pavel Janicek

11:33 AM

I have to tell you Czech Republic has the best Lager. Awesome Lager. Huge Lager, believe me

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Pᴇᴛᴇ

2:19 PM

This I know - I have been to Prague.

DaaaahWhoosh

2:37 PM

@Pᴇᴛᴇ are Lager Monsters some sort of distant cousin to the booze-rat?

James

2:50 PM

Morning wubbers

@Pᴇᴛᴇ Technically its fiscal year

Pᴇᴛᴇ

Potato/Tomato, still a vegetable.

James

@PavelJanicek I am genuinely glad that people are laughing at him...

Pᴇᴛᴇ

And a fruit.

James

which is a weird thing to say about a person because generally it seems mean.

HDE 226868

@James "wubbers"?

James

2:53 PM

@HDE226868 You don't spend enough time in chat.

wubbers was created as an easy way to say/type world builders

DaaaahWhoosh

@HDE226868 wub wub wub wuuuuub

HDE 226868

Ah. WB-ers -> wubbers.

James

ding!

Pᴇᴛᴇ

Oh, and I thought it was cutey-wooty talk for "lovers"...

James

You're all my lovers @Pᴇᴛᴇ

Journeyman Geek

2:58 PM

or its dubstep

or should I say

WubStep

DaaaahWhoosh

@JourneymanGeek I prefer substep

Journeyman Geek

if you make a mistake...

its flubstep?

Pᴇᴛᴇ

I'm getting uncomfortable now.

James

@Pᴇᴛᴇ Don't hide from my love

DaaaahWhoosh

if it features baby bears, it's cubstep

James

3:00 PM

@DaaaahWhoosh ugh

DaaaahWhoosh

@James really, that's where you draw the line?

James

@DaaaahWhoosh lol

Pᴇᴛᴇ

3:12 PM

Well that's awesome. I just found some eccles cakes in my drawer. I'd forgotten about them entirely.

HDE 226868

So, I have the audio of Monty Python and the Holy Grail in my headphones in the background, and they just got to the sketch with the peasants. It's hard to explain to others why I randomly burst out laughing in the middle of editing a paper.

Pᴇᴛᴇ

This is the reason why I've had to take Tenacious D off my work playlist.

James

@Pᴇᴛᴇ Tribute gets me every time

Pᴇᴛᴇ

Here in the Uk, we have a beer branded "Tribute". Always been a running joke that it's not the best beer in the world...

James

@Pᴇᴛᴇ ...that's fantastic.

Pᴇᴛᴇ

3:34 PM

Anyone happen to have any book recommendations? I'm casting around for something new to read.

HDE 226868

@Pᴇᴛᴇ What genre?

DaaaahWhoosh

@Pᴇᴛᴇ The Name of the Wind

Pᴇᴛᴇ

Non-fiction, anything general really. Nothing too intellectual as it's a lunchtime thing.

@DaaaahWhoosh Read 'em all so far. Good recommendation though.

DaaaahWhoosh

wait, you want non-fiction? What are you doing here, then?

Pᴇᴛᴇ

No. Fiction. Sorry I want fiction.

DaaaahWhoosh

3:37 PM

I was gonna say...

Pᴇᴛᴇ

I'm a dick, I forgot what "fiction" was for a second there.

I meant to say "non-real", that's what I meant.

DaaaahWhoosh

Twilight Company was a pretty good Star Wars book, if you like that sort of thing

Pᴇᴛᴇ

Really? Who wrote it? Big read or small read?

DaaaahWhoosh

it's like... medium/long, don't remember who wrote it

Pᴇᴛᴇ

alexander freed

DaaaahWhoosh

3:40 PM

it's one of the highest-rated new-canon books out there

Pᴇᴛᴇ

same guy who wrote the rogue one novelization.

DaaaahWhoosh

huh, guess so. I've read that that one is less good

Pᴇᴛᴇ

ok, bought it. any more?

Well, I saw the film. Usually the novelizations is just the script with the plot holes filled in.

DaaaahWhoosh

oh, wait, I'm thinking of the prequel book

so, I have no idea what they say about the novelization

Pᴇᴛᴇ

I just kind of get the gist from SF&F answers where they quote answers from the novel.

DaaaahWhoosh

3:44 PM

@Pᴇᴛᴇ yeah, I was gonna say, Valorum would probably be able to tell you more about it

Pᴇᴛᴇ

Star Wars is a bit dumb like that, they invent all kinds of crap to explain away plot holes in the films.

DaaaahWhoosh

if you want a story about a dystopia envisioned by a feminist (or... a woman) then I'd recommend The Handmaiden's Tale

it's... interesting

which reminds me, I still need to read 1984

Pᴇᴛᴇ

Handmaidens Tale. Hmm.. sounds a bit like one of those fruity romance novels....

DaaaahWhoosh

you'd think... but then you'd be so incredibly horribly wrong in the worst possible way

Pᴇᴛᴇ

No fruit, not romance? Sigh.

DaaaahWhoosh

3:53 PM

it seriously really bothers me to imagine it like a romance novel. Like imagining someone's pet dog is actually a giant spider

oh no, that simile was even more disturbing!

Nex Terren

@James Isn't "WBers" easier to type, though?

Pᴇᴛᴇ

4:08 PM

If anyone hasn't read "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman, you need to put down what you're doing and start reading it immediately.

DaaaahWhoosh

@Pᴇᴛᴇ what's it about?

Pᴇᴛᴇ

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Gods "The central premise of the novel is that gods and mythological creatures exist because people believe in them (a type of thoughtform). Immigrants to the United States brought with them spirits and gods. The power of these mythological beings has diminished as people's beliefs wane. New gods have arisen, reflecting America's obsessions with media, celebrity, technology, and drugs, among other things."

DaaaahWhoosh

huh, it does sound interesting

Pᴇᴛᴇ

It's exceptional

DaaaahWhoosh

4:41 PM

hmm, it still bothers me how there's so much debate over the use of the word 'man' to refer to humans

(random tangent incoming)

I think the best way to fix the situation is to remove feminine words. Like, if we stop calling women 'women' and start calling them 'men', I think that would be easiest.

making up new words just gets confusing (due to competing standards and lack of backwards-compatibility)

(random tangent mostly over)

Bellerophon

Just call everyone it or them then no one is offended.

DaaaahWhoosh

except some transgender people

Bellerophon

Why? It is non-gendered.

DaaaahWhoosh

right, but if you're transgender, you have to be referred to using the gender you've chosen, otherwise it's transphobic

though there are less of them, they can probably get over it in support of women

I just don't like the idea that all the uses of 'man' are gendered

Bellerophon

4:56 PM

Its not transphobic because we will also refer to their preffered gender as it.

DaaaahWhoosh

@Bellerophon yeah, but there's the issue of the transitionary period

unless everyone is on board at once, you'll have to explain yourself to everyone

but I guess that's generally what the problem is, things aren't right and it'll take some work to make them right

I just think people are trying to do it the hard way

that's why I keep complaining, I feel like my solutions are the best ones, but no one else is proposing them

(and part of me realizes I'm probably wrong but need someone else to point out the flaws)

DaaaahWhoosh

5:15 PM

and another reason it interests me is that I'm trying to build a matriarchy in my sci-fi world, and occasionally run into these kinds of issues

Tim B

Anyone see this?

popularmechanics.com/space/moon-mars/a25493/…

It seems incredibly ambitious but if it worked :o

DaaaahWhoosh

huh, so it's like the soletta from the Mars trilogy?

except, instead of filtering light, it's redirecting radiation

Worldbuilding Meta

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Q: I would like to see this action as valid but have issues with it

This is the stated reason my answer was deleted: ““This does not provide an answer to the question” OR IS IT THIS ONE OR IS IT BOTH “provide answers that don't require clarification from the asker” I feel very confident I answered the question the OP asked and it did NOT require clarification b...

discussion

DaaaahWhoosh

I thought it was going to be a planetary shield, like in Star Wars. But either way it sounds cool

Ann Clayborne is gonna be pissed

Tim B

5:38 PM

@DaaaahWhoosh I think a shield is a good description. Block the solar wind, let the atmosphere rebuild

DaaaahWhoosh

yeah, no it's a fine description. Just, 'magnetic space shield' has some connotations that don't work here

especially considering the Earth's magnetic space shield

DaaaahWhoosh

6:07 PM

hmm, when you recommend deletion on an answer review, does it auto-generate a comment from you?

I always thought those were comments that individual reviewers chose to add

DaaaahWhoosh

6:17 PM

@HDE226868 for that meta question, as I understand it they're at least debating the fact that their question should have even been considered for deletion at all. I was going to explain why, but then I realized I don't know how canned comments work

it seems like they really tried hard to understand the site rules, and are understandably confused as to why some people still think they got it wrong

James

@Pᴇᴛᴇ Eragon.

@NexTerren So this was just drive by spite then...?

Nex Terren

6:32 PM

@James Opens can Nah, drive-by Sprite.

Butseriouslythough. If you were being serious, James, let me assure you that was me just messing with you. No spite intended.

HDE 226868

6:44 PM

@DaaaahWhoosh Oooooookay. I'm still not sure why they think the answer was deleted. I do know that someone (not saying who) flagged the post as low quality, and that was why it entered the review queue; that flagger would have to be the one to explain. Two of the three reviewers evidently chose no canned comment; Burki did.

DaaaahWhoosh

@HDE226868 yeah, I mean I was really confused when I searched for their answer and found it. But I think regardless of how confused they are, there are still useful things that could be said to them as to why their question might've been considered low-quality, and whether or not the canned comment applied to them was useful

I don't know, I mean they're definitely missing some things, so I think there's a good chance to put those things in an answer, they seem willing to learn which is different from most of the meta complaints we get

HDE 226868

(I'm writing up a meta answer.)

DaaaahWhoosh

(thanks, I would but I'm mostly ignorant and spent way too much time editing their question)

HDE 226868

7:06 PM

@DaaaahWhoosh Oh, fun.

DaaaahWhoosh

it kind of was. I like editing things. And it was funny to me to copy and paste a line of text into Google to get the link to the place they were quoting from

James

7:24 PM

@NexTerren Giving people crap is how I show affection so I appreciate it.

Nex Terren

@James Good, good, good. I'm always worried that me messing with people will be taken seriously. I'm never out to hurt feelings with a joke.

James

@NexTerren I assure you I won't be offended.

:D

Nex Terren