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Secespitus

Aug 9, 2018 13:58

@Gryphon There's always an obligatory XKCD

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Dubukay

Aug 7, 2018 17:55

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Mithrandir24601

Aug 3, 2018 20:12

@dot_Sp0T You clearly mean "Oa mysa iles me nýnyghi, si oa kiba tuziles espo tomistos!"

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James

Aug 3, 2018 19:51

@AndyD273 Well we already knew he was a jerk.

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Gryphon

Aug 3, 2018 15:03

@Hosch250 Yeah, the problem with nukes is you have to worry about the fallout. Political, literal, etc.

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James

Feb 9, 2017 22:03

RANDOM CHAT COMPETITION: Share the best music video ever made. There are no requirements other than it be SFW. Winner will be chosen by star count and receive 8 Billion chat room points

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Hosch250

Aug 1, 2018 13:53

The proof is in the real-life test. Not the theory.

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AndyD273

Jul 31, 2018 15:21

Which brings us back to the inaccuracy of human language. "Why is the office so darn cold?!?" "Cold, I'm roasting over here." Stuff like that is really subjective. Math isn't subjective, but it's not something you can speak either. "Well it's 74F in here, and if anyone touches the thermostat I'll write them up."

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AndyD273

Jul 31, 2018 14:40

You haven't read Shakespeare until you've read it in its native calculus.

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Secespitus

Jul 31, 2018 13:53

@Ash A valid worldbuilding approach :D

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Universe Factory

Jul 30, 2018 21:34

Universe Factory - Medium: Harmony (Harmony, 1)

posted on July 30, 2018 by FoxElemental

The Reaping Note This is the first of a three-part series exploring one of the worlds I’ve built. The second installment will be found here when published.In the beginning, there were humans. There was utopia. We were immortal, med-tech keeping us well past normal years. Our AI were like benevolent dictators, gently guiding us, helping us, keeping us from harming each other. Our hive minds conn…

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AndyD273

Jul 30, 2018 15:35

@Hosch250 Well, it is a question about fire slugs. Make sense that it would get pretty hot

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Secespitus

Jul 30, 2018 15:10

@AndyD273 Grand magical battle happening Voldy: "Now, Harry, I will show you what true power-" Harry: "Let me introduce you to this thing we call a 'Gun'."

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AndyD273

Jul 30, 2018 15:08

Ron looked up at the bright streak rising up in the sky. "When did the muggles start taming dragons?" he asked.
Hermione looked at him pityingly "Oh Ron, don't you know anything? Those are rockets. Taking people to the colonies on the moon, mars, saturn's moons, the asteroids, and generation ships to other stars. Muggles have pretty much conquered the solar system. But at least we have quidditch."

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Nex Terren

Feb 3, 2017 21:49

@James No, we can't hire a midget quartet for the intro song.

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AndyD273

Mar 25, 2020 19:01

@Halfthawed If you bury someone under the floor, sell the house and move out of the country before the guilt gets to you?

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Monica Cellio

Jan 31, 2017 21:34

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Q: AutoReviewComments - Pro-forma comments for SE

No more re-typing the same comments over and over! This script adds a little 'auto' link next to all comments boxes. When you click the link, you see a popup with 6 configurable auto-comments (canned responses), which you can easily click to insert. This script was inspired by answers to thi...

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Journeyman Geek

Jul 26, 2018 14:37

smitten is an entirely different kind of getting hit over the head

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AndyD273

Jul 24, 2018 12:26

@Gryphon It's the Aify super position, where Aify is simultaneously here and gone at the same time

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Hosch250

Jul 23, 2018 20:58

The more I see of WB, the more I think 90-some% of the Qs are poorly researched.

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Tim B

Sep 15, 2015 20:26

Hey, according to the main stack exchange blog post thingy we're awesome people :)

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Nex Terren

Jan 24, 2017 20:56

@Mithrandir24601 I beg to differ. MonicaCellio's 24/7 hat is just "obscenely nice and pleasant." Some people don't even realize they're being put in line by her.

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AndyD273

Jul 20, 2018 18:54

balloon whale!

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Gryphon

Jul 20, 2018 17:38

Alternatively, we can just ignore that rule.

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Gryphon

Jul 20, 2018 17:36

Note: if it is, then I'm going to officially call that comment sarcastic, rather than snarky.

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bruglesco

Jul 20, 2018 17:21

@AndyD273 making new mod diamonds?

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Gryphon

Jul 20, 2018 17:16

You are picky.

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dot_Sp0T

Jan 23, 2017 21:11

@MichaelKjörling I can fake it... if you pay me

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Gryphon

Jul 19, 2018 14:06

@FreezePhoenix I designate this a useful function.

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AndyD273

Jul 17, 2018 14:51

Quick, someone find some babies for me to kiss!

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Universe Factory

Jul 15, 2018 20:25

Universe Factory - Medium: The Unknown Chapter ½

posted on July 15, 2018 by Haaruun Ibrow

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/727/32691151630_5893d4c606_b.jpg“HEL “HELP!” “I’m coming,” I ducked around the corner, into the alleyway — there she was. She was surrounded by a pack of three-headed dogs. They were large, snarling beasts, foaming at the mouth. I looked around for something to distract them with, anything. Nothing “Here, doggy, come and get me! I’m nice and tasty!” That came out …

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HDE 226868

Jan 17, 2017 16:06

The caption: "Oh f***. The Internet is here."

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Secespitus

Jul 13, 2018 14:20

@Hosch250 Book is always better.

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Secespitus

Jul 11, 2018 17:52

People on StackExchange can be weird sometimes

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Journeyman Geek

Jul 11, 2018 13:54

We're a little unhappy with the planned site designs on a few of the @StackExchange sites - like @super_user and Worldbulding losing their robot. Someone suggested tweeting sad dog photos at their #StackOverflow 's CEO. This feels a wee bit like a nuclear option

Tweeted by JourneymanGeek on July 11, 2018 at 1:53 PM

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Secret

Mar 12, 2020 08:08

Refinement: The process of increasing thingness by excluding things

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James

Jul 10, 2018 17:49

@AndyD273 I save glitter bombs for family members. Christmas cards mainly. Plus I tape them closed to you HAVE to tear them to get them open.

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FoxElemental

Jul 9, 2018 20:22

@FreezePhoenix The dark side is overrated . . . unless you're discussing the chocolate spectrum

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nitsua60

Jul 6, 2018 20:10

One time my college roommate tossed a disc (frisbee, colloquially) over past me and, as I was about to catch it, called my name loudly. I woke up a few seconds later on my back, seeing flashing blue, barely making out a staticky voice ask if I needed anything through the sound of his uncontrollable laughter.
He'd timed the "hey, nitsua!" just right to get me to look back and run into a lightpost. But it was one of the blue-light posts on a college campus, and the impact "pressed" the button on the other side to call campus security.

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Otkin

Mar 6, 2022 00:12

you and only you make decisions

Otkin

Mar 5, 2022 23:49

I think a better approach would be to create this system of government with its institutions and then ask whether it is feasible or does it work with the known history

Bellerophon

Mar 6, 2020 19:14

To be honest a lot of social and economic problems can be solved by killing everyone.

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Secespitus

Jul 2, 2018 17:13

@HDE226868 I understood some words of that.

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HDE 226868

Jul 2, 2018 17:12

@Secespitus Last week, I was modeling abundances in the stellar wind of Zeta Puppis, and found a discrepancy of ~1900%. Does that count as acceptable?

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Gryphon

Jun 29, 2018 17:02

A REAL worldbuilder is on all the FBI watchlists. And most of the CIA ones too.

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Aify

Jun 27, 2018 19:13

Practice! In the sandbox.

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Hosch250

Feb 28, 2020 14:00

discord.gg/6H5eJbr

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HDE 226868

Jun 23, 2018 16:04

You cannot tell for sure that they're socks. Moderators can check IP addresses, voting patterns and similar information, and we can tell with much better accuracy than the normal user.

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Pᴇᴛᴇ

Dec 20, 2016 16:46

Q: "Where should the galactic Capital be placed?" A: "At the start of the Galactic sentence"

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Monica Cellio

Dec 18, 2016 19:31

Hello all. Please welcome Universe Factory's newest writer, Jasper McChesney, whose first submission has just been published: How I generated artificial rivers on imaginary continents. In his next post, coming soon, he'll talk about modeling erosion. Stay tuned.

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The Factory Floor

The Factory Floor