Starred posts

AncientSwordRage

Jan 23, 2022 19:56

Daily Floof 2022-01-23, finally, Kiji is back to using his bed

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Napoleon Wilson

Jan 23, 2022 16:53

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Ixrec

May 18, 2017 16:07

you know he's only doing that because his future self told him it'd work on you

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SQB

May 18, 2017 16:05

My youngest is rewatching Back to the Future. I'm raising his allowance.

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Jenayah

Mar 29, 2020 17:13

> feature-request if Alex is posting a question, display a warning on the side: "Alex, it looks like you're trying to ask a question, which based on your question history will most likely be twisted, and cause brain knots to some other users. Are you willing to live with that on your conscience?"

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Ixrec

May 13, 2017 13:30

considering the situation and our reputation, I don't think we're in a position to tell someone saying "x is offensive" that they're wrong and should stop being offended

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Rand al'Thor

Jun 9, 2019 08:22

Congrats @FuzzyBoots on 100,000 reputation!!

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Dr R Dizzle

Dec 20, 2017 19:07

My ★★★★★ review of Rian Johnson's brave, bold and genuinely brilliant Star Wars: The Last Jedi, which is nothing short of Star Wars at its very best.

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Rand al'Thor

Jan 9, 2022 14:30

Problem is, fiction is based on the real world, so "council" from fantasy comes from medieval courts, "bridge crew" from sci-fi comes from the navy, and even the "league of ..." comes from the League of Nations.

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Rand al'Thor

Jan 7, 2022 07:43

ID questions with very few details might be uniquely identifiable enough to be answerable and not closeworthy (sometimes not even that), but that doesn't make them good questions.

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Jenayah

Jan 15, 2021 14:10

Daily floof, 2021/01/15: and the Cesar for "most promising canine" goes to...

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Jenayah

Aug 15, 2018 12:30

Stars for 80's action movie witty punchline

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Jenayah

Jan 11, 2021 22:50

Daily floof, 2021/01/11: raccoon protecting its grapes

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SFF Blog

Jan 11, 2021 19:21

Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange 10th Anniversary – blog post

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Mithical

Mar 2, 2023 04:45

@ibid There are 38526 images on the site accoridng to SEDE. 19186 of those have "enter image description here", while another 723 are blank. That means that a slight minority has custom alt text. (Query link.)

Donald.McLean

Jan 7, 2021 16:56

I still think Python is a stupid language, but now I really understand how stupid it is as I have to work in it.

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Rand al'Thor

Feb 22, 2023 16:35

@AncientSwordRage He's lean, not clean.

Null

Dec 15, 2021 18:06

ugh hats

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TheLethalCarrot

Dec 16, 2020 09:55

Here's the complete list but some of the more helpful ones when doing FPs/LAs are [edit], [tour], [ask], [answer], [chat] and these two would have helped in your recent comment [help/on-topic] and [help/dont-ask].

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Mithical

Dec 12, 2021 15:58

RIP Anne Rice

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Mithical

Feb 16, 2023 11:13

@FuzzyBoots This may be a sign that you've been spending too much time here...

FuzzyBoots

Feb 16, 2023 11:10

I just woke up from the weirdest dream, where I had been browsing my updates on the stack exchange, and had someone who was fixing edits that I had made to their post, something about a curse at a hexamil. I was trying in vain to read their angry rant, posted as an answer on their question, when I awoke.

Rand al'Thor

Dec 10, 2021 08:46

The December topic challenge is Elizabeth Moon. All welcome to take part!

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AncientSwordRage

Dec 11, 2020 11:32

Daily Floof 2020/12/11: Kiji is so done with 2020

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SQB

Feb 14, 2023 14:43

I hate the fucking eagles, man

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DavidW

Feb 10, 2023 17:00

Oh, I've done the 3 years thing too. That one still hurts.

Rand al'Thor

Nov 27, 2020 23:30

A question like "does garlic harm vampires in Twilight?" or "does garlic harm vampires in Vampirates?" is completely objectively answerable, pretty boring to anyone except a fan of that specific franchise, and doesn't require any expertise except knowing how/where to search all the canon of that franchise.

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Rand al'Thor

Nov 27, 2020 23:23

@DavidW No, "good subjective" doesn't depend on the amount of research done in the question - it's more about the type of answers the question invites. The term was defined by SE many years ago and it's still in the help centre on every site.

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Donald.McLean

Nov 26, 2021 02:12

@SQB Thanks. And the JWST is set to launch next month. Happy days!

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DavidW

Nov 19, 2020 19:01

Mith is back! On the lonely, endless quest to rid us of "enter image description here"! :)

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AncientSwordRage

Nov 22, 2021 19:40

If you can take it as its own thing @Randal'Thor

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DavidW

Feb 4, 2023 16:06

@b_jonas Not a question here, it falls afoul of the "list or recommendation" close reason.

Mithical

Feb 3, 2023 14:37

Oh... that was seven years ago? Wow.

Null

Feb 3, 2023 14:27

I think it's a sign I'm getting old.

xkcd

Dec 18, 2019 19:38

The heroes seem to be gaining the upper hand until Darth Juul manages to flip the switch on the car wash control panel from 'REGULAR' to 'PREMIUM.'

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DavidW

Jan 31, 2023 16:16

@SQB Ah, I found it on my own; googling site:darthsanddroids.net father pulled it up for me.

SQB

Nov 15, 2021 14:26

@JourneymanGeek not necessarily "get out of rep", although that is part of my motivation, but more of a way to say "this is not my answer, I'm just writing it down for posterity."

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Journeyman Geek

Nov 15, 2021 13:46

I try very hard to optimise for "OOH I KNOW THIS AND EVERYONE ELSE NEEDS TO TOO"

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AncientSwordRage

Nov 15, 2021 13:41

(My own, hopefully informed, opinion) The primary purpose of answering is to answer the question, having it accepted shouldn't be the primary goal. It's a good measure that you've answered, but shouldn't be a target in itself

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TheLethalCarrot

Nov 14, 2021 19:05

@LogicDictates I’ve not read the whole discussion but from my personal stand point I’m not a fan of posting them on answers as soon as the answer is posted. On the question is fine or in response to a confirmation comment but on an answer always looks to me like “accept my answer” even though I know that’s not the intent

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Jenayah

Dec 9, 2019 19:58

Daily floof, 2019/12/09: kids today, always on their phones!

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Jenayah

Oct 28, 2020 07:40

Daily floof, 2020/10/28: today's sustainable living tip: alive, self-sustaining dish scrapers

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DavidW

Nov 4, 2021 16:38

@AncientSwordRage Now I want someone to write an answer that implements addition in Javascript in terms of von Neumann ordinals. :)

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Donald.McLean

Nov 21, 2019 17:45

Celebrate with us Hubble's 30 incredible years in orbit! If you are an informal education venue in Europe, we can offer you a beautiful, high-quality, large-format print of Hubble’s anniversary image to display at your venue.

The call for applications is open until 15 December. Find out more: https://www.spacetelescope.org/announcements/ann1910/

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SQB

Oct 21, 2021 09:46

Comments are meant to be temporary. If its important, it belongs in an answer.

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SQB

Nov 4, 2019 10:16

Daily floof, 2019/11/04: Ranger with his The Thing costume

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Rand al'Thor

Sep 29, 2020 10:43

Daily floof, 29/09/2020: hello neighbour! I fits nicely now

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Rosie

Oct 13, 2021 16:47

On the recommendation of @AncientSwordRage I'm posing a question I asked in a different chatroom: "Which fantastical horse do you wish was real?"

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DavidW

Jan 9, 2023 03:57

@b_jonas We could delete the question since it's pointless now...

Jack B Nimble

Oct 16, 2019 13:35

@MattE.Эллен The gold standard is Sherlock, you produce 3 episode seasons once every 5 years. How they come up with so much original content is a mystery.

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