@JDługosz It is clearly off topic and asks for others opinions. The questioner so far has stated, I know all about Side A and would like opinions comparing side A to side B .... which the questioner knows nothing about. In my opinion, this is yet question, with the intent of arguing politics. Wraping it in a fig leaf of On Alternate Reality Path B, Colonized World B etc. will not change the intent.
This question is for sci-fi writing novel. The premise is that this planet is generally habitable, and a human colony has been established. The point is that, at the equator, day (also night) last about 8 hours. The axial tilt is about the same as Earth's.
All other things should be considered p...
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This is inspired by What are some main advantages Communism has over Capitalism after some thought and discussion over what would make a suitable question on WB.
To that end, it’s not a discussion of economic systems or political systems in and of itself. It’s in the context of a ...
@dot_Sp0T Nope. I knew some people who loved bug they also had amazing voices.
@dot_Sp0T I can see what you mean but I think the intent is more to get people off the internet and engaged in their real communities. The ad is not made in opposition to WB.
@sphennings for that reason, I was thinking the war eagles wouldn't be attacking the archers. They'd be attacking the infantry, which is another reason it'd be hard for the archers to shoot them
@EnigmaMaitreya It's a QA site for urban planning and building and designing communities. While it may answer questions about governance, it isn't there to govern anybody.
@dot_Sp0T I don't see an issue with it. I've considered trying a similar strategy by advertising HEMA to RPG-players. If they were being dismissive of us, they wouldn't be advertising to us
@DaaaahWhoosh idk. It just feels like it's saying that we're wasting time on here instead of doing something productive/real - Guess I've got some bias due to how my parents used to comment on the time I spent on the computer back in school^^
@dot_Sp0T I known Zizouz212 from other sites, and I can confirm that it's not a jab at us. He was hoping to get some crossover from Worldbuilding to the Urban Planning Area 51 proposal, AFAIK, assuming that folks from each would be interested in the other - so trying to promote cross-site stuff. (cc @Green)
@dot_Sp0T yes, a number of years ago I bought my wife an 80 VCD set, plus a few select CD-G and had to figure out Windows player add-in to show the words. The wireless microphones died rather soon, though.
@JDługosz wanted to pick up a new/old hobby :) I've used to be singing all the time back when I still went to school in the neighbouring village (20min bycicle rides are perfect for that stuff), but I kinda lost that when I started having to take the bus/train to uni/work
@JDługosz the wording ticked a few boxes in my head. I guess I get that as soon as someone starts calling something real and thus indirectly something else not real. The picture is amazing
@JDługosz yeah, it's hard to find questions that I find confident in actually answering. Most of them have great answers at the global time I get to them
@dot_Sp0T anyway, sustained mediocrity seems to be how I got my ginormous rep. I get a few upvotes a day from old questions, even if I don't do anything.
@dot_Sp0T start with some old questions, chosen to be in your area. Take your time coming up with the answer. No pressure, being already past the “hot” period.
The user's Profile shows only member for attribute of users. I have seen some users who have last visited in 2009. And still they are member for 3 years and 4 months.
So I thought the profile should have shown the number of visited days which interprets how active (or addicted) the user is.
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@dot_Sp0T “expanded usercard” is at rep 1000. AAh, you see the box, just not the visited days (other than on yourself)? Might be level for site stats or that's a mod thing. You see “member for 2 years…” right?
@dot_Sp0T I think a biff program that lets me know about my notifications (if any) is a valid use. On the mobile platforms that is built-in to their offical stack exchange app.
I suspect the phrasing of this question will be an issue, and would welcome feedback on how to rephrase it.
Universe:
All conscious beings have souls. The souls are tethered to their bodies and have a sympathetic relationship with their bodies. If the soul is somehow destroyed or damaged, the...
That answer genuinely baffled me. I hope I did the right thing by passing it through as alright, but it thinks just so much outside the box that it is genius.
@dot_Sp0T funny though, that “alright” is not “all right” in English. I’ve just read worm and that’s one of his affectations and heavily used by every character. After a few thousand it’s like fingernails on a chalkboard now.
@DaaaahWhoosh well, getting people to spray their monitors during chat is a thing…
@DaaaahWhoosh You know that's how titles expand ;) We'll have to see if we can help him beat the 18th Duchess of Alba someday
Idi Amin's titles are not the longest, but are pretty funny:His Excellency, President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hadji Doctor Idi Amin Dada, Victorious Cross, Distinguished Service Order and Military Cross recipient, Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Seas and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular, Uncrowned King of Scotland
@JDługosz I don't know who your chosen word authority is, but the New Oxford American Dictionary says: "The merging of all and right to form the one-word spelling alright is first recorded toward the end of the 19th century (unlike other similar merged spellings such as altogether and already, which date from much earlier)..."
"... There is no logical reason for insisting that all right be two words when other single-word forms such as altogether have long been accepted. Nevertheless, although found widely, alright remains nonstandard."
@NexTerren According to research, usage of alright is on the rise, and will probably be accepted sooner rather than later. It does have a different meaning than all right, which is a good first step
@AndyD273 this web-series author used the nonstandard spelling for all uses without distinguishing meaning or use (e.g. in the manner of already vs all ready). I might suppose that this lack of distinction by users is one thing holding back acceptance.
I wonder if, continuing on the same theme, you could find other sentenses from questions, that, strung together, sounds like something from that movie.
@JDługosz So everyone else is pointing out that you can't do it. I want to give an alternative answer that will solve the underlying problem of what they are trying to do... but doesn't involve they way they want to do it. Is that wrong?
@Bellerophon Not really. The other answers basically say "no, you can't do that, it would be impossible/kill the occupant, etc." Which I believe is correct. My answer says "Like everyone else is saying, you can't do it that way. Here is a way to get the same effect and not break physics, but the whole premise is flawed for these reasons. Here is a way to fix that flaw, but it would be the opposite of what you want to do."
It really should be a comment, but it's too long...
@sphennings thought so as well, amazing chemistry site it comes from. Will probably dig into it over the next few days when I got time to read up on chem :D
@AndyD273 maybe. Is it an answer to a different question like “How can you practically slow time for a human being?” then why not just post the new question and answer it?
Sandbox Notes
This is inspired by What are some main advantages Communism has over Capitalism after some thought and discussion over what would make a suitable question on WB.
To that end, it’s not a discussion of economic systems or political systems in and of itself. It’s in the context of a ...
The user's Profile shows only member for attribute of users. I have seen some users who have last visited in 2009. And still they are member for 3 years and 4 months.
So I thought the profile should have shown the number of visited days which interprets how active (or addicted) the user is.
S...
I suspect the phrasing of this question will be an issue, and would welcome feedback on how to rephrase it.
Universe:
All conscious beings have souls. The souls are tethered to their bodies and have a sympathetic relationship with their bodies. If the soul is somehow destroyed or damaged, the...
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