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AIQ

03:12

@M.A.R. Because you know a lot about many things, I am gonna ask you this. I am wondering why there isn't an SE site for Action Figures, given the huge demand for these collectibles/toys/figures ...

Maybe someone should try to open one

there is an SE site for Lego called "Bricks" ...

CowperKettle

03:32

@Lambie My breakfast: Borodinsky bread, chicken meat and ketchup

Borodinsky bread

Borodinsky bread (Russian: бородинский хлеб) or borodino bread is a dark brown sourdough rye bread of Russian origin, traditionally sweetened with molasses and flavored with coriander and caraway seeds. == Preparation == Borodinsky bread is traditionally made (with the definite recipe fixed by a ГОСТ 5309-50 standard) from a mixture of no less that 80% by weight of a whole-grain rye flour with about 15% of a second-grade wheat flour and about 5% of rye, or rarely, barley malt, leavened by a separately prepared starter culture made like a choux pastry, by diluting the flour by a near-boiling (95...

I like this kind of dense-texture bread.

I don't like the americanized bread that is full of air.

Word of the day: pap smear

M.A.R.

03:49

@AIQ I think you answered your own question.

AIQ

but I am not an "expert" ... I won't be able to answer "expert" level questions

M.A.R.

Chronologically, SO was created, then it became popular and they expanded the topics by adding SE 1.0 sites, for obvious topics: Math, ServerFault, SuperUser, and Programming

AIQ

I am just someone who dearly loves action figures, but I am too poor to purchase them

M.A.R.

(Which is now Software Engineering due to the unfortunate flux of OT questions associated with the site name "Programming")

Then Area51 came along, and SE 2.0 sites followed a semi-strict proposal etc. stages to become private and then public betas.

That's most of the other SE sites out there.

So the reason there is no ActionFigures.SE is, of course, because nobody proposed it or the proposal didn't gain enough followers if there is one.

AIQ

right ... damn I wish I was an expert ...

M.A.R.

03:56

Although a lesson from years of many many failed betas or proposals: Just because a topic is popular doesn't mean people would be interested in participating in an SE site dedicated to it

It also needs to "suck", in a way

Lots of confused souls about how to go about, say, attaching the head of the action figure after it's been broken that an SE question on it would be interesting and popular

Programming languages are like that. Natural languages are also like that, and so are the many different fields of science

But, it's obvious why, for example, Boardgames.SE won't ever get off the ground as well as Chess.SE would

AIQ

these are hard concepts to grasp

or understand

but I am beginning to see your point

or points

M.A.R.

04:15

@AIQ What really matters is the frequency of the questions that pop into my mind when I'm reading a reference book on topic X, making me type X.SE into the search bar and find somewhere to ask them

They happen to be often difficult concepts, but more importantly, imperfect guidance that leaves a lot of gaps to be filled

AIQ

one of the biggest problems is that SE wants an already established community before we can make a proposal

I am not into social media at all ..

I am really confused as to what is so unclear about my question ... Jason keeps saying it isn't clear ... I tried to explain it so many times ... It is a simple thing ...

@AIQ But that has nothing to do with answering the question—and it also contradicts itself. Either you tell others how to act or you don't. It's not clear what you're saying. — Jason Bassford 5 mins ago

I tried explaining with an example ...

AIQ

05:15

@EddieKal Thanks for the help, the mod in my other site thought it was a good idea to add the meta questions feed in the chatroom ... and others agreed as well

SmokeDetector

07:04

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad keyword in answer (86): I have a question regarding "I am sorry" by Rishi Magnum on ell.SE

M.A.R.

10:55

Word of the day: Schadenfreude

AIQ

Wouldn't "non-martial artists" imply "artists that are not martial"? What are the grammatical rules for this? — Robin Heller 2 hours ago

@RobinHeller that is indeed the implication. I suppose one could have non martial-artists which would mean everything which is not a martial artist and so would include the Eiffel tower, the planet Mercury, a sparrow, a bottle of milk, and me but I imagine that would be rarely needed and almost pathological. — mdewey 51 mins ago

Seems like a good question ...

M.A.R.

Yeah, I guess people would think "[non-martial] artists" than "non-[martial artists]".

That does not make the latter intention at meaning any less right, though.

AIQ

Yeah ... I find this interesting ... never really thought of it that way

SmokeDetector

11:36

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Few unique characters in answer (87): Active voice, "Do not smoke" to passive voice by Reju on ell.SE

M.A.R.

12:20

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Q: Active voice, "Do not smoke" to passive voice

The following sentence is in the active voice: "Do not smoke." What is its equivalent in the passive voice? 1- Let the smoke not be done. or 2- Smoking is prohibited.

LET THE SMOKE NOT BE DONE

Lol

AIQ

oh I was thinking "Smoke must you not" ...

lol

AIQ

12:37

wth is this?

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CowperKettle

13:50

Lambie

14:43

@CowperKettle Who eats "Americanized" bread? I eat home-baked, whole wheat bread made with organic flour.....and it's pretty hefty.

CowperKettle

15:42

@Lambie That's good. I'm not against the US, it's only that this kind of light-texture bread first appeard here in the 1990s. Thankfully, it has not spread, because people love the local bread. And the local types of bread are really flourishing, there are dozens of exotic variants.

Earthquake in Mexico

So exotic. Videos. I have never been in an earthquake area during an event.

I'm amazed at how people can live and not be afraid in such areas.

Eddie Kal

16:15

@AIQ The minute you give them guns and power, they stop being humans. Yeah I am talking about the Stanford prison experiment.

"Spray a cop; call it Peppa Pig" --A brilliant protester

CowperKettle

twitter.com/YoavKarny/status/1275455287797809155

Haha

CowperKettle

16:46

1990 Manjil–Rudbar earthquake

The 1990 Manjil–Rudbar earthquake occurred on June 21 at 00:30:14 local time in northern Iran. The shock had a moment magnitude of 7.4 and a Mercalli Intensity of X (Extreme). Widespread damage occurred to the northwest of the capital city of Tehran, including the cities of Rudbar and Manjil. The National Geophysical Data Center estimated that $8 billion in damage occurred in the affected area. Other earthquake catalogs presented estimates of the loss of life in the range of 35,000–50,000, with a further 60,000–105,000 that were injured. == Use in media == Acclaimed Iranian director Abbas...

Wow, 50 thousand died.

I remember when an earthquake hit Spitak in Armenia in 1988. I was a stupid schoolboy and did not understand the severity of this. People were shocked.

M.A.R.

17:02

@CowperKettle Oh we are afraid, then just forget

What I vividly remember about an Earthquake was when I was 15 and my brother was 9, we had a crappy home back then that shook scarily. So this quake comes and I'm all panic (mom and dad are away and we're in a neighbor's house) and I run and grab a door for that famous Earthquake "safe" stance, and my little brother was playing with a toy car like nothing happened, making car noises and all attention to his toy

2

I felt really small

Eddie Kal

17:26

@M.A.R. Would you mind if I starred this? One of the best lines I have read in this room. The moment you depict here tells me a lot about life.

Eddie Kal

18:06

@AIQ you were right about that question/answer. It was plagiarism

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A: What is the structure of this sentence

He alleges [that] another million pounds had gone on material purchases based on projections of Arcadia orders [that] he was told were coming down the line. This sentence is not simple at all. We should be able to count the finite verbs to discover the number of clauses involved. He allege...

AIQ

What just happened. The answer was posted by the asker ... now it's someone else

Ok so that one is removed I see ... damn

Can you see if this is a coincidence or what

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Q: What is the grammatical structure of this sentence?

The total value of orders we were forced to cancel as a result of the pandemic was closer to £200k for stock. This sentence seems like simple sentence as because there is no connector. Is "as" the connector of this sentence? If as is the connector then the first clause of this sentence uses more...

sentence-construction

I mean the user name

Eddie Kal

Three accounts of the same user

AIQ

So conspicuous

did not even try to use fake names

Eddie Kal

I have removed two of the accounts

Well might just be a confused user

But that behavior is problematic

AIQ

yeah super

M.A.R.

19:23

@EddieKal Why would I?

The stars are yours, blue name

@EddieKal There was/is some confusion for new users when a misleading guide prompts an unregistered user to make a legit account

I don't even know if this information is deprecated

SmokeDetector

20:25

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad keyword in body, potentially bad keyword in body (97): you SHOULD stop vs HAVE TO stop by Dmitriy on ell.SE

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