The Restaurant at the End of the Universe - 2017-05-24 (page 2 of 2)

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4:00 PM

^ Do you mean this?

It sort of sucks, yes.

Why put Tony Stark on Spider-Man's poster? With Peter being smaller than Tony? At least the films with Toby and Andrew had some dignity.

No one calling Spidey underoos or similar.

@Gallifreyan that looks like a bad fan-made poster modeled after Star Wars

wait...

it really is, like, the exact same

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hold the fucking phone! this poster is for real???? someone please tell me this is some fan photobashing because… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/867409151604948992

Tweeted by stjepansejic on May 24, 2017 at 3:57 PM

...

that homecoming poster looks like a highschoolers first day with Photoshop after he saw a star wars struzan cover and went,

Tweeted by stjepansejic on May 24, 2017 at 4:00 PM

yeah, i can photobash that! somebody approved this!

Tweeted by stjepansejic on May 24, 2017 at 4:00 PM in reply to stjepansejic

@Edlothiad let's try to stay polite here, please

4:04 PM

and i don't usually shit on these things but i legitimately thought this was a fan thing. then i saw the article title and did a doubletake

Tweeted by stjepansejic on May 24, 2017 at 4:03 PM

@Edlothiad I'm trying to write a Matlab code now.

@Gallifreyan Tony's a bigger draw than [whoever that guy is playing Peter] but he also can't be in the middle or the foreground because he'd look like the protagonist

@Gallifreyan I would, but I really can't be bothered

you'd think they'd at least pull from previous spiderman movie posters for inspiration

@Edlothiad I have a Matlab exam tomorrow, so it's 2 birds :D

lol

good luck!

4:08 PM

@zabeus But it's a completely new reboot... I'd actually argue they probably want to make them quite dissimilar.

Lemme get this straight - you get 1 flag for every 10 flags you raised ever?

yeah

What I want to see is an Aussie movie called Spiderman that's just about a guy who makes spiders at a 1940s milk bar

My thoughts are "It can't be as bad as Amazing Spider-Man", so I'm still hopeful

@Gallifreyan But you also get some for reputation.

Specifically, 1 flag per 2000 after a certain point.

4:12 PM

I've only restarted my Mac 3 times in the past 6 months, each time was to exit Vim safely.

Tweeted by iamdevloper on May 24, 2017 at 10:25 AM

Also, don’t be fooled: only 10 net helpful flags count toward getting 1 extra flag.

@DrRDizzle just read your Covenant review. Wanted to let you know I agree on pretty much every point.

@SQB I answered your music question :)

So, if you raise 10 flags that get declined, you don’t get an extra flag per day.

You actually would lose one.

Let's just assume all flags get accepted.

4:15 PM

@Gallifreyan awesome! Thanks.

@Gallifreyan There are a lot of meta posts complaining about the opposite. ;-=

Everybody please vote up this answer. ;)

darn, I missed Covenant chatter

@SQB Not a very exciting tale, I'm afraid.

But a good answer. Also, Wikipedia needs to be updated.

Thresholds (album)

Thresholds is the second full-length studio album from Florida death metal band Nocturnus. It was released in 1992 by Earache Records and follows the band's debut album The Key. Thresholds continued the experimental sound created on the first album and the line-up was expanded to a six-piece with the addition of a vocalist – allowing Mike Browning to concentrate solely on drums. Lyrical topics range from opener "Climate Controller" (possibly a device that must control the earth's climate after global warming), "Aquatica" (about a race that has evolved in the ocean to overtake humans) and "Gridzone...

4:17 PM

@Ixrec if you want to make a chatroom for more of it, I would go there

yeah we definitely need a spoiler chat for it now

USCSS Nostromo

Spoiler discussion for the Alien franchise

@Ixrec Cool.

...and I almost pasted the url to that chatroom in some documentation at work

Can you get fired for spoiling something to code reviewers?

no but it would've made this README awfully useless

4:20 PM

@Ixrec you know how to set-up feeds if you want those?

not a clue!

@Gallifreyan no I don't care about rep and I can't get a declined flag

@Ixrec This one may be useful.

@SQB No because when I emailed authors I got like 4 upvotes, so he has enough

Yes every 10 flags you do you get 1 new flag

It doesn't have to be in that day

@Edlothiad I seem to remember your Andy Weir answer being popular.

4:23 PM

@Gallifreyan Was it?

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Q: How valuable are droids really?

I ask this question because there are two contradictory events related to C-3PO and R2-D2: In A New Hope, we see several droids traded by Jawas. BERU Luke, tell Owen that if he gets a translator to be sure it speaks...

star-wars droids r2-d2 c-3po

Hmm 14

@Gallifreyan, should I title my maths question "The Marshal Conundrum"?

@Edlothiad Why not?

I sense HNQ coming up :)

Ok, I'm going to ask it, then go home and clean my bathroom that's disgusting

@Gallifreyan That would be funny haha

I need an avatar first

user image

4:34 PM

No sorry, I chose a drawing of Rivendell

@Gallifreyan, is my question suitable for maths, or would it work on puzzling?

No it's just a maths question nvm

is xkcd down for anyone?

it's up for me but some people say it's down

@Riker Up for me.

huh

Have we had any xkcd feeds in here? We should have.

May 12 at 10:38, by Feeds

WHEN I WAS ON A BOAT I DROPPED MY PHONE CAN U LOOK FOR IT

4:43 PM

Is that the last one? That means the feed isn't working.

No, wait, that's the initial batch.

SQB has made a change to the feeds posted into this room

I've switched it from Atom to RSS, maybe that will help.

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Q: What is the Imperial Navy rank structure and where was it inspired from?

In reading Thrawn he receives a few ranks which I found interesting. He is a commodore and ultimately a grand admiral. What was the rank structure in the Empire's navy? And what was the motivation/basis for this structure, particularly when I believe some of the ranks are different than existing...

@SQB I was just going to do the same :D

4:45 PM

user image

@Gallifreyan, how does that look?

Also what tags should tat encompass?

@Edlothiad Looks pretty good to me.

tagged word-problem

Well it's there

@Gallifreyan, did you upvote?

cuz I got an upvote :P

Dunno, lemme check...

Oh yes, it looks like I did.

Lol

I give up, my Matlab skills failed me.

4:51 PM

They have a lot of questions...

How did I get more than 200 reputation today? I didn’t accept any answers, have any answers accepted, or reverse any downvotes cast before today?

It seems to think my cap is 203.

You didn't you got 198?

oop nevermind

I should have received only 200, by all accounts. Unless there’s something I don’t know....

You got +5 for getting an upvote after you got downvoted, which is weird

There aren’t many ways to go over.

@Edlothiad That’s happened before (being upvoted after being downvoted, and reaching the cap). It usually doesn’t do this.

4:55 PM

It's just bad, people go over all the time

Maybe by the time I cycle home I'll have an answer

Made this timeline of the different versions of Rowling's two websites:

user image

And the colours mean...?

Ye I was thinking that

This is just fake news!

5:12 PM

flags = zeros(1, 20);
today = 0;
limit = 10;
days = 1;

while max(flags) <= 100
    while today < limit
        today = today + 1;
        flags(days) = flags(days) + today;
        if rem(flags(days), 10) == 0
            limit = limit + flags(days) / 10;
        end
    end
    days = days + 1;
    today = 0;
end

@Edlothiad That's what I was able to come up with.

today <= limit first of all

@Edlothiad Nah, that'd overflow

but ye I guess that should work

why would it overflow?

If you have 10 flags spent and the limit is 10 it'd spend one additional flag over the limit, then add 1 flag to the limit, then spend one more flag over the limit. then add one... etc.

Hmm yeah maybe

have you run your script?

5:15 PM

Wait, no

It only makes it 1 day shorter.

@Edlothiad That's the problem - it says it's 4 days.

No because on the first day you would reach 11 which is too quick

I think your if rem(flags... thing is wrong

Why?

dunno, but that's the only thing that can be wrong

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Q: So is Slave I (Boba Fett's ship) just sitting there, abandoned, near Jabba's Palace?

After blowing up Jabba's sail barge, Luke and R2 leave in his X-Wing, while the rest of the gang leave in the Falcon. But Boba Fett may or may not be getting out of the Sarlacc, and his ship is probably in the palace hangar if it has one, or else is parked nearby, probably visibly. For the amount...

star-wars boba-fett

@Ixrec The different versions of the websites.

Green is "the old jkrowling.com"
Pink is "the old Pottermore"

5:22 PM

That's so cool - I got back the 100 rep I placed as a bounty and even made 15 rep on top of it. I call that a good day.

I'm an idiot, I've been counting the wrong variable.

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Q: Is this Image about the outer dimensions of the TARDIS official?

I recently got a T-Shirt with the following print: Now i am wondering if these are official measurements which were/are used by the BBC to build the TARDIS or if they are estimates. I already searched for offical measurments but i wasn't able to find anything useful.

doctor-who tardis

5:43 PM

@Adamant, why do you say it's 1000/81? and also it would be a lot less than 65 days to get to 100 flags per day

I think

@Edlothiad Well I did make a little mistake (1000, instead of 100). But it still looks like 43 days?

Hmm maybe

Where did the log number things come from?

@Edlothiad Consider this, by the way: if you could spend 100 flags per day (ignoring increases for a first-order approximation) you’d get about 10 flags per day, which would take about 10 days.

@Edlothiad (10/9)^n = 100 flags

So n = log(100)/log(10/9)

yes that is true

(but after you have 100 flags available it doesn't increase)

5:57 PM

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Q: Sci-fi/horror anthology episode about woman waking up in a school(?) with no people in sight and a comet in the sky

I watched this in 2004-ish, pretty sure on SciFi Channel. I thought it was an episode of the Outer Limits reboot but having just gone through synopsis for all of them I don't think it is. I remember the comet was a plot point, I feel like the story was something like it had impacted the earth and...

identify-this-tv-show horror science-fiction identify-this-episode

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Q: Did Will neglect his duty of ferrying the dead?

In Salazar's revenge Wills shown to be covered in sea shells and was said to be But from At World's End we'are made to believe that it should only happen if one were to neglet their duty of ferrying the dead. So, did he at some point stop ferrying the dead?

pirates-of-the-caribbean

@Mithrandir Believe me, I know. ;)

@NKCampbell do you think it's worth splitting this into two questions? — enderland 1 min ago

curious for others' thoughts

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Q: Is the post credits scene of At World's End canon?

Inspired by my other question: Did Will neglect his duty of ferrying the dead? As the other question says, Will is But the post-credits scene says Will did return 10 years later to Elizabeth and their son. But in Dead Men Tell No Tales / (also titled Salazar's Revenge in some countries) I...

pirates-of-the-caribbean

@Adamant, I've brute forced it. It takes 23 days

And it takes 18 days to reach Marshal (500 flags)

6:19 PM

@enderland nah, I think you can leave it

fixded it https://t.co/tlrMXkJfqD

Tweeted by stjepansejic on May 24, 2017 at 5:19 PM

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@DrRDizzle ^

6:32 PM

0

Q: Does Ambrosius Aurelianus appear in Malory's version of King Arthur?

Ambrosius Aurelianus was a 5th century historical figure who defended Britain from Anglo-Saxon invaders. He plays a prominent role in the legends of King Arthur. He's often considered the elder brother of Arthur's father Uther Pendragon, or he's considered the father of the wizard Merlin, or bo...

characters king-arthur

7:03 PM

@DaaaahWhoosh Thanks for reading!

@Gallifreyan Lol

@Gallifreyan I like how the original Stark is still in the background. Looks like an incomplete Animorph transition.

1

Q: Could a Trill Symbiont join a non-Trill humanoid?

I know that Dax joined Odo, but could the Symbiosis Institute approve that?

7:19 PM

user image

Not sure what to do here:

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A: How can The Accursed One deflect Thor's Hammer?

I was just watching the movie and I just thought of a way it could be easily deflected. Think of how the "Accursed" get there power. From the Aether. And what is the Aether? An infinity stone but more importantly the reality stone, which can alter the reality of things around the user. So it coul...

0

Q: Why was Marty fired in 2015?

In Back to the Future Part II, when Jennifer was in her future house in 2015 she witnessed the old Marty getting fired after being provoked by Needles into sticking his card in the slot. What kind of financial operation was that and what was illegal about that?

back-to-the-future-ii

7:47 PM

am I right to think that this answer does not answer the question, but instead tries to address the comments to the other answer?

0

Q: Why do Jedi & Sith fight each other with lightsabers if they have Force powers?

I spoke with a non SW fan recently, and he told me Star Wars is stupid because it makes no sense that Jedi & Sith fight each other with lightsabers if they have powers like Force push & Force lightning. I don't have an answer to that statement which left me puzzled because he used Darth maul Forc...

that's the guy's number one reason to dislike Star Wars? fail

@Ixrec “The trouble is, the other side can do magic too.”

exactly

Most Force powers tend to get blocked immediately by opposing Force users, so one seeks a opening.

We only see when they find an opening.

7:54 PM

my answer to that would be to quote Episode II where they literally have a non-lightsaber fight and then go "okay clearly we need to do this with lightsabers"

Why not also try to cut their head off with a big blade of plasma while you wait?

But it is definitely duplicate.

@Mithrandir relevant username? :)

@enderland ?

Thrawn's real Chiss name is very close to Mithrandir

Ah.

8:05 PM

I'm going to ask again because I'm being challenged, is this answer not actually an answer? Or am I missing something?

"real Chiss" haha

@DaaaahWhoosh The answer is hidden inside.

@DaaaahWhoosh To me that post seems to very obviously be an answer. It's even an answer to the question that was asked. Its main problem is a lack of evidence, not a lack of answer-ness.

If the Lybians survived (which they did, see previous answer)

if it is a "response to comments" then you'll have to point me at whatever comment it's responding to, because it's not obvious just from reading the question and the answer

8:09 PM

@DaaaahWhoosh It's mostly opinion-based, but still has good points

Can someone check the review queue to see what needs reviewing?

@Ixrec the answer doesn't address whether or not the Libyand survived, but rather explores why, if they survived, Doc and Marty could leave the scene.

it's certainly nowhere near the level where flags need to be brought to bear against it

the other answer has comments about why the Libyans were arrested at all

sorry, an answer to part of the question being asked

it's true it doesn't address the title at all

8:11 PM

@DaaaahWhoosh It does, right here

> If the Lybians survived (which they did, see previous answer)

@Edlothiad so an answer that doesn't answer the question, but instead relies on a previous answer for its evidence, is still a valid answer?

@DaaaahWhoosh I've seen supplemental answers before

It answers the question

I'm also not convinced it actually answers anything. Doc and Marty are still witnesses, they should stick around

@DaaaahWhoosh When do you ever see them doing anything responsible like that?

8:15 PM

lol

but, bottom line, the other answer says "the Libyans survive, they are arrested" which answers the question and provides evidence. This answer does neither of those things

this second answer is answering the question "why aren't the police investigating Doc/Marty" which is a tertiary question at best

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Q: How did Doc know exactly at what second the lightning would strike the clock tower?

In Back to the Future, there is a flyer indicating that the lightning stroke the clock tower at 10:04pm on November 12, 1955. Based on that information, Doc calculates the distance, acceleration speed and time needed for the DeLorean to reach the cable. But we all know that the minute has 60 sec...

back-to-the-future

the title of the question is the primary question, the body of the question is the secondary question because neither option explains Doc/Marty's behavior. If the Libyans survive (answer to primary), then the secondary question is why aren't they continuing the chase?

Flag it, see what happens

I did, so far nothing I guess

8:22 PM

well i said it looks ok, because I saw an answer

the answer is literally 'see the other answer'

It is an answer. The answer we deserve but not the answer we need.

eh, I guess if no one else is worried I won't be either. And if I ever need rep I'll just post a bunch of answers referencing existing answers and adding some speculation

8:39 PM

0

Q: Why is Signal Jamming not a common strategy against Droid Armies

Why is Full Spectrum Jamming not used by those fighting against the Trade Federation. The premise is that one can jam the entire spectrum of wireless communication channels, rendering most wireless communication devices useless. By doing this, the battle droids will loose their control signal a...

1

Q: I am trying to find a short story about a machine that writes novels

of dead great writers. The main character is a professor and finds he can use the machine to pretend he wrote great novels in the perfect styles of deceased famous writers.

novel the-machine

8:53 PM

Someone clear the review queue please!

0

Q: Book series with a magical community where characters have different talents

I am trying to find a book series about a magical community. Each community members has a magical power. There was a book about a women who could see the future, one who could control the weather and an autistic women going to the community to learn magic from them. I believe the first book was a...

story-identification

0

Q: Help Finding Anime Movie I watched on the sci fi channel late at night about 15 years ago

It ended with a giant mech battle. The bad guys mech was powered by holy men (that chanted to keep it working). The good guys mech was linked to him and controlled by his mind. Also the main villain in the giant mech, pretended to be an idiot at the beginning until he poisoned his family so he ...

story-identification mecha

@Babelfish zanth?

I have just posted an immediately self-answered question. You can come and downvote it to hell.

Someone clear the review queues pls

I see...half of them at 1, half at 0

we'll survive

9:05 PM

@Ixrec The review queues?

yeah

is it lying to me?

It's the little 3 I can see that's pissing me off

rofl

@b_jonas It's a dupe if you copy the answers, you know?

> In Dead Men Tell No Tales / (also titled Salazar's Revenge in some countries)

OOOOOOOOH

well that clears up a huge amount of confusion on my end

9:12 PM

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Q: Did the Dark Lord invent the Unforgivable curses?

Some people have suggested that the Dark Lord has invented the three Unforgivable curses. I don't think this is true, but there are certainly some good arguments to suggest it. None of the curses were mentioned in the prequel film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, which plays before the...

@Ixrec what queues have reviews in them? And why don't you just clear them?

@Edlothiad 1) they've already been cleared since you brought it up, 2) why are you asking me? you brought it up lol

oh someone put new items in

clears those too

are you still seeing little numbers?

Is this a question?

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Q: what would you call the stargate goauld designs that look like intersecting lines

what would you call the curved intersecting lines on the armor, weapons,and ships. id like to find someone to design patterns for my engine parts for airbrushing. i want my valve covers to look like goauld tech

stargate goauld

I voted POB

grammatically of course it is a question, just one that's...entirely opinion-based

@Edlothiad Doesn't matter. Still useful as a dupe, because it's hard to find the dup target with a search if you want to ask what I asked.

I don't think it's too bad to post dups when they help finding the answers to on-topic questions you may want to ask. It's still worth to close as a dup so that the answers are collected in the same place.

9:26 PM

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Q: what would you call the stargate goauld designs that look like intersecting lines

what would you call the curved intersecting lines on the armor, weapons,and ships. id like to find someone to design patterns for my engine parts for airbrushing. i want my valve covers to look like goauld tech

stargate goauld

@Ixrec Migrate to ELL or ELU? With a picture, of course. Unless Valorum pulls a novelisation out of his jacket and provides a canon answer.

rule number 1 of stack exchange: don't migrate crap

we might need an ELL/ELU user to confirm but as currently written I think that question is POB on any site

if it had a picture of a specific design then maybe

@Ixrec Is that one of the approx. seven different rules called "rule number 1"?

of course

10:04 PM

@Ixrec At the time of your message yes, now no

timey wimey

@Ixrec Rand has a lot of rep there

is rand active yet? I know he finally came back but I've yet to actually see him

Nope.

10:27 PM

@Ixrec Confirm what?

whether it's a good enough question to be worth migrating

Which question? That intersecting lines one?

yeah

If they added some images to actually show what they're trying to describe it might actually be acceptable on A&C.

But, as it stands, it's not very well written.

Comics proposal on Area 51

No onebox again?!

11:33 PM

@Ixrec I thought the first rule of Stack Exchange was don't talk about Stack Exchange.

@Ixrec I thought this was all the rules:

Two Rules at The Rock

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