The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

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Tango

04:15

@Donald.McLean: Just got your notice about a question of interest. Sorry - been super-busy. Had to get the house ready for the final inspection, which was pretty intense (also had to get a trench dug to be inspected before final or I'd have to wait months to dig it - which would mean tearing up the front yard that would be grown by then).

@Donald.McLean: And, after inspection, we had to clean up a septic issue (that I had pissed and moaned about to the septic people who didn't listen), then get things ready for her to move in, move her in, move me in a week later, get the mud flats out front to look like a lawn, bush-hog the south 4 acres (takes 6 hours!) for guests to park in, make the place look great all around, then have our wedding in the front yard. Then, within a week, taxes were due and I did 2 all nighters on them.

After that, I've been just trying to sort through the stuff I had packed in a hurry (been so busy on the new place I never had time to pack at the old place) and set up a new study I can work in.

It's been a bit busy here!

8 hours later…

Tim E. Lord

12:08

Daily floof 2017-11-04

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KyloRen

12:36

6 month is a long time, the next ban will be even more fun

Skooba

@KyloRen with that attitude it will likely happen quickly...

KyloRen

Whoops, I shoud have said "stuff" to stir

Yeah, my ban ended this hour

Skooba

@KyloRen by already looking for the next ban it will be self fulfilling prophecy is my point. not your language.

KyloRen

@Skooba, no they(the ominous they) are out to get me. I can't help being hated

Tim E. Lord

@KyloRen Everyone is welcome here as long as they appreciate floofs

KyloRen

12:49

@TimE.Lord, wtf, who are you? And what is floofs

Skooba

@KyloRen Just don't be your own worst enemy and everything should be fine.

KyloRen

@Skooba, I am my own worst enemy ,

Skooba

@KyloRen He is a Room Owner now. Floofs are fluffy animals.

KyloRen

@Skooba, hopefuly I don't get banned for saying "wtf" which is very likely with the current moderating team

Skooba

@KyloRen If you keep poking the bear, you can't be surprised when you get bit.

Tim E. Lord

12:54

I am a benevolent overlord.

Mostly.

KyloRen

@TimE.Lord, overlords suck

Tim E. Lord

I don't do anything, I just post floofs

Floofs are love, floofs are life

Donald.McLean

@Tango Yeah, with a new construction house, there's always two or three thousand complications.

Tim E. Lord

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Tango

@Donald.McLean We have an old barn about 300' behind the house that has all the charm of The Blair Witch Project that we're going to turn into a guest house. To do that, we have to run lines for power, water, sewage, and data back there, which means a trench. Both plumbing and electrical have to inspect the trench to make sure it's deep enough.

The problem is they can't inspect it unless there's an outstanding permit, so I had to get the trench dug and lines in it before the plumbing and electrical permits were considered final or I'd have to wait until we started building the barn. That would be well after we get the lawn down and start landscaping, so I really had to get that trench done early - along with all the other stuff that was going on!

Skooba

13:10

permits schmerits

Tim E. Lord

I knew a girl who wanted to dig a well using a mini nuke

Marvin

13:25

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Q: Why can't I ask a question on meta after a ban?

I tried to ask a question on meta after a site ban was lifted, but I was greeted with this page.

Loong

13:35

@RobertF We have a stargate at work:

Marvin

Q: Why is chat so easily manipulated?

Why is chat so easily manipulated? Who decides what? Who decides bans? Who decides what goes on in chat?

discussion

Marvin

13:58

Q: Can I ask for movies/books related with a particular sci-fi movie?

Since I'm done with the series and books of a sci-fi movie and can't decide whether what story should I read next, can I ask some recommendations of movie or book related to sci-fi? If this is allowed, what tag/tags should I use?

discussion specific-question

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Mithrandir

16:26

@Randal'Thor no, it won't. But I still think it's better to have people know the preferred way to delete spam. While it won't be messed up by a couple outliers, if everyone starts doing things incorrectly the spam filter will get a lot less info. IMO, it's better to teach people the correct way to do things rather than have them continue to do things misguidedly.

@Randal'Thor that's commendable, but I don't think that people should depend on that.

Tim E. Lord

@Loong THIS IS SO COOL!

I want to work in a place like this!

Mithrandir

And I am not 'pushing my obsession on others'. I am attempting to correct some misguided actions that I noticed.

@Randal'Thor if they are doing it in a misguided way... I don't see the problem. Why not tell people that they can do things a better way?

Loong

@TimE.Lord Believe me, you don't want to work here. ;-)

Tim E. Lord

Loong

I wish I could show you pictures of our pools.

But maybe I could get fired for that.

Tim E. Lord

16:35

Nuclear plant?!

Sound right up my alley (physics student here)

Loong

Call me if you need an internship ;-)

Tim E. Lord

I will need one, actually, though it'd have to be a "research" internship, if I'm not mistaken. Plus I'm not sure if I can go abroad for it.

But thank you for the offer ^_^

Loong

You could measure the dose rate from N-16 and neutrons in the equipment compartments during the power ramp-up. So I won't have to send expensive technicians. :-D

Tim E. Lord

So I would produce the EU energy and pay for the privilege :D

And then grow an extra limb

I really have to speak to my advisor about this stuff, though.

And about electives

And the rest

Aargh

Loong

That would be on topic here.

Tim E. Lord

16:58

> But just to be sure, I got in touch with a friend of mine who works at a research reactor, and asked him what he thought would happen to you if you tried to swim in their radiation containment pool.
“In our reactor?” He thought about it for a moment. “You’d die pretty quickly, before reaching the water, from gunshot wounds.”

^ what-if.xkcd.com/29

Loong

In our pools, nothing special would happen.

Well, the boric acid in the water tastes bitter; that's it.

Could be difficult to climb out again without help since the walls are a bit high.

But the visitors love the view. 19 m deep clear blue water.

Tim E. Lord

@Loong Very nice, for the last thing one will ever see.

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Mithrandir

18:08

Hi @CommonK!

4 hours later…

Marvin

22:08

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Q: Shouldn't downvoting uninteresting posts be forbidden?

In connection with the question: Is it OK to downvote a question for being uninteresting? I have read in this question that you can downvote a post that if you think it is uninteresting. In proportion to Help Centre: Voting up a question or answer signals to the rest of the community that ...