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12:23 AM
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Q: Has a reason why you get good-points for eating a sandwich been given?

PelinoreWatching The Good Place (episode 1) & just wondering if they've given any sort of rational for that at any time in-world/series so far.

 
@TheLethalCarrot I provided your quote of self-accusation :P
Besides aye welcome back, you orange vegetable
 
1:09 AM
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Q: Iron Man arc reactor

Calen TudorSo I saw this post on gizmodo explaining how the arc reactor should work https://gizmodo.com/how-iron-mans-arc-reactor-probably-works-1661613682 . I want to know if what is explained is real or if someone has tried it.

 
1:39 AM
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Q: What is the significance of the Pendant of Memories?

LegomanIn The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, Kafei gives Link a "pendant of memories" to deliver to his fiancé, Anju, as a promise he will come to her. Upon receiving the pendant, Anju stammers "Ah! ...It's from Kafei! Th...th..thank you! Very much!" later saying that she is willing to wait. I'm fairl...

 
 
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3:11 AM
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Q: Colouring Book in 80's about aliens who destroy all nature on their world

user108259Colouring book I had in the 80's about an alien species who build a beautiful civilisation... that destroys all nature on their home world. They realize too late what they have lost. Any clues?

 
 
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4:30 AM
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Q: Why did Sauron die when the Ring was destroyed in Mount Doom?

the-profile-that-was-promisedWhen Isildur cut the One Ring from Sauron's hand, he returned again. But when Frodo went to Mount Doom and accidentally Gollum cast the Ring along with himself, Sauron was defeated and never came back again. Why is this?

 
 
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6:17 AM
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Q: Why didn't Cudgeon "Escape" the time stop in Artemis Fowl?

DqwertyCIn the first book of the Artemis Fowl series, Fowl Manor has been placed in a magically induced time-stop, which theoretically traps anyone inside it at the time that it was started. Communication with the outside world is completely cut off, and a side effect on living creatures is that they can...

 
 
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7:18 AM
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Q: How many wings did the Elder Things Have?

BuzzWhen I first read At the Mountains of Madness, I thought that the the description of the Elder Things (known in that story as "Old Ones") must have had almost perfect fivefold radial symmetry, like many modern echinoderms. The first report of their appearance suggested to me that, along with t...

 
7:33 AM
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Q: Who sent the thrush to help Smaug?

the-profile-that-was-promisedIn The Hobbit Bard kills Smaug the dragon. In the book he is informed by a thrush of the dragon's one unprotected spot. But who sends the thrush to help Bard?

 
 
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Web Head (CE) indeed posted a lot of large bounties.
 
9:05 AM
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Q: Science fiction movies about alien creature

LeniI remember watching this movie in the 90s, so maybe it was made in 80s. There was a creature or alien that travel inside the spaceship. And it kills men in the ship by sucking them through the drainage on the floor

 
9:16 AM
@Marvin Is this not a dup?
 
9:33 AM
@Jenayah maybe I’ll give you some leeway then...
 
9:50 AM
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Q: Title of book with astronaut returning to an empty earth

Geoff CostelloI am trying to remember the title of one of my favour science fiction books from the 1990s so I can read it again. It began with an astronaut sent to the stars returning decades later to a earth empty of people. He finds a computer terminal and gradually dormant dopiter systems wake up and start ...

 
 
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11:52 AM
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Q: Is there any stackoverflow or space-time crash for time travel on Grandfather Paradox?

eliaThere is a popular paradox which is named as GrandFather Paradox. Here is the link for who is want to read it about. I am curious about the problem for a specific way. If Jane ~ Jim (the same guy actually ) makes time travel for infinite, so can we talk about the space-time crash or stackoverflo...

 
12:13 PM
We jave a lovely snow cover on the city now.
 
12:38 PM
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Q: Which Marvel trade paperbacks could I find these Toad arcs in?

Gothamite24Over the years, the character of Toad has slowly become a favorite, and I was wondering if anyone knew what Marvel trade paperbacks there were containing these arcs with him: Forming the team The Misfits with Spider-Kid and Frog-Man after being inspired by Spider-Man, who stopped him from commi...

 
 
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1:40 PM
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Q: A harry potter fanfiction time travel question.

AppaIn which harry went to the past and he is 5 or 7 years old. He is found and adopted by merlin and is stuck in the past and is immortal u till his time approaches. He becomes a healer and is adopted by quite a few people like Arthur pendragon and le fay.

 
1:55 PM
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Q: In Nightflyers (TV 2018) episode 8 "Icarus" why was Rowan able to touch Agatha when shortly before she warned Karl that he could not touch her?

OldSciFiReaderRowan attacked Agatha and dragged her around, but just before that when Karl touched her shoulder Karl had an instantaneous reaction and withdrew his hand. Rowan was unaffected when he grabbed Agatha. SPOILER ALERT on following: In the next episode Rowan complained about the Teke energy amplifyi...

 
2:26 PM
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Q: Do the operators have read write access in the Matrix?

BasementJoeObjects in the matrix are lines of code, so when an item, let's say a car, gets torn up by bullet holes, can an operator write repair code to fix the car? To expand on the above question, we see in the first movie they can load weapons and bring them into the matrix, why do they use objects alre...

 
2:57 PM
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Q: The physics in "Come Back to the Killing Ground, Alice, My Love"

Kinzle BI have trouble understanding the physics in "Come Back to the Killing Ground, Alice, My Love" written by Roger Zelazny. It talked about an assassin fighting against a singularity with a super-string. I know the theory of relativity, but the plot is still confusing. Could you please explain the s...

 
3:49 PM
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Q: Why doctor strange said that his job is "protecting the reality" to Iron man?

Kushal BhuyanIn the scene where Iron man, doctor strange, Wong and Bruce Banner were discussing about infinity stones and how to hide the time stone from Thanos, doctor strange told Tony that his job is "protecting the reality". But in the later part of the movie, after Thanos got the reality stone, he said t...

 
 
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5:29 PM
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Q: Movie with talking zombies, one zombie eats his own arm

jinkevinLooking for a horror/comedy movie that I saw on the Sci-Fi channel (Pre-2009 name change) with talking zombies in it. Setting: America/American English speaking country. Language: English. Color/Black and White: In color. Major points that I remember: There appear to be two types of zombies...

 
 
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7:16 PM
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Q: Animated show about warriors who summon giant monsters using rocks covered in runes

user109284I remember a show airing on cartoon network or on demand of this "mon" genre

 
 
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8:17 PM
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Q: Animated Short/Special about a Pterodactyl and Brontosaurus switched at birth

user109234This was probably about as far back as the early 90s/late 2000s, I remember seeing it on either nick or disney. A pterosaur and brontosaur get raised by the wrong families and have trouble fitting in, they eventually grow up and meet each other stating "I wish I was you"

 
 
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10:19 PM
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Q: Story or book with character named "Bird" and homebuilt security robots

Pete SmithThis was probably from the 70s or early 80s. It was post-apocalyptic, and featured home built (mostly small) robots that served to protect the character and his living space. The only character name I remember is "Bird".

 
10:45 PM
@Alex And... I was wrong. I forgot about my duplicate question on English Language & Usage.
 
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Q: Did Team Rocket’s Meowth ever get an opportunity to evolve into Persian?

ThunderforgeTeam Rocket’s Meowth has been in the show since the second episode of the Pokémon anime and is still around over a thousand episodes and over 20 movies later. Did he ever get the chance to evolve into a Persian (that was perhaps turned down, like Ash’s Pikachu and Ash’s Bulbasaur)?

 
11:05 PM
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Q: Book about magical wax and twins

DaireI read a book a while ago about these two gloomy looking twins that lived alone in a mansion and it was built above a pool of this white wax/liquid. It had special properties and there was different waxes around the world, I can't seem to remember what it was called though, there were multiple bo...

 
I'd vote to undelete scifi.stackexchange.com/q/198248/98028... It's on-topic, fanfic-id sure but rather detailed
 
My undelete vote has been recorded.
Though I wonder... can a question be automatically deleted more than once?
 
11:21 PM
I think so
 
Then it may need some upvotes as well.
 
11:42 PM
@Jenayah undeleted
 
Jenayah probably secretly knows the answer...
 
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Q: Why so little concern for destroying the ring?

BobIn the fellowship of the ring, there does not seem to be a lot of concern for destroying the ring, even though it is recognized as being of paramount importance to everyone. Especially, the fellowship itself is not very concerned with it, since they only intend to accompany Frodo for a while, bef...

 

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