The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

12:46 AM

@Jenayah Thinking about English now; do they normally use British spellings (e.g. neighbour, licence) or American (neighbor, license) on things that are in English but made in France? I’d think it would be British because of proximity but America and France have been allies for so long.

Jenayah

@CorvoAttano what do you mean? Basically everything gets translated here

Corvo Attano

@Jenayah Never mind, then

Jenayah

@CorvoAttano and if like, a brand chooses to write a slogan in English, I guess it depends on the brand

I'll keep an eye on that though, I'll tell you if I notice any tendency

Corvo Attano

5:01 AM

It’s weird that so many people ask one question and never show up again.

Marvin

5:53 AM

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Q: Sci-fi novel about child savants trained to play real-life war games

I read a children’s science fiction novel as a child, probably about ten or fifteen years ago (that is, in the 2000s), that I have never been able to pinpoint. No, the novel is not Ender’s Game, though it may sound like the obvious candidate from the question title alone. I’m pretty certain the ...

Alex

6:13 AM

@CorvoAttano Perhaps they only have one question.

Marvin

9:57 AM

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Q: Story with dome-cities and the last horse being lost in transport accident

I read this piece of story in high school, probably a bit more than 10 years ago (before 2008). I think I might have read it as part of a reading test at school. It was probably in French although it might have been in english. This happened in Canada. I believe they may have presented us just a ...

story-identification post-apocalyptic dystopia animals

Jenayah

11:46 AM

How come the site is deader today than it was yesterday? ._.

xkcd

2:00 PM

My pet theory is that in real life, the kid at the beginning of Jurassic Park who made fun of the 'six-foot turkey' never got a talking-to from Dr. Grant, and grew up to produce several of the movie's sequels.

Alex

3:12 PM

@Jenayah Hangovers?

Jenayah

@Alex ahahahah

Alex

Though that’s actually probably more likely to be tue explanation next week.

Marvin

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Q: What relationship is there between the Tesseract in MCU and the mathematical object?

(Title of course inspired by What relationship is there between tesseracts in A Wrinkle in Time and the mathematical object?) Answers to Why was the Cosmic Cube named the Tesseract in the Marvel movie series? explain that the Cosmic Cube and the Tesseract are different things, but it does not ex...

marvel-cinematic-universe

Jenayah

4:38 PM

also true

Alex

5:03 PM

But this is, possibly, the deadest I’ve seen it.

I may just have to post another question.

Jenayah

It won't get much attention

Wait for when people are around, dunno

Alex

Waiting won’t help undeaden the site now.

Jenayah

True

Vicious circle and all

Alex

5:18 PM

Well there’s also the possibility that if it doesn’t get attention nothing else will either, so it will stay on top.

Jenayah

True, but when the people come back, will they not push other things?

Alex

5:38 PM

Yes, but no matter when you post something eventually other stuff will het pushed.

Oh wow, I got a notification of six new hats; that was a surprise.

b_jonas

Hi all.

Alex

Hi

Interesting. In your answer @Jenayah the spoiler markup hides the "7." also. That's not part of the spoiler, and in fact it seems more confusing to hide it because now it looks like it's just a list of six things with a spoiler at the end. The regular quote markup does not hide include the "7." in the quote, so I don't know why the spoiler markup works differently.

b_jonas

6:20 PM

I watched the new movie Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse today with my dad. I wasn't completely satisfied with it, becuse the visual effects were horribly overused and distracting. But it still was a good family movie, and I'd happily take one like this at Christmas time every even year (when there's no Christmas Star Wars episode), so that I can go to the cinema with family.

The best part was that because it was a family film, I could watch it in original English, and it was still easy to understand.

Now let me see what questions we have, and if someone's asked the most obvious question yet.

scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/… tag

Oh, I'll have to check Movies SE too

Marvin

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Q: How can a Pokemon run out of the properties of their type?

In Pokemon episode "Electric Shock Showdown" Brock says "It's over. Raichu ran out of electricity." How can an Electric Pokemon run out of electricity? Does it mean Water-types can run out of the water and Fire-types can run out of the fire?

pokemon

0

Q: Is Mjölnir made from Magnetar?

Soon after I got wind of Magnetar my thoughts were immediately on Thor's Mjölnir. My point here is, does the legend truly say that it was made from a dying star? My point here is did some form of advanced knowledge exist behind ancient Norse legend which science is just now finding by empirical ...

mjolnir

b_jonas

By the way, we caught it on the last day when it was in the cinema without dubbing.

Jenayah

@Alex six? Brunhilde?

@Alex it doesn't hide it for me

Alex

@Jenayah Three Brunhildes, Identification Division, Six-Cornered Hat, and Still Fresh.

@Jenayah Interesting. What happens if you are not logged in? Do you still see it?

Jenayah

6:38 PM

@Alex nice

Alex

Thanks.

Jenayah

@Alex yeah, well on mobile at least

Alex

@Jenayah Then something's strange, because it hides it for me.

Actually, on Mobile I do see it.

Jenayah

It doesn't on mobile but it's hidden in desktop view indeed

Alex

So for some reason there's a difference between Moble and Desdktop.

b_jonas

6:42 PM

Yes, they did ask the obvious question.

Jenayah

Yep

b_jonas

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Q: Which dimensions from Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse exist in other works?

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse features versions of Spider-Man from various parallel dimensions. Are all of these "new" dimensions, or are they intended to be existing-dimensions within the Marvel multiverse of comics, films, etc.? In other words, are any of the Spider-People we see from estab...

marvel spider-man parallel-universe continuity spider-man-into-the-spider-verse

Though not exactly in the way I wanted to, but it's close enough.

Corvo Attano

What is making stuff “community wiki” for?

@b_jonas what language do you natively speak?

If you don’t mind me asking, just curiosity

Jenayah

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Q: Why did they suspect Hagrid again in the book Harry Potter and Chamber of secrets?

I read Harry Potter many times and I don't get why they (ministry) suspect Hagrid when the Chamber of Wecrets has been opened. I understand why they suspected him before 50 years ago, in that time people rather believed Tom Riddle than him, but at present they know that Tom Riddle became Lord Vo...

harry-potter

Basically it's for when many people contribute to one post

Alex

@CorvoAttano So that people who don't have enough reputation to normally make edits can still make edits to this post.

Jenayah

6:56 PM

And the rep threshold needed to edit it immediately is lowered at 100 rep

Alex

@Jenayah Was that meant to be an example of a Community Wiki?

Jenayah

WTF?

Alex

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Q: What are "Community Wiki" posts?

Some questions and answers are marked Community Wiki and are owned by a community wiki user: (in fact, this very question is one of them) Why have Community Wiki posts? How do Community Wiki posts work? How does a post become a Community Wiki post? How can the Community Wiki status be re...

support faq community-wiki posts

Jenayah

Copy-pasting went wrong

I meant to link the Meta you provided

Here's a CW example:

Alex

Well I won't complain. Always good to have a question I answered linked to here.

Jenayah

6:58 PM

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Q: Can we identify all the characters in this "Ultimate Space Battle" poster?

Disclosure: I am the creator of this poster. Click for higher resolution image Can we identify which properties they come from and who they are?

character-identification object-identification

b_jonas

@CorvoAttano Hungarian.

@Jenayah "Chamber of Wecrets"?

Jenayah

@b_jonas community wiki :P

Marvin

0

Q: Animation series in which the protoganist got gloves which help him to control a robot

I came across an animation series in which the protoganist got gloves which help him to control a robot. Later, with the help of that robot, he fights the aliens which invade Earth. Does anyone know about this series?

story-identification

b_jonas

@Marvin An animé with magical gauntlets and mechas?

HAHAHAHAH "final film in the How to Train Your Dragon trilogy". I'll believe it if they don't release any new ones in the next 17 years, not before.

why do they even bother with "final film of the trilogy", does anyone ever believe that?

Jenayah

7:25 PM

Why did they even bother to make a second one?

I mean, the second one was in the top 3 of "sequels that SHOULD NOT have been made"

Alex

What are the other two?

b_jonas

@Jenayah Probably not top 3, I think. There's a lot of sequels that should not have been made.

Jenayah

Lion King and Indiana Jones 4, probably

@b_jonas yes, but when you compare this one to the first one, well it's one big pile of shit

b_jonas

@Jenayah That's possible, I've never seen the second.

So what's the Aquaman movie like? Is it worth to watch?

Jenayah

2 days ago, by Jenayah

Aquaman: don't think of it as an Aquaman movie until halfway through. The first part, while it has some cool shots... stains a lot of what Aquaman and Atlantis (and Xebel...) are about.

2 days ago, by Jenayah

@CorvoAttano the special effects are awesome. The soundtrack is great too, as the acting. As for the story, I cringed during the first part because that was so not what Aquamn and Atlantis were about (but I've read a lot of comics, so it always influences how I watch a movie). The movie gets in line with Aquaman lore halfway through

2 days ago, by Jenayah

But TLDR if you can afford it go watch it

@b_jonas ^

b_jonas

7:40 PM

@Jenayah Ok, thank you. I'll think about that, quickly because it too will leave the cinemas soon.

Marvin

8:44 PM

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Q: What is the relationship between Dale and Esgaroth/Laketown?

Dale sat on the threshold of the Dwarven kingdom of Erebor, while Esgaroth/Laketown was located a bit further south, on the lake. In the movies, I haven't read the books yet, both are described as centers of commerce and rich towns profiting from the riches mined by the Dwarves and pouring out ...

tolkiens-legendarium

Alex

10:18 PM

I have to say @Jenayah I really enjoyed reading this answer:

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A: Why doesn't Hogwarts carry spare wands for the students that need them?

(so, I edited this to include the other theories I started to develop in comments. PMar's answer states the "obvious" but is actually quite plausible. So, theories to follow are assuming Hogwarts could have spares, but just won't.) (after-writing note: so it's quite long, and sometimes biased, b...

Alex

11:08 PM

Hmmm, there is possibly a conspiracy against me getting the Vox Populi badge.

Nov 4 at 15:28, by Alex

Which is kind of strange, because I remember once being unable to vote on Meta posts because I had already used up my votes, but I don't have the badge.

Seems to have happened again.

Dec 16 at 23:43, by Alex

Just maxed out on votes for my first time on any site. And with 19 minutes to spare. Going through old questions is apparently worthwhile.

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