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12:17 AM
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Q: Where is Gamora?

Mr.JAfter Avengers: Endgame, do we know where Gamora is? My guess is, she... does not and will not exist anymore in the Avengers' timeline because she was sacrificed by Thanos, to obtain the Soul stone. But then she returned from 2014 right? Yeah! But Stark's snap seems to wipe out everyone who is ...

 
Dec 30 '18 at 22:09, by Mithrandir
We're on SFF, we can go with JKR math.
Or perhaps better:
Dec 10 '18 at 6:56, by Jenayah
Shit, JKR math plague is spreading
 
12:44 AM
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Q: Animated short with a monkey boy in it

ZofisOk so, I think this may have been a series of shorts that they played during commercials on Cartoon Network. It had this one character who was a young kid with Monkey features, he had messy dark hair (either dark brown or black) and I think a tail. It was animated with a style that was kind of bl...

 
1:16 AM
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Q: Why did not Iron man upload his complete memory onto a computer?

Amruth AWhy could not Iron man do something like in Transcendance movie i.e to upload his complete memory onto a computer. He made vision, so he could done this?

 
1:47 AM
Oh nice I'm #3 on Meta for the week
And somehow above Glorfindel
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Q: Help has non-HTTPS links in it

StormblessedPages within the help center have many non-HTTPS links on them. Many of the ones to questions seem to have been updated, but there are non-HTTPS links to the Stack Overflow blog on Don't Ask, links to Area 51 and the main domain of stackexchange.com on On-Topic, a link to a Main Meta on Closed Q...

Yet another semi-pedantic Meta
Wait is there any point to bountying Metas?
Like if I agree with a feature request
Also shouldn't there be a Meta on Meta?
Wow I get a lot of upvotes on HTTPS-related questions, I'd think that people would think they're a waste of time
 
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Q: Time travel in the MCU?

Alex Kinman Is there any other time travel in the MCU?

 
2:16 AM
@Stormblessed And I'm at 20.
Just from my question about the app.
@Stormblessed People do it all the time.
But it doesn't mean anything if you agree with it.
The point is to elicit new answers or maybe even an employee response.
@Stormblessed Meta includes a Meta on Meta.
 
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Q: Cannot vote to close a question as a duplicate because it would lead to a circle, except it wouldn't

Sonic the Inclusive HedgehogI'm trying to vote to close this question as a duplicate of this one. The former question had just been asked 20 minutes ago, whereas the latter one was closed as a duplicate back in 2010 and hasn't been edited by a human user since 2011. However, when I try to vote to close the much newer one ...

Now that’s my kind of pedantic Meta question.
 
2:52 AM
@Alex which one?
 
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Q: Protection banner shouldn’t override bounty banner in the app

AlexIn the app, a question that has an open bounty has a banner at the bottom indicating that there is a bounty: However, if the question is also protected then the banner at the bottom is about the protection and there is no indication of the bounty: On the actual site, both banners are displa...

Actually inspired by a question here.
Interestingly, I posted the question from the app, and the images looked normal, but when viewing it on the site the images are huge.
 
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Q: Is there any point to posting app bug reports?

Andrew LiI've discovered some bugs regarding the SE iOS app but recently learned that there are no active personnel on the development team for the apps. If this is the case, is there any reason to post bug reports for these apps as a sort of backlog if development does start again in the future? Or are t...

Hm, exactly half of my Meta questions have no answers.
 
3:34 AM
Well, not anymore. I just answered one of my old ones.
 
 
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5:31 AM
Hmmm... Why does this show as "no longer reviewable"? scifi.stackexchange.com/review/low-quality-posts/147537
 
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Q: How is it possible for these guys to survive S08E03

Torsten LinkIn the great fight in that episode we first see the Dothraki approach the army of dead. There does not seem to be even one survivor. Later we see the undead approach Winterfell, break through the wall and kill everybody on their way. One of the last scenes of the fight shows only...

 
6:17 AM
Why is literally every HNQ coming from this site about Game of Thrones?
It's driving me insane.
 
@forest I'm afraid there's no better explanation than it's popular, and HNQ isn't optimal...
 
I don't even get why it's popular. But then again I don't think I've watched any show that came out after the 1990s.
 
Don't ask me, I dropped it after two seasons because I was bored AF
 
:p
 
SQB
@forest imagine how it was during the height of the Harry Potter-craze.
 
6:27 AM
Well at least Harry Potter was good.
 
...it was?
2
 
It was great. The books I mean, not the movies.
They were very clever.
I preferred the Xanth series though. :P
 
6:43 AM
Ew.
 
:o
How could anyone not like Xanth?
X(A/N)^th!
I still need to read more Piers Anthony books. There are so many.
And I've only read that one series.
 
@forest The first three weren't too bad! I'll give you that.
 
The first three were the best. After that I still liked them, but there were a few books that weren't as memorable to me. The ones with Dor and Irene were great. I forget which books those were.
 
SQB
I've only ever read the first three books of Apprentice Adept.
 
I have the series with Juxtaposition and Firefly, but haven't read them yet.
 
7:38 AM
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Q: Which tech stack would have been used to develop JARVIS and ULTRON in Marvel Cinematic or comic universe?

ulyssesJarvis and Ultron seem to be pretty intensive performant and adapting AI. There are only so many tech stacks available to achieve so. What could have been the probable ones? We also need to account for the fast development time of them, especially ultron.

 
7:50 AM
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Q: What will Doctor Strange protect now?

Faizan RabbaniWe learn in the movies Doctor Strange (2016) and Avengers: Infinity War (2018) that all sorcerers including Doctor Strange have sworn an oath to protect the Time Stone at any cost. But in the concluding scenes of Avengers: Endgame (2019), Captain America returns all the Stones in their past, whic...

 
8:04 AM
SQB has made a change to the feeds posted into this room
 
SQB
(Added [science-fiction] and [fantasy]; removed [orson-scott-card] to make room).
 
8:17 AM
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Q: Why doesn't Dany protect her dragons better?

userIn the latest episode (S08E04) of Game of Thrones This isn't the first time this type of attack has been used. Why is Dany so clueless when it comes to these attacks? Surely given the history of them being used against her and her dragons she would show a bit of caution when approaching are...

 
8:56 AM
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Q: The Resident of Kyoshi island are residents of what nation?

Mor ZamirI recently started forcing a friend to watch the show, and I am watching it with him. As a big Avatar fan, I could answer every single question he had, until he surprised me with this one, which I could not answer. In season 1, episode 4: "The Warriors Of Kyoshi", Aang and his group visit Kyoshi...

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Q: Why did Jaime tell Brienne that he strangled his cousin?

user116203We clearly see the Kingslayer beat his cousin to death, not strangle him. He strangled Torrhen Kastark. Does this indicate Jaime is secretly a Kastark or have the showrunners made another error in a massive list?

 
@TheLethalCarrot can you title-spoiler check, please? scifi.stackexchange.com/q/211881/98028
 
Seems fine to me
 
Alright
 
9:33 AM
This appears to just be a mistake by the show runners and given the poor writing this season it is hardly surprising. — TheLethalCarrot 13 mins ago
That bad?
 
Yup
The writing is really, really poor
 
I've read about the military "tactics" and someone not being very bright when it comes to protecting the ones she love but are there other stuff?
 
In the latest episode Dany gets "surprised" by her enemies because she "forgot" about them
 
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Q: What was the source of power/influence which the Bene Gesserit had?

RohitThe Ixians have their technology, and the Tleilaxu their genetics. The Imperium has armed forces a, and the Guild has its space travel. How really are the Bene Gesserit powerful? Ofcourse they are very accomplished and super-cool in themselves, with prana-bindu and the vast wealth of scholarshi...

 
Even though she could see them from where she was and they literally mentioned them a few days earlier
 
9:35 AM
:/
 
That was one of the obvious mistakes but you look into it and it's full of mistakes and poor writing throughout
FWIW that mistake the comment is about is actually quite a minor one that most wouldn't have even picked up on compared to some of the odd decisions they've had characters do
Also I'll stop here cos I can rant about this for a while :P
 
Ahah fine :P
 
10:27 AM
@SQB Sci Fi SE was founded only after the height of the Harry Potter craze.
 
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Q: Mozart becomes a rock star

Invisible TrihedronMozart is brought back from the dead, or recreated somehow, I no longer recall which. The man who brings him to the present expects Mozart to compose music in the same eighteenth-century style as before. But that isn't the nature of Mozart, who in life was very much a creature of his time, and am...

 
11:32 AM
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Q: Can resurrected bodies have rights to the iron throne?

ariveroI think to remember some discussion telling that time ago, centuries ago, the noble houses had agreed that a resurrected person has no more rights to any title of nobility. I though this was canon in the books, but now I can not find any reference so perhaps it was just speculation in the forums....

 
12:31 PM
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Q: Why doesn't Mjolnir give Captain America Thor-like armor?

vavskjutaThroughout Marvel's comic history, many characters have lifted Mjolnir, and most appear to gain some Thor-like armor when they do. Cases in point: Storm (yes, I know this image is technically Stormcaster) Beta Ray Bill Jane Foster Rogue One notable exception to this is Captain America. ...

 
12:50 PM
1
Q: Why didn't Varys know about the defences of King Landing?

Pierre44In S8E4: When during the whole show, Varys has "Little Birds" informing him about everything, how could he miss that King's Landing (or their ships) had so many scorpions to defend the city against dragons?

 
1:02 PM
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Q: Why did Missandei say that?

J MIn Game of Thrones S8 E04, "The last of the Starks", Cersei kills Missandei, before killing she asks if Missandei has any last words, and Missandei replies Dracarys! Why did she say that, but nothing else?

 
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Q: Short story about protagonist & others 'time-travelling' forward as statues

NathanyelDisclaimer: this might be from a German author, at least I read it in German Read this in the 90s, probably quite older than that. The story begins with the protagonist in the present/near future, who is some sort of cult leader or preacher, giving a public speech. Suddenly, he turns into an in...

 
It's odd how Japanese, Korean, Italian, and Chinese use English tags but then Spanish, French, Portuguese, and English Russian don't
(also confusing how there are two Russian Stack Exchanges)
Also how some tags on Spanish have Spanish and English wikis but others just have English
 
1:21 PM
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Q: Is there any discussion about effects of snap in Avengers: Endgame?

GPPKI've tried to keep the title fairly vague due to spoiler potential but my question is based on the following concept: After the snap in Avengers: Infinity War "Half of all life" on the planet is gone. It's shown that this includes animals as well as humans. The only reference I can remember from...

 
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Q: SciFi novel concerning future (this year) and music broadcast from star system

Invent Palooza Publication: I would wager a guess at around 1970. Plot Points: It is set in the year 2019 and a program to detect ET life hears music broadcasts from a star system. They go to the planet where the music is being broadcasted from. Unfortunately, only one of the crew members lived to the year 207...

 
1:36 PM
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Q: Require having a few rep. on at least one other site before posting to Meta

StormblessedWe get quite a few questions every day from users who somehow get lost and ask questions that are completely off-topic here, mainly users who seem to think they are on Stack Overflow. I have been thinking about this a bit lately, and think I might have some sort of a solution: what if users need...

 
1:49 PM
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Q: Is George R. R. Martin watching Game of Thrones Season 8?

PnutzIs he watching/has he watched episodes of the show that have been written to advance the story beyond A Dance With Dragons?

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Q: Book involving time travel to early American colonies to plant a historical artifact valuable in the future, partially foiled by splitting timelines

FuzzyBootsI'm fairly certain that I read this somewhere between 2016 and 2019. The protagonist, a female, gains the ability to travel back in time somehow, and embarks on what ought to be a get-rich-quick scheme, grabbing what is a common item in that time period and burying it to be dug up in the future. ...

 
Can you comment when suspended?
Some pretty active user was just retagging posts then got suspended but seemed to post a comment at the same time?
 
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Q: Does Bran still consider himself part of the Stark family?

LlewellynBran has said at least once that he's "not Brandon Stark anymore". Yet, in the Game of Thrones episode "The Last of the Starks" (S08E04), when the Stark children meet in the Godswood to discuss family matters there's no question at all that he should be there. Clearly, the others still consider ...

 
Here?
 
Does asking questions about authors not fall under "fandom information" as being on-topic?
I mean, it's not a good question, but I'm not sure it's actually off-topic.
 
in Tavern on the Meta on Meta Stack Exchange Chat, yesterday, by Vote Dukakis
The increasing popularity of Martial Arts, Amateur Radio, and Retrocomputing suggests SE users are preparing for dystopian future soon to come.
 
2:03 PM
I don't think this is opinion-based (it's a yes/no question) nor does it seem that off-topic ("did the author admit to take inspiration from source X"). Voted to leave open — Jenayah 3 mins ago
@Stormblessed ahah!
 
Weird, quotes don't show at all in starred
But they do in the sidebar on other Chats
 
@Jenayah I saw that after I'd already decided to VTLO. :)
If anything, it's probably a duplicate of the questions asking if GRRM is going to take the TV show into account when he writes the next book(s).
 
Oh right there was that onf
@TheLethalCarrot ^ dupehammer
 
He can take inspiration from the show and not watch it
 
Hey that's weird
Suspended network-wide users can show enter Chat rooms
 
2:09 PM
22 hours ago, by DavidW
When I was in my mid-20s I took a look at my shelf and simply dumped all the Piers Anthony books in a bag and dropped them in a donation bin.
 
I was good. I didn't say anything.
 
2:28 PM
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Q: Is Princess Leia really Luke Skywalker's sister?

Somebody on the internetI mean it's just crazy because Darth Vader is his father but then now he has a sister! Next its probably going to be his mom or Yoda comes back to life.

 
SQB
2:40 PM
@Marvin VtC.
 
3:18 PM
I'd certainly hope so.
 
Mh?
 
@Jenayah Oh I said “this site is better than Quora”
But accidentally deleted it
 
Yeah that's not exactly a high bar to beat
 
Dang mobile site made it look like it sent twice so I deleted one but it actually didn’t send twice
@TheLethalCarrot everything is POB
You have to use a real name
The posts are owned by the company, I believe
The posts are low quality
 
I don't know, I got referred to Quora once in a comment here:
 
3:22 PM
There seem to be no rules from what I’ve browsed
You have to log in to see questions but only sometimes
Lastly, it’s bad
 
@Stormblessed If we are to believe the closure statistics, nearly 4% of questions here in the last 90 days are opinion based.
 
@Alex yes but they allow all of them
Or so it seems
 
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Q: Whose ages are canonically established in the MCU?

ThePopMachineIn Avengers: Endgame, So this establishes that Tony Stark was born in 1970 or 1971. What other major characters in the MCU have their ages established canonically? For the purpose of this question "established" means that either their year of birth is stated, or we know their exact age (in y...

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Q: What's C. S. Lewis's obsession with clean, dry swords?

msh210Three times in the chronicles of Narnia, Lewis describes a character cleaning or drying his sword. In none of them is it necessary to the rest of the plot. The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe: Peter, still out of breath, turned and saw Aslan close at hand. "You have forgotten to clean ...

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Q: Biggest dragon in Song of Ice and Fire

AleOtero93I searched in some sites but couldn't find an official (or canon) answer, don't know if there is one actually. I saw this post, but doesn't stays anything about sizes and is only about dragon in Westeros. So maybe someone with more information here could know this: Which one was the biggest dra...

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Q: Why doesn't it matter if it's Acturian?

SeamusthedogIn Aliens there is a dialogue between the marines while at 'chow time' when Frost gets called out for sleeping with a male Acturian and defends it by saying "it doesn't matter when it's Acturian, baby". But why doesn't it matter?

 
3:38 PM
@Marvin There were a couple of comments on here about simply taking proper care. Mind if I ask why they were deleted?
 
@DavidW They were flagged after the OP edited the post.
 
Maybe someone flagged them after the edit?
Well, ninja'd
 
Tons of comment flags today. I've deleted 63 so far.
 
Ah, I see.
 
Out of how many different threads?
 
3:41 PM
Two.
 
For once... wasn't me.
 
It's hardly like Lewis is the only author who writes about taking care of swords, and some of that is realistic and fits the story - the older character telling the younger how to properly do things.
 
Can blame me for a handful of them... as per usual :)
 
@Jenayah 7
 
Pretty sure (though I don't have them to hand to check) that Hambly's characters spend time taking care of their swords too...
 
3:42 PM
Only?
 
@TheLethalCarrot Both as the flagger and the flagged.
 
Hu, do these get serial-flagged?
 
@Jenayah Well the ones I flagged had quite a few that needed deleting
Though in one case I flagged the post not the individual comments
@Null Go me, playing for both teams
 
@TheLethalCarrot yeah but I mean like if there are four on a row that are NLNs, you flag the four?
 
Lots of complaints about allegedly sloppy GoT writing.
 
3:43 PM
@Jenayah Depends
@Null Yeah, which are fair enough comments, just not in the right places
 
@TheLethalCarrot Uh. Sounds like overkill
 
@TheLethalCarrot People are applying this meta rather liberally.
 
If you flag a single comment, that's the only one that shows in the mod queue.
@Null Which is not a bad thing.
 
@Jenayah Sometimes I flag as I go, sometimes comments need a custom message, sometimes there are multiple comments that need going for different reasons so a single message doesn't make sense etc etc
 
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Q: In Avengers: Endgame how did this character get the stones?

Matt ThrowerAt the conclusion of Endgame the Infinity Stones are: How this is accomplished is hidden from view, which suggests the director knew full well it felt rather implausible. I've seen several fan-suggestions as to what actually happened here, but if there's an actual in-universe explanation with...

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Q: How did Daenerys' army survive that much?

Pierre44In S8E4: we hear that half of the army died fighting the White Walkers. However, in S8E3, we could barely count 15 people still fighting. Did the bulk of the army keep fighting somewhere else or how did so many (thousands?) survive?

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Q: Exactly which act of bravery are Luke and Han awarded a medal?

Dr SheldonIn the final scene of Star Wars IV, Luke and Han are awarded the Medal of Bravery. Some officials of the rebel Alliance (Leia and perhaps others) apparently decided who would receive a medal, and for what reason. Exactly which act of bravery are these officials publicly acknowledging? Some pos...

 
3:46 PM
Case by case to what makes more sense really
 
@Mithrandir well yeah but if you mod-flag with "the four below can go" that sounds like less of a bother for the mods
 
Depends. Personally, I'd prefer individual flags, since then they can be deleted directly from the queue, without visiting the post, but I know mods who prefer the other way.
 
@Mithrandir Until people start flagging comments which are constructive criticism that actually address the question.
 
Yeah there's a balance to be had with what is just straight criticism and what makes sense in context to the question
 
@Null Sure (although I will note that if it's answering in the comments and poking at the writing, there's really no reason to leave it around).
 
3:49 PM
@Mithrandir SFF is a fairly relaxed about "answers" in comments.
 
I quite like this post for why deleting "comment 'answers'" isn't always a good thing
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A: Why were my comment flags declined for comments that provided answers?

Cody GrayI declined these flags, and I fully expected this to become a point of discussion on Meta. Your growing insistence was clearly evident as you continued to flag the same comments repeatedly. I'm not sure what you were hoping to accomplish by so doing, other than annoying the moderators. Mission ac...

And of course we don't mind them too much anyway
 
@Mithrandir "answers in comments" isn't seen as a problem on this site.
(triple jinx)
(crappy wifi)
 
Was waiting for those :P
That's why I coupled it - it's if it is both being snarky about poor writing, and not serving any purpose as a comment...
 
@TheLethalCarrot Yeah. I also like this one (which I quoted during our meta debate about answers in comments, IIRC).
 
I've upvoted that so presumably I liked it when I read it
 
4:02 PM
> The fact that you think the comment could/should have been posted as an answer proves that the comment provides a significant amount of value.
Not if the person wants it to be posted as an answer so that it can be downvoted.
 
...and someone just flagged for an "answer in comments" and but not a comment below it calling the showrunners "--- damned idiots". Someone's priorities need an adjustment.
 
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Q: How does owl post work?

Goncalo PeresWe know that owls are treated as pets and are used to carry letters. But I was wondering if there is an explanation for how it works as there are lots of questions around the topic, such as: How are the letters screened for Dark magic and curses? How did Dobby intercept Harry’s letters in Cham...

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Q: How does the Durmstrang ship work?

Goncalo PeresWe can see in Goblet of Fire that it rises out of the depths of the lake with all its students on board. But there are still some questions left, such as, how did it get in the lake?

 
Within the same comment?
 
No. The first comment in the chain was flagged as an "answer in comments" but a different one a few comments below was a straight-up insult to the showrunners with nothing of value.
 
4:19 PM
> Tea, Earl Grey, hot!
 
@Null Yeah, that is an issue.
 
5:01 PM
@Randal'Thor good reject reason :P
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How long do suspensions have to be? @Mithrandir (just pinging you because you're a Mod and online right now)
 
That's...a very broad question and highly dependent on a ton of factors.
 
But is there a minimum time that they can be?
 
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Q: Why did Captain America cheat his girlfriend?

I Love You 3000In the end of Avengers: Endgame movie, It was surely an emotional moment, but why did he do it especially when he already had a girlfriend named Sharon Carter (ref: Captain America: The Winter Soldier). Why exactly did Captain America cheat Sharon Carter?

 
Well, they're counted in days, I think.
 
Just curious, as I saw a user was suspended for a few days but it was lifted in way less time
 
5:06 PM
Well, they can always be lifted manually.
 
Like if there's a reason they had to do that, or if it could be it was just that the mods changed their minds
 
If it's some specific case you're concerned about, maybe asking them what actually happened would be more productive then trying to speculate what could possibly have happened. Though, don't be surprised if the answer is "none of your business!".
But in general, suspensions can get removed manually whenever someone with suspension power deems fit.
I'd hesitate trying to speculate on the actual reason, though, or if they "got told" from wherever to lift the suspension or suddenly realized they've "made a terrible mistake". Sometimes things just get resolved with or without the user externally and the suspension loses its need, especially if it might have been a suspension issued more for reasons of inhibiting immediate behaviour rather than punishing genuine evil.
 
@Stormblessed ahah
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A: How does owl post work?

PiracThere is no way to screen dark objects via owl post. In fact it was a favourite tactic of the PIRA to attach pipe and nail bombs to owls and use them to assassinate key figures in Britain's armed forces. Source: Pottermore

humm.... This PIRA?
The Irish Republican Army (IRA; Irish: Óglaigh na hÉireann), also known as the Provisional Irish Republican Army (Provisional IRA or Provos), was an Irish republican paramilitary organisation that sought to end British rule in Northern Ireland, facilitate the reunification of Ireland and bring about an independent republic encompassing all of Ireland. It was the biggest and most active republican paramilitary group during the Troubles. It saw itself as the successor to the original IRA and called itself simply the Irish Republican Army (IRA), or Óglaigh na hÉireann in Irish, and was broadly referred...
WTF? Did JKR talk about Irish independency now?
 
@Jenayah I assumed so. I have no idea if that's actually a HP thing, so I just skipped it.
 
@Jenayah I wouldn't be surprised.
Harry Potter needs to stay politically relevant!
 
5:20 PM
Mailing bombs is definitely a Provo thing though.
 
Then again, that dude's username is...suspicious. We might want to take it with a grain of salt until there's a link.
 
Uh, hadn't realised.
 
Just a troll answer
Delete and move on
There's nothing about the IRA on Pottermore
 
That's what you'd think when someone talks about wizards shitting their pants too, but well...
 
5:24 PM
The IRA never used owl assassinations
This some fanfiction and the poster knows it
 
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Q: What could disrupt global communications? Possible radiation

Coder JI am writing a dystopian fiction where all global communications have been severely disrupted leading to a breakdown of government(s) control. The desired story affects are cities and regions becoming more isolated. Enforcement of law, trade are disrupted. Corporations and outlaw groups gain powe...

 
@Obie2.0 done.4
 
You also commented, though!
 
Well yeah
so that other reviewers don't click "Looks OK" because it supposedly quotes Pottermore
 
Sure sure.
 
5:40 PM
Why’s Adamant now their other name?
Oh, changed it
 
@NapoleonWilson ?
 
That’s confusing
 
@Jenayah ?
 
I dunno, I didn't get if your "sure sure" was ironic or not
 
It wasn't.
 
5:42 PM
alright
 
In fact it rarely is without a smiley.
 
Weird how you keep your old name on old chat messages
But your profile picture changes
 
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Q: Where did this shield come from in Endgame?

ThePopMachineSo, in Avengers: Endgame, Yet Then Then So, where did this shield come from? Theories:

 
It actually is weird. They changed their chatname while the chat parent site uses a different username. That shouldn't actually be possible.
Of course if that suddenly was possible it would be amazing, but that would be news to me.
 
@NapoleonWilson Should be fixable by a chat account refresh, I guess.
 
5:56 PM
I don't know how that works, though.
 
6:07 PM
For anyone interested, it might actually be this known bug.
 
6:25 PM
What happened with my name?
 
Seems to be fixed now.
 
It still shows Adamant so far as I can tell?
 
You were Obie 2.0 earlier.
 
Was it showing Obie 2.0 for everyone previously?
 
It's still showing Obie 2.0 for me.
 
6:27 PM
Hmmm, I might have moved some things to chat.
 
Actually, nevermind. F5 did the trick
 
@Jenayah Did you try refreshing the page?
Well maybe I can reproduce this.
If I move more comments to chat, will it switch back?
 
@Jenayah It still was for me too until I clicked on his username.
 
Speaking of profile pictures, maybe it's time for a change. I've had the same one for an eternity.
 
@Adamant Well that seems appropriate, considering where it's from.
 
6:35 PM
I could update to the new Doctor.
 
You should keep changing your profile picture to the same one, over and over again.
 
@NapoleonWilson you wanted kitties yesterday... Just saw that, that's for you :P
 
But I would certainly need an equally visually arresting image.
 
For full heaven-sent effect.
 
ah, crap
the video is funny (and not at all NSFW) but the oneboxing only showing the girl's pic is kinda NSFW
 
6:38 PM
I'm thinking the episode where she meets the frog alien universe thing in the big white glowy space should do the trick
 
@Adamant Is there any episode which you feel is as good as "Heaven Sent"?
 
Maybe "Midnight"?
 
I mean from the new series.
 
That's the reboot series.
Or do you mean the new Doctor?
If it's the latter, I guess there have been only ten episodes with her so far, so there isn't much to go on.
 
Yes, since you were talking about taking something from the new Doctor.
I meant "series" in the sense of "Series 10" etc.
 
6:41 PM
Idk. So, OK, hmmm. The Ghost Monument one was nice visually and had some emotional depth.
But it wasn't Heaven Sent.
They'd need to write an episode that focused heavily on her personality, as Heaven Sent did, to get the same effect. But it could work with one of the other characters too.
 
Heaven Sent is (maybe always will be) really one of a kind, in terms of focus on the character of the Doctor to the exclusion of all else.
 
Any way to check who invited me to a chat? I realized I was invited to this, and am confused
@Adamant it’s normal now for me
 
Uh, I dunno but I'd be curious
who invites you to a 9 motnhs old comments chatroom on a tag you don't seem to care about much :D
 
Can anyone invite anyone else to any chat?
 
yeah I think so
as long as they have a chat profile
 
6:52 PM
Did you talk about Judaism somewhere recently? Someone might have felt that their explanation of some detail in that chat was so perfect they didn't need to write it again.
@Stormblessed
 
@Adamant no
A really long time ago I asked Alex what the Talmud was when they mentioned it
 
What about Star Trek?
I don't know, it's strange
I didn't do it definitely
 
true
 
7:25 PM
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Q: Could the Infinity Gauntlet be used to make two people fall in love with each other?

HRIATEXPI am wondering if there is anything in the Marvel comic book canon or in the MCU that says that the Infinity Gauntlet has the power to make someone fall in love with the person wearing the IG, or that the wearer of the IG can use the IG to make two strangers fall in love with each other? Perhaps...

 
Nice to see that checkmark go on the best answer, congrats @Alex :D
 
@Jenayah Thanks.
@Stormblessed A search for "Talmud" in this room turns up 39 results.
It would have been the first answer if the question hadn't gotten closed. Then I left and didn't realized it was reopened.
 
Convince the other two to delete their posts. Then it will be the first.
 
7:42 PM
Nah, multiple answers is good.
 
@Alex The better to demonstrate WINNING!
 
Hello everyone. Looking for a little help/advise about a question I asked earlier. scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/211909/… It seems there isn't a canon answer to it so should the question be closed due to this as it would the be a matter of opinion? Thanks
 
No.
 
"We don't know" is a valid answer, even if it's not very satisfying.
 
Yep. "We don't know because it hasn't been showed in canon" is an answer which is not opinion-based, even if hard to prove.
 
7:49 PM
But at least next time someone wants to know, they should be able to find your question instead of having to ask again.
 
Plus, there is the start of an answer in comments -
@Seamusthedog - The actor improvised the line. Apparently he was making a joke about how "pretty" Arcturian aliens (note, not human) are and how it doesn't really matter if you get a man or a woman. Unfortunately, the podcast I want to quote from is stuck behind a paywall. — Valorum 4 hours ago
^ that might get turned into quite the answer.
And there might be something more in comics etc. Alien is a vast franchise... Just because it wasn't explained in a movie, doesn't mean there was no throwback somewhere else.
 
@Seamusthedog No:
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Q: Should all questions without explicit canon answers be closed?

phantom42The question How was the Basilisk so stealthy? was closed as Not Constructive. Based on the wording of the question, I don't know that I 100% agree with that, but I get the argument. This comment from Slytherincess caught my attention though. While this is a question that I also have wondere...

 
So in short, @Seamusthedog: it's not opinion-based, don't delete it, and don't hesitate to ask questions even if there's no obvious answer.
And while you're at it, have an upvote. It's an interesting question. :)
opinion-based questions are more about, say, the meeting of two different universes and asking what would happen. It's the "shark vs gorilla" joke you'll see around sometimes
 
Thanks. Had a bit of hassle from someone (thePop...something) how was
 
For instance, asking who would wreck the other in this scenario​...
 
7:55 PM
Had downvoted, made an accusation then deleted the comments.
 
@Seamusthedog Someone downvoted, but there have been no votes to close. Even if someone didn't like the question, doesn't make it off-topic.
@Seamusthedog (actually the comments were flagged and deleted by a mod, not self-deleted)
 
@Seamusthedog if someone's a pain in the butt, don't feel obligated to engage further, by the way. You have zero obligation to reply. You can clearly (while keeping polite) state that you don't want​to take the discussion further, but that's your call. In any case, you can also mod-flag to explain the situation. Best case scenario the situation cools down and everybody's fine with each other
 
@Randal'Thor ok. thanks. Keep saying this but I'm still getting the hang of the site. This is the 1st time being on anything like this!
 
Worst case scenario depends on how the thing is presented I guess but would probably be not much more than a declined flag if doing it in good faith
 
@Jenayah I had to walk away as really got my back up but k is that my typical response wasn't suitable for SFF.
 
8:07 PM
Eh, I'd tell you not to care too much about random strangers on the internet, but I know that 1/ it's not always easy and 2/ I'm technically a random stranger on the internet myself :P
 
SQB
I don't know how it happened, but my 10-year-old is an eighties kid. He likes Back to the Future, Goonies, and Jurassic Park (okay, early nineties), reads old Marvel comics, and just spent €10 of his allowance on an old vintage Kenner Snowspeeder.
 
Nice.
Wait a bit 'till he's older and show him Carpenter movies.
Well, not restricted to the 80s, I guess. But still ;)
 
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A: Is the Primarily Opinion-Based close reason being overused?

BuzzI want to offer my viewpoint, about how I vote on questions like this. Sometimes I vote to close the questions, and sometimes I vote to leave them open. There is a judgement call involved, which is partially (but only partially) subjective. The key issue for me is whether the question seems to...

 
@SQB Congratulations! \o/
 
I hope your kid grows a mullet, @SQB.
 
8:16 PM
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Q: Purpose of the Night King's generals

nipponWhat is the reason the Night King from Game of Thrones would create his generals (I don't know a better name for the icy guys that are not wights). If they are killed, the wights they created are also killed. So, more generals means higher chance of a general being killed, meaning higher risk o...

 
1
Q: What nationality are each of the legions meant to resemble?

Richard CIs there a definitive description of which nation/region each of the founding legions supposedly most closely resembles? A couple I think I know: White Scars: Eurasia (East Asian European) Space Wolves: Nordic/Scandinavia Ultramarines: they match the Roman Empire culturally so Mediterranean...

 
SQB
8:31 PM
@NapoleonWilson thanks.
@Jenayah that would be too retro.
 
meh
 
SQB
Spielberg is his personal god.
 
@Stormblessed Tip: If I'm not "online", it's because something happened to my computer, such as not being plugged in :P
 
so is the other one the opposite then? 2040s kid.
 
If you have a question that I might be able to answer, best to just ask it - if I'm around I'll probably see it and answer if nobody ninja's me. I don't mind a ping, just note that I may not actually be around when it looks like I am.
 
8:35 PM
so is the other one the opposite then? 2040s kid.
 
0
Q: Is the NX registry used by StarFleet an homage to the Spirit of Saint-Louis?

GalacticCriminalWas the Starfleet NX class starships paying homage to Charles Linbergh's Spirit of Saint Louis, registration: N-X-211?

 
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Q: How is it believable that Euron could so easily pull off this ambush?

avmohanDaenerys has Varys on her side who is some kind of master spy. She also has Bran who can scout for her easily. She was up in the sky from where she should be able to see Euron's fleet where they were hiding before she was in range of the scorpions (if the ships could shoot at her, she should be s...

if only Game of Thrones writers bothered reading up a few wonderful fan theories instead of trying to come up with their own stories...
yet another series ruined by writers/directors who think too highly of their own talent
 
Reminds me of that dude who asked why people don't let the fans write their stuff for them. ;-)
 
You wanna rant about GOT? Lemme ping @TheLethalCarrot :P
 
@NapoleonWilson it got downvoted so I removed that question, but honestly I don't understand why HBO execs couldn't force the writers to use some crowd sourced wisdom
even if the writers are too prideful to do it on their own
 
8:46 PM
Because it makes about zero effin' sense.
 
the last two episodes of GoT are a complete disaster
@NapoleonWilson why not? get the best ideas from fans and implement them
of course, while they had the wisdom of George R. Martin things were different
 

 The Quill and Tankard

General discussion of "A Song of Ice and Fire", (and that TV s...
 
Of course everyone in front of the screen knows how they should have written everything better. The same with sports games. But that's still not how writing works.
You either want to tell a story or you don't. If you don't, then just leave it be.
 
@NapoleonWilson I'm not saying any fan could write a better episode of the show. But out of the millions of fans only a few thousand will bother writing out their script and of those only 5-10 will be worthy of screen time
of course, you'd still need to flesh out the dialogues and adapt stuff for the big screen
that's where you need a professional screenwriter
but the basic outline could certainly be outsourced from elsewhere, if you're not good enough to write a good one of your own
you could also have teams of writers compete internally for who comes up with the best script before each season, which is a method sometimes used in corporate environments
 
See that starts to make a little more sense. And maybe you can flesh that out into a more reasonable question that isn't just "all the Reddit dudes no better, so why not let them write?" and without the judgmental attitude towards the writers. We all know GoT is terrible now, but maybe approach the whole thing a little more objective when trying to turn it into a genuine question.
 
8:53 PM
sorry for the rant, I'm just angry at Benioff and Weiss for having the most popular TV show in the world with a gigantic budget and wasting all that cash on nothing
 
In fact similar approaches have been done in the past. I remember the Dead Zone TV-show featured something where people could propose stories for individual episodes.
@JonathanReez Happens.
 
@JonathanReez try a show with a different Weiss, then.
 
@NapoleonWilson I'm not sure how to ask it in a neutral form
 
eeeeh, not entirely sure that'd be on-topic for SFF would it? Maybe more fit for Writing?
 
Or Movies & TV, depending on the actual question. It's still quite broad, though. But SciFi seems to be particularly unfond of such broader conceptual questions.
 
8:57 PM
Well, it's not specifically sci-fi or fantasy.
 
Until then, I'm sure you'll find some like-minded souls for consolation in the ASoIaF room. I heard they hate the TV-show there, too. ;-)
 
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