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Q: How many witnesses were there to the Discovery traveling to the 32nd century?

Vogon PoetThe battle to bring Control and the sphere data through the wormhole involved Kelpien, Ba'ul, Klingon, and Starfleet forces, and was recorded from countless different angles by ship and drone sensors. Apparently Starfleet took a vow to never speak of the incident, which explains why Spock never t...

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Q: Is there any information on Zordon of Eltar?

Russ RainfordThe American version of Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger, or the Might Morphin Power Rangers, introduces their mentor Zordon as a "Space Wizard" who was trapped in a dimensional tube. The Japanese original, the teams mentor was an ageless mysterious Sage named Barza, who was in human form with them. MMPR ...

 
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Q: How to handle thuggery?

Vogon PoetWhen you say something one person disagrees with, they scroll through your entire list of questions and blindly downvote you. I tend to want to just ignore it but how does the site recommend handling this childish behavior?

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Q: What is the danger of climate change?

C.E.I was wondering, I'm being told every day through social media, TV, the internet, reading a magazine at the store, etc that climate change is a huge threat to humanity and we are all going to die in literally 10 years, but if that is the case, then why, every election season, does HALF the countr...

I voted to close as off-topic but it closed as dupe?
There are 3 votes as dupe and 2 as off-topic
But it counted the 2 towards dupe close
 
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Q: In Man at Arms, why announce Edward was caught?

Dirk101At Vimes' wedding at the climax of Men at Arms, as the shooter flees the tower, Carrot suggests that in order to catch the criminal they would need to announce that Edward was caught and visit the Unseen Library. Immediately afterwards the scene jumps to Vimes taking to Dr. Cruces in the sewers, ...

 
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Q: What is the significance of the metallic device at the end of Glitch

jmanIn the series finale of Glitch a small metallic device is given a lot of screen time. Was this device featured or mentioned in earlier seasons? I can't remember it being discussed in any earlier episodes.

 
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Q: Did Daniel and Vala have a relationship?

ShadeIn Stargate SG1 - Unending (S10E20), Daniel and Vala have a relationship during the "time stop". However, they forget about it after Sam turned back time and only Teal'C was able to remember it. Has a relationship between Daniel and Vala ever been mentioned again in a serious way or was this al...

Geez today is "clicking several times on the button instantiates several requests" day
I opened a ticket for having a software installed on my work computer this morning, the thing got sent thrice
Ah the simultaneous click bug
Maybe you need a new mouse haha
09:10
What I need is food
We all need that
Like, actual food. Got my wisdom teeth removed and guess what, soup, mashed potatoes and yogurt gets unfuelling
Ah not pleasant
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Luckily I've never had that
09:21
They're surprisingly huge.
I'll resist the urge to make a joke and move on
I have heard they are big though
Roommate asked whether I was 100% sure to be human
I've been asking that since you showed up on SFF but for different reasons you none sleeping alien
Like you sleep much more :P sometimes I check SFF way into the night and you're out there editing, so ;p
Ah yes but I only wake up when Stella needs the toilet
This morning being an exception since I woke up at 5:30 just wide awake and couldn't get back to sleep
10:25
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Q: Short story involving man who finds people waiting around a boxcar

Brady SparksThis is a short story that became an episode of The Twilight Zone. The man finds people waiting around a boxcar. He enters the box car, changes his mind, jumps off, then the door closes. He can’t get it open. Lights flash inside, then the door opens and the passengers are gone.

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Q: Short story, last man in perfectly split voting

AriochThere was American sci-fi short story, where there was Earth-wide swing voting on something. It went with perfect equilibrium until the very end. And there was left one single man who did not vote yet. And he tried to hide from both parties, until got caught by both at once. In the end he st...

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12:43
@Alex dammit, I missed all of that. WTF?
(I've read up just now. And the list has grown.)
Yeah the more you read, the worse the situation looks
If you want to have a good day, especially around SE, you're better off not reading more of it
And FWIW as to how this is immediately going to effect SFF, there's this so far:
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A: Firing mods and forced relicensing: is Stack Exchange still interested in cooperating with the community?

Rand al'ThorI guess you can add my name to the "suspended activity" list. There's been a hell of a lot of conversation in TL in the last few days, more over an extended period than I've ever seen before in 3 years there. But still there's no clear statement from staff on exactly what the new updates to the ...

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Seen that.
Good on @Randal'Thor not being a scab.
That's a bit of a loaded word. But I appreciate his sentiments.
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12:59
I see what you mean. But I can understand why he considers it a strike.
Well in his case he is essentially going on strike and whilst maybe a bit heavy of a word I think it's appropriate for what he's conveying
And, for the moment at least, we should count our lucky stars we haven't been put in the Workplace's awful situation
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Q: No more active ♦ moderators. How should we keep the site in order?

iBugIn the past few days, y'all have witnessed the terrible action Stack Exchange's done: They dismissed Monica, one of the most beloved and respected moderator and community members. Following that, all three remaining The Workplace moderators have since declared their resignation. (Snow, Jane S, Mi...

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Monica was one of those moderators where I always did a double take on realising they were not part of SE. I'm sad to see her go.
A few people have said the same thing
@DanBron: That you thought she was a CM is illustrative of the exemplary quality of her work. — Robert Harvey yesterday
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I don't think anything more than that needs to be said
Greetings, Earthlings.
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Q: Isaac Asimov "robot" short story where a robot owner talks about how his robot would know where he commonly leaves his glasses

Head GeekWhen I was a kid, I read an Asimov short story in which two men were talking about one's newly-acquired robot. The robot owner was telling the other fellow about how he could tell the robot to find his glasses, and the robot would know to look in places where he commonly leaves them. That story,...

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Q: What does it mean to press latinum into gold?

Misha RCurious whether the actual process for gold pressed latinum is ever mentioned. It's possible to encase a liquid into gold, but then you would call it gold encased latinum, rather than gold pressed latinum. Gold is neither very reactive nor absorbent, so I am not sure what pressing a liquid into ...

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@TheLethalCarrot shit, that’s really bad
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Q: What did the emperor do before becoming the Emperor

ShadeAs the title says: What do we know about what the Emperor did before before the Unification of Terra? It always says the Emperor observed mankind and was helping from the background before he had to take a more active role to unify Terra. In the Horus Heresy novel Mechanicum, it is described tha...

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Q: Why didn't Kes send Voyager home?

WallnutWhen Kes left Voyager in the episode "The Gift", she used her psychic abilities to propel Voyager through Borg space almost instantly, cutting ten years off their journey. But why (in-universe) didn't she send them all the way back to Earth? (Out of universe, it would have meant the series was ov...

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@TheLethalCoder I don’t think that’s true at all. Moderators are really important to the site, and we should know if they have semi-retired. — Stormblessed 44 secs ago
There's a difference between semi retired and being "on leave" which can mean "on holiday" which it appears to have meant here
In either case:
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A: Firing mods and forced relicensing: is Stack Exchange still interested in cooperating with the community?

NullI am also suspending my activity as a moderator. Combined with Rand al'Thor's suspension of activity, this means Science Fiction & Fantasy will be without its two most active moderators. I was offline this weekend on vacation when this all went down so I'm still catching up on all the discussion...

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I don’t think the rule is bad, but firing Monica in advance is ridiculous
Most of this has nothing to do with why she was fired but how. Even in advance isn’t a bad thing if she was never going to follow the proposed rule (I don’t know if she was going to or not)
@TheLethalCarrot The thing with false allegations, you mean?
just the general way SE handled it this far not really any specific one action
17:56
Damn serum again, that comes up every time the question gets bumped
@SmokeDetector ignore
@Mithrandir Post ignored; alerts about it will no longer be posted.
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Q: Why did The Looney Tunes Show change Lola's personality?

TheAshThe Looney Tunes Show generally tried to keep all the characters personalities in sync with their classic persona. There is one exception though: Lola Bunny. In between Space Jam (her first appearance) and The Looney Tunes Show, Lola Bunny's personality did a 360. In Space Jam (per Wikipedia): ...

 
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@TheLethalCarrot I’ve told them about it but they say it’s not worth the trouble to ignore serum on one site
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Please note, much as I enjoy downvoting Valorum, this question is definitely on topic: scifi.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/12656/…KutuluMike Aug 17 at 15:55
Declined as “Unfriendly or unkind”?
It’s a light hearted joke with actual content that should stay. I can see why it was declined
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Q: How many shuttles does the Discovery normally carry?

Vogon PoetI know that all combined the Enterprise and Discovery had "over 200 vessels" at the Battle at Boreth, and some apparently were drones. The picture below shows a steady stream of shuttles leaving the bay. What is her normal complement of shuttles?

 
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Q: Are the Chiss navigators a Dune reference?

CBredlowIn the Thrawn series, we learn that in order to navigate the hazards of the Unknown Regions, Chiss ships use special navigators that are Force Sensitive. This sounds very similar to another sci-fi universe. In the Dune universe, navigators are special humans that take a lot of spice and can...

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Q: Why is the author of a post displayed in a new post?

Vogon PoetThe SFF site tour says "Our goal is to have the best answers to every question" and "Good answers are voted up and rise to the top." When a question or answer is posted, it makes sense that the content of the post should be what we are voting on. That seems to fit the site mission best. But ofte...

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Q: Murder mystery book with tigers/big cats on a spaceship

user121992Read 20 years ago so hazy on details. 90s book, female protagonist on a spaceship, where big cats are killing people (or framed for it).

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Q: This question cannot be made more clear - Help me understand why it is on hold?

Vogon PoetFive people got together and claimed my question from yesterday was "unclear" while leaving no help as to why. Not a single comment or question. - Nathan Griffiths, Vanguard3000, T.J.L., Buzz, Rebel-Scum How did one specific torpedo hit the USS Enterprise in one specific episode of Star Trek: D...


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