The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

Marvin

00:41

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Q: Can a Jedi mind trick work on another Jedi?

Basically what the title says. Is it possible for a Jedi to control another Jedi with a Jedi mind trick? Or is that not possible? Has this ever happened?

Robur

01:05

Hello

Marvin

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Q: Please Help with Pirate-Themed Movie Names

I am looking for several pirate movies I watched when I was 10-12 year old boy. Here was a channel that showed old movies, some B&W, some color. They showed a lot of foreign movies too. None-English, with subs. . I try to list here all scenes that I remember as detailed as possible. Maybe 2 belon...

pirates

Robur

could someone advice me how to get 20 reputation on other site so i can use their chat?

i was sent here as ID questions on that forum are banned and now mod wants to close my question here too.
i am stuck again.

AncientSwordRage

01:28

@Robur you can use our chat...?

You might want to check out reddit.com/r/tipofmytongue

Otherwise see How to Ask because a) you've asked multiple questions at once, and b) a lot of this is not covered by this website... There's not a website on this network that does what you're after

Robur

02:01

yes. well i am here

sorry i missed you. it seemed empty here so i went to write description for third post

i have read rulew before posting

Marvin

02:20

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Q: Movie about space pirates that involve putting lots of ball bombs in a space diplomat?

Anyone? I watched it on cable and it was all I can remember. The bad pirate had an eye-patch. Really nice and friendly? I hope someone can remember and point to such a movie. It was emulating "Escape in L.A." in a space frontier setting in a way. Regards: Chavo

space pirates

Robur

02:42

i messed up post again. need to fix it

AncientSwordRage

02:57

@Robur I see what happened, no worries, you'll get there

Zaphod

03:14

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Q: Are the various "Zelda" games supposed to take place in a common universe?

In the various Zelda video games, there seems to be a common mythology, and at least some potential to be in the same place. Do the various Zelda games take place in the same world, or is there no intent to do so?

video-games the-legend-of-zelda

Marvin

03:34

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Q: Looking for title of movie that shows asteroid flying towards earth and hitting USA in the end

Large asteroid flying towards Earth and military try to destroy it and fail. 1 phrase I remember very good. President is got that comet or asteroid is going to hit america and if they destroy it near orbit, it would break up and shower all over the planet and president says something like: ''Then...

story-identification movie tv

Marvin

03:58

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Q: Was there any DeLoreans remaining after the end of BTTF3?

We saw that there were two Deloreans in BTTF. One got destroyed by lightning (which was found in the shaft by Marty and repaired by 1955 Doc, but permanently destroyed later) but the other one was never seen since the end of BTTF1. What happened to the other Delorean?

back-to-the-future

Marvin

04:23

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Q: Does anyone have any information about the sequel to "Fleet Elements"?

Fleet Elements (2020) is the second book in Walter Jon Williams' The Second Books of the Praxis trilogy. When it was first listed (but before its release date), there was also a third book in the trilogy listed with a 2021 release date. I don't even recall the title that was given in the listing...

praxis-universe

Marvin

05:12

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Q: Name of villain in comic Doom Patrol

I can remember in high school some twenty years ago, one of my classmates bought a collection of Doom Patrol. He showed it to me at a particular page and it was a villain doing a villain speech, ending with “Art for breakfast! Art for lunch! Art for tea!” Who was that villain and what was his sto...

doom-patrol

Rand al'Thor

07:26

@Robur Once you have 20 reputation on any one site (which you do), you can use any site's chat. Chat privileges are network-wide, not site-dependent.

@Randal'Thor @AncientSwordRage Reviewed something to reopen and found the exact wording:

> Issues have been corrected or this question was incorrectly closed.

@AncientSwordRage Sometimes a question is closed without commentary, but we don't usually hammer it back open because the close voters didn't explain themselves.

I'm not saying the particular question should be either open or closed, just picking on your reasoning, as I think it'd set a bad precedent to be re-closing things just because we can't see voters' reasons for reopening (rather than because it really should be closed and was reopened wrongly).

@All: new votes wanted on future topic challenges. We currently have a three-way tie between Neverwhere, Naomi Novik, and Elizabeth Moon for the December topic challenge, which I'd like to announce in late-mid November to give people time to check it out before the start of the topic challenge.

Feeds

09:20

Darths & Droids: Episode 2074: A Little Bit of Monicker in My Life

posted on November 14, 2021

AncientSwordRage

09:34

@fez do you think Showlooker's question is sufficiently detailed to be answered?

@FuzzyBoots do you think the OP edited in enough info?

Category:Short story collections by Samuel Delany

Can anybody recommend one of theses?

AncientSwordRage

09:58

@Jenayah @BjornEriksson @LogicDictates same question as above posed to Fez and FuzzyB, do you think this story-id question has had sufficient detail added?

fez

10:25

@AncientSwordRage I've seen questions answered with less detail. It would be nice to know if it was animation or live action though

AncientSwordRage

@fez it'd help

I'm just not clear on the benefit of opening 'early'?

fez

Fair point. I reckon I'll retract my reopen vote until we know if it's animation or live action

LogicDictates

10:41

@AncientSwordRage I agree with what Valorum said in the comments. Taken individually, the aspects of the show the OP has specified are pretty generic, but in combination, I doubt there are many shows that are a perfect match. Anyone who hasn't seen the show in question will likely struggle to answer it, but someone who has seen the show can probably recognise it from those details.

AncientSwordRage

@LogicDictates it seems just about enough now

AncientSwordRage

11:17

waves @Mithical

Mithical

*waves*

AncientSwordRage

hows tricks?

Slartibartfast

11:53

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Q: Should questions closed for lacking details be voted for re-opening even if the original issue hasn't been addressed?

The two questions that inspired this post (primarily this one here, but also this one) are both story-id questions, and although that's a type of question that does get closed for being unclear, my question to the community extends beyond that tag. If a question gets closed with 'unclear/needs de...

discussion closing-questions

AncientSwordRage

12:31

I'm on a bit of meta splurge

FuzzyBoots

12:41

@AncientSwordRage Seems like a good start.

AncientSwordRage

12:55

@DavidW I did it I think

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  let arrayA = Array.from(Array(a));
  let arrayB = Array.from(Array(b));
  return [...arrayA, ...arrayB].length;
}

Jenayah

13:54

@AncientSwordRage I'd say the new details are a good thing, but echo to what fez said, the media would be appreciated

AncientSwordRage

14:05

@Jenayah yeah, that what I replied to Valorum too

AncientSwordRage

14:18

Specifically, what he's called trope details can be easily misremembered, and while meta-data (for lack of a better word) can also be misremembered, I bet it's less likely for both being misremembered leading to a false positive/encouraging guesses

Marvin

15:05

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Q: Mice build a city with cheese and then eat it

This is an old movie, probably made in the 80s that I saw as a kid and any attempts to find it have failed so far. Here are the details that I can remember (though some of them might not be correct or accurate): A group of mice find a huge stack of cheese. They start eating and after a while, the...

story-identification animation stop-motion-animation

Spencer

15:31

@AncientSwordRage You didn't ask me, but I agree it's not enough

LogicDictates

18:27

@AncientSwordRage - Continuing the discussion started here: I've heard similar arguments made in the past regarding the use of these reminders on non-story-ID questions, and I was persuaded that it was best not to post such reminders in those cases.

During those discussions though, I was given the distinct impression that it's perfectly reasonable to post these reminders on story-ID questions, since it's less subjective as to whether an answer is correct or incorrect in those cases.

AncientSwordRage

@LogicDictates there's not a problem as such, but it's the sort of comment that only needs to be posted if the OP hasn't accepted and if so, on the main question... It just seemed out if place/odd behaviour

LogicDictates

18:46

@AncientSwordRage These reminders don't strictly need to be posted in any circumstances whatsover, but I think it's useful to post them as soon as an answer as been posted, as it increases the likelihood that the OP will confirm whether an answer is correct or incorrect. The downside of waiting a while before posting these reminders is that new users will often confirm that an answer is correct in the comments, but never mark it as accepted, even if you post a reminder afterwards.

AncientSwordRage

19:05

@LogicDictates strictly speaking, the comments don't need to be posted at all. Users get plenty of reminders to accept, and asking them to accept before any indication they've forgotten or are unaware of how the site works adds noise, and can (but not always) come as pushy. I won't enforce this as policy, (as it was more a misunderstanding l but I would ask, if your comments are deleted twice, not to repost them without checking first some how

TheLethalCarrot

@LogicDictates I’ve not read the whole discussion but from my personal stand point I’m not a fan of posting them on answers as soon as the answer is posted. On the question is fine or in response to a confirmation comment but on an answer always looks to me like “accept my answer” even though I know that’s not the intent

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LogicDictates

@AncientSwordRage "Users get plenty of reminders to accept" Can you be more specific about that? I've posted a few questions myself, and I didn't receive any such reminders.

There was also an instance where I explained the practice of marking answers as accepted to a user who'd been registered here for over a year (and had posted multiple questions in that time), and they admitted they had no clue what I was referring to initially. Hard to see how that could happen if querents get plenty of reminders to accept.

LogicDictates

19:27

@TheLethalCarrot I'm not wholly opposed to posting these reminders beneath the questions rather than my answers. However, I've done that in the past, and found that some new users will still confirm that an answer is correct in the comments, without actually marking it as accepted.

This seems to happen less often when I post the reminders beneath my answers. I suspect this is because users who wish to say "thank you" for correct answers in the comments are more likely to see the reminders when they're posted in the same location that they're about to leave a comment themselves.

Cereal Bot

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posted on November 14, 2021 by tech

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Marvin

20:03

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Q: Is this capitalization of the word "Nice" necessary or is it a mistake?

While re-reading The Horse and His Boy by C. S. Lewis, I noticed that the word "nice" was capitalized in the print. I'm wondering if this was intentional, or if it was a mistake? Here is the passage: But the nest day passed very slowly, Lasaraleen wanted to go back on the whole arrangement and k...

the-chronicles-of-narnia cs-lewis the-horse-and-his-boy

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Q: Short story identification: Repentant torturer seeks to be tortured

A friend just commented that they couldn't use VR because it made them question reality and it reminded me of a story I can't remember the name of... Story Summary The protagonist enters a shady business in the global south that sells custom time-accelerated VR and seeks to be tortured. They have...

story-identification

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Q: Why are the Kings of Narnia always "Emperor" of the Lone Islands?

Whenever a King of Narnia's full title is mentioned in the Chronicles of Narnia, it is mentioned that he is "Emperor of the Lone Islands". Why are the Lone Islands always governed by an "Emperor"? Shouldn't the King of Narnia be a "King" over everything and not an "Emperor" over a select few isla...

the-chronicles-of-narnia cs-lewis prince-caspian

Marvin

20:28

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Q: What is the proper formatting for "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader"?

The italicizing of titles of books is standard in text. However, when the name of a ship or sea vessel is referred to, it is also italicized. When something is italicized inside of italics, it is un-italicized. Does that mean that the proper formatting of "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader" by C. S....

the-chronicles-of-narnia cs-lewis the-voyage-of-the-dawn-treader

AncientSwordRage

21:23

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A: Reminding new users of accept/upvote "duty"?

The system does alert when the user gains the privilege to vote up, along with a link to a help page explaining how up voting works. And when up voting an answer to their own question, a reminder to accept is shown as well. The problem is that most unaccepted questions stem from drive-by askers —...

> The system does alert when the user gains the privilege to vote up, along with a link to a help page explaining how up voting works. And when up voting an answer to their own question, a reminder to accept is shown as well.

I think that's plenty. Leaving comments is only necessary when that user's specifically implied in a comment they like your answer but haven't yet accepted and you think they would.

You may have noticed more accepted answers when you post a certain comment in a certain place, but that's no guarantee the user will see it or be back.

Rather than needlessly drag this out without any hard numbers as to how effective different comment strategies are, I've bountied a feature-request on MSE

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Q: Comments saying "thank you" remind OP to accept answer

A lot of times I will answer a question, OP will post "Thanks very much!" And then leave, not accepting the answer that fixed their problem. I know I can just give them a gentle reminder (asking them to consider accepting), and on most occasions I do and they do end up accepting, but the site sho...

feature-request comments accepted-answer new-users

And we can revisit this is it becomes an issue in the future

Marvin

21:42

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Q: I’m trying to find these 2 books I read years ago

Basically, all I remember is that the first book had this girl who could change the colors of anything really, except herself. And the second one had a girl who I think could see the dead, and I think had bugs/spiders in her. If anyone has any idea what I’m talking about, please respond thank you!!

fan-fiction fantasy-genre

AncientSwordRage

22:04

@Marvin closed as clearly asking about multiple books

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