3 words, but may spawn ideas. Or not: Shikata ga nai! 仕方がない Can be used several ways but as an affirmation it may be appropriate. Used in Kim Stanley Robinson's marvellous Red/Green/Blue Mars series as ~= "There is no other way". ~= Let's do it. Let's find a way. ... Impossible is noth...

Part 1: Introduction In the U.S., we have a game show called Jeopardy!, where contestants answer trivia questions in certain categories. This television program, which has aired for a few decades now, has an interesting gimmick, where "answers" are given, and contestants must provide the right q...

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Some of the badges are supposed to be surprises, not World of Warcraft style level grinds based on numbers. I worry that if we provide too many metrics: it becomes noise, like a bunch of inscrutable F-16 cockpit gauges -- how are all these numbers useful except for these specific badges? the b...

When a moderator converts an answer to a comment, the original poster gets told to see the FAQ for why. For example, from this ELU question’s (now-deleted) answer, which got converted to this comment, this is the OP’s view of his deleted answer: However, the rest of us 10k users can see jus...

The second option is incorrect and horrifying. The first is correct but boring. Barrie's suggestion is better.

January 2013 2013-01-22: Accept rates will no longer be shown. Like flag weight, they will continue to be calculated for backend use. 2013-01-22: A question closed as a duplicate now gets a " [duplicate]" appended to its title, rather than just " [closed]". 2013-01-10: If you voted ...