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Yesterday, 03:15 PMDavidSh replied to a thread Would Bloodfeast shrink again on leaving the anti-magic field? in The Order of the StickWould it be appropriate to lock a thread that speculates about something that has since come to pass? Otherwise, we might get non-sequiturs about...22 replies | 3351 view(s)
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2024-03-25, 05:30 AMThat's a language specifically for women, isn't it? So, I don't know anything about it.11 replies | 791 view(s)
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2024-03-22, 09:10 PMTarvek has been, at least recently, depicted as paler-skinned than Gil or Agatha. While Seffie is even paler than Tarvek, I read it as just being a...1228 replies | 108926 view(s)
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2024-03-22, 02:59 PMThere is a classic Chinese novel that opens: "The empire, long divided, must unite; long united, must divide." (天下大勢.分久必合,合久必分) It is entirely...103 replies | 4748 view(s)
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2024-03-22, 02:18 PMDavidSh replied to a thread Questionable Content XIX: Give Jeph Just A *Little* Credit, Here in Webcomics"I know". Han's reply to a revelation from Leia near the end of the movie. As I said, maybe I was overly focused on Star Wars.1477 replies | 144672 view(s)
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2024-03-22, 02:15 PMDavidSh replied to a thread How long would the Earth last if the sun became a black hole? in Mad Science and Grumpy TechnologyI see the equations as giving the Roche limit as in proportion to the cube root of the mass of the primary. So octupling the Sun's mass would double...15 replies | 750 view(s)
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2024-03-21, 09:11 PMDavidSh replied to a thread Questionable Content XIX: Give Jeph Just A *Little* Credit, Here in WebcomicsNow I wonder whether the quote from The Empire Strikes Back was deliberate, or am I just seeing Star Wars everywhere today?1477 replies | 144672 view(s)
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2024-03-21, 09:30 AMAmong the multitude of other problems, a stepladder doesn't let you match velocities, so you aren't going to get a soft landing.7 replies | 587 view(s)
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2024-03-21, 09:22 AMCan they do healing on Sunny? I vaguely paladin laying on hands to heal, back when I was playing AD&D.211 replies | 20568 view(s)
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2024-03-20, 02:25 PMI suspect, over the ages, a lot of trial-and-error took place looking for medicinal plants. Matching the shape of parts of the plant with the shape...428 replies | 36952 view(s)
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2024-03-19, 08:44 PMDavidSh replied to a thread Questionable Content XIX: Give Jeph Just A *Little* Credit, Here in WebcomicsTentacular Depravity. Sounds like a good thread title. It's been a while since I've seen a music joke on QC,1477 replies | 144672 view(s)
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2024-03-19, 12:53 PMDavidSh replied to a thread Proposal: Uranus et. al. should no longer be called "plane-ettes". in Mad Science and Grumpy TechnologyAnyway, in Italian it would be "la luna", not just "Luna", wouldn't it? But we can agree that Barsoom, the World, Cytherea, and Mercury are more...44 replies | 1487 view(s)
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2024-03-18, 07:38 PMThere is the Speedtalk in Heinlein's novella "Gulf", created for a secret society of superhumans to communicate more efficiently and to (somehow)...11 replies | 791 view(s)
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2024-03-18, 08:14 AMDavidSh replied to a thread Domino Quartz's Delightfully Quaint Random Banter Thread #248 in Friendly BanterIf you're willing to take the PATH (Port Authority Trans-Hudson) trains, or a ferry, Jersey City is closer to Manhattan than much of Queens is. Not...976 replies | 37724 view(s)
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2024-03-17, 05:36 PMVR headsets already use lenses to make the images appear to be at distances greater than the few inches that the screens actually are from your eyes....428 replies | 36952 view(s)
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2024-03-15, 12:36 PMDavidSh replied to a thread I dunno which game engine to program in Python… ^_^’ in Mad Science and Grumpy TechnologySome years back I saw a description of Renpy, designed for writing "visual novels". If I remember correctly, no 3d graphics, but you could implement...5 replies | 293 view(s)
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2024-03-15, 12:12 PMDavidSh replied to a thread Proposal: Uranus et. al. should no longer be called "plane-ettes". in Mad Science and Grumpy TechnologySince we have put a probe in orbit about Ceres, we have a very good idea of its average density, which is more than twice that of water. (JPL says...44 replies | 1487 view(s)
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2024-03-15, 11:47 AMDavidSh replied to a thread Domino Quartz's Delightfully Quaint Random Banter Thread #248 in Friendly BanterIf you accept viruses as "life", do you accept prions? When discussing reality, instead of fiction, we can get by with a fairly arbitrary choice...976 replies | 37724 view(s)
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2024-03-14, 09:30 AMDavidSh replied to a thread Proposal: Uranus et. al. should no longer be called "plane-ettes". in Mad Science and Grumpy TechnologyThey clearly have visible surfaces, just not visible surfaces of anything solid. A lot of people are fine with talking about surfaces of liquids,...44 replies | 1487 view(s)
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2024-03-13, 03:58 PMI'm too slow, but I was going to suggest that Serini is "die Haflingin". Or maybe "die Halblingin" -- I'm not sure how far the translation out of...428 replies | 36952 view(s)
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2024-03-12, 06:32 PMTimes change, but I'd guess the genre-savvy Terry was adapting for his audience the classic (1940) intro to "--And He Built a Crooked House":428 replies | 36952 view(s)
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2024-03-07, 12:38 PMDavidSh replied to a thread Domino Quartz's Delightfully Quaint Random Banter Thread #248 in Friendly BanterNo, no, steak should be sliced thinly, fried up on a griddle with onions, and served on a torpedo roll with provolone.976 replies | 37724 view(s)
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2024-03-03, 08:14 AMWhile the title of this thread suggests that the topic is speculative theogony, I think it is really meant to talk about The Gods Are Bastards, a web...3 replies | 633 view(s)
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2024-02-27, 08:45 PMDavidSh replied to a thread Questionable Content XIX: Give Jeph Just A *Little* Credit, Here in WebcomicsTo the little extent this is meaningful, I would guess the Palatinate, because of the wine industry. But I want to say Franconia because of the...1477 replies | 144672 view(s)
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