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Why is the swordfight in The Princess Bride so good?

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How long can it really take to calculate a hyperspace jump?

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Can one rig a revolver to guarantee that the only bullet in Russian Roulette is in the last chamber?

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Is it true that it's not illegal for a parent to sell their 13-year-old child to a drug dealer?

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What is the most ecologically sustainable way to handle rags covered in chain grease?

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Is it possible to specify a version range when using `yarn add`?

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why doesn't NodeJS support String.prototype.replaceAll?

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Marooned in space! How would they die?

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First occurrence of a tractor beam?

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Why is Havana covered in 5-digit numbers in Our Man in Havana?

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In a fantasy world where people can ride monsters and fantastic beasts, why does the horse still remain in active duty?

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Can I get the referrer?

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Why is Hyperspace more hostile to computers than human brains?

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Can we hit the spaceship

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What kind of magic would aid sailing the most?

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Is it possible to specify a version range when using `yarn add`?

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How to read error messages from javascript error object

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How to break .map function

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Are Michael Bluth's suits supposed to be nice?

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How would a physicist explain this starship engine?

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EventEmitter and Subscriber ES6 Syntax with React Native

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Which invention from the last fifty years could have the biggest impact on history?

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How do we create an interstellar communications system?

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What characteristics define the "arcade" genre or style of console games?

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Most Effective Ancient Weapons System if Combined Arms isn't an option

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Addressing paradoxes with Weapons designed to hit a target in the past

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What is the origin of the "self-destruct sequence"?

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Why don’t second unit directors tend to become full-fledged directors?

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Idiom for a situation where a problem has two simultaneous but unrelated causes?

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How Can I Justify the Existence of Dragons in My Realistic Post-Apocalypse Fantasy Setting?

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In a cyberpunk world where corporate upper class citizens can work virtually through implants, why would they build corporate mega-skyscrapers?

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Is there any reason why The Chosen One should bother to do anything if their victory is prophesized?

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Why would airplanes become common when there is dragon-riding?

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How to push people to use automatic tests?

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Would Medieval Paratroopers be useful for sieging castles?

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What would it take to, in 1998, soundproof a room against someone with the hearing of a wolf?

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Best way to show a loading spinner/gif while my React component is fetching via AJAX?

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When countries combine, how do they pick a new name?

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How could people survive teleporting into the atmosphere while surrounded by vacuum?

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Node.js Sequelize UUID primary key + Postgres

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