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"message": "Is there a mobile app or any other way that I can check metro schedules in advance?",
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"message": "There will not be any trains at those hours. <a href=\"https://www.wmata.com/service/rail/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">The rail hours are:<blockquote> Monday - Thurs... | How can I check Red line metro schedules in Washington DC 3, 4 days in advance to plan a trip? | travel | 2017-09-04T00:16:53.293 |
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"message": "My company is paying for my relocation, 30 days in a hotel plus meals plus car rental plus flight. How can I maximize this in terms of airlines or hotel points ? For example, I have a United credit card and Amex credit card and with my Amex card I get 1% cashback.",
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"message": "Are the windows at the airports UV protecting? If it depends, how can I know?I'm asking as one sometime wait under the sun for a prolonged period of time waiting for the plane to board.<a href=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/ghYTY.png\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">",
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"message": "I'm desperate to get a logical answer about my UK visa refusal. There's not a more respectful person toward visas and the UK Home Office as I am. I've never abused the system, never overstayed my visas, and stayed the exact amount of time I mentioned on each application. After three successful app... | UK tourist visa refused after 3 successful applications | travel | 2017-09-09T23:34:57.340 |
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"message": "Is there an official source stating how much time more my passport needs to be valid after I return from my trip to New Zealand?Or, since it allows me up to 6 months, it means that my passports needs to be valid AFTER that period, even if I'm staying only for a few weeks? I never visited New Zeala... | Passport validity for New Zealand Visa Waiver | travel | 2017-09-10T12:42:28.593 |
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"message": "I want to find out all flight routes or domestic destinations where Japan Airlines (JAL) uses smaller aircraft (anything except Boeing 7XYZ), especially from Tokyo (both Narita NRT and Haneda HND).It is okay to take a Boeing flight from Tokyo to location ABC, then a small aircraft to location DEF ... | Find destinations or routes where JAL flies its aircrafts other than Boeing 7XY-Z | travel | 2017-09-13T03:45:07.560 |
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"message": "I will be arriving in Porto Alegre, Brazil this Saturday for a big 6 month adventure.I have to get from the airport to my Couchsurfing in Bela Vista, at around 3pm.I don't speak Portuguese (I can understant/say a few words but that's all) and I will have a big suitcase.My couchsurfing host advised... | Uber or taxi from Porto Alegre airport? | travel | 2017-09-14T00:06:32.997 |
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"message": "I am traveling under B1/B2 to attend my company's summit which is of 5 days. I have an invitation letter which states than I'll be staying in Texas for approximately 2 weeks and everything will be borne by the companyHowever I wish to visit NY for 5 days(stay would be my friend's place) and then r... | Traveling on B1/B2 to attend summit along with tourism | travel | 2017-09-14T17:46:29.020 |
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"message": "I'm currently staying in the USA on a J-1 student visa which expires 09-15-2017.Including my 30 days grace period I need to leave the country on 10-14-2017.I would like to stay a bit longer for my travels so I would need a different visa.I have found it is unwise to leave (to Canada) during the gr... | Residing in USA as J-1 student, want B-2 or similar for extended travel | travel | 2017-09-14T20:26:36.130 |
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"message": "My boyfriend and I will be travelling from Berlin to Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland in October. I have been trying my hardest to figure out the cost of the toll roads, but as I don't have a great understanding of how their toll roads work, I'm having trouble figuring it out. We will be entering onto A... | Driving from Berlin to Auschwitz-Birkenau | travel | 2017-09-18T00:37:52.570 |
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"message": "I have multiple entry Schengen visa from Italy and I flew to Italy but, at border control, I was refused entry because there was a mistake with my hotel reservation. I was repatriated back to South Africa. I want to still fly back to Italy with the same visa because it is still valid.How can I kn... | Can I enter Italy after a refusal? | travel | 2017-09-18T21:57:36.830 |
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"message": "In what time of the year is there a high chance of having a visible aurora borealis in Sweden?Are there significant differences between areas in Sweden regarding visibility of the aurora?Obviously this will depend on cloud cover, so it is understandable that there is no certainty of seeing the aur... | When is there a high chance of seeing the aurora from Sweden? | travel | 2017-09-18T22:49:30.280 |
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"message": "I live in Germany but I am not a German citizen, therefore, I need to have a visa (tourist visa) to travel to Morocco.I have been searching the Visa form on their website (<a href=\"http://www.consulat.ma/an/prestations.cfm\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Consulate Morocco, Frankfurt) for 2 days bu... | Are visa application forms for Morocco available online? | travel | 2017-09-19T10:35:05.263 |
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"message": "I would like to fly from Budapest to Ovda January 7 +/-1 day. The Ryanair direct flight on January 6 is brutal early -- based on my experience going to Israel, two hours prior is tight so we are talking of being at the airport at 4 am at the latest. I am flying to Vancouver less than a week later.... | How can I find the time schedule of flights to/from a given airport? | travel | 2017-09-21T20:07:44.383 |
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"message": "Please recommend reliable travel agencies for USA travel visa. We are planning to invite my uncle & aunt (mom sister) for holidays, thanks",
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"message": "Don't use any agency: just apply directly through the US consulate in Chennai. <a href=\"https://ceac.state.g... | USA travel visa chennai | travel | 2017-09-25T04:15:25.410 |
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"message": "Trying to determine how much I'd pay for 2 bags for a roundtrip YVR -> SCL flight, connecting in Mexico City.My online itinerary just says \"no info\" for each bag, and gives <a href=\"https://www.aeromexico.com/us/travel-information/before-your-purchase/regulations-and-policies/baggage-policy.htm... | Can anyone actually parse Aeromexico's excess baggage policy? | travel | 2017-09-25T19:38:51.353 |
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"message": "If you leave the UK, you can normally claim VAT refund if the shop participate in the tax free shopping scheme and if you are travelling outsdie the EU.My question is this: if you bought an item in a shop while travelling to the UK, post the item home, can you still claim a VAT refund?Is there a w... | UK tourist VAT refund | travel | 2017-09-30T17:47:38.757 |
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"message": "I applied for a Global Entry ID last week, and I want to know how to find out the status of the application.I applied around September 27th, including paying the application fee. I've been revisiting the GOES site periodically to see what the status is. It turns out that as of today, October 1st, ... | Trusted traveler login change: How do I find out the status of my pending Global Entry application? | travel | 2017-10-02T04:15:01.320 |
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"message": "The US state department contains this confusing statement that implies that there is an additional 90-day waiting period before I can restart a 90/180 Schengen visa. This does not match several other posts on this site.<blockquote> If you spend three months in the Schengen area during any six-mon... | 90 day waiting period between 180 day periods? | travel | 2017-10-02T12:19:53.893 |
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"message": "I am an Indian citizen, currently working in the Netherlands. I want to bring my spouse from India to the Netherlands. Let's say I make a dependent visa application on date X. The whole process/approval may take about X + 4/5 weeks. But I would like her to spend that time (X + 4/5 weeks) with me i... | Can I bring my spouse on a tourist visa of Germany while dependent visa in process for NL? | travel | 2017-10-03T20:25:16.477 |
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"message": "On Ryanair online check-in, when I typed my birth date I got an error saying teens must be under 16 years old. Vice-versa for my son (I can't get it to accept the birth date because it says adults must be over 16. How can I correct this?",
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"message": "You need to co... | Can't check-in on Ryanair, because an adult is registered as a teen and a teen is registered as an adult | travel | 2017-10-06T22:09:39.500 |
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"message": "Turkish Airlines offers me on their website to convert my bonus Miles into status Miles. What miles are applied to get a ticket as a reward?",
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"message": "Status miles count towards earning status, and also earn you redeemable miles. Bonus miles do not count towards... | What's the difference between bonus and status miles? | travel | 2017-10-06T23:03:32.240 |
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"message": "In May 2017, there were various press reports that Eurostar would run direct trains from London to Amsterdam by the end of the year; for example, see the <a href=\"https://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/eurostar-to-run-direct-trains-from-london-to-amsterdam-by-end-of-the-year-a3546141.html\" re... | What's the current status of direct London-Amsterdam Eurostar trains? | travel | 2017-10-11T00:57:15.703 |
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"message": "I am Indian by nationality and live and work in Portugal. My boyfriend is also Indian, and he lives in India.Recently my boyfriend applied for a Portugal student visa and got rejected due to low funds, but he had 8,000 EUR in his bank account. Apart from that they have also mentioned there is a ri... | Student visa rejected for Portugal. Can I apply for Schengen tourist visa to Estonia? | travel | 2017-10-11T10:58:31.343 |
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"message": "I am taking a flight purchased from United for Seattle (SEA) to Casablanca (CMN). Some segments are operated by other carriers but in United’s name. The ticket says:<blockquote> United 4688 Operated by trans states airlines dba united express</blockquote>…and…<blockquote> United 8647 Operated by... | Which airline’s carry-on size limits apply when one airline sells ticket but flight is operated by another? | travel | 2017-10-13T20:23:35.403 |
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"message": "I have a UK C visit visa (multiple entry, valid for 6 months) that was issued in June 2017 for tourism. I made one visit, in June 2017, as a tourist. I need to make another visit in October 2017, but this time for an 8-day business trip (meetings and training at company's UK office). Can I use the... | Can a UK tourist visa be also used for business trip? | travel | 2017-10-14T11:54:13.793 |
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"message": "I'm Sri Lankan passport holder. I found Sri Lanka is in eVisa supported country list. Can I apply for eVisa to attend a conference for 4 days?",
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"message": "Since very recently (around November 2018?), it is possible to apply for a conference e-visa. See the <a href... | India Visa to attend a conference | travel | 2017-10-15T13:49:38.677 |
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"message": "I have a 2003 Harley Davidson soft tail deuce that I would like to transport by ship to Amsterdam from New Jersey, and then ride the motorcycle from Amsterdam to Istanbul Turkey, where I plan to sell it.I think that when driving any vehicle trans-Europe there is some kind of all-inclusive internat... | What are the requirements for motorcycle trip across Europe with US registered motorcycle? | travel | 2017-10-15T16:25:27.310 |
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"message": "How can I prove the immigrant officers that I have significant ties in my home country?Are there any documents that I need?",
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"message": "Based on your tags my answer will be relevant to a non-immigrant visa for USA.You need to prove that you will not stay in the US... | How to prove that you have significant ties with family in your home country? | travel | 2017-10-17T05:17:30.760 |
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"message": "I am a medical doctor. I have already taken 2 exams in the UK to work as a doctor there. I just have one more exam to take. I hold a visitor visa, which expires on 29/12/2017. However, I have booked the exam date on 23/01/2018.I'd like to ask if it is possible to apply for a new visitor visa befor... | UK visitor visa expired | travel | 2017-10-18T15:21:23.157 |
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"message": "I had a flight ticketed by Air Canada but operated by United that was delayed 12 hours for mechanical reasons (i.e., their fault). United gives something like $600 dollars compensation for delayed flight under their contract of carriage, but Air Canada, like most Canadian airlines, has much less ... | Which contract of carriage applies to a flight ticketed by one airline but operated by another? | travel | 2017-10-18T16:53:30.793 |
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"message": "In Quebec, a 15-passenger van requires a mini-bus licence. <a href=\"https://saaq.gouv.qc.ca/en/road-safety/modes-transportation/in-a-fifteen-passenger-van/what-the-law-says/\" rel=\"noreferrer\">https://saaq.gouv.qc.ca/en/road-safety/modes-transportation/in-a-fifteen-passenger-van/what-the-law-s... | Can a 15-passenger van use the bus lane in Montreal? | travel | 2017-10-22T12:19:14.820 |
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"message": "Few years ago I have applied for a US visa. I wanted to go there for a weekend with friends or for vacation. It didn't work out, some years have passed and recently I have convicted a felony (nothing special, nothing criminal, but it stays in my \"papers\").I'm in a position where I could go there... | Is there any way to verify that I will be allowed to enter US with my travel visa? | travel | 2017-10-24T14:10:08.677 |
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"message": "I cannot use the forward ticket, but I need the return ticket still. Can you use the return ticket if you cannot use the forward ticket to the destination?",
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"message": "From the airBaltic <a href=\"https://www.airbaltic.com/en/general-conditions-of-carriage\" rel=\... | To use return ticket of non-used forward ticket with AirBaltic? | travel | 2017-10-26T08:40:50.853 |
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"message": "I'm looking for a Yelp-like app in Ukraine (at least in Lviv and Kyiv). Since Yelp is not available in Ukraine, what do locals use to search for nearby restaurants and cafes?If it is possible, I would like a functionality that filters by \"open now\", like in Yelp.",
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"message": "I have two iMacs, which are well used and five years old. Am I allowed to bring them into the UK for free, given their age, or do I have to pay VAT or something else at the border at Heathrow?",
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"message": "Estimate their value (look at what they sell for on eBay, f... | Bringing USED iMacs into the UK from the USA | travel | 2017-10-28T04:53:44.493 |
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"message": "<a href=\"//en.wikipedia.org/?oldid=599020396\" rel=\"noreferrer\">English Wikipedia says that, in Israel, there's<blockquote> a shorthand sign language for communication between hitchhikers and drivers.</blockquote>It gives no examples; nor does the corresponding Hebrew Wikipedia article. What a... | Signs for hitchhiking in Israel | travel | 2017-10-29T23:43:50.523 |
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"message": "I am planning on booking two separate flights one from Helsinki to Bangkok BKK and then separate from BKK to Phnom Penh... I would be bringing baggage.Would i need to go throigh customs get baggage and then go through check in again or would i be able to collect my baggage and continue to Phnom Pe... | Does Bangkok airport has baggage pick up before customs or one has to recheck in? | travel | 2017-11-02T01:43:29.543 |
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"message": "My wife has been living and working in the UK since September 2016. I was completed my studies in Poland. I studied in the UK for 3 years but left the country to continue my studies in Poland.I am a Pakistani national and EU family member. I've had a residence permit card from Poland for 3 years. ... | How to get visa at UK border for non-EU citizen accompanying their EU spouse | travel | 2017-11-05T01:57:08.787 |
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"message": "What would you suggest as the best SIM card for Vancouver and Whistler-Blackcomb (BC)? Main Usage: phone calls, SMS, almost no data usage.",
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"message": "How often will you be in Canada? For regular but infrequent use, <a href=\"https://www.speakout7eleven.ca/\" rel... | Best SIM card for Vancouver/Whistler-Blackcomb, BC (for: phone, SMS, almost no data usage)? | travel | 2017-11-06T17:35:04.043 |
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"message": "Does anyone know whether a proof of onward travel is required for entering Kathmandu by plane (from India for Europeans)?",
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"message": "I flew to KTM from Varanasi, India in 2015. Nothing was required except the passport and USD 25 for the visa. The airline (Air Ind... | Onward ticket for boarding a flight to Kathmandu? | travel | 2017-11-06T19:45:27.877 |
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"message": "My mother and I have started a process of gathering documents to apply for a visitor visa for her to come and visit my husband and me.She is a Serbian national and currently unemployed. However, she has her own apartment in her name where she lives with her boyfriend and has sufficient savings.My ... | UK standard visitor visa for an unemployed mother | travel | 2017-11-06T20:33:14.957 |
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"message": "I am travelling from India(BOM/MAA) to Dublin. I do not have direct flight to DUB as an option, the flight stops at AUH/DXB/LHR and from there to DUB. Apparently, there is a 300£ difference in the flight cost from LHR to DUB and LGW to DUB. Given that I hold an Irish biometric visa, and confirmed ... | Transit between LHR and LGW without visa? (Shifting airports inside UK with Irish Biometric visa) | travel | 2017-11-07T12:03:20.210 |
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"message": "I planned the trip that will cover Germany, Belgium and France. I am aware that there are environmental zones in those countries and I need the correct badge for my car to enter them. So my question is do I need to buy a badge for each country separately or one (German for example) is enough for a... | Does the German environmental badge apply to other countries of Europe? | travel | 2017-11-08T12:35:59.597 |
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"message": "Applying for Standard Visitor Visa from Russia while being Russian. In case I have children and wife, I apply the marriage certificate and children birth certificates with the rest of documents. Is that the evidence of family members remaining in your home country whilst you travel? If it is not p... | What is the document might be as "Evidence of family members remaining in your home country whilst you travel" for Standard Visitor Visa? | travel | 2017-11-09T15:17:14.593 |
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"message": "I am an Algerian citizen, working as a computer scientist in Paris.I have been refused a tourist visa for UK for the second time despite having strong applying documents, good income, and a rich travel history(I gave all my boarding passes that includes flights to +10 EU countries + canadian visa)... | UK Visa refused twice, should I give up? | travel | 2017-11-12T00:03:16.400 |
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"message": "I found some pocket tools that contains some sharp part for cutting seat belt I think, as TSA said no sharp thing are allowed on-bag but the belt cutter isn't something that can harm other, isn't it?So can we bring pocket tool that contains belt cutter on-bag?Belt cutter sample:<a href=\"https://i... | Are wire/belt cutter allowed to bring on-bag to plane?(not in luggage) | travel | 2017-11-12T07:54:35.140 |
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"message": "Could you map out all the connections in someones brain just by probing every neuron and tracking them as they send signals to each other (as opposed to every synapse, a much less ambiguous but far harder exercise)The technology level is 20 minutes into the future. We already have <a href=\"https:... | Probing neurons to map someones brain | worldbuilding | 2017-11-24T21:56:29.120 |
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"message": "The scenario: an alien crew has a shuttle landed on Earth in the 1980's. Their main ship is extremely damaged and beyond reach somewhere in the Milky Way. Their shuttle cannot escape Earth's atmosphere. They are in an unpopulated forested area to avoid encountering the locals, which would be both ... | What would be in a shuttle's survival kit for aliens trapped on a primitive planet? | worldbuilding | 2017-11-25T09:08:59.020 |
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"message": "<a href=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/7rAq6.jpg\" rel=\"noreferrer\">Quick sketch of how I conceptualize this creature's skeleton. Sorry for the chopped off head, the jaw design and such isn't finished. The 4 yellow bones on the tip of the neck are the base of the jaws, but it's obviously unfinished... | Overcoming the issues with attaching an esophagus to a ventral spine/support structure [Gross warning] | worldbuilding | 2017-11-29T02:23:40.163 |
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"message": "My friend is writing a book, and I volunteered to create a planet for him, one with an epic mountain extending far above the clouds. The planet features lush jungles in the lower elevations and enormous towering mountains.If possible, I would like to have a mountain so high it extends well into a ... | What is the highest possible mountain on an Earth-like world? | worldbuilding | 2017-11-30T22:07:25.003 |
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"message": "If $8.8 \\times 10^{16} m^3$ of water volume is added to the surface of Venus, how would I calculate how much of Venus would be covered in water?The land of Venus has its topographical features with plains, valleys, high lands, etc, therefore water would not be distributed evenly across the surfac... | How would I calculate how much of Venus would be covered in water if 8.8E16 m^3 was added to its surface? | worldbuilding | 2017-12-07T11:40:20.540 |
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"message": "If $8.8 \\times 10^{16} m^3$ of water volume is added to the surface of Venus, how would I calculate how much of Venus would be covered in water?The land of Venus has its topographical features with plains, valleys, high lands, etc, therefore water would not be distributed evenly across the surfac... | How would I calculate how much of Venus would be covered in water if 8.8E16 m^3 was added to its surface? | worldbuilding | 2017-12-07T11:40:20.540 |
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"message": "So, this is a question I wanted to ask in relation to the blog post I made introducing the Cuban Missile War series of blog posts, which is the result of the Cold War escalating into World War III during the Cuban Missile Crisis. <a href=\"https://medium.com/@futurehistorian382/cuban-missile-war-i... | If the US launched air strikes against Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis, would any Soviet missile sites be able to survive? | worldbuilding | 2017-12-08T17:54:40.017 |
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"message": "I've been toying with a concept for a hollow/inner Earth universe in which I would like to achieve an even distribution of light. The pickle is that the \"sun\" of this world operates like a beacon/spotlight that rotates on itself, so as to recreate a sort of day-night cycle. It should be clear at... | Spotlight distribution in a hollow earth? | worldbuilding | 2017-12-10T21:14:24.453 |
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"message": "The main creature in question is an intelligent species that stands from 3' to 4' tall on average. They are heavy-set and primarily bipedal, but able to move comfortably on all fours at the same speed as when upright. Don't think muscular like a typical fantasy dwarf, think a cylindrical torso w... | What's the most efficient way for a living creature to tunnel through wood? | worldbuilding | 2017-12-11T23:32:30.590 |
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"message": "Background:I've come up with this strange world where everyone has a dependent of sorts. Like a child but they live within another dimension. Think like a game avatar but they live their own lives and make their own choices (largely). The Guardians, will look over each of these dependents (really ... | Why would a society base the merits of a person by the abilities of another? | worldbuilding | 2017-12-12T08:19:16.520 |
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"message": "After the invention of the aircraft and its subsequent use in the Very Big War, the world powers came together and came up with the Plot Device Treaty, setting and expanding on the laws of war.Partially pushed by logic and significantly pushed by Old School War Leaders, one of the articles in the ... | Aerial surface assault without bombs/explosives | worldbuilding | 2017-12-14T04:09:47.917 |
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"message": "In a class discussion last week, someone pointed out that a typical core collapse supernova releases $\\sim10^{46}\\text{ J}$ of energy in the form of (anti-)neutrinos while only radiating $\\sim10^{44}\\text{ J}$ in the form of photons. This then means that the energy flux from neutrinos is about... | How efficient can my neutrino detector be? | worldbuilding | 2017-12-14T15:34:09.417 |
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"message": "In a class discussion last week, someone pointed out that a typical core collapse supernova releases $\\sim10^{46}\\text{ J}$ of energy in the form of (anti-)neutrinos while only radiating $\\sim10^{44}\\text{ J}$ in the form of photons. This then means that the energy flux from neutrinos is about... | How efficient can my neutrino detector be? | worldbuilding | 2017-12-14T15:34:09.417 |
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"message": "So I had a funny idea, somewhat based off the cow in the Restaurant at the End of the Universe in the Hitchhikers Guide. You know the one—that wants to be eaten and whose only purpose in life is to be consumed.Plants already have a variety of similar survival solutions: to my knowledge most fruit ... | Designing an animal that wants to be eaten | worldbuilding | 2017-12-17T00:19:39.807 |
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"message": "So I have a species of creatures who want to design a cannon using biological processes. Here are some things the cannon needs to do:Launch a 4 pound (~1.8 kg) cannonball at around 1430 ft (~435 meters) to 1700 ft (~520 meters) per second.Needs to take less than 5-10 seconds to load, the less time... | How would a Biological Cannon work? | worldbuilding | 2017-12-17T01:18:06.143 |
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"message": "About the QuestionThe end questions are about the mechanics of the repair work itself for certain parts of the scarf.Everything else should be explained below.LocationOn one of the worlds of a Binary Planet, a civilization has developed Saturn 5 like rockets. They are attempting to explore/exploit... | How would magic controlled insects go about repairing a magical scarf? | worldbuilding | 2017-12-22T22:10:33.247 |
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"message": "A lifeless moon of a gas giant (which orbits a K-type star [4200K] at about 0.7 AU) is chosen to become home to a space colony. Colonists plan to transform it from a barren rock into a garden of Eden. Since this moon lacks water, nitrogen, and $CO_2$, they need to be mined in the asteroid belt and... | How to deliver materials necessary for terraforming? | worldbuilding | 2017-12-26T19:44:27.963 |
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"message": "I'm building a science fiction setting for a space combat game, one in which players would be in the cockpit of a starfighter or bomber.Unfortunately, reality says they would be vaporized by a laser-based point defense system before they could see any enemy ships.I've been trying to work out a mea... | Can electronic warfare be used to bring space combat into visual range and protect fighters/bombers? | worldbuilding | 2017-12-27T02:30:45.327 |
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"message": "Jane was different from the other kids. While all the other kids were playing with fire, Jane played with ice. Now, Jane has grown up and is an accomplished scientist or engineer in your discipline of choice.Jane never got along with Joe, and after an argument between them, Jane has decided to lit... | What's the fastest (least time consuming) way to completely freeze a living, adult human? | worldbuilding | 2017-12-30T17:22:46.097 |
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"message": "<blockquote> Thank you everyone.<br> This was certainly not a question with a simple solution, and was far more complicated than I could've imagined. All of you provided so many amazing, insightful responses, selecting an single answer has been extremely difficult. You illuminated and educated... | Plausible Components for Zombie Immunization? | worldbuilding | 2018-01-01T18:09:56.513 |
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"message": "<blockquote> Thank you everyone.<br> This was certainly not a question with a simple solution, and was far more complicated than I could've imagined. All of you provided so many amazing, insightful responses, selecting an single answer has been extremely difficult. You illuminated and educated... | Plausible Components for Zombie Immunization? | worldbuilding | 2018-01-01T18:09:56.513 |
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"message": "So I have been doing some thinking and I now am trying to design some aliens who can exhale very cold gasses or cool the atmosphere around them as a side effect of their metabolism and also survive in an environment around room temperature, so does anyone know what kind of metabolism would do this... | Aliens with freezing powers | worldbuilding | 2018-01-02T00:49:10.033 |
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"message": "So I have been doing some thinking and I now am trying to design some aliens who can exhale very cold gasses or cool the atmosphere around them as a side effect of their metabolism and also survive in an environment around room temperature, so does anyone know what kind of metabolism would do this... | Aliens with freezing powers | worldbuilding | 2018-01-02T00:49:10.033 |
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"message": "This is question is related to the medieval world from <a href=\"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/101214/what-qualities-could-a-hominid-evolve-to-make-it-a-better-farmer\">my earlier question in which several types of intelligent hominids evolved in isolation, until they were redi... | How fast could a hominid evolve to run? | worldbuilding | 2018-01-03T05:10:59.033 |
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"message": "The difference between humans and most animals, is that animals usually have natural \"weapons\", by that I mean claws, powerful jaws with sharp teeth, horns, tusks, etc... Humans depend on their intelligence to survive nature, we craft tools, we plan strategies, and that has allowed us to become ... | Humans with natural "weapons", how effective would they be and how would it impact development | worldbuilding | 2018-01-03T05:54:19.457 |
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"message": "In much of sci-fi we find examples \"Power Draining Beams\" and such the like.How feasible are these weapons?The weapon should drain power from the enemy ships systems in order to disable or disrupt their abilities but bonus points if the power can be usefully used by the assailing ship.Notes:The ... | Power Drain Beams | worldbuilding | 2018-01-03T17:36:21.040 |
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"message": "Please avoid the obvious jokes.Now I know there are different versions of the Greek monster Typhon, so first I will try to describe its properties.Incredibly large roughly 50-100 feet tall, although I believe some versions had it human-sizedAppears to take the form of a large storm or tornado. In ... | Anatomically Correct Typhon | worldbuilding | 2018-01-05T07:00:56.033 |
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"message": "I've recently discovered something great: the Schwinger effect. It says that if you concentrate enough power thanks to laser into a single point in space, it will spawn a pair of proton and antiproton. We could then create easily antimatter for interstellar travel, electricity production and more!... | How to produce enough power to create a pair of proton-antiproton? | worldbuilding | 2018-01-07T11:53:15.143 |
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"message": "Famines have dropped the population to 1 billion and global civilization has collapsed. In an effort to save future civilization some time, you want to provide some information to kick start civilization's regrowth. We assume that the tech level has dropped back to Europe in 1801. If we <a href=... | Only Three Books: Restarting Medicine in 1801 | worldbuilding | 2018-01-11T17:08:08.953 |
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"message": "So I was curious what would be the advantages and disadvantages to have 12 DNA bases? For example could it be used to store complex memories in an organism, could it cause very complex structure in an organism that wouldn't be possible in ones with only 4, would it cause more cancer or cancer like... | Advantages and disadvantages to having 12 DNA bases | worldbuilding | 2018-01-12T22:56:47.283 |
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"message": "Maneouvrability is a potentially significant advantage in almost any battle. But, the maneouvrability of a spacecraft with inhabitants is limited by the inhabitants's tolerance to accelerational forces. Humans generally can't tolerate high g-forces for a long time. Even to horizontal g-forces, whi... | Remotely controlled battle starships | worldbuilding | 2018-01-14T15:29:42.970 |
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"message": "I am a Dragon and I have an infestation problem in my world. Currently, I am the single one of my kind and your representation of a dragon in movie Desolation of Smaug is fairly accurate only there's no such thing as 'magic'.All of my life I had enjoyed an indolent lifestyle: hunt when I am hungry... | How can a Dragon keep humanity in check? | worldbuilding | 2018-01-16T00:02:51.453 |
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"message": "BackgroundThere is a world with flora and fauna based on the life forms that evolved on Gondwana (see <a href=\"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/78673/how-can-i-have-a-caravan-without-camels\">here for previous questions). Humans colonized this continent from a distant one some th... | How can I make manure without cows? | worldbuilding | 2018-01-17T14:26:27.520 |
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"message": "Previously, a <a href=\"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/100133/aerial-surface-assault-without-bombs-explosives\">treaty was signed that effectively banned air-dropped bombs, and military versions of rockets and missiles. That treaty leaves a gap as far as Depth Charges go, and th... | Depth Charges against Surface Vessels | worldbuilding | 2018-01-21T04:17:10.333 |
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"message": "My winged people just have feathers on their wings, and maybe small feathers on their back between their wings (from shoulder blades to mid back). Their bodies look generally human. Here is a link to an image I am basing their structure off of: <a href=\"https://blue-hearts.deviantart.com/art/SB-N... | Would human-avian hybrids be able to preen themselves with just their hands? | worldbuilding | 2018-01-24T15:32:50.340 |
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"message": "(Please see diagrams) This is a question regarding an area of a Rocheworld scenario that I haven't found anything on. It is suggested that the OUT side of a planet that is tidally locked with another is actually exposed to the vacuum of space because the gravity has pulled the atmosphere away from... | What are the climatological effects to the surface of a planet where the atmosphere gives way to vaccum? (diagram included) | worldbuilding | 2018-01-24T20:45:30.933 |
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"message": "In my hypothetical world, a bladesmith is challenged to create a sword with supernatural properties by the King, to prove his ability. The swordsmith wishes to present the King with a sword that glows.My first thought was that he could make a normal, strong sword, and then somehow 'dope' it with r... | How to create a glowing weapon with pre-20th Century technology? | worldbuilding | 2018-01-24T23:23:50.447 |
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"message": "So, given the following assumptions and starting criteria: The colony ship comes from a human culture that is about 100 years advanced from the present.The amount of initial colonists are around 5,000 people.They bring with them many specialists and libraries of information about known technology.... | How long might it take a new planetary colony to achieve technological parity with their starting civilization? | worldbuilding | 2018-01-25T16:50:42.697 |
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"message": "Give the current geopolitical uncertainty and chaos, caused by the leaders of some of the current powers and super powers; New Zealand, Australia, Fiji and a number of other pacific islands join together to form the great and mighty* federation of the United Stated of Oceania.*Ok the Great and Mig... | How would the United States of Oceania become a Superpower? | worldbuilding | 2018-01-26T06:01:13.323 |
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"message": "Sails were good, they made ships go farther than ever before, relieved them of the critical necessity of oars, and with the right design they could even sail into the wind. However, sail ships have the one weakness that without wind's aid, they're no better than a floating wooden log stranded on ... | Designing "age of sail" ships that require no wind | worldbuilding | 2018-01-27T23:07:38.033 |
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"message": "What factors would cause a humanoid race (like, say, goblins, just to throw an example out there) to have a significantly higher rate of multiple births than the human norm? Presumably a large mortality rate for children in the past might be a factor, but what else could contribute to such a resul... | Increasing the Rate of Multiple Births in Humanoids? | worldbuilding | 2018-01-30T01:49:31.230 |
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"message": "Inspired by <a href=\"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/103481/inducing-a-solar-flare\">this question from yesterday. Solar flares can give off a large amount of radiation, but on Earth this is typically absorbed before it reaches anywhere but the poles, and even then only in very ... | Could a solar flare create terrestrial areas of background radiation? | worldbuilding | 2018-01-30T12:52:39.043 |
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"message": "QUESTIONI'd like a nation in the world I'm working on to be able to transport natural gas and hydrogen, for fuel and possibly ballooning. <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_and_technology_of_the_Tang_dynasty#Alchemy,_gas_cylinders,_and_air_conditioning\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Na... | Can this world invent gas cylinders early? | worldbuilding | 2018-01-30T20:44:33.477 |
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"message": "Assume I have someone who doesn't age, and has a lot of time to learn any skill or experiment with things, but who was born and raised (prior to becoming ageless) in a medieval farming village. He is of above average intelligence, and, because of his ageless nature, money is hardly an issue (he h... | How advanced could someone make a firearm with Medieval Technology | worldbuilding | 2018-01-31T16:38:29.847 |
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"message": "BackgroundThere exists a continent on the scale of Eurasia, which spreads from tropical regions to polar. It has the full range of biomes that we find on Earth. On this continent, there are many varied wild beasts. All animals that are extant in the present day Americas may be found there, as well... | How does a Blood Shaman gain his power? | worldbuilding | 2018-02-01T03:59:38.260 |
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"message": "If the Earth's radius were increased from 6371.0 km to 9010.0 km while maintaining the same surface gravity, how much mass do I need to add?Besides the main question, I also have a few other additional questions but relevant to the topic:Would the added mass have any effect if it's located in the ... | Making Earth with larger radius practical | worldbuilding | 2018-02-04T12:17:37.783 |
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"message": "Supposing you were creating religions in your world, and your world has advanced along a technological spectrum similar to Earth's. What is the latest point in history that a new god could be worshiped by some intellectual and cultural elite; i.e. not just a small cult? By a new god, I mean a god ... | How recently could a god be born? | worldbuilding | 2018-02-05T14:53:40.410 |
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"message": "Setting: 4 types of magic, namely bio, godly, Ancient and artifact.Bio magic: throwing fireballs, making things float, destroying household items seemingly defying you on purpose... Relatively weak, invokable by any human (usually) but it is quite taxing.Effects in the order of \"make 200kg float... | Could a magic world break the social stagnation of the Early Middle Ages? (Not a technology question) | worldbuilding | 2018-02-06T00:36:05.903 |
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"message": "Let us develop an industrial electric motor from first principles.<a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandro_Volta#Early_battery\" rel=\"noreferrer\">Alessandro Volta developed a battery whose ingredients were copper, zinc, seawater, and imagination. These ingredients have been available s... | Is it reasonable for electric generators to come before steam engines? | worldbuilding | 2018-02-06T01:56:11.693 |
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"message": "There is a nuclear war between the Soviet Union and the USA in 2068. The war lasts about 4 hours but destroys most of the northern hemisphere and parts of Australia. But, the Soviet military relocated 250 people, mostly high military leaders, and their families, into an abandoned mineshaft that wa... | What modifications would be needed to transform a mineshaft into a bunker? | worldbuilding | 2018-02-07T01:32:27.683 |
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"message": "From the dawn of fantasy fiction, dwarfs have most often been described roughly in the same way: short and stocky, long beards, can smith stuff, good fighters, can live for hundreds of years aging very slowly after \"puberty\", heavy drinkers.But now, dermatologists want to know their secret.How c... | Dwarfs can live for hundreds of years, but how? (Dermatologists hate them!) | worldbuilding | 2018-02-07T10:37:31.273 |
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"message": "BackgroundThis world has two continents, an old and a new. The Old World developed much as ours did, and finds itself in the throes of an Industrial Revolution. Due to the nature of the oceans and winds, transportation by sail to the New World was limited and difficult. However, with the invention... | How does an infantry battalion combat a Blood Shaman? | worldbuilding | 2018-02-07T13:45:09.537 |
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"message": "If you have ever played an Elder Scrolls game and observed the night sky, you'd notice that there are two moons (most notable in Oblivion and Skyrim). They both orbit Nirn, the planet the game is based in. At a closer inspection, it is revealed that the smaller moon revolves around the large moon.... | Is it possible for a planet to have three moons? | worldbuilding | 2018-02-08T01:02:03.180 |
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