I saw a quote where one guy said they “discussed it” but don’t have one, didn’t say the reasoning. Even the time they got “lost” for a few hours they didn’t lose comms, so maybe they didn’t think it was a risk?

They had several failsafes, including some that could function with no power or input from the crew after 15 hours or so (some kind of dissolving material). It’s entirely possible they successfully ascended and are just under the surface (it doesn’t completely surface), painted blue and white and having drifted who…

Right, but that’s not what they asked them to do because being reasonable isn’t their goal. They could even price the API such that they made more money than they get from ads and still be reasonable. They just wanted to nuke the 3rd party apps before the IPO. They tried to do it in a backhanded way to avoid bad…

This is a little unfair, he might be the 5th or 6th oldest father known. In a list of oldest claimed fathers (of which many are probably false) he’s already 13th. Factor out the unverified ones and he’s one of the oldest fathers known to medical science. I mean, he is even if you don’t factor out the unverified ones…

Don’t forget Final Fantasy Tactics which (in the original version at least!) is rendered nearly unintelligible by the shoddy translation!

The Democrats need her (physically) present on the judiciary committee to give deciding votes on judges. If she resigns Republicans won’t vote for a Democrat on the committee so it’ll be deadlocked and judicial appointments will stop until 2025. Even though her replacement in the Senate is no problem judicial…

Yes, if she resigns then Republicans will obviously not vote to put her replacement (or any democrat) on the judiciary committee and all appointments will grind to a halt until 2025. Having her reelected wasn't great, but putting her on the committee was a complete, unforced, mistake.

If she resigned while Democrats had control of the Senate then they would have voted to seat whoever Obama nominated. McConnell could only delay it because the Republicans had the majority then.

As a PSA if you’re saddled with debt you can’t pay bankruptcy absolutely can be a good option (of course depending on your circumstances). It’s not some special magic thing for rich people. I had a friend who racked up 100k in medical debt after spending a week in the ICU with no insurance. Discharged it all in…

In high school we called that game (or at least a similar where you had to slap the pairs) Egyptian Ratscrew (or rat fucker if you’re cool and teachers weren’t around).

You probably won't like to know that season 27 was 7 years ago.

Haru is great in Strikers when she actually gets some time.

How is Joel less sympathetic in the show? I actually thought they were intentionally dialing him way down to make the ending a more shocking contrast.

The problem there is in the show I think Ellie sees Joel kill all of 5 people (including one she wounded) in three separate fights. Maybe he kills another few in the sniper scene but I thought he was mainly shooting infected. The one she wounds is the only one that isn’t clear cut self defense (his beat down on the…

“and it isn’t his decision to make.”

I played the game in 2013 (where I certainly handled the situation differently than apparently everyone else, including show Joel), never played the sequel, and was reluctant to watch the show until my wife made me. It’s bleak and depressing, and the ending of the show sours even what seemed like bright spots in the…

Well ok, that’s fine, definitely contrary to medical ethics in pretty much the entire civilized world. But I get it, you’re Hawkeye in that episode of MASH, performing unnecessary surgery on an officer to stop him getting men killed. ( https://mash.fandom.com/wiki/Preventative_Medicine_(TV_series_episode) )

A 14 year old suffering from, at a minimum, survivor’s guilt (and probably PTSD and maybe depression) can’t ethically make that choice.

What changes could they make that would smooth things over with people who hate the game without completely changing it? They're not going to completely change it.

I think it still works though. Casual violence is basically the core of the gameplay so seeing his casual violence in the cutscenes isn’t jarring. Like the sniper scene, you’ve killed probably hundreds of people by that point, it’d seem ridiculous for Joel to offer mercy to one last mook. And of course he’s going to…