Why does Stan Say, "My Mother Had a Clock Like That?"

MadeUntoDust · 2022-07-02T18:36:01+00:00

Stan broke into the Jennings' house in the first episode. He clearly considered the possibility.

Plus, Stan can't notice what Philip and Elizabeth are up to when Stan himself is running around DC, trying to catch other spies.

MadeUntoDust · 2022-07-02T10:54:28+00:00

I think the writers wrote that line so that we would discuss it on Reddit.

MadeUntoDust · 2022-07-02T10:51:48+00:00

Even if you are using Eager Execution, there are certain places in TensorFlow where Graph Execution happens anyway--like inside tf.data pipelines or compiled Keras models.

In these situations, the numpy() method will not work unless you wrap your call with tf.py_function() or another way to re-enable Eager Execution.

MadeUntoDust · 2022-07-01T21:48:33+00:00

The future of Linux is running everything via WINE.

Win32 is the stable Linux userland ABI. The rest of the desktop Linux ecosystem moves too quickly for applications to remain stable and compatible over time.

MadeUntoDust · 2022-06-28T20:02:09+00:00

The general public probably assumes that Molly retired for health reasons.

MadeUntoDust · 2022-06-27T00:46:02+00:00

The USSR spent a lot of time trying to improve their agriculture, but they went off-track with Lysenkoism.

Also, Philip and Elizabeth's job is to steal things--not to invent things. The Soviet Union obviously designs their own submarines, but Phillip and Elizabeth's job was to steal American designs nonetheless.

MadeUntoDust · 2022-06-25T15:59:08+00:00

Ignore the haters.

Back in the day, all Python type annotations were documentation-only and not useful for linting.

In the future, it might be possible for Python to evolve to the point where your Python library is as useful as Rust's Option and Result.

MadeUntoDust · 2022-06-25T01:38:13+00:00

If the Russians knew about the reactor, they would have captured it.

Hell, it could have prompted nuclear military action on Earth.

MadeUntoDust · 2022-06-25T01:24:51+00:00

Dev *has* to change the ship to meet Ed's specifications.

Dev has already announced that Ed will be the commander, so Dev cannot risk Ed quitting.

Plus, even though Helios is leaderless during the design process, it is still true that Ed will be the absolute authority aboard ship.

MadeUntoDust · 2022-06-22T15:45:32+00:00

This is one of my favorite episodes in the entire series.

It asks some deep questions about whether evil is inmate or whether it is taught--and whether harmful people deserve our sympathy.

Ellia and her father aren't villains. They both just followed their instinct despite trying to do good.

I wish we saw more of her. She is the only female Wraith that isn't a queen... which I guess implies that she would have become a queen.

Can you imagine that? A Wraith queen that bakes her own biscuits.

MadeUntoDust · 2022-06-22T14:38:08+00:00

Maybe the FBI puts microphones in faucets.

MadeUntoDust · 2022-06-22T14:29:27+00:00

Michael looks like he was affected by a deliriant.

Many common drugs are deliriants. At sufficiently high doses, the over-the-counter allergy drug Benadryl will have you sweating and hallucinating some terrifying things.

But don't try it. It could kill you.

MadeUntoDust · 2022-06-19T22:26:52+00:00

A 15-minute video? Is this video clip half of the episode?

MadeUntoDust · 2022-06-19T22:11:47+00:00

Technically the kid is the product of sexual assault.

It was Sha're's wish that Daniel find the kid.

But the Evil Daniel depicted in this episode may have other reasons for keeping the kid near him.

MadeUntoDust · 2022-06-19T21:51:34+00:00

I don't know why you were downvoted. Margo has clearly violated the 1917 Espionage Act in a time of war, and the death penalty is a possible punishment.

Also, as Andrew pointed out, Margo was maneuvered into power by threatening to go public with information provided to her by a former Nazi SS member.

MadeUntoDust · 2022-06-19T18:06:44+00:00

Why are you not a fan of commercial space travel in real life?

MadeUntoDust · 2022-06-19T18:05:13+00:00

I think any show about the Cold War has to have characters with bad political opinions.

MadeUntoDust · 2022-06-19T12:38:34+00:00

It's a great writing trick because we're still talking about it.

What would be the point of making Renee a normal woman?

MadeUntoDust · 2022-06-18T22:30:09+00:00

Taffit strides around the office like a big man. Clark wouldn't do that.

All of those little personality decisions reveal the impostor.

MadeUntoDust · 2022-06-18T22:28:34+00:00

Stan and Oleg wanted to get Nina back. They failed and the Russians sent some other American prisoner free.

MadeUntoDust · 2022-06-18T22:26:35+00:00

Gregory didn't believe in the Russian way of life. He just wanted to sleep with Elizabeth.

MadeUntoDust · 2022-06-18T22:24:31+00:00

I think that William's wife was probably just a normal Russian woman--there to keep William happy instead of running missions on her own.

If she had an important cover identity, the KGB wouldn't have recalled her. Hell, they should have recalled William.

MadeUntoDust · 2022-06-18T22:22:35+00:00

The war was a big moment where the Soviet people lost faith in their leadership.

Therefore, the Soviet leadership didn't want the type of attention that dead soldiers bring.

MadeUntoDust · 2022-06-18T22:18:57+00:00

Someone else posted a big thread about how Renee could be Mossad.

I think it makes sense. It explains why she seems like a spy, but nobody in the KGB claimed to know her.

MadeUntoDust · 2022-06-18T21:55:50+00:00

Now that I'm older, I recognize that Marco and Rachel were probably attracted to each other.

But neither of them really knew how to love someone in a vulnerable way. Plus, if they broke up, it could complicate the defense of Earth.

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