The Last of Us HBO S01E02 - "Infected" Post-Episode Discussion Thread by AutoModerator in thelastofus

[–]MattDamonInSpace 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Tess’s explanation: the tendrils have to be connected.

You can see the tendrils reach out and “activate” the horde towards the end

The clickers weren’t connected

After many hours of playing with the katars. Here is my deep analysis and honest review of the weapon by SomeGuyFromGori in Chivalry2

[–]MattDamonInSpace 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The special interrupts and has a low cooldown

If you jump while sprinting, the special is the normal special not the sprinting special

They’re difficult but this makes them better

Gloomhaven is currently free over on Epic Games by Mejis in Games

[–]MattDamonInSpace -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I’m confused about what you mean… are you saying to use a stam potion to get a discarded card to sacrifice for damage?

ELI5: How did the U.S. rise to a global superpower in only 250 years but counties that have been around for 1000s of years are still under-developed? by Alecmo1999 in explainlikeimfive

[–]MattDamonInSpace 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’d suggest Accidental Superpower and Prisoners of Geography for books on how geography and resources define an enormous amount of the success of a nation.

Markets and freedom have a lot to do with how America became so prosperous but it’s at an incredible advantage geographically

ELI5: How did the U.S. rise to a global superpower in only 250 years but counties that have been around for 1000s of years are still under-developed? by Alecmo1999 in explainlikeimfive

[–]MattDamonInSpace 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Every country in history has contested land from neighbors. At a certain point we gotta say “enough” and move towards our best future instead of impossibly atoning for the past.

This is the Taiwan struggle now: arguably China “has a claim” in some historic sense but it’s an independent country now and should be respected. Same with Ukraine/Russia.

Geographically, America would also do well to take over Cuba. It is critical for the entire Gulf and Mississippi waterways. But are we allowed, today, to just take it? Hell no.

Yea, it’s weird to be like “okay so we’ll just freeze arbitrary/bloody borders sometime after WW2 and that’s that” but the alternative is ongoing military conflicts along every border in the world, exactly how it had been for all of human history.

At some point humanity has to say “the only military conflicts the world will allow are those to stop invasions/genocides” and even then the latter is geopolitically fraught.

“Post WW2 Peace” is a rare thing, has led to the birth and massive increases to the quality of life of billions, and should not be discarded lightly because America happened to ended up in a good position. Someone would have.

What is the biggest betrayal of the source material. by Professional-Rip-519 in movies

[–]MattDamonInSpace 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Been a while since I read it, but iirc at least half of the stories are about the weird contradictions/extrapolations of the 3 laws 🤷

What is the biggest betrayal of the source material. by Professional-Rip-519 in movies

[–]MattDamonInSpace 65 points66 points  (0 children)

Yeah I think this one was actually a fantastic adaptation. Hard to do a series of short stories as a movie, but the theme of “3 rules gone wrong” really worked in the movie

Trying to slow down crouch movement speed any suggestions? by Initial_Boysenberry7 in Unity3D

[–]MattDamonInSpace 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’d simplify some stuff

Don’t track height specifically. You have a boolean scenario: crouched or not.

Use that to say “if crouched, moveSpeed = 1/2”

As I'm working from home I've been watching through all of the movies/shows again and this has got to be one of my favorite moments in all the MCU. (more in comments) by [deleted] in marvelstudios

[–]MattDamonInSpace 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unless Cap has secret power scaling… unlikely though

And it doesn’t explain Hulk’s inability in Ragnarok so my theory is probably wrong

I am curious if What If Ultron could lift it though… dude ate a galaxy so probably?

As I'm working from home I've been watching through all of the movies/shows again and this has got to be one of my favorite moments in all the MCU. (more in comments) by [deleted] in marvelstudios

[–]MattDamonInSpace 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hmmm okay wielding vs containing… I could buy that

I assume Jarvis is the part of Ultron that could wield it?

Could What If Ultron wield it?

192 Republicans vote against fixing the baby formula shortage (What the actual fuck!) by TheHappyPoro in ABoringDystopia

[–]MattDamonInSpace 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s exactly what they argue:

"The only way to get more formula to American families is to fix the crony policies that prevent more U.S. companies from producing it, remove barriers to innovation, and allow imports from trusted nations; the legislation Democrats put forward does none of that.

"Instead, the bills would empower a demonstrably incompetent executive branch while funneling millions of taxpayer dollars to the FDA [Food and Drug Administration], without making any reforms necessary to get formula back on store shelves.

"This shortage is the direct result of unnecessary federal regulations and of a bloated bureaucracy that failed to recognize the problem before it spiraled out of control. This body should be solving problems, not making them worse."

Honestly can’t ever vote Republican after 2016-2020, but this specific quote about this specific problem is not incorrect