Yeah! How's it a BnB if they don't serve breakfast? And I'm pretty sure BnBs make the beds too.

I think he was talking about a government run by lepers.

Sure we do! Don't you remember the Parker mission that got us all those cool photos in 2024? Besides, you don't really need to shoot anything, just give it a push and let it fall in.

FDA approved the research, but doesn't the research have to happen before there's anything to be reviewed by peers?

Wait, aren't you talking about that guy who used my tax dollars to fund illegal research in China? At a lab with a poor safety record? And that probably resulted in a global pandemic? Even if it didn't, the first part should have landed him in prison years ago.

It might not be such a big deal with something that can only bind to bacterial walls, but surprising things can happen. And it isn't like we're going to stop with phages, so best to plan now for the orbital facilities we'll need when we do get that far. Bonus - a lot of this work may be easier or just plain possible in freefall.

EA has done little but sully the name. Better that it be put out of its misery.

I loved Battletech 2! Hadn't heard that voice intro in forever but will never forget it.

To paraphrase XKCD - I forget how great Dragon Age: Origins was, too bad they never made any sequels.

(https://xkcd.com/566/)

Failing to uphold the cardinal rule, "know your audience". Apparently because they listened to political activists who claimed to know but were just pushing their own agenda. I can't believe I'm saying this, but they should have listened to actual marketing people.

Cringe is a verb damnit!

But yeah, and now it seems like there has to be romance in every party RPG, so you have a normal conversation (with no signposting) and all of a sudden it's all gay flirting with Gale. I did not like that about BG3.

The first Mass Effect and Origins were both released the year EA bought Bioware. ME2 already saw EA dumbing things down ("streamlining" away RPG elements, but it was still pretty great). I know Inquisition did well, but I hated it. God awfully boring, unfun combat, and $#% Varric. I hate that little prick.

Origins was their peak.

But these are my opinions, you've got your own.

I liked STV but the writers' technical advisors did such a horrid job on that show. I think perhaps the worst was when they threatened to decompile the doctor, or that episode with the macroscopic virus with wings. Phage is just shorthand for bacteriophage. Good use of a plot device, but they really could have done better when they tech the tech.

What they're doing is a much more targeted version of this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

Proteomics has been advancing quite a bit over the last few decades, especially here in the US where it's being heavily commercialized, and large data models have already shown to be a highly effective tool for it.

Bacteriophages aren't even remotely equipped to infect animal cells, so it's really not even relevant.