Somalian girl decodes the african cultural references in black panther

Cap'n still uses a frisbee. It's a cool, shock absorbing, returning frisbee, but it's still a frisbee. Someone could attack him from behind or shoot his legs. Hawkeye still uses a bow. A bow that shoots special arrows, but it's just a bow. Black Widow... She doesn't really have a special weapon other than her martial arts skills. Superhero weapons make no sense. Cool is usually the only rule.

They do have spears that shoot energy bolts. Kilmonger even talks about it when he's sending the weapons out. But at the heart of Wakanda and the Jabari is tradition. The Jabari and Wakandans have a schism because while tradition is important to the wakandans, the Jabari feel they stray too far from the old ways. The Wakandans are in addition to being strongly ritualistic and traditional, a nation that prized warriors and warrior honor- they even have ritual combat for succession. Fighting with skill amongst themselves is more important than just vaporizing each other. Martial prowess is part of how one gains distinction in their society and makes/secures their standing. Also- they're secretly high tech. So weapons that pass as "primitive" but carry advanced properties are certainly a bonus in keeping to their image as an underdeveloped nation and not making themselves known as a world powerhouse, but still allow them adequate defense against standard threats in skilled hands.

Kinda like Predators in a way.

Uh.... watch the movie. I'd take a vibranium spear over a gun.
Also @geluregis Widow has her wrist zapper things with different cartridges that do different things. It's like the batbelt but on her wrists... also.. nice Ultron reference.

because guns are so primitive ;)

the aliens yapped and we found it a hilarious interpretation. Occam's Razor.

side note: @guest_ you know the Da Vinci robot? Thoughts?

That one is a mixed bag. From a patient standpoint I'd rather not deal with it. I don't see a real world consistent benefit over a skilled surgeon by hand. A middle of the road surgeon is common enough to find and will do most operations well enough, but it is harder to find skilled operators on the machine, meaning that Whike there is no reason a surgeon with equal skill operating the machine can't do as fine a job as one without- but it's easier to find a lousy surgeon or trainee. As the device and those with similar interfaces gets more dev and test time, and new surgeons cut their teeth on it- it could be better someday. By and large that day isn't today imho. It also will never have the range and quick improv ability of a good human surgeon. In many fields where machines do as humans what we get is more consistency than excellence. As for ethics...

I think they're scum for the way they brought the machine in, I understand not allowing open source code on a surgical robot, but there has to be a middle ground as in essence it's vendor capital hostage taking. The side stepping the FDA was also skeevy. I think it's their goal to someday replace surgeons, and much like auto braking and auto cruise etc on newer cars it's a way to beta test a self operating machine one piece at a time without the liability and while someone else pays the bill. They'll likely intend it for either very simple procedures, or for very intricate procedures. Either way to the detriment of overall quality of human surgeons, which is of course as said earlier the key to automation- it gets rid of inconsistency and eliminates the "worst" performers sonis seen as better. Overall I don't think negatively on the idea, but at this point I'd opt for the old fashioned method.

Why do you ask?

because I have to explain the rationale behind self driving cars. A 1,000% reduction in malpractice pays for itself and since the robot needs smaller and laser cut incisions you actually heal faster.
Robots win.

If I blew out my knee; ACL and MCL tears, my kneecap bent awkardly... I'm going with the robot. 100%

I don't think they'll razor it. The most beneficial part of the machine is that it can take something complex and simplify it. You lose that, premiums and malpractice rises. That defeats the entire purpose.

With a skilled operator, once the techs been on the market longer, I'd feel the robot would donfar better in tight spaces and at delicate precision work than a human hand. There hasn't been much comclusive proof at this point to show there's actually increased healing or any real benefit to the robots yet. What I mean is that some studies show the robot is beneficial, others don't, and the ballance and credibility isn't enough at this point to really say that the robot is anything but a several million dollar toy. I'm not saying the idea is bad- once computers weren't considered viable for many tasks, and consumer computers were unthinkable. Time and development, generations having grown up training with the equipment, and being able to learn from the mistakes of those before can make huge differences. Down the road.

For self driving cars there a BILLION reasons. The only real reason to resist the concept is sentimentality. Self driving cars would free up tons of time (much of which would likely end up being spent working from your car.) but they would also be better for the environment since cars perform best when driven at steady conditions, accelerated lightly, and when not stopped. The theoretical precision of self driving cars all connected to a control unit could almost eliminate traffic jams, give better access to emergency responders, lots of things that add up to reduced wear and tear and fuel consumption/emissions. The machines could do things humans safely can't through superior reaction, lacknof farigue or uncertainty, and lack of unpredictability. Driving on the freeway at 80+ regularly, closer following distances, eliminating stops signs and lights and allowing cars to "filter" through each other through timing or knowing if any cars were in the same or conflicting routes etc.

A safer, faster, cleaner, more relaxing, cheaper transit grid. Semi trucks etc could run 24/7 without the need for drivers to get rest- that means packages and goods gettingbplaces quicker and with better frequency. So many benifits big and small. Hat also means big social and economic change, investment in infrastructure, new laws and legal frontiers, and less privacy to the individual. It's not all roses but revolution seldom is. At current though the tech isn't ready for 90% of that. Like our medical robot though manufacturers are happy to subsidize the R&D by letting people pay to be BETA testers of potentially dangerous technology. Self driving cars are coming no matter what, and largely that's good.we just need to make sure we don't rush it or allow corporations to gamble lives against profits and bein first to market.

before I do this.. I want you to know ima fucking sit down and read all of that.

dafuk is donfar

I lied... I got a sentence in and wanted a stogie.
I like you; but abbreviate.

Lol. I write technical shit and executive bullet point all day, and sometimes in my spare time I still do some creative writing. So I sometimes go too far the other direction when I'm not being forced to be concise. Sorry. It was supposed to say "done far" as in: "done far more" I funsub from my phone, usually while working. Typos abound.

You can't help but write paragraphs... look at ^---that one... You tried and it's still just half your average reply. >___________________ > >> > > > >

Haha. It's quiet a bit of writing, but you and Guest make valid points. I enjoy read both of your comments.

Well that's a nice side effect I guess.

As long as the discussion doesn't evolve into childish name calling. lol.

I like triangles. I like to take a bunch of smol triangles and build bigger ones. Sometimes I go 3D on those hoes and build a pyramid. I also like the number 3.

I also like 22 and 7. You'd think I'd like 21... but I prefer 22.

I like 7,8, and for some reason 22 is more pleasing than 21 now that you mention it. Polygons are fun. This we agree on.

It was also my jersey number as I hooped... and my bus number was 222... ...and I see it recurring a lot... elsewhere.
8 is a cool number. it's like sideways infinity.

but lopsided.

I imagine if you could punch an 8 it would behave like one of those bags with the weights at the bottom. I forgot what they are called.

"Bop bag" "punching bag" or "bag with the weights at the bottom" are the phrases I'm most familiar with.

Oh! And sometimes they call them "action buddies" or some such jazz in the marketing.

I'm going to call it a boop bag now. I think that is a great amendment to bop bag. Cuz it goes boop. Booooooooooooop.

Agreed.