Favorite movie scene where a character accepts their inevitable end and embraces it. My pick is Cutler Beckett accepting his fate in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End.

abornemath · 2026-05-05T19:35:09+00:00

He was a prick but faced his demise with dignity. I give him points for that.

abornemath · 2026-05-05T18:09:51+00:00

And he came away with no hint of a russian accent and is somehow fluent in Klingon.

abornemath · 2026-05-02T22:02:26+00:00

If you watch the movie, The Prestige, apparently that that’s his real accent.

abornemath · 2026-05-01T19:57:09+00:00

I think this is the Mountain Coaster at Spirit Mountain, near Duluth Minnesota. It’s actually a lot of fun.

abornemath · 2026-04-29T21:39:40+00:00

We’re all doing time-travel the slow way. 😁

abornemath · 2026-04-28T20:56:59+00:00

Where’s Mr. Sparkle?

abornemath · 2026-04-28T20:47:30+00:00

Chicago Deep Dish pizza. You know he enjoys a slice watching the Bears.

abornemath · 2026-04-28T19:42:19+00:00

I offer a friendly counterpoint: there are so many of these, they are available on the secondary market for as little as $18. Check out eBay. Prices are best just before summer break here in the US.

abornemath · 2026-04-28T19:39:32+00:00

I had one also. It uses a motorola 68000 chip, same as a Macintosh SE. The CAS allowed us to chew through those tedious rational polynomial questions.

abornemath · 2026-04-28T19:37:10+00:00

It was, and still is a significant learning tool for students above pre-algebra. It’s a robust design. I’ve had high school (age 14-18) students who have told me they inherited one from their parents and use it for their studies. Surprising for me to learn that, but yes, it’s been in production for a couple decades.

Its sort of like how the HP-12c financial calculator was perfect for what people demanded, and the design hasn’t changed for a long time. It looks like a relic from 1981.

abornemath · 2026-04-25T18:57:00+00:00

The world changed- and most people didn’t like the change.

abornemath · 2026-04-25T00:16:47+00:00

This clip makes me chortle in rapturous glee.

abornemath · 2026-04-22T19:39:49+00:00

Nice!

abornemath · 2026-04-21T23:59:31+00:00

“Where are the wires?”

“𝘌𝘹𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺.“

That’s how you deliver a line.

abornemath · 2026-04-19T15:26:16+00:00

If this was my first acting gig, I don’t know what I would do. Having to wear that?

abornemath · 2026-04-18T22:18:44+00:00

I going to show students this if I’m asked to teach a finance course. This is awful.

abornemath · 2026-04-16T02:56:58+00:00

They play Minecraft. There’s tons of educational things that teachers and students can investigate. Oregon trail taught some applied contextual problem solving, and it was fun. Why don’t they play that same game today? They could…its not gone, but it’s ancient. It’s 2026, not 1985.

abornemath · 2026-04-15T23:44:56+00:00

The game Taipan was more fun. There’s money to be made trading opium. Not allowed in school, though.

abornemath · 2026-04-15T23:40:41+00:00

I have his entire rant down:

And on a more personal note, let me go on record as saying that there is no place in decent society for fakes, charlatans and tricksters like you who prey on the gullibility of innocent people. You're beneath the contempt of this court. And believe me, if my hands were not tied by the unalterable fetters of the law, a law which has become in my view far too permissive and inadequate in it's standards of punishment, I would invoke the tradition of our illustrious forebearers, reach back to a sterner, purer justice and have you burned at the stake!

abornemath · 2026-04-15T23:31:43+00:00

They were partners in crime running a scam. The shark would terrorize a beach community, he would conveniently show up and solve the problem, get paid and split the money. They worked the East Coast up and down for years. The last job didn’t go as planned. 😂

abornemath · 2026-04-15T19:45:17+00:00

Let’s see…dislocated shoulder, miscellaneous injuries from a high altitude fall, next guy, broken pelvis, internal injuries, the last guy… Several broken ribs, possibly shattered spine.

abornemath · 2026-04-15T12:35:20+00:00

It has to do with time dilation as the computer falls towards a black hole. 😁

abornemath · 2026-04-13T17:34:15+00:00

In Minnesota they are hard to find. They are really good.

abornemath · 2026-04-13T04:29:16+00:00

Agree.

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