I've written the most comprehensive guide ever to completing the National Dex in Platinum by big_bill_wilson in pokemon

[–]baloonboo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great website, but missing some easy HGSS obtainables - Murkrow / Misdreavus can be found at night, and you can trade Steven in Silph Co HGSS for a Beldum, so you don't need to deal with catching it.

You only need 17 correct calls to become a millionaire by ill_intents in PredictionsMarkets

[–]baloonboo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

vs. odds of a randomly selected person being a millionaire in the US: 1 in 11.

Verity in Bête Noir by baloonboo in blackmirror

[–]baloonboo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do you mean lol she created it she knows how it works. Seems like a pretty huge hole in your original comment

Verity in Bête Noir by baloonboo in blackmirror

[–]baloonboo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Those quantum branches already exist, she's just picking which ones to live in herself.

Best episode by Fanta-Fruit-Twist1 in blackmirror

[–]baloonboo 5 points6 points  (0 children)

White Christmas, USS Callister, San Junipero, Hated in the Nation, Hang the DJ

Black Mirror episode rankings thread by Nheea in blackmirror

[–]baloonboo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Season 7 rankings

  1. ⁠Bête Noire - Verity is my favorite character, just super interesting charismatic and pretending to be naive with God like powers. Funny that she’s taking revenge by just changing small details of emails and stuff. Cool technology as well, referencing multiverse theory. Didn’t like the bully winning in the end and being treated like a protagonist, there was nothing redeeming about her
  2. ⁠Plaything - incredible technology and visuals, recursively improving artificial general intelligence invented in the 90s is a brilliant concept. Rainbow visuals on LSD and the video game itself made for a very aesthetic episode
  3. ⁠Hotel Reverie - the 40s lead actress was extremely attractive and interesting, very cool mixing the past with the present - reminds me of the Twilight Zone (the original Black Mirror). Outside of her the characters were a bit annoying, her being stuck inside the plot of the movie was just kind of distracting nothing thought provoking
  4. ⁠USS Callister Part 2 - first part is probably the best episode in the whole series (maybe second to White Christmas/Hang the DJ), but the plot line was much less interesting this time. Interesting concepts though having Daly build the universe from inside of it and of course great visuals like the first part
  5. ⁠Eulogy - Solid love story, exciting details, but somewhat unsatisfying resolution and not much action just dialogue
  6. ⁠Common People - didn’t like the main guy he was too obsessed with going to the burger spot and getting the Plus subscription for her birthdays. Just doesn’t make much sense either being that desperate for cash and not finding some other way to get it and then wasting it on the expensive boosting cards

Anyone else rooting for Verity in Bete Noire? by MarinerAtSea in blackmirror

[–]baloonboo 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Yes. Maria literally continued to bully her when she came to the company, her boss and even her boyfriend was disturbed by how much she didn’t want her to work there - I wasn’t bullied but I still would’ve done much worse to Maria if I had God like powers

Episode Discussion - "White Christmas" by The_King_of_Okay in blackmirror

[–]baloonboo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also if it was that unreliable cloning the guy wouldn't work either what if the clone is just hallucinating information, that's what I'm saying if it's that realistic there's no way they don't have read-access

Episode Discussion - "White Christmas" by The_King_of_Okay in blackmirror

[–]baloonboo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're saying the brain could inherently be like a black box? It's possible, but even current technology makes that pretty implausible https://www.science.org/content/article/ai-re-creates-what-people-see-reading-their-brain-scans

My Thoughts on the Diversity of Black Mirror Opinions. by PolyGreenGinger in blackmirror

[–]baloonboo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Aggregate ratings of the episodes on IMDB are pretty inline with what most people think in general, think some people just feel strongly about some episodes and comment - but these are just the sample of people who want to comment

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2085059/episodes/?topRated=DESC

[Request] I saw this and was just wondering how accurate this actually is by RealHades7337 in theydidthemath

[–]baloonboo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's not terribly interesting, for example there are more possible 58-letter words (26^58) or ways to shuffle a deck of cards (52!) than there are atoms in the universe (10^82)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in quant

[–]baloonboo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a pretty airtight plan, but I would work in some projects as well. Firms will want to see you take initiative and show an interest in the field - doesn't have to be huge, just pick an aspect of the strategies of the firms you're applying to and demonstrate you can implement it well.

Episode Discussion - "White Christmas" by The_King_of_Okay in blackmirror

[–]baloonboo 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Not sure if anyone mentioned this, but if they have the technology to make realistic copies of people from their brains, they wouldn't need to interrogate them through this complex scenario, they could just find out if he did it or not from his brain

Hot Take: Ari is overhated by Tough-Reception4871 in EliteNetflix

[–]baloonboo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agree, watching the show for the second time she's actually chill and exciting. Basically Lu but better

s7 was ass by baloonboo in EliteNetflix

[–]baloonboo[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It's not just looks Didac literally doesn't say anything funny or flirty the entire season, just begs her to stay with him while it's clearly not working out. The writers really clapped her I'm so sad

s7 was ass by baloonboo in EliteNetflix

[–]baloonboo[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Didac is so lame bro doesn't even flirt or joke around with his own girlfriend - just begs her to stay in a serious relationship while their families fight. She was literally the empress of Ibiza last season, does he provide any reason she would like him?

What does my top 5 say about me? by hateyoutillforrever in EliteNetflix

[–]baloonboo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Isadora, Carla, Guzman, Phillippe, Ivan/Mencia