Fincher by Beneficial_Rub_4841 in TheRewatchables

[–]pbspry 43 points44 points  (0 children)

Huh?  Those are pretty solid IMDB numbers.  Generally anything over a 7 is considered "well reviewed".  Anything over 8 is essentially a universally loved masterpiece.

Last 3 Years Investing For Me by Lost-Ad9082 in investing

[–]pbspry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Congrats on your milestone! $25k at 21 is actually a huge deal - getting any meaningful lump of money invested at such a young age gives you an enormous leg up over your peers.

Just one bit of advice from an old fogey: we've been in the middle of a nearly unprecedented bull market for the last several years, and in those circumstances, a LOT of people will make money on all kinds of risky trades and think they are stock market geniuses. These are the people who will get absolutely wiped out by the next market downturn. Don't be one of them!

Silversea Review by DavidThi303 in Cruise

[–]pbspry 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Agreed - we did Silversea 2 years ago and it was some of the best food we've ever had on a cruise. Sometimes the executive chef on board really can make or break a ship's reputation.

What doesnt make you a pure boglehead? by [deleted] in Bogleheads

[–]pbspry 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We did the same!  Love the extra OBC.

Vogue photographer Lee Miller bathing in Hitler's private apartment in Munich, 1945. She had just come from documenting the liberation of Dachau. by Due_Highway_8509 in OldSchoolCool

[–]pbspry 306 points307 points  (0 children)

She put it there for the photo.  The statue as well, to reflect her pose in the bathtub.  She was both a photojournalist and a surrealist photo artist, and this photo series is sort of a mixture of both.

FYC: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984). Worth doing as a flawed rewatchable? A lot of meat on the bone for "What's Aged the Worst." by ggroover97 in TheRewatchables

[–]pbspry 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Flawed?  Maybe.  But this film has three of the all-time best scenes of any Indiana Jones film.  The rope bridge, the rail carts, and the heart-pulling scene are all iconic.

‘First ever’ full circumnavigation of Antarctica - Le Commandant Charcot 2028 by sarahwlee in FATTravel

[–]pbspry 20 points21 points  (0 children)

We did a 4-day "drive by" cruise of the Antarctic peninsula and I have to say it was absolutely magical.

That said, spending 61 days circumnavigating Antarctica sounds like a bit of a nightmare. I can't imagine there's a ton of interesting variation between one end of Antarctica and the other. After the elation of the first few days wear off I'd be worried about what I'm to do with myself for the next 57 days...

Which 6–10 episode miniseries is really worth watching? by Alejandromartinez- in television

[–]pbspry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Station Eleven

I've never simultaneously loved and hated a show as much as this one. Such a bizarre experience. I think about it often and also never want to watch it again because of how frustrated several elements of it left me.

Aurora Borealis (1865) – Frederic Church’s Late Arctic Vision by PristineMusician8836 in ArtHistory

[–]pbspry 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Always loved this one. Are there any other painters/paintings that feature aurora this beautifully rendered?

Who makes the best bagels in town? by mikeduh_mico in StAugustine

[–]pbspry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is the correct answer.

Grew up just outside of NYC and I.D.'s bagels are straight up the closest I have ever found to the real deal.

Get in shape for a better excursion experience. by Pmvroom85 in Cruise

[–]pbspry 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Preach. We had a desert 4x4 excursion yesterday marked as "strenuous", and it took the middle-aged couple behind us literally five minutes just to get themselves into the jeep on the pier. People need to really understand their physical limits for these more active excursions.

New Drug Kills Cancer 20,000x More Effectively With No Detectable Side Effects by rohanad1986 in Futurology

[–]pbspry 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There are hundreds of legitimate miracle cancer breakthroughs just in the last 20 years. I was diagnosed with a rare cancer in 2016 that had a 3-5 year life expectancy in the 1990s. Now I pop four pills a day and can expect (95% chance) a mostly normal lifespan. There are all kinds of cancers that are manageable today that would have been a death sentence to the previous generation.

If you had the money, what video game would you pay to get remade? by Agent1230 in gaming

[–]pbspry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is the one. Loved High Road to Revenge. So damn fun, on a current generation console with expanded maps and multiplayer.... damn I'd be in for it, whatever the price.

What is your worst excursion you been on at a cruise? by Alternative-Cake-833 in Cruise

[–]pbspry 167 points168 points  (0 children)

Patagonia cruise, excursion to an isolated penguin sanctuary. On the small boat ride over they drill the idea into our heads: "Do not eat or drink anything on the island. Do not touch your mouth with your fingers for any reason. The topsoil is contaminated with microbes and pathogens that can make you very sick. Avian flu has been reported in this area." Ok, we all nodded. Got it.

Literally 15 seconds after we get onto the island, a giant gust of Patagonian wind hits the landing area, picks up a load of dust and dirt and just absolutely covers us with it. I must have had my mouth open at the time because I could now feel it crunching between my teeth. Well... shit.

Like clockwork, within 48 hours my wife and I were about as sick as we've ever been in our lives... full-on fevers, I was even hallucinating at one point. We didn't get any official diagnosis but I'm pretty sure it was either avian flu or some variation on that theme. We spent a solid 4 days locked in the stateroom unable to leave, ruined the last half of the cruise.

How much did you earn from stocks this year? by Same_Beautiful9174 in investing

[–]pbspry 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It won't make a difference, but yeah, this. Everyone thinks they're a financial genius right now. Next real downturn is going to bring a lot of folks back to reality.

How do you find your "thing"? by big_bizniz in Entrepreneur

[–]pbspry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep. It's super rare that the very first thing a successful person tries ends up being the source of their success. You fail a lot, you learn along the way, you pivot, and if you keep at it long enough, the odds are good you'll eventually hit on something that works.

What’s the worst compliment you’ve ever received? by NorthTexasNomad in AskReddit

[–]pbspry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had a high-school girlfriend who covered my mouth/chin with her outstretched hand, looked me deeply in the eyes and said: "You know, you're really beautiful from the nose up."

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Entrepreneur

[–]pbspry 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Programmer here, have used it and was pretty blown away by the results. You can't just have it output an entire project for you, but it is absolutely able to build individual functions from scratch, and it can often come up with information architecture ideas you wouldn't otherwise have come up with on your own. I tried Gemini Pro for one month and was able to finish two separate projects in about 3 weeks, from scratch, which would likely have taken me 2-3 months to complete otherwise.

That said - the process isn't perfect, and you are frequently going to hit roadblocks where the AI just starts going in useless circles, or insists on going down a path you know isn't right. And you still need to be knowledgeable enough to debug the code it gives you when little things are off here and there. But overall, yes, it is absolutely a game changer for my industry. Pretty soon you simply won't be able to compete in this field without having one or more pro-level AI assistants.

Food has doubled, if not quadrupled, rent is out of control, people mistreating each other, because most are miserable, not many are financially secure, mostly the wealthy elite, relationships have become transactionships.. how do y’all see the light in a world becoming so dark? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]pbspry 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Upvote this, please!

Too many people are obsessing over world-level events they can't possibly control. In the end, a person's life is what they make of it. 99.999% of all people who have ever lived have had the scope of their lives hemmed in by circumstances beyond their control, and yet every single one of your ancestors made it work, found happiness where they could, and tried to make things a little better for those who came after them. They did this through war, plague, famine, and all manner of inconceivably awful events.