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  3. ~The TV Shows Thread~

    in General Chatter

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    On 3/28/2024 at 10:51 PM, kaka_messi said:

    Any review on The Gentlemen and 3 body problem on Netflix? IMDb reviews look decent but don’t want to waste time  on 8 episodes of 1 hour each if ain’t good. 😌 

    +1 for 3 Body Problem, it looks intriguing, anyone watched it ?

  6. The "Good" and The "Bad" News Thread :) :(

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    15 hours ago, KunjanPSD said:

    Crashed out of a job opportunity at Coinbase after 5 rounds.

     

    Randomly received rejection email yesterday. Recruiter says that it was just bad luck, in the end it was between me and one other person, tie breaker was experience (3.5 vs 6).

    Took away 1.5 months of bandwidth.

    That sucks specially when you give in a 100% into something but what I have realized in life is that if you keep at it something better is always waiting down the road sometimes it might take a little more time but there always is something better or sometimes things where you had lost hope suddenly out of no where come back. I know it is typical self-motivation book quote but it has always been true. 

     

    On to the next one mate. Cheers!

  7. Credit Card - Help & Recommendations

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    37 minutes ago, KunjanPSD said:

    50% transfer bonus hasn't come for last 3 years. It's been 30%.

    Didn't know about the Taj policy change, can you share the source?

    The good old days with 50% transfer bonus. I remember transferring all my points and getting brilliant value on Marriot properties. 30% I have used once didn't know it was the norm now, sad.

     

    Taj source- I tried booking 2 months back and the property told me that vouchers cannot be used on member rates anymore, called Amex and they acknowledged it said that Taj has the right to decide and they have started getting this complaint from customers. 

  8. Credit Card - Help & Recommendations

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    17 hours ago, KunjanPSD said:

    Amex is the biggest winner here. Trifecta or atleast Platinum travel is a must have.

    Amex is nice, the only problem with the Plat. Travel is the new update to the vouchers policy by Taj. Earlier the vouchers were applicable on member rates so the benefits were pretty good and I used the Taj vouchers a lot but now the vouchers are not valid on member rates so you have to take the normal rates which are quite higher. 

     

    But for Bonvoy points it is pretty good I mostly transfer the points during promotions of extra 50% on transfer. 

  11. The Stock Market thread

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    19 minutes ago, Sach4life said:

     

    Interactive Broker (IBKR)

     

    56 minutes ago, SpearHea:D said:

     

    With their dominance and ai demand. It will shoot up more and more. 

     

    How do you buy us stocks, i use  indmoney app.

    Isn't the tax on foreign equity crazy ? I am sure most here will be falling in 20%/30% bracket ?

  15. Official PlayStation Plus thread

    in News, Rumours and Discussions

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    7 minutes ago, Ne0 said:

    I bought sifu on discount sometime back on egs.  Maybe my age is acting up but I found it to be quite hard and my hands used to literally ache after some 30 mins of playing.  Uninstalled it somewhere mid way or before the mid way point and never got back to it.

     

    3 minutes ago, Assassins Creed said:

     

    Yep, the game has a tough learning curve... everyone whose getting excited won't be that happy after playing it

    How difficult are we talking about ? Returnal/Hades or worse ?

  16. ~The TV Shows Thread~

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    8 minutes ago, Ne0 said:

    I found the bear to be too self indulgent.  The camera angles, the colour palette, the pretentious emotional roller coasters or the frequent unnecessary close up shots of the actors…. I watched first season, but gave up on the show somewhere after couple of episodes in the second. 

    I think the second season is phenomenal, specially some of the individual episodes with just one character and how they evolved from the first season. But I get what you are saying some of the intense scenes can get a little over the top. However, I loved those intense scenes and I get why they went for emotional punches throughout the season. 

     

    BTW I also did not like the first 3 episodes of season 2 but man - Episode 4, 6 and 7 were exceptional and the best series episodes I have watched in a long time. If you ever feel like it, give it another go. 

  17. Marvel's Wolverine

    in Games

    Posted

    Just now, Snake said:

    Not leaked, this is an internal rough cut that they used to show the game. It’s just segments that were hacked pieced together 

    Yeah, that is what I thought, it is too raw/amateur for an official trailer.

  18. ~The TV Shows Thread~

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    On 2/17/2024 at 2:58 AM, dylanjosh said:

    Finished last season of Succession. I think this is one of my favourite seasons of TV of all time oh man. This show is 2nd only to Breaking Bad / Saul. 

     

    Anyone else notice that Season 4 is often where great TV shows are made?? Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, Dexter, now Succession - all had kick a*s season 4's. 

     

    Going to start "The Bear" now. If anyone has any other recommendations let me know! 

     

     

    The Bear is awesome, specially season 2. Check out Severance on Apple TV if you haven't, it is a little slow the first 2 episodes but really picks up post that. 

  20. Movie Discussion Thread Vol. 2

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    Posted · Edited by SuperT

    21 hours ago, Bird Bird Bird said:

     

    Why is the entire industry picking on him? Pretty sure Javed Akhtar and tons of actors and directors and other film people portrayed really shitty characters in their heydeys. Female abuse, being creepy, stalker, non consensual touch/hug etc was not just common but glorified by almost all 80s/90s movies. 

    And FFS Animal is not even a misogynistic movie. Talk about missing the whole point. Akhtar sahab sathiya gaye hai. 

     

    I think partly because the guy is the problem and not his movies ? Many times in his statements and interviews he has justified abuse in relationships, I remember once he said - 'What is a relationship if there is no slapping or some sh*t and it lacks emotions'. He sounds like a highly toxic guy to be honest. I mean the other people in the industry are not saints but yeah I kind of get why he gets hate.

     

    Wait found it - https://www.facebook.com/brutindia/videos/502378310566735/

     

     

  24. The Stock Market thread

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    1 hour ago, KunjanPSD said:

    If you are going through Indian mediators then any gain will be taxed at 30% after the recent rule change.

    Only if you are buying directly outside India via an international broker, you can take the 20% LTCG.

    Damn! More reason to stay away. Also, the hassle of declaration during ITR ? 

  25. The Stock Market thread

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    On 1/25/2024 at 9:18 PM, dylanjosh said:

     

     

    US stock.. we can buy right??

    Not a good idea if it is for short term gains, afaik you will be taxed as per the tax bracket so if you fall in the 30% bracket then the tax on the US stock will be 30%. LTCG I believe is 20%. Many good opportunities in the Indian stock market, just my opinion do not consider this as an advice, do your research before investing in US stocks. 

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