I vaguely recall watching a movie before 2010 that may have involved a man trying to protect a telepathic kid (boy?) from people who are after him. (This may be entirely wrong; it seems like a popular plot idea used in similar movies.)
The one scene I remember is when the kid meets a scam artist playing three-card Monte. He shows a card before mixing it with two other cards on the table as the observing player tries to follow the card in order to identify it at the end. (It is scammy because of sleight of hand that tricks the observers.)
Most people would follow the card, but this kid was only staring at the scammer's head because the scammer kept track of where it was, and that was all the info the kid needed. I think the kid even pointed to the card without looking at it.
This occurred at least three times before the scammer got really annoyed with the kid, and the protective man had to take him away from the area.
I think this scene took place in an amusement park or carnival.
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Banning all card games because three-card Monte exists is honestly a really accurate analogy for banning crypto
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A lot of fans have considered that maybe Liz is not Masha. Certainly we have a clear issue:
Katarina and Fakerina are clearly two people. Dom believes Liz is Katarina's child, while Red seemed to have believed, at least until 7.10 that Liz was Fakerina's bio-child, raised by Katarina. The whole Masha the rumor thing smells of a charade, with characters that switch back as forth, some that only calls Liz Masha, and others for whom she is and has always been Elizabeth.
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But before we delve into the anticipated who's who in the girls, let us review the issue of the "Too Many Katarinas."
An idea presenting itself is that Fakerina became a "replacement" for Dom's daughter Fakerina. Let us recount what we KNOW:
The photo of the blond Katarina in the swing seems to be Fakerina, a woman hunted by the Osterman Umbrella Co. for betraying the KGB, and a KGB agent who Red says is Liz's mother, whom he knew as "Katarina Rostova." If it is Fakerina, then she is a woman whose real name Red does not know. A ghost with no name. Red sometimes calls her Katarina because that is how he knew her.
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Dom's daughter Katarina is the woman remembered by Kate in Requiem, by Ilya in Orion RS, and featured in the Rassvet tale. She is also the woman Dom hallucinates with in his last moments. Possibly, the woman Red hallucinates with in Cape May, but that seems to be a complex situation of blending them, just like Dom's hallucination. Katarina is also the mole who gained access to the KGB headquarters at Lubyanka Square in 1990 and stole the 13 classified information packets, also known as N13.
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BUT for the Russians, who did not know of another woman using the name, there are one and the same. For them THE daughter of Dominic, spymaster, is "Katarina Rostova".
An aspect that is remarkable is the vim and vigor exhibited by Fakerina in going after Dom. With reason, for Dom set her to die to protect "his own". But there seems to be a level of spite for both of them that seems personal. Dom tells her to go to hell, and refers to her as "
... keep reading on reddit ➡I'm pretty sure it's a TV show, but I remember a couple people keep trying to beat a three card monte dealer, but a third party is the one that figures it out after they watch a video recording of the dealer. The big reveal is that the dealer's chin points to the correct card.
I feel like it's that stupid Jenny McCarthy show, but my futile search attempts yielded nothing. Thanks in advance!
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“Topaz!”
I turned away from the crowd of chattering partygoers to spot a woman in a green-and-black mask waving at me. The uncovered half of her face was only familiar enough that I knew who I was talking to.
Veronica Sur, software technician at Gateway Energy, jogged up to me and threw her arms around me as if we were long-lost friends being reunited. The glittering sequins on her mask brushed my cheek.
“Don’t be so stiff,” she whispered.
I returned her embrace. When we pulled away, she beamed at me, her black lipstick glistening in the lights.
“I haven’t seen you in so long,” she said. “You’ve got to tell me what you’ve been up to!”
She began to walk away from the ballroom down the western wing. I followed, the holster of my gun pressing against my leg with every step. In my head, I tried to gauge how fast I could draw the weapon and shoot it, and how far I could get before the security guards lurking at every corner got me.
“Where’s your room, Topi?”
“No one ever calls me Topi,” I muttered.
Veronica laughed as if I had just cracked a great joke. She slowed her walking pace and looked at me expectantly. I sped up so that I was now the one leading her away.
By the time we reached my room, the holster on my leg had become damp with sweat.
“Just get what you need and let’s go to my room, okay?” Veronica chirped.
“Okay,” I said, producing my card key and opening the door. Veronica waited outside while I walked over to my bed and retrieved the briefcase tucked underneath it.
“Oh, and Topi?”
“Hm?”
“Try to smile a little, sweetie. You’re going to get wrinkles.”
I pursed my lips. When I brought the briefcase out into the hallway and locked my door, Veronica turned on her heels and began walking to the elevator.
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Veronica’s room was largely identical to mine, though it was higher off the lower deck on the seventh floor. The curtains were already drawn tightly closed when we entered.
Only after she had closed and locked the door behind her and taken five minutes to inspect every nook and cranny of the room did she finally drop her facade.
“Sorry for making you wait,” she said, her voice a half-note lower than the high-pitched chirp she had used outside. “You never know when people are going to bug your room. I’d suggest you check yours every time you leave and come back, too.”
“Bug?”
“Of course. Hidden cameras, listen
... keep reading on reddit ➡While it would take dozens of cards to effectively max out every possible bonus category, three cards seems to be a happy medium. This allows for earning above baseline in high spend categories, while not being too unruly to manage.
Just curious which cards others use most frequently and why, and which cards are relegated to the sock drawer, but still worth keeping alive.
Here's my story and reasoning:
Earlier this year I made an effort to simplify my primary lineup with a focus on minimizing fees and prioritizing actual cash back rather than points/miles within a closed ecosystem. I do still have a sock drawer of other cards that will see occasional use in specific scenarios, but the top three carry the vast majority of spend.
Card 1: CapOne Savor MC - 4% cash back on dining & entertainment, $95 AF, no FTF. Before the shutdown of restaurants and mandatory quarantines, dining was my biggest spend on cards. Easily made back enough money to justify the AF, but that may change this year depending how long the current situation lasts.
Card 2: BoA AAA Member Rewards Visa - 3% cash back on travel, no AF, no FTF. Travel ground to a halt along with dining, but this is a replacement card for two Chase United cards due to recent devaluation of miles and the cards no longer providing much assistance towards Premier qualification.
Card 3: SDFCU Premium Cash Back + Visa - 2% cash back catch all, no AF, no FTF, Chip + PIN priority. Had to jump through a few hoops to join the credit union and obtain this card, but it seems to be a unicorn with its combination of features and lack of fees.
Sock drawer 'keepers':
Discover It - 5% cash back on specialty quarterly categories, no AF, no FTF. Very old account.
BMO Diners Club MC - Lounge access, primary rental car insurance, $95 AF, 3% FTF, Chip + PIN priority. Very old account.
Delta Blue AmEx - No AF, no FTF. Occasional AmEx exclusive early access and discounts. Very old account.
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Three face down cards, and you have to guess which is the red queen. That's what it meant by painting the Whiterose red.
"Prepare to declare" is a reference to when you choose which card you think is right.
The game is usually a con, where none of the cards are actually the red queen. Painting the white rose red means reversing the con, and changing the card you pick into the red queen. Scamming the scammers.
They don't know we are here yet refers to no one knowing that we aren't watching the real Elliot. It is literally written in the trail of a butterfly, which emerges from a cocoon, just like Elliot emerges from a mental cocoon at the end of the show.
The card itself shows two queens, usually on a card they are symmetrical, but on this one they aren't, one is angry and one is crying. This is the hint that the Elliot we were watching was just the angry side, with the sad one hidden under the surface. That's the one we see crying, and secretively crying for a second after Tyrell dies.
The fact the sad one being right side up and the other a reflection shows that when we see Elliot crying, that's the real Elliot.
The sad one, the real Elliot, holds a flower, a symbol of both love and mourning, traits of the real Elliot which the Mastermind does struggles with.
The angry one holds lavendar, a flower that was believed to he medicinal for hundreds of years, though it actually had no healing effect. The Mastermind believes he is helping the world, saving Elliot, though he ends up overvaluing himself and getting in the way of real healing.
The Mastermind and Mr Robot are the black cards, and the real Elliot is the red queen. Everyone who talks to the system known as Elliot, wants to talk to the real Elliot, the red queen, but Mr Robot and the Mastermind are shuffled in front of them. The Mastermind is painted red, so that if someone tries to win the game and get to him, like Whiterose did, they'll believe they've won, only to be duped and have their money taken, just like Whiterose. Angela says she can tell when she's not talking to the real Elliot because of his eyes being different, and on the playing card, we can tell between the two identical queens by looking at the eyes.
That's how he tricked Whiterose. She knew the real Elliot killed his father by exposing his secret, and regretted it, and t
... keep reading on reddit ➡I have some nephews that love to see me juggle and I had an idea for a game to play: if I could get juggling balls that were able to open up, I could put a light object in one of them and play a "can you follow the ball" game, starting with simple patterns and getting progressively trickier.
I could use those plastic Easter eggs but they're not very durable and not fun to juggle. I'm sure I'm not the first person to come up with this so I'd like to know if there's already a solution out there.
Edit: The closest I've found so far is some 70mm makeup containers from aliexpress/amazon when I search there for "sphere container". The only downside is that the bottom is flat because it is supposed to rest on a table. If I don't find anything better I'll probably go with these.
Edit 2: I found some plastic pokeballs on AliExpress that latch closed that should do the trick. Maybe I'll put a Pikachu in one and Bidoofs in the others for flavor.
BACKGROUND: I own and operate my own retail store. It's actually a seasonal fireworks tent, but not like any fireworks tent you've seen before. It’s 2400 square feet of fireworks heaven, where the party, and the insanity, climax at midnight on the 4th of July and New Years Eve.
STORY: Josh is one of the guys that work for me every year at my fireworks tent, although I have to use the term “work” loosely with Josh. He’s a tall, skinny, 19 year old high school dropout, who would rather be lighting up than working given the choice. His parents are two of my good friends, which is the ONLY reason he still works for me.
When we’re working, I spend and unreasonable amount of time playing the “Where’s Josh” game. It’s like “Where’s Waldo”, but usually involves Josh sitting out of sight in the back of the storage container or “going to the bathroom” for 30 minutes. I know that if I’m not watching him, there’s a 86% chance that he’s sitting on his ass somewhere avoiding work.
Josh always owes people money. Friends, family, enemies, me, the list goes on and on. Since I’m pretty much his only source of regular income, and I only work him about 6 weeks out of the year, Josh is perpetually broke or in debt.
Last year, his mother let me know that Josh owed them some BIG bucks, several hundred dollars. They were making him pay for the repairs from when they were out of town and Josh had drunkenly stolen his father’s car, and then conveniently wrecked it into his mother’s car. Sadly, just another day with Josh.
I talked to Josh about it and he seemed embarrassed, and asked me to work him as many hours as possible so he could pay his parents back. Feeling sorry for him (I’m a sucker); I let him pick up extra shifts.
I gave him his paycheck after the first week of work, and reminded him that he needed to pay his mother back. He assured me that he would. He then cashed the paycheck on blew the entire thing on fast food, liquor, and “herbs”. His parents were disappointed, but not really surprised.
I gave him hell after I found out what he’d done, and he assured me that he was going to pay back his parents with the next paycheck. I’m a sucker, not an idiot, and I know Josh too well.
From July 1st on, we work a TON of hours, since that’s by far our busiest time of the year, and everyone’s happy when payday arrives. I hadn’t forgotten the fast one that Josh had pulled with the last paycheck, and I mentioned to him more than once that he needed to cash his next
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I’ve been thinking up a scam card game for my character Emerald (or Emi for short) to play on the streets to earn some money whenever the chance arises. It’s a form of three card Monte.
Emi starts by showing a single red card and two black cards. She flips them over and shuffles them around. At some point, she may switch out the red card for another black card, which is an exact copy of one of the other two black cards as to avoid suspicion.
Emerald makes a performance check contested by an intelligence check by the participant. If the participants intelligence meets or exceeds her performance, they can tell where the red card would be had everything gone according to plan.
Alongside those checks emerald makes a sleight of hand check contested by a perception check by the participant. On a successful perception, they notice her slipping the card into her sleeve and slipping out a new one.
Emerald can choose to fail either check, resulting in the participant succeeding and gaining the respective intel. She can also choose not to switch out the cards if she so desires.
What do you think? Do these rules seem fair to you?
BACKGROUND: I own and operate my own retail store. It's actually a seasonal fireworks tent, but not like any fireworks tent you've seen before. It’s 2400 square feet of fireworks heaven, where the party, and the insanity, climax at midnight on the 4th of July and New Years Eve.
STORY: Josh is one of the guys that work for me every year at my fireworks tent, although I have to use the term “work” loosely with Josh. He’s a tall, skinny, 19 year old high school dropout, who would rather be lighting up than working given the choice. His parents are two of my good friends, which is the ONLY reason he still works for me.
When we’re working, I spend and unreasonable amount of time playing the “Where’s Josh” game. It’s like “Where’s Waldo”, but usually involves Josh sitting out of sight in the back of the storage container or “going to the bathroom” for 30 minutes. I know that if I’m not watching him, there’s a 86% chance that he’s sitting on his ass somewhere avoiding work.
Josh always owes people money. Friends, family, enemies, me, the list goes on and on. Since I’m pretty much his only source of regular income, and I only work him about 6 weeks out of the year, Josh is perpetually broke or in debt.
Last year, his mother let me know that Josh owed them some BIG bucks, several hundred dollars. They were making him pay for the repairs from when they were out of town and Josh had drunkenly stolen his father’s car, and then conveniently wrecked it into his mother’s car. Sadly, just another day with Josh.
I talked to Josh about it and he seemed embarrassed, and asked me to work him as many hours as possible so he could pay his parents back. Feeling sorry for him (I’m a sucker); I let him pick up extra shifts.
I gave him his paycheck after the first week of work, and reminded him that he needed to pay his mother back. He assured me that he would. He then cashed the paycheck on blew the entire thing on fast food, liquor, and “herbs”. His parents were disappointed, but not really surprised.
I gave him hell after I found out what he’d done, and he assured me that he was going to pay back his parents with the next paycheck. I’m a sucker, not an idiot, and I know Josh too well.
From July 1st on, we work a TON of hours, since that’s by far our busiest time of the year, and everyone’s happy when payday arrives. I hadn’t forgotten the fast one that Josh had pulled with the last paycheck, and I mentioned to him more than once that he needed to cash his next
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