One of the best endings of any show I can remember. It answered the biggest question of the show (concerning Stan) so well, and the ending was both surprising and fully earned. Masterful television.
Got introduced to Rufus Sewell in 'The Man in The High Castle'. He played an SS commander. Most intimidating and frightening presence on the screen - without raising his voice and no (direct) acts of violence. Great actor.
He is indeed an extremly good actor .. wasted in some earlier US productions that bought him in for the Shakespearean Gravitas (pissed away by poor scripts in Eleventh Hour) .. but a shining light in various UK productions such as Petruchio in ShakespeaRe-Told.
I couldn't agree more. It was masterful, and had an enormously shocking ending emotionally - in multiple ways, including the Stan ending, though I'm sure we're both talking about something else.
Btw, funny enough, on rewatches, I actually focus more on the one big Stan question that isn't answered (and, in fact, is actually asked to him for the first time). I'm happy it was never resolved, though I keep wondering if there's some clue that they are hiding in there that will resolve it for real one of these days :)
I never finished The Americans but The Shield had the most perfect ending possible for that show and it was amazing! Worth checking out for anyone who has not already seen it.
FWIW I absolutely love The Shield, one of my favorite shows. The Americans is better. But it was also hard to get into, and I stopped a few episodes in the first time. It gets much better the more the story goes on.
As a fellow The Shield-lover, I highly recommend you try to finish The Americans.
That last part is the miracle. So many shows start out strong, and are just dogshit for the finale. Does anyone really believe that Severance will manage this trick? Would love to be surprised and mistaken, but they're just throwing crap at the wall to see what will stick, and that only lasts so long.
I had (have) an undiagnosed gluten allergy, and had similar issues for a couple years until I tried cutting wheat and other sources of gluten out of my diet and felt like a normal human being again within two days.
You have to be careful with suggesting to cut out X/Y/Z foods. Said another way, I would recommend OP eat a bag of gluten and see if they end up in the hospital you'll have your diagnosis in 15 minutes and then there'd be no argument.
I'm not speaking about you specifically, parents get the cutting out X/Y/Z food wrong with their kids all the time. It makes people afraid of eating instead of afraid of what they're allergic to. Unless you maintain a strict food journal which I don't have time for why not just take 2x dose of Zyrtec (I'm just a happy customer) for a week, then try the gluten/paleo/soylent/steve jobs diet.
Edit: I am not a medical doctor and taking an antihistamine to mask a food allergy is probably dangerous but I'm still testing myself. OP said they tried Dramamine, which is an antihistime. I've taken that along with many antacids including Nexium and Pepcid which are also antihistimine. Maybe mast cell disorder is what doctors have to call it so someone with a peanut allergy doesn't read this and reaches for zyrtec and a bowl of peanuts and throws out their epipen. That's why I mentioned the pollen cross-reactivity because I think my body is just overreacting so I'm making the executive decision to suppress it. It's been 8 months or so, I've not taken a single Nexium, only a couple pepcid which for my family is basically cured. I moved somewhere with less pollen because I don't like taking pills all the time.
Edit-Edit (I'm really focused on this topic lately): The bottom line is that I reduced my cetirizine use from 15–20 mg/day to about 5 mg/day by moving to a place with less pollen.
If you're experiencing something similar, pay attention to any systemic symptoms and listen to your body. I had eliminated almost all food from my diet to control my gastric issues. But my left ear was having tinnitus. They checked it, they said my ears are very clean and thought it might be middle ear problems. They gave me a list of antihistimines and a nasal steroid (flonase) to try. I channeled my oppositional energy and thought, "Well, if they want me to try it…"
So I bought the entire list they gave me, I took cetirizine once a day, loratadine twice a day, and occasionally a fexofenadine pill (along with my usual double dose of Nexium, which I was desperate to discontinue) plus the Flonase for good measure.
I started cetirizine to manage tinnitus and dizziness, which are entirely separate systemic symptoms that I had never associated with my gastric symptoms or food.
A few days later, my ears cleared, and all my gastric/reflux symptoms disappeared. I quit all antacids on the same _day_. When my middle ears drain, that's my canary in the coal mine. It had worked so well that I wondered how long I had been suffering before I moved to Pollenville in the first place and just didn't notice.
Thanks Pollenville. You were my bag of raw gluten powder.
What “sorta just happened” is Swift 6. I knew Swift, I loved Swift. Swift designed itself right away from what I was willing to put up with anymore.
Go in comparison seems unnecessarily pedantic, occasionally too verbose, and occasionally unnecessarily terse. But it never makes me lolsob minus the lol
This feels like SAT/ACT reading comprehension question! I think that "But it never makes me lolsob minus the lol" means he meant he doesn't like the changes Swift 6 made.
What’s the value prop of your tool? I can’t tell from either your description or the README. Is it GitHub Actions UI integration inside JetBrains IDEs? Is there more that I’m missing?
Our MVP release focuses on bringing most, if not all, GitHub Actions functionality directly into JetBrains IDEs, allowing users to manage their workflows without leaving their development environment. The primary value here is reduced context switching, leading to increased productivity and uninterrupted focus—something we as developers deeply appreciate.
That said, this is just the beginning. Our long-term vision goes beyond simple UI integration—we aim to introduce features that expand what's possible with GitHub Actions, such as the ability to run actions locally or seamlessly set up your local machine as a GitHub self-hosted runner. This would allow developers to test workflows for free during development, using the same setup they rely on in production.
And that's just one example! We have plenty more ideas and would love to hear from the community about what features would make GitHub Actions even more powerful inside JetBrains IDEs.
We’re excited about the journey ahead and appreciate your feedback!
It’s gonna be real funny when China invades Taiwan and ends up tanking the US stock market — which is of course Trump’s favorite proxy for his own notional success. /s
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