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One of the best space movies I've ever watched if not the best surely it comes right after interstellar on the list. Ryan Gosling as always killed it 🔥 🔥 on the screen, i can't even imagine any other actor playing Grace other than him and...........

Rocky 🥹🥹🥹cried for that lil guy so much throughout the movie, what an awesome movie man. Give it a go guys if you haven't already its absolutely worth the 2 hours 40 mins.

Gcash dominates the remittance app discussions but maya (formerly paymaya) has been growing and not every international remittance app supports it. Worth knowing before you send $300 and it fails because your wife's account is maya not gcash.

Tested from the US with $350 test transfers on my wife's maya account in davao. taptapsend us to philippines currently supports gcash direct, maya support has been expanding across 2025 to 2026, worth checking current availability in the app before assuming. Remitly us to philippines supports maya in addition to gcash. Worldremit supports maya. Wise for the philippines is bank deposit only, neither gcash nor maya supported.

If your family is specifically on maya and not gcash, remitly and worldremit are the safest bets. For gcash, the list widens to include taptapsend, remitly, worldremit, and xoom (though xoom rates have fallen behind).

On speed: my wife's maya deposits through remitly typically land in 10 to 20 minutes. Gcash deposits via taptapsend in previous testing have been under 10 minutes consistently. Bank deposits (the wise option) to a philippine bank run 1 to several hours depending on the recipient bank's international processing cutoff.

For families with both maya and gcash accounts, practical recommendation is to set your sender to gcash because more apps support it, giving you flexibility to switch if one app has rate issues. Maya only forces you into a smaller subset of apps which reduces your comparison leverage.

12 months of tracking gcash delivery times because I got curious if the ""faster"" apps were actually faster or if it was marketing. $400 monthly from chase checking to mom's gcash in cebu across taptapsend, remitly, and worldremit. Real data:

taptapsend us to philippines, direct gcash deposit, no fee above $200, $1.99 below, rate has consistently come out a few pesos per dollar better than the others I tracked against. Average delivery time in my data: 7 minutes to gcash. Remitly us to philippines, direct gcash, $1.99 fee per transfer. Average delivery: 12 minutes. Worldremit us to philippines, direct gcash, fee $1 to $4 depending on amount, rate competitive but variable. Average delivery: 18 minutes.

Wise does not support gcash for the philippines corridor, bank deposit only. If your family is on gcash (which is most filipino families at this point), wise is basically out.

On $400 monthly the PHP received gap between taptapsend and remitly is usually 150 to 300 pesos in either direction. taptapsend wins about 60 percent of my sends because the no fee structure above $200 plus the rate combo edges remitly's $1.99 plus markup when the rate delta is small.

From canada the story is similar. taptapsend canada to philippines, gcash supported, no fee above $CAD 310 equivalent. Remitly canada to philippines works similarly. Canadian bank wires via TD or RBC to the philippines are the expensive trap (around $65 CAD per wire plus bad rate).

Hey everyone,

Lately I have been paying closer attention to how TikTok pushes videos, and one thing I noticed is that engagement in the first few hours seems to change everything. Sometimes I upload a video that I honestly think is strong, but because it starts slowly, the reach never really builds up after that.

That is why I started researching TikTok growth services, mainly for views and likes. I am not trying to inflate numbers in a crazy way, but I do think a little activity at the start can make a video feel more trustworthy when new people come across it.

The problem is that there are hundreds of sites online and almost all of them promise the same things, real engagement, safe delivery, instant results, non drop services, and so on. After reading reviews for hours, I somehow ended up even more confused because the opinions are completely mixed.

What I really care about is finding something that looks natural and does not create weird spikes that could hurt the account later. I would rather have slower delivery and stable engagement than massive numbers all at once.

For anyone who has actually tested these services recently, what was your experience like?

Did certain sites feel safer or more consistent than others? And did you notice any difference in how your videos performed after using them?

Hey everyone,

I have been putting more effort into my Facebook page recently and trying to improve engagement on my posts, but honestly the results still feel very unpredictable. Some posts get decent interaction, while others barely get noticed even when the content quality feels similar.

One thing I keep noticing is that posts with existing reactions naturally attract more attention. When people see likes already on a post, they seem more likely to stop scrolling, read through it, and sometimes interact themselves. But when a post looks completely inactive, it often gets ignored no matter how much effort went into it.

Because of that, I started researching Facebook like services to see whether they actually help improve first impressions and make posts feel more active. The issue is that there are so many providers online now that it becomes difficult to know which ones are reliable and which ones are just selling low quality engagement.

A lot of sites promise “real likes,” natural delivery, and safe growth, but once you start reading reviews, the opinions become completely mixed. Some people say certain services helped their page activity look more natural, while others mention disappearing likes or engagement that looked obviously fake.

I am not looking for huge overnight numbers or anything unrealistic. I would rather find something gradual that blends naturally with normal engagement instead of making the page look suspicious.

For anyone who has actually bought Facebook likes before, what was your experience like overall?

Did it genuinely help posts appear more active, or did it mostly end up being temporary numbers without much real impact?

With the recent rise of MCP tools, I’ve been seeing more discussions about how people doing research or data scraping can now get usable datasets in like 15 minutes or even less using AI.

Some people are saying it’s more “real” or verifiable compared to just using ChatGPT or Gemini alone, since it can actually pull structured data directly from live sources instead of generating summaries. Has anyone here actually used this in practice?

I’m curious about the real use case like: keyword-based search + SERP collection, product price intelligence scraping, lead generation and so on. If you’ve used MCP-based tools (especially with AI agents), would really appreciate it if you could share your experience.

Doing my GCSEs this summer and I've spent way too much time looking at flashcard apps trying to find the right one for maths revision specifically. Maths is weird bc it's not really vocab, it's more like working through methods and remembering when to apply which formula. Some apps handle that well, most don't.

What you really want in a flashcard app for gcse:

ability to insert images and equations easily, not just text Q&A bc maths is full of diagrams

spaced repetition that adapts to which cards you keep getting wrong

offline mode bc revision sessions on the train shouldn't break when wifi drops

some way to make cards from your notes without retyping everything (this is the big one tbh)

Apps I'd recommend after trying about six of them:

remnote: my main for maths revision now. you take notes normally, mark bits as flashcards on the fly, and they go into spaced repetition as you write. handles latex too which matters bc maths needs real equations not screenshots.

anki: legitimately the gold standard for spaced repetition, but the setup is rough if you're not techy. great once you push through the first weekend of configuring it.

quizlet: most people in my year use it bc the shared decks mean you don't have to make your own. fine for memorising formulas and definitions but weaker for actual maths method recall, the cards fall apart once questions ask you to apply something instead of just spit it back.

brainscape: gave it a go but the free tier is too limited for proper revision use. the confidence rating thing seemed interesting on paper but you can't really test it without paying, and I'm not paying for a flashcard app at gcse level when there's free ones that work fine.

If you're doing al text vocab subjects (history, sociology, etc) any of these honestly work. For maths specifically, equation and image handling is what separates them, so that's what i'd

4 years of picking content marketing agencies for our enterprise SaaS. on my 4th right now. somewhere north of 30 pitch decks between the last 3 engagements.

most of them blur together. the decks are interchangeable and the case studies look identical. but when you call references at the 6 month mark, the agencies that delivered are not the agencies who pitched best. that was the most frustrating part of the first 2 cycles.

the thing that started working for me last year is asking each shop to walk me through three articles theyve published in the last six months. not as samples. as a deep dive. for each article: what was the search-intent they were targeting, where in the buying cycle they thought that searcher was, and what happened on the demo side after the article ranked. most agencies cant do that walkthrough.

i also ask how they decide what NOT to write. not how they pick the editorial calendar, but how they kill ideas. agencies that deliver kill more than they write. the ones who dont kill anything are running output retainers.

and i ask to see customer reporting in the pitch call. if they wont show it until after signing, im out.

whats on your filter list for enterprise-tier engagements?

I work in an online betting company based in Paris, I'm the CFO. We've grown fast in the past 18 months (went from 30 to 80 people, mostly 25-30 year olds) and we've been losing people faster than we'd like, exit interviews keep pointing to a lack of clarity on where they're going in the company. I've looked at a few tools already but most of them feel either way too enterprise-heavy or like a glorified timesheet. Looking for a talent management tool that helps us track employees, give them visibility on their career path, and also handle onboardings properly. Curious what's actually worked for you.

Something I’ve never really spoken about openly:

I used to think not getting IIT CS meant I failed.

In 11th and 12th, IIT was everything to me.

Not college.

Not engineering.

Just IIT.

Specifically top 7 IIT CS.

I genuinely built my entire self-worth around that goal.

I studied hard too.

Like properly hard.

Skipped trips.

Muted group chats.

Deleted games.

Stopped talking to a lot of people.

I remember sitting in coaching tests calculating ranks every single week like my life depended on it.

And honestly, for a long time, things were going well.

Good mock scores.

Teachers had expectations from me.

Parents were proud.

Then JEE Advanced happened.

And I messed up.

Not because the paper was impossible.

Not because I didn’t study.

I messed up mentally.

One bad section completely killed my confidence during the exam and I never recovered after that.

Ended up with a rank around 45xx.

The funny thing is outsiders will look at that rank and say “bro that’s amazing”.

But when you spend 2 years dreaming about IITB CS, your brain doesn’t see 45xx as success.

It sees it as “you weren’t good enough”.

I remember pretending to be okay in front of everyone.

But internally I genuinely felt broken for weeks.

Then BITSAT happened.

At that point I had almost stopped believing in myself.

But weirdly, that helped me stay calmer.

Got into Pilani CS eventually.

And now after 3 years here, I can confidently say this:

Most aspirants massively overestimate how much JEE rank matters after college starts.

The smartest people I’ve met are from everywhere.

BITS.

IITs.

NITs.

Random colleges nobody talks about.

And the craziest part?

Nobody in college cares about your Advanced rank after a point.

Your skills, projects, internships, communication, consistency — those things start mattering WAY more.

I now work at crackIt as an intern, and i built many of the bitsat mock papers, and mentor a lot of the students as well aiming for 300+.

And as someone who is now mentoring aspirants

Do I still wonder sometimes what life would’ve been like at IITB CS?

Yeah.

Of course.

But do I think my life got ruined because I didn’t get it?

Not even close.

If your Advanced didn’t go well:

take a few days, feel bad, cry if needed.

But don’t convince yourself your story is over.

Because trust me, it really isn’t.

But again, do not take BITSAT lite, work for it, give it your all for the exam.

I woke up looking like I went a few rounds in a boxing ring. The puffiness takes hours to go down.

My eyelids ar egetting a bit thinner and crepey.My pencil eyeliners are dragging and tugging, making it impossible to get a straight line.

Been asking around and getting wildly different answers so putting this to people who've been through it or are close to it.

Here's what I've pieced together, curious if this tracks for people in trucking or freight:

Pre sale prep, 12 to 24 months. Getting financials clean, documenting processes, reducing owner dependency, building a management layer that runs without you. This phase takes longer than expected because most of it is actually changing how the business operates, not just organizing paperwork. I worked with cultivate advisors during this phase because doing the prioritization alone felt like guessing, and having someone map out exactly what was going to matter to a buyer versus what was just general cleanup made that way more manageable.

Going to market with a broker, 6 to 12 months before serious buyer conversations. Dealing with offers that go nowhere, finding someone qualified and actually interested.

Due diligence and close, 3 to 6 months after a real buyer is in the picture. Due diligence alone runs 60 to 90 days assuming nothing stalls it, and for a trucking business that means DOT compliance history, driver records, equipment valuations, all of it gets picked apart.

Honest total: somewhere between 2 and 4 years from "I'm ready to start thinking about this" to money in the account. Does that match what people here have you seen?

Been testing a few supplier platforms recently while looking for better pricing on small bulk orders. Honestly surprised how many manufacturers now allow lower MOQs compared to before. I used to think direct sourcing was only for big businesses but even smaller sellers can actually negotiate decent deals now.

Still trying to figure out which categories are safest to start with though. Electronics feels risky, maybe home products or accessories are easier for beginners. Curious what other people here are sourcing successfully in 2026.

Inherited an older bull outdoor grill from the previous homeowners. It is built like a tank but the inside is a total biohazard of old grease and the burners are firing all uneven. Does anyone know a service in North Texas that deep cleans or restores these? I'd rather pay to fix it than drop 3K on a new one.