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Notes on Paul Graham’s Writings About Writing

If you are someone looking for advice on writing, you rarely point to a computer geek turned entrepreneur for advice. In this essay, I take that plunge. Today, I want to discuss about Paul Graham. Prominently, his writing—and the advice he gives us on how we write and ought to write. Paul is a prominent figure in the tech world. He is known for his startup accelerator firm, Y Combinator, which…

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How the slashers show affection

Minor editing for formatting and writing for additional characters. (That's something you won't see in my original AO3 book!)

Michael Myers:

Quality time

He shows up. If Michael really likes you he will show up for you. Got a place you want to go? He's there. Did you work really hard on something and want show him? OK. Just maybe dont expect a huge reaction out of him.

Billy Loomis & Stu Macher:

Acts of service and physical touch!

Billy will go out of his way to try and help you do something. That or he'll just do it for you. Stu is a teddy bear. Always touching you or Billy.

Study date look a little like you and Billy doing the work and stu snuggled up to both of you.

Thomas Hewitt:

Acts of service

Thomas while busy will always find a way to help you. Something on a shelf you can't reach? Grabs it and hands it to you.

Bubba Sawyer:

Physical touch

Cuddle bug! Bubba is always down to cuddle. After all the chores are done of course. His brothers don't like slackers

Bo Sinclair:

Gift Giving

Will buy and or steal things off of victim's to give to you. ASK WHERE HE GOT THE CLOTHES FROM!! If he stutters either don't wear it or wash it a couple times.

Vincent Sinclair:

Gift Giving

He will draw/paint you and give it to you! He's very shy about no matter how long you've been together. Give him some praise and you might get some more.

Lester Sinclair:

Words of affirmation

Praise!!! He loves to give and get! Expect compliments all the time. You made dinner? " This is really really Good!" ( if you give some praise back he will be a big ol blushing mess )

Billy Lenz:

Physical touch

Did you expect anything else? Billy Lives to have his hands on you. If you don't find a hand on your ass, tits, or thighs, something is very wrong.

Brahms Heelshire:

Physical touch

Mother Fucker practically glued to your hip. Anytime you sit he's on your lap. Laying down? Already snuggled up. (Pro tip: you can get out of chores via cuddle compensation!)

Hannibal Lecter:

Acts of service

Don't want to do dishes? OK he'll do them! Don't want to get out of bed? He'll bring you your meals. Hannibal will do anything ( within reason) for you!

Will Graham:

Quality time

Will love spending time with you. More than anything in the world. You could just be sitting down, saying nothing, and he'd still appreciate it. Even if he can't vocalize it or put it into physical action, making time out of his schedule just to sit next to you is how he lets you know, he loves you.

The Lost boys:

David- Words of affirmation

David is a sweet talker through and through. If you seek verbal validation, He's your guy. He let you know when you're doing a good job, or if you look particularly nice this evening. He has no problem purring at you if he knows you like it.

Dwayne- Acts of service

Dwayne loves nothing more than helping you reach that tall shelf, or finding a book you'll like. And with that motorcycle, he has no problem being your personal chauffeur. He'll even read to you if you ask. Whatever you need, he's quick to dote on you.

Paul- Physical touch

No surprise here. Paul loves to grab and hold onto you at all hours. You can bet anytime you're standing still he's right behind you hugging you while rocking side to side. Sitting down? He's already pulled out the blanket to cuddle you.

Marko- Quality time

Marko might seem like a party, jump around kind of guy, but he actually sits pretty still when he's working on something. Whether it's a painting, sewing, or doodling he's almost like a statue (minus his hands of course). So when you're craving some kind of affection from him he'll let you lean on him while he's working, making light conversation. He cherishes these little moments with you.

Thanks for reading! <3

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Working with ADHD basically guarantees a reputation as unreliable. This article has a few tips on managing that in a tech context.

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paul trying to sit as close to andrew as physically possible on graham norton… i fear andrew has bewitched him heart and soul

And then Andrew was like “haha wait I gave you red carpet posing tips? I don’t remember this” *smacks Paul on the legs* they’re truly have the potential to take the rpf scene by storm

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HEY NOW...

aw thanks anon!! i did post my gif resources a while ago but i can post an updated one of these soon and include some psds! my gifs really aren't that good tho anon — if i'm being honest, i don't really spend that much time on colouring like i could — so if you can find someone PROPERLY good (usually a film/tv blog, as you can imagine) they may have really expert tips 🤔

as someone who has been at the ugliest end of reddit & discord tv/britcom fans' trolldom (too nice a word, really), and lived through the fucking unending years-long era of that one incel's rule over the panel show subreddit, i understand the reticence to participate in those spaces — even though, these days, they're mostly pleasant enough and subs that supply downloads (tv_bunny is life) are more or less transactional. that said, the purpose of this blog has always been to service the people who can't or don't torrent — who a lot of reddit & discord tv/britcom fans don't have the patience for, but i digress — so it doesn't bother me that a lot of my followers don't know reddit as well as i do. no worries!

omg! recently i watched after life (i love kerry godliman!!!!!!!), dara ó briain's new special, and i've also been doing my biannual re-listen of the entire horne section podcast because it is so fucking impeccable chef's kiss! i was catching up on guessable but it's really, deeply, truly mid, so i kinda gave up for a while and switched over to breeders (martin freeman agenda continues). otherwise non-panel show things, some films like close, return to dust, un beau matin, etc. — but that's for my main hehe i'm someone who wishes i could watch 10000 things in one day T_T

hahaha i do get asked this a lot!!! like you there's just so. many. and i often chicken out of substantially answering this because if i forget anyone i'll kick myself SO hard later

but

back in the day i answered a similar question about some non-comedians i want to see on taskmaster AND I SAID AMELIA DIMOLDENBERG AND IT CAME TRUE

LIKE

MY BRAIN 🧠🧠🧠🧠🧠🧠

SO MAYBE I CAN MANIFEST THINGS LET'S TRY 🔮🔮🔮🔮🔮🔮🔮

this is personal to me, of course, and i'm considering people i really love + who i think would be really fun specifically on taskmaster, so in a somewhat priority order...

robert webb

stephen mangan

robert irwin

catherine tate

jessica hynes

miles jupp

simon amstell (preferably on the same season as jessica hynes because about 15 years ago (literally) i used to watch this clip religiously, and i'm sure that has something very specific to say about why i am the way i am but we don't have time to psychoanalyse me rn)

larry dean

ed byrne

holly walsh

diane morgan

daniel radcliffe

charlie brooker

hugh laurie

susie dent (omg i was CACKLING at susie, who is never on panel shows(!!!), being on the same episode of guessable as nick helm — and now i kinda wanna see her on the same series of tm as nick helm muhahaha)

kayvan novak

limmy

paul foot

bill bailey

lawrence chaney (i also love the vivienne of course! but i think lawrence may be more fit for tm while the vivenne is more fit for something like celeb juice; btw just watched her on guessable with ivo graham, and ivo calling her "viv"...omg...it did something to me...it really did...again, we're not talking about why i am the way i am)

vic reeves

the sexted boys

some other randoms people i'd certainly be happy to see, even if they don't make the priority manifesting roster — ahir shah, adam buxton, danny dyer, jimmy carr, graham norton, matt berry, glenn moore, maggie aderin-pocock, gary delaney, hal cruttenden, rhys james, huge davies, josie long, alasdair beckett-king, gino d'acampo, julian barrett, and tonsss of actors but we'd be here all day

i don't think there are many people i vehemently do not want to see on the show. while there are of course a few comedians i just don't like, and if taskmaster puts another tory politician on the panel again i'll fucking write in with my upset, the disappointment i typically feel if and when i see a new lineup is more along the lines of "meh they're fine but they took the place of someone i'd much rather see". but tm is also so good at introducing us to people we may not have seen much of before — and then we love them, so i trust the producers and alex a lot!

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What's the Best Investment Strategy for Beginners?

Looking for the best investment strategy for beginners? Learn from the experts like Benjamin Graham and Warren Buffett in this video about stock market tips and the intelligent investor book recommendations. Here’s a curated list of 50 widely acclaimed books on investments, covering various aspects like value investing, personal finance, behavioral economics, and portfolio management: ________________________________________ Classics of Value Investing 1. The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham 2. Security Analysis by Benjamin Graham and David Dodd 3. Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits by Philip A. Fisher 4. You Can Be a Stock Market Genius by Joel Greenblatt 5. The Little Book That Beats the Market by Joel Greenblatt ________________________________________ Behavioral Finance 6. Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman 7. Nudge by Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein 8. The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel 9. Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics by Richard Thaler 10. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini ________________________________________ Portfolio Management 11. A Random Walk Down Wall Street by Burton G. Malkiel 12. The Four Pillars of Investing by William J. Bernstein 13. The Intelligent Asset Allocator by William J. Bernstein 14. Modern Portfolio Theory and Investment Analysis by Edwin J. Elton, Martin J. Gruber 15. Principles for Navigating Big Debt Crises by Ray Dalio ________________________________________ Personal Finance 16. Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki 17. Your Money or Your Life by Vicki Robin 18. The Millionaire Next Door by Thomas J. Stanley and William D. Danko 19. I Will Teach You to Be Rich by Ramit Sethi 20. The Simple Path to Wealth by JL Collins ________________________________________ Hedge Funds and Advanced Strategies 21. Hedge Fund Market Wizards by Jack D. Schwager 22. More Money Than God by Sebastian Mallaby 23. Fooled by Randomness by Nassim Nicholas Taleb 24. The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb 25. When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management by Roger Lowenstein ________________________________________ Trading and Technical Analysis 26. Reminiscences of a Stock Operator by Edwin Lefèvre 27. Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets by John J. Murphy 28. Trade Like a Stock Market Wizard by Mark Minervini 29. Market Wizards by Jack D. Schwager 30. The New Trading for a Living by Dr. Alexander Elder ________________________________________ Economics and Market Insights 31. The Big Short by Michael Lewis 32. Liar's Poker by Michael Lewis 33. Manias, Panics, and Crashes by Charles P. Kindleberger and Robert Z. Aliber 34. Irrational Exuberance by Robert J. Shiller 35. Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Piketty ________________________________________ History and Biographies 36. The Alchemy of Finance by George Soros 37. One Up On Wall Street by Peter Lynch 38. Beating the Street by Peter Lynch 39. The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life by Alice Schroeder 40. Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk by Peter L. Bernstein ________________________________________ Real Estate Investing 41. The Book on Rental Property Investing by Brandon Turner 42. Real Estate Investing for Dummies by Eric Tyson and Robert S. Griswold 43. Long-Distance Real Estate Investing by David Greene 44. The Millionaire Real Estate Investor by Gary Keller 45. The ABCs of Real Estate Investing by Ken McElroy ________________________________________ Alternative Investments and Entrepreneurship 46. Venture Deals by Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson 47. The Lean Startup by Eric Ries 48. Angel: How to Invest in Technology Startups by Jason Calacanis 49. Cryptocurrency: How Bitcoin and Digital Money Are Challenging the Global Economic Order by Paul Vigna and Michael J. Casey 50. The Business of Venture Capital by Mahendra Ramsinghani

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I just saw someone say that men with deep voices have the biggest dicks and I was surprised that it was the first time I saw anyone say that because ir sounds like something people would’ve said about Joe here. It also got me thinking about whether or not I find Jack and Paul’s voices kind of high pitched? In my head they kind of were but in the first video that showed up of Jack (it was one in Graham Norton) his voice sounded deeper than I remembered, and I’m not sure where Paul stands (the first video that showed up for him was the chicken shop date). I think maybe they both have normal voices but go a bit high pitched sometimes? I don’t know, I’m confused, I could’ve sworn their voices were higher. But I digress

idk guys literally the only scientific study that managed to correlate dick size to another attribute was that (very funny but I mean they did manage to show something there I guess) one about the nose tip length 🤷🏻‍♀️ Everything else is literally just based on people’s personal experiences or urban myths because I’m sure scientists have tried to prove the feet/hands thing before but like idk man idk. I’ve never heard the deep voice thing before but to me it’s like “deep voiced guys have BDE” (they tend to actually lol ngl) and then going from there to “and when I fucked them they delivered” (which they might do idk but you’re running a risk there).

story time on dicks not correlating to size (and then I’ll get back to Jack and Paul): I once went on a dating app date with a guy who was listed as 5’6 and I was like “well I’m 5’4 so let’s not be silly here, he’s got a cute face and seems like a nice lad” and I got to the date and he had upsold himself and was actually my height which… in a guy I really don’t find attractive at all. But he was a nice guy and he did have a cute face and I’m not a bad sport right so I was willing to put out 🤷🏻‍♀️ BIGGEST FUCKING DICK I HAD PERSONALLY ENCOUNTERED DUDES. It was fucking MASSIVE. I’ve seen bigger on porn and like I saw way bigger and much weirder ones in Agde now but it was the biggest I’ve ever had to deal with personally and at the time it was the biggest I’d ever seen irl and it was on this very petite very tiny man (boy, really - we were what like 20?) and it freaked me out a bit ngl. I have seen two other dicks kinda that size irl that I had to interact with and again both times I was just like “man idk what to do with all this��� but those were on HUGE boys so I semi knew it’s a possibility but that short guy (he was Israeli just as a fun fact lol since we were discussing that stuff recently) what was most bizarre was how little it correlated. Tiny guy. Huge fucking penis.

So idk idk penis size correlates with nothing except nose tip length according to science and tbf this guy was Israeli soooo… maybe the science worked. He did have a big nose.

Jack and Paul have average sounding voices imo that can get a bit high pitched when they get excited. Jack especially.

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Anthony's Stupid Daily Blog (720): Wed 6th Mar 2024

I decided that I would spend today bashing out a first draft of a sitcom script for entry into the Sitcommission competition. John Swartzwelder the legendary writer of The Simpsons offers aspiring comedy writers the advice to get your first draft done as quick as you can, preferably in the one day. He says not to worry about how uneventful and unfunny it is because all that matters is getting that first draft done because then on the second day you can start the re-writing process which he says is much easier. Graham Linehan offers another superb pointer which is to have all your different ideas on individual cards and then play around with them, seeing if any of the ideas match up and could potential merge into one bigger idea. He says this way is much better than sitting at your desk and writing out the whole plot in order and constantly trying to figure out what comes next in the story. I took both of these tips on board and started work after a few cups of tea and a few dozen YouTube videos that I’ve seen a million times before. I’ve already got the premise for the sitcom ready as I have written several scripts of a sitcom that I didn’t enter into the competition because I didn’t think they were ready or because they didn’t quite fit the competition’s silly rules and guidelines. The sitcom will be about a brother and sister named Sonny and Val who work at a youth club despite hating children and their constant plans to get back to their former lives of being a weatherman and a TV producer respectfully. Each episode will feature another character whose name and profession changes every week similar to The Red Guy from Cow and Chicken. The plot of the episode I’ve come up with after whole day of “writing” is Sonny and Val trying to gain re-entry to a popular bar that they have been banned from by charming the owners widower. I've finished the script and as expected although there are some highlights it's not very good as a whole but as Linehan says this is to be expected and the poor nature of every first draft is that puts a lot of writers off starting something. Tomorrow I'll begin the editing process to put in better jokes and since I now what joes are going to happen later in the script I'lll go back and sow the seeds of those jokes in the first part of the story so that the payoff means more when it arrives. I can't deny I thought that it would be agony getting this thing together but I've actually had a very enjoyable time today.

I read about the largest pair of jeans that has even been made, 214 feet made by a department store in Peru. When I say I read about it I mean I read that there is one, I'm not suggesting that the giant pair of jeans has had a biography written about it. I've said before that I'm constantly jumping to the conclusion that everything no matter how innocent looking actually has something sinister behind it and when I saw these jeans I immediately thought that the reason they've made them is because there's a lab in Peru that's attempting to genetically engineer a 214 foot Jeremy Clarkson. You may think that's a ridiculous thing to think (unless David Icke reads this blog) but I think that once the government realizes that the Rwanda planes are never going to get off the ground they will start to look for alternatives to keep immigrants out and what could be a more imposing deterrent than paddling towards Dover and seeing a colossal Jeremy Clarkson sat on the White Cliffs? Nothing that's what

Watched an episode of Bill Bailey's new show Perfect Pub Walks where he goes for a long walk with another celebrity. This episode featured Paul Merton walking with Bill across the Dorset coast and was very enjoyable. There are quite a few of these kinds of shows that highlight the beauty of every day life and the therapeutic healing power of nature. Sometimes you need shows like this to remind you that life can pass you buy while you're worrying about your next car upgrade or how many new followers you've acquired on social media this week or your city being attacked by a 214 foot Jeremy Clarkson. If this was my show then it probably wouldn't be as enjoyable because the only way I can relax these days is to imagine torturing to death everybody who's ever besmirched me and I can't imagine there would be any celebrity will to sign up to a TV show where this is the premise….maybe Justin Lee Collins, I mean he's got to have run out of money at this stage. It's good to see that Paul has retained his legendary quick wit even as he approaches seventy. Thirty years ago he was rightly considered to be one of the countries funniest men and while I acknowledge that there have been other contenders to his crown notably Sean Lock, David Mitchell, Ross Noble and not James Corden but for me Merton will always be the master. There's a great moment where Paul looks out at the idyllic dandelion fields with the ocean glistening in the foreground and comments “I remember when this was all factories”.

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'Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal have been all over our social media lately. The reason is the new movie All of us strangers in which they co-star and will be released in Greek theaters, by Feelgood Entertainment, on February 15.

The two of them have been at several official film premieres as well as award ceremonies where they are nominated. At the same time, they appear on TV shows and give interviews about their role and the other projects they are doing. Paul Mescal, for example, just finished filming Gladiator 2 directed by Ridley Scott.

The characteristic pose on the red carpet

Recently, Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal also met on the couch of The Graham Norton Show. The presenter even revealed how the two actors' signature pose on the red carpet came about.

It seems that Paul Mescal felt uncomfortable in front of the camera flashes and asked his colleague to give him tips. Andrew Scott advised him to put one hand in his pants pocket at a time, which he follows.

All of us Strangers has already stood out

Their last red carpet appearance was for both on Friday, January 19 at the film's premiere in their native Ireland. For many, Andrew Scott's performance deserves an Oscar.

All of us strangers is a British romantic film written and directed by Andrew Haigh. It is based on the 1987 novel Strangers by Taichi Yamada. In fact, this is the second film adaptation of the novel, after the Japanese film The Discarnates.'

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Amsterdam by Ian McEwan

The Mosquito Coast by Paul Theroux

The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

Sophie’s Choice by William Styron

What do you think?

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REVIEW

Buried in His Boots by Kris Pearson writing as Kristie Klewes

Merry Summerfield Cozy Mystery #5

Merry Summerfield once again is first person on site when a dead body is found…a body wearing very distinctive boots.

What I liked: * Merry Summerfield: book editor, pet and house sitter, divorced, amateur sleuth, sister to Graham, knows everyone in the community, good friend, intelligent, may eventually find another man to date

* Graham: Merry’s brother, lawyer, sharing the family estate with his sister, owns two great dogs, has a new romantic interest in this book

* The plot, pacing, setting, and writing

* The animals, mostly dogs this time…added a lot to the story

* The side plots that may have a part in future books in the series: the forestry work group, the arrival of Erik’s daughter, the upcoming wedding or Erik and Heather, the underlying secretiveness of those working at the Burkeville Bar & Café, and others

* Wondering if Merry might end up with one of the attractive interesting men in town or someone else entirely

* The way the mystery was resolved and Merry’s part in it

* Seeing and/or hearing about previous cases and finding out how people from previous books are doing

* All of it really except…

What I didn’t like:

* Who and what I was meant not to like

Did I enjoy this book? Yes

Would I read more in this series? Definitely

Thank you to the author for the ARC – This is my honest review.

5 Stars

BLURB

Brilliant house. Amazing views. I thought I’d hit the house-sitting jackpot until Claude, the big beagle lookalike, unearthed a body from behind a collapsing wall in the yard. First we saw the distinctive boots that proved to be a truly gruesome trophy. This led to all sorts of speculation. Hi – I’m Merry Summerfield, freelance book editor and house-sitter of Drizzle Bay. I’ve been tipped out of my beachside haven because it’s now a crime scene - but do you think that’ll stop me trying to discover what really happened? The murderers won’t be Dex and Dom - the short, bald, house-renovators - because this is their lovely new home. Boastful Brett Royal from the Whale Watch boat is talking far too much and bringing the murder to everyone’s attention, so it’s probably not him. My brother’s new equestrian girlfriend? But she seems so nice! The semi-criminal boys being re-trained on the forestry land in the hills? Hmmm… Suggestions come thick and fast, but nothing seems quite right. Detectives Bruce Carver and Marion Wick are in hot pursuit of the truth, but they won’t solve the mystery of whether my summer flirtation will be with Vicar Paul or Black-ops John. That remains as murky as the mud on Lord Drizzle’s farm. Maybe a Christmas concert will help? This fun cozy mystery is full of your favorite people from the other books in the series. Plus some new ones, a puzzling murder, a touch of romance, and laugh-out-loud lines. Be happy – Merry is back!

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A COUPLE WEEKS AGO I FINALLY FIGURED IT OUT

They'll edge gradually into a different business without realizing it. Once you start getting investors to commit, ask them to introduce you to other investors they respect. If you run out of ideas? The angels made a huge return on that investment, so they're happy. It's just 178 square miles at one end of it. And in addition to the concentration that comes from specialization, startup hubs are also markets. But only a bad VC fund would take that deal.

We'll have to worry about this, because there have been cases of startups that kept trying to raise $250k. It was by being benevolent that Ronco became so powerful. Usually you want to say and ad lib the individual sentences. But if you get an email from a partner you should try harder. The two words are pulling in opposite directions. Online, the answer seemed obvious.1 In this case we get three: the NPD Group, the creative director of GQ, and a large class of startups that need less than they used to. And indeed, the world and afterward they went wherever they could get in the open market. If audiences were willing to pay more for better content, why wasn't anyone already selling it to them? The reason it seems to matter more than that. So if it seems too good to be true to think you could grow a local silicon valley by giving startups $15-20k each like Y Combinator or individual angels, then 2 raise a few hundred thousand we can hire one or two using Python or Ruby. If Sarbanes-Oxley deters people like him from being CFOs of public companies, that's proof enough that it's broken.

The bar will be higher next time. If you're a founder in the middle of raising a round, the round is going to have more lines than the same program written in Basic is is going to have to be fired, and one version is much shorter. Some investors will let you email them a business plan, but you may lose a bunch of ads, glued together by just enough articles to make it easy to attract such money. On the other hand, the extra million dollars would give them a lot. And she too knows the creative director of GQ, and a good speaker uses that. Now I understand what she meant. Work in long stretches. If good design must do what the user needs, not simply what he says he wants. How do you see ideas that involve painful schleps.

Since valuation isn't that important and getting fundraising rolling is, we usually tell founders to give the first investor you've closed, then this kind of lonely squirming to avoid it will increasingly be unable to offer investment subject to contingencies like other people investing. When you get to the end of the world. We got one paper to print this number, which seemed neutral enough. Of course, running companies is a lot more intimidating to start a startup, and it's unclear whether anyone could be. The other way companies hose themselves is by letting their expenses grow too fast. Would the transplanted startups survive? Election forecasters are proud when they can achieve the same results with much more complicated models. But in that case I really was trying to answer was how many there were. PR firms exist is that they're all more concentrated forms of less addictive predecessors. It's not something you have to fund startups that won't leave. The meeting between Larry Page and Sergey Brin was a good example.

I think a better model for the future is David Heinemeier Hansson, who outsourced his development to a more powerful language instead. New York's, though perhaps with more emphasis on physical attractiveness. At its best programming is the same. So we used to pay a PR firm about $30,000 to promote our launch. He thought the print media are in the midst of such a change now. A rounds. Founders understand their companies better than investors, and negotiating with them. I use it when I get close to a deadline.

There is almost no downside in starting with a low number. But it would have. That could explain why hipness seems particularly admired in London: it's version 2 of the traditional English delight in obscure codes that only insiders understand. Finally, to the people who just make exactly what the customers tell them to. One sense of normal is statistically normal: what everyone else does. When I was a kid there were people who used to sell newsletters containing stock tips, printed on colored paper that made them hard for the copiers of the day to reproduce. The average trade publication is a bunch of ads, glued together by just enough articles to make it convertible debt, but which doesn't actually commit them. A rounds aren't going away, I think you have to say actually is a list of n things is easier for writers too, it's not so pretty. They don't define what evil is, but by trying to avoid losses, but by trying to use mass lawsuits against randomly chosen people as a form of organization, though it may feel like it is.

You about Sex, or something like that. Patterns to be embroidered on tapestries were drawn on paper with ink wash. And it can be interesting to look at a piece of code is written by multiple authors, none of them understand it as well as your own. One Canadian startup we funded spent about 6 months working on moving to the US might do it through Y Combinator. So rule number zero is: these rules exist for a reason. One by one, all the investors are your friends in words, but few are in actions. If you're raising money from multiple investors, as most companies do in phase 2 would usually raise equity rounds in which several investors invested at the same time the acquisition closed, so in the course of 4 days he went from impecunious grad student to millionaire PhD. You don't have to live in them.

You can do this in software too. In a list of n things is that we can warn them about this. For the same destination, just approaching it from different directions. What differentiates the different languages then becomes source code volume. But building new things takes too long. The more you raise, but will be hard to match digitally, at least, not from me. I decided I'd pay close attention to any evidence I could get on the question, from formal studies to anecdotes about individual projects. And finally, if a reputable investor is willing to invest on a convertible note, using standard paperwork, that is either uncapped or capped at a good valuation, you can say with certainty about Jaynes is that he was one of the most interesting differences between research and design. What you really want is to be fanatically attentive to customers' needs. If you pick an ambitious idea, you'll have to guess what the eventual equity round valuation might be.

Notes

The mystery comes mostly from looking for initially is not just that they use; if they used it to be higher, as they seem to want to wait for the fences in our case, is this someone you want to be clear in your next round, though, so buildings are gutted or demolished to be doctors? Reprinted in Gray, Donald J. Within Viaweb we once had a strange feeling of being interrupted deters hackers from starting hard projects. So what ends up happening is that parties shouldn't be too quick to reject candidates with skeletons in their standards that they're really saying is they want you.

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Scream Factory has revealed the complete specs for The Friday the 13th Collection, which will be released on October 13th. The definitive, 16-disc box set collects all 12 films in the iconic horror franchise on Blu-ray.

Each film is housed in its own Blu-ray case with original theatrical artwork. They’re collected in a rigid slipcover with new artwork by Devon Whitehead alongside a 40-page booklet featuring essays and archival photography.

Sean S. Cunningham’s Friday the 13th launched the series in 1980. It was followed by Steve Miner’s Friday the 13th Part 2 in 1981, Steve Miner’s Friday the 13th Part 3 in 1982, Joseph Zito’s Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter in 1984, Danny Steinmann’s Friday the 13th: A New Beginning in 1985, Tom McLoughlin’s Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives in 1986, John Carl Buechler’s Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood in 1988, and Rob Hedden’s Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan in 1989.

The franchise continued with Adam Marcus’s Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday in 1993, James Isaac’s Jason X in 2001, and Ronny Yu’s Freddy vs. Jason in 2003. it was remade with Marcus Nispel’s Friday the 13th in 2009.

Parts 1, 2, 3, and 4 have received new 4K transfers, with Part 1 in its theatrical and unrated cuts and Part 3 in its original 3D presentation. Jason Goes to Hell has received a new 2K scan of the interpositive for the theatrical version, while the unrated version has been reassembled using HD inserts.

Among the newly announced extras extras are new commentaries, interviews, and the long-awaited uncut gore footage from Part 2. A full list of special features can be found below.

Disc 1: Friday the 13th (theatrical cut) New 4K scan of the original camera negative Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio Mono – English SDH

US theatrical trailer

International theatrical trailer

TV spot

US radio spots

UK radio spot

Stills gallery

Poster and lobby card gallery

Disc 2: Friday the 13th (unrated cut) New 4K scan of the original camera negative Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio Mono, 5.1 - English SDH

Audio commentary by director Sean S. Cunningham, screenwriter Victor Miller, actresses Adrienne King and Betsy Palmer, composer Harry Manfredini, editor Bill Freda, assistant editor Jay Keuper, and author Peter M. Bracke

Fresh Cuts: New Tales from Friday the 13th

The Man Behind the Legacy: Sean S. Cunningham

Friday the 13th reunion panel

Lost Tales from Camp Blood: Part 1

Vintage Fangoria Magazine article (BD rom)

Disc 3: Friday the 13th Part 2 New 4K scan of the original camera negative Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio Mono, 5.1 - English SDH

Audio commentary by actress Amy Steel, filmmaker Thommy Hutson, and author Peter M. Bracke (new)

Audio commentary by actors Russell Todd, Kirsten Baker, Bill Randolph, Lauren Marie-Taylor, and Stu Charno and author Peter M. Bracke

Interview with actress Amy Steel (new)

Slashed Scenes (new)

Inside Crystal Lake Memories: The Book

Friday’s Legacy: Horror Conventions

Lost Tales from Camp Blood: Part 2

Radio spots

TV spots

US theatrical trailer

Japanese theatrical trailer

Still gallery

Poster and lobby card gallery

Vintage Fangoria article (BD rom)

Disc 4: Friday the 13th Part 3 New 4K scan of the original camera negative Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio Mono, 5.1 - English SDH

2D and 3D versions of the film

Audio Commentary by actors Larry Zerner, Paul Kratka, Richard Brooker, and Dana Kimmell

Fresh Cuts: 3D Terror

Lost Tales from Camp Blood: Part 3

TV spots

Radio spots

Theatrical trailer

Still gallery

Poster and lobby card gallery

Vintage Fangoria article (BD rom)

Disc 5: Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter New 4K scan of the original camera negative Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio Mono, 5.1 - English SDH

Audio commentary by director Joe Zito, writer Barney Cohen, and editor Joel Goodman

Audio commentary by filmmakers Adam Green and Joe Lynch

Lost Tales from Camp Blood – Part 4

Slashed Scenes with audio commentary by director Joseph Zito

Jason’s Unlucky Day: 25 Years After Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter

The Lost Ending

The Crystal Lake Massacres Revisited Part I

Lost Tales from Camp Blood: Part 4

Jimmy’s Dead Dance Moves

TV spots

Radio spots

Theatrical trailer

Still gallery

Poster and lobby card gallery

Vintage Fangoria article (BD rom)

Disc 6: Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio Mono, 5.1 - English SDH

Audio commentary by actors Melanie Kinnaman, Deborah Voorhees, and Tiffany Helm (new)

Audio commentary by filmmakers Adam Green and Joe Lynch (new)

Audio commentary by director/co-writer Danny Steinmann and actors John Shepherd and Shavar Ross

Lost Tales of Camp Blood: Part 5

The Crystal Lake Massacres Revisited Part II

New Beginnings: The Making of Friday the 13th Part V

TV spots

Theatrical trailer

Still gallery

Poster and lobby card gallery

Vintage Fangoria article (BD rom)

Disc 7: Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio Stereo, 5.1 - English SDH

Audio commentary by actors Thom Mathews, Vinny Gustaferro, Kerry Noonan, Cynthia Kania, and CJ Graham (new)

Audio commentary by writer/director Tom McLoughlin and filmmakers Adam Green and Joe Lynch (new)

Audio commentary by writer/director Tom McLoughlin

Audio commentary by writer/director Tom McLoughlin, actor Vincent Guastaferro, and editor Bruce Green

Audio Commentary by filmmakers Adam Green and Joe Lynch

Lost Tales from Camp Blood: Part 6

The Crystal Lake Massacres Revisited Part III

Jason Lives: The Making of Friday the 13th: Part VI

Meeting Mr. Voorhees: alternate ending storyboards

Slashed Scenes

TV spots

Theatrical trailer

Still gallery

Vintage Fangoria article (BD rom)

Disc 8: Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio Stereo, 5.1 - English SDH

Audio Commentary by director John Carl Buechler and actor Kane Hodder

Audio Commentary by director John Carl Buechler and actors Lar Park Lincoln and Kane Hodder

Jason’s Destroyer: The Making of Friday the 13th Part VII

Mind Over Matter: The Truth About Telekinesis

Makeover by Maddy: Need A Little Touch-Up Work, My Ass

Slashed Scenes with introduction

TV spot

Theatrical trailer

Still gallery

Poster and behind-the-scenes gallery

Vintage Fangoria article (BD rom)

Disc 9: Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio Stereo, 5.1 - SDH

Audio commentary by director Rob Hedden

Audio commentary by actors Scott Reeves, Jensen Daggett, and Kane Hodder

New York Has A New Problem: The Making of Friday the 13th Part VIII – Jason Takes Manhattan

Slashed Scenes

Gag reel

TV spots

Theatrical trailer

Still gallery

Poster and behind-the-scenes gallery

Disc 10: Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (theatrical cut) New 2K scan of the interpositive Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio Stereo, 5.1 - English SDH

Introduction by director Adam Marcus (new)

TV spots

Theatrical trailer

Still gallery

Poster and behind-the-scenes gallery

A look at the Friday the 13th Prop Museum Book

Disc 11: Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (unrated cut) New 2K scan of the interpositive with HD inserts

Introduction by director Adam Marcus (new)

Audio commentary by director Adam Marcus and author Peter Bracke (new)

Audio commentary by director Adam Marcus and screenwriter Dean Lorey

Interview with director Adam Marcus (new)

Jason vs. Terminator: Adam Marcus on growing up with the Cunninghams (new)

Interview with actor Kane Hodder (new)

Additional TV footage with optional audio commentary by director Adam Marcus and author Peter Bracke (new)

Disc 12: Jason X Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio Stereo, 5.1 - English SDH

Introduction by actor Kane Hodder (new)

Audio commentary by writer Todd Farmer and author Peter Bracke (new)

Audio commentary with director Jim Isaac, writer Todd Farmer, and producer Noel Cunningham

Outta Space: The Making of Jason X: Interviews with producers Sean S. Cunningham and Noel Cunningham, writer Todd Farmer, and actor Kane Hodder (new)

Interview with writer Todd Farmer (new)

Interview with actress Kristi Angus (new)

Jason Rebooted: Producer Sean S. Cunningham on Jason Goes to Hell and Jason X (new)

The Many Lives of Jason Voorhees

By Any Means Necessary: The Making of Jason X

Vintage cast and crew interviews

Behind the scenes footage

Electronic Press Kit

Club reel

TV spots

Theatrical Trailers

Still gallery

Poster and behind-the-scenes gallery

Disc 13: Freddy vs. Jason Audio: Dolby TrueHD 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.1 EX - English SDH

Audio Commentary by director Ronny Yu and actors Robert Englund and Ken Kirzinger

21 deleted/alternate scenes, including the original opening and ending, with optional commentary by director Ronny Yu and executive producer Douglas Curtis

Genesis: Development Hell

On Location: Springwood Revisited

On Location: Cabin Fever

Art Direction: Jason’s Decorating Tips

Stunts: When Push Comes to Shove

Make-up Effects: Freddy’s Beauty Secrets

Visual Effects Exploration

My Summer Vacation: A Visit to Camp Hackenslash

Pre-fight press conference at Bally’s Casino in Las Vegas

Ill Nino “How Can I Live” music video

TV spots

Theatrical trailer

Disc 14: Friday the 13th (2009) Audio: Dolby TrueHD 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.1 - English SDH

Theatrical and extended cuts

Terror Trivia Track with picture-in-picture featuring the cast and crew

Hacking Back/Slashing Forward: Remembering the original movie

The Rebirth of Jason Voorhees

Slashed Scenes

The Best 7 Kills

Disc 15: Bonus

Interview with producer/director Sean S. Cunningham (new)

Interview with producer/director Steve Miner (new)

Interview with composer Harry Manfredini (new)

The Magic Keyboard: Harry Manfredini on scoring Friday the 13th (new)

Interview with actor Harry Crosby (new)

Interview with actor Bill Randolph (new)

Back to Camp: The Locations of Friday the 13th and Friday the 13th Part 2 hosted by Michael Gingold (new)

It Came from the Vaults: Interviews with La-La Land Records’ Matt Verboys and Michael V. Gerhard and composer Harry Manfredini (new)

Finding Friday: On Location of the Friday the 13th Films (new)

The Friday the 13th Chronicles – 8-part featurette

Secrets Galore Behind the Gore – 3-part featurette on Part 1, Part 4, and Part 7

Crystal Lake Victims Tell All

Tales from the Cutting Room Floor

Friday the 13th Artifacts and Collectibles

Q&A with Jason Voorhees actors Ari Lehman, Warrington Gillette, C.J. Graham, and Kane Hodder

Legacy of the Mask

Slasher Films: Going for the Jugular

Friday the 13th playing cards still gallery

Easter eggs

Disc 16: Bonus

Alice Lives: Interviews with Alice Cooper and “The Man Behind the Mask” music video director Jeffrey Abelson (new)

Legends Never Die: Tom McLoughlin at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery (new)

Interview with director Tom McLoughlin (new)

Interview with producer Sean S. Cunningham (new)

Faceless Evil: Sean S. Cunningham and Jason (new)

Jason Was Here: Friday the 13th Part 3-6 Locations Then and Now (new)

Alice Cooper “The Man Behind the Mask” music video

Scream Queens: Horror Heroines Exposed (2014) - 78-minute documentary with actors Adrienne King, Melanie Kinnaman, and more

Slice and Dice: The Slasher Film Forever (2013) - 75-minute documentary with actor Corey Feldman, director John Carl Buechler, and more

Trailer Reel – Trailers for all 12 films in a row

Freddy vs Jason storyboard and production galleries

Friday the 13th (2009) electronic press kit

Friday the 13th (2009) TV spots

Friday the 13th (2009) theatrical trailer

Friday the 13th (2009) teaser trailer

Friday the 13th vintage newspaper ad gallery for all 12 films

Easter egg