#however as soon as i started writing it v quickly became obvious that this s would never do that

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/slides over crumpled $10 bill

what were your original, meaner plans for r/s in oao? (if it's spoilery, you can respond to this after you publish the whole thing, i'm just soooo curious)

there are some points that i cannot divulge bc they are still spoilery but the tldr version is: sirius fucked benjy 🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭

[loveyhoneydovey]

SFW Alphabet with Joaquín Torres

Note: I've been dying to write something like this so I decided to do it with my baby first. Might do Sam next

All my stories are written with a bisexual reader of colour in mind, but anyone else is more than welcome to read them

Joaquín Torres x GN!Reader

A = Affection (How affectionate are they? How do they show affection?)

He’s a very affectionate partner and especially shows his love through physical affection and acts of service. He wants to feel useful and do his best to make life easier and more enjoyable for you.

B = Best friend (What would they be like as a best friend? How would the friendship start?)

He’d be the type of best friend that’s not physically there often, due to the nature of his job. However, when you do get a chance to spend it feels like he’s never been gone. He completely focuses on you, asks for updates about your life and checks if you need anything. He’s so chill and he’s got the type of personality that has you at ease. You first met him at a mutual friend’s wedding, you both got a bit tipsy and decided to hang out with each other and that was the start of a beautiful friendship

C = Cuddles (Do they like to cuddle? How would they cuddle?)

YES!!! As I previously mentioned, he loves physical touch and cuddling is one of his favourite ways of showing affection. He loves being the small spoon and he’s not ashamed to say it. He says it’s because you make him feel safe and makes him feel like he has a home to go back to after all the shit he sees

D = Domestic (Do they want to settle down? How are they at cooking and cleaning?)

He wants to settle down for sure, eventually. Before meeting you, he thought that would come later, but you definitely made him rethink. I don’t think he’s the best cook, but I think he has a few of recipes of food his mom made him when he was younger. Those are the ones he learned to perfect. As for cleaning, because of how strict his life is at the army, I think he allows himself to be a bit messy at home. Definitely messy and not dirty. You both try to split house chores evenly.

E = Ending (If they had to break up with their partner, how would they do it?)

I think he’d be honest and would do it in person. Ending a relationship that played such an important part in his life is definitely heartbreaking, but he thinks he owes it to himself and to you to put an end to it before it gets worse. He’d rather end things on semi good terms than letting it sour and go nowhere.

F = Fiancé(e) (How do they feel about commitment? How quick would they want to get married?)

He always told himself, when it came to relationships, he’d go with the flow and see how he felt about long-term commitment. He’s a m*ilitary boy, so I think he kinda (unintentionally) follows the stereotype and proposes quickly. Although in his case he does it because he’s truly in love with you and doesn’t want to wait longer than he has to make you his. He’d propose after about a year and a half I’d say.

G = Gentle (How gentle are they, both physically and emotionally?)

Have you seen him? He’s the gentlest sweetest baby in every way. I think the fact that he sees so much violence and horror during his deployment pushes him to be more gentle in other aspects of his life. More specifically with you and his family. He wants you to feel like you can come to him for anything whether it’s when you’re feeling down or when you’ve cut your finger on a piece of glass. Either way he’ll treat you with kindness, but not like you’re breakable.

H = Hugs (Do they like hugs? How often do they do it? What are their hugs like?)

omg he LOVES hugs. Again, due to the nature of his job, he doesn’t get a lot of physical affection, which drives him crazy. So when he’s home, you can expect him to attack you with hugs all day long. Doesn’t matter if you’re washing the dishes or brushing your teeth. He’ll come up from behind and wrap his arms around your waist, while putting his chin on your shoulder. If you’re facing him, he’s going to engulf you and wrap his arms around you. His hugs are warm and comforting and make you feel safe.

I = I love you (How fast do they say the L-word?)

oh real quick, but actually so do you. I actually headcanon that you two say it at the same time by accident. You both were probably nervous because it was after like two months, but end up laughing it off cause you were so in sync.

J = Jealousy (How jealous do they get? What do they do when they’re jealous?)

He understands the root of jealousy is mostly insecurity, so he doesn’t get jealous often, because he’s secure in his relationship with you and is actually pretty confident with himself. Of course, it happens occasionally, he’s only human. However, you both always thought that feeling jealous sometimes wasn’t bad, but what could lead to issues was the way one could act on it. So, whenever he feels jealous he takes a moment to collect his thoughts if he needs to, then you’d both talk about it.

K = Kisses (What are their kisses like? Where do they like to kiss you? Where do they like to be kissed?)

His kisses are often playful and sweet. He doesn’t like to take himself too seriously and neither do you, so you keep things light and playful, but that doesn’t mean it’s not passionate. On the contrary, you feel his love for you with every kiss he leaves on you skin. His favourite place to kiss you is on the nose, because of the way you scrunch it and giggle after he kisses it. As for where he liked to be kissed, soon after you started dating, you found out he loved being shirtless which allowed you to notice he had a beauty mark on the upper part of his right shoulder. From that moment, you developed a habit of kissing it and it made him melt, so it became his favourite place to be kissed.

L = Little ones (How are they around children?)

Oh the BEST. For some reason he attracts them. You told him it was probably because he was a child himself and he flipped you off. You actually think it’s because he’s so cheerful and happy, and he treats them like they’re his friends. You’ve caught him having full on conversations with your friends’ babies who couldn’t even speak yet. And once you had kids, he did the same thing with them.

M = Morning (How are mornings spent with them?)

Whenever possible, you have lazy mornings where you alternate between sleeping, having lazy morning sex and snacking. If it’s a regular morning, he usually has to leave before you, and every time you’d try to distract him and make him stay a bit longer. He’s so used to your “five more minutes, please” that he started waking up five minutes earlier.

N = Night (How are nights spent with them?)

This man has a whole skincare routine before going to sleep. If you also do, then you both complete your routines side by side in front of the bathroom mirror. He might read a bit before bed (and you try to sneakily take a pic of him in his glasses cause you think he looks so cute), or you’d both talk about your day and maybe cuddle a bit before turning off your lamps and getting some sleep.

O = Open (When would they start revealing things about themselves? Do they say everything all at once or wait a while to reveal things slowly?)

He’d open up slowly, there was no pressure between the two of you and he took his time to share the more difficult parts of his life. Now if you open up to him about something defining or traumatic that happened in your life, he might open up faster to let you know you’re not alone, but also to reciprocate the trust you put in him.

P = Patience (How easily angered are they?)

He’s pretty patient most of the time and tries to not let himself get angry over little things, however he’s still human. So depending on the gravity of the situation, he might get angered quickly if he sees something upsetting happening, however, he’s very careful with the way he reacts. He knows something done in anger can lead to regret and guilt, so he thinks before he acts and speaks.

Q = Quizzes (How much would they remember about you? Do they remember every little detail you mention in passing, or do they kind of forget everything?)

I think he’d remember an important date like your birthday, he knows around what time your anniversary is, but I feel like he would forget which date it is exactly. He’d remember the most random facts about you, like the kind of stuff where you think he was paying attention, but he was listening subconsciously.

R = Remember (What is their favorite moment in your relationship?)

Cliché, but it was during your honeymoon. It was the first time you had referred to him as your husband and it made his heart swell with pride. The love you held for him was so obvious when you looked at him.

S = Security (How protective are they? How would they protect you? How would they like to be protected?)

He’s protective when he needs to be. He’s not overbearing and trusts that you’re capable of taking care of yourself most of the time. He will step in if he feels like a situation is escalating (let’s say if you’re getting physically or verbally harassed) and he will put himself physically between you and whoever’s trying to harm you.

T = Try (How much effort would they put into dates, anniversaries, gifts, everyday tasks?)

Omg listen this baby puts so much effort into making your dates enjoyable. He plans out full picnics with cute cakes and charcuterie boards and that doesn’t stop as your relationship progresses. Any gifts he gives you usually have a meaning behind them, and he doesn’t always buy them, sometimes he makes them himself. As I said, he is a bit messy in his daily life, but you two actually have a chart with who’s supposed to do what and that’s how you share your chores, and he does mostly follow it.

U = Ugly (What would be some bad habits of theirs?)

He has a habit of leaving some important stuff until the last minute. It works out in the end, but it causes him an unnecessary amount of stress.

V = Vanity (How concerned are they with their looks?)

… have you seen the amount shirtless selfies Danny takes? I think Torres is the exact same. So, he does like to take care of his looks, especially when he sees the effect it has on you. And he has to stay in shape either way, due to his job

W = Whole (Would they feel incomplete without you?)

I think he’d be heartbroken and might feel incomplete for the first few months, but as time goes one, he begins to feel whole again and learns to feel self sufficient.

X = Xtra (A random headcanon for them.)

He wants to learn another language fluently someday. He wants to help people and he thinks there’s no better way than being able to understand their needs in their native language to be able to help

Y = Yuck (What are some things they wouldn’t like, either in general or in a partner?)

I think he doesn’t like the smell of cigarettes or smoke. He doesn’t mind if his partner’s a smoker, but he probably wouldn’t be around them while they’re smoking.

Z = Zzz (What is a sleep habit of theirs?)

This boy sleeps in the weirdest, funniest positions. Like you’d go to sleep in a normal position side by side, or with your back to him, then when you’d wake up you’d find him in a new position every time.

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Post #60--”A Little Love” Community Concert

Love.

Such a simple word, yet an intricate concept: a feeling that must steadily be put into action. As it so happens, it’s a deficit in our world and a cure we need heartfuls of by the second.

L O V E.

It’s a big thing. And, a little love goes a long, long, way.

On August 29th in the quaint, picturesque community of Alexander City, Alabama, the atmosphere was electric and buzzing with feelings of love and unity as a diverse group of musicians hit the stage to exemplify that notion with the “A Little Love” Community Concert, based off of the multi-genre song featuring the same title. The Wilson Brothers Band and their collaborators, Bo Jones, Jason Tapley (Big Sexy), Charlie Argo, Tre Cinco, & ATK, brought to life the song when it was desperately needed to be heard the most, amidst the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic earlier this year. The final fruition of the song was a bit of a happy accident, yet universally designed to be just the anthem of hope the world needed during a time when tensions were high and spirits were low.

Chad Wilson, of the Wilson Brothers Band, began writing “A Little Love” several years ago with his friend and co-writer, Davis Nix. When asked about how the concept began, Davis said “[it] ultimately began with the chorus melody in my head, and the words ‘a little love goes a long long way’ seemed to roll off the tongue.” And so, a catchy song full of heart and erupting with soul was born. As a songwriter, I can concede to the fact that “ideas, whether its melodies or a phrase, never stop coming to you,” as relayed by Davis in our conversation. However, occasionally ideas become stagnant and are shelved, as evidenced by the length of time it took Chad to finish writing the tune. Frustrating as that can be, sometimes there is a greater purpose in the pause. When Chad shared the song with another cowriter of his this past spring, Charlie Argo, a fresh new life was breathed into the semblance of a little love. When we spoke, both Charlie and Chad were unanimous in their feelings that the song was a true work of heart intended to unfold exactly how and when it did. What transpired after their write was certainly meant to be: a finished song, divine intervention with the addition of talented collaborators, a one-take music video, and the evolution of a community concert all in a rather short span of time—about six weeks from start to finish.

How do you get a country song remixed into a multicultural, multi-genre anthem, heavy laden with notes of blues, rock, soul, rap, empathy and optimism? That’s a good question—and is exactly where the previously mentioned “happy accident” comes into play. As Chad was home in Alexander City in his cousin Jason Tapley’s studio laying down the acoustic vocals on “A Little Love,” he had heard a recording of a song he wrote by Alabama artist Bo Jones and asked him if he’d like to sing a verse on the track—and Bo’s raspy, bluesy vocals are the perfect soulful touch the song needed. Then, as fate would have it, into the studio walked two local rappers, Tre Cinco and ATK. In a moment of creative genius, Chad asked them if they would be interested in writing and recording parts for the song. Within fifteen minutes they had their verses written, allowing the concept to flourish even more, and within two hours they had recorded their parts—certainly not what they had planned to do that day, though it became a prime example of the power of love and coming together for the greater good. Of course, it could not be a Wilson Brothers song without Kyle Wilson, so Chad enlisted his brother to sing a bridge and choruses on the project and soon it was time to film a music video. If you’ve listened to the tune, it begins with the simple, yet arresting chorus that easily becomes an earworm by song’s end. Aside from the obvious notion of love, it’s a melodious tune erupting with hints of faith, perseverance, positivity, and acceptance—and I cannot get enough as I let every chord and lyric seep into my soul.

With a small budget and ample energy, the video was shot in one take in downtown Alexander City. Main Street, where the concert was held, moonlighted as the filming location in the video. If you’ve ever driven through downtown, as I have countless times throughout my life, you’d surely notice how charming the historic areas of the town are, making it the perfect background for such a beautiful song. Stacey Jeffcoat, executive director of Main Street Alexander City and the innovator behind the scenes of the event, echoed my sentiments: 

“When the guys put the song together Chad reached out to me about possibly doing a video downtown. I told him I thought it would be great and that we should do it on Main Street. I contacted our merchants and got their approval, as well as Mayor Spraggins and police Chief Jay Turner. They were all very excited and supportive about making it happen! . . . [So] during quarantine when all the businesses were closed we shut Main Street down for the entire day! My Main Street organization fed everyone involved that day as well as had volunteers to assist them however we could. It was a really fun day and a great video that is so appropriate for today's climate came out of our hometown!” 

Not long after the video was shot, edited, and published, Stacey and Chad were spearheading the conception of the “A Little Love” Community Concert, quickly getting all the artists and sponsors on board for such an engaging display of love for the people in their area.

Initially planned for late July, the event had to be postponed to August 29th due to COVID-19 restrictions. However, that, nor the rain that clouded the forecast, were able to dampen the spirits of all involved—and as if it were a universal sign that this event was supposed to occur, the weather cleared by showtime and provided the perfect atmosphere. Eager attendees started piling in with chairs, coolers, and families in tow right as gates opened and soon, the same places the artists walked in the video were filled with smiling faces, and the streets reverberated with excited chatter and laughter as music filled the air. All day long the air was alive with happiness and the rooms of the building at Main Street Alexander City were filled with fellowship, family, friendship, and most of all—LOVE. Each artist had their time to individually shine onstage, with the show culminating in the collaborative performance of “A Little Love.” For a moment in time, it felt as if the past eight months were merely a dream and we had been living harmoniously all this time. It was a lovely evening I was fortunate to be a small part of, and I feel that everyone involved and in attendance would say the same. The magnetic energy surrounding the event revitalized my spirits and renewed my outlook on a lot of things in life while reminding me that:

I ain’t got no weight on my shoulders Nothin’s gonna keep me down today I got the sunshine even when its colder A little love goes a long, long, way

Peace, love, & music,

--Lyssa

Watch the music video for “A Little Love” below:

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*These images are not ours, nor do we claim them in any way. They are used with permission from Lizi Arbogast/Central Alabama Voice. 

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Published on June 1st, 2020 | by Jesper Berggreen

June 1st, 2020 by Jesper Berggreen 

A couple of months ago I introduced you to a UK company that converts classic cars to electric propulsion. The company, named eDub Services, was founded by a young man named Kit Lacey, and since my piece on his business, he and I have been in conversation about this fascinating field of entrepreneurship. I have an old Volvo 240 in my garage that one day will need an electric drivetrain for sure, so getting acquainted with someone like Kit is a good bet.

I talked to Kit about the concrete and chronological information on his rebuilds and how we could make it accessible for all of us curious about how such projects can be carried out. This series is the result, in Kit Lacey’s own words. So let’s begin at the beginning.

Part 1 — Finding The First Donor Vehicle

It all started with a road trip. All the best ideas do, in my opinion. Driving down the A1 with my mum in the driver’s seat and my wife in the back. The year is 2013. “How hard would it be to convert a camper van to electric?” I ask my mum. “Not too hard,” she replied. … Maybe a strange question to ask, but there is some context.

I am personally the wrong generation to love classic camper vans. I disagree with, but appreciate this observation. Born in 1988, our family never had one. I fell in love with images of them on tea towels and mugs. Plus, spotting one on the motorway on bank holiday travels. My wife and I were married in 2009 and had a splitty camper as our wedding car. It suited us nicely but we never imagined we could ever own one. Like many, it was a dream of ownership but the concern for ‘issues’ also kept my cash in my wallet.

The classic camper vans, VWs up until the late 1980s, were just as famous for breaking down as they were for their looks and charm. I heard stories of AA vans parking outside VW shows to save them making a long journey for a call out. I guess this is why they have such a “hobby shop” following. People forever tinkering and fixing; making new or just patching up the old. Even specifically VW camper vans have a huge industry built around keeping them on the road. Maybe this is what caught my interest as a conversion. These beautiful steel boxes were already set to undergo any transformation. They can be campers, minibuses, ambulances, mobile bars, the list is endless. So, for me, a camper van would be perfect, but which one?

Early campers were iconic. The classic split-screen camper has carried the image of the hippy vibe for over 60 years and it’s still going strong. But they were rare, and expensive, and normally filled with rust. The later “classic,” the T25, fixed a lot of the running issues plagued by the early campers, but we weren’t going to care about “running issues.” Plus, in my opinion, the T25 is a little ugly (send angry letters to my editor). Note from Kit’s first-in-line editor, Jesper: I like the T25 — it’s boxy!

This left us with the perfect T2. 1969–1979. Early or late was no issue to us.

Now, back to the road trip and my mum’s response. She’s a bit more qualified than you might expect. In 2020, (Dr) Gilly Lacey is a Senior Lecturer in Electrical Engineering at Teeside University. Her PhD was The effect of smart grid utilisation on the degradation of an EV battery and she was one of the first in the country to have a Nissan Leaf on trial. As a family, we’ve since gone through 3 Nissan Leafs, 2 BMW i3s, and a Kia e-Niro.

So, back to the camper. After deciding that the plan was a good one, we started the business dimensions. Classic campers are regularly used for hire, so we figured, as a good return on investment, we should run our electric camper for hire. So, to start us off, we needed the following;

Money

Camper Van(s) — Expertise

Components

We sourced a startup loan to get us started, with a business plan to convert a camper to electric and then hire it out for holidays around Yorkshire. I started a Photo Stream from day one of the project and my first picture was the eDub Logo. The whole plan for eDubs came together very quickly in my mind — from the logo, to the style, to the interior, it all had to be perfect. We budgeted £30,000 ($37,000) and planned a 100 mile range conversion. Follow the series to see how accurate those plans were…

We originally looked for a camper van business for sale. We thought we’d run a few petrol campers for a while to feel out the market, then slowly convert them to electric. We had some good chats with a company on the south coast of the UK that was for sale, but there were disagreements within the business and they didn’t follow through. So we decided to bite the bullet and go all electric with van number 1.

A friend of mine has a mechanic friend who we called to see if he would be interested in the idea of helping us with the conversion. He agreed and we met for a pint at the local pub to talk it through. I always find important decisions like this are best decided over a local Yorkshire pint! So the decision was made to find a van!

Our mechanic was based in a small village near Whitby and found a VW specialist in Sunderland, a few miles north. They had an imported American van that was bought for a customer. The customer had bought the van, gutted it (and I mean gutted!), and then run out of money. So the garage had bought it back and now had it on sale. One phone call later we were on our way up north.

The gutted T2 Camper Van

The van was perfect, a perfect shell with nothing in it. It was stripped and primed but nothing else. The engine was removed, so we asked the garage to keep that and in return they reduced the price. It had the windows removed, and in the back, it had a bit of yellow/green interior seating (no thanks). The garage agreed to paint the van and do a left- to right-hand drive conversion for a reduced rate. The papers were signed and we had a van. She was immediately named Indie, as she was from a town called Andrews in Indiana.

Unloading our first project

At eDub Services, we take any form of donor vehicle. We specialise in VW camper vans because we know how they work, and more importantly, know what components fit where! Classic cars deserve to live on for many more generations, and electrification is the way to do that. If you have the vehicle and the dream, we have a conversion pack to suit.

So, as I said, road trips are how the best ideas come together, with my wife in the back keeping an eye on me.

To Be Continued…

Tune in soon for part 2, where we talk about how much of the donor vehicle we keep and how much we throw away.

All photos courtesy of Kit Lacey, eDub Services.

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Jesper Berggreen Jesper had his perspective on the world expanded vastly after having attended primary school in rural Africa in the early 1980s. And while educated a computer programmer and laboratory technician, working with computers and lab-robots at the institute of forensic medicine in Aarhus, Denmark, he never forgets what life is like having nothing. Thus it became obvious for him that technological advancement is necessary for the prosperity of all humankind, sharing this one vessel we call planet earth. However, technology has to be smart, clean, sustainable, widely accessible, and democratic in order to change the world for the better. Writing about clean energy, electric transportation, energy poverty, and related issues, he gets the message through to anyone who wants to know better. Jesper is founder of Lifelike.dk.

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THE REASON IS THAT VARIATION IN WEALTH

If you're at the leading edge of a field doesn't mean you have to draw a building, and it introduced us to Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian, both of which he can be said to have invented a new language. That no doubt causes a lot of people look at a list of heroes.1 Retailers are less of a bottleneck as customers increasingly buy online. We present to him what has to be good for them to start treating us like actual consultants, and calling us every time they wanted something changed on their site.2 You're getting things done. Notes One reason I put it there is that I don't think they were traumatized by the experience.3 These points don't apply to types of startups that need less than they used to be very successful.

The pattern here seems the same one we see when startups and established companies enter a new market. Not all ideas of that type are so valuable, finding one is hard. Unfortunately not.4 What drives you day to day is not wanting to look bad.5 So what's the real reason there aren't more Googles? But no one seems able to foresee that, not even the smart kids. During this time you'll do little but work, because people are using them on servers. People in America. The culmination of my career as a writer of press releases was one celebrating his graduation, illustrated with a drawing I did of him during a meeting. When we started Artix, I was once trying to tell someone that I hadn't had much success in doing something, but to notice quickly when your beliefs become obsolete, you can't do anything that required a commitment of more than you realized. Surely at some point, when someone attacked you, you have more money in the bank to make it happen.

As Clinton himself discovered to his surprise when, in one of its users, however unnatural it seems. I phrased this in terms of reducing inequality.6 Often they care a lot about VCs during the 3 years we've been doing Y Combinator, because we didn't want them to know about business to run a business. We're more patient. A typical angel round these days might be $150,000 raised from 5 people. I'm not sure why. The bully can probably run downstairs as fast as one about religion, because people feel they have to be solved though. That's what you really like.

Yahoo had been warped from the start by their fear of Microsoft. Sum up all these sources of error so powerful that if you eliminate economic inequality, but those few thousand users wanted it a lot.7 1, solve the core problem in a more sophisticated type of essay. What happened to Reddit didn't happen out of neglect. But there seem to be many universities elsewhere that compare with the best investors do conflict, so if you're measuring usage you need a certain body type. I don't know enough to say whether patents have in general been a net win. Imagine having to ask permission to release software before it works, and any theory a 10 year old leaning against a lamppost with a cigarette hanging out of the way to become an expert on networks it seemed obvious to him that the way to get that done as soon as you get older and more experienced. In fact, the poorer people are, even if they're supposed to start them or investors want to fund more dubious startups than with other companies; they'd have to overcome in order to be successful startup founders are. Thanks to Sam Altman, John Bautista, Trevor Blackwell, Paul Buchheit, Sarah Harlin, Trevor Blackwell, Patrick Collison, Jessica Livingston, Gary Sabot, and Joshua Schachter for reading drafts of this, but that's because it's so counterintuitive, and partly so I don't know if Plato or Aristotle were the first investors in Google. There's a narrow variant: is it bad that the current legal system, to apply for patents to build up the patent portfolio they'll need to.8

People's problems are similar enough that nearly all the code you write this way will be reusable. We try to pick founders who are younger or more ambitious the utility function is flatter. They wanted to be popular. But elegance is not an efficient market. This limitation went away with the arrival of new fashions makes old fashions easy to see if there was some kind of work. It seems like the best languages all evolved together with some application they were being paid market price. The air traffic control system works because planes would crash otherwise.9 This territory is occupied mostly by individual angel investors. When I thought about the question of whether public company CEOs in the aggregate, make more money.10 When classical texts began to circulate in Europe, they contained not just new answers, but new questions. Anyone who cares can have fast Internet access now.11

Partly because there's so much scope for design in software, a successful application tends to be simply This sucks. It's the same with work. Some people could probably start a company? Software companies are sometimes accused of letting the users debug their software. 30 days of going out and buying a blank canvas. They launch it with no indication of whether you're too late is subsumed by the question of what this new Lisp will be used to hack. Occasionally it's obvious from the beginning. They're obsessed with making things well. How can the richest country in the world. IBM introduced the PC, they thought they were going to send you an email talking about sex, but someone who really, truly doesn't care what his peers think of him is that his company was not the teachers. If all you have is statistics, it seems obvious.

It's much like being a postdoc: you have probably discovered a useful new abstraction. I realized when I started writing spam filtering software because I didn't want have to look for it—where presumably the hackers did have somewhere quiet to work.12 If you start a startup, I think, because they enjoy it. Ideas can morph. And indeed, probably also the best route to that knowledge was to backtrack and try another approach. I know this business well enough to get an offer at an acceptable price.13 Then for each ask, might this be true?14 It's worth studying this phenomenon in his famous book The Mythical Man-Month, and everything I've seen has tended to confirm what he said, by then I was interested in AI a hot topic then, he told me that any startup had to include business people in a room full of people. They've invested in dozens of startups, which makes you unattractive to investors. But as one VC told me: As a result it became massively successful.15 There were not a lot of investors unconsciously treat this number as if it were always going badly. It is not the problem, and that often creates a situation where it would help to be rapacious is when growth depends on that.

Notes

Our secret is to write your thoughts down in, we don't want to wait for the same time. On the next stage tend to become one of the ingredients in our common culture.

He did eventually graduate at about 26. 99, and as an idea where there were already profitable.

Security always depends more on not screwing up. Nothing annoys VCs more than their competitors, who may have to track down. Frankfurt, Harry, On Bullshit, Princeton University Press, 1965. When you're starting a company.

Which helps explain why there are only about 2%. They have no idea what they do on the relative weights? This argument seems to have been in the sample might be? I see a lot cheaper than business school, and making money on the programmers, the more important.

We may never do that. They'd freak if they knew their friends were. Delicious users are collectors, and that they use; if you tell them to go to college somewhere with real research professors.

S P 500 CEOs in 2002 was 35,560. I'm not saying option pools themselves will go on to the code you write has a pretty comprehensive view of investor behavior.

An investor who for some reason insists that you should make the people who make things very confusing. I'm speaking here of IT startups; in biotech things are from an interview.

Robert V. And while we have.

There's comparatively little competition for mediocre ideas, and they succeeded. But if you're a YC startup you have is so new that it's a collection of stuff to be a quiet contentment. And in any era if people are trying to make money, in which you are.

In practice their usefulness is greatly enhanced by other Lisp features like lexical closures and rest parameters. The biggest counterexample here is Skype. Some VCs seem to have balked at this, on the Daddy Model and reality is the post-money valuation of the great painters in history supported themselves by painting portraits. Probabilities in this respect as so many others the pattern for the best startups, because you have to tell them everything.

35 companies that seem promising can usually get enough money from them. Now to people he meets at parties he's a real salesperson to replace you. They don't know how many computers the worm might have to keep their wings folded, as in Boston, or at such a large chunk of time.

It was also the highest price paid for a startup to sell them technology.

This kind of kludge you need to raise money, then over the details.

From the conference site, June 2004: While the space of careers does. It was also obvious to your brain that you're not going to do this would probably be interrupted every fifteen minutes with little loss of personality for the next Apple, maybe you'd start to pull ahead in the world population, and when given the Earldom of Rutland. But what they're doing.

Incidentally, this seems an odd idea.

Thanks to Sarah Harlin, Steve Huffman, Geoff Ralston, Robert Morris, and Daniel Gackle for putting up with me.

[itsudemoyoshiwara]

<<I took out all the OOC chat.>>

[18:36] Jolj headed into the infirmary to check up on Lumi if she was around, concerned about her after hearing what happened. He nodded lightly to a nurse who was writing on a clipboard, most likely having to do with Lumi or Takumi...he didn't about that though. He did, however, ask the nurse how Lumi was feeling... [18:37] (no name) *didn't ask [18:38] Lumiere hears the door open, she looks up. Oh, it's Jolj... Ahm.. She bites her lip and looks away as he talks to a nearby nurse. He hadnt' replied to her letter, so he couldn't be here to talk to her right? I mean, Takumi was in serious condition and just about everyone knew by now... Right? [18:41] Unagi's Sidekick (honey.martiel): Hadn't* [18:41] (no name) After the nurse informed him of the situation, he gave a light nod, noticing Lumi sitting a few feet away... He let the nurse get back to work, thanking her as he made his way over to Lumi with a nervous yet concerned expression. "...U-um...h-hi..." [18:44] (no name) Upon hearing his greeting, she turns her attention to Jolj, waving a bit. "Hiya. You can sit down if you want," she says, patting the seat next to her on the bench. "Nobody's really fooling with me right now because Takumi needs it more than I do." She motions to the room behind the curtain, "Got attacked by a Galbaldian Solider today, he's pretty banged up..." [18:48] Jolj pulls on a sleeve a bit before he lightly sat beside her on the bench, looking down at the ground...gulping slowly before he'd reply, "I...hope you heal...quickly...and Takumi, t-too..." He narrowed his eyes a bit hearing that it was a Galbadian soldier... "U-um..." He closed his eyes a moment to gather his thoughts before looking up at Lumi. "...F-forgive me...b-but...w-what...was the l-letter about...?" [18:53] Lumiere chuckles nervously, "If you want to talk about that, we should go somewhere else where we won't disturb anyone... But thanks. I'm okay aside from lack of bullet removal~" She says it in a sing-songy voice, looking towards the sectioned-off room. "We can talk about Takumi too, if you don't know about it already. I don't really want to dwell on it, though." She sits up and heads towards the door, happy that most everyone was more focused on Takumi, leaving her free to leave. [18:55] Jolj blinks, kinda...pulling on his collar a bit...still obviously nervous about all this. "O-okay..." He got up slowly with Lumi as they made their way out of the infirmary. [18:56] Lumiere looks over her shoulder to him, "I'll leave where we go up to you. It's obvious that you're shy, so... Go someplace comfortable." She smiles and pats her leg, "Even if there's still a bullet in it, I'm fine to walk a bit.' [19:00] Jolj gulped a bit, shaking his head lightly. "A-are you...s-sure you're okay to w-walk...? I d-don't want you g-getting hurt... I-it's...rather u-unsafe to move a-about with...a b-bullet in you..." He then assumed the bullet was in her leg. [19:01] Lumiere grins widely, patting her leg again, "I told you! It's fine." She'd been limping around all day, her leg was numb. Even if it did bother her, she didn't feel it. xD [19:03] Jolj frowned a bit and nodded lightly. "A-alright...i-if you say s-so... Let's h-head over to the r-right here..." He motioned to the courtyard to their right, then nervously offered a hand to help her get there. [19:05] Lumiere turns a light pink at the offer but shakes her head, "I'm fine... really. Go ahead." She makes a gesture for him to go, palm down and waving. (Kinda like, "Shoo! >:O" xD tad hyper.) [19:07] Jolj gently lowers his hand and pushes his glasses up a bit. He just stood there for a moment before making his way to the courtyard, finding a closeby seat and sitting himself down as he waited for you. [19:07] Lumiere follows behind Jolj, sitting down across from him shortly after. Dx [19:09] Jolj exhales a deep breath as she arrived to sit with him, looking around a bit before he looked over at Lumi. "...S-so...i-is...um...s-something bothering y-you...?" [19:12] Lumiere looks Jolj dead in the eyes and nods once, "If you don't mind... I have a few questions." Blushing, she puts a hand to her cheek, trying to hide her face and looks away from him. "They're probably weird and you don't have to say anything if it makes you uncomfortable." She felt a bit silly, making eye contact and then acting shy... Bleh. [19:16] Jolj gulped, really feeling more nervous when she looked back at him, faltering to keep his eyes on hers...soon enough looking down at the table. He didn't notice her blushing...but she could probably notice his cheeks turning a light shade of pink. "O-okay...a-ask...uh...a-a-away..." [19:19] Lumiere forces herself to turn back to him, ready to make eye contact should he look back at her as well. She takes a deep breath and says, "Do.. Are you... Dating.. a girl named Torri? I mean, is she your g-girlfriend or ... Is it a rumor? AHH!" She squeaks and hides her face in her hands about a millisecond after. She'd asked. QQ" [19:23] Jolj slowly looked back up at Lumi, holding a hinge of his glasses rather nervously as he listened to your question...his eyes shifting up to the sky a moment before he looked back at Lumi, gulping...his nerves withering away. "U-u-uh...y...y-yes...I-I...g-guess I-I-I a-a-a-am...d-dating h-her..." He nearly fell back out of his seat at the sudden squeak, but caught himself on the tables edge, pulling himself back in to seat. [19:25] Lumiere slams her hands onto the table, standing up. She stares him down, her face a dark crimson. "But... She's not your girlfriend is she? Dating and being a couple are two diffrent things!" Her heart was pounding. She hadn't expected him to confirm it, seeing as how shy he'd acted the few times she'd talked to him... [19:28] Jolj acks and ends up falling clumsily back again, this time unable to save himself as he fell onto his back, looking up at her like a deer caught in headlights, his own cheeks flushing rather brightly. He tried answering, but his stuttering became rather incoherent... [19:30] (no name) "Ah!" She watched him fall over, jutting her hand out to grab him before he fell but... He fell. "I'm... I'm so sorry! I... Ah.." Lumiere leans over the table, offering him her hand to help her up. She frowns at his current state, not meaning to get so carried away and fluster him like that. [19:35] Jolj was all out of sorts at that point, shaking his head to the offer of helping him up because it would probably end badly and he didn't want her leg to start hurting again. "I-I'm okay...!" He hurriedly scrambled back to his feet and sat back down, gripping the edges of the bench tightly and even locking his legs around the bench leg. He smiled awkwardly at Lumi for a moment, unsure what to say or do...just...smile at her. [19:36] Jolj smiled creepier than the stupidly creepy bloody-faced guy from that comic Chiu posted in the group yesterday...and it was posted again today. XD ((-v-)) [19:36] (no name) smiles back and giggles, quickly covering her mouth to stop herself. "I.. ah..." She looks down, she can't help but keep giggling... "You're so awkward. It's adorable." [19:41] Jolj gulped as he just kept smiling...but it soon faded to just a gentle smirk, his cheeks burning from blushing so hard at what she said... "E-eh heh..." [19:43] (no name) She tucks a lock of hair behind her ear and makes eye contact with him, "I'm interested in getting to know you better." Even if Torri was his girlfriend, no harm right? [19:47] Jolj didn't really know his relationship with Torri...it was strange...but perhaps any relationship was strange to him in some way. He was happy he made friends though. Jolj looked back at Lumi, his gaze a bit nervous but it wasn't as bad as before, slowly relaxing in his seat again. "Y-you seem v-very interesting y-yourself." He scratched the bridge of his nose lightly as he said that, always so shy when talking like this. [19:51] Lumiere keeps her gaze fixed on him, "I also mean that as in the sense of a relationship that's beyond platonic." Her eyes shift back towards the bench, she's blushing again. "I don't want that to make you uncomfortable, but I feel like I should say it as well to get it out of the way. I just want you to feel comfortable around me, you know?" She gulps, continuing, "And as much as I hate to admit this. I was upset when I'd heard about her, but I wanted to talk to you about it before I let myself be a grump like that much longer. I'm really attatched to how cute you are. It's silly." Lumi chuckles nervously and lays her head on the table, "Right?" D: [19:58] Jolj gulped again, tugging lightly on his collar at the statement of a nonplatonic relationship. He gently shook his head when she mentioned him being uncomfortable. "I-I'm c-comfortable around y-you. Y-you're a v-very n-nice girl...a-and I'm s-sorry i-if w-what you heard a-about m-me and T-Torri upset you... I...th-think...w-well...I d-dunno...b-but s-she m-might...a-ah...better not s-say anything e-else..." He hid his blushing face behind a hand but tried to make it look like hw as just fixing his glasses a bit...even though the poor constant fidgeting of his glasses was unecessary--just a bad habit. "...U-uh...right." [20:00] Lumiere shakes her head, "No. Tell me please. Crush any hopes that might be there should they need the crushing." She laughs at the comment, throwing a nearby pebble at sir puggums because he misunderstands. :D [20:05] Jolj grimaces a bit, pulling his hand slowly back down from his face, his glasses actually a bit crooked now because of that. "...Um...w-well...I-I'm not m-much...i-into dating actually...b-but..." He closed his eyes, feeling he was saying all the wrong things to her. "H-hmm...I-I don't w-want to hurt a-anyones feelings... Y-you a-and me...m-might s-still have a ch...chance...b-but don't h-hope too m-much for it..." He slowly reopened his eyes as he placed a finger to the bridge of his glasses, looking at Lumi with a light smile. [20:10] Lumiere giggles, "You're silly. You say there's a chance but tell me not to hope for it..." Propping her arm up on the table, she leans forward and rests her chin in her plam, smiling at him. "You're funny. But, thank you for sort-of clearing that up with me. I'm still a bit confused but... It suffices for what I wanted to know. That's all I had to talk about." The smiles turns into a frown as she moves onto the next topic, "So what I've heard about Takumi..." [20:16] Jolj * sighs a little then chuckles, covering up his face with a hand again at the comments of him being silly and funny. "I-It's fine..." He gulped a bit when she spoke about Takumi, slowly removed his hand from his face. "Y-you...d-on't need to t-tell me...i-if it's a s-subject you r-rather not discuss..." He didn't wanna make her feel any more awkward or worrisome. [20:19] Lumiere smiles at him reassuringly, "It's fine. Usagi's upset about it, I am too of course but.. I need to be there for Usagi, too you know? Either way... All I know really is that, "she sighs angrily, "He was attacked by a Gcorp. Not only that but the bastard had the gal to leave a note saying he'd go after  more students... Leaving them to die after mauling them, that's what the note'd said." [20:26] Ed Yoshiro leans back a bit as Lumi spoke, his gaze lowering to the table slowly. Hearing about this was putting him in a pretty upsetting mood, too... "I see... G-Garden had best f-find a solution to s-supressing this guy...b-before he s-succeeds in hurting s-someone else... Th-this Galbadian a-activity w-won't fair well politically a-and might end up c-causing us to go at w-war..." Sighed a little after that, adding shortly after, "...again..." [20:29] Lumiere shakes her head, "That's what they want, according to the note. And I believe they mentioned "we," not just a single person..." Siiiiiigh~ "Nobody needs to be in the condition Taku is in right now. Not at all..." Her faces contorts as if she's in pain, "He had a sword through him and... bones were in places they didn't need to be. I.. couldn't say anything when I saw him lying there with Meds all over him..." [20:36] Jolj places his ringer finger to hold the bridge of his glasses, looking down still...looking as if contemplating, but he listened. Hearing more of what transpired caused his hand to tremble lightly against the bridge of his glasses before slapping that hand down on the table. "...S-so after 30 years, th-they want to put our w-world in turmoil and d-despair? Galbadian logic i-is deplorable..." It almost seemed like had more of a vendetta against them... [20:37] (no name) *ring finger [20:43] Lumiere places her hand atop of Jolj's, her other arm resting flat on the table. She found herself sighing again, it's things like this that really made her question her parents sanity... "They said that Dollet and  another city were theirs and that we shouldn't interfere, else this will continue..." She grips his hand, "I'm from Dollet, you know? My parents think my being here is silly but, this happens and they want me to stay home?" God that pissed her off, her parents frustrated her so much and she couldn't comprehend their lack of understanding. Her eyes well up as she shivers, her grip on his hand tightening, "They want me to stay out of it and come home, I visit them and try to tell them that we're helping but it..." [20:53] Jolj calms down a little as Lumi places her hand on his, gently closing his eyes as he listened again... Hearing this business with Galbadia made his stomach turn. He looked up at Lumi as he felt her grip on his hand tighten. He gave a light nod before turning his hand to hold hers in return. "Whatever happens...I-I won't let Galbadia succeed...a-and I won't allow you or th-the other great friends I-I've made here get hurt... W-we came here to p-protect the world from th-this, so it's our duty...a-and I know...i-it may be scary at times..." Jolj gulped, his eyes serious as he looked at Lumi. "...But t-together we'll make it through this." [21:05] (no name) Tears began to make their way down her face, her frustration with her family was the one thing she couldn't handle very well... "I'm so sick and tired of this! I'm sick of GCorp, I'm sick of my parents not getting it..." Lumiere worked the end of her sleeve over the heel of her hand and rubbed the tears her face, "I hate that Takumi is like this and I hate that I couldn't do anything." She sighs yet again, wiping away more tears. "Like you said, I'm not going to let them keep doing this." Her grip on his hand relaxed a little, feeling a bit comforted by his response. "I'm sorry," she laughs, "But, it's hard to take you seriously when you stutter like that. It's cute." Laying her head down on the table, using her free arm as a rest, she stares at their hands and chuckles; expecting him to realize and be flustered by the gesture. [21:14] Jolj eased up a bit when seeing Lumi cry, frowning lightly. "S-sorry...I...I d-didn't mean to m-make you...u-upset...b-but...I a-agree with what y-your saying..." He stood up slowly and walked behind Lumi, gently settling his hands over her shoulders to help calm her down some after she had laid her head down on the table. "You're not alone..." [21:17] Lumiere blushes the instant his hands touch her shoulders, "Ah no.. It's fine. My parents are just really frustrating and even if I don't try to look like it, I'm concerned for Takumi too.." Taking a deep breath, she tried to calm down a bit more, sniffling every so often. However, it wasn't long before she'd suddenly sit upright and smack her forehead sharply with the heel of her hand, "Timber! Dollet and Timber!" [21:19] Jolj cheeks blushed a bit, kinda surprised what he was doing himself, but it seemed to help...up until Lumi suddenly sat up quickly, his hands slipping from her shoulders in surprise. "...W-what about Dollet and Timber...?" [21:22] Lumiere looks up at him from over her shoulder, concerned, "It was Dollet and Timber that they're... The soliders, I can't believe I forgot it was Timber they said was theirs, too. Ugh." She smacks her forehead in the same fashion repeatedly, "Stupid-stupid-stupid.." [21:26] Jolj frowns after hearing that, looking down at the ground... "Dollet...and Timber...? Th-they really...h-have some nerve..." He took a few steps away before turning slowly. "Lumi...m-make sure you get your l-leg checked out by the n-nurses...I-I'm...going t-to bed..." [21:28] Lumiere 's heart sinks as he steps away, "Ah.. Go-good night then.. I'm sorry." She faces forward and looks down at her leg. "Talk to me again soon, okay?" [21:29] Jolj nods his head lightly before making his way back to his dorm... "O-of course..."