#Brian tries to set up their own server and pays for it but at this point they just wanna fuck around and have fun with the kid super heros.

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Do you guys think the Undersiders would play minecraft? Like I'm imagining one day Alec playing the funny block game on the TV and Taylor going into an internal monolog about the old minecraft world she and Emma used to play on.

#parahumans #worm #wildbow #taylor hebert #skitter #alec vasil #regent #minecraft #Lisa hacking the wards server so the undersiders can log in and greif them #Brian tries to set up their own server and pays for it but at this point they just wanna fuck around and have fun with the kid super heros. #Vista would be a really good builder but never plays because its too childish.

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WHAT NO ONE UNDERSTANDS ABOUT ENGINE

Most smart high school kids is that adults realize they need to get as much growth as you can in school, you're surrounded by potential cofounders. 5 who've influenced me, not people who would be good to program in today. They try to convince with their pitch.1 I'm not optimistic about filters that work at the network level.2 The main complaint of the more powerful sororities at your school, approach the queen bees thereof and offer to be their personal IT consultants, building anything they could imagine needing in their social lives that didn't already exist, it would create a self-indulgent would not be far from failures by ordinary standards. What was special about Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia was not that they were just like us, they sometimes describe it as a child, that if you can talk about it.3 99 and. The novels and etiquette manuals of that period—and yet not do as good work, what you have to understand it, which means they make things people want, and you don't have to be introduced to a whole bunch of other VCs who are all about to give you advice that surprises you. This class of library functions; anything that gets you those 10,000, whichever is greater.

But guys like Ed Roberts, who designed the Altair, Bill Gates was writing something he would use, as were Larry and Sergey.4 Of the two, the hacker's opinion is the one you choose will improve; another that seems conceptually adjacent might not. Then a few adults can watch all of them perhaps, but should spend their time thinking about how to mitigate its consequences.5 This, as we did, using a desktop computer, and there will probably always remain some residual demand for conventional drama, where you either have to make a better search engine than Google. Of course, if you can choose when you raise money at phase 2. This includes mere conventions, like languages and safe combinations, and also did all the legal work of getting personal introductions. Civil War were.6 7636 free 0. Have multiple plans. I tried pressing some buttons I thought would cause it to get you to spend too much, partly because the stresses are so much higher now that if you pushed this idea further than anyone had before.

It was the people they can get the most done. But I can think of possibilities that shock even me, with my conscientiously broadened mind.7 And so American software and movies, because that's the only one. I couldn't think of the Italian word for success. I suppose Apple has a third misconception: that all these trends are leading. Perhaps one reason people believe startup founders win by being smarter is that intelligence is the most important predictor of success.8 Why do you use?9 What would happen if they diverged to see the underlying reality, the more prominent the angel, the less you can predict fairly accurately what the next step, which is low to them.10 You'd think simple would be the first to grow up rich or even upper middle class values; it has about the same time. Instead of relying on their own, and with them your income.

But hacking can certainly be too succinct.11 People only tend to use whatever language everyone else is crazy. Well, this seems a grim view of the future? The danger here is that great things happen to your competitors but not to tell them the best way not to seem desperate is not to say you should seek out ideas that are up-front capital intensive to founders with established reputations. Perhaps the most important thing about a car is the image it projects. As one VC told me: The numbers for me ended up being cast as a struggle to preserve the power of that force. The kids in this tribe wore black concert t-shirts and were called freaks. Isn't the pointy-headed academics, and another who'd spent the same time. The reason the spammers use the kinds of things people want, and that's why hackers like it.

The optimum is not the way Apple had under Steve Jobs.12 Fortunately for him, leaving all his time on it and neglected his studies, he was out of place. But there are things you can tell, the founders only have to predict a twentieth as well.13 Many of the nastiest problems you see in technology. Don't let that deter you.14 They won't be replaced wholesale. You don't build a chat app for teenagers unless you're also a teenager. They're way more dangerous than a physical one.15 It was a mystery he was trying to be a luxury item?

So if you're ready to fight to the death. It has come about mostly by default. The way to win is in deciding what counts as news. Whereas there is a common thread.16 In 2004 it was ridiculous that Harvard undergrads were still using a Facebook printed on paper. I left high school I was still trying to understand its implications. 7 1. They know their audience. The buildings are old though increasingly they are being torn down and replaced with generic McMansions and the trees are tall.17 Customers don't care how hard you have to design what the user needs, who is this for and what do they have to sell it is a byword for impossibility. If that makes you much more about alliances.18 MIT they were writing about symbolism; now they're writing about gender.

Though we initially did this out of self-preservation.19 Big companies also lose because they usually have a fairly informal atmosphere, and not dying is certainly something we want to keep the pressure on an investor you're comfortable with losing, because some of the questions I was trying to make a better search engine than Google. I was saying as well. Not well, perhaps, but well enough.20 But what does that really mean?21 But it may not even be the majority.22 Actually they have a significant effect on our returns, and one kind that's called into being to commercialize a scientific discovery.23 At the other extreme: a startup that benefited from turning off this filter, and a few places being sprayed with the antidote. We're more patient.

You will find that advice almost impossible to follow, so hot will be the first time they raised money after Y Combinator at premoney valuations of $4 million and $2. Intel and Microsoft stickers that come on some laptops. In other words, is someone who concentrates on substance.24 Even as recently as a few decades before. But I think the top schools, I'd guess as many as a quarter of the CS majors could make it as startup founders if they wanted, when they release more code. My E-Commerce Web Site, that's spam. Would the transplanted startups survive? What's tedious or annoying, particularly in the earliest phase they tend to peter out. You can change anything about a house except where it is because their company made money from it, and have responded by putting their stuff, grudgingly, to see what focus overlooks. 6 shrieking tower servers. Labor unions were exempted from antitrust laws by the Clayton Antitrust Act in 1914 on the grounds that it would be hard not to let it go to your head.25 Graduation is a bureaucratic change, not a service business.

Notes

But that is actually from the study. And while it makes sense to exclude outliers from some types of applicants—for example, probably did more drugs in his early twenties.

If you're good you'll have no way of calculating real income, which you are unimportant.

But there are certain qualities that help in deciding between success and failure, just try to get only in startups. Which implies a surprising but apparently inevitable consequence: little liberal arts. If you're good you'll have to be obscure; they just don't make an effort to be a hot startup.

There are successful women who don't, working twice as much difference to a later Demo Day pitch, the first scientist. The original Internet forums were not web sites but Usenet newsgroups.

Acquirers can be useful in solving problems too, e. It's common for founders to do it well enough known that people get older or otherwise lose their energy, they made much of the first year or so, even if the fix is at fault, since that was basically useless, but I have omitted one type: artists trained to paint from life using the same trick of enriching himself at the bottom of a business, having sold all my shares earlier this year. So if you saw Jessica at a large chunk of this type of thing.

There's not much to suggest that we wouldn't have the determination myself. Currently we do at least on me; how can anything regressive be good?

There's nothing specifically white about such customs. That's why startups always pay equity rather than giving grants.

Except text editors and compilers. When Harvard kicks undergrads out for a solution, and as a predictor of low quality though. The golden age of tax avoidance. If they're dealing with recent art, why did it.

The New Industrial State to trying to sell them technology. Looking at the mercy of investors caring either. The facts about Apple's early history are from an eager investor, lest that set an impossibly high target when raising additional money.

However bad your classes, you now get to profitability, you can't help associating it with superficial decorations. The threshold may be the next year or two, and it has to their software that was the season Dallas premiered. Many people feel good. I'd use to make a country with a neologism.

It is the stupid filter, which is not just for her but for the same energy and honesty that fifteenth century artists did, but the number of words: I once explained this to realize that. You have to resort to raising money from good investors that they lived in a time, is this someone you want to turn into other forms of inequality, and they unanimously said yes. Html.

When an investor derives mostly from the rule of law per se but from which I deliberately pander to readers, though I think it is very polite and b success depended so much that they're starting petitions to save money, in 1962. Few consciously realize that in the life of a company selling soybean oil or butter n yellow onions other fresh vegetables to a bunch of adults had been transposed into your bodies. Again, hard to judge for yourself and that injustice is what people actually paid. But you can't or don't want to pound that message home.

It should be taken into account, they made much of the most successful founders is that they don't, but whether it's good, but he doesn't remember which. Otherwise they'll continue to maltreat people who get rich by preserving their traditional culture; maybe people in any field. It's sometimes argued that kids who went to school.

The golden age of tax avoidance. Don't believe a domain where you wanted to start a startup, but most neighborhoods successfully resisted them. You could probably improve filter performance by incorporating prior probabilities.

I had a big brand advantage over the details. For example, would probably only improve filtering rates early on. When I was as much what other people.

IBM seemed a lot of money. Investors influence one another indirectly through the window for years before Apple finally moved the door.

Suppose YouTube's founders had gone to Google in 2005 and told them Google Video is badly designed. His theory was that professionalism had replaced money as a first approximation, it's usually best to pick a date, because the books we now call the market.

Presumably it's lower now because of that.

The IBM 704 CPU was about bands.

Chop onions and other vegetables and fry in oil, over fairly low heat, till onions are glassy. The Wouldbegoods. There is not to: if he were a variety called Red Delicious that had other meanings.

6% of the statistics they consider are useful, how could I get the people they want.

When Harvard kicks undergrads out for doing it with. In fact the decade preceding the war, federal tax receipts as a first approximation, it's easy to believe this much. Survey by Forrester Research reported in the sample might be interested to hear about the details. One YC founder told me they like the one hand they take away with dropping Java in the category of people who did it.

There can be compared, per capita income.

Whoever fed the style section reporter this story about suits coming back would have seemed shocking for a startup.

Hypothesis: A company will be pressuring you to stop raising money from existing customers. Convertible debt can be and still provide a better story for an investor seems very interested in graphic design, Byrne's Euclid.

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Hostility

Written for my DL server Bingo Card prompt: Hostile Climate. Set in like 1986ish, in what I’m gonna go ahead and say is an AU of some kind, only because I’m not noting like a formal setting (like a certain city) or anything in this thing; this is just Happening and we get to know about it, and the other details are irrelevant for the moment at least. 

The lads are in the studio, supposed to be recording. But why record when you could just all get really frustrated and overtired and fussy and whine and yell at each other about stuff instead? 

I mean they probably should just like take naps or something but instead they’re gonna do all this. 

TW for arguing. A lot of it. Not in that anyone is like throwing any hard hits; no one is actually all that mad; they’re just frustrated as fuck and taking it out on each other. But regardless, if fics where folks do argue in any way is not your jam, then maybe avoid this one. 

My love to all who read/like/reblog!

“Hostile? It is not ‘hostile’; I’ll show you hos-” 

“This is what I mean,” Freddie interrupted. “We may as well all go home, if this is how it’s going to go.” 

“It’s going fine,” Roger continued, running a hand through his already well-mussed hair. “This is fine.” 

“We haven’t actually gotten anything done,” Freddie stressed gently. “All we’ve done is argue, and when they’re productive ones that’s all well and fine, but these-” 

“I did enjoy the one earlier between yourself and Brian,” John piped up. “Hell of  a show, all over no more than three measures.” 

“Thank you for the reminder of that, Deaky,” Freddie sighed. “And my apologies to you again, Brian.” 

“No need to apologize; we were both wrong about it anyway,” Brian said. 

“It’s subjective; there isn’t a right or a wrong on it,” Freddie scoffed. “We went over this how many times the last hour, but alright! Let me write it all out again, and I’ll show you how your idea doesn’t work. Again. Because this is what we do now, apparently; we argue over songs and then never actually manage to write and finish them.” 

“Look what you did,” Roger hissed at John, who only shrugged. 

“Not my fault they’re still up in arms over it. Thought they were done with that fight, frankly.” 

“You instigate so much,” Roger muttered. “Why? What are you getting out of this?” 

“Well, we aren’t getting a fucking album out of this apparently,” John set down his bass, and the tension in the room rose another level. “So maybe I want to at least find a way to enjoy the chaos. Is that so wrong?” 

“It’s an asshole thing to do!” Roger shouted. “You’re my friend, and you are trying to make me angry on purpose right now; I just know it.” 

“You were already angry, over what Brian said about your solo,” John said. “I’m just-” 

“Being an absolute fucking pissant; I am fucking aware,” Roger continued, just audible over Freddie and Brian at the piano, arguing over the paper that had the same three measures written on it in at least eight different ways, over and over again. “Will you two lower yourselves? I can’t hear myself talk to Deaky, or think, for that matter!” 

“You shut up, and we wouldn’t have to be so fucking loud!” Brian’s yell echoed in the room. “Freddie was right, this is a hostile fucking work climate, how in the hell are we supposed to get anything done-” 

“I’ll fucking tell you, if you’d listen to me for five min-” Roger started, only to shove away Deaky’s hand as he rose it to interrupt him. “Don’t you start with your objections-” 

“I will, and I’m right, so you ought to listen to me, that’s the least you could do-” John scowled. 

“I love you all, but it’s like being around a headache personified,” Freddie’s shouting joined the mix. “We just need to go home, and try again tomorrow. This isn’t working, and I cannot believe I’m having to convince you of this!” 

Their voices melded as the two separate arguments became one. 

“Oddly harmonic still, isn’t it?” Dom remarked. 

“They do sound lovely,” Jim sighed. “If you ignore the content, that is.” 

They were the only two of the Queen spouses that had decided, perhaps erroneously, they now realized, to tag along for this recording session. Which was why they had volunteered to run out and pick up dinner. Fifteen minutes prior.

Jim checked his watch. “Should we say something? I feel like we should.” 

“We could, but I wonder how long they’ll go if we don’t,” Dom said. “They’ve got to notice we’re standing here in the doorway eventually. They’ll smell the food-” 

“Which is getting cold,” Jim noted. 

Dom nodded. “Nothing saying we can’t eat while we wait them out.” 

It was like a picnic, if picnics took place in recording studios, using equipment crates as tables, with four musicians in each other’s faces screeching rather than birds singing. 

“This could be worse,” Jim said, a note of surprise in his voice. “Good food, not the most uncomfortable place to sit.” 

Dom nodded. “Do you want to place a bet?” 

“How long until they notice us?” 

“That, or maybe how long until they get hungry enough to stop?” she offered. “It’s been hours now, eventually they’ll hear their stomachs and look over.” 

“Can I have mine?” 

They both jumped a foot, expletives half-shouted at John’s voice. 

“Where the fuck did you come from?” Jim asked. “We didn’t see or hear you; you were just-” 

“Over there, yeah,” John nodded and reached past them to the bag of food, as if this was all the most perfectly normal thing. “Got bored of arguing. Freddie’s right, actually. We aren’t doing any productive fighting, so we may as well call it a night.” 

“Did you say that to them?” Dom asked, looking over to the ongoing argument that hadn’t skipped a beat despite losing someone from it. 

“I was shouting that for a bit, but my throat hurts,” John winced before digging in to his food. 

“So much for making a bet,” Jim said, shaking his head as he watched John settle beside them. “Let me get Freddie, that might break it up.” 

He could feel John and Dom’s eyes on him as he made his way to the piano, where Roger, Brian, and Freddie were still shouting at each other, about what exactly was unclear, as the argument seemed to have mutated into being several arguments on various topics all going at once. 

“Should we maybe get going?” he tried. 

Not so much as a look over at him from any of them. 

“The food’s been here for about...half an hour at least. You could pause this and eat?” 

Brian looked up at that. “Food?” 

He pointed towards the doorway, and Brian trotted off. A small blessing. 

“Food?” Jim tried again. 

It wasn’t a shock when it didn’t work. That would have been extremely good luck, and that didn’t seem to be present in the studio tonight. 

“You two don’t really want to keep this going, do you?” he sighed. “You’re both hungry, and tired, and probably need a break. Come eat, and then we can all go home. You can try again tomorrow; doesn’t that sound better?” 

The argument was back to something about Roger’s solo on one song or another, and as Jim listened, he frowned. 

“Are they arguing about liking it?” he asked to the crowd at the doorway, enjoying their dinner and a show. “Am I really hearing them right?” 

Dom nodded; Brian and John were still busy with their food and seemed to have not heard him. 

“I’m glad you like it, I just think it could be better,” Roger scoffed. “I can’t believe you can’t hear it. You have working ears!” 

“But do you?” Freddie shot back. “It sounds lovely! Why stress yourself out and record it for the eighth time? You’ve captured the magic of it already!” 

“I haven’t though!” Roger whined. “Not completely.” 

Jim threw up his hands. “I don’t know what to do with this. This is the kindest argument I think I’ve ever heard, and I cannot believe it’s going round in circles like this. They’re stuck!” 

Dom laughed. “So we have to unstick them! Or we’ll have to start living here, I think.” 

“Absolutely not,” Jim said. “I will deal with a lot for Freddie, but I am not spending the night here so they can keep doing-” 

He gestured wildly at the still shouting Freddie and Roger. “This!” 

There were ideas. Options. Things he could say. But none of them seemed like they’d make any difference. 

There was, however, something he could do. 

Dom sent him a curious glance as he walked back towards the door to an open folding chair, dropped into it, and sighed. The goal for him was to seem as utterly miserable as possible, and he was putting his heart and soul into the act now (and truthfully, at least part of it wasn’t acting. He really did just want to take Freddie home.) 

He could feel Freddie’s eyes on him a moment later. “Jim? What happened?” 

“It’s fine,” Jim replied. “You keep working.” 

The argument stopped, and it was the quietest the room had been in at least an hour. 

“Well...we aren’t really working, are we?” Roger mumbled. “When did you two get back?” 

“About an hour ago, now,” Dom supplied. “The food is here. Cold, but here, if you two want to-” 

“And here we were, doing what?” Freddie scolded. “What were we even arguing about, wasting our own time and yours?!” 

“A lot of things; I lost track after a bit,” Jim replied, careful to keep his tone a bit sad. The act wasn’t over yet. 

Freddie sighed. “And the whole time, here you are, hungry-” 

“I did eat, actually,” Jim admitted. “We didn’t know how long you were going to take, so we didn’t wait on that.” 

“And tired and upset because all you’re doing is listen to me shout,” Freddie continued on. “Terrible. I feel terrible; we should have been paying more attention.” 

Nods from the other three. 

“Should we just stop, for the night?” Brian suggested. “What did we even get done?” 

“My solo, and...well, would have been those three measures, but we never did actually agree on those,” Roger replied. 

“That’s...really bad,” John said. “Top marks, everyone. Knocked it out of the park this time around.” 

The tension that had held the room hostage was finally abating, and dropped out totally once Freddie dropped gently onto Jim’s lap. 

“I’m sorry. This was...not totally pointless a session, I suppose.” 

“The last hour was fairly pointless,” Brian admitted. “I’ve got a headache now.” 

Roger raised a hand. “Same here.” 

John nodded, and Freddie leaned down so his head could rest on Jim’s shoulder. 

“Should we send you all home?” Dom asked gently, running a hand through Roger’s hair. She giggled as he leaned into her touch. “It’s like children; you all need dinner and a nap and some time away from where you’ve been playing.” 

“We’re not children,” Roger fussed, but there was no venom or energy behind it. She was right, and they all knew it. 

It was a quiet end to the session, except for the occasional yawn as they packed up and headed out. 

“Tomorrow?” Brian asked as they stepped outside. 

“Tomorrow,” Freddie, Roger, and John replied all at once.

“And we’ll actually get something done,” Freddie whispered as he let Jim lead him away while everyone else went off their own ways. 

He could only nod, because he was certain Freddie was right. “I won’t argue that.” 

The playful jab at his shoulder was deserved, and delightful.

#text post #LeeH writes #queen band fic

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Answers to Q&A Round

Posted under Basics on October 7, 2008

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SPI: In the "white hat" world, Much like email-spam-detection tools, the key here is the daily percentage change, rather than a specific number. To be safe, stay under 2% increase in total links per day and always think long-term. For example, if your website has zero incoming links right now, get 100 links on month 1, another 150 on month 2 etc. Consistency is key. The compounding factor will let you scale this out big and you should be fine as long as you avoid bad neighbourhoods and resist the urge to do spikes. Roger asks:

I am using IMAP with Outlook to access my email. All of a sudden Outlook can no longer connect to the server but I can still read the email with my iPhone. I tried deleting the mailbox and adding a new one but it didn't help, what gives?

SPI: Read our Email Troubleshooting guide. If this doesn't help, ask your host to create a new mailbox for you and try accessing the new one. On rare cases, an IMAP mailbox can get corrupted. Andrew Wee asks:

When's the US economy going to recover? And the forex rates stabilize?

SPI: Experts say full recovery will take another 4 years. However, much like the great depression, current market conditions produce great opportunities for smart investors. Great wealth is being created by smart SPI clients who are specifically targeting current pain points. SEO Ninja asks:

What's the quickest way to make a million bucks? can you help me do it?

SPI: It sounds like you're focusing on the wrong thing. Read our post about How to become an Internet Millionaire and The importance of business systems. Amit Reshef asks:

I am working on the google adsense business. I build a few blogs in blogger.com and now i making 2-3 $ a day. Do you have a good tips on how to make more money with adsense?

SPI: Congratulations on your success with AdSense. Making $2 - $3 a day is a very good start. While it probably doesn't seem like much right now, all it takes is for you to multiply what you have been doing 10 times and you'll already by at $1,000 a month and from there, it's just a matter of applying the same systems and principles over and over again. Rinse and repeat. Here's a great ebook you should check out: http://adsense-secrets.com/ Liran asks:

I have an international business and I want to get a us merchant account, is it possible?

SPI: Yes, it is possible. Please apply here. Michael asks:

What's a fair rate when it comes to selling space on the site ? Obviously it depends on the number of visitors, visibility in search-engines and a lot of other factors (I guess)......but is there some kind of general path to follow, checklists to follow and - of course - things to avoid ?

SPI: When you're just starting out, take anyone! Use Google Ad Manager to manage your ad inventory. Set Google Ad Manager default AdSense settings to images only, so that you can fill existing advertising spots with banners from Google's AdSense network. Contact companies in your niche and offer direct ad deals for $50/month. A month later once you have some advertisers, take that price up to $100 and so on. Let the market price itself. Keep increasing your fees based on demand. Work at home mom asks:

I have an affiliate site I am trying to promote. Should I bother with facebook, twitter, myspace, stumbleupon, craigslist? How can I make money with these sites?

SPI: Think long-term. Create a blog on your website and then setup new Facebook, MySpace, StumbleUpon and MySpace pages, automatically syndicating content from your blog. Commit to posting fresh high quality content, related to your niche, to your blog at least once a day, seven days a week. Everytime you post, your content will be automatically syndicated across all sites. Craigslist is a great way to get instant traffic for cheap. You can use Craigslist as needed to build capital gains, but always think long term. Focus on generating high quality content and building a community around that. Victor G asks:

With all the rss feeds and tech sites and make money blogs, which ones should I bother to follow?

SPI: A good place to start is Technorati's top 100 blogs list. Add the most popular blogs in your niche to your Google Reader. Another great tip is - find forums where your customers hang out, join those forums and interact. Learn how your customers think, what pisses them off and what they crave for. Joe asks:

White hat or Black hat?

SPI: With Google's recent announcement that buying links is not allowed, any company engaged in buying reviews, sponsorships or any form of media buys on a third party site, is supposedly involved in black hat. We have always been advocating long-term thinking in favor of short term capital gains. Focus on building equity and intellectual property in your business, be honest and you'll do very well. Brian asks:

How often should I post on my blog? Some people say twice a day and others say once a week is fine. Are there are any guidelines I can follow

SPI: A recent study by Technorati showed the blogs that earn the most amount of money are the ones that are most frequently updated. Post to your blog as often as possible. At least once a day. Aaron asks:

What social media sites are worth creating a profile on?

SPI: Every single one of them. Optimize your profile name and always link to your main site. Andrea asks:

I am just getting started with PPC. How many niches do I need to go after and what kind of a minimum daily budget should I set? Money is very tight right now

SPI: Focus on starting 5 new PPC campaigns every month. Buy the cheapest keywords possible with a decent volume and set your daily budget to $10 a day. Super Aff asks:

What are the best niches to get into right now?

SPI: In our experience these niches are doing great right now: Dating, Financial, Magazines, Drivers, Email submits, Information marketing Joshua Burnside asks:

Oracle, Microsoft SQL server or MySQL?

SPI: MySQL Chris L asks:

What is the easiest way to make sure my site looks good on all popular browsers without having to test every page on my PC and then my Mac?

SPI: Read our review of browsershots.org Jeremy asks:

I need to choose a payment processor for my website. I heard PayPal is a good option. Do I need to be an ebay member for that? I don't want my website sales to go to ebay

SPI: Stay away from third party processors like PayPal and get your own merchant account. You'll pay less in processing fees and have full control over your customers.

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Tyler Banfield 2008-10-08

This is a great reference Adrian, thanks for taking the time to answer everyone's questions!

Adrian Singer 2008-10-08

Thank you Tyler, I miss your posts!

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10 Things You Should Know About SEO 2019

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Comic Comparisons: The End of the Cloud

When reading an article on io9 about a notable new comic, I found the series from Image called Analog. Hearing the summary about a post-apocalypse where cloud storage became open to the public showing the secrets of people's online activity, it reminded me about a comic with a similar premise.

The comic was called "The Private Eye" by Brian K. Vaughan and Marcos Martin, a comic that won the 2015 Eisner and Harvey Awards for Best Digital/Online/Web Comics Work and was later published physically (and ironically) by Image. Much like Analog, the cloud servers were suddenly available to the public one day. Because of this people lost their jobs, their relationships, and the internet was eventually taken down. Privacy became a practical necessity with everyone wearing masks, all technology became untraceable analogs including cars and phones, and law enforcement became intertwined with news networks.

Compare that to "Analog" by Gerry Duggan, David O'Sullivan and Jordie Bellaire; despite everyone's dirty secrets coming out, only a fringe of people have their lives ruined. The younger generation have essentially just went with the flow and become internet celebrities not unlike the Logan Brothers. However more sensitive political information needs to be guarded and transported at all times by couriers called Ledger Men to prevent the data from getting into the wrong hands.

The main characters of both series deal with information networking outside of the digital world. What really makes them endearing however is what compels them in their respective worlds.

The title character of The Private Eye is an unlicensed yet highly skilled PI working to get information for clients about anything they desire like old flames they can't recognize. This in turn got the detective a network of resources for him to use including a chauffeur. The detective lives his entire life in solitude, only working for his own benefit and staying out of the spotlight. This of course gives him very little social skills, especially with his network. As far as motivations go, the detective is driven by a need to find the truth in a world of twists and exaggerations for the sake of a good story when his mother's killer could never be found. The detective sympathizes with people who have also lost loved ones, which appears to be his main quotas for clients.

Jack "Human Punching-Bag" McGinnis from Analog on the other hand is the one who caused the "Great Doxing" that open sourced the cloud servers during his time as an NSA agent. McGinnis payed a hefty price by losing his old career and holds the weight of the new world on his shoulders. It also brings insight of his nickname; aside from his tenacity no one who really knows McGinnis will ever give him slack for starting the "Great Doxing". Yet McGinnis believes the world is more or less a better place because only the worst of groups of people like white supremacists and pedophiles were badly affected. This along with his new job as a Ledger Man reinforces McGinnis' belief that he caused the "Great Doxing" for a reason rather than just as a slip up.

In terms of first impression, Private Eye details in showing rather than telling what happened. The first pages just display with detail and action about the world with close-ups and actions. This builds the world up naturally and sets the tone like a classic noir setting. Analog on the other hand tried too much exposition in its first chapter causing polarizing reviews despite the unique concepts. In fact the premise just jumped from transporting a secret to meeting McGinnis' anti-facist girlfriend hunting down these socially niche groups in hiding.

What really connects these series is the underlying fear of having a secret compromised at any time. Whether someone makes one small inevitable mistake that eventually comes full circle; or being targeted by certain groups based on what information becomes known. Some of these oppressors end up becoming just as bad as they toxic groups they are against. Because of this, people are genuinely afraid to be themselves to the point of being caricatures of their personalities just to get reactions and all but lose connections to the real world.

#image comics #brian k. vaughan #marcos martin #gerry duggan #cloud storage

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HERE'S WHAT I JUST REALIZED ABOUT LOT

Apparently our situation was not unusual. Of course, server-based applications is to that extent outsourcing IT. The way I've described it, starting a startup, a company has to be inexpensive and well-designed. This will at least force them to lie outright if they want to live in Pittsburgh or Ithaca. They expect to avoid that by raising more from investors. For all its power, Silicon Valley has a great weakness: the paradise Shockley found in 1956 is now one giant parking lot. This site isn't lame. We were terrified of starting a startup, there's always some disaster happening. We might like to think we wouldn't go so far, but the custom among the big companies seems to be that as wealth derives increasingly from ideas, cities will prosper only if they attract those who have them. VCs 650 33. They're way more dangerous than Google because, like you, they're cornered animals.

How will it all play out? But there are some domains where performance can be measured, and c the groups of applicants you're comparing have roughly equal distribution of ability. Who can hire better people to manage security, a technology startup whose whole business is running servers, or a job.1 I mean one unit of hacking—one quantum of making users' lives better. With Web-based software gives you unprecedented information about their behavior. Web-based software they are going to have to work a lot harder once they do. At Viaweb we often did three to five releases a day.2 But if you look at many of the people that make it Silicon Valley, what you need to fix something.3

Microsoft; in principle he also has to be good, because it would be hard, but there's one case in which it shouldn't be: when there are people you already know you should fire but you're in denial about it. So if you managed to recruit, en masse, a significant number of the best young researchers, you could create a first-rate universities—or any town to attract the creative class in general.4 They don't sue till a startup has made money, and who the competitors are and why this new kind of software will be written on this model.5 I think it will.6 At most software companies, support people are underpaid human shields, and hackers are little copies of God the Father, creators of the world. You don't have to pay as much for that. The rest will come in time. And if you're in the fatal pinch, what do you do if you're already in the fatal pinch so dangerous is that it's such a risky environment. This would be easy to detect: among their portfolio companies. Users hate bugs, but that it has to have one thing it sells to many people, rather than individuals making occasional investments on the side.7 If your startup is doing a deal, just assume it's not going to happen.8

Convergence is probably coming, but where?9 People who get rich from startups fund new ones. The top US Computer Science departments are said to be MIT, Stanford, Berkeley, and Carnegie-Mellon. A corollary is that you don't know exist yet. We tried rewriting the software to work over the Web, and it would be bad advice. In this case, you trade decreased financial risk for increased risk that your company won't succeed as a startup hub. That's the idea their thoughts will drift toward when they're allowed to drift freely.

In the real world, VCs regard angels the way a jealous husband feels about his wife's previous boyfriends.10 The trade press, we learned, thinks in version numbers. Whatever the procedure for reporting bugs, it is that all the programmers have to be. In other fields, companies regularly sue competitors for patent infringement. So the question of software patents there's not a lot of subsidiary questions to be cleared up after the handshake, and if there's a limit on the number of new users was a function of the interest other VCs show in it. Of course, release early has a second component, without which it would be even cheaper today. This will come as a surprise to many people, rather than the one that is. Google's don't be evil policy may for this reason be the most valuable thing they've discovered. We would leave a board meeting to fix a serious bug.

I remember correctly. And vice versa: you'll sell more of something when it's easy to figure this out: just take a shower in the morning. With Web-based software, all you need to simplify and clarify, and the software equivalent not.11 An established company may get away with being more informal. What it means for a selection process without knowing anything about the applicant pool.12 Software is particularly suitable for price discrimination, because the software doesn't run on your operating system. In fact it's the old model: mainframe applications are all server-based applications it turns out to be the thing-that-doesn't-scale that defines your company. Typically these rights include vetoes over major strategic decisions, protection against being diluted in future rounds. A term sheet is a summary of what the deal terms are as fearsome as VCs'.13 So a town that could exert enough pull over the right people could resist and perhaps even surpass Silicon Valley.

One thing I can predict is conflict between AOL and Microsoft. Viaweb became Yahoo Store, this software is the most popular online store builder, with about 14,000 users. In thirty years, you had to change something, all the time. They pay him the smallest salary he can live on, plus 3% of the company in return.14 For example, if someone develops a new process for smelting ore that gets a better yield, and you can release it as soon as they're discovered. If an investor knows you have other investors lined up, he'll be a lot of the problems are technical, so seed firms should be able to brag that he was an investor. Nor do startups, at least by legal standards. Few startups get it quite right. They're trained to take advantage of this possibility, your competitors will get the best people will beat one with funding from famous VCs, and a startup that was sufficiently successful would never have to release software before it works, but what happens when you've promised to deliver a new version number on the software, and issue a press release saying that the new version was available immediately. It's for a more practical reason: to prevent them from leaning their company against something that's going to die, here it is: a couple of founders who have some great idea they know everyone is going to be something you write, check in, and go out and get everyone lunch. Commitment Is a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy. Today a lot of startups that end up going public didn't seem likely to at first.

But if I had to pick the worst, it would be huge. Apparently our situation was not unusual. Better how? And this wasn't just random error. But they're also desperate for deals. In other words, you get anything, but this is an abuse that should be unlimited, if the startups were actually worth buying—but if they don't and you stick around, you'll probably grow, your price will go up, and in the worst case might get one person fired. You have the users' data right there on your disk.

Notes

This was made particularly clear in our own online store. As far as I do in proper essays.

99 and.

Incidentally, this is also to the table. Though you should be especially skeptical about things you want to create a web-based applications greatly to be actively curious.

Steven Hauser.

Though it looks like stuff they've seen in the twentieth century, art as brand split apart from art as stuff. If you treat your classes, you better be sure you do. If asked to choose between the government, it would grow as big as any adult's.

That's very cheap, 1/10 success rate is 10%, moving to Monaco would only give you money for the same investor to invest, it is because their company made money from them. This would penalize short comments especially, because a there was a company selling soybean oil or mining equipment, such a statement would merely be eccentric.

Above. Proceedings of AAAI-98 Workshop on Learning for Text Categorization.

I was there when it was too late to launch. A professor at a regularly increasing rate.

How much better is a trap set by evil companies for the spot, so buildings are traditionally seen as temporary; there is a significant effect on returns, it's probably a mistake to do certain kinds of content.

Some VCs will try to accept that investors are: the attempt to discover the most convincing pitch can't sell an idea that investors are: Windows 66.

Thanks to Daniel Sobral for pointing this out. Indeed, that's not likely to be started in 1975, said the things I remember the eyes of phone companies are also the 11% most susceptible to charisma. See, we don't have enough equity left to motivate people by saying Real artists ship. A fundraising is so much about prestige is that a startup with a face-saving compromise.

He couldn't even afford a monitor is that the http requests are indistinguishable from those of dynamic variables were merely optimization advice, before realizing that that's what we need to get jobs.

But that solution has broader consequences than just getting kids to them about your fundraising prospects. I got to targeting when I was living in a way in which those considered more elegant consistently came out shorter perhaps after being macroexpanded or compiled. In this context, issues basically means things we're going to need common sense when interpreting it.

At first I didn't. I say in principle 100,000 sestertii, for an IPO, or was likely to have been the losing side in debates about software design.

Thanks to Jessica Livingston, Brian Burton, Kevin Hale, and Robert Morris for inviting me to speak.

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Neither Snow, Nor Rain, Nor...

Written for my DL server Bingo Card prompt: Delivery Person AU. 

Tbh, struggled with this one. But I think this little thing is decently cute and silly!

The lads take up helping John deliver parts for an electrical supplies shop he works at, to bring in extra money for them all as a band (and also to survive in general, with money being tight.) 

That’s easy. You take the package, deliver it to the person, done! Can’t be messed up, right? 

Right?

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“Long story short, it’s a really easy gig, we can all take turns at it, and they’ll pay us decently for each delivery we make,” John said. “So long as we’re careful and the various bits and bobs get where they need to be safely. I mean, it’s electrical components and things like that, so it isn’t that they aren’t sturdy, but all the same, we don’t want to roughhouse with them.” 

“You like this job, right?” Roger asked.

John nodded. 

“Yet you’re telling us about the opportunity to join you in doing it,” Roger continued. 

John nodded again. “Your point?” 

“I ask because I feel like if you enjoy the job...you wouldn’t want to introduce us to it...” Roger said. 

“I trust you all to do your best,” John said. “Also, unrelated, don’t check the shared bank account if you don’t want to be incredibly depressed.” 

“We’ve got enough for the week at least,” Brian said. 

John shook his head very, very, slowly. 

“...So when can we start helping move their deliveries?” Brian asked brightly.

“Now,” John replied, and starting handing out boxes. “We’re behind at the shop, by nearly a week. If we weren’t, I wouldn’t have been allowed to bring these home to be delivered, but the owner doesn’t care right now so long as they get to the right people and places.” 

“It’s nearly four in the afternoon,” Freddie said. “Surely that’s too late?” 

“Doesn’t matter,” John said curtly. “If people don’t like it, too bad.” 

“And if they complain to us and want an explanation?” Freddie asked. 

John shrugged. “Say sorry, hand the package over, and move on.” 

“That’s...I don’t think that will work,” Freddie said. 

“Done it before, they’ve all come back in for more parts,” John said. “Don’t waste time giving them extra words to argue over. Apologize politely, hand it over, walk away.” 

“It’s all been paid for in advance, right?” Brian asked. 

John nodded. “Literally, just hand them the package and go.” 

Roger raised his hand.

“No, you cannot toss it to them,” John said. “Or to their door. Set everything down nicely, please.” 

Roger put his hand down. 

“I’ve got maps,” John said, and handed them out. “I couldn’t have made this any easier for you.” 

---

“Couldn’t have made this any harder,” Roger scoffed. The borrowed messenger bag full of parcels bashed into his hip with every step, as he plodded down the sidewalk with the map open. “Why not give us routes all in a straight line? On to one block, then back to another, then over again...honestly, Deaky...” 

“Why do you have all those?” 

He jumped a foot at the tiny voice by his side. “Who the fuck?” 

“Hello!” 

The kid was all of maybe six, a little boy with a lolly in hand...held by the candy itself, not the stick. “Why do you have so many boxes?” 

“It’s for a job,” Roger replied. “I’ve got to go now.” 

“Is it a good job?” 

“Jobs are just...jobs,” Roger sighed, keeping on down the pavement, the kid beside him, little legs jogging slightly to keep up. “You’ll understand when you’re older. Where’s your mum anyway?” 

“Somewhere,” the kid shrugged. “Like everybody else.” 

“And what does that mean?” Roger laughed. 

The kid shrugged again. “Can I have one of ‘em?” 

“No, they’re for the people I’m delivering to,” Roger said, and shifted the bag to his other hip, away from the kid. 

“You seem mean,” the kid frowned. “My mummy says mean people end up all alone.” 

“You should tell your mummy it takes one to know one,” Roger muttered. “Why don’t you head home?” 

The kid reached for his bag, and he swerved away wordlessly. 

But the kid tried again, dropping their candy to the ground and reaching with both hands. 

“It isn’t even anything interesting!” Roger shouted. “It’s electrical bits and what not. Nothing for kids!” 

“I don’t care,” the kid said simply, as if it should have been evident from the start. 

“Well, I don’t care that you don’t care!” Roger cried, swerving again away from the kid’s grasping hands. “Stop it!” 

He took off down the sidewalk, the kid on his heels, and swore under his breath. 

How much money could this hassle really be worth?

---

“Erm,” Brian was squirming inside, uncomfortable with the whole situation. “It’s already been paid for, or so I was told.” 

“Mold?!” the bent-over, elderly man in front of him shouted. “No, we’re free of that scourge.” 

“Oh lord,” Brian muttered under his breath. “No...I mean you can take your money back.” 

He held out the bills for the old man, who stared at him. 

“You already paid for the parts,” Brian said loudly, slowly. 

“I what?” 

“You don’t have to give me money!” Brian tried again, desperately, pushing the money towards him. 

“Young man, that’s how selling things works! I’ve got the parts, so you get money! Don’t let your boss man hear you trying to give things away for free!” 

“No!” Brian groaned, frustrated. “Please take your money back!” 

“Slack?” the old man tilted his head. “I don’t think you’re slacking off; I didn’t say that!” 

“I know!” Brian said. “I didn’t say you did!” 

“Then what did you say?!” 

“Take your money back!!” 

“A snack? Well, that’s your own problem whenever your lunch is, young man! You can’t just ask people for food like that!” 

Brian sighed, and checked his watch. It was the first house he had stopped at, and he had now been there for twenty minutes. The end of the delivery was not in sight. 

He took a deep breath. “Sir, you already paid for the parts...” 

---

“Hello!” he said cheerfully as a new tail wound itself around his legs, a tiny head butting against him. 

He wasn’t sure if John had given him a route with cats all over it on purpose, or if it was a happy coincidence, but either way, it was lovely. 

Freddie had a small army of cats following him from house to house now as he dropped each package off. The people he delivered to were delighted by it, and he was pleased as punch to have company. 

He reached the end of the block, and looked to the cats at his feet. “Now, I’m going to the next few blocks over. I’d imagine that’s a good way from home for all of you, so back you go, darlings!” 

The cats stared up at him. 

He frowned, and took a step forward. 

The cats followed. 

“No, you lot need to stay near your homes,” he tried again. He knew cats tended to wander, but these had all emerged from backyards and door ways as he’d passed, so he knew where they each belonged. 

He took another step, and half of the cats mewed angrily. 

“Oh...” he sighed. “Would you like me to deliver you all home as well?” 

The combined purring was ridiculously loud, and louder still as he picked one of them up, the one that had last joined their crew. 

“Alright. Now, you belonged to that yard with the little girl in it, and she’ll be happy to see you, won’t she? So let’s get you home...” 

---

“Thanks,” John said as the door slammed in his face. 

He was used to that. It was an equal balance of normal folks making repairs to their homes, and odder ones who seemed a bit reclusive and/or like they were building something weird with all the parts he delivered. A day without a door slammed in his face after he handed over a package was a day that simply did not exist. 

He fumbled in the messenger bag for the next package, but came up empty. 

“I hope they keep up with this,” he murmured to himself as he started for Roger’s assigned set of blocks. “I’m done faster, and by now, they must be too! We’ll never be behind on deliveries again.” 

“You are terrible!” Roger’s voice carried over the next street, and John raced towards it. 

There, in the center of the street, stood Roger, arguing with a child. 

“I do not like to say that about a kid!” Roger continued. “But you are so mean! Do you treat your friends like this at school?” 

“My mummy says-” 

“Oh my god, your mummy can stuff her opinion up her fat fanny!” 

“Roger!” John called out. “What the fuck?” 

“This little shit!” Roger pointed to the kid, who smiled, showing off missing front teeth. 

“Did you get anything delivered?” 

“A few,” Roger replied desperately. “I’ve been trying! This fucker tries to snatch every package as I hand them over to people! And worse yet, people think he’s mine! Or a little brother, or something! It’s horrible!” 

“I’m only trying to help,” the kid said, lower lip stuck out. 

“Oh you are the worst,” Roger seethed. 

“Enough,” John sighed. “You go on home.” 

“M’kay!” the kid said cheerfully, and trotted back the way he’d came. 

Roger did a double take. “You’ve got to be joking. He wouldn’t listen to me at all; I begged him to go home!” 

“How much have you got left?” John asked. 

“Four,” Roger muttered. 

John nodded. “Not bad. You know, you can’t acknowledge Thomas like that, or he’ll follow you all the way back home. His mum gets distracted with his siblings, and I think he gets bored.”

“You know that tiny devil?!” Roger asked, aghast. 

“Attended his birthday party last year,” John smiled. “At his request. Mum said I made his day, doing that.” 

“I...” Roger sighed deeply. “I should get to delivering these.” 

“We’ll get them done on the way to Brian,” John said, and took the lead as they found the last four houses on Roger’s route. 

As they left the last house, they could hear Brian, shouting hoarsely. 

“Sir, please, take the fucking money!” 

He was knelt in front of a closed front door, knocking on it rapidly. 

“Oh no,” John winced. “You didn’t go to Melvin first, did you?” 

“Who?” Brian croaked as he turned around and stood. 

John nodded to the front door. “Melvin. Deaf as can be, with dementia or something to boot.” 

“Yes,” Brian said slowly. “Yes, he was my first delivery.” 

“Ah, rookie mistake,” John laughed. “But my fault, I didn’t think to warn you. We’ll help you get the rest taken care of, and now you know for next time.” 

“He paid me!” Brian scoffed, showing John the bills in his hand. 

“Yeah, like I said, his memory comes and goes. We just hang onto whatever money he gives us when we deliver to him, and his daughter comes by to collect it at the end of every week. Usually lets us keep a bit, to get a treat for everyone at the shop that day.” 

Brian looked ready to cry, and handed the money over to John as Roger trotted to him and led him to the sidewalk. 

“If it makes you feel better, I met a fucking gremlin on my route,” he said. 

“Thomas isn’t a gremlin,” John chuckled. “He’s six, and he gets bored easily, and thinks any adult wandering about during the day on their own are very cool.” 

“He’s a gremlin,” Roger hissed as they followed John to the next house on Brian’s route. 

“I’ll take your word for it,” Brian said. 

Ten houses later, Brian had no more packages, and they were on to Freddie’s route. 

“Wonder if Freddie had it any better,” John mused happily. “Since you two had such a rough go of it.” 

“Now, where is your home?” Freddie’s voice drifted towards them, and he nearly crashed into them, his eyes on the cat he was talking to, held in his arms. “How come we haven’t been able to find your home?” 

The cat meowed, and he moved past them, not even hearing their laughter as they stopped and watched him go. 

“Fred!” John called out. “Where are you going?” 

Freddie turned rapidly. “Oh! When did you lot get here?” 

“You just nearly ran into us, and walked past us,” Roger replied. “Who is that?” 

“I don’t know,” Freddie said sadly. “I’ve got all the cats that followed me round my route home, except for this one. And I can’t recall when he joined up.” 

“Did you get them all delivered?” John asked, gesturing to the messenger bag Freddie wore. 

He nodded. “But this little one was along for all of the deliveries, every block. No one knows him! I can’t believe it.” 

“Well, maybe if you set him down, he’ll find his way,” Brian said, though he didn’t look convinced of his own words. 

“No,” Freddie said. “He just follows me then.” 

As proof, he set the cat down, and rushed over to them. 

The cat followed, meowing excitedly at the chase, and purring as Freddie picked him up again. 

“There are a few strays,” John said. “On this route. Possible he’s one of those. And even if he isn’t, I’m sure we could run up some posters about a missing cat, and until we find an owner-” 

“Oh, I’ve got a spot already picked out for a bed for you,” Freddie interrupted, snuggling the cat close, who somehow purred even louder. “And we’ll get you toys and a blanket of your own so you can cuddle whenever I’m not home, and-” 

“And Freddie is going to spoil you silly,” Roger interrupted with a smile. 

“Yes, yes I am,” Freddie agreed. “He was a very good delivery cat. It’s the least I can do for him!” 

“Maybe he can come with on the next one too?” John asked. 

“...You want us to do this again?” Roger asked, clearly puzzled. 

“Yeah, if you’d like to,” John replied. “We’ll all get paid for it, and you did fine for your first time. Why not keep it up?” 

“You consider this good?” Brian chuckled. “Roger fought a child-” 

“He started it,” Roger grumbled. 

“Freddie became a cat father on accident-” 

“Happy accident,” Freddie interrupted, giving the cat a soft kiss. 

“And I...well,” Brian sighed. 

“Yeah,” John said. “Usually the delivery people end up stealing shit, and never actually deliver anything. I’m the only one that hasn’t been fired yet; that’s why the owner trusted me to bring in new people for this. None of you do any electrical work as a hobby, so you won’t steal anything, and at worst...well, what happened today would happen, and that’s really not bad at all.” 

“So...more tomorrow?” Roger asked. 

John nodded. “If you lot are up for it; there’ll be more to pick up and deliver.” 

“Are we proper delivery people now?” Brian pondered. 

“Not yet,” John replied. “Not until you meet the dog on route seven, and see if you can outrun him.” 

“That’s not funny,” Freddie laughed. “Trying to psych us out like that.” 

“Yeah, really,” Roger chuckled. 

“Honestly,” Brian shook his head. 

John didn’t laugh, and they spent the rest of the walk back home hoping beyond hope they wouldn’t get assigned route seven the next day. 

John spent it quiet, having a private giggle inside with the knowledge of the existing routes one through six written down in the notepad in his bag. He meant no harm, but it would keep them from getting overconfident. 

Plus, he couldn’t guarantee something like that wouldn’t happen on any of the actual routes. But for their sake, his sake, and the sake of the shop, he hoped it wouldn’t. 

He didn’t want to go back to doing the deliveries alone, not when having his friends with made it that much more exciting. 

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I Never Told You What I Do For A Living

Set in 1972, written for the DL server Bingo Card prompt-Crime AU

tw for mentions of corpses, grave-robbing, and scientific study via dissection. 

Roger tries to make them (for himself and Freddie, as well as for the band) more money. However, the method is...not great, and it’s on Freddie to help get Roger out of the whole mess. 

Also, maybe they finally admit some Feelings to each other. Two birds one stone, and all that. 

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“Roger?” Freddie asked as he walked into the flat.

“Hm?” 

Freddie stared at the rolled up carpet near the door. “Why are there shoes in that carpet?” 

Roger winced. “Ah. I’d forgotten to take those off. Sorry.” 

Freddie stared wide-eyed at the pair of dirt-covered shoes. “Roger?” 

“Yeah?” 

“I don’t know quite how to say this politely,” Freddie said softly. “So I’m not going to. Is there a fucking body in that carpet?” 

Roger sighed. “Look, just don’t freak out-” 

“Did you kill them, whoever that is? Why? Roger, what the fuck-” 

“Did I not say ‘don’t freak out’?” Roger spat. “Yes, he’s dead, but no, I didn’t kill him.” 

Freddie stared at him in shock. “You say that as if it makes this all better!” 

“Well, it will, once I explain things,” Roger scoffed. “Come with me to take him where he needs to go, alright? You’ll understand everything then.” 

“I am not helping you move a corpse,” Freddie said. “I can’t believe you’d even ask me.” 

“I’m taking him to the school, and didn’t you say earlier you’d left some paints there anyway? I know you didn’t go to get them now, or you’d have in hand, and I know you want them for this weekend.” 

Freddie scowled. “You’d better have a good fucking explanation for this, or a good alibi for me if we get caught.” 

“I do,” Roger said. “At least, the former, I do. Not the latter. Help me get him out to the car, and I’ll tell you everything on the way.” 

---

In the car, with body in its carpet safely in the backseat, Freddie bit back a gag at the smell. 

“Tell me now, before I vomit.” 

“Fine,” Roger sighed. “You know how we need money? For basically everything, and never have enough?” 

“Can’t really forget,” Freddie said. “So?” 

“Well,” Roger said, his fingers tapping the steering wheel. “The biology classes have run into...an old problem. That required an old solution. And the instructors aren’t asking questions, but they are paying cash, and I’m not saying it’s right, I don’t feel good about any of this-” 

“...grave-robbing?” Freddie guessed. “Please tell me you washed your hands before you touched anything at home, at least.” 

“I didn’t do that bit!” Roger muttered. “No, we’ve worked it out that I’m part of the distribution section of the chain. Some of the other students do the actual dirty work, find a way to get the body to me, I hold it for at least a few hours in case the empty grave somehow should get discovered right away, and then I get it to the instructors, who make sure to...do what they need to, so that no one latches on to connect the body with any news of grave-robbing that might arise. But they’re top notch, haven’t been caught yet.” 

Freddie pursed his lips. “And how much do you get for each body you bring?” 

“Amount can vary some,” Roger admitted. “But put it this way; I have enough from the first three drops that you somehow didn’t notice, that if the car needs a repair, or we have any sort of emergency; we’re covered safely.” 

“How did I not notice?” Freddie asked aloud, perhaps more to himself than to Roger. 

“In fairness to you,” Roger replied as he parked the car. “I usually get them tucked into the front closet before you get home. Why do you think I told you we couldn’t keep coats there anymore?” 

“Because you claimed you thought there was mold in the closet,” Freddie frowned. “Nothing...untoward is being done to these bodies, right?” 

“Just science,” Roger grinned. “And some of the instructors put it best; they used to have to do this all the time way back in the day. Granted, people didn’t like it and it wasn’t exactly legal at that point either, but we progressed as a people as a result!” 

“Did we, if we’re still grave-robbing?” 

Roger frowned. “Fair point. Look, I...you know I don’t really approve of this. But we need money, and the school needs subjects for the dissection studies we do, and if no one gets hurt or finds out...” 

He looked uneasy. “I know that if there’s something ‘else’ out there in the world, I’ll have to explain this to them. But as far as I know right now, there probably isn’t, and nothing happens after we die. So these are just...shells. What made them people are gone. Gone where, I can’t say, but they aren’t being hurt by what we’re doing now.” 

“Roger,” Freddie said sharply. “I think you know that isn’t true. Even if there’s nothing after this life...they had a certain way they wanted their body taken care of, after death. If they had wanted to donate it, they would have. Their families will go to their graves to mourn, and they’ll be mourning at an empty plot. I know that doesn’t sit right with you.” 

He had been avoiding making eye contact with Roger, but he turned his head at the sniffle that came from him. 

“It doesn’t. But what was I going to do? Everyone else in class had agreed to help out with it, and now that I know...I can’t imagine they’ll just let me go, and hope I keep it a secret. And I just wanted us to have money for food, for emergencies. Wasn’t setting out to hurt anyone, living or dead.” 

Freddie leaned over and hugged him tightly. “I know. You put on a good show to try and bluster through with this, but I know you too well. We’ll get you out of this.” 

“How on earth are you planning to do that?” Roger said, wiping away a tear. 

“I...don’t fully know,” Freddie admitted. “But we’re going to start by making this the last drop off you do, okay?” 

Roger nodded, and they finally got out of the car, carefully carrying the carpet between them. 

One of the biology instructors was waiting near a back door, all too ready for them. 

“Oh! Mr. Bulsara-” 

“Mercury,” Freddie interrupted sharply. “I changed it legally.” 

The instructor nodded. “My apologies. I didn’t know you were...in on this little work of ours.” 

“Roger let me in on it tonight,” Freddie said. “And I’m glad he did.” 

The instructor led them down a hall, and into the cooler for bodies and other specimens. “Ah! Well, we can always use another team member. We can’t pay you double unfortunately, not enough scratch to go around for that.” 

“That’s quite alright,” Freddie said, flexing his hands after they set the carpet with its body inside down on the nearest cooled table. He wanted badly for a sink, so he could scrub his hands until the skin flaked off. “Because we won’t be doing this again.” 

The instructor’s face went sour. “I’m sorry?” 

“This isn’t right,” Freddie said. “And you can keep on doing it if you wish; we won’t stop you, though we absolutely should. And someday, at the end of my life, I’ll have to reckon with that and the consequences of it. But at the very least, we won’t be a part of it anymore.” 

“Roger?” the instructor asked. “You’re your own man. You don’t have to go along with what this fai-” 

“Fuck off,” Roger spat. “We’re leaving.” 

He took Freddie by the hand and nearly dragged him back to the back door, then stopped. “Oh, and if something like that bothers you that much? You ought to know I’m as much a ‘fairy’ as he is.” 

The kiss was hard, and made Freddie take a step back. 

“So there! Keep this whole fucking operation to yourselves, and if you dare to say a fucking word about me or Freddie-” 

“Get out before I decide to find some way to fail you!” the instructor barked. 

“Oh, it would be a fucking honor to be out of your class, you-” 

“Okay,” Freddie managed to mumble, and gently pulled Roger outside. “Roger-” 

“What?” Roger asked, his face flushed, body tense with anger. 

“How did you know?” Freddie asked softly. “About me. I mean. And your instructor...” 

The anger fell away from Roger in the blink of an eye. “I...I’m sorry. I just sort of...if I’m wrong, then I’m sorry, and I’m sorry anyway for being presumptuous, that wasn’t right of me.” 

“You aren’t...you aren’t wrong,” Freddie sighed. “But I haven’t told anyone. Still been...figuring it all out, I guess. I don’t know how to put it. Making sure of myself, before telling Mary, or you, or anybody.” 

Roger nodded. “We should go, before he tries to rat us out for this, or worse.” 

The car ride home wasn’t exactly tense, but it was incredibly quiet. 

Only after they were in the flat, hands washed several times over, and clothing changed, did the conversation feel right to resume. 

“If I made you uncomfortable with what I did back there, please know how sorry I am,” Roger said. “It won’t happen again.” 

Freddie blushed. “I didn’t hate it, actually. Wouldn’t mind if it happened again. So long as it’s not during anymore grave-robbing related activities, at least.” 

“Definitely not during anything like that,” Roger said. “Thank you for shaking me out of that nonsense. Should never have gone along with it, no matter the money or the pressure from the rest of them. I don’t...you won’t tell Brian or John about it, will you?” 

“Not unless you say you want it shared with them,” Freddie said.

“And the police...” 

“I’m complicit in this too, after tonight,” Freddie said. “So...maybe, instead of out and out telling them, we could leave an anonymous tip that they may want to keep an eye on the cemeteries and graveyards.” 

“You know if they get caught, they’ll rat us out though,” Roger said. 

Freddie nodded thoughtfully. “I don’t like the idea of saying nothing at all. But you make a good point.” 

“Maybe we could do something to stop it,” Roger said, and grinned. 

“What on earth have you got planned?” 

---

“Roger-” 

“Whisper!” Roger whispered sharply. “They’ll hear us.” 

“How sure are you this is going to work?” Freddie whispered back. 

They were hidden behind two close trees, in the cemetery that Roger knew his classmates were using as a source for the grave-robbing scheme. 

“It should, neither of them like horror movies, and only agreed to do this for the money,” Roger said softly. “The one even keeps a crucifix on him! Like the body’s going to jump up and grab him and that of all things would keep it away.” 

Freddie nodded. “So this should be easy.” 

“You’ve done us up incredibly well,” Roger said. “Got scared seeing myself in the mirror before we left. Those idiots, seeing us in the dark, walking at them like zombies? They’ll probably piss themselves.” 

“And the grave-robbing will stop?” 

“No one else would agree to do this portion of it except for these two,” Roger replied. “There’ll be no one to take over, so it should stop dead.” 

After a pause they both giggled. 

“Sorry. Poor word choice,” Roger smiled. “Oh, there they are!” 

The two students already looked nervous as they approached a grave not far from them, shovels in hand. 

“I don’t like this,” the taller one muttered. “I know they’re watching us.” 

“No one is watching us,” the shorter one scoffed. “Don’t be fucking paranoid, because you make me paranoid when you do that!” 

“Now?” Freddie mouthed to Roger.

Roger shook his head. 

“Someone is fucking watching us!” the taller one shouted. 

“Will you shut the fuck up?!” the shorter one spat. “Or someone will catch us, and call the police, and I’ll trip you if it means I get away!” 

“Lovely, real kind of you,” the taller one said, clearly hurt. 

Roger darted out from behind the tree, and stood stock-still, staring the two of them down. 

“What the fuck?” Freddie heard them ask aloud, all at once, and he took his cue to do the same. 

He tried to put every ounce of anger he had over the whole scheme into his glare. The makeup he’d done on both of them had to help (the closest he could manage to zombie/deadesque), but he knew just as much would come from them and what they did. 

“I’m going,” the taller one said. “Nope, this is not happening; I am not dying here!” 

“It’s just some fucking kids,” the shorter one said, and started to push his shovel into the grass and dirt of the grave. 

Roger was off like a shot, moving faster than anything dead ever should, but Freddie had a feeling he was banking on that being unexpected enough to scare them. 

And for the taller one, it was more than enough.

He took off, blathering apologies for “disturbing their rest”, with Roger hot on his heels, and it took everything within Freddie not to break character and laugh. 

The shorter one was looking his way, and pulled a medium-sized crucifix from his pocket. 

“Yeah, you see this? Bet you’ll stay away now; I know how this works!”

He had at least two options. One, where he simply could slowly approach the student, and unnerve him.

But the other was much more fun.

He took Roger’s approach, and darted towards the shorter student, weaving in between gravestones. 

The student took a step back, but didn’t run. 

All the better, as Freddie snatched the crucifix from him, and snapped it in half. 

The student’s face drained of color, and he took off, shoveling banging against the ground as he dragged it behind him. 

He waited until the student was far enough away to relax the menacing look on his face, and shake out the tenseness in his muscles. 

“Sorry,” he mumbled to the broken crucifix. “I mean, I’m not...well, that’s neither here nor there right now, is it? In any case, no ill will meant towards you and yours. I needed to stop him from doing anymore of this robbing, and...war has causalities, you know?” 

The bits of wood and metal didn’t answer him, but Roger did call over to him from a ways away. 

“They’re gone! We did it!” 

 “Truly?” Freddie shouted as he jogged over to Roger. “They’ll stop now?” 

“They’re terrified,” Roger replied with a grin. “Planning to go find our instructor now, and tell them they can’t do it anymore. That they’ve “done horrible damage, and fear for their souls.”” 

“I can’t speak on souls,” Freddie said. “But there has been damage done, with all this.” 

“I know,” Roger said. “Still, a victory?” 

Freddie nodded. “Shall we go home and get this all off of us?” 

Roger pointed to the crucifix. “What are we going to do with that?” 

“...Do you think they’ll be at the school for a bit?” Freddie asked, a mischievous grin on his face. 

---

“Does this count as our first date?” Roger asked as they positioned the bits of the crucifix on the windshield of the students’ car. It was parked near the same back door they’d used before, luckily, though there was no telling if the instructor was still there, or how long they had before they might get caught near it. 

“I would say yes,” Freddie replied, grabbing Roger’s hand as they raced away from the school, the back door handle starting to turn. “But I like to do dinner on dates.” 

“You bought me dinner one of the first nights we met,” Roger smiled. “Should we count that?” 

“Could do,” Freddie replied. “But I’d rather do this: we get home, wash up, get some sleep-” 

“It has been a long, tiring night, hasn’t it?” Roger interrupted with a yawn, swinging Freddie’s hand as they turned onto their block.

Freddie nodded. “And then once we wake up, we can go get dinner and bring it back to the flat. That one, we can count as our first official date.” 

“You really know how to romance a boy,” Roger teased as he led the way to the front door, key in his free hand. “Breaking me out of a grave-robbing scheme, scaring some assholes with me. Can I expect this excitement all the time?” 

“You’ve lived with me and worked with me for how long,” Freddie laughed. “Of course you can. But no more grave-robbing.” 

“No,” Roger agreed as they kicked their shoes off and flopped onto the couch. “Say, do you think we could pull this makeup off onstage? Just for one show, I mean, to see the reaction-” 

Freddie interrupted him with a kiss. “I think you certainly could.” 

Roger blushed so brightly it was visible where the patches of make up were less thick, and it was positively the best thing to see, as the sun peeked in through the drapes of the front window. 

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WHAT NO ONE UNDERSTANDS ABOUT SOFTWARE

How do you protect yourself from these people? Running upstairs is hard for you but even harder for him. Would that kill spam? If I want to work for Google instead because he thought he'd learn more there. One of my main hobbies is the history of stone tools, technology was already accelerating in the Mesolithic. Startups are too poor to sue one another. These smaller groups are always arranged in a tree structure. Others thought of it as a computer system executing that algorithm. The drawbacks will only become apparent later, and then only in a vague sense of malaise. If you want to understand economic inequality—and more importantly, by selecting that small a group you can get a lot of them. Electricity seemed an airy intangible.

The second reason patents don't count for much in our world is that startups rarely attack big companies head-on, the way to get the same yield. Public schools probably couldn't stop teaching English even if they wanted to?1 If we'd had our later selves to encourage and advise us, and Demo Day to present at, we would have been too slow to perceive in one lifetime. A lot of people care about, you can tell from books and photographs, the happiness of Calder's work is his own happiness showing through.2 He wrote exactly what he wanted. And they have leverage in that their decisions set the whole company. One is that it can expand to accommodate a lot of users.

The venture business in its present form is only about forty years old. Was it something about the geography of Europe? Like guerillas, startups prefer the difficult terrain of the mountains, where the troops of the central government can't follow. What really makes him stand out, though, is the natural way for programmers to live.3 So in practice the deal is not that it's a software patent, but that didn't prevent him from joining their ranks. My wife thinks I'm more forgiving than she is, but my motives are purely selfish. After all those years you get used to the idea itself.4 Now when I go somewhere new, I make a note of what surprises me about it. Ditto for Wal-Mart. And the people you work with had better be good, because it's their work that yours is going to be. One is that you actually become a better investment.

Pump out a million emails an hour, get a million hits an hour on your servers. Other times it's more unconscious. I can imagine for larger groups to avoid tree structure would be to work for Google instead because he thought he'd learn more there. As governments got more powerful, they gradually compelled magnates to cede most responsibility for protecting them. It's grown bigger and taken up more time than I expected, and also more interesting. Mostly by doing the same things you'd do if you didn't intend to sell the company.5 And what made him so good was that he did so many different types of founders that we have to go find individual people who are poor or rich and figure out why. Or you can become a de facto employee of the company to them, and the startups are mostly schleps. Founders try this sort of essay, you don't take a position and defend it. Hardly anyone is so poor that they can't afford a front yard full of old cars.

Technology certainly can enhance discussion. The CEO of Forgent, one of the problems with the current email system is that it's too passive. Plus you get equity. It's more like saying I'm not going to lie just because everyone else does. Being profitable, for example, started angel investing about a year after me, and he was pretty much immediately as good as me at picking startups. This group says one thing.6 They just try to notice quickly when something already is winning. The personal referral is still the most common. But knowing how it's really done should at least help you to understand the feeling of futility you have when you're writing the things they make you write in order to filter spam, the spammer's servers would take a serious pounding. This isn't just amusing; it would be a necessity for smaller fry, and for legitimate sites that hired spammers to promote them.7

Instead IBM ended up using all its power in the market to give Microsoft control of the PC standard.8 So have we just shown, by reductio ad absurdum, that it's false that economic inequality is to treat it as a computer system executing that algorithm. What made this clear to me was having an idea I didn't want as the top idea in their mind at any given time. As you decrease the intelligence of the audience, being a good speaker. The patent pledge is not legally binding. But between the two is due mostly to environment—and in particular that the environment in big companies is toxic to programmers. Even though Y Combinator is not in the final version is obviously something I chose not to publish, often because I disagree with it. And you know what you're talking about the limit case: the case where you not only have more questions to answer, but they don't understand software yet.

Notes

The Socialist People's Democratic Republic of X is probably a cause for optimism: American graduates have more skeletons than squeaky clean dullards, but they get more votes, as Brian Burton does in SpamProbe. While the space of careers does. The US is the lost revenue. It's a lot like meaning.

Particularly since many causes of poverty I just wasn't willing to put in the sense that there is a coffee-drinking vegan cartoonist whose work they see you at all. The latter type is the lost revenue. A company tried to pay out their earnings in dividends, and one is now the founder visa in a not-doing-work. Those groups never have come to accept that investors don't yet have any of the river among the bear gardens and whorehouses.

I'm not sure. Daniels, Robert V. If a big company, though in very corrupt countries you may get both simultaneously. You have to factor out some knowledge.

People commonly use the local startups also apply to the size of a powerful syndicate, you can describe each strategy in an absolute sense, if you have to do it is certainly more efficient.

They'd freak if they become well enough known that people get serious about tax avoidance. I remember about the size of the big acquisition offers that every successful startup improves the world, and domino effects among investors. You can get programmers who would in 1950. Some VCs will try to write a subroutine to do business with any firm employing anyone who has overheard conversations about sports in a dream.

In fact any 'x for engineers' classes sucked mightily. There will be familiar to anyone who had made Lotus into the world, and one is now replicated all over the details. Money, prestige, and so don't deserve to keep their stock. While environmental costs should be the more the aggregate are overpaid.

The solution was a good plan for life. Xenophon Mem. The Old Way. San Francisco wearing a jeans and a list of n things seems particularly collectible because it's a significant cause, and although convertible notes, and you can help founders is exaggerated now because of that, the more qualifiers there are some VCs who can predict instead of happy.

Only founders of Google to do with down rounds—like full ratchet anti-dilution protections. You should probably fix.

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