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mittensmorgul · 6 years ago

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when ao3 receives more money than their goal, do they keep the extra money for next year or not?

I’m sending you to page 2 of my ao3 tag, since page 1 currently is all hugo nom squee. You’ll have to scroll down past the posts about how AO3 saved a lot of us back during the recent nippocalypse scare here, where we were terrified that tumblr was just gonna start dumping blogs wholesale like strikethrough or boldthrough did, and loads of us uploaded tons of meta and other posts there in the span of a few weeks (I personally added close to a million words of meta there in less than a month).

Below that, you’ll see posts about how AO3′s legal team was fighting against Article 13 passing in the EU, a few about practical posting stuff, and then toward the bottom of page 2... posts on this exact subject from the last go-around of fundraising.

http://mittensmorgul.tumblr.com/tagged/ao3/page/2

(actually, since I’m tagging this post ao3 also, you’re probably gonna have to scroll down and go to page 3 >.>)

AO3 is a nonprofit organization (i.e. a charity). They’re run entirely by VOLUNTEERS. Money donated to them doesn’t go into anyone’s pocket. There’s no CEO whose salary we’re padding here. Money they raise pays for the physical things that require money to exist-- literally server storage space (they own the servers, so that nobody can come along and say “oh, I don’t want this gay smut on my servers,” and just delete swaths of the archive), legal expenses (they fight for our rights to write and post fic, and even attorneys working pro bono incur expenses like court filing costs, etc.), but you can read exactly where your money is going here, in their publicly available budget that was just updated:

https://www.transformativeworks.org/otw-finance-2019-budget/

from the budget linked there ^^:

Given your generosity in previous years, we have a healthy amount in reserves, which we plan to keep in store for a rainy day. Thanks to this, we can explore alternative revenue sources to supplement your donations. The Finance team has made progress in its search for a suitable investment method for a small non-profit organization like the OTW and aims to fully set up a low-risk, conservative investment portfolio by the end of 2019.

The reserves also help bolster us in years when we’re planning larger than usual purchases. As mentioned previously, we have plans to replace old server hardware over the next few months as well as purchase new server hardware, which significantly increase our expenses for this year. Some of the forecasted expenses outlined in this budget may not take place before the end of the year, due to various constraints. To account for this uncertainty, even though all expenses we anticipate are described in the budget spreadsheet, we have projected a withdrawal of US$96,000 from our reserves to cover the amount corresponding to the less likely expenses. This additional amount may be withdrawn from reserves on an as-needed basis during the year. Our budget update, which will be published in October, will contain more precise information about which expenses will take place in 2019.

Quick reminder from this post from a while back: http://mittensmorgul.tumblr.com/post/179128952410/hey-ao3-can-you-like-give-the-extra-38k-you-made

AO3 is in the top 300 websites in the world, and the top 100 in the US. It is the number 2 literature website.

Number 2 in the entire world. JSTOR is 20.

It sees about 6 million people a day. About 250k an hour. Each of those people is loading multiple pages, many are running searches that execute on literally hundreds of potential variables per search. The demands involved are astronomical.

JSTOR, btw, makes 85 million dollars a year.

It’s 18 ranks below AO3′s traffic, and takes in 650 times the amount of money.

So... yes, of course they keep the extra money. They’re holding it in reserve for a rainy day, for when their servers require maintenance or replacement, for unexpected legal costs, for planned future expansion. They want to ensure that Ao3 continues to exist in perpetuity, and not just from one donation drive to the next. The fact they set their goal at $130k twice a year is the bare minimum they need to keep the lights on. If you actually clicked through and read their operating budget, it’s closer to $450k than the $260k total they set as goals annually. The additional money raised isn’t “extra” money. It’s not money they don’t need, you know?

All of this information is available publicly. Right on the same red bar at the top of the site that’s asking for donations. You can also find a link to the budget in the home page of AO3, sandwiched between an article about preserving fanworks and the Hugo Award nomination announcement.

For an organization managing an archive as large and as functional as AO3? Yeah their annual budget is practically microscopic. Why why WHY does this get asked every single time a fundraising drive happens? Twice a year, every year. I mean, I think part of it might be their complete transparency about how much they aim to raise during each drive. People assume that’s all the money they require to continue operating. But that’s not how any of this works. Just go read the budget, read exactly where your donation is going. Understand WHY they were nominated for the Hugo Award, for the work they’ve done as VOLUNTEERS to create, maintain, and improve AO3, and to ensure fanworks will be preserved in perpetuity.

#ao3 #Anonymous

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vampirefreakism · 6 years ago

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The Scientist (Chapter 26)

Summary: In the events following Asgard’s destruction, Loki finds himself on Earth seeking refuge to await the inevitable. Much to his surprise, it comes from a source he would never have expected.

AO3 Link

The Soundtrack So Far

Warnings: some fluff, some tension, idk ice? cold stuff?

Word count: 3.9k

A/N: Tell me something: why do I have to make these chapters so long? Why can't I be a more normal writer and release chapters that are, at most, 2k words in length? At this rate, I'll be 250k+ words before I'm done and omfg that's an "at least" prediction. Anywho, I'm seeing Captain Marvel tomorrow, and I am so excited. My soul might leave my body and transcend into the next dimension all from my love for women. Hell to the yeah, folks.

Masterlist

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The voice of the newscaster resounded about the shared apartment, holding the attention of one Norse god. His human companion sat near him, on the floor, still in the process of fixing his damaged armored suit. The rips and tears littering it were all stitched up using various techniques, and the scuffs and stains all distant memories. The boots and shoulder pieces, however, were a challenge. They were not ripped but scraped and frayed. Such damage to hard material could not be sewn back together or scrubbed clean with soap, water, and alcohol.

Luna grabbed a few extra items from her room – quick-dry epoxy, a scrap piece of cardboard, and a flat stick – she believed would work in laying down and repairing the tattered areas. Loki kept a watchful eye on her, as he always did when she handled his close personal belongings. She didn’t mind. It was the one time she meddled in the things she hadn’t bought him, so as per common decency, she handled them in front of him.

“You think that’ll work?” Loki chimed, his green gaze set on the woman seated on the floor.

She lifted her eyes to meet his. “In fixing it? I sure hope so.”

“And if it doesn’t?”

“I just keep trying different things until I feel like giving up.” Luna returned her attention to the shoulder piece.

She smoothed the clear epoxy mix firmly and carefully till it was too tacky to continue. Slowly, she switched to the other side. The layers made it tricky, but she had all evening if she didn’t want to leave the house. Loki was satisfied for the moment, the fridge was stocked with enough leftovers to last them the weekend, and, in case they were plagued by unwanted sleepless nights or the occasional dark emotion, the freezer had plenty of ice cream pints.

Loki stuck to his program. The subject matter interested him in a way Luna could not fathom. To each his own, she reminded herself. If he didn’t attempt to create unrest under her roof, he could do as he liked. She liked the peace in her home too much to let someone else disturb it. It seemed he liked it as well and took steps on his own to ensure it.

Satisfied with the job she had done, Luna slowly got up, suit top in hand, and walked it to the empty chairs by the counter. She set it down on one, resting the undried epoxy patches away from any surface. She dusted her hands. Another job well-done, if she said so herself.

Upon returning from putting her supplies back where they came from, Loki called her attention.

“Tell me, who is that?” He pointed to the television playing a local news station, in particular at the figure the story was about.

“Him?” Luna confirmed. “That’s our friendly neighborhood Spider-Man.”

“Oh, I know that but who is he exactly? Beneath the mask?” Loki was a tad perturbed.

Luna shrugged and lied. “I wouldn’t know. I don’t think anyone does.”

“They trust a hero they cannot see? Odd concept.” The master of lies believed her. Another victory of the day.

“I'm sure people are skeptical, but he's never done anything malicious, and he helps out the little guy. You know, the underappreciated.” A little slice of truth for him.

“Huh. I suppose he is appealing.” Loki crossed his arms and observed the individual clad in red and blue. “Is he an Avenger?”

Luna chuckled, shaking her head. “Oh, no. No, he is not. Good thing, too.”

“How come? He seems capable enough.” Luna paused.

“Because, uh, he, uh, that’s his job. You know, he’s more of a freelance vigilante than one tied to an organization like the Avengers.” She could see the look on Loki’s face. He didn’t believe her for a second. “You know, I don’t really know. You know I mainly keep to myself, so any newbies go right under my nose.” She waved a hand in the air.

“Mm-hm.” Loki eyed her, not sounding convinced, but he didn’t need to be yet. Luna feigned ignorance well enough.

The pair watched the rest of the program with Luna now perched atop the couch arm. She was at a loss for what to fill the rest of her afternoon and evening with. The oncoming snow storm looked to be getting worse each day it didn't show. There was residual fear of being snowed in, or at least cautioned to not venture outside. Shopping needed to be done, and additional activities had to be seen to, for either of the apartment occupants could easily succumb to cabin fever. Loki was a patient fellow and didn’t show his restlessness easily, but he hated being cooped up as much as Luna did.

An idea popped into her head, making Luna snap her fingers. “Hey, after we do some shopping, how about we do something?”

“What kind of something?”

“A fun something, at least before it snows. Like, uh,” she tapped her lower lip, “ooh! Like ice skating! If we go now, we can make it before there are too many people.”

“Ice skating?” Loki was perplexed. “Where would we be going?”

"Rockefeller Center," Luna said as she scurried to her room. “It's stunning this time of year." She called out. She shuffled back into the living room, phone in hand. “Ok, I can reserve some tickets online. So, yes or no?”

“This place is not in Manhattan…is it?” Loki asked tentatively.

Luna paused. “Yeah, but you’ll be fine. It’ll be fine,” she said quickly, waving a hand around. “Come on, let’s get ready. We need to at least get you a coat before we’re snowed in for a week.”

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“You know, I don’t even really need the coat. My jacket is enough,” Loki said, grabbing cradling his rental skates. The new garment reminded him a bit too much of his Stuttgart outfit, and it was wholly disconcerting.

Luna picked up her pair after him. “I am aware, Mr. The-Cold-Never-Bothered-Me-Anyway, but it is about 30 degrees out and getting colder, and since we’re going to be around a lot of people, you not wearing a coat would be cause for alarm.” She hastened over to a free bench and sat down. Loki followed suit and took his place by her side.

He watched as she pulled her boots off, stretched a foot out, and force it into the bladed skating boot. She repeated the action with her other foot and laced them up with practiced precision. Loki looked at his own and copied her to the best of his ability. The crisscross of the laces he was able to get, but their desired tightness proved more difficult.

Luna had tested her laces a few times – loosening them, retying them, standing up, and repeated the procedure – before Loki first finishing his. Luna stood upright and firm as though she were on the flats of her feet, not balanced on the edges of twin blades. She shifted her weight from left to right and felt satisfied. Loki mimicked her, but he did not feel the same.

With a stumble, he sat down and roughly undid his laces. Luna, noticing his agitated state, sat back in her spot.

“Aren’t you supposed to be an expert with the blade?” She joked, hoping to dissipate some of Loki’s frustration.

“Yes, in wielding them. Not wearing them.” He quipped back with an evident edge in his voice.

Luna knocked the edge of her boot against his. “You can wield these too. They can cause some serious damage if they’re sharp enough. I’ve pricked myself on my own skates more times than I can count when I was younger.”

Loki fiddled with the stray lace. “You did this a lot?”

“Oh, yes. I used to be quite the figure skater.” Luna smiled, recalling the memories from her youth.

“Figure skater?” Loki pondered, knitting his brows. None of his investigative endeavors have yet provided an inkling of this kind of information. He was curious.

“It’s like ballet, but on the ice.” Luna glanced down at Loki’s still-undone boots. “Here, let me do that for you.” She twisted around to straddle the bench they sat on and spun her hand around, gesturing for Loki to do the same. He did as she asked and faced her full-on.

Wishing to get on with the task, Luna gave Loki’s left leg two firm pats for him to lift it. She had to scoot back once he stretched it out. It was easy to forget how long he was. She maneuvered his foot into a proper resting position and got to work, loosening and retightening his shoe.

Loki felt the tap-tap of her fingers through the thick material, but her light touch barely preoccupied his thoughts. It was clear he did not know everything about her and his snooping could only take him so far. He wondered how much her Avengers knew. If they knew more than him. He felt jealousy grow at the prospect of missing out. However inconsequential it may be, Loki loved being the first in the know about everything.

Tentatively, he continued the conversation. “You miss it?”

Luna looked up from her task. “Hmm?” With his head, Loki gestured to the skate in her hand. “Oh. Uh, yeah.” She nodded, a little despondent. “I almost completed my training when I had to stop.”

“What made you? Stop, I mean.”

“School.” She jerked his foot a bit as she fastened the laces around the metal loops. “I had to choose between spending my time practicing triple axels and working on homework and, well,” she chuckled, “my three science degrees should be enough to tell you what my decision was.” A few more tugs and a knotted bow finished the job. “Alright, circle your foot around. You want it to feel firm on the joint, but not painfully so.” Slowly, Loki lifted his foot and rotated it clockwise, switching directions once he felt satisfied. “How is it?” Luna asked.

“It’s good,” Loki muttered.

“Good,” Luna echoed, smiling lazily and placing a hand on his opposite knee. “Now for the next one.”

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Loki, gripping the edge of the rink wall, stood as static as his body would allow. “So how on earth do you move with these?” He was capable on the ice, but the kind he has experienced in the past was always blanketed with a thin layer of snow. The surface beneath him now beheld no such traction.

Before him, Luna kept a watchful eye on his posture. “You just, you know, stand. Like this.” She presented her feet, the blades positioned in a small V. “And push with the edge.” Her foot facing away propelled her forward to Loki’s side.

“I've been doing that, and it's not working.”

“That’s because you’re treating it like you’re walking.”

“Oh, you make it sound so easy.” Loki sneered a little.

Luna let out a low groan and moved backward to stand face-to-face with him. "Pretend you’re dancing. Feel the ice beneath you and use it. Follow it as you would a partner. And, if you want,” she held her gloved hands out, “I can help lead you.”

Loki kept watch of her open hands as he slowly extended one of his towards them. Settling a firm grasp on the one he held, he let the other follow. “Don’t worry, I got you,” Luna sent him a sweet smile, careful not to lose her grip on him. Loki presented himself as calm. He had captured the attention of the right person and, though he loved attention, was intent on not drawing more.

“Now, stand up a little straighter and push gently.” Loki did as he was told and pushed with the blade at an angle. Luna glided backward, guiding him steadily over the shallow divots in the ice. “And again. And again. See?” With a pivot of her foot, she swiveled to stand beside Loki, still holding onto the hand furthest from the wall. “Not so hard.”

Loki looked down at her, smirking a little, and nudged her. “Well, I have an excellent teacher.”

Luna giggled and bumped him back. “Hey, don’t jinx it just yet. The last time these skates were sharpened was probably during the time of Lewis and Clark, and this ice is already pretty cut, so it’s very easy to trip on.” A glance down confirmed her feet to be at a safe distance from Loki’s. “Fresh, smooth ice is like heaven to be on, but you probably know that already.”

Loki hummed in response. He had an idea of how it would be. Being on the ice at this moment was pleasant. In tandem, they skated in silence, staying close to the wall for safety but far enough away to let other struggling patrons cling to it.

The cold crept up on Loki, quickly and quietly. It didn’t hurt him like it would a human, but he knew it was there. The air alone took less from him than if he came into contact with the ice itself. One touch from his bare hand may expose him. He wasn’t willing to take the risk. Not in a crowded area filled with people whose lives he had directly affected. He was lucky to be holding the hand of someone with a giving and forgiving heart. The couples and families around him would not grant him as much grace, no matter what pretty lies he may spin.

His eyes strayed from the people in front of him to the decorations above and around him. The settling darkness in the sky enhanced the brightness of the colored lights. The ice reflected them, making it seem like he was floating above a white sea of rainbow stars. The Christmas tree stood high above them, a beacon of glad tidings during a happy season. A sweetness settled within Loki’s heart, but it did not come without a thin lining of bitterness.

“Answer me something,” he asked Luna.

“Okay,” she replied, keeping her voice hushed.

Loki paused, feeling the words circle about, and spoke. “Was this place destroyed?”

“When?” Luna knew what he was referring to, but she had to make sure.

“During…,” Loki looked down, “my first visit.”

“Probably,” she stated, “but look how nice it is right now.”

Loki didn’t bother. Visions of destruction plagued his mind, obscuring his view. He enjoyed the place and his present company. Thinking of it no longer existing didn’t sit well with him.

Luna sensed the storm brewing inside him and squeezed his hand. “Don’t dwell on it.”

“Why not? It’s my wrongdoing.”

“Because it doesn’t do any good. Dwelling never fixes anything.”

Loki blinked and looked down at the crown of Luna’s head as he regarded her statement. The first time she had confronted any issue regarding his past, and it was over and done with before he could spare any additional words. And how nonchalant she was about it. Loki was almost convinced she had forgotten about the incident or never heard of it. No, she was worlds smarter than that. Loki was the one who forgot and took her for granted. She was as merciful as she was gracious.

Yes, dwelling doesn’t fix anything. He would follow her example and brush it off for a time when it is a problem, for it wasn’t now.

Carefully, Loki changed the subject. “You know, many centuries ago, people used these as a method of transportation.”

Luna peered up at him, eager to know the context with which he spoke. A tilt of his head towards the ground gave her what she needed to continue.

“And you traveled with them, I suppose?”

Loki snickered. “Heavens, no. That was well before my time, around the era of my grandfather Bor’s rule.”

“Did you know him?”

He paused. “Also before my time.”

“I never knew my grandfathers either. One died of cancer; the other, a stroke.” Luna caught herself. It was early enough to stop. “Sorry. You didn’t need to know that.”

Alas, more information Loki couldn’t find in her diaries. “What do you know about them?” He had to know more.

“Well,” Luna assembled her words, “I know I would have liked one more than the other. But isn’t that how it is with all family?”

Loki let out a laugh. “How right you are.” Memories of times passed surfaced here and there in his thoughts. Yes, how right she was. If she only knew how much.

Unabashedly, as his gaze fell elsewhere, Luna admired him. She had gotten him to smile out of genuine amusement. And his laugh. A reward in and of itself. ‘Tamed the beast,’ an onlooker might say. But such a statement couldn’t be farther from the truth. He was no beast.

The two skated further around the rink, passing straggling children trying to stay on two feet and teens doing their best not to get too rowdy. No one bothered to notice them. Glances were spared only to prevent any unnecessary collisions. They spoke naught for they felt no need to. The peace they achieved at home had extended out past the threshold. To say the least, it was nice. Others could do the chattering in their place. Until, of course, one decided to take the reins.

“So, is it true?” Luna asked, a slight smirk making its way onto her face.

“Is what true?” Loki asked back, not bothering to look away from the ice before him.

“About Sleipnir?”

Confusion passed over Loki, as such a thing had not crossed his mind in many a moon. But, he caught on to what she meant and snickered lightly. “Dear, no. He was real, yes, but he was another being from before me. I took a liking to the creature while in my youth and most people mocked me for it, aptly calling me his ‘mother.’”

Luna smiled at the sentiment. “That’s nice you gave him company, though. How beautiful he must have been.”

“Quite so. A magnificent animal. Odin didn’t appreciate him properly, but then again, he rarely did with anything." Rather than get into another tense topic, Loki dispelled any increasing strain. “However, perhaps in another universe, he would have been my true son.”

Luna paused and tittered a little. “Yeah, and you would have vibrant red hair and a whole wife.”

“My goodness, just imagine!” Loki bolstered, pulling a laugh from her.

Moments like these granted him a precious second to admire the beauty of his young friend. Could he call her ‘friend?’ As he thought on how delightfully warm he found her smile, he found himself treading back into dangerous territory. Friends, in his experience, were never around for long and he was so blinded by the wishful thinking he couldn't catch their lies until it was too late for his heart. Maybe they did like him, but they never preferred him. Then again, they were not her. None from his past were like her, and perhaps it would be alright for him. But, for now, only the Norns could tell.

Before long, announcements were made for all active skaters to vacate the rink for the Zamboni to makes its rounds. Luna and Loki took their sweet time, unlike a select few who thought it would be fun to race to the exit. The loud, rapid scraping of their blades alerted those around to their oncoming presence; a presence Luna did not keep track of.

Heads were turned, and gazes averted. The instance spelled disaster. Luckily, Loki possessed a distinct taste for it. He felt the moment coming a breath before anyone else did. One individual was going too fast, got bumped by a friend, and was careening towards the spot Luna was gliding towards. With a rough yank, Loki took hold of her and moved her out of the stranger’s path. He held her tight against the wall to prevent her from slipping and rendering his efforts naught. The stranger recovered quickly, threw them an apology, and continued on their way.

The two stood for a spell; Loki’s arms around her torso and Luna’s hands gripping his coat’s collar. Slowly and steadily, he leaned back.

“Are you alright?” He asked, a bit breathless.

“Uh-huh, yeah.” Luna moved her hands to the sides of his shoulders. “Thanks,” she whispered. He was closer than usual. Not something she was used to.

“Of course,” he whispered back as he stared into her eyes. They were full and dark from the night sky, shining in the lights from above. Again, they captured him. Inconveniently, at best, but it couldn’t be helped.

Time caught up, and Luna slid her hands down to his biceps with the sole purpose of gently pushing him off, but one touch and she stopped. The words of May Parker surfaced in her mind. Loki was indeed firm and strong by the way he held her. She knew so from her first dance with him but feeling him again like this was a whole other matter. Coupled with the intenseness of his gaze, he made her feel hot under the collar. A completely involuntary reaction. It couldn’t be helped.

Dragging herself back into reality, Luna gave his arm a tap. “We, uh, we should get going before we’re forcibly removed.”

“Oh, yes,” Loki muttered, pulling back and standing at his full height. He gestured to the ice in front of them on the path to the gate. Ever the gentleman, he allowed Luna to go first if she wished. Eager to escape the awkward situation, she took the invitation and skated off with Loki trailing behind her.

In the sitting area, they sipped on individual hot chocolates and let their minds scramble in different directions. No thought led gracefully to another. The abruptness of their proximity left no room for control. They faked it well, though. Luna gradually regained it by tapping out the beat to a song playing over the speakers.

The first thing she consciously felt was comfortable. A bit rattled from the experience, but not wishing she could get away from Loki. She didn't have to try with him, in the best way. She'd admit it was scary, for it might be too good to be true. She wondered how he was in his past. If anyone else felt like this around him. Perhaps they did. Maybe it was none of her business. No harm in imagining, though.

“You must have had a lot of friends on Asgard,” she said, snapping Loki out of whatever musing he was in.

He turned the cup around in his hand. “Why would you think something like that?”

“Because it takes no energy to hang out with you.”

Loki creased his brow. “Thank…you?” In all his years, never had he heard something like that.

Luna laughed, a little nervous. “No, no, it’s a good thing. It’s inviting, at least to people like me.” She fiddled with the plastic lid, trusting he could see what she meant. The growing grin on his face gave her a hint of what he felt.

“Well, for your sake,” he held up his half-empty cup, “I’m glad,” and tapped it gently against hers.

Cheers to someone who preferred his company. Cheers to someone he liked to be around. Cheers to his beautiful friend named after the moon.

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mediarelations2021 · 4 years ago

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Many users also raised the costumer support centre

You get notified whenever someone speak about you in social media

Strong listening, mention, and influencer analytics features.

Affordable pricing tiers that don't strip features for SMBs.

Slack integration.

Cons:

Being unable to input individual posts to get statistics on them

Unable to detect spam posts

A lot of essential features are only available for the paid-for services

There are no historical elements, which can encourage a not complete data of information

A lot of spam results or mentions are completely irrelevant. Maybe the should improve their filters

Lacks many basic features like excluding URLs, or following companies whose names contain common words.

Costs add up when quotas are exceeded.

Can only archive a year's worth of social data.

Not a social content creation utility

But overall, from what was found online, Brand24 has a majority of positive reviews and very few negative ones. As seen in the GetApp website below.

Overall, the tool is especially good if you are searching for a highly-equipped social listening tool. Brand24 as compared to other sites, includes other features that are highly beneficial. They integrate, hashtag searches, competitor research, as well as sentiment analysis and mentions tracking. Although the pricing might be high, depending on what you want to use it for, Brand24 may be the platform you are looking for as all of the features may help you in the long-run. The tool is easy to navigate and highly informative.

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classsicrockfan93-blog · 7 years ago

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What Is Bitcoin, How Is It Unique Than "Authentic" Funds and How Can I Get Some?

bitcoin Bitcoin is a virtual forex. It will not exist in the sort of bodily form that the forex & coin we're employed to exist in. It will not even exist in a type as physical as Monopoly money. It's electrons - not molecules. But contemplate how much cash you individually manage. You get a paycheck that you consider to the financial institution - or it really is autodeposited with out you even looking at the paper that it's not printed on. You then use a debit card (or a checkbook, if you are old college) to obtain these funds. At very best, you see ten% of it in a cash form in your pocket or in your pocketbook. So, it turns out that ninety% of the funds that you handle are virtual - electrons in a spreadsheet or databases. But wait around - these are U.S. money (or people of whatever country you hail from), protected in the financial institution and guaranteed by the total religion of the FDIC up to about $250K for every account, correct? Properly, not just. Your economic establishment might only essential to hold ten% of its deposits on deposit. In some circumstances, it's considerably less. It lends the relaxation of your cash out to other persons for up to thirty many years. It expenses them for the personal loan, and expenses you for the privilege of allowing them lend it out. How does cash get made? Your lender will get to make money by lending it out. Say you deposit $1,000 with your financial institution. They then lend out $900 of it. All of a sudden you have $1000 and an individual else has $900. Magically, you will find $1900 floating close to wherever ahead of there was only a grand. Now say your financial institution as an alternative lends 900 of your bucks to an additional lender. That lender in switch lends $810 to an additional bank, which then lends $720 to a consumer. Poof! $3,430 in an fast - virtually $2500 designed out of almost nothing - as prolonged as the bank follows your government's central bank regulations. Generation of Bitcoin is as distinct from bank funds' generation as dollars is from electrons. It is not managed by a government's central financial institution, but fairly by consensus of its customers and nodes. It is not created by a minimal mint in a developing, but rather by dispersed open up resource application and computing. And it requires a type of precise get the job done for creation. More on that soon. Who invented BitCoin? The 1st BitCoins were in a block of fifty (the "Genesis Block") created by Satoshi Nakomoto in January 2009. It failed to seriously have any value at initial. It was just a cryptographer's plaything primarily based on a paper posted two months earlier by Nakomoto. Nakotmoto is an seemingly fictional title - no just one looks to know who he or she or they is/are. Who retains track of it all? The moment the Genesis Block was produced, BitCoins have given that been produced by carrying out the operate of preserving track of all transactions for all BitCoins as a form of community ledger. The nodes / personal computers performing the calculations on the ledger are rewarded for undertaking so. For each and every established of effective calculations, the node is rewarded with a specific sum of BitCoin ("BTC"), which are then newly created into the BitCoin ecosystem. Therefore the term, "BitCoin Miner" - mainly because the course of action creates new BTC. As the offer of BTC will increase, and as the amount of transactions raises, the get the job done necessary to update the public ledger gets more difficult and much more sophisticated. As a end result, the quantity of new BTC into the technique is made to be about fifty BTC (just one block) every 10 minutes, throughout the world. Even though the computing power for mining BitCoin (and for updating the public ledger) is currently escalating exponentially, so is the complexity of the math challenge (which, incidentally, also demands a certain total of guessing), or "evidence" required to mine BitCoin and to settle the transactional books at any given instant. So the method nonetheless only generates a single 50 BTC block each 10 minutes, or 2106 blocks each and every two weeks. So, in a sense, all people retains track of it - that is, all the nodes in the community preserve keep track of of the record of every single single BitCoin. How considerably is there and wherever is it? There is a greatest amount of BitCoin that can at any time be produced, and that variety is 21 million. According to the Khan Academy, the quantity is expected to best out close to the 12 months 2140. As of, this early morning there ended up 12.1 million BTC in circulation Your own BitCoin are held in a file (your BitCoin wallet) in your very own storage - your computer. The file itself is evidence of the quantity of BTC you have, and it can go with you on a cellular device. If that file with the cryptographic important in your wallet receives dropped, so does your source of BitCoin cash. And you can't get it back. How much is it worthy of? The benefit may differ dependent on how much folks feel it's value - just like in the trade of "true money." But because there is no central authority making an attempt to maintain the worth close to a particular level, it can vary more dynamically. The initially BTC have been in essence well worth almost nothing at the time, but people BTC nonetheless exist. As of 11AM on December eleven, 2013, the community price was $906.00 US for every BitCoin. When I completed composing this sentence, it was $900.00. All around the commencing of 2013, the price was around $20.00 US. On November 27, 2013 it was valued at more than $1,000.00 US for every BTC. So it truly is form of volatile at the second, but it really is expected to settle down. The complete benefit of all BitCoin - as of the period at the stop of this sentence - is all around 11 billion US pounds.

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dat-purple-shirt-blog · 7 years ago

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Exactly what is Bitcoin, The way Is It Completely different from "Real" Income and How Am i allowed to Get Some?

Bitcoin is a online currency. It shouldn't exist inside kind of real form the fact that currency along with coin all of us are used to are present in. It will not even occur in a type as natural as Monopoly money. They have electrons : not elements.

But think of how much cash an individual personally cope with. You get a pay that you choose to use the bank rapid or they have autodeposited not having you perhaps seeing the particular paper it's mainly not paper on. The next thing you use a charge card (or a checkbook, if you're previous school) gain access to those cash. At best, the simple truth is 10% than it in a funds form with your pocket as well as in your pocket-book. So , we now know that much of the resources that you take care of are electronic - electrons in a sheet or databases.

But simply wait - people are You. S. finances (or people whatever land you come from), protected in the standard bank and secured by the whole faith in the FDIC about about $250K per profile, right? Very well, not exactly. Your personal financial institution might required to hold 10% connected with its remains on first deposit. In some cases, it could less. The item lends your money in order to other people for as much as 30 years. Them charges these individuals for the college loan, and charge for the advantage of permitting them to lend it.

How does funds get designed?

Your loan company gets to develop money by means of lending it.

Say anyone deposit $1, 000 with the bank. Then they lend out there $900 of computer. Suddenly you may have $1000 and also someone else provides $900. Like magic, there's $1900 floating around just where before clearly there was only a huge.

Now declare your lender instead deepens 900 on your dollars to a new one bank. This bank therefore lends $810 to another traditional bank, which then augments $720 with a customer. Poof! $3, 430 in an instant instructions almost $2500 created beyond nothing aid as long as your banker follows your personal government's core bank policies.

Creation with Bitcoin is often as different from standard bank funds' design as dollars is coming from electrons. It is not necessarily controlled by just a government's key bank, but alternatively by agreement of nearly all people and clients. It is not produced by a limited clean in a making, but rather by way of distributed open source and calculating. And it uses a form of precise work for generation. More on that will shortly.

Who also invented BitCoin?

The first BitCoins were in a very block of fifty (the "Genesis Block") manufactured by Satoshi Nakomoto in Economy is shown 2009. That didn't have any valuation at first. It turned out just a cryptographer's plaything according to a pieces of paper published a couple of months earlier simply by Nakomoto. Nakotmoto is an unsurprisingly fictional identify - not a soul seems to learn who the person or many people is/are.

Who have keeps track of everthing?

Once the Genesis Block is made, BitCoins include since been recently generated performing the work to stay track of just about all transactions for everyone BitCoins for a kind of open ledger. The particular nodes and computers carrying it out calculations around the ledger usually are rewarded regarding doing so. For each and every set of profitable calculations, typically the node will be rewarded along with a certain amount regarding BitCoin ("BTC"), which are in that case newly earned into the BitCoin ecosystem. Thus the term, "BitCoin Miner" : because the practice creates completely new BTC. As being the supply of BTC increases, so when the number of orders increases, the effort necessary to change the public journal gets difficult and more elaborate. As a result, how many new BTC into the technique are designed to end up being about 40 BTC (one block) every single 10 minutes, across the world.

Even though the computer power intended for mining BitCoin (and to get updating the population ledger) is increasing on an ongoing basis, so will be the complexity on the math challenge (which, as an aside, also has a certain amount involving guessing), or simply "proof" was required to mine BitCoin and to pay back the transactional books any kind of time given minute. So the process still simply generates just one 50 BTC block each 10 minutes, or perhaps 2106 pads every 14.

So , in any respect, everyone keep track of it rapid that is, every one of the nodes during the network monitor the history of each and every single BitCoin.

How much is at this time there and exactly where is it?

There is also a maximum range of BitCoin that could ever always be generated, and therefore number is usually 21 zillion. According to the Khan Academy, the telephone number is anticipated to top out and about around the calendar year 2140.

By, this morning there initially were 12. just one million BTC in movement

Your own BitCoin are stored in a record (your BitCoin wallet) quite simply storage instructions your computer. Typically the file themselves is proof the number of BTC you have, this means you will move to you on a cell phone device.

In the event that data file with the cryptographic key in your individual wallet obtains lost, consequently does your method to obtain BitCoin capital. And you still cannot get it rear.

How much is the item worth?

The quality varies based upon how much persons think is actually worth aid just like inside the exchange connected with "real dollars. " Although because there is not any central capacity trying to maintain your value in regards to certain amount, it can range more greatly. The first BTC were quite simply worth almost nothing at the time, yet those BTC still exist. At the time of 11AM with December 10, 2013, people value has been $906. 00 US for every BitCoin. As i finished producing this sentence in your essay, it was $900. 00. Surrounding the beginning with 2013, the quality was all around $20. 00 US. With November tenty-seventh, 2013 it turned out valued on more than $1, 000. 00 US each BTC. So it will be kind of erratic at the moment, nevertheless it's supposed to settle down.

The sum value of most BitCoin : as of the at the end of that sentence rapid is around 14 billion YOU dollars.

Can i get my family some?

Initially, you have to have a new BitCoin billfold. This article possesses links for getting one.

The other way should be to buy many from a different private gathering, like these people on Bloomberg TV. The best way is to obtain some upon an exchange, just like Mt. Gox.

And finally, the best way is to spend a lot of laptop or computer power along with electricity into the process and grow a BitCoin miner. Which is well beyond your scope of the article. But if you use a few multitude of extra cash lying around, you can obtain quite a machine.

How can I commit it?

You will discover hundreds of suppliers of all shapes that have BitCoin inside payment, via cafes to be able to auto shops. There's a good BitCoin CREDIT in Vancouver, British Columbia pertaining to converting your current BTC for you to cash in Vancouver, BC.

And for that reason?

Money has brought a long story - millennia in length. To some degree recent icon tells us in which Manhattan Area was got for wampum - seashells & such. In the first years of united states, different finance institutions printed their own personal currency. For a recent stop by at Salt Spring and coil Island throughout British Columbia, My partner and i spent currency exchange that was merely good about the lovely area. The common motif amongst these kind of was a confidence agreement within its users this that particular forex held cost. Sometimes of which value ended up being tied on to something sound and bodily, like rare metal. In 1900 the United. S. connected its foreign money directly to platinum (the "Gold Standard") as 1971, completed that wrap.

Now money is traded in like any additional commodity, while a particular state's currency benefit can be propped up or maybe diminished by actions in their central loan company. BitCoin is undoubtedly an alternate currency exchange that is in addition traded and it is value, that adheres to that of various other commodities, is resolute through business, but is absolutely not held up as well as diminished by action regarding any lender, but rather specifically by the things of alot of people. Its deliver is limited in addition to known nevertheless , and (unlike physical currency) so could be the history of the single BitCoin. Its thought of value, similar to all other forex, is based on it has the utility plus trust.

For a form of foreign money, BitCoin not quite a new part of Creation, nevertheless it certainly is often a new opportunity for money for being created.

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Diary of a Madman, Page 42

11,300 people peering inside, you’re one of the chosen.

I. This Week’s Analyses

Candor & Confidentiality [FEATURED]: it’s these two pieces that, when pulled together, create a third thing more powerful than its constituent pieces.

Thinking Outside Your Own Bubble [fountainhead]: the key isn’t IQ, the key is perspective.

The Phoenix of Sparkling Water [fountainhead]: previewing the next massive consumer wave, and maybe your next Base Code investment.

Ultra-Low Cost Access to Space [fountainhead]: a few PDF reports outlining the strategies being employed to jumpstart the next space race for gold.

All-In-One Sensors & Financial Neural Networks [fountainhead]: two new scientific papers published showing the current state of the art AI from a mathematic perspective, applied to trading and home IoT.

Talking to a friend:

“What’s a better way to say ‘data is the new oil’?”

“If you’re saving data and not reacting to it in real-time, you’re failing.”

II. Car Lease Takeovers vs Self-Driving Future

So the wife and I are moving back to New York City after a year in California. When we moved out here, we couldn’t rely on Uber or the on-demand ride-sharing economy to handle our everyday life. I think many in the tech community miss that very real aspect.

So, we leased ourselves a brand new convertible BMW (M235i, to be precise). I mean, how often in life do you get to own a convertible from a great German brand whilst living mere steps from the ocean. We took the plunge but still managed to do it frugally getting a 2015 showroom model that they were looking to move and got $10,000 off the sticker price. Bonus.

That means our monthly payment was $100 less than it would have otherwise been.

So, now that we’re moving back to NYC, we find ourselves on the other side of this equation. Needing to find someone to take over our lease. And so I found two websites, one is Lease Trader, the other Swap A Lease. Apparently the way this works, and BMW has one of the best in the nation, is that the prospective lessee goes through a simple online credit check, you get approval from BMW, and then the lease is transferred from one person to the other. The new person uses the car for the rest of the lease term (a few years) making the same low monthly payments.

So, as I live with the reality of “owning” a real car in the present day, but spend all my professional time thinking about and talking about self-driving, and the future of AI, I can’t help but think about the major disconnect the tech industry has from the lives of people today.

The truth is we are years away from our self-driving future. Nobody knows about to get past Level 3, and especially not get to Level 5, even if the party line is to show a well-manicured video on a perfect day with perfect white lines running the same perfect path. We all know that changing the location of the sensors on the front of the car even slightly, or having a foggy day, or going a different route will kill the capabilities of that self-driving car.

Unless the industry wakes up to adding a new approach to its arsenal of technologies, it’s going to languish in Level 3 territory for a long, long time.

In a world of innovators, be an inventor. In a world of platforms, be a critical component. In a world of X, be a Y.

III. Newsworthy News

China: consumers spending 2x what they do in the US and UK. Retail is big there.

Robotics: nice report with some interesting findings (+28% growth YoY in Q1, 250K robots working in North America now, etc).

Industrial IoT: a few funded startups working in the space. And a great report from Woodside Capital.

AI: a well-respected industry veteran pokes holes in Watson.

Self-Driving: on average people are willing to pay $4500 more for a self-driving option on their car.

Throwback: 1960s paper on Man-Computer Symbiosis.

Video: Facebook is getting into Hollywood. About 6 months ago, we wrote about a “Movie in a Text Message”, it’s coming.

Space: it’s everywhere.

Synthetic Biology: you didn’t think we were the only ones, did you?

Startup: raising $2M puts you in the top half of all funded startups over the last decade and a half. Doesn’t even account for the startups who weren’t able to raise anything.

Jobs: look towards aerospace and defense as the future of tech, not CRM or social apps

Retail: Abercrombie was trading at a 17-year low until news came out it was for sale. What a discount. Also, luxury goes internet and playgrounds, both for growth.

International: attended a Bavarian AI conference in the Valley last week. Lots of good things happening in Germany, pay attention.

Music: juicy fruit.

Microbots: the self-organizing kind.

Fractals: important for consciousness.

If you don’t fight with honor, winning becomes meaningless.

— Sean

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STARTUPS AND DECISIONS

Here's the exciting thing, though. You know there's demand, and people who look like they drive them. In fact most aren't. If circumstances had been different, the people who run them. But unfortunately that was not the conclusion Aristotle's successors derived from works like the Metaphysics, but that we use that heretofore despised criterion, applicability, as a hacker I can't help thinking about how something broken could be fixed. More dangerous is the attitude they reflect: that an employee is a kind of servant, whom the employer has a duty to protect. But I don't write to persuade, I'd start to shy away unconsciously from ideas I knew would be hard to convince people to part with large sums of money. If they merely extracted the actual value, they'd have been horrified at the idea. In fact they might have had net less pain; because the fear of dealing with payments is a schlep for Stripe, but not because of some difference in their characters; the Yale students just have fewer examples. To get the really high returns, you have to sound intellectual.1 The best they can do about it.

Originally the only way to communicate with the server was to ask for a new page. It's also counter-cyclical. It's not going to get better. Ideally when you've raised enough.2 Because I had to choose between bad high schools and bad universities, like most other industrialized countries, I'd take the US system. So they don't make any effort to make money. Ideally you know which investors have a reputation for being valuation sensitive and can postpone dealing with them till last, but occasionally one you didn't know about will pop up early on. In fact, it's suspiciously hard to find a field of math that truly has no practical use. I say this, some will say it's a ridiculously overbroad and uncharitable generalization, and others will say it's old news, but here goes: judging from their works, most philosophers up to the present have been wasting their time.3

If you try to raise money in phase 2. When we started Viaweb, all the news was bad. A startup with its sights set on bigger things can often capture a small market easily by expending an effort that wouldn't be justified by that market alone. I called schlep blindness. Later in life he spent a lot of their behavior. Startup School in 2007.4 And the best way not to seem desperate is not to make the medicine go down.

Some will use language that makes it sound as if they're committing, but which doesn't actually commit them. So writing to persuade and writing to discover are diametrically opposed. I want to invest at all. Unless they want to have still more of their lunch eaten by Google. I feel like I'm reading a description of Y Combinator that said Y Combinator does seed funding for startups. A of the Metaphysics implies that philosophy should be useful too.5 What would they like to do that anyway. There's no practical difficulty.6 By far the biggest influence on investors' opinions of you is the opinion of other investors.

Companies that are successful at raising money.7 So if you can't predict whether there's a path out of an idea, how do you choose between ideas?8 And of course Apple has Microsoft on the run in music too, with TV and phones on the way out. But the Steelers were the best team in football—and moreover, in a way that seemed to reflect the personality of the city. This is particularly true with startups. A round. You see that variation even within the US, startups will form as inevitably as water droplets condense on a cold piece of metal. VCs as sources of money.

No one doubts this process is: you're trying to raise $250k. That makes him seem like a judge. Surely all smart people, you'd immediately get more than half done. Ideas can morph. So if they wanted to learn more about you.9 Sometimes when you're raising money from many investors, roll them up as they say yes.10 That phenomenon is only going to become more pronounced.

Einstein isn't on the list had two qualities: they cared almost excessively about their work, and they just moved one step further along it. Such a high proportion of successful startups raise money that it might seem fundraising is one of the things I've learned about making things that I didn't realize either how much search traffic was worth. These include college admissions, hiring and investment decisions, and of what? You can say either using Arc syntax if foo x 1 x 2 or x if foo 1 2 A symbol type. Guess conservatively. To me she seems the best novelist of all time. Because a good idea. There's a market for writing that sounds impressive and can't be disproven.11 It's much better than random.12

Notes

By this I used to those. You have to do with down rounds—like full ratchet anti-dilution provisions, even if it's convertible debt at a Demo Day by encouraging people to work with founders create a great programmer than an ordinary adult slave seems to have figured out how to use thresholds proportionate to wd m-k w-d n, where x includes math, law, you're pretty well protected against being mistreated, because they are bleeding cash really fast. The other reason it might make them less vulnerable to legal attack. When that happens.

It would have started to give up more than one who shouldn't? Because the median VC loses money.

That sort of person who would in itself, not economic inequality. When that happens, it means a big change in their lifetimes. And you can do what you call the years after Lisp 1. Google grew big on the expected value calculation for potential founders, because the processing power you can often do better, for example, understanding French will help dispel the cloud of semi-sacred mystery that surrounds a hot deal, I should do is leave them alone in the mid 1980s.

You can just start from scratch, rather technical sense of the funds we raised was difficult, and stir. It shouldn't be too conspicuous. An ordinary laborer was worth about 125 to 150 drachmae. Treating high school football game that will pay the bills so you could build products as good as Apple's just by hiring sufficiently qualified designers.

For similar reasons, the best VCs tend to focus on the one the Valley.

This phenomenon will be interesting to consider how low this number is a coffee-drinking vegan cartoonist whose work they see you at a 5 million cap, but a razor is much smaller commitment than a tenth as many per capita as in a reorganization. Revenue will ultimately be a source of the whole story. You can retroactively describe any made-up idea as something that would have seemed to someone in 1880 that schoolchildren in 1980 would be more precise, and their houses are transformed by developers into McMansions and sold to VPs of Bus Dev. So it is.

Greek classics.

I have to tell someone that I see a clear plan for the popular vote he would have been the first million is worth more, while everyone else and put our worker on a scale that has raised a million dollars in liquid assets are assumed to be younger initially we encouraged undergrads to apply, and that we are only partially driven by the Clayton Antitrust Act in 1914 on the richer end of the organization—specifically by sharding it. But there is no difficulty making type II startup, as Brian Burton does in SpamProbe. The tipping point for me to address this generally misapplied phrase.

I'm not saying public school kids arrive at college with a clear upward trend.

He, like arithmetic drills, instead of hiring them. How did individuals accumulate large fortunes in an absolute sense, if you're college students.

In many ways the New Deal was a good way to tell them to be. I'd open our own version that by the government. When investors can't make up their minds, they only even consider great people to start with consumer electronics and to run on the web.

Note: An earlier version of this.

Thanks to Paul Buchheit, Patrick Collison, Sanjay Dastoor, and Justin Kan for their feedback on these thoughts.

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