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productsreviewings · 2 years ago

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Historically talking, Home windows computer systems have been a staple of gaming for so long as I can keep in mind. I nonetheless have some fond reminiscences of typing away on my dad’s previous Home windows Vista with our very unreliable web connection, taking part in previous flash video games, and generally Starcraft when our dial-up connection really stayed on-line for greater than 10 minutes at a time. Quick ahead to over a decade later, and I nonetheless personally take pleasure in gaming every now and then. As an grownup who does work and goes to a college, I simply purchased myself a shiny new Macbook final week, and if I’m being trustworthy, it’s my first expertise with it. Now now, earlier than you boo me out of this website, hear me out. It’s a succesful performer, and generally life simply throws you a curveball. I by no means in my life anticipated myself to make use of a Macbook, and that shock extends to my really having fun with it. However this text isn’t about that in any respect. Should you’re like me, or are a Home windows person planning to leap ship to the Apple camp for no matter purpose, then chances are you'll be questioning and asking your self the burning query that led you to this very article within the first place. Are you able to play League of Legends on a Macbook Professional? Additionally learn: Is MacBook Air Good For Gaming Why Not? As timeless as a cultured MOBA sport League of Legends is, even I need to admit it’s getting up in years. It was round after I was in highschool, and I nonetheless play it to at the present time. So it’s no shock League of Legends runs on virtually something in need of potato lately. However because the saying goes, “simply because you possibly can, doesn’t imply it is best to.” So how does that translate to us Macbook customers? Let me provide the quick reply: fairly nicely, whether or not you’d prefer to consider it or not. Earlier than we proceed, let’s get one thing out of the best way. There are numerous variations of the Macbook Professional, and we’re going to have to ascertain the present in addition to the earlier lineups, in addition to deal with their hardware and software program limitations. Something older than the earlier technology of their lineups will nonetheless run it, however could or could not run into some issues, be it software program assist from Apple itself, SSD learn and write errors, storage, and even simply the battery. Figuring out and these elements will assist us perceive why the Macbook Professional is definitely a good performer – nicely, for a sport of League of Legends, that's – you gained’t be taking part in AAA titles from this yr on this machine, no matter what the value tag implies. The M1 Chip and Rosetta On the time of this writing, Macbook Professionals mainly run on Apple’s proprietary M1 chip, which is identical throughout the board for his or her base fashions of the Macbook Air and Mac Mini (even this yr’s iPad Air 5 runs on the M1 Chip, so is it attainable for us to see some Mac-compatible video games on iPads quickly? Please, Apple). So why does that matter, you ask? Properly, mainly, Apple ditched Intel chips and mainly made their very own. Now, on the upside, they can optimize each the hardware and software program on their laptops. The draw back? Properly, apps aren’t actually optimized for Apple’s in-house silicon chips. In truth, on the time of this writing, few apps – together with League of Legends – exterior of the official App Retailer formally assist it. There are workarounds, although, and fortunately the heavy lifting is finished with Apple’s personal software program. With out being unnecessarily sophisticated, Rosetta 2 is mainly a translator that converts this system mumbo jumbo into Apple’s personal native language, and let me let you know proper now… It really works superbly. The Macbook Professional has built-in followers, in order that mixed with the ability from the M1 actually delivers an awesome gaming expertise.

It’s so good that at medium settings, the M1 Macbook Professionals ship over 100FPS on common throughout the board, no matter display measurement and RAM configuration. Sure, that features the fashions with 8GB of RAM. That is much more spectacular while you have in mind that League of Legends is definitely meant for Intel, which implies they're attaining these speeds and stability whereas utilizing a translator, virtually successfully in real-time so far as the end-user is anxious. Additionally learn: Finest Fighters in League of Legends Fast Notice: The Finances Choices Now that we’ve established these M1 Macbook Professionals are positively greater than able to dealing with League of Legends correctly, I simply need to deal with the elephant within the room: the Macbook Air M1 and the Mac Mini M1. In actuality, the goal demographic for League of Legends who occur to be Apple customers will extra possible be rocking these as an alternative of their pricier older brother. And sure, each run League of Legends virtually as nicely, however the Macbook Air specifically doesn't include a fan. What does this imply? Properly, Macs normally have been by no means meant for gaming, and whereas the M1 is definitely environment friendly for protecting cool to the contact with no fan throughout CPU-intensive duties, the identical can't be stated about video games and GPU-related duties. Sure, it may possibly deal with them nicely, however the lack of a fan will possible trigger thermal throttling (mainly decreasing the efficiency by pressure in an try and decrease the interior temperature) throughout prolonged classes. That being stated, even essentially the most inexpensive base mannequin of the Macbook Air can run it at 60fps on the very least with excessive to max settings. The Mac Mini, whereas cheaper, doesn't undergo from this downside, and shouldn’t have the aforementioned throttling points. What Concerning the Intel Macbook Professional? Unfurrow your brows, as a result of proper now I’m going to let you know it runs rather well on the Intel-based Macbook Professional. League of Legends was designed for this, and with out Rosetta 2, it ought to run even higher… at the least, on paper. In actual life, relying on the configuration, you shouldn’t see a lot of a distinction. If triple-A titles and hardcore, story-rich, graphically intensive video games are your factor, chances are you'll need to look elsewhere. Nonetheless, for League of Legends, you shouldn’t run into any issues in any respect. Additionally learn: Finest Counter Junglers Conclusion To sum all of it up: sure, it runs very nicely on the brand new and former technology of Macs throughout the board, which incorporates even the Intel-based Macbook Air, and can run fairly nicely for even older gadgets, relying on the compatibility software-wise. As soon as extra, I've to reiterate that Macs have been by no means meant for gaming. They're, nonetheless, glorious gadgets for basic functions issues like faculty, work, some processing, or just since you are locked into Apple’s ecosystem. For followers of League of Legends, you possibly can relaxation simple realizing that League of Legends won't simply run on it, however run at respectable speeds. #Play #League #Legends #Macbook #Professional #LeagueFeed

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qwanderer · 2 years ago

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Reading just a metric fuckton of Murderbot fic and trying not to be too hard on myself for not working on my WIP. Have to remind myself that the story machine that is my brain needs to get fed stories to make stories.

I'm also toying with the idea of writing a Murderbot fic but that's okay because this process also feels like trying to teach myself how to write stories differently. I'm like. Playing with elements and trying to figure out the best way to come up with an idea that will actually work. I don't have trouble coming up with ideas for stories, I have tons of ideas for stories, but the best way to write an actually good story for me is usually to get a nice fresh idea of a particular kind and really. Dig in. While it's still simple and fresh and before I have the chance to make too many plans about it. Right now I'm trying to figure out how to get that particular kind of idea and what makes it that particular kind of idea.

Anyway here's what I've been tumbling around in my head:

Murderbot characters I'm most interested in writing about include Murderbot (of course), ART, 3, Pin-Lee, Gurathin, and an autistic OC from Preservation with mental augments. Possible plot threads I'm considering are 3 forming social connections with augmented humans including Gurathin and the unnamed OC, Gurathin also being autistic and how much he and Murderbot disliking each other is based on their similarities, Gurathin's augments being proprietary CR tech and how that fits into their relationship, the OC getting injured and needing help coping while she's awaiting treatment and while being treated and the constructs being better suited to providing that help than a human would be.

It's an interesting mess of elements but I still haven't found my hook into it yet.

I feel like I'm reading a lot more fic than I did last time I went in the tags, but apparently I have ten bookmarks from then (2019) and only sixteen new ones so far. For those curious, my MB bookmarks are here!

#murderbot diaries #murderbot #gurathin #secunit 3 #fic writing #fic reading

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superlinguo · 3 years ago

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Linguistics Jobs: Interview with a Technical Writer

One thing I love about the Linguistics Jobs interview series is that each interview has relevant information about a specific job, but also lots of wonderful general advice about looking for work. Today, I really appreciate Alex Katz’s insight into the importance of building up a portfolio of work that you can share with potential future employers. Trying your hand at technical writing, or audio production or any other job you think you might be interested in, is a great way to see if it suits, and have something to show potential future employers. You can follow Alex on Twitter (@WizardOfDocs) and they’re also on Mastodon ([email protected]).

What did you study at university?

For my bachelor's I did a double linguistics and Chinese literature major, and an honors thesis about how characters in old Doctor Who stories address each other. Then I did a Master of Arts degree in linguistics, focusing on pragmatics, and my thesis took John Searle's speech act theory and Brown & Levinson's politeness theory and combined them into a new set of speech act categories. The idea for my master's thesis came from reading Searle's original paper in my discourse analysis class and thinking "I can do this better." So I wrote a paper about it for the class, and that turned into the first draft of my thesis. So don't prevent yourself from doing something if the only reason you want to do it is to do it better than someone else. It gets results.

What is your job?

I'm a contract technical writer for a shopping website. My day-to-day work is improving the documentation of how to use/add to the code that keeps the website running: I'm editing the existing documentation one page at a time, but I'm also taking edit requests and proposals for new pages, and even planning a major restructuring of my team's internal website to make sure our customers can learn what to do better.

How does your linguistics training help you in your job?

Studying linguistics, and especially pragmatics, has made me a better writer and a better editor. I can figure out why a particular phrasing or formatting decision is better or worse in context, and explain it to my teammates. That skill isn't just useful for the actual documentation--understanding pragmatics also helps me write emails and Slack messages to make sure members of my team are talking to each other and can give me the information I need.

Do you have any advice you wish someone had given to you about linguistics/careers/university?

If you want to get into technical writing, start building up your portfolio as soon as possible, especially in your chosen subject area. Ask your professors if they have syllabi or lab procedures that need updating. Start a blog. Document open-source projects. I didn't realize I wanted to be a technical writer until a couple of years after I graduated, and now all my best work is proprietary and I can't work on open source projects without jumping through lots of hoops. So I'm feeling kind of stuck. If I'd realized sooner that I could just (for example) send the developer of a Minecraft mod a pull request to improve their in-game tutorial book, my portfolio would look a lot better.

Also, expect to spend at least a few years as a contractor before any company decides you're worth hiring for real. That means a lot of short-term jobs, and probably some bad employers at the staffing agencies. But it's a good way to figure out what kind of company you really want to work for, and a great way to build up your resume--even if I don't get to go full-time at this job, I can now say I've worked at three different big tech companies.

Any other thoughts or comments?

It's not exaggerating to say studying linguistics has made me a better person. I was diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder in college, just as I was starting to study linguistics, and those things together gave me a wonderful opportunity to study how people talk to each other and learn how to present myself as someone people want to spend time with.

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Check out the full Linguist Jobs Interview List and the Linguist Jobs tag for even more interviews

#linguistics #linguistics jobs #language #writing #writer #technical writer

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ka-za-ri · 4 years ago

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Personal Assistant Pt. 2

Part 1: Here Part 3: here Part 4: here Part 5: here Part 6: here Part 7: Here Crossposted to Ao3: here

Hi. Hello. Thank you for reading the first chapter and for all the new follows. I’m still new to this whole fandom so excuse me if I overstep any boundaries. Unbeta’d because we die like heroes here. Please leave a comment or something idk, validate me?

Pairing: Lucifer x Reader Wordcount: 5,900 ish Genre: Smut Tags: Edging, Oral Sex, Orgasm denial, masturbation, sex toys, under-desk blowjob, sexual tension, sex on a desk, overstimulation

Probation Period

Lucifer wasn’t joking when he said you would be occupied with a lot of work. The first two weeks at the office were dedicated to acquainting yourself to the systems you would be using on a daily basis, learning the location of all the supplies as well as memorizing what floors all the departments were. It was a proper nine-to-five with all the bells and whistles of benefits, overtime pay and paid-time-off as long as it was approved. Being so close to the head of the company, you came to realize just how much work actually needed to be done. Lucifer’s schedule was always full and you were constantly trying to squeeze in just one more meeting for him. It almost made the interview you went to feel like a feverish dream.

Every now and then, you would steal a glance over to your boss after he finished speaking with another department head or analyst. The two of you would lock gazes and for a moment there would be a heat that welled up between your legs reminding you that everything he promised was real.

You thought you were prepared for the job with your skill set, figuring fluency with an office suite was the bare minimum. However, you never thought you’d be learning six other proprietary systems while also having to answer a phone that never stopped ringing.

Humans didn’t know many things; but, they could always be easily taught anything in the world with some proper training.

For someone who had lived hundreds of years, ensuring that you were well trained to actually handle the duties of his office before starting proper private lessons was a small price to pay. It barely passed in his mind that you could be needy and wanting more of what he had offered the night you signed your contract with him. He often looked fondly over the document after hours when even you had gone home, smirking in pride when he knew you hadn’t read everything thoroughly. No one ever did.

You were beginning to think that the promise of “after hour activities” had all been made up and fell into a rhythm at work, quickly becoming efficient at weeding out the unnecessary meetings and phone calls by settling the issues at hand with a well worded email.Things were settling and finally you were in a lull where you could comfortably work and not feel like you were drowning in information. Still, even if you were a month and a half into your new position, the last thing he told you the night of the interview rang in your head.

“Wear the same lipstick, will you? I’d love to see what that color looks like smeared all over my cock.”

Ever since that night, you came into work with the same shade of red on your lips, hoping it would be the day he would get to see what the image of your lipstick all over his hard length looked like. It became so ingrained in your routine, you had even bought a few more tubes of the same color, just in case the current one you had ran out.

Yet, nothing. No indications whatsoever from Lucifer that he took notice how obedient you were of his request. No outward signs that he was even remotely as affected as he was on the night of the interview. Soon enough, you had chalked it up to some persuasive tactics he used to get you to work for him.

So, it was much to your surprise when you walked into the office in the beginning of your second month and found a small box sitting at your desk. Once your things were put away, curiosity got the better of you and you opened the non-descript box. The moment your eyes laid on the phallic object inside, you gasped and dropped it back onto your desk.

“Is it not to your liking?” Lucifer’s low, silky voice came from behind you. He had somehow soundlessly made his way to your desk, watching your every move as you unwrapped his gift to you.

“I uh… Uhm…”

“A present… for making it through your first month here.” He explained, coaxing you out of your chair and bending you over your desk. Your body was as pliable and malleable as he remembered it to be.

“I… Thank you… Lucifer…” you breathed, swallowing hard as you eyed the object nestled in the box.

“Let me help you into it.” He offered, taking it into his hand. He moved one of your legs to be propped up on the top of your desk, the AC hitting your heat in a way it hadn’t in what felt like ages. Nearly nothing had been done and a fog of desire had already settled upon your brain.

Now that he had an excellent view of your panties, he rubbed the stout, girthy toy up and down your slit, watching as your body twitched in reaction. Pushing your panties to the side, he pressed the tip of the toy into your pussy only to have a strangled gasp come from you as you weren’t wet enough to accept it yet.

“I should have expected as much…” He murmured to himself. How foolish of him to forget that even if you had been in his care for the last month, your true training was starting today. Of course he couldn’t expect you to be as wet as he wanted as soon as you walked in. “Stay still.” He commanded and the warmth of his body left your side.

Making his way to his desk, he unlocked a drawer and took out a bottle of lube. Generously coating the toy while he walked back to you, you saw the same glittering darkness in his eyes that made your heart race from the interview. Fearful that you had disappointed him, you started babbling apologies and begged for his forgiveness, promising to do better. He hushed you with a firm glare before going back to what he was doing. “The only thing you need to apologize for, is if you’re unable to be wet enough to take this first thing in the morning by next week.” he said coolly.

The slick toy now much easier to slide into you was met with only the resistance of your tight pussy as he pushed it into you. “Starting today, you’ll wear this during your working hours.” He readjusted your panties once the vaginal plug was snuggly in you, the bottom of it just peeking out between your lips before your underwear covered them once again. Satisfied, he helped your leg down from the desk and put the bottle of lube into one of your drawers. “Don’t let it fall out now.” He said with a self satisfied smirk, turning heel and heading back to his desk as if nothing ever happened.

The plug inside of you stretched you out and filled you deliciously so. However it wasn’t nearly large or long enough to properly satisfy you. Sitting down at your chair to start your own duties for the day, it pressed further into you, stimulating you and made it hard to concentrate on your tasks at hand. As hard as focusing was, the fear of disappointing Lucifer looming over you was even more oppressive. Any moment your mind wandered to the stretch your pussy was feeling, you forcibly had to look at something else or distract yourself with phone calls in order to get through the day.

No matter how many distracting tasks you came up with, it did nothing to quell your arousal. The way the toy pressed at your entrance and teased all the spots inside of you that needed attention had your nerves on fire. You weren’t sure how you were going to survive if you needed to wear it on the regular. By the time your shift ended, there was a significant wet spot on your chair and on the back of your skirt. You were eternally lucky that there hadn’t been any physical meetings set up for the day. Though, you weren’t quite sure if it was actually luck or if Lucifer had orchestrated the day to work out like that for you.

Regardless,cleaning up the mess you became in the bathroom was an adventure. The toy easily slid out of you and you groaned from both relief and desire. Having it inside of you all day only made you want something more. More being specifically Lucifer’s cock dragging itself in and out of your walls. As you washed the toy and stowed it away in its designated drawer, your mind meandered, wondering if today would be the day that you would see your lipstick on his dick.

It was very much to your dismay though, when you came out of the bathroom, Lucifer had already left for the day and you were alone with your thoughts and a throbbing, aching pussy.

The moment you got home, you frantically searched under your bed for the box that held your own small collection of toys and grabbed the first one that you knew could satisfy you in the way you had been craving all day. Thrusting it into your sopping core, you moaned wantonly, throwing your head back and flopping onto your bed, not caring to take off any more clothes than absolutely necessary.

The toy worked in and out of you and you bucked against it. Almost forgetting that it could vibrate, you turned it on and let it do its work, making you moan as you shoved its full length into you. If only it was Lucifer and not a piece of silicone. If only he had bent you over the desk after work and filled you. Your fingers rubbed at your clit and you angled the toy to brush against your g-spot, gasping and writing in pleasure as your vision filled with stars. You panted heavily, the pressure of an orgasm building quickly in your abdomen and you couldn’t wait for the release it would give you. It only took a few more hard thrusts of the toy on its highest setting before you came undone, crying out gratefully and spasming around it, your mind reeling in the euphoria of getting off after hours of being teased by a damn toy.

But it wasn’t enough. It wasn’t him. And it somehow felt dirty that you had cum without his permission, without his heated gaze on your body. A feeling of shame and guilt washed over your body while you powered the toy off, gasping for air after the whirlwind fucking you had given yourself. You whined, pulling it out of you rolled over, the initial high had been great but it left you feeling dissatisfied for some reason.

It was as if your pleasure belonged to Lucifer. No matter what you did to yourself, it wouldn’t be nearly the same as what he could give you. Your pussy ached for more stimulation just thinking about him, even if you had just cum. Yet, you couldn’t bring yourself to relieve yourself unless it was at his behest. Sighing heavily, you dragged your limp body to the shower to get rid of the mess between your legs and to prepare for another day of long torment without relief in sight.

It took less than a week to train yourself to be wet enough to slide the vaginal plug into you without the aid of lube. First thing in the morning, Lucifer got a front row show of you parting your legs, taking the toy out of the drawer and putting it in you. You adapted quickly, kicking your skirt up before you sat down so that your bare ass came in contact with the chair and you would have less to clean up. Lucifer was kind enough to have the foresight to supply you with a leather chair to ensure your essence could be easily wiped up at the end of your shif. Ever since the first night, the desire to be fucked only grew in you. You hadn’t touched yourself since then, hoping, praying that he would show you mercy and relieve you in a way only he could.

Ah, but Lucifer was cruel and he took his training very seriously. As soon as he knew you had grown accustomed to the first toy he introduced, he was ready to push your limits again as yet another gift graced your desk a week later. The butt plug, adorned with a glittering red jewel made you swallow hard. You hadn’t ever explored using your other hole, but Lucifer was at least gentle as he trained your asshole open that morning.

Plenty of lube dribbled down your backside as he slowly worked the hard metal plug, pressing it against your tight ass and easing it into you, cooing and praising you the whole time. He pet your hair as you gasped from being stretched to your limit, he stroked your face as the plug finally slid into you and your whole body was alight with a flurry of sensations. “Good girl…” he praised softly, planting a kiss on your cheek before going back to work. As soon as you sat down, you knew you had a long day ahead of you as the duality of having both holes filled cast a fog over your mind.

Part of his responsibility as a boss to you was to make sure you were cared for, looked after and treasured even if his normal disposition was rather chilly. He was a stern businessman after all, but he did dote on you in some ways. The main way being that he made sure to be there every morning to fit the anal plug into you while you slid the other one into your waiting pussy. Every step of your training was meticulously overseen by him and he just loved the way your body accepted everything he tried as long as he was patient enough.

Your workload never seemed to lessen, even with the weight of the plugs inside of you every day. The corporate world didn’t stop for anyone and you had to adapt even further to hide your sexual frustration from the guests that frequented the office during his meetings. Guiding them to the little alcove in the corner of the office lined with couches that served as a miniature ‘waiting room’ was the hardest part. Every step you took sent jolts of pleasure down your legs and you struggled to keep your pace even while maintaining perfect posture. Your muscles clenched and strained to ensure nothing fell out of you. Even if the journey was a short one, it felt like it lasted for miles with how much effort it took to look professional. You always ended your introductions with a smile, letting your esteemed guests know that Lucifer would be ready to see them shortly before having to make the long, arduous journey back to your desk.

Lucifer took pride in the company he built and the people he trained. You, most of all, were so susceptible to all his lessons and adapted quickly. It only felt natural for him to spend on gifts for you, giving you a plethora of options to choose from on how to stuff your pussy for your day. Every few days, it seemed like there was a new box on your desk. Whether it was deliciously textured balls that rubbed against each other and stretched you in a way that made you see stars, or smooth orbs with weights in them, making you clench anytime they shifted inside of you, they all had one thing in common: they all left you wanting more. None of them ever seemed to stretch you far enough or deep enough to satisfy that itch and craving you had for Lucifer’s cock and you were driven nearly mad at that fact.

He could just how frustrated you were as you cleaned up after yourself and bent over your desk, waiting for him remove the anal plug from your ass. Your essence flowed freely down your thigh at the end of the day and he was satisfied; especially when you let out that precious breathy moan of yours whenever the plug left you empty. You would always look back at him, pleading with your eyes for him to take it further and fill you, but it was business as usual for him. He’d tell you to go home and you would be left on the edge, unable to cum unless he gave you explicit permission to do so.

The end of your second month working at Akuzon as Lucifer’s personal assistant drew to a close and by the third month you were there, no matter what task you were doing, your mind reeled with fantasized images of how you wanted Lucifer to take you and make you scream. It invaded every fiber of your being. It was so endlessly frustrating to see your boss completely straight laced and nonplussed at your predicament. He could tell you were close to your breaking point, almost a month of teasing and yet no release in sight; it would soon come time for him to give you what you truly craved.

“Ah… This is a problem, can you come here and help?” He called you over to his desk and pointed at the space underneath. “I dropped the whole box of paperclips and I really don’t have time to pick them up before my next meeting. Be a dear, and help?”

“Yes, of course, Lucifer.” you obliged, thinking nothing of it and scrambled on your hands and knees to pick up what seemed to be hundreds of paperclips on the ground. Before you were even a quarter of the way through, you heard the elevator in the distance ding, signalling the arrival of your next guest. Scrambling to get up and greet them, you only found yourself blocked off by Lucifer sitting down, scooting his chair right up to you and blocking your escape.

“Don’t make a sound now.” He said quietly, looking down at you with an expectant expression on his face. “This guest is of the highest esteem and I would like to make sure this acquisition goes smoothly.”

“Y-yes, Lucifer.” You mumbled, shifting enough so that you were settled somewhat comfortably between his legs and staring right at his thighs.

“My apologies for not having my assistant greet you.” Lucifer said as his guest came in. “She’s on an errand and couldn’t make it back in time. Please, take a seat.” He stood up, gesturing to the chair on the other side of the desk and got right to work, discussing the terms of his next acquisition and his expectations once the companies merged. The talk was mundane and there was a fair amount of back and forth as schematics were discussed.

He kept one hand on his thigh, gently stroking his crotch, and you watched wide eyed, barely daring to breathe as he got hard right in front of his client. His voice betrayed nothing, staying smooth and low while he discussed business matters. You could barely think straight as his finger beckoned you closer to his clothed crotch. His musky scent mixing with the smell of his cologne and newly dry cleaned clothes made you dizzy. As his cock started to strain and press against his pants, you carefully leaned forward, nuzzling his crotch and basking in his closeness.

He seemed to enjoy this little development. His hand wandered over to your hair, pulling you closer and encouraging you. The thrill of possibly being caught sparked an arousal in you that you hadn’t expected. The conversation above you melted away as you focused on the hardening length pressed up against your cheek and breathing in his scent, getting intoxicated by just his proximity. His hand gently patted your hair as you nuzzled him to full mast under his clothes. You felt your arousal rise along with his cock, your slick essence soaking through your panties. Yet you didn’t dare touch yourself or make a noise.

“Ah, how foolish of me. I forgot the final paperwork in my car. Please, excuse me for a moment while I retrieve it.” The client said as they drew close to closing the deal. “I’ll be right back.”

“Of course, please take your time.” Lucifer said. You couldn’t see it, but you could almost feel the self satisfied smirk that was undoubtedly on his face once the guest left to retrieve the documents.

As soon as the elevator dinged and they were alone, his grip in your hair tightened. He slid back just enough to see your face peeking out from between his thighs. “Don’t ruin this for me.” he warned, unzipping his pants and pulling out his cock. You started salivating as you saw his length unfurl before you, hard and throbbing, a drop of precum dribbling from the tip and your tongue darted out to catch it and taste him. He smirked, loving how obedient you were without him asking you to be. “Don’t mess up my suit. Understand?”

“Yes… Sir.”

The dark glitter of lust shone in his eyes for a brief moment as you addressed him properly. He settled himself back into place and you were once again alone under the desk; but this time with a very important task at hand. It was a long ride up the elevator from the ground floor to the top, which gave you ample time to suck him off as loudly and as lewdly as you wanted. His cock filled your mouth hot and heavy, the salt from his precum and his scent cast a haze over you as you put as much of him in your mouth as you could. Your hand fisting the rest of what you couldn’t handle all at once.

His hand in your hair set the pace, making your head bob as you slurped and sucked. Only once did you hear a satisfied groan come from him. But, that was enough to send your hormones into overdrive and you redoubled your efforts into pleasuring him. Your knees ached and your whole body felt too hot to be cramped under his desk like this; but the taste and feel of his cock in your mouth was worth it. It was truly too soon when you heard the tell tale ding of the elevator in the distance, signalling the return of your guest that you had to abruptly stop being loud.

“I didn’t take too long, now did I?”

“No, not at all. I was just reviewing everything to make sure everything is crossed and dotted properly.” Lucifer replied calmly, but you could hear a slight strain in his tone. His hand pushed your mouth further down his length until he hit the back of your throat. You fought back a startled squeal and resisted the urge to gag, relaxing your body and your reflexes to accept him as he saw fit. Satisfied, he removed his hand to go over a few more things on the paperwork and you took the prerogative to keep taking him until every inch of him was down your throat. You had to take slow breaths to keep yourself from passing out, his girthy cock blocking much of your airway.

You could feel his thighs tense as he was balls deep down your throat. As soon as he was able to, his hand returned to your hair and set a languid pace, using your mouth and throat as a fuck toy while he hashed out important business details. Drool pooled at the base of his cock as you let him use you. The worry of ruining his suit caused your whole body to tense in anxiety and you prayed that everything would drip onto the chair below him and not on the expensive tweed of his suit.

“Yes, I think all of that checks out. Just our signatures left.” Lucifer’s voice floated into your consciousness, the first clear sign that it was all going to be over soon. He didn’t know just how wet you were from sucking him off under his desk. Just rubbing your thighs together, you knew there was a slick mess for you to deal with later on your own.

Just a little bit more… You told yourself, holding your desire and your breath as you heard the tell tale scratching above you of papers being signed. From there, it was only a few more congratulatory remarks and the guest was on his way out. As soon as he leaves I’m going to suck his soul out from his dick. You determined, fantasizing about how his hot load would taste going down your throat.

“Yes, that’s the last of everything. I’ll have the receptionist see you out.” Lucifer shuffled the documents on his desk and slid them into a drawer.

“Of course. I look forward to future business ventures with you.”

“And I as well. Thank you for coming.”

Something happened then that you didn’t think could ever happen. You stifled a whimper against his cock buried in your face, but it was impossible to not make a sound. Your whole body shivered when he said that word. The way it lilted and the meaning it held to you had involuntarily made you orgasm. All the sexual tension you had been asked to hold for the past month came crashing around you and you were a shaking wreck, clenching around the small toys inside of you. The lack of air making the euphoria of your climax all the more surreal.

“Did you hear something?”

“Must have been the air conditioning settling.” Lucifer lied easily, gripping your hair tightly as a warning. “It does that sometimes… scares me half to death when I’m alone after hours.” He chuckled and gestured towards the door when he saw a message on his desk phone light up. “My receptionist is already here to see you out… Please be sure to drive safely home.”

“I will. Thank you again.”

The pain of his hand in your hair grounded you as you rode out the unbidden orgasm. As soon as the elevator was on its way down, the pressure of his cock filling your mouth and throat as you were roughly pulled away from him. You gasped, tears of relief streaked down your face as you took deep unhindered breaths to clear your mind. Whatever plans you had to swallow his load earlier were completely dashed as he pulled you off his cock.

He slid his chair back assessing your disheveled figure under his desk. The sight of your drool and lipstick smeared across your face, your hair an absolute rat’s nest from the rough treatment and your trembling form in the aftershocks of your sudden orgasm did things to him he hadn’t expected. He knew he had you trained well with the toys; but it never crossed his mind just how much power his words had over you. Just the casual phrase he let slip had made you cum. The knowledge of that sent a thrill through his body as he immediately started to scheme all the things he could do to you.

Lucifer glanced down at his cock, looking at the long red streaks of lipstick smeared all across the length. He smirked, loving how the color looked against it. “I was right… that color does look good all over my cock.” He pushed his chair back again to give you just enough room to timidly crawl out from under the desk and stretch your aching muscles. Seeing you on all fours also made him want to do things to you, things that would have to wait until later. “I was going to reward you for a job well done.” He started, pulling you up and sitting you on the edge of his desk. “But unfortunately… it looks like someone got too much pleasure out of this exchange without my permission.”

His hands spread your thighs apart for him and he pushed your soaked panties to the side, the toys peeking out of your ass and your pussy were absolutely drenched in your juices. Your nether region quivered, and pulsated around the small toy, trying to milk it as you had done to his cock months prior. “Every one of your orgasms… belong to me.”

“Ye… yes, Sir…” you breathed. “I’m sorry, Sir. It won’t happen again, Sir.” you babbled, praying he would forgive you.

“I suppose I can cut you some slack. Even I didn’t know how sensitive you can be from my words.” His fingers stroked your labia, his touch driving you insane. It had been so long since he had last been intimate with you like this, your whole body was in complete sensation overdrive as it relished being touched by him again. Sure, he spent a few minutes every day prepping your ass; but that was nothing compared to what he was giving you now.

“Thank you sir.” You sobbed, your heart nearly beating out of your chest at the prospect of feeling more of him.

“Of course… It’s only proper that I congratulate you on making it through the probationary period.” He replied casually, pulling the plug out of your ass and letting it drop to the ground. He chuckled, as you whined, feeling your anus being stretched out as it exited you and then feeling the emptiness that came after it. The toy in your pussy came out next, but he made sure to take his sweet time to drag it out of you, watching it come out bit by bit. The needy whine that came from your lips as your empty cunt begged to be filled again was music to his ears.

It was only a short moment after that all your needs were fulfilled. His cock easily slid into you, assisted by the copious amounts of your essence that coated your nether region. The dull thud of the toy hitting the ground sounded so distant. All that mattered was finally feeling full and having your needs satiated by Lucifer. With no one else in the office anymore, you moaned loudly, throwing your head back and clutching the edge of the desk to brace yourself. Your legs wrapped around his waist, drawing him closer towards you. It had been so long since you had felt his cock inside of you; yet, your body seemed to remember every ridge and edge of it as he filled you up.

“Does that feel good?” He purred, very pleased at your reaction. Holding off on fucking you was possibly the best decision he had ever made. However, now that he had you, he knew he couldn’t hold off again like that. Not when your heat surrounded him and released all the carnal desire he had reigned in for the past months.

“Yes… Yes, Sir!”

“You’ve wanted this for a long time, now huh?” he asked, starting a slow and steady pace to build you up to yet another explosive orgasm. “The toys I gave you weren’t enough? You wanted this inside of you instead, huh?”

“Yes… Yes… “ You were delirious, swimming in a sea of pure pleasure as his cock hit every sensitive spot in you that had been craving attention for months now. You couldn’t see or think straight. It was all like the first time you had coupled during your interview. All of it was so intense and amazing, it took your breath away. “I want you so much, Sir. I can’t stop thinking about you.” you admitted freely.

“What a good girl…” he praised, stroking your hair gently. “Your hard work will be rewarded.” He said before roughly slamming his hips into you and burying his whole length into you. Your cries of pleasure rang in his ear as he picked up the pace and chased his release inside of you. Your walls, so tight after your first orgasm hugged him deliciously and he saw stars every time he was balls deep inside of you.

“Oh… thank you! Thank you, Sir.” you sang endless praises for him as he fucked you senseless, taking you to highs you had never experienced. Being teased for months on end had made all your nerves so sensitive, you could barely handle the reward he was giving you; and that was possibly the best part of it all. “This is the best… reward.. Thank you… thank y---”

Lucifer cut off your words with a deep kiss, shoving his tongue roughly into your mouth and exploring your mouth. He could taste traces of him in you and it only served to make his hips snap into yours even faster and harder. He was close again. Anytime it came to being inside of you, he knew it would be over soon. Perhaps that was why he preferred to tease you for such long periods of time. The payoff was so worth it in the end.

“Cum.” he commanded once he broke his kiss with you. “Cum like you did the first time, milk me.” He hissed, his pace now erratic and needy.

“Yes! Yes! Yes, Sir!” you obliged, the pleasure building up in your abdomen crumbling all at once and you came around his cock hard. Your vision whiting out for a moment and your ears ringing from the force of your climax.

It only took a few more brutal thrusts before he emptied himself inside of you with a satisfied groan, his long lashes fluttering as your walls pulsed around him and accepted every drop of his seed. “Very good…” He murmured softly, holding you in a close embrace and patting your hair as the both of you came down from the highs of your orgasms.

Lucifer hissed as he pulled out of you once he was soft enough to do so. The image of his cum dripping out of you was so enticing, it almost made him hard again. Satisfied that you were properly trained for his needs, he adjusted your panties back over your crotch and looked up at your blissed out face. “Congratulations, you’re now a permanent member of my staff.” He cooed, leaning in and placing a soft kiss on your forehead.

You weren’t even in the right mindset to thank him, your brain reeling from the pleasure and your body relaxing after finally getting the release you had been craving for months. His words sounded like they were coming from under water, muffled and garbled. You blinked, in a haze, trying to focus.

It wasn’t until something cool hit your neck that you jolted to consciousness, grounding yourself with the new sensation against your heated skin. A thin, delicate chain held up a beautiful pendant in the shape of a peacock feather now adorned your neck. In your high, Lucifer had pulled the gift out from his desk and helped himself to putting it on you.

“A small gift… I think it suits you.” he explained softly.

“Thank you…” You said, rather touched by the gentle gesture. “I’ll wear it with pride.”

“I expect nothing less from you.”

It was true, humans didn’t know much at all until they were trained. You were proof of that and he couldn’t wait to see what other things he could teach you to do with your body.

#Obey me #Obey me fanfiction #Obey me smut #Lucifer x reader #Lucifer x mc #Obey Me AU #CEO! Lucifer is out of control I'm not even sorry #i'm trash you're trash we're all trash #shameless smut

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fandomn00blr · 4 years ago

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WIP Whenever

I was tagged in for a few WIP Wednesday things yesterday (by @wardenari, @cartadwarfwithaheartofgold, and @musetta3, I think?), but I finally finished/posted one of the stroghainoff one-shots I’ve been fussing over for weeks, and then Spawn and I had a whole-ass day of walking around in the rain and the mud and quacking at some cool weird migratory ducks (they were mergansers, I think?) and eating donuts, and so I didn’t get a chance to write or post anything new yesterday other than a few random shitposts.

So today, I’m back to trying to figure this Dark Sprawl AU out as it applies to these two. All I know is that Justice is benign malware, and Fenris’ markings essentially turn him into a magical wifi router for Danarius’ proprietary network...none of this is important to anyone but me, but I’m just really in a sharing mood. More importantly, Anders has an old shitty car (probably like a bright blue/rusty 2000 Saturn SC2). Oh, and they’ve just killed Hadriana and stuff. NBD.

"C’mon. I'll give you a ride back to your place."

"The cul de sac is only a few miles from here… ” Fenris begins jogging in place, trying to keep his muscles from seizing up in the cool night air now that the rush of adrenaline is beginning to wear off. “I need to finish my run.”

"It's the least I can do after this whole…well, you know?"

"You didn't summon those slavers. They were searching for me. And I brought you out here hoping we’d run into them.”

“I know.”

"And your malw -- er, Justice saved us both. So if anyone owes anyone anything… "

"Justice seems really pleased with himself about that." Anders smirks.

Fenris shakes his head, and decides against asking how a program whose sole purpose is to seek out and destroy malicious bits of code and connections could possibly feel ‘pleased’ with itself.

“So…I guess I’ll just…see you around, then,” he says.

“You seriously aren’t going to let me drive you home?” Anders is almost laughing at him now. As if his own insufferable stubbornness isn’t just as ridiculous at times. “I’m not gonna try and kiss you again or anything. I promise.”

“I…”

He almost wishes he would. It would be easier, anyway, to fall right back into their previous habits and pretend nothing out-of-the-ordinary had just happened and that Anders was none-the-wiser about his...situation.

But somehow, he knows Anders’ reasons for offering him a ride are innocent enough. Well, at least to the extent that he won’t be initiating anything else tonight. ‘It’s what a friend would do’ he hears him explaining yet again, as if Fenris needs another lecture about the lengths friends ought to be willing to go for another.

“Okay,” Fenris finally concedes.

“Great!”

Anders just stands there for a moment, staring blankly at him over the hood of the car as Fenris attempts to open the passenger door to get in, but it seems to still be locked. Or rusted shut. Probably both.

“Oh, whoops! Shit...hang on!”

Anders fumbles with his keys as he hastily unlocks his own door and then climbs across the center console on his elbows to manually unlock the other door. “No power locks on this old girl…” he grins up at Fenris after finally shoving it open for him. “But she’s still good for getting around...”

Fenris nods down at him, unsmiling, but there’s the tiniest crinkle of exasperated amusement in the corners of his eyes. “She is that.”

#dragon age #sorta #fenris is just like 'fuck it'#fenris #anders #fenders #retromodernish future dystopia #wait wait i thought i had a tag for this #okay #post-Internet zombie techno sprawlpocalypse #there it is!#my writing #WIP #long post #fenris/anders #dark sprawl

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absolutebl · 4 years ago

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What apps / platforms / sites do you use for watching BL? I'm happy to pay a subscription fee. Thank you for your help!

Unfortunately there isn’t a one stop shop for BL. Not even just Thai BL. So here’s a big ol’ resource post for you.

YouTube - Oxygen etc...

Mostly I use YouTube for things like Oxygen, and fannish content like music vids, interviews, and talk shows. I suggest subscribing to the production studio’s and distributor’s channels there (this is a good way to show support as # of subs increases exposure + ad revenue). Even if you don’t intend to watch on YouTube, subscribing helps the studios a lot.

Globe Studios - Gaya

GMMTV - 2gether, Gifted, I’m Tee, Chonthon + OffGun, TayNew, BrightWin, and SingtoKrist promo vehicles

Mauve Series - Oxygen

Mind Trio - Calculating Love

Oxin Films - My Day

Star Hunter - The Moment, Gen Y

Studio Wabi Sabi - Until We Meet Again, Between Us, Love Mechanics, Seven Project, Love By Chance, The En of Love

Wayufilm Production - My Bromance

WHYRU Channel

Lovely Writer

I like YouTube’s mobile interface best since I prefer not to watch on a PC. I don’t have a YouTube monthly subscription, but I’ve considered it. I’m not really down with YouTub’s corporate culture or politics. The value for money hasn’t evened any of this out for me yet, especially as YouTube monthly sub is higher than most every other platform - with less value ad content.

YouTube is unstable for BL. Some shows never get there, and proprietary distributors like GMMTV have a history of pulling all their content arbitrarily (e,g, Our Skyy has been down for months and only just showed up again). Both TharnType and Why R U are currently down. Usually, studios start jacking around with the older shows when newer spin offs are launching or going into promo.

Where else to get ‘em?

It really depends on the show.

Thai Distribution Direct - TharnType 2

TharnType 2 is being made available direct via the originating Thai distributor. I encourage you to watch it there so they can get the ad revenue: https://tv.line.me/tharntypetheseries

* To be smart, any Thai distributor worth their salt should take this tactic and then move the content, with a relaunch and “extras” over to their YouTube channels say after 6 months or so (if they can’t get a secondary distributor like Viki or Netflx intersted). It would maximize exposure, fan interest, and revenue.

** From an industry stand point, I wouldn’t expect TT2 to STAY available direct from Line indefinitely. So watch it NOW.

Netflix - SOTUS & Love Sick 1

SOTUS & Love Sick first seasons are on Netflix, with follow up seasons on YouTube. You need a Netflix account to watch. You can also find them on YouTube but if you have Netflix, watch them there.

Also these are good ones to push onto possible new BL recruits. The more watchers the better, since maybe it will get Netflix to fund and buy more queer content. I have concerns with Netflix corporate, but they are one of the few actively funding queer romance projects right now, so... yeah?

Viki - Love By Chance 2

LBC2 is on Viki, behind a paywall. But since Viki doesn’t have very many Thai BLs (they have some from Taiwan like the HIStory series), I haven’t subscribed. I’m waiting for them to hold enough IP to make it worth my while. Also, I have reservations about LBC2 and Mame’s writing in general, so just LBC2 isn’t enough for me, personally.

Viki is a subsidiary of Japanese company Rakutan which also holds Kobo, and I like what they do to go up against US based conglomerates. (All cards on the table, I’ve visited Rakutan corporate.) We will see if they really double down and focus on BL. If they do, I’ll sub.

Fan Subs & Uploads - Cherry Magic

Cherry Magic (Doutei dato Mahoutsukai ni narerurashii) out of Japan has an excellent fan subber doing the bulk of the work to make this accessible. I watch it through them, and I tip them $ for their labor. If you watch this one and like it, I encourage you to do the same. https://irozuku.org/fansub/tag/cherry-magic/

Less Savory Options - Daily Motion & Drama Cool

You can find ripped and rebranded low grade eng subs if you are desperate from Daily Motion. I tend to use Bento Box’s channel or BL Series HD. You can find hard to reach stuff like He’s Coming to Me (HIGHLY recommended), ITTSAY, MGYG, and LBC2 there. But the content originators aren’t getting any money from it, so it’s a bit of an ethical dilemma.

How do we get more made if these don’t earn money? And yet, how do we watch when they aren’t distributed internationally?

The other option in this same vein in Drama Cool, it’s the only place I have found Friend Forever.

How to keep track?

Frankly the best source for all this kind of information is MyDramaList which does exactly as it says, allows you to organize, kept track of, and discuss Asian dramas.

There is a thriving BL community there. Commenters will share links with each other. I don’t have an account but my spies do.

Hope this helps.

File this under my questionable relationship with international DRM and IP.

No tags to protect the guilty.

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chipotle · 4 years ago

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Panic's Nova text editor (a review)

Review: Panic’s Nova text editor

Panic, the long-established makers of Mac utility software, seems fully aware that introducing a new, commercial code editor in 2020 is a quixotic proposition. Is there enough of an advantage to a native editor over both old school cross-platform editors like Emacs and explosively popular new editors like Visual Studio Code to persuade people to switch?

I’m an unusual case as far as text editor users go: my primary job is technical writing, and the last three jobs that I’ve worked at have a “docs as code” approach, where we write documentation in Markdown and manage it under version control just like source code. The editor that works best for me in tech writing is the venerable BBEdit. When it comes to editing code, though, BBEdit lags behind. My suspicion is that BBEdit’s lack of an integrated package manager has hurt it here. Also, BBEdit’s language modules don’t support extending one another, making it effectively impossible to do full highlighting for a templating language like JSX or Jinja.

When I was a web programmer, I was one of many who moved to TextMate, and used it for everything for a while. When the Godot-like wait for TextMate 2.0 became unbearable, I wandered the text editing wilderness, eventually splitting my loyalties between BBEdit, Sublime Text, and more recently VS Code. At this point, I suspect nothing will pull me away from BBEdit for technical writing, but for programming I’m open to persuasion.

So: meet Nova.

I’ve been using Nova off and on in beta for months. I’ve reported some bugs, although I may mention a couple here that I didn’t catch until after 1.0’s release. And, I’m going to compare it to the GUI editors that I’ve been using recently: BBEdit, Sublime Text, and VS Code.

Nova is a pretty editor, as far as such things go, and with files of relatively reasonable size it’s fast. With stupid huge files its performance drops noticeably, though. This isn’t just the ridiculous 109MB, nearly 450,000-line SQL file I threw at it once, it’s also with a merely 2MB, 50,000-line SQL file, and Nova’s offer to turn off syntax highlighting in both files didn’t help it much. This may sound like a silly test, but in my day job I’m occasionally stuck editing an 80,000-line JSON file by hand (don’t ask). This is something BBEdit and VS Code can do without complaint. Panic wrote their own text editing engine for Nova, which is brave, but it needs more tuning for pathological cases like these. They may not come up often, but almost every programmer has one stupid huge file to deal with.

Nova has an integrated terminal and an integrated SSH client, and even an integrated file transfer system based on Panic’s Transmit. In fact, if you have Transmit and use Panic Sync, it knows all of those servers out of the box. Nova has a task workflow system for automating building and running. You can associated servers, tasks, and more with individual projects; Nova’s project settings are considerably more comprehensive than I’ve seen in other editors. You can even set up remote tasks. Nova has a serviceable Git client built in, too. Like VS Code, Nova uses JavaScript for its extension API, and it has built-in Language Server Protocol support—it’s a superbly solid foundation.

Beyond that, some smaller features have become table stakes for modern GUI editors, and Nova handles them with aplomb. “Open Quickly” can jump to any file in the open project, as well as search by symbols or just symbols in currently open files; it has a command palette; you can comprehensively edit keybindings. It has multiple cursor support for those of us who like that, and a “mini map” view for those of you who like that, although know that you are wrong. Nova’s selection features include “Select all in scope” and “Select all between brackets,” a command I often use in BBEdit and miss dearly in Code. (Both Nova and BBEdit select between brackets and braces, although BBEdit also selects between parentheses.) This effectively becomes “Select between tags” in HTML, a nice touch. There are a few other commands like “Select all in function” and “Select all in scope” that I didn’t have any luck in making work at all; a little more documentation would be nice.

That’s worth an aside. Panic has created a “library” of tech note-style articles about Nova sorted by publication date rather than an actual manual, and it’s not always easy to find the information you want in it. I know this is just what a technical writer would say, but I’d dearly like to see a human-organized table of contents starting with the editor basics and moving to advanced topics like version control, server publishing and extension authoring.

The Zen of Language Servers

A lot of Visual Studio Code’s smarts depend on the implementation of a “language server” behind the scenes: language servers offer almost spookily intelligent completion. For instance, take this PHP snippet:

if ($allowed) { $response = new Response(405); $response->

If you have the Intelephense PHP language server plugin, Code understands that $response is an instance of Response and, after you type the > above, offers completions of method names from the Response class.

Right now, Nova’s mostly limited to the language servers Panic provides, and they’re… not always so smart. In that snippet above, Nova starts by offering completions of, apparently, everything in the open project, starting with the variables. If I type “s,” it narrows things down to methods that begin with “s,” but it’s all methods that start with “s” rather than just the methods from Response. The “Jump to Definition” command shows a similar lack of context; if I highlight a method name that’s defined in multiple places, Nova shows me a popup menu and prompts me to choose which one to jump to, rather than introspecting the code to make that decision itself.

But, this is a solvable problem: there’s (I think) no reason someone couldn’t write an Inteliphense plugin for Nova. If Nova’s ecosystem takes off, it could be pretty formidable pretty quickly.

Walk like a Mac

Even so, LSP support isn’t Panic’s biggest selling point. Unlike Sublime Text or VS Code, Nova isn’t cross-platform: it’s a Mac-only program written to core platform APIs. Is that still a huge draw in 2020? (Is it instead a drawback?)

You can definitely see a difference between Nova and BBEdit on one side and Sublime and Code on the other in terms of resource usage. With the two Ruby files shown in the screenshot above loaded, I get:

VS Code: 355 MB, 6 processes

Sublime Text: 338 MB, 2 processes

Nova: 101 MB, 2 processes

BBEdit: 97 MB, 1 process

Code is an Electron-based program, although Microsoft famously puts a lot of effort into making it not feel like the black hole a lot of Electron-based apps are. Sublime uses its own proprietary cross-platform framework. In fairness, while us nerds like to harp on research usage a lot, if your computer’s got 16G or more of RAM in it, this probably isn’t a big deal.

You notice Nova’s essential Mac-ness in other ways. Its preference pane is, like BBEdit’s, an actual preference pane, instead of opening in another tab like Code or just opening a JSON file in a new tab (!) like Sublime. And while all editors better have first-class keyboard support—and Nova does—a good Mac editor should have first-class mouse support, too, and it does. You notice that in the drag-and-drop support for creating new tabs and splits. Nova’s sidebar is also highly customizable, possibly more so than any editor I’ve regularly used. (Yes, Emacs fans, I know you can write all of Nova in Lisp if you want. When one of you does that, please get back to me.)

Unlike BBEdit, though, Nova doesn’t have a Mac-like title bar, or a Mac-like outline view of the project files, or Mac-like tabs. (Well, BBEdit doesn’t have tabs at all, which turns out to be a great UI decision once you have a dozen or more files open, but never mind.) This isn’t necessarily bad; people often say BBEdit “looks old,” and it’s hard not to suspect that what people mean by that—whether or not they know it—is that it looks like the long-established Mac program it is. Nova is relying less on “we have a Mac UI and the other guys don’t” than on “we have Panic’s designers and the other guys don’t.” Make no mistake, having Panic’s designers counts for a lot.

What may be more disappointing to old school Mac nerds is AppleScript support: none whatsoever. It doesn’t even have a vestigial script dictionary. Again, this may not be something most people care much about; personally, I hate having to write AppleScript. But I love being able to write AppleScript. BBEdit’s extensive scriptability is one of its hidden strengths. Nova’s Node-based JavaScript engine is probably more powerful for its own extensions and certainly more accessible to anyone under the age of 50, but it may be hard to call it from external programs.

So is it worth it?

That probably depends on where you’re coming from.

If you loved—or still use—Panic’s older editor, Coda, this is a no-brainer upgrade. If you used Espresso, a Coda-ish editor that always seemed to be on the verge of greatness without ever reaching it, Nova may also be a no-brainer for you.

If you’re a fan of Sublime Text, BBEdit, TextMate, or another editor that doesn’t have native Language Server Protocol support, you should definitely try Nova. Sublime and TextMate have more plugins (especially Sublime), but many extensions seem to be languishing (especially TextMate). BBEdit never had a great extension ecosystem to start with. All of these editors have strengths Nova doesn’t, but the reverse is also true, and Nova may catch up.

If you’re an Emacs or Vim power user, we both know you’re just reading this out of academic interest and you’re not going to switch. C’mon.

If you use Visual Studio Code, though, it’s way tougher to make the case for Nova. Code has a vastly larger extension library. It has the best support for LSP of any editor out there (LSP was developed for Code). Despite being Electron-based, it’s pretty high-performance. Code doesn’t have an integrated SSH or FTP client, but it does have an integrated terminal and task runner and Git client. If you don’t object to using an editor that isn’t a “perfect fit” with the Mac UI, Code is very, very good… and it’s free.

I don’t object to Nova’s pricing model—$99 up front including a year of updates, $49 for future years of updates—but I can’t help but wonder if Panic should have gone with super aggressive introductory pricing. Also, I saw more than a few suggestions on Hacker News about how there should be a Code-to-Nova extension translator; I’m not sure automatic conversion would be practical, but a guide on manual conversion seems like an excellent idea.

For my day job of technical writing, I’m going to stick to BBEdit. (One day I’ll write up an article about why I think it’s the best “documentation as code” editor on the market.) For programming and web editing, when I was working on both a Ruby and a PHP project—the former a Rails learning exercise, the latter an obstinate “I am going to write a modern PHP app without using a framework” exercise—I kept trying Nova’s betas and then switching back to Code for Inteliphense and, I swear to God, MacVim for Tim Pope’s amazing rails.vim plugin. I suspect Nova could duplicate both of those, but I’m not sure I want to be the one to do it. (Also, while Panic has decent reference documentation for writing extensions, I’d like to see a few simple end-to-end walkthroughs for those of us who look at a huge list of reference topics and don’t know where to start.)

But Nova isn’t just pretty, it’s powerful, and has a lot of promise. The editors I’ve been comparing it to have been around since 2015 for VS Code, 2008 for Sublime Text, and 1992 (!) for BBEdit; it’s not reasonable to expect Nova to blow past them in every respect right out of the starting gate. Even so, they are Nova’s competition. Catching up fast is an essential requirement.

So: yes, I’ve bought Nova, and I’m rooting for Panic here. I’ll come back in a year and report if I’m willing to stay on the update train.

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like-i-need-a-hole-in-my-head · 5 years ago

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Psychopolitics and Surveillance Capitalism

I queued this post quite a while ago and it posted last night while I was asleep. I’m reposting because I’ve been thinking about this a bit more since I first saw it. I’ve shortened the original quote here:

[H]ealing ... refers to self-optimization that is supposed to therapeutically eliminate any and all functional weakness or mental obstacle in the name of efficiency and performance. Yet perpetual self-optimization ... amounts to total self-exploitation. [...] The neoliberal subject is running aground on the imperative of self optimization, that is, on the compulsion always to achieve more and more. Healing, it turns out, means killing.

and had a look at this review. From the review: “[W]hat capitalism realised in the neoliberal era, Han argues, is that it didn’t need to be tough, but seductive. This is what he calls smartpolitics. Instead of saying no, it says yes: instead of denying us with commandments, discipline and shortages, it seems to allow us to buy what we want when we want, become what we want and realise our dream of freedom. “Instead of forbidding and depriving it works through pleasing and fulfilling. Instead of making people compliant, it seeks to make them dependent.”

I’m adding a break because this got long.

(review, cont’d)

And, while not Orwellian, we net-worked moderns have our own Newspeak. Freedom, for instance, means coercion. Microsoft’s early ad slogan was “Where do you want to go today?”, evoking a world of boundless possibility. That boundlessness was a lie, Han argues: “Today, unbounded freedom and communication are switching over into total control and surveillance … We had just freed ourselves from the disciplinary panopticon – then threw ourselves into a new and even more efficient panopticon.” And one, it might be added, that needs no watchman, since even the diabolical geniuses of neoliberalism – Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos – don’t have to play Big Brother. They are diabolical precisely because they got us to play that role ourselves.

At least in Nineteen Eighty-Four, nobody felt free. In 2017, for Han, everybody feels free, which is the problem. “Of our own free will, we put any and all conceivable information about ourselves on the internet, without having the slightest idea who knows what, when or in what occasion. This lack of control represents a crisis of freedom to be taken seriously.”

“Did we really want to be free?” asks Han. Perhaps, he muses, true freedom is an intolerable burden and so we invented God in order to be guilty and in debt to something. That’s why, having killed God, we invented capitalism. Like God, only more efficiently, capitalism makes us feel guilty for our failings and, you may well have noticed, encourages us to be deep in immobilising debt.”

I think I’m going to get this book. This would make a great pairing with Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff. (I’ve linked to a review; the book is available on Amazon and elsewhere). I have the book but haven’t read it yet. Think about this:

“Surveillance capitalism unilaterally claims human experience as free raw material for translation into behavioural data. Although some of these data are applied to service improvement, the rest are declared as a proprietary behavioural surplus, fed into advanced manufacturing processes known as ‘machine intelligence’, and fabricated into prediction products that anticipate what you will do now, soon, and later. Finally, these prediction products are traded in a new kind of marketplace that I call behavioural futures markets. Surveillance capitalists have grown immensely wealthy from these trading operations, for many companies are willing to lay bets on our future behaviour.”

From the review: “The combination of state surveillance and its capitalist counterpart means that digital technology is separating the citizens in all societies into two groups: the watchers (invisible, unknown and unaccountable) and the watched. This has profound consequences for democracy because asymmetry of knowledge translates into asymmetries of power. But whereas most democratic societies have at least some degree of oversight of state surveillance, we currently have almost no regulatory oversight of its privatised counterpart”.

Part of my job is related to the regulatory oversight of the private sector, and I definitely think that it is an absolute mess. Countries have vastly different rules, but data doesn’t respect borders. Different countries have different goals. The EU’s data laws protect the individual. China’s data laws protect the state. The US’s data laws protect the economy. (With a few exceptions, the laws are really about what can be monetized and what can’t.)

So what is an individual supposed to do? I struggle with the best way to protect my own privacy and personal data, and to teach my teens to do the same, let alone put it into a socio-political context.

I don’t think it’s possible to completely opt out of the surveillance and participate in modern life. It’s a bit easier for old people like me to opt out but I see younger people whose peer group socialises to such an extent through apps and phones (snapchat, instagram, etc). The problem is that if they are not on these platforms, they are to a very large extent excluded from social life, and humans are social animals. It’s not healthy for them to be isolated.

OTOH, we can make some choices. For example, I have a Facebook account (I have 3, actually), but the one with my real name is just for an online course that uses a FB group for discussion. One is for testing. One is my “real” account that does not use my real name where I keep in touch with family since I live half a world away. I log out every time I use it. I never gave FB my phone number or location or work place or hometown etc etc. I opted out of any advertising that I could, particularly adverts using my own Likes. I opted out of all third party platforms so I cannot accidentally log into a third party site with FB. I do not upload photos of my children. I cannot be tagged. I opted out of facial recognition. I check settings once a week in case they are “accidentally” reset. I check after upgrades and so forth. I don’t use FB messenger. I don’t use the FB app. I log out and clear my cache and cookies regularly. I download all of my FB data from time to time (I think a lot of people did this after the Cambridge Analytica scandal) and check that it’s accurate and I’m ok with what’s out there. (btw, one of my professional highlights was writing about Cambridge Analytica in 2017, before the scandals broke in early 2018, w00t).

Also, I do not have any google accounts. At all. I don’t use gmail. I cannot sign into google maps. If someone sends me a google doc for editing, I ask for a copy, edit it and send it back. (This is rarely an issue though; I think it’s happened twice.) I used to have a Youtube account, and when they changed the settings to log in with a google account and not just an email, I created an account on a separate computer, logged in, deleted all of my videos and then deleted my youtube account, then deleted my google account and then cleared my cookies and cache. I think this was 2008.

But truth be told, this is not much. I know that. Amazon knows which Audible books I listen to, which Kindle books I read, and which paperbacks I buy. It goes on and on.

Is there a balance? Are our choices to opt in -submit- to this surveillance or live off the grid? This isn’t simply a matter of updating data privacy laws. The issues that need to be resolved underpin the entire economy and political order.

Food for thought, anyway. (So how’s your quarantine going?)

#books #surveillance capitalism #data security #data analytics #maybe I think too much

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daisymondays · 6 years ago

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Hey gracie, I'm the anon who u recently dragged into the stucky fandom with your fic, chapter 8 was so great, I don't want it to be over but at the same time I neeed it to be resolved and them in love 😁😁😁 could u maybe recommend me some of your favourite stucky fics plsssss I am now desperate ❤️

Hi babe! Could you recommend some good stucky fics??? I’ve read yours and absolutely love them!!!! Karma’s a fake orgasm was EVERYTHING I never knew I needed!!!

Hi Nonnies, I am extremely sorry about how long I’ve taken to actually answer this but hopefully the rec list will be worth it!! a friend of mine actually recently asked for fic recs so i was kind of kicked into creating this list – this also means it comes with recommendations from a couple of mates who also like stucky, one of which actually recced me some of these fics when i got into the pairing so without further ado !!!

Set in the Canon Verse Fics

Not Easily Conquered Series

In 1945, Steve Rogers jumps from a nosediving plane and swims through miles of Arctic Ocean to a frozen shore.

In 1947, Steve Rogers marries Peggy Carter.

In 1966, the New York Times finds the lost letters of Sergeant James Buchanan Barnes.

side-note: okay this one isn’t technically canon seeing as it’s Steve didn’t die at the end of Cap1 series, but its pretty close to canon so i’m keeping it in this category

Accidentally On Purpose

‘Bucky turns toward him, sliding his hand onto Steve’s hip as he mutters a lazy “G’night” and presses a soft kiss to the corner of Steve’s mouth. It takes him by surprise, and he barely has time to register Bucky’s half-closed eyes and the warmth of whiskey-ripe breath on his lips, before it’s over.’

After Bucky drunkenly kisses Steve by accident, it just seems to keep on happening, until it’s not so much by accident anymore.

Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen

Bucky Barnes and the Great Sexuality Crisis of 1938.

Body Studies

Bucky wants Steve to draw him. Bucky’s bored enough to model, and that’s – that’s –

“That’s – a fun idea,” Steve supplies, fingers tight around his pencil. “I mean, we could try that if you wanted to.” Is his palm sweating on the pencil? “It’d be pretty boring for you, though, I guess.”

no heart to recall

He’s been in Steve Rogers’s company for less than twenty-four hours and he’s already losing sight of his mission.

This, You Protect Series

The mission resets abruptly, from objective: kill to objective: protect

One Day We Won’t Have to Be Scared

Steve and Bucky are at a gay bar in the 30s, and some guy offers them money to take pictures of them as they fuck. They need the money, they say yes, and pretty much forget about it afterwards. The pictures come out years later.

Painted In Indigo

‘“You should be careful of that one,” Mr. Hendrickson says, with a nod to Bucky outside the window. “It ain’t right. Looking at you all the time as he does. The way he should be looking at girls.”

Steve laughs, because damn, but what a ridiculous idea.’

Or, five times Steve caught Bucky looking at him, and the one time he looked first.

Shrunky/Shrinky-Clinks Fics

This means either Cap!Steve with Modern Bucky, or Beefy Bucky with Pre-Serum Steve (i’m a bit fuzzy on the exact Shrinky-Clinks definition)

We Could be Heroes (Me and You)

When the Asset drags himself out of the Potomac River after the battle of the Triskelion, something has changed.There is a presence inside his head that wasn’t there before; one that speaks directly to his most primal instincts, and it speaks only of one thing:To run. Run now, run fast, and to never, ever stop.And so, the Asset does.A story of recovery, of facing one’s inner demons, and learning to accept the harsh truths of life. Of love, and the many different shapes it can take. The value of choice and free will, and how someone who doesn’t believe themselves worthy of being saved can end up being someone else’s hero.

The Voyager

On the day aliens fall to earth through a hole ripped in the sky, Bucky Barnes is pulled from the rubble of the Battle of New York by a mysterious man wearing a costume and a cowl.

The next day, he wakes up in the hospital and makes a new friend named Steve Rogers - a certified weirdo with a deck of cards and plenty of time on his hands.

A postcard, a text, and a thousand miles of asphalt later, Bucky’s still trying to understand the man who came from the stars.

Steve, meanwhile, is finally putting the journey ahead of the destination.

Sorry, Not Sorry

All Steve Rogers ever wanted was to do what’s right. So when he drops in to volunteer at the Brooklyn VA Outpatient Center, he’s surprised to learn some veterans actually resent Captain America and everything he represents. One veteran in particular is determined to make sure Steve understands just how much he dislikes him.

Stop interrupting my grinding series

“I tried to call Sam,” Captain America says, bewildered. He’s sprinting like Usain Bolt and doesn’t sound even a little out of breath. Fucker. “Who’re you?”

“Someone who’s watching you live on TV,” Bucky tells him as the tiny patriotic figure on the screen takes the turns like he instructed. Bucky should probably be a lot more freaked out about this, but honestly? After a tour in the Middle East and six years as a nurse in New York, even this isn’t enough to ruffle him. One sees a lot of shit in the ER. “Also, you better hang up now, that thing is behind the next bend.”

“Uh, okay,” Captain America says. “Thanks?”

“Whatever,” Bucky says, disconnects the call and turns the TV off to get ready for his shift.

AU Fics

War, Children

After Bucky was released from the hospital, it only took him a couple of weeks to give up on himself. Difficult to believe in any kind of future when the simple act of staying alive was almost too big an effort.

Out the frosted window, across the street, there was a tiny homeless guy burrowing under an awning.

These streets Series

The life and times of Police Officer Steve Rogers and his dealings with the not so classy residents of his local precinct, including Bucky Barnes, the rough muscle with the dreamy blue eyes.

Proprietary Information Series

Okay, so Bucky Barnes has a crush on Steve Rogers. The guy’s gorgeous, talented and, oh yeah, the Chief Design Officer of the biggest tech company in the world. In other words: he’s so far out of Bucky’s league that he might as well be in a different stratosphere.

To Be Vulnerable Is Needed Most Of All

Steve is a shy comic book artist and meets his new neighbour, Bucky Barnes.

In which there are awkward longings, meddling best friends, comic conventions, heartache, lemons, video games, dorkiness, dancing and two cute boys.

The Daily Rogers

College AU. May contain exchange students, a Starbucks addiction, daddy issues, anger issues, closets and how to get out of them, the ever-ominous influence of social networks, various levels of betrayal, awfully poor life choices, but also, ultimately, real chunks of love.

we are the things we do for fun series

Going to a professional Dom may be one of the weirdest things Bucky’s ever done. Especially since this skinny Steve Rogers guy doesn’t really look the part.

But hey, they might just find a way to make this work.

Additional Steve/Peggy/Bucky fic because it’s mildly life changing

Better Than To Bend

In which Sergeant James Buchanan Barnes is tired, hungry and completely failing at not sticking it in the crazy. Also there’s a war going on or something.

aka world war threesome. Fear these queers.

Side-note: there is steve/bucky sequel that is amazing too and can (probably) be read as a stand alone

So, here you go Nonnies, sorry for the delay but i hope this makes up for it!! overall, really these are my bookmarked fics so check out my bookmarks for a couple more you might enjoy, otherwise i’ve found so many quality stucky fics by just going on the AO3 Bucky/Steve tag and then sorting by kudos, there’s such a range of humour, feels, angst and fluff !!! also most of these authors i’d also just rec every fic they write, so check them out!!

hope you enjoy and if you have any more questions i promise to try answer in a more timely fashion xoxo

#stucky #stucky recs #stucky fic #gracie speaks

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michael-garza-author-blog · 5 years ago

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Linux Simply

Nobody could make Linux simple.

It is as complex and layered as the biological world, if not more. Arch users can feel free to get their snickering out of the way now.

You can however, simplify the way you make Linux—a Linux distribution, that is.

And that’s exactly what the teams behind three leading Linux distributions, or distros for short, have done by implementing user-friendly environments that can be setup in minutes.

Perhaps you have heard of them while perusing CNET, TechRadar, or even Reddit.

Pop!_OS: maybe the most popular entry on this list. It is developed by System76, a Colorado based computer company, to run smoothly both on their own machines as well as virtually any 64-bit computer you pull from the shelves.

Solus OS: the open source underdog compiled from the ground up with no reliance on prior code.

Elementary OS: a long running and trusted Ubuntu derivative, which isn’t exactly free like most distros but has features to far outweigh its price tag.

Each Operating System (OS for short) has been designed to be accessible to the casual computer user, Linux novices and FOSS veterans alike.

Today we are going to take a look at why these three distributions are ideal for the beginner and for those who would like to speed date through the world of open source software.

We’ll begin with Pop!_OS

POP!_OS

Pop! Was System76’s brain baby to be used as their exit strategy from only offering stock Ubuntu on their machines. When Ubuntu’s parent company, Canonical, announced the system’s reversion from the Unity desktop environment to its predecessor GNOME, System76 went in pursuit of options.

And ended up at GNOME, themselves, ironically.

Not just any GNOME desktop environment, though. GNOME found here has been specially tweaked for the brand of System76.

The theme, design, and system options make it apparent that this OS is as brilliant with personality as it is with usability.

For instance, graphics driver support for AMD, Intel and NVIDIA chips right out of the box is a milestone for those interested in Linux gaming.

A slick and trimmed software center called Pop Shop makes it a joy to navigate through both open source packages and proprietary 3rd party apps. This comprehensive design is likely to shift focus from installation via terminal, though the function is still there for old-school code junkies.

The OS installer also allows easy disk encryption for assured privacy in an evolving digital world.

The standout feature of this distribution is its effort to minimize the learning curve. Every feature and application seems to be right in place. Within a few minutes you could fool your friends into thinking you’re a red-pill swallowing reality hacker whose DNA is coded in Python—or just that you’re a tech guru.

You can download Pop!_OS here: https://system76.com/pop

SOLUS OS

Solus OS was like an outlaw busting through the swinging doors of the Open Source saloon.

Not everyone was sure what to say when it arrived on the scene. It wasn’t derivative of Ubuntu or Debian or Redhat. It wasn’t taken from a slightly repackaged rib of Arch.

It was just Solus. And this was the concept they ran with.

It was the Solus team who introduced the Budgie desktop. Budgie has since been adopted by Ubuntu, Manjaro, and more.

Why? Because it’s so damn beautiful is why! The Budgie flavor contributes largely to Solus OS being on this list (no discredit to its other groundbreaking features)

Budgie has roots in the GNOME 3 Desktop as well, but wears its heritage more as an innovative badge of honor than a developmental burden.

Budgie is twice as simple to traverse and uses a fraction of the hardware resources of its relative.

It’s an office professional’s Linux distribution. Frills and endless tinkering are sidelined in favor of sensibility and ease of use. You want Spotify, Plex, or Skype? Don’t go hunt down the source code or even type t for terminal in the app search.

Solus OS makes licensed 3rd party software available to download straight from the software center. You can even find studio quality Audio mixers like Bitwig Studio.

The included office suite, Libreoffice, comes loaded with free and open source alternatives to Word, Excel, Publisher, and more.

You’ll have the ability to save in ‘open document’ formats as well as the proprietary DOC and DOCX. So you never have to worry about files not opening when they reach the other side.

And of course the Raven widget makes a calendar, notifications, and even system tweaking just a mouse hover away. Always there to be seen but never intrusive.

I’d like to think that Solus took the introduction of a new package system as an opportunity to create distance from hardline terminal use. Updates and software installation can be run solely from the software center. No more lines of dizzying code.

I’ll consider it a tipped hat to us m’normies.

You can download SOLUS OS with desktop environments including Budgie, GNOME, and MATE here: https://getsol.us/download/

ELEMENTARY OS

The oldest of the bunch despite its name.

Like many modern Linux distros, Elementary OS found its code in Ubuntu and expanded from there. It simply took a few left turns, rerouted and dropped off some baggage along the way.

It’s specifically marketed as a “fast, open, and privacy-respecting replacement for Windows and macOS.”1 No, really, it says so on their homepage.

It even resembles MacOS to a degree, if that’s any indication of the company’s target.

The lightweight interface was designated as a friendly tool for everyone. A system you could open up right from where you left off. The fiddling, the minutia of customization, the daily disaster-prevention management—all tossed aside.

It’s in no sense incapable of anything a Linux system is expected of. It just doesn’t make you think about those things.

You shouldn’t always need to adjust the ribbon or unjam the keys of a typewriter. Sometimes you just need ‘pen on paper.’

You could say that Elementary OS is the pen on paper of open source computing.

It’s still a Mont Blanc on a high quality moleskine. Simple, but satisfactory.

The stage of Elementary’s application is set by the Pantheon desktop, which you’ll find to be less customizable than say GNOME or Cinnamon. This could be said to act as “damage control” for the inexperienced Linux user.

It’s easier than you would think to break your environment in the excitement of mix-matching themes, icon packs, and installing widgets designed for other DE’s.

That headache is alleviated with Elementary, which adheres a straightforward take me as I am approach.

And when you take your first look at the home screen, I doubt you’ll find it a drawback.

For those who want to get some work done in peace and quiet, you’ll find:

Epiphany Web Browser

a file manager

Music and Video players

a Photo Viewer

a dedicated mail client

As well as a handful of other neat applications. Nothing too neat that it stops being essential though. Zero bloatware or spyware.

The key to Elementary is simple essentialism.

Writing that novel at a lakeside cabin? Tuning up this year’s budget? Or are you finally going to email that someone you met over Winter break?

In any case, it’s Elementary.

You can find and download Elementary here for a fee of your choice: https://elementary.io/

OVERVIEW

It would make sense, all features considered, that Pop!_OS would suit the likes of media professionals, avid gamers and developers.

Where Solus OS might be optimized for the business professional with a full schedule.

For casual home use, or emailing your family and friends your new favorite Youtube video, I’d recommend Elementary OS.

The question is, which one best suits you?

Stay tuned for more Linux and Tech news here, and thanks for reading!

Sources: 1) https://elementary.io/

#linux #elementary #solus #pop_os

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dcbbw · 6 years ago

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Timing--Part 3 (Road to Ramsford--Liam)

This is Part 3 of my second fanfic and it’s my version of events once the gang travels to LA to find Tariq. In my version, he refuses to come forward and Riley makes a painful decision. It was supposed to be a one-off, but the story kept growing. Thinking there are least 2 more parts. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. Please excuse any typos and/or grammatical errors. PS—my Liam is Asian Liam, and my Riley is tall, like me.

All characters belong to Pixelberry.

Song Inspiration: When You Break, Bear’s Den: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCDnRqzr9kM

Tagging @gennesaret @speedyoperarascalparty @sirbeepsalot @lauradowning29 @liamxs-world

Word Count:2250

Liam X MC, Liam X Riley

Liam stared moodily out the window of the SUV. Bastien was driving. Despite the adrenaline rush that allowed him to quickly shower, change clothes and pack his bag, he now felt spent and drained. His heart was still physically paining him. So this is what it feels like to let it all out.

Ever since he was a child, his Father had taught him to never show emotion. Good leaders were stoic leaders. The people took their cues from their leaders, and emotions were dangerous. It could lead to wars, turn allies to enemies. Except for crying over his mother after her assassination, Liam had gone through most of his life emotionless and expressionless. Oh, he smiled when appropriate, and expressed outrage against injustices, but for the most part he tamped down his fears, insecurities, and anger. He expressed those emotions through sex, but because he had his mother’s selfless and caring nature, he rarely got to express himself.

He did not want to use anyone, he did not want to cause an unsuspecting woman unnecessary pain. He had not been raised to expect romance or love in his life, and until Riley, had no idea how those emotions even felt. Everything was political, even his courtships. The ladies presented at the social season had come from the best families, with powerful connections across Europe. Compatibility was never the goal….a powerful alliance was. Until Riley. Riley changed the game. With her, he felt he could have the love he craved and the strong leadership Cordonia needed. With Riley, Liam the Man and Liam the King could finally become one person.

When she told him she was leaving him, he had never before felt so helpless, and there was no way he could shove all of the emotions aside. Damnit! He was King of Cordonia. And unable to save the woman he loved or stop her from leaving. Short of Tariq clearing Lady Riley’s name unequivocally, her name would always be associated with undeserved scandal. No matter how many titles she held, no matter how in love they were. If only Constantine could come forward. How ironic that his Father’s role in this act of betrayal, done for the good of the Country, could not be brought to light….for the good of the Country. Riley’s words echoed through his head. I will never be your wife. That is all I have wanted. “And all I want is to be your husband”, he said softly to the passing scenery.

Liam wondered what his social season would be like if Riley had not come to Cordonia to participate. If they had never met. More than likely, he would have chosen Olivia. Why not? Lifelong friends, and she was in love with him. But he knew Olivia was not the one for him…yes she loved him, and wanted his happiness, but Olivia did not want to be the one to make him happy. The Statue of Liberty would not have happened with Olivia….she would have questioned why he wanted to visit such a tacky tourist trap, and told him they could go next time. As if Cordonia was a day trip away from New York.

There would be no conversation with Olivia save for the glory days of the Nervakis family, their youth, and catty gossip about the ladies of the court. He needed someone he could both teach and learn from. Olivia came across to everyone as a one-upper braggart who knew everything. Of course there was more to her than that: Olivia could be caring, kind, loyal, even downright funny when she wanted to be. But she rarely showed that side to anyone, including Liam. That woman had so many guards and insecurities in place, she made Liam at his most stoic seem emotionally open.

But that kiss in Lythikos on the dance floor that night….it almost made him think that Olivia could be a viable option, at least on an intimate level. Almost. On the dance floor, Olivia had grabbed him and forced an insistent kiss upon him, and after his initial shock, he found himself responding to it. Olivia was wearing a perfume that smelled of lavender and powder, and her breath held a hint of the wine she had been drinking earlier. As her soft tongue explored his mouth, her hands roamed his back, alternately pulling him close and pushing him away. He found himself growing hard under her ministrations.

The audible gasp from the attendees snapped him back to reality, and he pulled away, but it was a little too late. By the time Liam looked around the room to gauge reactions, everyone had gone back to whatever they were doing. All of his so-called suitors cared not one bit that their potential fiancé had just made out with the Duchess of Lythikos in front of everyone. Except Riley. The look of shock and jealousy on her face as she stared at him disbelief caused him pangs of guilt, while his ego was completely stoked by it. She cared. Not that she had not shown it in a million other little ways before then, but her jealousy was tangible proof that she really was here for him, and not a title or crown.

She shook her head angrily at him, then turned to Maxwell who took her arm, and led her away from the dance floor, presumably to get drinks. Liam felt a twinge of jealousy himself at seeing the proprietary way Maxwell had taken Riley’s arm, at how Riley had turned to him for solace and comfort.

He looked at Olivia. “May I speak with you outside, Lady Olivia?” Olivia arched her eyebrow knowingly as she slipped her arm through his, leading him out to a private balcony. When they reached the balcony, before Liam could even let the fresh air clear his head, Olivia was trying to kiss him again. Liam firmly but gently pushed her away.

“Olivia, that behavior in the ballroom was unacceptable”.

“You seemed to enjoy it, before your princely decorum kicked in.”

“I had a lapse in judgment. Your behavior was embarrassing to yourself, and unfair to the other ladies”.

“What about your behavior, Liam? Or am I the only embarrassing one here?”

“Again, a regrettable lapse in judgment on my part. We both owe the ladies an apology.”

“You mean lady, don’t you? It’s the American, right? Because no one else gives a shit. “

Liam looked at her, his face unreadable. “To all the ladies, Olivia. “

“Oh, please Liam. The entire country sees how you look at her. She saw the kiss and is pissed at you now. Look, you know how I feel about you, and it is obvious you do not return my affections. However, it would bode you well to remember that your choice affects more than you, and is about more than you. This is about choosing the best Queen for the country, not satisfying your libido or walking around starry eyed over a pretty face.”

“I am well aware of my duties, Lady Olivia. I shall be returning to the ball now. Would you care for me to escort you in?”

“No.” Olivia’s voice was angry, her tone cold. After a few moments, she sighed. “Just go Liam.” She felt tears pricking her eyes, and turned away from him, waving her hand dismissively. “Just don’t lose sight of the true purpose of this social season.”

Liam hurried back to the ballroom, eyes searching the crowd for Riley. He saw her turning away from a conversation with Lady Kiara. He tapped her on the shoulder. Riley turned. With a wide smile, Liam said, “Lady Riley, fancy seeing you again!” It was a facetious remark, meant to deflect any tension between them.

“You kissed Olivia.” Her tone was flat but her eyes were shooting daggers.

“Olivia kissed me”, he corrected. “It was an unwanted advance.”

“You should have thrown her off you! Since you did not, and let it go on as long as it did, I can only presume you enjoyed it. “

Liam evaded the indirect question. “I took her outside to speak to her about her….inappropriate behavior.”

“Oh, after a kiss like that, you took her outside?” Riley’s tone was now indignant and incredulous. Riley gestured around the ballroom. “You couldn’t talk to her in here? Not enough privacy for you, my Prince?”

“Please, Lady Riley. Meet me later this evening. I would love to show you the view from the Grand Suite. It’s truly magnificent. And you’re the only one I want to share this with.” Liam did not know what else to say. He sensed Riley’s anger growing with every word he spoke, and this seemed the best way to diffuse it and to show her how special she was to him. They both knew no one else got private invitations to spend time with him.

She looked at him coolly, neither eyes nor expression giving anything away. “I make no promises.”

As Liam waited in his suite for her later that night, lighting candles around the hot tub, he hoped against hope Riley would come. And that was the moment he realized that he was in love with her. The thought of her not coming filled him with sadness and fear. The later it got, the more frantic he became. At some point, he heard piano music. A haunting, beautiful piece made even more so by the quiet of the house. Then some amateurish tinkling. Then silence. And still no Lady Riley. He let out a deep sigh, and had just sat on the side of the bed, his head hanging and shoulders slumping when there was a knock on the door….

Liam dragged his thoughts away from the what-ifs and the memories. He gave a deep sigh as he rubbed his hand across his face. Riley. He was so utterly and completely in love with her. He wanted to know all of her and to share all of him with her. Maybe she would reconsider and accept his offer of the Valtoria Duchy. It would at least buy them more time, and tie her more permanently to Cordonia. Maybe Tariq would finally come forward. So many maybes. All he knew was he could not go back to life without her.

He meant it when he said he would abdicate. Marriage with Madeleine was a fate worse than death, and he truthfully did not think he could go through with it if it came to that. He did not want to be with anyone else, nor did he wish to be shared. Not physically, mentally, or emotionally. Fuck Madeleine’s proposed arrangement. It was Riley or no one. If the phone call to Tariq proved fruitless, he would find time to discuss the legalities involved in abdication with Bertrand. He knew Olivia would be next in line for the Crown, but was she ready? Or more aptly, was Cordonia ready for Olivia?

Bastien interrupted his thoughts. “Duke Ramsford called me; he wants me to join him after the festivities to discuss Tariq, and possible Cordonian precedents that may yield...favorable results.”

Liam’s body straightened up as he turned away from the window to meet Bastien’s eyes in the rearview mirror. “I want to be there when you do so.”

“Your Majesty…it’s best that you not be there. You are in way too deep, and may be a bit….irrational. Let Duke Ramsford and me discuss, and present you with the findings. Besides, are you sure you want to spend a night free of obligations with us when Lady Riley’s time is…. limited?”

Liam fell back in his seat and returned to blindly staring out the window without answering. Riley, he thought.

When the SUV pulled into the Beaumont’s driveway, Liam felt a tad more hopeful. Not a whole lot, but enough to be able to push aside his fears of what the next two days held. He needed to stay positive and in the now, if only for Riley’s sake.

While he was happy to be seeing and spending time with his friends outside of courtly events, he also wished it was just he and Riley this evening. Just the two of them for the next 48 hours. At least they would have the nights. He grinned at the thought of sharing a bed with her. Of undressing her, of her hands on him, of touching and tasting her everywhere. He felt stirrings in his loins, and had to wait a few minutes to let his excitement subside before exiting the vehicle.

Climbing out of the SUV, Liam reached in to grab his overnight bag off the seat. He slung the bag over his shoulder, and he and Bastien made their way to the front door. Taking a shaky breath, Liam rang the bell.

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Aiff To Mp3 Converter

Now that you understand how to export your GarageBand songs to iTunes and the way to use your custom music with the opposite iLife applications, let us take a look at learn how to convert your AIFF files to MP3 in iTunes. So the best solution is to transform AIFF to MP3, convert AIFF to WAV or different mainstream audio codecs for reducing file size and playback anywhere and anytime. The audio converter app works perfectly-i lastly found a freeware to transform FLAC to Apple lossless and preserve the tags. In my very own personal listening checks, corroborated by many others' opinion, when music is encoded at the identical bit charge to MP3, AAC, and Ogg Vorbis formats, the AAC and Ogg Vorbis recordsdata do sound slightly but noticeably higher than the MP3s. There is a difference in the fullness of the sound and the bass within the AAC and Www.Audio-Transcoder.Com Ogg Vorbis files. First released in 1995 and convert aiff to mp3 using itunes developed by the Fraunhofer Society, the mp3 audio format is arguably probably the most recognizable audio file format that ever existed. This digital audio encoding format hails from the lossy information compression algorithm family. The format enjoys widespread help and compatibility with most handheld music players, smartphones, computers, and in car stereos most of which have native help for the format. Additionally it is a preferred format used for distribution of audio recordsdata over computer networks such because the internet. Free mp3 encoders resembling LAME and audacity give authors the tools essential to createmp3 recordsdata.

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Prime 5 Greatest MP3 Merge To Merge MP3 Files

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