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nestedneons · 1 month

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boxeboxer · 3 months

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the quirky annoying fandom favorite “gremlin” guy in a scifi setting (bonus points if he’s a scientist or a science experiment etc) is just a repackaged The Misogynist but he’s a good guy deep down trust me!! which is why i cannot stand them

i don’t think it’s intentional but god. i’m begging some of you to listen to women in stem. or crazy idea put more women in your scifi settings.. this trope is so cancerous atp it makes me want to peel my skin off. men like this do exist in the real world and they’re not haha funny when you actually have to work with them. i’m so serious

every day at work a select few of my male coworkers 10 years older than me who have wives and drivers licenses and KIDS will act like literal children so i have to mother them in order for them to get anything done. they’ll stare at me in silence until i notice. one of them threw a rock at me last week bc i couldn’t hear him across the room and he didn’t feel like coming over to me and talking to me like a human being. chat listen closely. when i see a man using weaponized incompetence in a story and it’s treated as #charming i want to reach thru the screen and kill him

#mine #i dont even think this type of character is bad but aich ell vee arr aye eye has popularized it ad nauseum #YOU 🫵👁️ SCIFI ARTIST 💥 DRAW A WOMAN CHALLENGE

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voidsentprinces · 1 year

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FFXIV feels like a weird tv series in terms of how I feel about each expansion

1.0 is the pilot season that people agree was bad but there was charm to it. It had its moments and if given a better writing staff and perhaps more budget. It could of been something great. But the season’s cancelled now so we’ll just have to post on the forums about missing its charms.

ARR feels like the reluctant second season after they got cancelled after the first season. It airs on SciFi (or however the fuck they’re spelling it nowadays) at a 1am dead block in hopes to never see it again. Its rough around the edges, the writing has some spots to be desired, the costuming is iffy but functional and all it all it becomes a cult classic.

Post-ARR is a lost season, extra materials, some unconnected filler but a few episodes that actually link back and boy does the finale really shake things up. Causing a massive fandom to grow around it and pester executives for a third season.

Heavensward is the return of the king. Final Fantasy XIV is back, it has budget, production, and cast and man with the special effects blow you out of the fucking water. After the Post-HW you hear stories about the cast loving their time on set and with the directors and really getting invested in the “characters”.

Stormblood is the unlucky season which has big shoes to fill cause its coming up after Heavensward and like thats like being the Dark Knight Rises after the Dark Knight right? And while it comes close to Heavensward. Some studio heads got involved and wanted to change stuff up because they saw another TV show do it and thats super popular so why don’t we do that? It returns to being a bit rough around the edges but the new villains really are here to chew the scenery and be memorable as all get out.

Post-SB is uneasy, it feels like the execs aren’t happy it didn’t bring in billions like the Heavensward Season did. Some actors go on to different projects and its really up in the air where its going to go. Are we going to stay in Ala Mhigo? Are we going to stay in Doma? Going to Garlemald is on the table. And this new Solus character just seems like Lahabrea but then BAM! The Call Episode happens and everyone is fucking LOSING THEIR GODDAMN MINDS! There are leaked trailer footage online and Y’shtola is now Master Matoya, Urianger is half naked and IS THANCRED WIELDING A GUNBLADE?! WHAT THE FUCK!?

Shadowbringers hits and it is the best thing on television since sliced bread. Everyone is invested, the budget is back, the writing hits hard, the Solus character is changed and given new dimension. Everyone is up in arms about fist fighting Thancred over his initial treatment of Ryne. There’s fan art of Runar and Y’shtola even though the actors are just good friends. And that Finale? Holy shit. There is some sleeper episodes like the second Amh Araeng arc but the emotional pay off of seeing Minfilia return for a last cameo is well received.

Post-Shadowbringers is making the most of the new world sets. Tying up lose ends, here and there. Setting up the next big bad with this Fandaniel dude and Zenos being back by fandom demand. But the mid-season finale has everyone hooked, I mean after the Seat of Sacrifice arc, who can top that?

Endwalker hits, a love letter season. Some stuff feels overtly long, like was an entire half an episode necessary to show extras turning into monsters. But the baby rescue episodes has people emotionally invested, the loporitts are beloved, everyone loses their shit that Zodiark is introduce and fought only like five episodes into a 24 episode season. Speculation flies left and right and then they get the Elpis and the Ancientsona Fandom from Shadowbringers’ initial season is reignited. People are getting into fights whether to fight or protect Meteion and everyone cries at the finale of the Ultima Thule arc.

Now we’re in the after season of Endwalker, its had sort of monster of the week villains. We’ve seen some cool set design in the Thirteenth Shard and this Golbez character seems like a stand in until they figure out what to do next. But everyone is absolutely LOVING this Zero character. Nidhana’s fandom is also reignited. And there is some debate over Vrtra and his avatars but everyone is also absolutely losing their shit on whats going down in Pandaemonium and with the Twelve. Though its getting close to the end of the season and people are wondering where we’re off to next.

...if that makes any fucking sense whatsoever.

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heavenboy09 · 3 months

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Happy Birthday 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 🎊 To You

The Iconic American Actor Of 2 Of The Greatest Iconic Action Packed TV Shows 📺 Of 1985 & 1997 That Became Cult Classic Phenomenons Over The Years & Still Regarded As A Iconic Hero Of Both Science & Science Fiction, Playing 2 Titular Characters.

1 A GENUIS Action Hero Who Can Make Anything Of Out Anything and He Doesn't Use Weapons To Solve Problems. He Uses His Brain 🧠 & The Other, A 4 Star Colonel 🌟 Who Is Part Of A Interstellar Secret Government Team Who Travels The Universe Via A Ancient Alien Technological Device Known As A Star 🌟 Gate ⛩

Born On January 23rd, 1950

He is a retired American actor. He began his television career in 1976, playing Jeff Webber in the American soap opera series General Hospital, and then rose to prominence as the lead actor in the television series MacGyver (1985–1992). He later appeared in films such as Through the Eyes of a Killer (1992), Pandora's Clock (1996), and Firehouse (1997).

In 1997, Anderson returned to television as the lead actor of the series Stargate SG-1, a spin-off of the 1994 film Stargate, replacing actor Kurt Russell. He played the lead from 1997 to 2005 and had a recurring role from 2005 to 2007. Since 1997, he has starred in only one film: Stargate: Continuum, released in 2008 as a sequel film after the Stargate SG-1 film The Ark of Truth. He appeared in the follow-up Stargate spin-off series Stargate: Atlantis and Stargate: Universe (reprising his role from SG-1 as Major General and later Lieutenant General Jack O'Neill).

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stukagoggles · 2 months

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i swear i didn't forget about you @monstroso LMAOO thanks for tagging me for the ask game!

Last Song:

youtube

DON'T ask... (do give it a listen tho, shit slaps severely)

Favorite Color: viridian and byzantium my beloved... though not necessarily for clothes

Last Movie/TV Show: currently in the process of watchting Star Trek TOS, season 1 ep 7

Sweet/Savory/Spicy: heavily depends on my mood but usually i prefer savory (followed by something sweet as a dessert)

Last Thing I Googled: "byzantium purple" because i never knew the name of that shade LMAOOO

Current Obsession: due to work related reasons i sadly don't have much time/energy to obsess over something right now U_U

watching star trek does make me spin my SciFi OCs in my brain tho...

Last Book:

corporate tax act/trade tax act... i constantly have to look things up there...

Last Fic: it frightens me that i cannot recall the last fic i read. it's been too long. save me.

Looking Forward To: seeing the results of my new half-frame camera! i recently picked it up and who knows, maybe that's the start of a new hobby! analog cameras are like magic to me tbh...

tagging (no pressure!): @tomcat-tango, @vanillapocketwatch, @arr-jim-lad, @kornwulf, @wynja-norrsken, @shesaysisweartoomuch and @raffj002 <3 <3 <3

#stukatalks #ask #Youtube

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theterminatorfans · 4 years

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Great T-800 artwork by Lisa! #Repost @lisa_studio22artz • • • • • • More done on Arnie. #terminator #arnoldschwarzenegger #darkfate #terminatordarkfate #scify #t800 #arr #drawing #polychromos #colouredpencilart #colouredpencildrawing #fabercastell https://www.instagram.com/p/B7h97r5Ff65/?igshid=szupndbza6r0

#repost #terminator #arnoldschwarzenegger #darkfate #terminatordarkfate #scify #t800 #arr #drawing #polychromos #colouredpencilart #colouredpencildrawing #fabercastell

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vermanaward · 3 years

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anyway unpopular onion i guess but i kinda dig most of the final tier of the bozja relics? on their own at least??

my biggest problems with them are

glows tend to bleed out any/all of the weapon detail, some of which is pretty nice (the drg lance frex is gorgeous but just gets lost under the shiny shit)

there’s no coherent aesthetic tie to bozja or gunnhildr... anywhere in the relics. there’s no coherent aestehtic between tiers, period. which has been a Thing since hw yes but for all that arr relics are a grindy nightmare i prefer visibly upgrading a weapon over time over ‘new tier? new skin entirely’

as much as i’m very much into the vaguely scifi adjacent aesthetic of this tier, it’s??? not something that is picked up Literally Anywhere else in the game. allagan shit tends to be more high fantasy (shit like iron claws notwithstanding), and garlemald’s aesthetic since sb has gone towards body horror

anyway of all of them the only one i want at the final tier is smn (part of my brain is eternally hung up on ‘the allagans built a computer that can use magic. and then stored it right next to three of the most powerful eikons they managed to capture. but what were allagans if not stupid arrogant’) but since i don’t have any of the previous levels for smn done yet i will probably leave it until ew drops and i level reaper in bsf

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theredmoth · 7 years

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The Limewire. The pirate vessel lead by Captain Torrent! #arr #comics #ink #boat #pirates #ship #manga #action #swords #fantasy #scifi

#comics #arr #swords #fantasy #ship #pirates #ink #scifi #boat #action #manga

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un-enfant-immature · 4 years

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Capchase raises $4.6M to deliver fast cash to SaaS companies

As a business model, SaaS has expanded to epic size. A number of major SaaS companies filed to go public last week, and there are now thousands of SaaS startups growing all around the world. That scale makes it easier for banks and financial institutions to offer tailored solutions to this market around everything from equity to debt.

We’ve talked a bit about SaaS securitization the last few weeks, a crop of new financial products that use the metrics of a SaaS company to underwrite its debt (e.g. better churn = more debt available and at better terms) as opposed to traditional benchmarks like total revenue and company age. We also did a deep dive with Kentik CEO Avi Freedman on how he approached his recent venture debt fundraise and the terms he got across his five term sheets.

SaaS securitization will disrupt VC’s biggest returns this coming decade

Every SaaS company these days is considering its financial options and the tradeoffs between equity and debt. But sometimes, they just need cash, and cash as quickly as possible. Startups sign contracts with customers that might be paid over a year or more, but they want to access that cash now, and at the best terms possible. The product that solves this problem is known as an accounts receivable line, and you can go to many banks to get them, with all the drudgery of that process.

Or, four founders hope, you’ll head to Capchase.

Capchase is an online platform for rapidly getting cash from your accounts receivable. Startups upload key details of their customer contracts and financial history to Capchase, and the company uses its underwriting algorithms to quickly assess the quality of those contracts and extend a debt line. The startup calls itself part of the “non-dilutive revolution,” and it’s headquartered in Boston.

“We’re targeting B2B SaaS or ‘X-as-a-service’ companies with recurring revenue, and we’re targeting companies around the seed to Series B/C stage having more than $1 million of ARR and at least eight months of revenue generating history,” Miguel Fernández, CEO and co-founder, said.

He linked up with three other founders earlier this year to launch Capchase: Luis Basagoiti, Ignacio Moreno, and Przemek Gotfryd. Fernández and Gotfryd met while at Harvard Business School where Fernández was thinking about “working capital and cash conversion cycle optimization” after his previous experiences at SaaS companies. Gotfryd had previously worked at growth investor TCV in London, where he acutely saw the challenges of raising non-dilutive cash.

Capchase’s team. Photo via Capchase.

Despite its early operational history, the company has already raised its own cash quickly. It closed on $4.6 million in VC seed funding led by Caffeinated Capital, Bling Capital, and SciFi VC, along with a number of angels.

To get cash early today, startups often resort to negotiating terms with their customers, offering discounts — sometimes massive discounts — for them to pay an entire contract’s value upfront. Fernández saw an opportunity to arbitrage the difference between interest rates and those discounts with Capchase.

From a user’s perspective, after syncing their startup’s financial data to Capchase, they will see a projection of what their runway extension will look like after selecting a debt line, and then Capchase will extend its terms after going through an underwriting process (“which takes a couple hours now, and is very rapidly decreasing to take minutes” Fernández said). In terms of traction, he said that “we’re working with around 3-4 customers right now.”

Startups are charged a discount on their total contract value, which is where Capchase makes its money. For instance, if $100,000 is going to be paid by a customer over the next twelve months, Capchase may offer $95,000 to the startup upfront, and keep the remaining $5,000 as those payments roll in. That discount fluctuates based on the startup in question and the payment risk of the underlying customer contracts.

Fernández said that venture debt is often cheaper on a pure interest rate basis, but that once additional elements of those products are added in such as warrants, the simplicity of Capchase’s product will prove competitive for founders.

Simpler, easier, and fully digital financial products are always welcome, and Capchase hopes that it will nestle itself in a suite of new financial products for SaaS founders looking to avoid dilution and extend their cash longer.

#TechCrunch

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nestedneons · 9 months

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clovisbrasilart · 5 years

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Sketchbook 2016 Batman Acrylic paint Arr:@clovisbrasilart #art #batman #dccomics #artwork #watercolor #acuarela #aquarelle #comic #gamer #tattoo #movie #superheroes #fantasyart #digitalart #dibujo #pencildrawing #instartist #instagram #illustration #draw #oilpainting #oiloncanvas #landscapespaint #scifi #studyart #brushpen #arte https://www.instagram.com/p/BwHye8ZDOfl/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1cn31w7p0d45

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caperreads-blog · 7 years

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{8/23/17~8:07am} - I took a bunch of new photos today and I'm so excited to edit them but I have to work:(( - Random QOTD but what arr your favourite books to bring on vacation with you? I'm going to Portland next week with my parents and I'd love some recs:) - - - - - #book #books #booklover #bookaddict #bookaholic #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #booksofinstagram #bookblog #bookblogger #bookblogging #readersofinstagram #reading #readers #reader #read #writersofinstagram #writing #writers #writer #write #ya #youngadult #fantasy #scifi #author

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nestedneons · 1 month

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nestedneons · 5 days

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clovisbrasilart · 5 years

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Sketchbook 2018 Arr: @clovisbrasilart #art #painting #sketch #dibujo #illustration #digitalart #watercolor #acuarela #aquarelle #comic #gamer #tattoo #movie #music #cartoons #oilpainting #oiloncanvas #landscapes #sketchbook #scifi #artwork #pencildrawing #instartist #drawing #conceptart #studyart #instagram #instartist https://www.instagram.com/p/Bu_KoiQnvc_/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1irh1egoyhtyp

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