my teacher nominated me for it awhile back and now because of it I’ve been invited to the national academy of american history and civics, my teacher says he doesn’t actually know that much about either the program or award and neither do i but do any of y’all?
edit: just for more information it’s through the gilder-lehrman company
There seems to be a theme in KKC of the expected thing almost happening
- Kvothe gets his talent pipes -- but not a patron
- He lays with Felurian -- but leaves with both his sanity and his life
- He trains with the Adem -- but cannot say he is one of them or take on mercenary work
- He serves the Maer well -- but does not receive title or lands
I think we can say this will extrapolate into Doors of Stone:
- Kvothe studies at the University -- but does not become a full fledged arcanist with guilder
- K & D will declare their love -- but they will never get the chance to take it physical
- The whole inciting incident that leads Kvothe to fake his death and go into hiding?? -- it will have been an absolutely heroic action, and it will have been the right action, but obv. he will not get the recognition or glory
Hey Reptime community, I’ve just received some QC pictures from GeekTime for a watch I recently ordered. If anybody who’s knowledgable on this watch could give the pics/vids linked below a quick look and tell me what they think it would be much appreciated.
- Dealer name: GeekTime
- Factory name: ZF
- Model name (& version number): Richard Mille RM055 Bubba Watson
- Album Links: https://m.imgur.com/a/juF7ETV
- Index alignment: The Screws and colour looks good to me
- Dial Printing: Don’t know if this is applicable here, but I’m worried the metal looks dull. Might be just the photos tho
- Date Wheel alignment/printing: N/A
- Hand Alignment: Looks good to me
- Bezel: Looks good
- Solid End Links (SELs): N/A
- Timegrapher numbers: This sounds bad but I very much struggle to understand what this means. I’ve googled it before and can’t for the life of me figure it out. Any help here would be appreciated
- Anything else you notice: Thanks for taking the time to looks through this. If you notice anything please let me know. Thank you.
Edit: I’ve noticed there’s pink hue on the top strap near the bezel. Asked if he can rub it off but I’m worried he can’t.
These ships are chosen for me at random by spinning a wheel. I will do my best to make a convincing argument, prompt or story for each ship even if I don’t personally like it.
Alright so Pilot Luz is reading good witch Azura and her favorite character is the Gilder Snake. He’s so misunderstood. Then Pilot Luz is magically transported into the book. She joins up with the heroes and sets off on the quest, it’s everything she dreamed it would be. But the heroes are a little annoyed that Pilot Luz keeps pestering every single person they meet for their backstory.
One day Pilot Luz is captured and taken to the Gilder Snake. The heroes believe that they have to save her but when they get to the Gilder Snake’s lair they find the Gilder Snake having tea with Pilot Luz. Pilot Luz convinces the Heroes and the Gilder Snake to work together and bring about a new age of prosperity.
For those who don't know about him, I would like to introduce you all to George Gilder, a person I think doesn't get enough attention in crypto circles.
This guy is the OG tech prophet. He has written many books over the decades that have shaped economic policy both in the US and abroad, notably "Wealth and poverty" and "The Scandal of Money". He has previously worked for both Nixon and Reagan.
In 1990 he published "Life after Television" in which he made the prediction "The computer of the future…will be as portable as your watch…and as personal as your wallet. It will recognize speech and navigate streets, collect your mail and news." He also correctly predicted the downfall of television media companies.
"Life after television" was read by Steve Jobs and distributed to his employees, which they say lead to his later inspiration to create the iPhone.
In 2018 he released "Life after Google", in which he predicts that blockchain technology will make centralized internet entities such as Google obsolete by giving users ownership of their own data and money.
"Why do we think governments know how to create money? They don't. George Gilder shows that money is time, and time is real. He is our best guide to our most fundamental economic problem." - Peter Thiel, Founder of Paypal and Palantir
