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TallTim
@talltim
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Reformed cubicle serf, grudging techie, career trader
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2017-06-23 20:30
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talltim
writing
2017-11-13 16:13
TTWC - Lovesick
Ross tapped his mask, invoking a pop-up in the lower right of his view. Ten percent and dropping. Ross uttered a short curse. He should have checked it before he left for work this morning. As it was,
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talltim
blog
2017-11-06 20:30
TTR - The Failure Of Greed
Take some time to read both of these - the original post that motivated me to write this: And the passionate response here: I haven't been here long, only 135 days. That's 36% of a year. In that
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talltim
writing
2017-11-06 15:51
TTWC - Adapter
Image Credit - Bogan scratched his wrist, pulling up the bandage crusted with dried blood. It was his mark, the chineoid blessing so he may travel between zones, feeding the collective. Feeling the shifting
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talltim
writing
2017-11-05 16:38
TTWC - The Arch
Today's post is an excerpt from my writing notebook - a glimpse into a city where aliens are commonplace. Working at тупики wasn't bad, just providing enough credit flow to make the bills go away. At least
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talltim
writing
2017-11-04 16:37
TTWC - Racked
Today's post is an excerpt from my writing notebook - a simple vignette that lives in a world I'm working on... I hated being goggled in for any length of time, but that was the deal. Even with the fancy
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talltim
writing
2017-11-03 15:22
TTWC - Scuppering
Today's post is an excerpt from my writing notebook - a glimpse into a city where aliens are commonplace. It was an okay job, I guess. The guys in the back of the house knew how to work hard, but they
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talltim
writing
2017-11-02 14:39
TTWC - Deprivation
I don't know where came from. It was during one of those moves, the kind that took me to a new place with unfamiliar faces and rooms the wrong size. Unpacking and unwrapping, kicking empty boxes across
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talltim
writing
2017-11-01 18:53
TTWC - Deluge
Alex reached out a trembling hand to the roaring waterfall. They had taken it, his dry place. He had fought, kicked and screamed for help, but it never came. He washed the blood off of his hand, multiple
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talltim
writing
2017-10-31 18:24
TTWC - Attenuated (Part Seven)
Show time. Myles walked over to Alan's office, rapping softly on the open door. "Come. Ah, the shorts are ready, yes?", Alan distractedly waved Myles in to a seat, sipping a latte from a tall
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talltim
writing
2017-10-30 15:49
TTWC - Attenuated (Part Six)
SuccINCt believed in supplying their creative team with the best equipment possible. Twin monitors at every workstation, custom keyboards, cutting-edge editing software and trendy ergonomic chairs with
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talltim
writing
2017-10-29 15:38
TTWC - Attenuated (Part Five)
Myles was lost in a crowd. Faceless bodies pushed past and buffeted him with elbows and hands. He had to make it to the computer terminal before the timer ran out. Shoving through to the sidewalk, facing
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talltim
writing
2017-10-28 16:24
TTWC - Attenuated (Part Four)
Mondays were filled with meetings and status reviews, queues of anxious coders and designers starting their first round of "360" evaluations. Myles was secretly grateful he didn't have to participate
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talltim
writing
2017-10-27 15:59
TTWC - Attenuated (Part Three)
Myles woke to sunlight streaming through the window. Weekends were the only time he got any quality sleep, during the week he'd have stressful dreams about forgetting something important for a meeting.
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talltim
blog
2017-10-26 12:21
TTR - Interlude
If you've been following me for a while, you know I've been posting pretty regularly since I got here. Some days, it wasn't easy. Just like anyone else I have my ups and downs. This isn't a plea for attention
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talltim
writing
2017-10-25 13:14
TTWC - Attenuated (Part Two)
The lower floors were more utilitarian than the executive suites. Stubby dividers of frosted glass fenced in most of the "open plan" office. SuccINCt had strict rules about one's workspace. You
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talltim
bitcoin
2017-10-25 05:09
TTR - November Fork - S2X, BCH and DCG Warning
This floated across my radar on Reddit today, so I am sharing it with you as I think it is important to keep in mind with the upcoming hostile fork in November. I did not write this, the user credited
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talltim
writing
2017-10-24 14:11
TTWC - Attenuated (Part One)
Myles stared at the LED readout on the DocuMax copier, segmented numbers slowly declining. Fresh copies slid into receiving slots, stapled and bound. A new financial quarter, a new batch of detailed reports
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talltim
writing
2017-10-23 15:07
TTWC - New Year
"Just go out", they said. "You'll feel better about it, don't be such a stick in the mud." Innocent urging and nervous smiles, mixed with the cheery optimism of someone whose internal
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talltim
steemit
2017-10-22 15:27
TTR - Duplicitous Duplicator Dithers Deceitfully
Its been a little over a week since I highlighted @zer0hedge and his deceitful actions. The response has been huge. Content providers rallied in support and personal messages have flooded in. Some expressed
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talltim
writing
2017-10-22 14:22
TTWC - Osculator
There's a comfort to the sameness. Working on the line, processing thousands upon thousands of units every minute. In better times, I'd be making mental plans for trips and fancy purchases. Those were
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