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@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ to arrive by courier.
The courier arrives by noon. Nina signs for the delivery,
and carries the boxes to her lab, a large room with plenty
of shelves and desks so there's room for spreading hardware
-around. It is her sanctum, the rest of aren't supposed to
+around. It is her sanctum, the rest of us aren't supposed to
enter without asking for permission.
The lab is filled with furniture and bits and pieces of
@@ -260,8 +260,8 @@ Nina looks up from the laptop, and nods. "Pull up that chair
and get seated next to me so you can see the laptop.
Actually, let me move the monitor here." Nina gets up, goes
to the lab desk, and unplugs the 24" monitor sitting on one
-end. She carries the monitor to the island desk, and plus in
-cable end a display cable. "There, that'll make it easier
+end. She carries the monitor to the island desk, and plugs in
+the end of a display cable. "There, that'll make it easier
for both of us to see what's happening."
Nick picks up a bar stool on the other side of the island
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ ready, and that she'd be happy to give a demonstration and
tutorial after she's had lunch. She goes out, and returns
after fifteen minutes with take-out Indian food, and takes
the food to the kitchen. She takes a carton of milk from a
-cupboard, and sits down at the kitchen table to feat.
+cupboard, and sits down at the kitchen table to feast.
Nina doesn't usually care much what food she eats, but
when she finishes a build or other project, she celebrates
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ There is a murmur of approval, and much nodding. Nina looks
satisfied. She goes to her laptop, opens up Inkscape, and
quickly makes a drawing with the words "SmartHome Torture
Chamber" laid out nicely and using a Germanic font. She
-punches a key combination, and the printer in corner of the
+punches a key combination, and the printer in a corner of the
lab spits out a few sheets. Nina gets the sheets, which turn
out to be A4 size labels, with the Inkscape design now
printed on them. She peels off the labels and attaches them
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ next."
"Good, that's what I want to hear. While we do not track
work hours here, we do not ever want to see someone burn
-out. I and Robin have both done that at least a couple of
+out. Me and Robin have both done that at least a couple of
times each, and we won't let it happen to anyone in the
Team."
@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@ they need to think they have all the control, even if they
can't be allowed to have any control. A project actually
controlled by the client is doomed. They should have a
little influence, but their control should be limited to
-fairly loose setting of scope and constraint.
+a fairly loose setting of scope and constraint.
I'm going to have to deal with this, but it's getting late,
and I'm tired. Diplomacy requires a lot of energy and time.