Listen "Episode 105: #105: DIY Dystopia"
Episode Synopsis
This week Dave and Gunnar talk about: DIY LPRs, Crowdsourced Panopticon, and Universal Key Escrow is a thing we’re talking about now.
Proud Daddy: Lauren declared runner up in the National Center for Women in Technology 2016 National Award Competition
It begins: FRC 2016 kickoff on January 9!
Gunnar can strongly endorse helicopter rides for toddlers
Endorsement: the Ring Doorbell
DEADWOOD MOVIE
Google Begins Testing Password-Free Logins
Sad to lose Ian Murdoch (h/t uzoma)
Review of N Korea’s operating system, Red Star (h/t emorisse)
D&G Joke Kit of the Week: United Airlines Bringing 200 Comfort Dogs To Seven Airports For A Bit Of Holiday Travel Stress-Relief
HT James Kirkland: OpenALPR is open source automatic license plate recognition
Meanwhile: Boston PD stops using LPRs, implicitly admitting that stolen vehicles are not super interesting.
Facewatch: A different kind of social network
Create Your Favourite Actor From Nothing But Photos
See How Disney Uses Software to Change an Actor’s Emotions
Wanna Get Backstage? Just Add Yourself To The Band’s Wikipedia Page
In Major Change, Army Removes Social Security Numbers from Dog Tags
D&G This Week in Common Sense: Microsoft may have your encryption key; here’s how to take it back
DevOps gone bad? Facebook Secretly Tested Users’ Apps Addiction: New Report
The Father of Online Anonymity Has a Plan to End the Crypto War
Celebrating 15 Years of SELinux
Dave and Gunnar talk DevOps with FedScoop
Cutting Room Floor
Post-Apocalyptic Thomas the Tank Engine
These Color Studio Portraits from the 1970s Are Almost Too Awkward
R2-3PO: Attack of the Poorly Made Clones
The 340-Page Tokyo Disaster Preparedness Guide is Packed with Great Design
Woman Perfectly Adds Herself to Other People’s Old Photos
‘Hipster Santa’ makes appearance in Portland
Here’s A Video Of Boston Dynamic’s Awesome Big Dog Robot Pulling Santa’s Sleigh
Executive Coloring Book from 1961
Complete your home security system with a fog cannon
Proving complex arguments via crowdsourcing and explicit argument logic platform (h/t emorisse)
OG cyberpunk games available online (h/t emorisse)
Weirdest charts from 538 (h/t emorisse)
This wasn’t @emorisse, he swears (h/t emorisse)
Interactive, latitude adjusted proof that DST is garbage (h/t matt.micene)
I was sent here for my security refresher, and I’m beginning to think it’s part of the test.
We Give Thanks
The D&G Show Slack Clubhouse for the discussion topics!
James Kirkland for the ALPR tip!
Proud Daddy: Lauren declared runner up in the National Center for Women in Technology 2016 National Award Competition
It begins: FRC 2016 kickoff on January 9!
Gunnar can strongly endorse helicopter rides for toddlers
Endorsement: the Ring Doorbell
DEADWOOD MOVIE
Google Begins Testing Password-Free Logins
Sad to lose Ian Murdoch (h/t uzoma)
Review of N Korea’s operating system, Red Star (h/t emorisse)
D&G Joke Kit of the Week: United Airlines Bringing 200 Comfort Dogs To Seven Airports For A Bit Of Holiday Travel Stress-Relief
HT James Kirkland: OpenALPR is open source automatic license plate recognition
Meanwhile: Boston PD stops using LPRs, implicitly admitting that stolen vehicles are not super interesting.
Facewatch: A different kind of social network
Create Your Favourite Actor From Nothing But Photos
See How Disney Uses Software to Change an Actor’s Emotions
Wanna Get Backstage? Just Add Yourself To The Band’s Wikipedia Page
In Major Change, Army Removes Social Security Numbers from Dog Tags
D&G This Week in Common Sense: Microsoft may have your encryption key; here’s how to take it back
DevOps gone bad? Facebook Secretly Tested Users’ Apps Addiction: New Report
The Father of Online Anonymity Has a Plan to End the Crypto War
Celebrating 15 Years of SELinux
Dave and Gunnar talk DevOps with FedScoop
Cutting Room Floor
Post-Apocalyptic Thomas the Tank Engine
These Color Studio Portraits from the 1970s Are Almost Too Awkward
R2-3PO: Attack of the Poorly Made Clones
The 340-Page Tokyo Disaster Preparedness Guide is Packed with Great Design
Woman Perfectly Adds Herself to Other People’s Old Photos
‘Hipster Santa’ makes appearance in Portland
Here’s A Video Of Boston Dynamic’s Awesome Big Dog Robot Pulling Santa’s Sleigh
Executive Coloring Book from 1961
Complete your home security system with a fog cannon
Proving complex arguments via crowdsourcing and explicit argument logic platform (h/t emorisse)
OG cyberpunk games available online (h/t emorisse)
Weirdest charts from 538 (h/t emorisse)
This wasn’t @emorisse, he swears (h/t emorisse)
Interactive, latitude adjusted proof that DST is garbage (h/t matt.micene)
I was sent here for my security refresher, and I’m beginning to think it’s part of the test.
We Give Thanks
The D&G Show Slack Clubhouse for the discussion topics!
James Kirkland for the ALPR tip!
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