Listen "Episode 163: Gaia Hypothesis, But for Email"
Episode Synopsis
This week Dave (https://twitter.com/davidegts) and Gunnar (http://atechnologyjobisnoexcuse.com/about) talk about: discrimination paranoia, microphone paranoia, more microphone paranoia, and rhetorical paranoia. Finally: vacation message protocol.
Lesson learned: do the Safari (http://girafferanch.com/)
Lesson learned: 4 years old don’t care about American History
Lesson learned: Tracksmith running shorts + swim trunks (https://www.tracksmith.com/products/m-2018-run-cannonball-run-shorts)
Props to Debbie, Stow’s Public Service Supervisor, and the Stow Street Department (https://stowohio.org/departments/)
Facebook, Amazon, and hundreds of companies post targeted job ads that screen out older workers (https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/5/31/17408884/facebook-amazon-job-ads-age-discrimination-lawsuit)
Amazon wants to automate your hotel stay with Alexa for Hospitality (https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3034430/amazon-wants-to-automate-your-hotel-stay-with-alexa-for-hospitality)
These Academics Spent The Last Year Testing Whether Your Phone Is Secretly Listening To You (https://gizmodo.com/these-academics-spent-the-last-year-testing-whether-you-1826961188)
Your Phone Is Listening and it's Not Paranoia (https://www.vice.com/amp/en_au/article/wjbzzy/your-phone-is-listening-and-its-not-paranoia)
IBM’s Newest AI Can Probably Argue Better Than You (https://www.wired.com/story/now-the-computer-can-argue-with-you/amp)
The Most Honest Out-of-Office Message (https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/06/out-of-office-message-email/562394/)
Cutting Room Floor
* Bread can be made from a gangrenous wound's bacteria (https://boingboing.net/2018/06/22/bread-can-be-made-from-a-gangr.html/amp)
* The Story of a Voice: HAL in ‘2001’ Wasn’t Always So Eerily Calm (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/30/movies/hal-2001-a-space-odyssey-voice-douglas-rain.html)
* 24-Channel Raspberry Pi Fireworks Control System (http://moderntoil.com/?p=913)
* ‘Skirmish Time Is Now!’: 6 Mediocre Catchphrases Michael Buffer Dabbled With Before Landing On ‘Let’s Get Ready To Rumble’ (https://www.clickhole.com/skirmish-time-is-now-6-mediocre-catchphrases-michae-1825612838)
We Give Thanks
* The D&G Show Slack Clubhouse for the discussion topics!
Lesson learned: do the Safari (http://girafferanch.com/)
Lesson learned: 4 years old don’t care about American History
Lesson learned: Tracksmith running shorts + swim trunks (https://www.tracksmith.com/products/m-2018-run-cannonball-run-shorts)
Props to Debbie, Stow’s Public Service Supervisor, and the Stow Street Department (https://stowohio.org/departments/)
Facebook, Amazon, and hundreds of companies post targeted job ads that screen out older workers (https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/5/31/17408884/facebook-amazon-job-ads-age-discrimination-lawsuit)
Amazon wants to automate your hotel stay with Alexa for Hospitality (https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3034430/amazon-wants-to-automate-your-hotel-stay-with-alexa-for-hospitality)
These Academics Spent The Last Year Testing Whether Your Phone Is Secretly Listening To You (https://gizmodo.com/these-academics-spent-the-last-year-testing-whether-you-1826961188)
Your Phone Is Listening and it's Not Paranoia (https://www.vice.com/amp/en_au/article/wjbzzy/your-phone-is-listening-and-its-not-paranoia)
IBM’s Newest AI Can Probably Argue Better Than You (https://www.wired.com/story/now-the-computer-can-argue-with-you/amp)
The Most Honest Out-of-Office Message (https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/06/out-of-office-message-email/562394/)
Cutting Room Floor
* Bread can be made from a gangrenous wound's bacteria (https://boingboing.net/2018/06/22/bread-can-be-made-from-a-gangr.html/amp)
* The Story of a Voice: HAL in ‘2001’ Wasn’t Always So Eerily Calm (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/30/movies/hal-2001-a-space-odyssey-voice-douglas-rain.html)
* 24-Channel Raspberry Pi Fireworks Control System (http://moderntoil.com/?p=913)
* ‘Skirmish Time Is Now!’: 6 Mediocre Catchphrases Michael Buffer Dabbled With Before Landing On ‘Let’s Get Ready To Rumble’ (https://www.clickhole.com/skirmish-time-is-now-6-mediocre-catchphrases-michae-1825612838)
We Give Thanks
* The D&G Show Slack Clubhouse for the discussion topics!
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