Episode 43: #43: Amquft

18/02/2014 58 min

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This week, Dave and Gunnar talk about: robotics, public and not-so-public goods, and redesigning airlines.
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Adam Clater: please explain.

Dave is glad he’s moving to US Airways: United Airlines drops Cleveland as hub airport

HT Cleveland expat James Labocki: Did Burke Lakefront Airport Miscalculations Add to Hopkins Hub Troubles in Cleveland?
Meanwhile: Delta’s 80’s In-Flight Safety Video
Almost related: Dave makes contingency plans for in-flight calling with DrumPants


Risacher cited Hellekson’s Law twice at the Adobe Government event last week. Woo!
Robotics fun: Team 2399‘s Epic Weekend!

This year’s challenge
Team 2399’s robot vision code on GitHub with OpenCV


Ars rolls in with a telepresence robot
Goldfish driving a robot car
CFPB pull request of the week: I want RSS, you don’t have RSS, so here’s a patch enabling RSS on your website
Comcast customer surprised to learn new router is also public hotspot
Graph only Verizon FIOS here: Netflix ISP Speed Index

Netflix speeds are down. But don’t blame Verizon.
How Netflix and Google Could Lead the Fight For Net Neutrality


NBC Olympic Coverage Is Killing Cord Cutters like Gunnar
Dave is moderating a Red Hat Summit panel of Innovation Award finalists!
HT Langdon White: Check out DevNation April 13-16 while at the Red Hat Summit!
Red Hat and Hortonworks Deepen Strategic Alliance on Hadoop
New by Dave: 2 questions to ask before diving into infrastructure-as-a-service
RedHatGov on GitHub!
British Airways RHEVs up private cloud

Try it yourself!


Boarding pass redesign

More boarding pass redesign
Ticketmaster redesign


Gunnar’s fitbit and stated vs. revealed preferences
The Perfect Way to Hold a Hamburger, Proven by Science

Cutting Room Floor

NSA-o-matic
When not denouncing people in North Korea, try the State of the Union generator
Postmodernism Generator
Scott Pakin’s automatic complaint-letter generator
Klingon valentines
Evil Mad Scientist Valentines

We Give Thanks

Dan Risacher for mentioning Hellekson’s Law!
Langdon White for reminding us to talk about DevNation!