Episode 87: #87: Always Cat6, Never Cat5

27/05/2015 49 min

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Episode Synopsis

This week Dave and Gunnar talk about: airlines meeting security researchers, Firefox meeting advertisers, FitBit meeting dogs, Roomba meeting Orwell.

So I was in a local trolleybus earlier today, fiddling with the in-bus entertainment system. pic.twitter.com/qZ0d3Y6Q9r
— Martijn Grooten (@martijn_grooten) May 16, 2015


Feds Say That Banned Researcher Commandeered a Plane

Swedish Chamber of Commerce would appreciate you spending some time with Gripen.


Meanwhile: United Will Reward People Who Flag Security Flaws—Sort Of
Uber continues to be deplorable. That self-driving car partnership with CMU? More like a poaching vehicle.

Robot Hall of Fame


Firefox wants to optimize your ad experience: Firefox Will Soon Get Sponsored Suggested Tiles Based On Your Browsing History
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Researchers want to optimize your Firefox experience: Firefox’s optional Tracking Protection reduces load time for top news sites by 44%
MiBand for $15

Ingrid’s plant gadgets
Planet Money on Xiaomi
OpenBand open source Android app for MiBand


Fitbit meets dog collar: DogTelligent
Optimizing your vacuum drone experience: The Next Roomba May Recognize All Your Crap
Palate cleanser: Video of cat wearing shark costume riding Roomba
The Open Organization by Jim Whitehurst
Watch FICO gush about how awesome OpenShift is
Slack as memo-list

Cutting Room Floor

HT Robin Price: Learn Vim the Web 2.0 way with OpenVIM
14 of the Most Depressing Place Names in North America
Don Draper reviews children’s books
Mad Men in the 21st century
New Seinfeld episode!
Fira Code font includes programming ligatures

We Give Thanks
Robin Price for the VIM tip!