Episode 91: #91: The Truck Factor

28/07/2015 1h 1min

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Episode Synopsis

This week Dave and Gunnar talk about: Kommisars in the board room, Akron Police Department’s compulsory feeling of safety, more warm fuzzies from OPM, and more Yahoo! news than you ever thought possible.



Lauren strikes again: US Air Force lab: robots, open source, and virtual reality
D&G Mailbag: Thanks to Red Hat Middleware Solutions Architect David Murphy for finding our episode 89 Easter egg!
Soylent Shake: Burger chain adds bugs to the menu…on purpose
‘Private’ biz Xiaomi sets up Communist Party exec committee
Police stop Akron drivers to build safe relationships
Iowa school district asks principals to wear body cams
OPM, ODNI turn to paper forms to keep security clearance process going

Let’s not forget:

Digital Photocopiers Loaded With Secrets
Russian Security Now Using Typewriters to Thwart the NSA




D&G Uber Evil Move of the Week: FTC asked to block Uber from getting location data in background
D&G Ad Experience Optimization of the Week: The Next Java Update Could Make Yahoo Your Default Search Provider
Speaking of getting optimized: US Bombs ISIS Command Center After Terrorist Posts Selfie Online
D&G This Week in Vendor Abandonment: Yahoo does Spring Cleaning: Shuts down Maps, Pipes & more

No, seriously, they’re really out


D&G This Week in Things We Wish Vendors Would Abandon: Flash

Ironically(?), occupyflash.org uses Flash to see if Flash is installed


Worldwide PC shipments biggest drop in 2 years thanks to mobile
No joke? Commodore Pet smartphone
Top 500 Supercomputer List Reflects Shifting State of Global HPC Trends
D&G Red Hat Summit Replay Video of the Week: Security compliance automation with Red Hat by Matt Micene

See it reenacted live at Defense in Depth!


It’s like Netflix for Red Hat Training: Red Hat Learning Subscription
So Long Voicemail, Give My Regards To the Fax Machine
The Linux Foundation’s Core Infrastructure Initiative

The CII Census Project

White paper by Dr. David A. Wheeler!




D&G Term of the Week: Truck Factor

 
Cutting Room Floor

PG-13: Ultra Hal AI Chatbot Talks with another Ultra Hal AI Bot
Top Secret: The goofy retro ‘undercover’ fashion guide for East German secret police spies
Baby goats in pajamas
America Used to Give Out Weird Participation Awards for Nuclear Tests
Now you finally know: Why Do Some Guitarists’ Fingers Smell Like Garlic?
600 years of war casualties visualized
e-NABLE provides open, 3-D printed protheses for children, will make you cry
Disney business plan
Warhammer 40k Mr. Potato Head
Iterating on large projects like Google
Hybrid Cloud is not a Strategy, It’s a Symptom
Open source chess with http://lichess.org (h/t robinpriceii)
Google proves machines dream of more than Electric Sheep (h/t matt.micene)
html5 games made from crack (h/t robinpriceii)
littlebobby encryption (h/t robinpriceii)
condo high rise with drone landing pad (h/t emorisse)

 
We Give Thanks

Thanks to Red Hat Middleware Solutions Architect David Murphy for finding our episode 89 Easter egg!
The whole dgshow Slack crew