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Fuelling Around - Stars Talking Cars!
S10 Ep2: Abbie Eaton: Working with Hammond, Clarkson & May on 'The Grand Tour' was a really big deal!

Fuelling Around - Stars Talking Cars!

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2025 52:39


Abbie Eaton is without doubt one of the most talented young racing drivers this country has ever produced, and her glittering collection of silverware is testament to her talents. In addition to the trophy cabinet, Abbie was selected to be the test driver on 'The Grand Tour' so has lived the dream of every car fan, and has the stories from those infamous trips to prove it! Ably assisted by her cat Elvis, this is a brilliant chat about a racing career that goes from strength to strength, even though Abbie has certainly had her fair share of hurdles to overcome along the way!

Willy Willy Harry Stee...
Edward The Confessor

Willy Willy Harry Stee...

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2024 55:36


In this episode of Charlie Higson's canter through Anglo-Saxon England, he reaches the end of the Wessex dynasty.Edward The Confessor. He died without an heir, which triggered a real life Game of Thrones, although it was more like Musical Chairs.Ably assisting Charlie in understanding Edward's motives is David Woodman, author of the Penguin Monarch's edition on Edward The Confessor. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mid Life Punk Podcast
MLPP Special: Twat Music for Twat People

Mid Life Punk Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2024 98:37


30 years ago Obese Mick had a vision: a showcase of bands on his label, Fat Wreck Chords.Join Tom and Niallism for a flippant and playful discussion about that very compiliation: Fat Music for Fat People.Ably assisted by guest contributors Dave Shackleford and Danny Barrett off The Crash Mats, we discuss whether time has altered our perceptions of the comp, which footballer each song is most like, home computer care.Did you have pubes when this came out? What happens when your facebook page is hacked, do you even care? Do you want facts about the bands on the comp? If the answer to any of these questions is yes or no, you should probably listen to this.

Fion焢韓集
台韓電商差異大對比:客人超愛寫評價、直播熱門時段是早上七點、中國人在韓國怎麼賺

Fion焢韓集

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2024 76:52


在電商業工作的矮老師,跟我一起聊韓國電商的特色。聊了非常多面向~ 02︰40 台灣電商沒有「銷售排行榜」? 07︰30 韓國消費者很愛「寫心得」 14︰20 韓國電商流行做品牌APP,結帳率竟然… 16︰00 所有產品免運的時尚電商MUSINSA 19︰00 內容結合電商的成功範例 21:00 台灣消費者對「變現」的敵意 22︰00 台灣沒有的韓國網拍搜尋平台 ZIGZAG 25︰40 很多中國人賣淘寶貨的ABLY 28︰50 台韓網拍的差異 33︰10 付費會員制 37:20 居住型態影響到購物模式 39︰00 韓國廠商無法理解「超取」 40︰30 保養品品牌MEDICUBE的「訂閱制」 46︰00 衣服也可以今晚訂、明早到? 50︰20 韓國各平台都在做直播 53︰40 韓國電商直播熱門時段,竟是早上七點? 57︰00 食物外送不用面交 58︰50 有地域限制的二手交易APP「紅蘿蔔市場」 01:03:00 韓國轉帳不怕匯錯~因可看到戶名 01︰09︰00 韓國品牌︰先做網路再開店

Supermanagers
Reducing Meeting Bloat with C-Suite Executives at Ably, Consensus, DealMaker, and Tucows

Supermanagers

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2024 54:59


In this special C-Suite Roundtable episode of Supermanagers, host Aydin Mirzaee brings together 4 top executives from diverse industries to tackle one of the biggest challenges in modern workplaces: meeting efficiency. This episode features Michael Koenig, CEO at Tucows, Rebecca Kacaba, CEO at DealMaker, Jeffrey Sullivan, CTO at Consensus, and Matthew O'Riordan, CEO at Ably. Michael shares his innovative meeting approach at Tucows, a company spanning domain names, fiber internet, and telecom SaaS. He discusses the importance of flexible meeting policies and how implementing structured meeting frameworks like EOS Level 10 meetings can transform organizational productivity. Rebecca delves into DealMaker's mission to revolutionize capital raising. She emphasizes the shift towards asynchronous communication and the critical role of effective tooling in managing meetings and team collaboration. Jeffrey talks about the complexities of managing global teams and how the transition to remote work has necessitated a more intentional approach to meetings and asynchronous workflows. He highlights the creation of a living document that codifies Consensus' remote work practices and meeting policies. Matthew shares Ably's journey from an office-based to a remote-first organization, focusing on the challenges of meeting inefficiencies. He explains how implementing consistent tools and structured processes has been transformational, allowing for quicker decision-making and more effective collaboration across global teams. Tune in to episode 8 of season 2 to explore these leaders' insights and strategies on optimizing meetings, fostering asynchronous communication, and enhancing productivity in remote and hybrid teams. This episode offers a wealth of actionable advice for leaders looking to improve their organization's meeting culture and overall efficiency. . . . Like this episode? Be sure to leave a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review and share the podcast with your colleagues. . . . TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES: [05:06] Guest introductions [09:39] Guests share their biggest meeting pet peeves [12:44] How meeting policies at Tucows evolved [14:47] The transition to remote work [17:05] Asynchronous communication [24:18] Practical strategies for improving meetings. [28:18] Creating meeting policies is collaborative  [35:30] Meeting templates and structures. [43:04] The benefits and challenges of maintaining meeting policies  

Unbelievable?
Why do humans play God? Nick Spencer vs Emily Qureshi Hurst presented by Andy Kind

Unbelievable?

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2024 76:32


For too long, the ‘science and religion' debate has fixated on creation, evolution, cosmology, miracles and quantum theory, and not enough on the essence of what it means to be human. But this is a mistake argues one of our guests today, Christian academic Nick Spencer, Senior Fellow at Theos, in his new book ‘Playing God: science, religion and the future of humanity.' Back on the show is Emily Qureshi-Hurst expert on the philosophy of time. Emily is a Lecturer in Philosophy at Oriel College, University of Oxford and together Nick and Emily sort out the role of science and belief when it comes to questions of personhood and the future of humanity. Ably led by host Andy Kind, Unbelievable? digs back into that perennial question, ‘can science and religion come together - furiously or fruitfully - over the status and nature of what it means to be human'? #ai #eugenics #whatisahuman #scienceandreligion SOCIAL LINKS: Twitter: / unbelievablefe Facebook:  / premierunbelievable Instagram:  / premierunbelievable Tik Tok: / premierunbelievable • Subscribe to the Unbelievable? podcast: https://pod.link/267142101 • Support us: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate FOR NICK: Read Nick Spencer and Hannah Waite's book Playing God: Science, Religion and the Future of Humanity Theos: https://www.theosthinktank.co.uk/ ⬇️ Follow Nick on Social Media X: @theosnick FOR EMIlY: Read Emily Qureshi-Hurst's book God, Salvation and the Problem of Spacetime Online: https://www.emilyqureshihurst.com/ At Oxford: https://www.philosophy.ox.ac.uk/people/emily-qureshi-hurst ⬇️ Follow Emily on Social Media X: @equreshihurst For more on on this and related topics check out:

Lost On Lost
Everybody Loves Hugo -Played Ably by Cynthia Watros

Lost On Lost

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2024 70:28


This week, Lead Researcher Alex Tuchi joins JP & Adam for their first foray into the flash-sideways timeline. Is it anything like that Alexander Payne movie "Sideways"? No, not really. But they both have a car crash, so that's something. Topics include rizz, chicken, and letting go. It's Everybody Loves Hugo here on Lost on Lost! This episode definitely not brought to you by BMW.

The Laravel Podcast
Laravel 11, Reverb, Herd Windows/Pro, & Other Laracon EU Recap

The Laravel Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2024 37:09


In this episode of the Laravel Podcast, we are diving into the highlights of Laracon EU including the unveiling of Laravel 11 and the introduction of Laravel Reverb. Taylor Otwell shares insights on the streamlined application structure and new features in Laravel 11. We also discuss the launch of Laravel Herd for Windows and Herd Pro, offering power user features for local development, and provide some exciting updates about the upcoming Laracon US.Taylor Otwell's Twitter - https://twitter.com/taylorotwellMatt Stauffer's Twitter - https://twitter.com/stauffermattLaravel Twitter - https://twitter.com/laravelphpLaravel Website - https://laravel.com/Tighten Website - https://tighten.com/Laracon EU Photo Gallery Tweet - https://x.com/LaraconEU/status/1755957896209113444?s=20Laravel Reverb - https://laravel.com/docs/master/reverbLaravel 11 - https://laravel.com/docs/master/releasesThiery Laverdure's Project - https://github.com/tlaverdure/laravel-echo-serverPusher - https://pusher.com/Ably - https://ably.com/Laravel Herd - https://herd.laravel.com/Adam Wathan Twitter - https://twitter.com/adamwathanJess Archer Twitter - https://twitter.com/jessarchercodesLuke Twitter Downing Twitter - https://twitter.com/lukedowning19Daniel Coulbourne Twitter - https://twitter.com/DCoulbourneJoe Dixon Twitter - https://twitter.com/_joedixonPhilo Hermans Twitter - https://twitter.com/Philo01?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5EauthorLaracon US - https://laracon.us/Laracon CFP Talk Submission Form - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdlyTDvqeKNB3r-wVNmDBlE23oHKEL4m8lzL5nci0YPH_5WYA/viewform-----Editing and transcription sponsored by Tighten.

Pigeon Hour
#9: Sarah Woodhouse on discovering AI x-risk, Twitter, and more

Pigeon Hour

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2023 74:47


Note: I can't seem to edit or remove the “transcript” tab. I recommend you ignore that and just look at the much higher quality, slightly cleaned up one below. Most importantly, follow Sarah on Twitter! Summary (Written by chatGPT, as you can probably tell)In this episode of Pigeon Hour host Aaron delves deep into the world of AI safety with his guest, Sarah Woodhouse. Sarah shares her unexpected journey from fearing job automation to becoming a recognized voice on AI safety Twitter. Her story starts with a simple Google search that led her down a rabbit hole of existential dread and unexpected fame on social media. As she narrates her path from lurker to influencer, Sarah reflects on the quirky dynamics of the AI safety community, her own existential crisis, and the serendipitous tweet that resonated with thousands.Aaron and Sarah's conversation takes unexpected turns, discussing everything from the peculiarities of EA rationalists to the surprisingly serious topic of shrimp welfare. They also explore the nuances of AI doom probabilities, the social dynamics of tech Twitter, and Sarah's unexpected viral fame as a tween. This episode is a rollercoaster of insights and anecdotes, perfect for anyone interested in the intersection of technology, society, and the unpredictable journey of internet fame.Topics discussedDiscussion on AI Safety and Personal Journeys:* Aaron and Sarah discuss her path to AI safety, triggered by concerns about job automation and the realization that AI could potentially replace her work.* Sarah's deep dive into AI safety started with a simple Google search, leading her to Geoffrey Hinton's alarming statements, and eventually to a broader exploration without finding reassuring consensus.* Sarah's Twitter engagement began with lurking, later evolving into active participation and gaining an audience, especially after a relatable tweet thread about an existential crisis.* Aaron remarks on the rarity of people like Sarah, who follow the AI safety rabbit hole to its depths, considering its obvious implications for various industries.AI Safety and Public Perception:* Sarah discusses her surprise at discovering the AI safety conversation happening mostly in niche circles, often with a tongue-in-cheek attitude that could seem dismissive of the serious implications of AI risks.* The discussion touches on the paradox of AI safety: it's a critically important topic, yet it often remains confined within certain intellectual circles, leading to a lack of broader public engagement and awareness.Cultural Differences and Personal Interests:* The conversation shifts to cultural differences between the UK and the US, particularly in terms of sincerity and communication styles.* Personal interests, such as theater and musicals (like "Glee"), are also discussed, revealing Sarah's background and hobbies.Effective Altruism (EA) and Rationalist Communities:* Sarah points out certain quirks of the EA and rationalist communities, such as their penchant for detailed analysis, hedging statements, and the use of probabilities in discussions.* The debate around the use of "P(Doom)" (probability of doom) in AI safety discussions is critiqued, highlighting how it can be both a serious analytical tool and a potentially alienating jargon for outsiders.Shrimp Welfare and Ethical Considerations:* A detailed discussion on shrimp welfare as an ethical consideration in effective altruism unfolds, examining the moral implications and effectiveness of focusing on animal welfare at a large scale.* Aaron defends his position on prioritizing shrimp welfare in charitable giving, based on the principles of importance, tractability, and neglectedness.Personal Decision-Making in Charitable Giving:* Strategies for personal charitable giving are explored, including setting a donation cutoff point to balance moral obligations with personal needs and aspirations.TranscriptAARON: Whatever you want. Okay. Yeah, I feel like you said this on Twitter. The obvious thing is, how did you learn about AI safety? But maybe you've already covered that. That's boring. First of all, do you want to talk about that? Because we don't have to.SARAH: I don't mind talking about that.AARON: But it's sort of your call, so whatever. I don't know. Maybe briefly, and then we can branch out?SARAH: I have a preference for people asking me things and me answering them rather than me setting the agenda. So don't ever feel bad about just asking me stuff because I prefer that.AARON: Okay, cool. But also, it feels like the kind of thing where, of course, we have AI. Everyone already knows that this is just like the voice version of these four tweets or whatever. But regardless. Yes. So, Sarah, as Pigeon Hour guest, what was your path through life to AI safety Twitter?SARAH: Well, I realized that a chatbot could very easily do my job and that my employers either hadn't noticed this or they had noticed, but they were just being polite about it and they didn't want to fire me because they're too nice. And I was like, I should find out what AI development is going to be like over the next few years so that I know if I should go and get good at some other stuff.SARAH: I just had a little innocent Google. And then within a few clicks, I'd completely doom pilled myself. I was like, we're all going to die. I think I found Geoffrey Hinton because he was on the news at the time, because he just quit his job at Google. And he was there saying things that sounded very uncertain, very alarming. And I was like, well, he's probably the pessimist, but I'm sure that there are loads of optimists to counteract that because that's how it usually goes. You find a doomer and then you find a bunch of more moderate people, and then there's some consensus in the middle that everything's basically fine.SARAH: I was like, if I just keep looking, I'll find the consensus because it's there. I'm sure it's there. So I just kept looking and looking for it. I looked for it for weeks. I just didn't find it. And then I was like, nobody knows what's going on. This seems really concerning. So then I started lurking on Twitter, and then I got familiar with all the different accounts, whatever. And then at some point, I was like, I'm going to start contributing to this conversation, but I didn't think that anybody would talk back to me. And then at some point, they started talking back to me and I was like, this is kind of weird.SARAH: And then at some point, I was having an existential crisis and I had a couple of glasses of wine or something, and I just decided to type this big, long thread. And then I went to bed. I woke up the next morning slightly grouchy and hungover. I checked my phone and there were all these people messaging me and all these people replying to my thread being like, this is so relatable. This really resonated with me. And I was like, what is going on?AARON: You were there on Twitter before that thread right? I'm pretty sure I was following you.SARAH: I think, yeah, I was there before, but no one ever really gave me any attention prior to that. I think I had a couple of tweets that blew up before that, but not to the same extent. And then after that, I think I was like, okay, so now I have an audience. When I say an audience, like, obviously a small one, but more of an audience than I've ever had before in my life. And I was like, how far can I take this?SARAH: I was a bit like, people obviously started following me because I'm freFreaking out about AI, but if I post an outfit, what's going to happen? How far can I push this posting, these fit checks? I started posting random stuff about things that were completely unrelated. I was like, oh, people are kind of here for this, too. Okay, this is weird. So now I'm just milking it for all its worth, and I really don't know why anybody's listening to me. I'm basically very confused about the whole thing.AARON: I mean, I think it's kind of weird from your perspective, or it's weird in general because there aren't that many people who just do that extremely logical thing at the beginning. I don't know, maybe it's not obvious to people in every industry or whatever that AI is potentially a big deal, but there's lots of truckers or whatever. Maybe they're not the best demographic or the most conducive demographic, like, getting on Twitter or whatever, but there's other jobs that it would make sense to look into that. It's kind of weird to me that only you followed the rabbit hole all the way down.SARAH: I know! This is what I…Because it's not that hard to complete the circle. It probably took me like a day, it took me like an afternoon to get from, I'm worried about job automation to I should stop saving for retirement. It didn't take me that long. Do you know what I mean? No one ever looks. I literally don't get it. I was talking to some people. I was talking to one of my coworkers about this the other day, and I think I came up in conversation. She was like, yeah, I'm a bit worried about AI because I heard on the radio that taxi drivers might be out of a job. That's bad. And I was like, yeah, that is bad. But do you know what else? She was like, what are the AI companies up to that we don't know about? And I was like, I mean, you can go on their website. You can just go on their website and read about how they think that their technology is an extinction risk. It's not like they're hiding. It's literally just on there and no one ever looks. It's just crazy.AARON: Yeah. Honestly, I don't even know if I was in your situation, if I would have done that. It's like, in some sense, I am surprised. It's very few people maybe like one, but at another level, it's more rationality than most humans have or something. Yeah. You regret going down that rabbit hole?SARAH: Yeah, kind of. Although I'm enjoying the Twitter thing and it's kind of fun, and it turns out there's endless comedic material that you can get out of impending doom. The whole thing is quite funny. It's not funny, but you can make it funny if you try hard enough. But, yeah, what was I going to say? I think maybe I was more primed for doom pilling than your average person because I already knew what EA was and I already knew, you know what I mean. That stuff was on my radar.AARON: That's interesting.SARAH: I think had it not been on my radar, I don't think I would have followed the pipeline all the way.AARON: Yeah. I don't know what browser you use, but it would be. And you should definitely not only do this if you actually think it would be cool or whatever, but this could be in your browser history from that day and that would be hilarious. You could remove anything you didn't want to show, but if it's like Google Chrome, they package everything into sessions. It's one browsing session and it'll have like 10,000 links.SARAH: Yeah, I think for non-sketchy reasons, I delete my Google history more regularly than that. I don't think I'd be able to find that. But I can remember the day and I can remember my anxiety levels just going up and up somewhere between 01:00 p.m. and 07:00 p.m. And by the evening I'm like, oh, my God.AARON: Oh, damn, that's wild.SARAH: It was really stressful.AARON: Yeah, I guess props for, I don't know if props…Is the right word, I guess, impressed? I'm actually somewhat surprised to hear that you said you regret it. I mean, that sucks though, I guess. I'm sorry.SARAH: If you could unknow this, would you?AARON: No, because I think it's worth maybe selfishly, but not overall because. Okay, yeah, I think that would plausibly be the selfish thing to do. Actually. No, actually, hold on. No, I actually don't think that's true. I actually think there's enough an individual can do selfishly such that it makes sense. Even the emotional turmoil.SARAH: It would depend how much you thought that you were going to personally move the needle by knowing about it. I personally don't think that I'm going to be able to do very much. I was going to tip the scales. I wouldn't selfishly unknow it and sacrifice the world. But me being not particularly informed or intelligent and not having any power, I feel like if I forgot that AI was going to end the world, it would not make much difference.AARON: You know what I mean? I agree that it's like, yes, it is unlikely for either of us to tip the scales, but.SARAH: Maybe you can't.AARON: No, actually, in terms of, yeah, I'm probably somewhat more technically knowledgeable just based on what I know about you. Maybe I'm wrong.SARAH: No, you're definitely right.AARON: It's sort of just like a probabilities thing. I do think that ‘doom' - that word - is too simplified, often too simple to capture what people really care about. But if you just want to say doom versus no doom or whatever, AI doom versus no AI doom. Maybe there's like a one in 100,000 chance that one of us tips the scales. And that's important. Maybe even, like, one in 10,000. Probably not. Probably not.SARAH: One in 10,000. Wow.AARON: But that's what people do. People vote, even though this is old 80k material I'm regurgitating because they basically want to make the case for why even if you're not. Or in some article they had from a while ago, they made a case for why doing things that are unlikely to counterfactually matter can still be amazingly good. And the classic example, just voting if you're in a tight race, say, in a swing state in the United States, and it could go either way. Yeah. It might be pretty unlikely that you are the single swing vote, but it could be one in 100,000. And that's not crazy.SARAH: It doesn't take very much effort to vote, though.AARON: Yeah, sure. But I think the core justification, also, the stakes are proportionally higher here, so maybe that accounts for some. But, yes, you're absolutely right. Definitely different amounts of effort.SARAH: Putting in any effort to saving the world from AI. I wouldn't say that. I wouldn't say that I'm sacrificing.AARON: I don't even know if I like. No. Maybe it doesn't feel like a sacrifice. Maybe it isn't. But I do think there's, like, a lot. There's at least something to be. I don't know if this really checks out, but I would, like, bet that it does, which is that more reasonably, at least calibrated. I wanted to say reasonably well informed. But really what it is is, like, some level of being informed and, like, some level of knowing what you don't know or whatever, and more just like, normal. Sorry. I hope normal is not like a bat. I'm saying not like tech Bros, I guess so more like non tech bros. People who are not coded as tech bros. Talking about this on a public platform just seems actually, in fact, pretty good.SARAH: As long as we like, literally just people that aren't men as well. No offense.AARON: Oh, no, totally. Yeah.SARAH: Where are all the women? There's a few.AARON: There's a few that are super. I don't know, like, leaders in some sense, like Ajeya Cotra and Katja Grace. But I think the last EA survey was a third. Or I could be butchering this or whatever. And maybe even within that category, there's some variation. I don't think it's 2%.SARAH: Okay. All right. Yeah.AARON: Like 15 or 20% which is still pretty low.SARAH: No, but that's actually better than I would have thought, I think.AARON: Also, Twitter is, of all the social media platforms, especially mail. I don't really know.SARAH: Um.AARON: I don't like Instagram, I think.SARAH: I wonder, it would be interesting to see whether or not that's much, if it's become more male dominated since Elon Musk took.AARON: It's not a huge difference, but who knows?SARAH: I don't know. I have no idea. I have no idea. We'll just be interesting to know.AARON: Okay. Wait. Also, there's no scheduled time. I'm very happy to keep talking or whatever, but as soon as you want to take a break or hop off, just like. Yeah.SARAH: Oh, yeah. I'm in no rush.AARON: Okay, well, I don't know. We've talked about the two obvious candidates. Do you have a take or something? Want to get out to the world? It's not about AI or obesity or just a story you want to share.SARAH: These are my two pet subjects. I don't know anything else.AARON: I don't believe you. I know you know about house plants.SARAH: I do. A secret, which you can't tell anyone, is that I actually only know about house plants that are hard to kill, and I'm actually not very good at taking care of them.AARON: Well, I'm glad it's house plants in that case, rather than pets. Whatever.SARAH: Yeah. I mean, I have killed some sea monkeys, too, but that was a long time ago.AARON: Yes. So did I, actually.SARAH: Did you? I feel like everyone has. Everyone's got a little sea monkey graveyard in their past.AARON: New cause area.SARAH: Are there more shrimp or more sea monkeys? That's the question.AARON: I don't even know what even. I mean, are they just plankton?SARAH: No, they're not plankton.AARON: I know what sea monkeys are.SARAH: There's definitely a lot of them because they're small and insignificant.AARON: Yeah, but I also think we don't. It depends if you're talking about in the world, which I guess probably like sea monkeys or farmed for food, which is basically like. I doubt these are farmed either for food or for anything.SARAH: Yeah, no, you're probably right.AARON: Or they probably are farmed a tiny bit for this niche little.SARAH: Or they're farmed to sell in aquariums for kids.AARON: Apparently. They are a kind of shrimp, but they were bred specifically to, I don't know, be tiny or something. I'm just skimming that, Wikipedia. Here.SARAH: Sea monkeys are tiny shrimp. That is crazy.AARON: Until we get answers, tell me your life story in whatever way you want. It doesn't have to be like. I mean, hopefully not. Don't straight up lie, but wherever you want to take that.SARAH: I'm not going to lie. I'm just trying to think of ways to make it spicier because it's so average. I don't know what to say about it.AARON: Well, it's probably not that average, right? I mean, it might be average among people you happen to know.SARAH: Do you have any more specific questions?AARON: Okay, no. Yeah, hold on. I have a meta point, which is like, I think the people who are they have a thing on the top of their mind, and if I give any sort of open ended question whatsoever, they'll take it there and immediately just start giving slinging hot takes. But thenOther people, I think, this category is very EA. People who aren't, especially my sister, they're like, “No, I have nothing to talk about. I don't believe that.” But they're not, I guess, as comfortable.SARAH: No, I mean, I have. Something needs to trigger them in me. Do you know what I mean? Yeah, I need an in.AARON: Well, okay, here's one. Is there anything you're like, “Maybe I'll cut this. This is kind of, like narcissistic. I don't know. But is there anything you want or curious to ask?” This does sound kind of weird. I don't know. But we can cut it if need be.SARAH: What does the looking glass in your Twitter name mean? Because I've seen a bunch of people have this, and I actually don't know what it means, but I was like, no.AARON: People ask this. I respond to a tweet that's like, “What does that like?” At least, I don't know, once every month or two. Or know basically, like Spencer Greenberg. I don't know if you're familiar with him. He's like a sort of.SARAH: I know the know.AARON: He literally just tweeted, like a couple years ago. Put this in your bio to show that you really care about finding the truth or whatever and are interested in good faith conversations. Are you familiar with the scout mindset?SARAH: Yeah.AARON: Julia Galef. Yeah. That's basically, like the short version.SARAH: Okay.AARON: I'm like, yeah, all right. And there's at least three of us who have both a magnifying glass. Yeah. And a pause thing, which is like, my tightest knit online community I guess.SARAH: I think I've followed all the pause people now. I just searched the emoji on Twitter, and I just followed everyone. Now I can't find. And I also noticed when I was doing this, that some people, if they've suspended their account or they're taking time off, then they put a pause in their thing. So I was, like, looking, and I was like, oh, these are, like, AI people. But then they were just, like, in their bio, they were, like, not tweeting until X date. This is a suspended account. And I was like, I see we have a messaging problem here. Nice. I don't know how common that actually.AARON: Was. I'm glad. That was, like, a very straightforward question. Educated the masses. Max Alexander said Glee. Is that, like, the show? You can also keep asking me questions, but again, this is like.SARAH: Wait, what did he say? Is that it? Did he just say glee? No.AARON: Not even a question mark. Just the word glee.SARAH: Oh, right. He just wants me to go off about Glee.AARON: Okay. Go off about. Wait, what kind of Glee are we? Vaguely. This is like a show or a movie or something.SARAH: Oh, my God. Have you not seen it?AARON: No. I mean, I vaguely remember, I think, watching some TV, but maybe, like, twelve years ago or something. I don't know.SARAH: I think it stopped airing in, like, maybe 2015?AARON: 16. So go off about it. I don't know what I. Yeah, I.SARAH: Don't know what to say about this.AARON: Well, why does Max think you might have a take about Glee?SARAH: I mean, I don't have a take about. Just see the thing. See? No, not even, like, I am just transparently extremely lame. And I really like cheesy. I'm like. I'm like a musical theater kid. Not even ironically. I just like show tunes. And Glee is just a show about a glee club at a high school where they sing show tunes and there's, like, petty drama, and people burst into song in the hallways, and I just think it's just the most glorious thing on Earth. That's it. There are no hot takes.AARON: Okay, well, that's cool. I don't have a lot to say, unfortunately, but.SARAH: No, that's totally fine. I feel like this is not a spicy topic for us to discuss. It's just a good time.AARON: Yeah.SARAH: Wait.AARON: Okay. Yeah. So I do listen to Hamilton on Spotify.SARAH: Okay.AARON: Yeah, that's about it.SARAH: I like Hamilton. I've seen it three times. Oh.AARON: Live or ever. Wow. Cool. Yeah, no, that's okay. Well, what do people get right or wrong about theater kids?SARAH: Oh, I don't know. I think all the stereotypes are true.AARON: I mean, that's generally true, but usually, it's either over moralized, there's like a descriptive thing that's true, but it's over moralized, or it's just exaggerated.SARAH: I mean, to put this in more context, I used to be in choir. I went every Sunday for twelve years. And then every summer we do a little summer school and we go away and put on a production. So we do a musical or something. So I have been. What have I been? I was in Guys and Dolls. I think I was just in the chorus for that. I was the reverend in Anything Goes. But he does unfortunately get kidnapped in like the first five minutes. So he's not a big presence. Oh, I've been Tweedle dumb in Alice in Wonderland. I could go on, but right now as I'm saying this, I'm looking at my notice board and I have two playbills from when I went to Broadway in April where I saw Funny Girl and Hadestown.SARAH: I went to New York.AARON: Oh, cool. Oh yeah. We can talk about when you're moving to the United States. However.SARAH: I'm not going to do that. Okay.AARON: I know. I'm joking. I mean, I don't know.SARAH: I don't think I'm going to do that. I don't know. It just seems like you guys have got a lot going on over there. It seems like things aren't quite right with you guys. Things aren't quite right with us either.AARON: No, I totally get this. I think it would be cool. But also I completely relate to not wanting to. I've lived within 10 miles of one. Not even 10 miles, 8 miles in one location. Obviously gone outside of that. But my entire life.SARAH: You've just always lived in DC.AARON: Yeah, either in DC or. Sorry. But right now in Maryland, it's like right next to DC on the Metro or at Georgia University, which is in the trying to think would I move to the UK. Like I could imagine situations that would make me move to the UK. But it would still be annoying. Kind of.SARAH: Yeah, I mean, I guess it's like they're two very similar places, but there are all these little cultural things which I feel like kind of trip you up.AARON: I don't to. Do you want to say what?SARAH: Like I think people, I just like, I don't know. I don't have that much experience because I've only been to America twice. But people seem a lot more sincere in a way that you don't really get that. Like people are just never really being upfront. And in America, I just got the impression that people just have less of a veneer up, which is probably a good thing. But it's really hard to navigate if you're not used to it or something. I don't know how to describe that.AARON: Yeah, I've definitely heard this at least. And yeah, I think it's for better and for worse.SARAH: Yeah, I think it's generally a good thing.AARON: Yeah.SARAH: But it's like there's this layer of cynicism or irony or something that is removed and then when it's not there, it's just everything feels weak. I can't describe it.AARON: This is definitely, I think, also like an EA rationalist thing. I feel like I'm pretty far on the spectrum. Towards the end of surgical niceties are fine, but I don't know, don't obscure what you really think unless it's a really good reason to or something. But it can definitely come across as being rude.SARAH: Yeah. No, but I think it's actually a good rule of thumb to obscure what you. It's good to try not to obscure what you think most of the time, probably.Ably, I don't know, but I would love to go over temporarily for like six months or something and just hang out for a bit. I think that'd be fun. I don't know if I would go back to New York again. Maybe. I like the bagels there.AARON: I should have a place. Oh yeah. Remember, I think we talked at some point. We can cut this out if you like. Don't if either of us doesn't want it in. But we discussed, oh yeah, I should be having a place. You can. I emailed the landlord like an hour before this. Hopefully, probably more than 50%. That is still an offer. Yeah, probably not for all six months, but I don't know.SARAH: I would not come and sleep on your sofa for six months. That would be definitely impolite and very weird.AARON: Yeah. I mean, my roommates would probably grumble.SARAH: Yeah. They would be like.AARON: Although I don't know. Who knows? I wouldn't be shocked if people were actually like, whatever somebody asked for as a question. This is what he said. I might also be interested in hearing how different backgrounds. Wait, sorry. This is not good grammar. Let me try to parse this. Not having a super hardcore EA AI rationalist background shape how you think or how you view AI as rationality?SARAH: Oh, that's a good question. I think it's more happening the other way around, the more I hang around in these circles. You guys are impacting how I think.AARON: It's definitely true for me as well.SARAH: Seeping into my brain and my language as well. I've started talking differently. I don't know. That's a good question, though. Yeah. One thing that I will say is that there are certain things that I find irritating about the EA way of style of doing things. I think one specific, I don't know, the kind of like hand ring about everything. And I know that this is kind of the point, right? But it's kind of like, you know, when someone's like, I want to take a stance on something, but then whenever they want to take a stance on something, they feel the need to write like a 10,000 word blog post where they're thinking about the second and order and third and fifth order effects of this thing. And maybe this thing that seems good is actually bad for this really convoluted reason. That's just so annoying.AARON: Yeah.SARAH: Also understand that maybe that is a good thing to do sometimes, but it just seems like, I don't know how anyone ever gets anywhere. It seems like everyone must be paralyzed by indecision all the time because they just can't commit to ever actually just saying anything.AARON: I think this kind of thing is really good if you're trying to give away a billion dollars. Oh yes, I do want the billion dollar grantor to be thinking through second and third order effects of how they give away their billion dollars. But also, no, I am super. The words on the tip of my tongue, not overwhelmed but intimidated when I go on the EA forum because the posts, none of them are like normal, like five paragraph essays. Some of them are like, I think one of them I looked up for fun because I was going to make a meme about it and still will. Probably was like 30,000 words or something. And even the short form posts, which really gets me kind of not even annoyed. I don't know, maybe kind of annoyed is that the short form posts, which is sort of the EA forum version of Twitter, are way too high quality, way too intimidating. And so maybe I should just suck it up and post stuff anyway more often. It just feels weird. I totally agree.SARAH: I was also talking to someone recently about how I lurked on the EA forum and less wrong for months and months and I couldn't figure out the upvoting system and I was like, am I being stupid or why are there four buttons? And I was like, well, eventually I had to ask someone because I couldn't figure it out. And then he explained it to me and I was like, that is just so unnecessary. Like, just do it.AARON: No, I do know what you mean.SARAH: I just tI think it's annoying. It pisses me off. I just feel like sometimes you don't need to add more things. Sometimes less is good. Yeah, that's my hot take. Nice things.AARON: Yeah, that's interesting.SARAH: But actually, a thing that I like that EA's do is the constant hedging and caveatting. I do find it kind of adorable. I love that because it's like you're having to constantly acknowledge that you probably didn't quite articulate what you really meant and that you're not quite making contact with reality when you're talking. So you have to clarify that you probably were imprecise when you said this thing. It's unnecessary, but it's kind of amazing.AARON: No, it's definitely. I am super guilty of this because I'll give an example in a second. I think I've been basically trained to try pretty hard, even in normal conversation with anybody, to just never say anything that's literally wrong. Or at least if I do caveat it.AARON: I was driving home, me and my parents and I, unless visited, our grandparents were driving back, and we were driving back past a cruise ship that was in a harbor. And my mom, who was driving at the time, said, “Oh, Aaron, can you see if there's anyone on there?” And I immediately responded like, “Well, there's probably at least one person.” Obviously, that's not what she meant. But that was my technical best guess. It's like, yes, there probably are people on there, even though I couldn't see anybody on the decks or in the rooms. Yeah, there's probably a maintenance guy. Felt kind of bad.SARAH: You can't technically exclude that there are, in fact, no people.AARON: Then I corrected myself. But I guess I've been trained into giving that as my first reaction.SARAH: Yeah, I love that. I think it's a waste of words, but I find it delightful.AARON: It does go too far. People should be more confident. I wish that, at least sometimes, people would say, “Epistemic status: Want to bet?” or “I am definitely right about this.” Too rarely do we hear, "I'm actually pretty confident here.SARAH: Another thing is, people are too liberal with using probabilities. The meaning of saying there is an X percent chance of something happening is getting watered down by people constantly saying things like, “I would put 30% on this claim.” Obviously, there's no rigorous method that's gone into determining why it's 30 and not 35. That's a problem and people shouldn't do that. But I kind of love it.AARON: I can defend that. People are saying upfront, “This is my best guess. But there's no rigorous methodology.” People should take their word for that. In some parts of society, it's seen as implying that a numeric probability came from a rigorous model. But if you say, “This is my best guess, but it's not formed from anything,” people should take their word for that and not refuse to accept them at face value.SARAH: But why do you have to put a number on it?AARON: It depends on what you're talking about. Sometimes probabilities are relevant and if you don't use numbers, it's easy to misinterpret. People would say, “It seems quite likely,” but what does that mean? One person might think “quite reasonably likely” means 70%, the other person thinks it means 30%. Even though it's weird to use a single number, it's less confusing.SARAH: To be fair, I get that. I've disagreed with people about what the word “unlikely” means. Someone's pulled out a scale that the government uses, or intelligence services use to determine what “unlikely” means. But everyone interprets those words differently. I see what you're saying. But then again, I think people in AI safety talking about P Doom was making people take us less seriously, especially because people's probabilities are so vibey.AARON: Some people are, but I take Paul Cristiano's word seriously.SARAH: He's a 50/50 kind of guy.AARON: Yeah, I take that pretty seriously.Obviously, it's not as simple as him having a perfect understanding of the world, even after another 10,000 hours of investigation. But it's definitely not just vibes, either.SARAH: No, I came off wrong there. I don't mean that everyone's understanding is just vibes.AARON: Yeah.SARAH: If you were looking at it from the outside, it would be really difficult to distinguish between the ones that are vibes and the ones that are rigorous, unless you carefully parsed all of it and evaluated everyone's background, or looked at the model yourself. If you're one step removed, it looks like people just spitting out random, arbitrary numbers everywhere.AARON: Yeah. There's also the question of whether P doom is too weird or silly, or if it could be easily dismissed as such.SARAH: Exactly, the moment anyone unfamiliar with this discussion sees it, they're almost definitely going to dismiss it. They won't see it as something they need to engage with.AARON: That's a very fair point. Aside from the social aspect, it's also a large oversimplification. There's a spectrum of outcomes that we lump into doom and not doom. While this binary approach can be useful at times, it's probably overdone.SARAH: Yeah, because when some people say doom, they mean everyone dies, while others mean everyone dies plus everything is terrible. And no one specifies what they mean. It is silly. But, I also find it kind of funny and I kind of love it.AARON: I'm glad there's something like that. So it's not perfect. The more straightforward thing would be to say P existential risk from AI comes to pass. That's the long version, whatever.SARAH: If I was in charge, I would probably make people stop using PDOOm. I think it's better to say it the long way around. But obviously I'm not in charge. And I think it's funny and kind of cute, so I'll keep using it.AARON: Maybe I'm willing to go along and try to start a new norm. Not spend my whole life on it, but say, I think this is bad for X, Y, and Z reasons. I'll use this other phrase instead and clarify when people ask.SARAH: You're going to need Twitter premium because you're going to need a lot more characters.AARON: I think there's a shorthand which is like PX risk or P AiX risk.SARAH: Maybe it's just the word doom that's a bit stupid.AARON: Yeah, that's a term out of the Bay Area rationalists.SARAH: But then I also think it kind of makes the whole thing seem less serious. People should be indignant to hear that this meme is being used to trade probabilities about the likelihood that they're going to die and their families are going to die. This has been an in-joke in this weird niche circle for years and they didn't know about it. I'm not saying that in a way to morally condemn people, but if you explain this to people…People just go to dinner parties in Silicon Valley and talk about this weird meme thing, and what they really mean is the ODs know everyone's going to prematurely die. People should be outraged by that, I think.AARON: I disagree that it's a joke. It is a funny phrase, but the actual thing is people really do stand by their belief.SARAH: No, I totally agree with that part. I'm not saying that people are not being serious when they give their numbers, but I feel like there's something. I don't know how to put this in words. There's something outrageous about the fact that for outsiders, this conversation has been happening for years and people have been using this tongue-in-cheek phrase to describe it, and 99.9% of people don't know that's happening. I'm not articulating this very well.AARON: I see what you're saying. I don't actually think it's like. I don't know a lot of jargon.SARAH: But when I first found out about this, I was outraged.AARON: I honestly just don't share that intuition. But that's really good.SARAH: No, I don't know how to describe this.AARON: I think I was just a little bit indignant, perhaps.SARAH: Yeah, I was indignant about it. I was like, you guys have been at social events making small talk by discussing the probability of human extinction all this time, and I didn't even know. I was like, oh, that's really messed up, guys.AARON: I feel like I'm standing by the rational tier because, it was always on. No one was stopping you from going on less wrong or whatever. It wasn't behind closed.SARAH: Yeah, but no one ever told me about it.AARON: Yeah, that's like a failure of outreach, I suppose.SARAH: Yeah. I think maybe I'm talking more about. Maybe the people that I'm mad at is the people who are actually working on capabilities and using this kind of jargon. Maybe I'm mad at those people. They're fine.AARON: Do we have more questions? I think we might have more questions. We have one more. Okay, sorry, but keep going.SARAH: No, I'm going to stop making that point now because I don't really know what I'm trying to say and I don't want to be controversial.AARON: Controversy is good for views. Not necessarily for you. No, thank you for that. Yes, that was a good point. I think it was. Maybe it was wrong. I think it seems right.SARAH: It was probably wrong.Shrimp Welfare: A Serious DiscussionAARON: I don't know what she thinks about shrimp welfare. Oh, yeah. I think it's a general question, but let's start with that. What do you think about shrimp? Well, today.SARAH: Okay. Is this an actual cause area or is this a joke about how if you extrapolate utilitarianism to its natural conclusion, you would really care about shrimp?AARON: No, there's a charity called the Shrimp Welfare Initiative or project. I think it's Shrimp Welfare Initiative. I can actually have a rant here about how it's a meme that people find amusing. It is a serious thing, but I think people like the meme more than they're willing to transfer their donations in light of it. This is kind of wrong and at least distasteful.No, but there's an actual, if you Google, Shrimp Welfare Project. Yeah, it's definitely a thing, but it's only a couple of years old. And it's also kind of a meme because it does work in both ways. It sort of shows how we're weird, but in the sense that we are willing to care about things that are very different from us. Not like we're threatening other people. That's not a good description.SARAH: Is the extreme version of this position that we should put more resources into improving the lives of shrimp than into improving the lives of people just because there are so many more shrimp? Are there people that actually believe that?AARON: Well, I believe some version of that, but it really depends on who the ‘we' is there.SARAH: Should humanity be putting more resources?AARON: No one believes that as far as I know.SARAH: Okay. Right. So what is the most extreme manifestation of the shrimp welfare position?AARON: Well, I feel like my position is kind of extreme, and I'm happy to discuss it. It's easier than speculating about what the more extreme ones are. I don't think any of them are that extreme, I guess, from my perspective, because I think I'm right.SARAH: Okay, so what do you believe?AARON: I think that most people who have already decided to donate, say $20, if they are considering where to donate it and they are better morally, it would be better if they gave it to the shrimp welfare project than if they gave it to any of the commonly cited EA organizations.SARAH: Malaria nets or whatever.AARON: Yes. I think $20 of malaria nets versus $20 of shrimp. I can easily imagine a world where it would go the other way. But given the actual situation, the $20 of shrimp is much better.SARAH: Okay. Is it just purely because there's just more shrimp? How do we know how much shrimp suffering there is in the world?AARON: No, this is an excellent question. The numbers are a key factor, but no, it's not as simple. I definitely don't think one shrimp is worth one human.SARAH: I'm assuming that it's based on the fact that there are so many more shrimp than there are people that I don't know how many shrimp there are.AARON: Yeah, that's important, but at some level, it's just the margin. What I think is that when you're donating money, you should give to wherever it does the most good, whatever that means, whatever you think that means. But let's just leave it at that. The most good is morally best at the margin, which means you're not donating where you think the world should or how you think the world should expend its trillion dollar wealth. All you're doing is adding $20 at this current level, given the actual world. And so part of it is what you just said, and also including some new research from Rethink Priorities.Measuring suffering in reasonable ranges is extremely hard to do. But I believe it's difficult to do a better job than raising priorities on that, given what I've seen. I can provide some links. There are a few things to consider here: numbers, times, and the enormity of suffering. I think there are a couple of key elements, including tractability.Are you familiar with the three-pronged concept people sometimes discuss, which encompasses tractability, and neglectedness?SARAH: Okay.AARON: Importance is essentially what we just mentioned. Huge numbers and plausible amounts of suffering. When you try to do the comparison, it seems like they're a significant concern. Tractability is another factor. I think the best estimates suggest that a one-dollar donation could save around 10,000 shrimp from a very painful death.SARAH: In that sense…AARON: You could imagine that even if there were a hundred times more shrimp than there actually are, we have direct control over how they live and die because we're farming them. The industry is not dominated by wealthy players in the United States. Many individual farmers in developing nations, if educated and provided with a more humane way of killing the shrimp, would use it. There's a lot of potential for improvement here. This is partly due to the last prong, neglectedness, which is really my focus.SARAH: You're saying no one cares about the shrimp.AARON: I'm frustrated that it's not taken seriously enough. One of the reasons why the marginal cost-effectiveness is so high is because large amounts of money are donated to well-approved organizations. But individual donors often overlook this. They ignore their marginal impact. If you want to see even a 1% shift towards shrimp welfare, the thing to do is to donate to shrimp welfare. Not donate $19 to human welfare and one dollar to shrimp welfare, which is perhaps what they think the overall portfolio should be.SARAH: Interesting. I don't have a good reason why you're wrong. It seems like you're probably right.AARON: Let me put the website in the chat. This isn't a fair comparison since it's something I know more about.SARAH: Okay.AARON: On the topic of obesity, neither of us were more informed than the other. But I could have just made stuff up or said something logically fallacious.SARAH: You could have told me that there were like 50 times the number of shrimp in the world than there really are. And I would have been like, sure, seems right.AARON: Yeah. And I don't know, if I…If I were in your position, I would say, “Oh, yeah, that sounds right.” But maybe there are other people who have looked into this way more than me that disagree, and I can get into why I think it's less true than you'd expect in some sense.SARAH: I just wonder if there's like… This is like a deeply non-EA thing to say. So I don't know, maybe I shouldn't say it, but are there not any moral reasons? Is there not any good moral philosophy behind just caring more about your own species than other species? If you're sorry, but that's probably not right, is it? There's probably no way to actually morally justify that, but it seems like it feels intuitively wrong. If you've got $20 to be donating 19 of them to shrimp and one to children with malaria, that feels like there should be something wrong with that, but I can't tell you what it is.AARON: Yeah, no, there is something wrong, which is that you should donate all 20 because they're acting on the margin, for one thing. I do think that doesn't check out morally, but I think basically me and everybody I know in terms of real life or whatever, I do just care way more about humans. I don't know, for at least the people that it's hard to formalize or specify what you mean by caring about or something. But, yeah, I think you can definitely basically just be a normal human who basically cares a lot about other humans. And still that's not like, negated by changing your $20 donation or whatever. Especially because there's nothing else that I do for shrimp. I think you should be like a kind person or something. I'm like an honest person, I think. Yeah, people should be nice to other humans. I mean, you should be nice in the sense of not beating them. But if you see a pigeon on the street, you don't need to say hi or whatever, give it a pet, because. I don't know. But yeah, you should be basically like, nice.SARAH: You don't stop to say hi to every pigeon that you see on the way to anywhere.AARON: I do, but I know most normal people don't.SARAH: This is why I'm so late to everything, because I have to do it. I have to stop for every single one. No exceptions.AARON: Yeah. Or how I think about it is sort of like a little bit of compartmentalization, which I think is like… Which is just sort of like a way to function normally and also sort of do what you think really checks out at the end of the day, just like, okay, 99% of the time I'm going to just be like a normal person who doesn't care about shrimp. Maybe I'll refrain from eating them. But actually, even that is like, I could totally see a person just still eating them and then doing this. But then during the 1% of the time where you're deciding how to give money away and none of those, the beneficiaries are going to be totally out of sight either way. This is like a neutral point, I guess, but it's still worth saying, yeah, then you can be like a hardcore effective altruist or whatever and then give your money to the shrimp people.SARAH: Do you have this set up as like a recurring donation?AARON: Oh, no. Everybody should call me out as a hypocrite because I haven't donated much money, but I'm trying to figure out actually, given that I haven't had a stable income ever. And maybe, hopefully I will soon, actually. But even then, it's still a part-time thing. I haven't been able to do sort of standard 10% or more thing, and I'm trying to figure out what the best thing to do or how to balance, I guess, not luxury, not like consumption on things that I… Well, to some extent, yeah. Maybe I'm just selfish by sometimes getting an Uber. That's totally true. I think I'm just a hypocrite in that respect. But mostly I think the trade-off is between saving, investing, and giving. Beast of the money that I have saved up and past things. So this is all sort of a defense of why I don't have a recurring donation going on.SARAH: I'm not asking you to defend yourself because I do not do that either.AARON: I think if I was making enough money that I could give away $10,000 a year and plan on doing that indefinitely, I would be unlikely to set up a recurring donation. What I would really want to do is once or twice a year, really try to prioritize deciding on how to give it away rather than making it the default. This has a real cost for charities. If you set up a recurring donation, they have more certainty in some sense of their future cash flow. But that's only good to do if you're really confident that you're going to want to keep giving there in the future. I could learn new information that says something else is better. So I don't think I would do that.SARAH: Now I'm just thinking about how many shrimp did you say it was per dollar?AARON: Don't quote me. I didn't say an actual thing.SARAH: It was like some big number. Right. Because I just feel like that's such a brainworm. Imagine if you let that actually get in your head and then every time you spend some unnecessary amount of money on something you don't really need, you think about how many shrimp you just killed by getting an Uber or buying lunch out. That is so stressful. I think I'm going to try not to think about that.AARON: I don't mean to belittle this. This is like a core, I think you're new to EA type of thinking. It's super natural and also troubling when you first come upon it. Do you want me to talk about how I, or other people deal with that or take action?SARAH: Yeah, tell me how to get the shrimp off my conscience.AARON: Well, for one thing, you don't want to totally do that. But I think the main thing is that the salience of things like this just decreases over time. I would be very surprised if, even if you're still very engaged in the EA adjacent communities or EA itself in five years, that it would be as emotionally potent. Brains make things less important over time. But I think the thing to do is basically to compartmentalize in a sort of weird sense. Decide how much you're willing to donate. And it might be hard to do that, but that is sort of a process. Then you have that chunk of money and you try to give it away the best you can under whatever you think the best ethics are. But then on the daily, you have this other set pot of money. You just are a normal person. You spend it as you wish. You don't think about it unless you try not to. And maybe if you notice that you might even have leftover money, then you can donate the rest of it. But I really do think picking how much to give should sort of be its own project. And then you have a pile of money you can be a hardcore EA about.SARAH: So you pick a cut off point and then you don't agonize over anything over and above that.AARON: Yeah. And then people, I mean, the hard part is that if somebody says their cut off point is like 1% of their income and they're making like $200,000, I don't know. Maybe their cut off point should be higher. So there is a debate. It depends on that person's specific situation. Maybe if they have a kid or some super expensive disease, it's a different story. If you're just a random guy making $200,000, I think you should give more.SARAH: Maybe you should be giving away enough to feel the pinch. Well, not even that. I don't think I'm going to do that. This is something that I do actually want to do at some point, but I need to think about it more and maybe get a better job.AARON: Another thing is, if you're wanting to earn to give as a path to impact, you could think and strive pretty hard. Maybe talk to people and choose your education or professional development opportunities carefully to see if you can get a better paying job. That's just much more important than changing how much you give from 10% to 11% or something. You should have this macro level optimization. How can I have more money to spend? Let me spend, like, I don't know, depends what life stage you are, but if you had just graduated college or maybe say you're a junior in college or something. It could make sense to spend a good amount of time figuring out what that path might look like.AARON: I'm a huge hypocrite because I definitely haven't done all this nearly as much as I should, but I still endorse it.SARAH: Yeah, I think it's fine to say what you endorse doing in an ideal world, even if you're not doing that, that's fine.AARON: For anybody listening, I tweeted a while ago, asking if anyone has resources on how to think about giving away wealth. I'm not very wealthy but have some amount of savings. It's more than I really need. At the same time, maybe I should be investing it because EA orgs don't feel like, or they think they can't invest it because there's potentially a lot of blowback if they make poor investments, even though it would be higher expected value.There's also the question of, okay, having some amount of savings allows me to take higher, potentially somewhat higher risk, but higher value opportunities because I have a cushion. But I'm very confused about how to give away what I should do here. People should DM me on Twitter or anywhere they have ideas.SARAH: I think you should calculate how much you need to cover your very basic needs. Maybe you should work out, say, if you were working 40 hours a week in a minimum wage job, like how much would you make then? And then you should keep that for yourself. And then the rest should definitely all go to the shrimp. Every single penny. All of it.AARON: This is pretty plausible. Just to make it more complicated, there's also the thing that I feel like my estimates or my best guesses of the best charities to give to over time has changed. And so there's like two competing forces. One is that I might get wiser and more knowledgeable as time goes on. The other one is that in general, giving now is better than giving later. All else equal, because I think for a couple of reasons, the main one just being that the charities don't know that you're going to give later.AARON: So it's like they can plan for the future much better if they get money now. And also there's just higher leverage opportunities or higher value per dollar opportunities now in general than there will be later for a couple of reasons I don't really need to. This is what makes it really complicated. So I've donated in the past to places that I don't think, or I don't think even at the time were the best to. So then there's a question of like, okay, how long do I save this money? Do I sit on it for months until I'm pretty confident, like a year.AARON: I do think that probably over the course of zero to five years or something, becoming more confident or changing your mind is like the stronger effect than how much good you give to the, or how much better it is for the charities to give now instead of later. But also that's weird because you're never committing at all.Sometimes you might decide to give it away, and maybe you won't. Maybe at that time you're like, “Oh, that's what I want. A car, I have a house, whatever.” It's less salient or something. Maybe something bad happened with EA and you no longer identify that way. Yeah, there's a lot of really thorny considerations. Sorry, I'm talking way too much.SARAH: Long, are you factoring AI timelines into this?AARON: That makes it even more sketchy. But that could also go both ways. On one hand, you have the fact that if you don't give away your money now and you die with it, it's never going to do any good. The other thing is that it might be that especially high leverage opportunities come in the future or something potentially you need, I don't know, whatever I can imagine I could make something up about. OpenPhil needs as much money as it can get to do X, Y and Z. It's really important right now, but I won't know that until a few years down the line. So just like everything else, it doesn't neatly wash out.SARAH: What do you think the AGI is going to do to the shrimp? I reckon it's probably pretty neat, like one shrimp per paperclip. Maybe you could get more. I wonder what the sort of shrimp to paperclip conversion rate is.AARON: Has anyone looked into that morally? I think like one to zero. I don't think in terms of money. You could definitely price that. I have no idea.SARAH: I don't know. Maybe I'm not taking this as seriously as I should be because I'm.AARON: No, I mean, humor is good. When people are giving away money or deciding what to do, they should be serious. But joking and humor is good. Sorry, go ahead.SARAH: No, you go ahead.AARON: I had a half-baked idea. At EA Global, they should have a comedy show where people roast everybody, but it's a fundraiser. You have to pay to get 100 people to attend. They have a bidding contest to get into the comedy show. That was my original idea. Or they could just have a normal comedy show. I think that'd be cool.SARAH: Actually, I think that's a good idea because you guys are funny. There is a lot of wit on this side of Twitter. I'm impressed.AARON: I agree.SARAH: So I think that's a very good idea.AARON: Okay. Dear Events team: hire Aaron Bergman, professional comedian.SARAH: You can just give them your Twitter as a source for how funny you are, and that clearly qualifies you to set this up. I love it.AARON: This is not important or related to anything, but I used to be a good juggler for entertainment purposes. I have this video. Maybe I should make sure the world can see it. It's like a talent show. So maybe I can do that instead.SARAH: Juggling. You definitely should make sure the world has access to this footage.AARON: It had more views than I expected. It wasn't five views. It was 90 or something, which is still nothing.SARAH: I can tell you a secret right now if you want. That relates to Max asking in the chat about glee.AARON: Yes.SARAH: This bit will also have to edit out, but me having a public meltdown over AI was the second time that I've ever blown up on the Internet. The first time being. I can't believe I'm telling you this. I think I'm delirious right now. Were you ever in any fandoms, as a teenager?AARON: No.SARAH: Okay. Were you ever on Tumblr?AARON: No. I sort of know what the cultural vibes were. I sort of know what you're referring to. There are people who like Harry Potter stuff and bands, like Kpop stuff like that.SARAH: So people would make these fan videos where they'd take clips from TV shows and then they edit them together to music. Sometimes people would edit the clips to make it look like something had happened in the plot of the show that hadn't actually happened. For example, say, what if X character had died? And then you edit the clips together to try and make it look like they've died. And you put a sad song, how to save a life by the fray or something, over the top. And then you put it on YouTube.AARON: Sorry, tell me what…"Hat I should search or just send the link here. I'm sending my link.SARAH: Oh, no, this doesn't exist anymore. It does not exist anymore. Right? So, say if you're, like, eleven or twelve years old and you do this, and you don't even have a mechanism to download videos because you don't know how to do technology. Instead, you take your little iPod touch and you just play a YouTube video on your screen, and you literally just film the screen with your iPod touch, and that's how you're getting the clips. It's kind of shaky because you're holding the camera anyway.SARAH: Then you edit together on the iMovie app of your iPod touch, and then you put it on the Internet, and then you just forget about it. You forget about it. Two years later, you're like, oh, I wonder what happened to that YouTube account? And you log in and this little video that you've made with edited clips that you've filmed off the screen of your laptop to ‘How To Save Life' by The Fray with clips from Glee in it, has nearly half a million views.AARON: Nice. Love it.SARAH: Embarrassing because this is like, two years later. And then all the comments were like, oh, my God, this was so moving. This made me cry. And then obviously, some of them were hating and being like, do you not even know how to download video clips? Like, what? And then you're so embarrassed.AARON: I could totally seem it. Creative, but only a reasonable solution. Yeah.SARAH: So that's my story of how I went viral when I was like, twelve.AARON: It must have been kind of overwhelming.SARAH: Yeah, it was a bit. And you can tell that my time, it's like 20 to eleven at night, and now I'm starting to really go off on one and talk about weird things.AARON: Like an hour. So, yeah, we can wrap up. And I always say this, but it's actually true. Which is that low standard, like, low stakes or low threshold. Low bar for doing that in recording some of the time.SARAH: Yeah, probably. We'll have to get rid of the part about how I went viral on YouTube when I was twelve. I'll sleep on that.AARON: Don't worry. I'll send the transcription at some point soon.SARAH: Yeah, cool.AARON: Okay, lovely. Thank you for staying up late into the night for this.SARAH: It's not that late into the night. I'm just like, lame and go to bed early.AARON: Okay, cool. Yeah, I know. Yeah, for sure. All right, bye. Get full access to Aaron's Blog at www.aaronbergman.net/subscribe

Developer Voices
The Future of Data is Now is the Future of Data (with Thomas Camp)

Developer Voices

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2023 61:15


Real-time data is gradually becoming a standard requirement in systems design. Our customers are beginning to demand it, our colleagues in other departments are starting to expect it. Whether you're letting people book a taxi, recommending their next binge-watch, or delivering business reports to management, faster data is just obviously better. Or is it?Does real-time data matter everywhere, or does it just have sweet spots in some sectors and some use-cases? Is it a cost-benefit question - is the idea great in theory, but still too hard to adopt in practice? Would everyone be streaming their data live if streaming their data live was easier? If the future of data is, “now, not later,” then what's holding that future back?In this week's Developer Voices we talk to Thomas Camp of Ably, and chew through the use-cases, software stacks, and education needed to speed up the way we process data. We consider everything from the front-end to the back, from user experience to business needs, and from greenfield projects to incrementally adapting existing systems.If you're wondering what all the batch vs. streaming fuss is about, or you want to know how you can drag the industry there sooner, we have some answers. It'll only take an hour.

1912 Exiles
#146: Unknown pleasures (a.k.a. Salford away)

1912 Exiles

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2023 22:41


After a tumultuous week off the pitch, Newport County get back to the bread and butter of fourth division football. Ian's back on the northern beat - this time in the suburbs to the north of Manchester city centre.Ably assisted in the tactics truck by friends of the pod Stu, Fraser, and Ollie, Ian covers #floodlightwatch, #bovrilwatch - and the game as well.As always, you can contact the show via Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn with any questions or comments.Our theme tune is Discoland, reproduced with permission of Tinty & The Bucket Hats. Please support them by buying their music, catching them live or making a donation to Kidscape who are their chosen charity.ICYMI: Ed joined the BBC Radio Wales team on Friday night in the aftermath of the Huw Jenkins vote. Huw appeared on the show, before Ed spoke with Rob Phillips and Jason Perry about what this means for the club. You can listen back here (11 minutes in).Support the show

Category Visionaries
Matthew O'Riordan, CEO of Ably Realtime: Over $82 Million Raised to Build the Future of Realtime Experience Infrastructure

Category Visionaries

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2023 36:04


In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Matthew O'Riordan, CEO of Ably Realtime, a real time experience infrastructure platform that's raised over $82 Million in funding. Topics Discussed: Matthew's background growing up in South Africa, before eventually moving to the UK to found his first tech startup Holding various roles across a career, including CTO and CEO, and having a lifelong passion for coding Admiration for the Collison Brothers, founders of Stripe, for their focus on an excellent experience and empowering developers How GoogleDocs inspired the idea for Ably Realtime, and how they intend to standout by creating more interactive applications The challenges faced by companies across numerous sectors in ensuring sub-100 millisecond latency for a true real-time feel   Favorite book:  No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention

Code Story
S8 Bonus: Matthew O'Riordan, Ably

Code Story

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2023 29:31


Matthew O'Riordan is originally from South Africa. He left school and sort of fell into engineering, cause he just loved it. In fact, the craft brought him to the UK, where he saw more opportunity. Outside of tech, he likes adrenaline sports. He was a competitively skydiver, participating in free style routines, free-fly and vertical formation. He pointed out that it's a great way to clear your head, cause you can't think about anything else when you're skydiving.Matt unearthed interesting things as he was building prototype after prototype to solve real time experiences. He wanted to build a new generation of real time communication developer tools, that provide collaboration opportunity... and that just work.This is the creation story of Ably.SponsorsCipherstashTreblleCAST AI FireflyTursoMemberstackLinksWebsite: https://ably.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattoriordan/Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

It's 5:05! Daily cybersecurity and open source briefing
Episode #173 - Super Mario 3: Malware Edition; North Korean Hackers Tap Mics; YouTube Demands Invidious.io Cease and Desist; This Day in Tech History

It's 5:05! Daily cybersecurity and open source briefing

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2023 8:06


Resources for this episode available at 505updates.com. From Edwin Kwan in Sydney, Australia: There is a new version of Super Mario 3 making its way on gaming forums and social media groups. It's a Trojanized version.From Katy Craig in San Diego, California: APT37 is taking surveillance to a whole new level. They're using a Go-based backdoor to exploit a real-time data transform platform called Ably. From Hillary Coover in Washington, DC: Three weeks ago, YouTube sent a cease and desist letter to Invidious, an open source alternative front end for YouTube that allows users to watch videos without data tracking. From Marcel Brown in St. Lous, Missouri: June 28th, 1955. The HMTS Monarch, the largest cable lane ship in the world at the time, launches from Clarenville, Newfoundland to begin laying TAT-1, the first transatlantic telephone cable. From Sourced Network Production in New York city. "It's 5:05". I'm Pokie Huang. Today is Wednesday, June 28th. Here's the full story behind today's cyber security and open source headlines...

Movers and Shakers: a podcast about life with Parkinson's

What do the Movers & Shakers know about the world of work? Well, quite a lot it turns out. Ably assisted on this episode by Guy Monson, we're turning our attention to managing your professional life after the Parkinson's diagnosis. Can you continue to work? What accommodations can be made? What legal protections are available? And what do you do if it all feels a bit too much? All that, and a couple of special guests in the Notting Hill pub.With Rory Cellan-Jones, Gillian Lacey-Solymar, Mark Mardell, Paul Mayhew-Archer, Guy Monson, Sir Nicholas Mostyn, and Jeremy Paxman.Produced and edited by Nick Hilton for Podot.Additional production by Ewan Cameron.Music by Alex Stobbs.Artwork by Till Lukat.PR by Sally Jones.Movers and Shakers is generously sponsored by Boardwave, high powered Executive networking programme for European Software CEO, Non-Exec Directors, Chairs and their Investors. They are keen supporters of Cure Parkinson's. To find out more, visit https://cureparkinsons.org.uk/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This Week in Pre-IPO Stocks
This Week in Pre-IPO Stocks - Market Update - Mar 24, 2023 - E39

This Week in Pre-IPO Stocks

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2023 6:51


Pre-IPO Stock Market Update - Mar 24, 2023 | New SpaceX capital raise, Epic Games launches new creator payout model, Klarna launches OpenAI plugin, Tyler's Corner (Deel, Databricks, Kraken)00:34 | New SpaceX capital raise- Badeel (Saudi Arabia's Water and Electricity Holding Company, part of Saudi's Public Investment Fund) and United Arab Emirates' Alpha Dhabi are investing- $74 and $79 per share, ballpark $140 billion- Last round was $137b in Dec 202201:30 | Epic Games launches new creator payout model- Epic introduced “Creator Economy 2.0” ... pay out 40 percent of Fortnite's net revenues to creators based on how much players engage with their islands, estimated at $400m per year- Previous “Support-A-Creator” system ... creators would only get 5 percent of a users purchase from the Epic store, users also had to input a unique creator code so the process was very complicated, many Fortnite creative studios relied on brand deals for income, building virtual worlds to advertise brands like Verizon, Chipotle, or Balenciaga.02:41 | Klarna launches OpenAI plugin- Shoppers can ask for specific shopping recommendations- If the options provided are not suitable, the user can ask additional questions or request more product recommendations- When shoppers click on the link that is provided in the chat, it then re-routes them to Klarna's search and compare solution03:45 | Tyler's Corner by Tyler Siconolfi- Deel has struck a partnership with RAMP Global, another management and human resources platform based out of London. This partnership will empower RAMP to accelerate the talent search and hiring process and reduce costs. - Databricks launched an AI chatbot called ”Dolly”. Dolly is considered to be a cheaper alternative than OpenAI's ChatGPT and allows companies using Databricks to use AI while not giving away their data to a third party.- Kraken has inked a sponsorship deal with the United Kingdom based Formula One racing team, Williams Racing.04:41 | Large capital raises- eToro | $250m Series G, $3.5b valuation- Kin | $109m Series D, $859m valuation- Thunes | $30m Series C,  $776m valuation- Ably | $38m Series C, $725m valuation- Amogy | $139m Series C,  $589m valuation05:34 | Pre-IPO stock market performance- Pre-IPO stocks were down 1.85% for the week vs the S&P 500 up by 1.09%. - YTD pre-IPO stocks still trail the S&P by about 11.25%.- Not much movement in the YTD company level numbers … OpenSea is now up over 30% … Kraken has come way off and is now only up 9% year to date. Stripe, Airtable, Epic Games, and Chime are still all down over 20%.- Deel and Rippling were both up about 2.5% for the week.- Kraken got smoked this week, down 10.5% for the week. Revolut was down 9%. Brex was down 5%.AG Dillon & Co venture capital funds...- AG Dillon SpaceX Pre-IPO Stock Fund = www.agdillon.com/spacex- AG Dillon Pre-IPO Equity Fund (top 15 pre-IPO stocks) = www.agdillon.com/top15Subscribe or follow...Youtube = https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSpr_9yjBA7dhqnQexSu7LAApple Podcasts = https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-pre-ipo-stocks/id1653598601Spotify Podcasts = https://open.spotify.com/show/2ryF1V6y712AsizaRjImOHInstagram = https://www.instagram.com/aarongdillon/Facebook = https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089996314705LinkedIn = https://www.linkedin.com/company/ag-dillon-co

Ops Cast
Working in Marketing Ops in Europe with Global Teams with Omair Izhar

Ops Cast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2022 57:12 Transcription Available


In this episode, we talk with Omair Izhar to talk about what it is like working in Marketing Operations in Europe, especially with a US-based company. Omair is currently the Head of Marketing Operations and Technology at Ably. Prior to that, Omair had several roles in Demand Gen, general Marketing and Marketing Ops roles. He has also worked for Oracle / Eloqua.Tune in to hear: - His experience working in MOPs in Europe vs other regions such as the United States) and what do he sees as the major differences between Europe and the US (or other regions).- What he has found to be effective in managing global teams dispersed in several regions. - How Omair's roles evolved and expanded over time and how did he's gotten support to increase his scope of responsibilities.Episode Brought to You By MO Pros The #1 Community for Marketing Operations Professionals

Young Hearts, Run Free
Run with Pyllon - Young Hearts Run Free - S6 Eps 7 - 19 August 2022

Young Hearts, Run Free

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2022 57:20


In this week's episode we focus on our trip last weekend to the inaugural Run with Pyllon event held in shadow of the Cairngorms at Badaguish Outdoor Centre. If gleaning knowledge from inspirational coaches, mixing with other like-minded folks from across the running community or indeed running in the breath-taking Scottish Highlands is your thing you'll be keen to hear our review of what turned out to be a memorable day. None of that turn you on? Well, there was scran and, unsurprisingly, we cover that in great detail. Leading the day were our pals (and joint YHRF appearance record holders!), James Stewart and Debbie Martin-Consani heading up an all-star Pyllon cast. Ably abetted by fellow coach Grant MacDonald and the amazing Karen Nicoll providing the icing on the cake we knew from the off the day would be special. Under blue blue skies we got to take full advantage of our location as we were taken on a tour of the iconic Glenmore 24 loop on the banks of Loch Morlich, describing the setting doesn't quite do it justice, Scotland in its fullest pomp. A run workshop with an opportunity to pick the brains of the coaches as well as other athletes flew by, meeting some of you guys who listen to the pod provided the cherry on top of that already tasty cake. That's before we got the oppo to take a dip in the Loch….yip taps aff the lot! With an avo spent refuelling whilst getting to hear from James, Debs, Grant and Karen in a workshop designed to help mindset and approaches to endurance events a rich day of learning was complete. We had a treat of a day mixing with all the other participants and learning so much about how to approach 24-hour or looped racing. A whole new set of tactics were gleaned and are now sitting pretty in our toolbox waiting to be unleashed. Good luck to anyone racing at Glenmore in a fortnight, that includes Jamie Marshall our Run with Pyllon competition winner who had a blast at the event, go get that ton Jamie!! Find out more about the event and any future Pyllon events here Run with Pyllon Get in touch with Pyllon Ultra to find out about coaching options here Pyllon Ultra Website

The Heaton Podcast
Willam Gladstone

The Heaton Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2022 53:17


John goes on location to the Gladstone Library. Ably assisted by Warwick pupils Ben and Cornelius, do listen to this fascinating study of the Grand Old Man and his library. 

Catching Up On Cinema
Prey (2022)

Catching Up On Cinema

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2022 142:22


linktr.ee/CatchingUpOnCinema This week on Catching Up On Cinema, Kyle and Trevor review Dan Trachtenberg's, Prey (2022)! The latest film in the Predator franchise, Prey concerns a young Comanche woman doing battle with a Predator/yautja in the early 1700's. Wisely pivoting away from the overly complicated (and downright silly) concepts introduced in the prior entry in the series, The Predator (2018), Prey is refreshingly straightforward and back-to-basics, both in terms of its plotting and in terms of the complexity of weaponry utilized by the cast. Ably headlined by Amber Midthunder as apriring Comanche hunter, Naru, Prey's plot hews closer to Predators (2010) than Predator (1987) in that it prioritizes character examination and growth over pure suspense and action. Aptly (and cleverly) titled, the relationship between our protagonist and the iconic Predator is fascinating to watch unfold, with many subtle revelations being effectively communicated to the viewer through visual plantings and payoffs rather than clunky exposition. Though blunt in its use of metaphor and drawing of parallels between elements of American history, the sincerity of Prey's production design and period detail result in an experience that is thankfully devoid of cringe or eye rolls. With simple, but highly relatable characterization, gobs of terrifically violent and organically choreographed action, Prey succeeds where many a Predator sequel has failed, delivering on expected franchise elements, while adding some new and very welcome wrinkles to its rich tapestry of tropes. Follow us on Instagram @catchinguponcinema Follow us on Twitter @CatchingCinema Like, share, subscribe, and we'll catch you next time!

The TODDcast
Netflix Movie Review: The Gray Man

The TODDcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2022 2:57


Gosling, De Armas, Evans, the Russos all do their work, yet it feels very workman-like. Ably bridges Bourne and Bond, but is that enough? #thegrayman #russobros #chrisevans #gosling #netflix --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/toddlyden/message

Conspiracy Randy
Unf***ably Stinky

Conspiracy Randy

Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2022 21:39


FULL EPISODES of the CONSPIRACY RANDY PODCAST on our Patreon... patreon.com/conspiracyrandy For as little as $5 a month you'll get access to 2 episodes per week Patreon-only episodes! Do it, and do it NOW! Conspiracy Randy Merch is LIVE now at SPACEISFAKE.COM  All of our merch, all of our designs on high quality shirts made by people who love the podcast as much as you do! Follow us on IG @conspiracyrandy @tylereffinstone @skinnyidiotstudios Support the Podcast and buy the CONSPIRACY THEORY TRIVIA BOARD GAME via this link https://shopneddy.com/?ref=o950ax3xzd or visit neddygames.com and use code RANDY for 10% your order.. It's a super-fun game, and is a great change of pace from the board games that exist out in the world. Check em out, and tell em Randy sent ya. Subscribe to Conspiracy Randy on Youtube! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh4CDmlNfg5PbrQieCsMoxg Go to sdwildlife.com or https://sdwildlife.com/collections/squatchin and use code RANDY at checkout for 15% off. Check out the Conspiracy Randy Soundtrack Playlist on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3Z4SZ0Z8T2HGFEwxtmEEMH?si=HQ6bujj1RXmvvjMHYRS-Qw or on Apple Music by https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/conspiracy-randy-podcast/pl.u-aZb0kWDIPxge1kL

Mom & Merder
Haunted Ably House and Mom gets a Tarot Reading

Mom & Merder

Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2022 68:14


Our friend Kevin joins us to tell his creepy encounter with the Ably house and Mom gets a tarot reading.

The TODDcast
Rewind Review: The Peanut Butter Falcon

The TODDcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2022 2:27


Hard to ding a movie like this for any reason. On #Downsyndrome day a worthy movie to checkout for the breakout actor Zac Gottshagen. Ably assisted with great direction and a terrific supporting cast. Worth a watch. #thepeanutbutterfalcon #imdbtv --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/toddlyden/message

Console DevTools
Web standards & privacy, with Desigan (Dees) Chinniah (Tor / Ex-Mozilla) - S02E08

Console DevTools

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2022 32:47


In this episode, we speak with Desigan Chinniah, previously at Mozilla, advisor to many web startups and now on the board of Tor. We discuss the evolution of web tech from websites to complex decentralized applications running on browser APIs, the competitiveness of the browser rendering engine versus the UX layer and how developers think about privacy. Does it live in browser settings, extensions or on the protocol core level?About Dees ChinniahDesigan Chinniah is a creative technologist. After two decades of dot-com checks in, Dees now has a portfolio of advisory roles (Ably, Coil, Replay, SEDNA, Zama) and board positions (Ushahidi, The Tor Project). He invests early into diverse and under-represented minority founders and is a mentor at Design Club, Mozilla and Seedcamp.Other things mentioned:MozillaFigmaVS CodeHTML5GeckoWebKitBraveFirefoxOperaEdgeHomomorphic encryptionReplayGlitchSourcegraphDesiganchinniah.comLet us know what you think on Twitter:https://twitter.com/consoledotdevhttps://twitter.com/davidmyttonhttps://twitter.com/cyberdeesOr by email: hello@console.devAbout ConsoleConsole is the place developers go to find the best tools. Our weekly newsletter picks out the most interesting tools and new releases. We keep track of everything - dev tools, devops, cloud, and APIs - so you don't have to. Sign up for free at: https://console.dev.

Motos and Friends from Ultimate Motorcycling magazine
Ohvale GP2 + George Barber Advanced Design Center

Motos and Friends from Ultimate Motorcycling magazine

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2021 44:34


This week we have a couple of unusual chats for you. In the first segment, Senior Editor Nic de Sena talks to Arthur Coldwells about the new Ohvale GP2 mini bike. This is a full race machine that is scaled down to work on kart tracks, and yet it is designed to give a rider the full racebike experience. The Ohvale is not a toy and many, many professional racers use one to enhance their skillset and help with their training. The second segment comes to you from the recent Barber Vintage Festival, held annually at Barber Motorsports Park in Leeds Alabama. George Barber himself was kind enough to spare a few minutes to chat about the new Advanced Design Center project that has been created on the top floor of the museum. Ably headed up by Brian Case of Motus Motorcycles fame, George Barber's Design Center is there to encourage and explore design. He has generously outfitted the center with every type of creative and production tool you can imagine, including a couple of high end 3D printing machines, and full clay-modelling capability. Brian Case has already collaborated with ex-Ducati designer Pierre Terblanche and their first project—done remotely with Pierre residing at home in South Africa I might add—is a modern take on the exquisite early 90s Ducati Super Mono, designed at the time by Pierre. The Advanced Design Center is a heck of a project and George Barber is justifiably proud of it. It is there to encourage and explore design, especially with young people who perhaps do not have the means to really explore their ideas or turn them into reality.  If you're a designer with some ideas, please feel free to contact Brian Case at the Barber Advanced Design Center and talk to him about perhaps starting you off, or taking you to the next step in your career. His contact information is below. design@barbermuseum.org  2021 Ohvale GP-2 190 Review

Beyond The Hype: Artificial Intelligence
SO302. The Realtime Revolution

Beyond The Hype: Artificial Intelligence

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2021 34:57


In this episode, MMC Partner Simon Menashy talks to Matt O'Riordan, the CEO and co-founder of Ably. Ably is an MMC portfolio company that provides the underlying software and infrastructure required to power digital real-time experiences. They discuss everything-from their journey since inception to their recent $70m fundraise.   

Software Defined Talk
Episode 313: My kids are listening to Stevie Nicks

Software Defined Talk

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2021 59:58


This week we discuss Infrastructure as Code, GCP's new API policy and The State of Developer Ecosystem Survey. Plus, some thoughts on Olympic Swimming. Rundown Evolving Infrastructure-as-Code to Integration-as-Code (https://containerjournal.com/features/evolving-infrastructure-as-code-to-integration-as-code/) Google sets all-time records as search and YouTube profits soar (https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/27/22596592/google-q2-2021-record-revenue-profit-youtube-ad-cloud-search) Saved by Google? New API policy promises stability and availability. (https://www.protocol.com/enterprise/google-cloud-enterprise-apis) The State of Developer Ecosystem in 2021 Infographic (https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/devecosystem-2021/) Relevant to your interests Cloud Native Runtimes for VMware Tanzu Is Now GA, Plus an Integration with TriggerMesh (https://tanzu.vmware.com/content/blog/cloud-native-runtimes-for-vmware-tanzu-advanced-ga) Big-name San Antonio tech company axing 10 percent of workforce (https://www.mysanantonio.com/business/technology/article/San-Antonio-based-Rackspace-10-percent-layoffs-16332426.php) Facebook's cloud gaming service hits iOS devices as a web app | Engadget (https://www.engadget.com/facebook-gaming-ios-pwa-163440977.html) Clubhouse Breach (https://twitter.com/mruef/status/1418693478574346242?s=20) Serverless COBOL: Rejuvenating legacy code with open source software — Part 1 | Amazon Web Services (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/opensource/serverless-cobol-rejuvenating-legacy-code-with-open-source-software/) Ably blog claims company doesn't need Kubernetes to scale, surge in traffic takes down entire website (https://www.theregister.com/2021/07/22/ably_doesnt_need_kubernetes/) No, we don't use Kubernetes | Ably Blog: Data in Motion (https://ably.com/blog/no-we-dont-use-kubernetes) Replicated $50M Series C To Advance Multi-Prem Software Adoption - Replicated (https://www.replicated.com/blog/series-c-announcement/) a16z Infra #6: The Cost of Cloud vs. Repatriation | a16z Live (https://a16z-live.simplecast.com/episodes/a16z-infra-6-the-cost-of-cloud-vs-repatriation-IU1rwMMk) Amazon pulls the plug on 3-year effort to migrate from PeopleSoft to Workday. (https://twitter.com/TonyBaer/status/1420035381383385092) Discord is adding Slack-like threads to keep conversations better organized (https://www.xda-developers.com/discord-slack-threads/) AWS's Egregious Egress (https://blog.cloudflare.com/aws-egregious-egress/?s=09) Mitchell's New Role at HashiCorp (https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/mitchell-s-new-role-at-hashicorp) Report: Vista Equity Partners could sell Tibco for $7.5B+ (https://siliconangle.com/2021/07/23/report-vista-equity-partners-sell-tibco-7-5b/) Accel doubles down on 1Password, which just raised $100M more at a $2B valuation (https://techcrunch.com/2021/07/27/1password-raises-100m-at-a-2b-valuation/) The iPhone 12's strong momentum helps Apple to another huge quarter (https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/27/22596120/apple-q3-2021-earnings-iphone-ipad-mac) Microsoft posts big earnings beat and gives optimistic revenue forecast (https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/27/microsoft-msft-earnings-q4-2021.html) Microsoft bests earnings estimates as Azure posts 51% growth; shares fall (https://techcrunch.com/2021/07/27/microsoft-bests-earnings-estimates-as-azure-posts-51-growth-shares-fall/) Nonsense United States Sells Unique Wu-Tang Clan Album (https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/united-states-sells-unique-wu-tang-clan-album-forfeited-convicted-hedge-fund-manager) Meet the typical Costco shopper (https://www.businessinsider.com/typical-costco-shopper-demographic-asian-american-woman-earning-high-income-2021-7) Kangaroo vs Human population across Australia. (https://twitter.com/simongerman600/status/1420111843058720770) Sponsors strongDM — Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. Start your free 14-day trial today at strongdm.com/SDT (http://strongdm.com/SDT) CBT Nuggets — Training available for IT Pros anytime, anywhere. Start your 7-day Free Trial today at cbtnuggets.com/sdt (https://cbtnuggets.com/sdt) Listener Feedback Nate from Slack recommends Oceanhorn 2 (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/oceanhorn-2/id1141837408) in the Apple Arcade Conferences SpringOne (https://springone.io), Sep 1-2 DevOps Loop | October 4, 2021 (https://devopsloop.io/?utm_campaign=Global_P6_TS_Q322_Event_DevOpsLoop_at_VMworld&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social) SDT news & hype Join us in Slack (http://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/slack). Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com) and we will send you free laptop stickers! Follow us on Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/sdtpodcast), Twitter (https://twitter.com/softwaredeftalk), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/softwaredefinedtalk/) and LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/software-defined-talk/). Brandon built the Quick Concall iPhone App (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/quick-concall/id1399948033?mt=8) and he wants you to buy it for $0.99. Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté's book, (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt) Digital WTF (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt), so $5 total. Become a sponsor of Software Defined Talk (https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/ads)! Recommendations Brandon: Criminal Podcast Episode 48 Hours (https://thisiscriminal.com/episode-167-48-hours-6-18-21/) Matt: King Tubby and other dub music on Spotify Photo Credit (https://unsplash.com/photos/SiflIx5IlRI) Photo Credit (https://unsplash.com/photos/LqKhnDzSF-8)

The SaaS News Roundup
Detect Technologies, Shogun, Mandolin, Pietra, Nodes&Links, FloLive, NoName Security and Hyperexponential raise funds | BMW i Ventures announce their second sustainability-focused fund | ServiceTitan acquires Aspire Software | Slack launches Huddles |

The SaaS News Roundup

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2021 6:15


Detect Technologies, a company specializing in industrial AI, has raised $12 million in a round led by Accel Partners and Elevation Capital. According to the company's statement, the money will be used to enhance worldwide industrial efficiency and extend the company's position as a leader in industrial digitalization. The firm provides a wide range of AI and IoT solutions for the industrial sector.BMW i Ventures announce their second sustainability-focused fund for early to mid-stage startups in the industries of transportation, manufacturing, supply chain and others. Previously, investments of the VC firm's first fund, BMW i Ventures Fund 1, had helped companies in their journey to public.ServiceTitan, a software company built to accelerate the home and commercial service industries, has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Aspire Software, a landscaping business management software provider. Alongside the acquisition, the company announced its $200 million Series G funding from Thoma Bravo at a valuation of $9.5 billion. This acquisition marks ServiceTitan's second investment in the last twelve months (previously ServicePro) and its largest to date.Slack launches Huddles, a feature to encourage casual conversations that get missed out due to remote working, and new video sharing and recording capabilities to help users share their thoughts ahead of a scheduled meeting, as per their convenience. These features would be rolled out for paid teams.Device42 has developed a new solution that analyses your infrastructure and provides recommendations for cost-effective cloud migration. The program uses machine learning to assist in the discovery of the optimum configuration. Device42 is a software business founded in 2012 that specializes in hybrid IT discovery and application dependency mapping.Ably, a synchronized digital experience platform provider has announced that it has raised $70 million in a Series B funding round led by Insight Partners and Dawn Capital LLP. Other participants include Digital Horizon, Forward Partners, and MMC Ventures, Triple Point. The new funds will help Ably continue developing and innovating its platform, giving businesses a comprehensive solution for offloading the rising complexity of real-time data synchronization at scale for distributed applications, devices, and hybrid cloud environments.A pan-European venture capital firm, Nauta Capital, has announced ambitions to invest in pre-seed deeptech businesses across Europe. The specialized venture program will provide funding to pre-seed B2B deeptech businesses in order to help them develop and thrive. Nauta Funding's new initiative, motivated by a shortage of capital available for pre-seed and pre-revenue B2B deeptech enterprises, will support 12-16 startups for the next 12 months to close the gap and propel Europe's next generation of deeptech entrepreneurs.Shogun has raised $67.5 million in a $575 million Series C funding round led by Insight Partners. The cash will improve the company's two major products, Shogun Frontend and Page Builder. Frontend, Shogun's newest offering, is a “headless” solution aimed at web designers and others who want to create more personalized experiences. It caters to the midmarket to the corporate consumers and has hundreds of clients.   ARIADNEXT, French remote identity verification, and digital identity creation company, has been bought by IDnow, a German identity verification startup. As a result of the acquisition, IDNow is now on a level with OnFido, Europe's other major participant. IDnow will keep ARIADNEXT's offices in Rennes, Paris, Madrid, Bucharest, Iasi, Warsaw, and its approximately 125 employees. Mandolin, a concert live stream platform to help artists, venues, and fans connect through live music, has raised $12 million in its Series A fundraise in an oversubscribed round co-led by 645 Ventures and Foundry Group. Existing investors, High Alpha and TIME Ventures, participated in the round.Pietra, a platform providing Creators business-building tools, has announced its Series A fundraise of $15 million in a round led by Founders Fund with participation from its existing investor, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), TQ Ventures, Abstract Ventures and other strategic investors.Nodes & Links, a startup offering AI and cloud tools for engineering projects to be delivered on time and budget, has announced its Series A fundraise of €9.3 million ($11 million roughly). The round was led by urban sustainability-focused fund 2150, alongside Zigg Capital and Westerly Winds.FloLive, an IoT company, has raised an additional $15.5 million in a Series B investment round led by Intel Capital. The additional money will be used to improve the company's service and invest in and develop the company's technology stack and upgrade its network to 5G. Rather than creating new infrastructure, FloLive's approach is to stitch together networks from several places and run them as a single network.Gusto, a unicorn company developing web-based payroll solutions for small and medium-sized businesses, has announced the launch of its new product, Gusto Embedded Payroll (GEP), which facilitates software developers to embed and customize payroll directly into their software. Noname Security, an enterprise API security business, raised $60M in a Series B funding round headed by Insight Partners. The company offers a security platform that uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to assist businesses in monitoring and securing both managed and uncontrolled APIs. Since its launch, the firm has recruited 40 technical, reseller, and channel partners in six months.Hyperexponential (hx), a mathematical software provider for the insurance sector, raised $18 million in a funding round headed by Highland Europe. According to the company, actuaries, data scientists, and underwriters may use Hx's Renew SaaS platform to create, deploy, and update insurance pricing models more quickly.

Digital Bath Podcast
UFO'S Are Real!... Probe-ably

Digital Bath Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2021 65:06


Put on your tin foil hats for this one! With the release of an official statement on the validity of UFO's, it has DBP looking to the sky for some sightings. Surely somebody knows more. Find out which of us believes the recent UFO footage and testimonies are real. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Movies I Love That No One Talks About

The writer of this film, Gary Young, joins the show. Michael Caine plays effectively the older UK version of Denzel in MAN ON FIRE, but in a plot that's distinctively UK. Ably-supported by about half the cast of GAME OF THRONES in supporting roles, this is a great character study and a compelling genre film with a stellar lead performance from Michael Caine. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dan-benamor/support

DK Pittsburgh Sports Radio
Dejan Kovacevic on WPXI-TV's 'The Final Word' with Ably Oxenreiter, Mark Madden, Tim Benz on Mike Sullivan, JuJu Smith-Schuster, Mason Rudolph

DK Pittsburgh Sports Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2021 23:02


Dejan Kovacevic appeared on WPXI-TV's 'The Final Word' to discuss the latest topics in Pittsburgh sports. Listen to the full episode here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Epic Entrepreneurs
05: Catherine Olmert | What It Takes To 3x Your Business

Epic Entrepreneurs

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2020 37:17


In today's show, Bill interviews Catherine Watkins Olmert, President, Watkins-Insurance, Agency, Inc. Watkins Insurance is a fourth-generation organization having operations in Virginia and North Carolina. Growing up, Catherine never intended to join the family business. However, over a period of time, as she learned different aspects of running the business, slowly but surely, she warmed up to the idea of taking over from her father, Steve Watkins someday. Just because Catherine was buying out her father did not mean that she had it easy. Catherine shares that Steve offered her the same deal that he would have offered anyone else.  In the next segment of the show, Catherine shares how she navigated this transition, which, unsurprisingly, came with its own share of speed-bumps. Ably assisted by her husband, Catherine shares how she and her team have managed to grow revenues threefold after assuming charge. Catherine got a chance to connect with Bill when she was struggling with her new-found responsibilities. After taking care of the basics, Catherine shares how they devised a 5-year and 10-year growth plan to take Watkins-Insurance Agency forward. Listeners will learn how Catherine managed to achieve her long-term goals through a mix of organic and acquisition growth. We hope you enjoy this show! What You Will Learn In This Show Pros and cons of working in a family business How to achieve a good work-life balance How a combination of organic and acquisition growth can move your forward And so much more…

Jean & Mike Do The New York Times Crossword
Monday, December 14, 2020

Jean & Mike Do The New York Times Crossword

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2020 6:40


An ABLY constructed crossword, with a TROVE of accomplished women -- ELLEMACPHERSON, KAYHAGAN, SAMANTHABEE, and SANDRAOH -- all distinguished not only by their accomplishments but by having a homonym for a letter in their name. We appreciated the reappearance of PSY (11D, Gangam style rapper), who hasn't been alluded to in the crossword since ... yesterday; and were intrigued by 34D, Typical John Le Carre work, SPYNOVEL, appearing two days after that extraordinary author's passing.

Riding Unicorns
S1E5 - Vlad Tropko @ Digital Horizon

Riding Unicorns

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2020 15:09 Transcription Available


Vlad Tropko is a Partner at Digital Horizon, a new generation international venture company focused on B2B software based companies in fintech, retail and e-commerce. Vlad is a seasoned VC executive with over 15 years of experience with particular expertise in European and American startups. As well as this Vlad is also an Investor at companies such as Advisable, Bnext, and Ably.Vlad joined Riding Unicorns to explain the composition of his preferred founder, what founders get wrong when pitching to an investor and the importance of a total addressable market when investing in a company. Make sure to like and subscribe to the Riding Unicorns podcast to never miss an episode. Also don't forget to give Riding Unicorns a follow on Twitter and LinkedIn to keep on top of the latest developments.

Startup Engineering
How to synchronise a distributed pubsub system

Startup Engineering

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2020 32:20


Find out more about Ably and Paddy and be sure the checkout their GitHub profile. 

Enginears
Ably: Ben Gamble - Enginears Podcast #8

Enginears

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2020 49:20


In this episode, we’re joined by Ben Gamble (Head of DevRel) at Ably.Host: Elliot KiplingProduction: Kane HunterCheck out more of Enginears:WebsiteYouTubeTwitterInstagramLinkedIn

FINITE: Marketing in B2B Technology Podcast
#18 - Implementing marketing automation with Dominik Elmiger, Head of Marketing at Ably

FINITE: Marketing in B2B Technology Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2020 36:58 Transcription Available


Dominik Elmiger is Head of Marketing at Ably, a product providing APIs and components for developers to build powerful, reliable, and scalable realtime apps.Dominik has lots of experience implementing marketing automation solutions into different businesses, including HubSpot, Pardot and Marketo. FINITE podcast host Alex Price talked with Dominik about how to approach a marketing automation implementation project, and some of the pitfalls and war stories to try and avoid!Visit finite.community to find out more about the FINITE community for B2B technology and software marketers, and join us at a future event.Support the show (https://finite.community/podcast)

American Benefits Podcast
Episode 33: Benefits Calling: The World of Church Plans with Rev. Jeff Thiemann

American Benefits Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2019 40:30


While we often focus on the Fortune 500 companies that dominate the world economy, another group of employers plays a fundamental role in the daily lives of millions of Americans: the churches, religious institutions and affiliated organizations that employ hundreds of thousands of clergy, lay workers, and their family members. This is a population with very typical health and retirement needs but also very unique practices and perspectives. Ably representing these perspectives in the advocacy world and in the American Benefits Council is the Church Alliance, a coalition of the chief executive officers of 38 church benefit programs. In this episode, host Jason Hammersla speaks with Reverend Jeffrey Thiemann, vice chair of the Church Alliance and president and CEO of Portico Benefit Services (a ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America), to talk about what makes church plan benefits so challenging -- and rewarding -- to administer.

Digging Deep with Robert Plant
S2E5: Carry Fire

Digging Deep with Robert Plant

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2019 15:44


In this episode we get to know the title track from Robert’s most recent album from 2017. Ably supported by The Sensational Space Shifters, it's another whirling blend of sounds and atmospheres, but lyrically it's a mysterious one. There’s definitely a romantic heart within the song somewhere, but who is it beating for? And why?

The Radio X Evening Show with Gordon Smart
Episode 130 – Taylor Hawkins, Noel Gallagher & Matt Morgan

The Radio X Evening Show with Gordon Smart

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2019 28:49


Gordon & Matt were back on drive duties this week, covering for Johnny Vaughan. Ably assisted by Dr Sunta Templeton, they talked money, toenails, rats, and entrance music – and they were joined by Foo Fighter's drummer Taylor Hawkins who was in fiery mood. The Evening Show is back in Gordon's hands next week. Tune in LIVE every weeknight from 7pm-10pm to hear the Evening Show on Radio X.

The Pin Pin Podcast
Matt & Gordon 08 - ft. Noel Gallagher & Taylor Hawkins (2019)

The Pin Pin Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2019 28:46


On this show: 1st November 2019 the whole weeks highlights - Gordon & Matt were back on drive duties this week, covering for Johnny Vaughan. Ably assisted by Dr Sunta Templeton, they talked money, toenails, rats, and entrance music – and they were joined by Foo Fighter's drummer Taylor Hawkins who was in fiery mood.   If anyone wants to donate even a pound to help with the costs of hosting the podcasts it would be much appreciated! PayPal is Bellybouncelinglongling@gmail.com

Australia Overnight
Cranky Rodney calls 13 13 32

Australia Overnight

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2019 3:07


When you are an announcer behind the microphone on Australia's top rating Overnight radio program, perfection is demanded by both management, and the audience. Many challenges are met head on each day by the host of Australia Overnight, Tony Moclair.  Ably assisted by producer Bianca Johnston, Tony accurately gives time calls, weather and traffic alerts, as well as bringing you, the audience, the latest news from around the world. But alas, it appears Tony was absent from radio school and missed the lesson  on "How many times per hour should you give out the talkback number?" Luckily for Tony,  listener Rodney was able to give him a gentle hint. 

Podcast of Veto: A Big Brother Podcast
Podcast of Veto BB21 #6: These People are Unde-nine-ably BAD

Podcast of Veto: A Big Brother Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2019 69:17


Tensions raise in the house and make morale in the podcast studio low, as we come to terms with the bad people in the house. Next Episode MONDAY

Hacker Noon Podcast
#CrazyTechStories @ Huckletree, London, England

Hacker Noon Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2019 16:37


#CrazyTechStories!   Where Hacker Noon brings you a handful of stories from the community at large. Сrazy tech stories is part of a larger series of talks presented in association with Indeed Prime and Huckletree at Huckletree’s London location. This episode of Hacker Noon is sponsored by Indeed Prime.  Visit https://www.indeedprime.com/hackernoon/ to flip the script on the job search and join now for access to resumé reviews, 1:1 sessions with technical career coaches, personalized work-style assessments and even negotiation tips to help seal the deal. In this episode you get to meet Simon Woolf, developer of Ably.io, Alex Bor, tech lead of Huckletree and Anton Mozgovoy, CTO of Humaniq.  You get to discover what happens when a bug disappears or alters its behavior when one attempts to probe or isolate it from Simon Woolf of Ably.io, how Huckletree succeeds in bringing together a disruptive community of startups in London, Dublin & Manchester from its tech lead Alex Bor and why you should never do your releases on Friday from Anton Mozgovoy of Humaniq.  Listen to the talks on iTunes or watch on YouTube. Production and music by Derek Bernard - https://haberdasherband.com/production https://hackernoon.com/  https://community.hackernoon.com/   https://contribute.hackernoon.com/  https://sponsor.hackernoon.com/  https://podcast.hackernoon.com/  https://twitter.com/hackernoon/  https://facebook.com/hackernoon/  P.S. If you dig the new Hacker Noon Podcast, consider giving us a 5 star review on iTunes. Also check out the top stories from July, the latest stories, and today’s homepage.

Acaville Podcast Network Feed
The Pulse: Note-Ably Strange

Acaville Podcast Network Feed

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2019 12:05


Recently, Rachael had the chance to sit down with Note-Ably Strange, an a cappella quartet based in Ohio. Learn more about them on today's podcast! Check out the group at https://www.facebook.com/Note-Ably-Strange-190119681708408

Angielski wg dzieci

THE SLOUCHThe SlouchBy the TV sits a slouch,Spends his whole days on the couch.“Oh, I certainly take exception!What a dirty misconception!For who sits by the television?Who eats breakfast with precision?Who today was getting going,Ably watching grasses growing?And who just now has spilt his tea—“Oh! You see, you see!”By the TV sits a slouch,Spends his whole days on the couch.“Excuse me, sir! But if you care,Just this morning? Brushed my hair!And then later lost a button,Eating, chewing, licking mutton,In the evening drank some tran,Or, I guess, that means jack squat?By the TV sits a slouch,Spends his whole days on the couch.Didn’t go to school, because he’s too lazy,Didn’t do his homework, his vision was hazy,He didn’t tie his shoes, it was way too much work,He didn’t say “hello”, my God what a jerk!Didn’t feed his dog, the bowl was too distant,Tried to feed his bird, but he just wasn’t persistent,Meant to drink milk, but that involved pouring,Was supposed to go to bed—didn’t—already snoring,And in his dreams, that poor dumb bloke,He worked so hard that he awoke.The idlerOn the bed an idler staysDoing nothing all the days“I beg your pardonWhat? I haven’t done?Who stays on the bed?Who ate the marmalade?Who twiddled the thumbs?Who scratched the arms?Who today lost the keys?O-o! please!Podkast Tomograf:http://grastroskopia.pl/category/tomograf/Link do strony wydarzenia:https://podcastowydziendziecka.pl/Link do wsparcia:https://www.facebook.com/juleknaszewaleczneserce/https://www.siepomaga.pl/julek

The Douglas Coleman Show
The Douglas Coleman Show w_ Andrew Bockelman and Neil Candelora of Ably House

The Douglas Coleman Show

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2019 59:47


Andrew Bockelman and Neil Candelora:Ably House is for learning and inspiring music on the new-age medium of Youtube. There are no limits to what Ably House will perform on the channel ranging from The Beatles, AC/DC or even Video Game Soundtracks. If we like a song, we want to represent that music in a visual way for a better understanding of what musical components the sounds we love. The Beatles are our favorite band and also the viewers, making them a focus for our channel. https://www.youtube.com/user/AndrewBockelmanComplete Radio Promo package Playlist: 1. Be You by World5http://www.world5music.comIf you're an indie musician looking for possible airplay or promotion, please check out our current opportunities. https://douglascolemanmusic.com/crpphttps://douglascolemanmusic.com/oppsIf you're interested in being a sponsor on The Douglas Coleman Show, please check out our packages on Patreon or contact us directly. https://www.patreon.com/douglascolemanshowdouglascolemanshow@gmail.comOR if you'd prefer to make a one-time donation, please check out our GoFundMe. https://www.gofundme.com/the-dcs-needs-your-help

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The Douglas Coleman Show
The Douglas Coleman Show w_ Andrew Bockelman and Neil Candelora of Ably House

The Douglas Coleman Show

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2019 59:47


Andrew Bockelman and Neil Candelora:Ably House is for learning and inspiring music on the new-age medium of Youtube. There are no limits to what Ably House will perform on the channel ranging from The Beatles, AC/DC or even Video Game Soundtracks. If we like a song, we want to represent that music in a visual way for a better understanding of what musical components the sounds we love. The Beatles are our favorite band and also the viewers, making them a focus for our channel. https://www.youtube.com/user/AndrewBockelmanComplete Radio Promo package Playlist: 1. Be You by World5http://www.world5music.comIf you're an indie musician looking for possible airplay or promotion, please check out our current opportunities. https://douglascolemanmusic.com/crpphttps://douglascolemanmusic.com/oppsIf you're interested in being a sponsor on The Douglas Coleman Show, please check out our packages on Patreon or contact us directly. https://www.patreon.com/douglascolemanshowdouglascolemanshow@gmail.comOR if you'd prefer to make a one-time donation, please check out our GoFundMe. https://www.gofundme.com/the-dcs-needs-your-help

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Flame Christian Radio
Joshua Francis, The Promised Land - The Pharisee and the Publican, Nov 2018

Flame Christian Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2019 30:15


"Who in God's eyes was the better man? The penitent publican, or the smug, hypocritical, flamboyant Pharisee? Hmm. Earlier this series we said no to vain janglings. Ably assisted by Moses, Joshua examines what he used to consider worth singing and repents of his crimes against God's holy earholes. Featuring "Jack The Ripper", "Booze In The Mornin'", Moses delivers the homilie, crooned to the tune of "One For My Baby" and Joshua pleads "Guilty" to all charges. We wrap the series with "Ave Yahweh (I'm Comin' Home"). Dedicated to Gordon Murphy.

Ponteland Runners Off Road
Ep 17 Newcastle Parkrun 9th year anniversary

Ponteland Runners Off Road

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2019 48:00


Join me and a load of great parkrun runners, as we meet up after last Saturday's run to celebrate the 9th anniversary of Newcastle Parkrun. I ask runners "why parkrun?" and chat with event founders Angela and Ian Kirtley about how the toon parkrun got started, its success and how parkrun is spreading throughout the North East. Ably assisted again by Matty while Laura is away.Enjoy!

Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza
These Documents + Now (Rippling Water) + The Coming Storms + Coincident Symphony from Jan 23, 2019

Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2019


Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "These Documents" - Show #300, from Mar. 16, 2004 [These documents clearly show. The White House Press Secretary's unrelenting assertions about Bush's military service records, how clear the documents are, and how proud the President was. No looping was necessary! Ably assisted by Vangelis, Alan Watts, and Noam Chomsky. Sources: White House with Press Secretary Scott McClellan 2/10/04 Vangelis: Chariots of Fire main titles (1981), 12 O'Clock, Blade Runner main titles (1994) Alan Watts: Zen laughing Vangelis: Tears in Rain (1994) Noam Chomsky: blood dripping from Americans' hands, from Manufacturing Consent Trembling Blue Stars: Maybe After All ("don't live in the real world...")] Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "Now (Rippling Water)" - Show #305, from Apr. 13, 2004 [The past flows back from now. Sources: Quiet American: Plumbing and Irrigation of South Asia field recordings (2003) Alan Watts: Purpose (Now) Dire Straits: On Every Street 7% Solution: All About Satellites and Spaceships Bonnie Tyler: Making Love (Out of Nothing at All) Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza: Tones for Kitten (2004) The Buddy System: Live 12/27/01 pt. 2 Pimsleur: Greek Lesson 27, Hebrew Lesson 28 Verbal Advantage: Transitory, Philanthropic, Lethargy, Exonerate, Pugnacious, Contrition, Abrogate, Intractable, Altruism, Accolade] Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "The Coming Storms" - Show #307, from Apr. 20, 2004 [Open space via 32 copies of a piano piece, and then another piece, from The Terminator soundtrack by Brad Fiedel. Sources: Brad Fiedel: Sarah's Destiny/The Coming Storm, Theme, Main Title from The Terminator: The Definitive Edition (1995)] Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "Coincident Symphony" - Show #312, from May 4, 2004 [Classical cut-ups and synchronicity. Sources: Bright Eyes: An Attempt to Tip the Scales Aimee Mann: You Do Robert Greenwald: Uncovered: The Whole Truth About the Iraq War (2003) Wayne Dyer: Coincident: Things that fit together perfectly Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 19 in E flat, K. 132: Allegro & Andante Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 5 in B flat, K. 22: Andante & Allero Molto] Set: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - "Piano Concerto in D Minor, K. 466, 2nd Movement" - Amadeus s.t. [Neville Marriner] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/83786

Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza
These Documents + Now (Rippling Water) + The Coming Storms + Coincident Symphony from Jan 23, 2019

Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2019


Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "These Documents" - Show #300, from Mar. 16, 2004 [These documents clearly show. The White House Press Secretary's unrelenting assertions about Bush's military service records, how clear the documents are, and how proud the President was. No looping was necessary! Ably assisted by Vangelis, Alan Watts, and Noam Chomsky. Sources: White House with Press Secretary Scott McClellan 2/10/04 Vangelis: Chariots of Fire main titles (1981), 12 O'Clock, Blade Runner main titles (1994) Alan Watts: Zen laughing Vangelis: Tears in Rain (1994) Noam Chomsky: blood dripping from Americans' hands, from Manufacturing Consent Trembling Blue Stars: Maybe After All ("don't live in the real world...")] Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "Now (Rippling Water)" - Show #305, from Apr. 13, 2004 [The past flows back from now. Sources: Quiet American: Plumbing and Irrigation of South Asia field recordings (2003) Alan Watts: Purpose (Now) Dire Straits: On Every Street 7% Solution: All About Satellites and Spaceships Bonnie Tyler: Making Love (Out of Nothing at All) Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza: Tones for Kitten (2004) The Buddy System: Live 12/27/01 pt. 2 Pimsleur: Greek Lesson 27, Hebrew Lesson 28 Verbal Advantage: Transitory, Philanthropic, Lethargy, Exonerate, Pugnacious, Contrition, Abrogate, Intractable, Altruism, Accolade] Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "The Coming Storms" - Show #307, from Apr. 20, 2004 [Open space via 32 copies of a piano piece, and then another piece, from The Terminator soundtrack by Brad Fiedel. Sources: Brad Fiedel: Sarah's Destiny/The Coming Storm, Theme, Main Title from The Terminator: The Definitive Edition (1995)] Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "Coincident Symphony" - Show #312, from May 4, 2004 [Classical cut-ups and synchronicity. Sources: Bright Eyes: An Attempt to Tip the Scales Aimee Mann: You Do Robert Greenwald: Uncovered: The Whole Truth About the Iraq War (2003) Wayne Dyer: Coincident: Things that fit together perfectly Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 19 in E flat, K. 132: Allegro & Andante Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 5 in B flat, K. 22: Andante & Allero Molto] Set: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - "Piano Concerto in D Minor, K. 466, 2nd Movement" - Amadeus s.t. [Neville Marriner] http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/83786

History by Hollywood
Episode 47: The King’s Speech

History by Hollywood

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2019


Episode 47: The King’s Speech. Join us as we examine 2015’s Oscar-winning movie The King’s Speech, starring Colin Firth as the reluctant King George VI and Geoffrey Rush as his unconventional speech therapist Lionel Logue, an Australian with no formal qualifications but with a history of great success in the field of speech therapy. Ably supported by Helena Bonham Carter as Queen Elizabeth, Derek Jacobi, Timothy Spall and Michael Gambon, the movie was a great cinematic and financial success beloved by critics and audiences alike but did they get the facts right? Or is this a heartwarming tale sculpted into a plausible piece of history?

Do More Good podcast
Episode 14: Live from the IOF Scottish Conference

Do More Good podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2018 48:11


James braves the North to record a bonus episode live from the Institute of Fundraising's Scottish Conference. Ably assisted by Danielle we hear from delegates, sponsors and speakers including none other than Amanda Bringans, Virginia Anderson, Gary Kernahan, Sebastian Jenkins and fan's favorite Jeremy Gould. Warning, this episode may contain bagpipery.

Do More Good podcast
Episode 14: Live from the IOF Scottish Conference

Do More Good podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2018 48:11


James braves the North to record a bonus episode live from the Institute of Fundraising's Scottish Conference. Ably assisted by Danielle we hear from delegates, sponsors and speakers including none other than Amanda Bringans, Virginia Anderson, Gary Kernahan, Sebastian Jenkins and fan's favorite Jeremy Gould. Warning, this episode may contain bagpipery.

Tech Chat with David Cannon's Friday News Update
Episode 41 (7th September 2018): The Honor 8X Max has an Honor-ably small notch

Tech Chat with David Cannon's Friday News Update

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2018 9:50


This week on the Friday News Update: - Honor announce the 8X and 8X Max, with huge notched screens, powerful processors and big batteries - Motorola announce the One and One Power, with gigantic notches, dual cameras and Android One - Google updates Chrome for its 10th birthday with a handy new Omnibox, better autofilling and a Material Design revamp - The OnePlus 6T's box leaks, showing waterdrop notch and in-screen fingerprint sensor - Possible Snapdragon 855 benchmark scores leak, with nearly identical scores to the Apple A11 Bionic - Instagram could be working on a shopping app - Apple is offering free repairs for iPhone 8s with logic board problems - The Razer Phone 2 is coming - Samsung will announce their folding phone this year - Skype add call recording to their apps - Huawei Mate 20 and Mate 20 Pro designs leak ahead of 16th of October announcement - Google will not announce a Pixel Watch this year, but the Google Pixel 3, plus loads more new Google tech, will be announced on the 9th of October - Microsoft will announce a new Surface on the 2nd of October Get every episode of the Friday News Update with the Friday News Update Alexa Flash Briefing

TRASHFUTURE
Riley's Commie Book Club: 'Violent Borders'

TRASHFUTURE

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2018 62:12


It’s another month, the moon has turned, a butterfly rustles its wings in the Amazon, and it’s time for yet another episode of Riley’s Commie Book Club! This month we’re reading 'Violent Borders' by Reece Jones, published by Verso Books. We talk about the roots of borders in exploitation, and the important role they play in allowing capital to externalise its own contradictions. Riley gets frequently distracted and remembers stories from his personal life.Ably produced as ever by Nate.Check it out here: https://www.versobooks.com/books/2516-violent-borders

The Good News Podcast
Un-Belize-ably Good News

The Good News Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2018 3:36


Colleen and Neil share some good news about a rebounding reef.

TRASHFUTURE
Locals Only ft. Marcus Barnett

TRASHFUTURE

Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2018 53:38


It's this week's TF for ya! Marcus Barnett (@reformedmuscle) came by to talk to Riley (@raaleh), Hussein (@hkesvani) and Milo (@milo_edwards) about local elections, the psycho sexual mania of failure obsessed liberal pundits, and the future of the Labour party sans melts. While Marcus visits us in an entirely personal capacity, in his spare time he is Young Labour's International Officer. Ably produced by Nate (@inthesedeserts). Vote for us in this dumb thing: https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/vote/ Commodify ur dissent w a shirt from http://www.lilcomrade.com/. Get a fun custom text and we'll shout em out on the show. In fact Riley's a whore for attention he'll probably just shout you out regardless. xoxo

TRASHFUTURE
The Question Answering

TRASHFUTURE

Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2018 50:39


Asked and answered - you sent us your questions on curious cat, and we answered them to the best and worst of our ability. The band is back together. Riley (@raaleh) on bass, Hussein (@HKesvani) on the drums, and Milo (@milo_edwards) replaced by a colourful fish. Ably produced by Nate (@inthesedeserts).

SADDESTNIGHTOUT
35 - Playing Live vol 1

SADDESTNIGHTOUT

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2018 7:15


Keeping it brief today, this episode is about my attempt to play live. Right now my live show consists of me playing guitar and singing while a backing track fills in the rest of the blanks. So today you'll hear the roughest iteration of how that sounds. Ably assisted by my very old PC (at some point it cuts out for a second then joins back in, just like a real live band), and featuring some experiments with singing lower and higher registers to see what sounds better, I give you the first "digital live performance rehearsal" (no, me neither. I'm just saying words at this point.) by Loads Of Japanese Bands. Thanks for listening. You can find me in the usual places: Twitter: -- https://www.twitter.com/saddestnightout -- Instagram: -- https://www.instagram.com/saddestnightout -- Email: -- saddestnightout@gmail.com -- Patreon: -- https://patreon.com/saddestnightout -- iTunes: -- https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/saddestnightout/id1361554117?mt=2 -- TuneIn: -- https://tunein.com/podcasts/Music-Podcasts/SADDESTNIGHTOUT-p1118077/ -- Stitcher: -- https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/saddestnightout -- Soundcloud: -- https://www.soundcloud.com/saddestnightout --

Whippets & Flat Caps: THE Rugby League Podcast
Episode 10 - Resilience and Reinvention. And Will comes out fighting.

Whippets & Flat Caps: THE Rugby League Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2018 78:25


With more than 400 top flight Rugby League appearances to his name, Jon Wilkin explains the secrets to his longevity. This is elite, engaging sporting discussion between two elite, engaing sportsmen. Ably held together by an almost elite and engaging presenter. 

Rock 'N' Roll Football with Matt Forde and Matt Dyson
Rock N Roll Football with Pete Donaldson & Matt Dyson

Rock 'N' Roll Football with Matt Forde and Matt Dyson

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2017 22:28


Pete Donaldson playing the part of Tore Andre Flo coming off the bench to stand in for Rob this week. Ably assisted by the ever present 'Gareth Barry' of the Rock N Roll Football team Matt Dyson the pair chat about the phenomenon short swapping and keep you up to date with all the goals from Saturday afternoons action.

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Bride Radio
Podcast 1 Jim & Erica's Big Day

Bride Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2016 21:24


In this podcast, we join Jim and Erica on their wedding day. We join them shortly after they have been married and follow their wedding day through from the Church to the reception up to their 1st dance and the new Mr & Mrs Williams. The service was held at 16th century Church in very typical English village, we then moved on the Brides brothers farm. There was an out of this world marque, we had our wedding breakfast and evening party there. In this podcast along with some future podcasts we will enjoy the day with them. Ably assist by myself as their wedding Toastmaster. Future podcasts will be from either other weddings or talking to suppliers.

RotoGraphs Audio: Field of Streams
Field of Streams: Episode 122 – Pitched Pretty Hate-ably

RotoGraphs Audio: Field of Streams

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2015 41:06


Episode 122 – Pitched Pretty Hate-ably The latest episode of “Field of Streams” is live! In this episode, Dylan Higgins and Matthew Dewoskin discuss Matt’s visit to Wisconsin, the Korean holiday of Chuseok, figuring out which players (and teams) still care, Texas pride, David Ortiz keeping an eye on the calendar for his matchup against Ivan Nova, […]

Get Social Health with Janet Kennedy
#EveryChildNeeds - AAP President

Get Social Health with Janet Kennedy

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2015 44:10


When you only serve a one year term as the President of the American Academy of Pediatrics you better hit the ground running. That's what 2015 AAP President Dr. Sandra Hassink did - with the help of her "Mission Control" team of Jamie Poslosky and Cassandra Blohowiak. Reaching out to engage with fellow pediatricians was a top priority and thus was initiated a series of Tweet Chats under the hashtag #EveryChildNeeds. Ably supported by #Tweetiatricians - Pediatricians who are active in Twitter, Dr. Hassink has led some lively Tweet Chats around topics central to promoting a healthy child. Listen to our conversation or jump in at the time stamps below. Intro#TweetiatriciansEngaging with AAP membersServing as President of AAPWhat are your goals?AAP Tweet Chats#EveryChildNeedsDoes the hashtag live on?Child centered conversationsAugust TweetChat: #ResiliancyTweet Chat preparation"Mission Control"Kids going to bed hungryManaging the Twitter handleTrollsNew social media platforms: Periscope and MeercatC-Suite involvement in soacial mediaAAP Training for members Dr. Sandra Hassink   Jamie Poslosky  Summaries of chats State of the Child  Child Nutrition  Mother's Day Twitter Storm  Healthy Summer  Recapturing Summer  AAP Twitter profiles Dr. Sandra Hassink on Twitter  American Association of Pediatrics on Twitter  Tweetiatrician list #MeaslesTruth Twitter storm info PR Daily summary Symplur article Blog by @Doctor_V: 

The Spurs Show
100 Club Live

The Spurs Show

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2012 22:40


This weeks show is recorded live at the 100 club at the Spurs Show Xmas party. It was meant to be employees only but 300 of you managed to get in. They were noisy and boisterous but let the returning Phil Cornwell get a word in or two. Ably supported by Mike Leigh and Theo Delaney. Oh and we had Ledley at the back! Produced by Mike Leigh and Paul Myers A Playback Media Production playbackmedia.co.uk

Geek Syndicate
Scrolls Book Group: The Prestige

Geek Syndicate

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2011 88:00


With a flash of light and a cloud of smoke the Scrolls Book Group reappears on stage to entertain and amaze you.  (Or at the very least distract you from the smelly tramp in the corner, the squalling kid in the back and that really creepy looking guy on the seat opposite - No, don't look!)Ably assisted by Kehaar from Dissecting Worlds and guest contributer Gazbox in their skin-tight golden bikinis, we take a focussed look at Chistopher Priest's most celebrated work,The Prestige.  You may have watched Christopher Nolan's film adaptation and think you've seen this trick before but trust us, there's a whole lot more going on in the wings.There are spoilers throughout - we couldn't really avoid them - but have we really revealed the authors secrets... or has he left us bamboozled and looking in the wrong direction?Read the book, listen in to our thoughts, then let us know what you think.  E-mail scrolls@hotmail.co.uk or tweet @scrollscast Iphone app Extra: The first two chapters of The Sentinel Mage, the beginning of Emily Gee's new fantasy book trilogy, released in shops on the 25th of January in the US and Canada, and on the 3rd of February in the UK.

McLoughlin At Work – Paul McLoughlin
McLoughlin At Work – Getting China and India Right – ambitious, intelligent discussion – huge subject matter, ably presented.

McLoughlin At Work – Paul McLoughlin

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2009


Paul McLoughlin, The Work Wonk, speaks with Anil Gupta (India) and Haiyan Wang (China) about their book on strategies for dealing with the people and the economies of these two important countries. Next week: Earth: The Sequel The Race to Reinvent Energy adn Stop Global Warming with Miriam Horn of the Environmental Defense Fund. … Read more about this episode...

Birdwaves Media Presents: The ProgCast

At long last comes Supernatural Power, the brand-new recording by Ostrich Farm. Led by the songwriting team of St Mix and Bion, Supernatural Power finds the group heading in a new direction. On this new release, the O-Farm delivers 14 original songs that focus on the Hip-Hop and R&B flavors that were only hinted at in previous albums. Ably assisted by MC’s Rus-T and MC Stash, Some Guy on Drums (a.k.a. S.G.O.D.), and vocalist Lady Sadie; St Mix and Bion have crafted a new kind of hip-hop called Art-Hop. Drawing on influences from current hip-hop to old-school art-rock, the O-Farm has whipped up a disc full of fresh music. The band is not afraid of moving from hard-core protests on one song, to R&B love songs on the next. As the album deftly moves from the social commentary of Crack Town, to the free-style of 0 1 0 2, to the troll-march beat of Sweatin' It; the O-Farm shows the versatility and originality it’s been known for since the very beginning. Ostrich Farm began in 1995 as a drum-machine wielding power-trio. Based in the hills of western Massachusetts on a real ostrich farm, Ostrich Farm has rocked clubs throughout the Northeast; from the Better End in Portland, to the Middle East in Boston, to the Knitting Factory in New York City. Supernatural Power is available online in CD format at Birdwaves.com, CDBaby.com, and Tower.com. It’s also available as a digital download at the iTunes Music Store. It features 14 songs and clocks in at just under 54 minutes. Song List: 1. O-Farm World 2. We Must Rock 3. 0 1 0 2 4. Roll 5. Oasis 6. Yo Kid 7. Snow Keeps Falling 8. Crack Town 9. Hypenotists 10. Riggers NYC 11. Sweatin' It 12. Sway 13. Power To the People 14. Jackboot Sunflow'r WE MUST ROCK

Birdwaves Media Presents: The ProgCast

At long last comes Supernatural Power, the brand-new recording by Ostrich Farm. Led by the songwriting team of St Mix and Bion, Supernatural Power finds the group heading in a new direction. On this new release, the O-Farm delivers 14 original songs that focus on the Hip-Hop and R&B flavors that were only hinted at in previous albums. Ably assisted by MC’s Rus-T and MC Stash, Some Guy on Drums (a.k.a. S.G.O.D.), and vocalist Lady Sadie; St Mix and Bion have crafted a new kind of hip-hop called Art-Hop. Drawing on influences from current hip-hop to old-school art-rock, the O-Farm has whipped up a disc full of fresh music. The band is not afraid of moving from hard-core protests on one song, to R&B love songs on the next. As the album deftly moves from the social commentary of Crack Town, to the free-style of 0 1 0 2, to the troll-march beat of Sweatin' It; the O-Farm shows the versatility and originality it’s been known for since the very beginning. Ostrich Farm began in 1995 as a drum-machine wielding power-trio. Based in the hills of western Massachusetts on a real ostrich farm, Ostrich Farm has rocked clubs throughout the Northeast; from the Better End in Portland, to the Middle East in Boston, to the Knitting Factory in New York City. Supernatural Power is available online in CD format at Birdwaves.com, CDBaby.com, and Tower.com. It’s also available as a digital download at the iTunes Music Store. It features 14 songs and clocks in at just under 54 minutes. Song List: 1. O-Farm World 2. We Must Rock 3. 0 1 0 2 4. Roll 5. Oasis 6. Yo Kid 7. Snow Keeps Falling 8. Crack Town 9. Hypenotists 10. Riggers NYC 11. Sweatin' It 12. Sway 13. Power To the People 14. Jackboot Sunflow'r WE MUST ROCK