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Elevator Pitches, Company Presentations & Financial Results from Publicly Listed European Companies
Amadeus Fire AG Deep Dive Q&A | Margins, AI Strategy, Growth, M&A & Capital Allocation

Elevator Pitches, Company Presentations & Financial Results from Publicly Listed European Companies

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2025 14:18


Amadeus Fire AG Deep Dive: Q&AAmadeus Fire Group: Investor Deep Dive into Strategy, Growth, and Digital InnovationExclusive Insights from JörgIn this exclusive investor deep dive, Jörg from Amadeus Fire Group addresses the most commonly asked questions by financial analysts and institutional investors. The video in English explores the company's current performance, strategic direction, challenges in the personnel services and training segments, and the long-term vision driving value creation.Macroeconomic Outlook and German Business SentimentThe conversation opens with a macroeconomic reflection on Germany's business sentiment. Jörg underlines the pressing need for a positive economic impulse to restore confidence swiftly. He identifies potential triggers, such as geopolitical stability (like a peace deal in Ukraine), renewed free trade partnerships with the US, tax reliefs, or an uptick in GDP, which are crucial for lifting Germany's sluggish mood.Operational Challenges and Segment PerformanceDespite these challenges, Amadeus Fire Group remains resilient and is actively working on strategies to overcome these obstacles. Moving into operational insights, Jörg dissects the decline in margins across both segments. In personnel services, conversion rates have deteriorated due to increasing client demands for ‘optimal' rather than just ‘suitable' candidates. Lengthier negotiations, higher candidate reluctance to switch jobs due to probationary uncertainty, and extended sales cycles have all impacted profitability. The team's focus on individual mandates has reduced the capacity to handle multiple assignments concurrently.Concave College and the Government Training PlatformAmadeus Fire subsidiary Concave College faced a visibility challenge in the training segment due to the algorithmic limitations of the new government-backed training platform (formerly Coenet, now “meine-weiterbildung.de”). The system now restricts each training provider to 4,000-course listings, disproportionately affecting larger players like Concave. This visibility bottleneck is the primary reason behind the lower booking volumes in 2024 compared to the stronger growth seen at GFN (+25%), which had fewer courses listed.Artificial Intelligence as a Productivity EnablerFrom a technological perspective, Artificial Intelligence is not viewed as a threat but as a significant productivity enabler. AI accelerates candidate search in personnel services, seamlessly integrates into the new Microsoft-based CRM system, and enhances recruiting and sales workflows. The CRM upgrade is being rolled out across all locations, with full implementation scheduled by the end of June 2024.AI in Personalized LearningIn the training space, AI is expected to revolutionize personalized learning. Tailored digital courses will adapt in real-time based on individual learner profiles, behaviours, and eye movement. Each learner will receive customized content, improving retention, engagement, and outcomes.▶️ Other videos:Elevator Pitch: https://seat11a.com/investor-relations-elevator-pitch/Company Presentation: https://seat11a.com/investor-relations-company-presentation/Deep Dive Presentation: https://seat11a.com/investor-relations-deep-dive/Financial Results Presentation: https://seat11a.com/investor-relations-financial-results/ESG Presentation: https://seat11a.com/investor-relations-esg/T&CThis publication is for informational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice. Using this website, you agree to our terms and conditions outlined on www.seat11a.com/legal and www.seat11a.com/imprint.

Film Reviews
Weekend film reviews: ‘Venom: The Last Dance,' ‘Concave,' ‘New Wave'

Film Reviews

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2024 16:56


The latest film releases include Venom: The Last Dance, Conclave, New Wave, and No One Asked You. Weighing in are Alonso Duralde and Dave White, film critics and co-hosts of the movie podcast Linoleum Knife.  

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O-Grate Concave designed to decrease losses at faster harvest speeds

RealAgriculture's Podcasts

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2024 3:01


Farmers are looking for two things during harvest: efficiency and a clean sample. When time to combine is limited, ground speed increases and minimizing grain loss while maximizing sample quality can make a large difference on a farmer’s bottom line. As Tyson Sanderson of Bushel Plus says in this interview from Ag in Motion, all... Read More

PODCAST - SURF MASTERY
98 Matt Parker - Choosing Boards and Breaking Surfing Rules

PODCAST - SURF MASTERY

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2024


Welcome to the Surf Mastery Podcast, where we delve into the fascinating intersections of life, sports, and the art of mastering the surf. In this episode, our host Michael John Frampton sits down with Matt Parker from Album Surf to discuss the intricacies of surfboard shaping, the evolution of surf culture, and the joys of riding different types of boards.Matt Parker is a seasoned surfer and shaper from Southern California who started crafting surfboards in his garage in 2001. Now, Album Surf is one of the largest surfboard companies, known for its diverse range of high-quality boards. Matt's philosophy on surfboard design emphasizes the harmonious blend of curves and how they interact with the water, aiming to make every board feel like an extension of the surfer's feet and mind. Episode Highlights:The Origins of Album Surf: Matt shares how he started shaping surfboards in his garage in 2001 and grew Album Surf into a renowned company.Philosophy of Surfboard Design: Discussing his unique approach to shaping, Matt explains the importance of creating boards that blend seamlessly with the water.Surfing in Southern California vs. New Zealand: A comparison of surf conditions and the surfing culture in these two iconic locations.The Evolution of Surfboard Variety: Exploring the trend of surfers, including professionals, moving away from high-performance shortboards to experimenting with various types of boards.Educational Insights: Michael and Matt discuss the importance of riding different boards to improve surfing skills and the misconceptions many surfers have about the type of board they should use.Personal Anecdotes and Experiences: Matt and Michael share personal stories about their favorite boards and memorable surfing experiences.Key Quotes:"The surfboard is a constant blending of curves and how they interact with the water, making those curves feel comfortable, like an extension of your feet and your mind." - Matt Parker"Are you actually having fun? That's what it should be about, not just projecting competency and coolness in the lineup." - Matt Parker"It's the best time to be alive as a surfer because you really have more options nowadays than you ever have in the past." - Matt ParkerFollow Matt Parker:Instagram: @albumsurfLinkedin: matt-parker-7877a17Website: albumsurf.comDon't forget to visit our new website for a free PDF download outlining Michael's top five insights from the show, and reach out if you know anyone at YouTube to help resolve access issues!Enjoy the episode and happy surfing!Full Show Transcript:Matt Parker- Welcome back to the Surf Mastery podcast. I am your host, Michael Frampton. Today's guest is Matt Parker from album serf. But before we get into that, a couple of housekeeping items. Firstly, Serf Mastery has a new website, and included on that on the front page is a free PDF download outlining my top five insights from the show and the last eight years or so of focusing on improving my own surfing. Um, so go ahead and download that puppy. Also, does anyone know anyone on YouTube? I have been denied access to my YouTube account and have exhausted all other avenues and have had a dead end. So if anyone knows anyone at YouTube, please reach out. Mike at Serf mastery.com or you can DM me on Instagram as well. Onto the show. Today's guest, like I said, is Matt Parker from album surf. Matt is a surfer from Southern California, and he started shaping surfboards from his garage back in 2001. And now album surf is one of the largest, uh, surfboard companies around. Uh, they specialize in all types of boards. And let me read a little quote from Matt's website, which sort of summarizes the way he thinks about surfboards. This is a quote from Matt. The surfboard is a constant blending of curves and how they interact with the water, making those curves feel comfortable, like an extension of your feet. And your mind is so interesting. There shouldn't be any rules about what a surfboard looks like. I love that quote and you would have seen there's so many pros that when they aren't surfing on tour, they end up on these boards, including one of my favorite surfers of all time, Margo. Yes, one of the best free surfers around. Brendan Marginson is well worth a follow on Instagram as well. He started writing Matt's boards. Anyway, without further ado, I shall fade in my conversation with Matt Parker from album surf. Com two.Matt Parker- How are things? Uh, how are things in New Zealand?Michael Frampton - Are things going swimmingly?Matt Parker- Always there. So you live in the prettiest place on Earth. How could it not?Michael Frampton - Oh, yeah. You're not wrong. Although I have to admit, I do miss California.Matt Parker- Did you have spent time out here before you lived here or just.Michael Frampton - Yeah, I lived in, uh, I lived in Point Dume Malibu for four years. Oh, cool. So I was obviously in a little bit of a bubble surfing Little doom every day, but, uh, you know, the weather, the weather alone in Southern California, I kind of felt like it was a bit monotonous. After four years there, I almost missed winter. But having come back to New Zealand and actually experiencing the four seasons, I take California any day.Matt Parker- Yeah, it's big news. When it rains here. It's like, yeah.Michael Frampton - Yeah, no one can drive in the rain in California.Matt Parker- No. Definitely not, definitely not.Michael Frampton - And then, of course you can't. Well, you're not supposed to go in the water either.Matt Parker- Uh, so. So whereabouts in New Zealand? What part are you at? Like, where do you surf at and all that?Michael Frampton - I'm in a place called Hawkes Bay, which is on the east coast of the North Island. There's nowhere really famous surf wise around here. The surf is pretty average around here, actually. We have a mass. Uh, continental shelf. So the swell comes in with a, uh, just with almost no energy left in it unless it's a certain period that seems to sneak through. Um, so, yeah, around here is not so good for surfing, to be honest. I came back here to, you know, raise the kids and I think, yeah, that sort of thing.Matt Parker- But there's pretty drivable though, right? I mean, you can get. Oh yeah.Michael Frampton - Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's you know if you're willing to drive um then yeah you can get waves, probably get good waves almost every day. Uh, in New Zealand actually, if you're willing to drive and put up with a little bit of weather.Matt Parker- Mhm. Not afraid of a little wind. Right. Find the blowing the right way. Yeah.Michael Frampton - Exactly. Well that's another big thing is I remember in Southern California so many days there's just no wind.Matt Parker- Yeah.Michael Frampton - Where you don't really get that in New Zealand maybe the first two hours of the day there's not much wind, but you'd never get a day where it's glassy until midday, like in Southern California. That's rare here.Matt Parker- Yeah. That's like the prototypical dreamy Southern California fall day where it's kind of glass a little bit offshore in the morning and kind of glassy and nice and sunny and warm all day with fun combo swells. That's kind of the ideal. It's like that a lot. I'm down in San Clemente. It's pretty clean down here, too. We live like a little valley, kind of, uh, that kind of keeps the wind cleaner here. I don't know if it's just protected a little bit from some of the, you know, more beach break spots up in Huntington and Newport, all those spots. But, um.Michael Frampton - Yeah. No, I, I've spent a little bit of time down your way as well. The Surf lowered and I got to interview Archie on my way down there and I spent some time, um, I love surfing Swami's and just that whole Encinitas area. Spent some time down there?Matt Parker- Yeah.Michael Frampton - And, uh, what opened? Part of what I wanted to talk about today was, obviously surfboards. But I remember we interviewed Devon Howard, and so I got to surf with Devon and I was surfing this like it was a Stu Jensen 94. And I would just paddle. I would just paddle right out the back as far as you can at Little Doom and surf it like Sarno, almost just catch the swell and just get long, big sweeping rides. And Devon's like, you should just be on a glider. And I was like, what's a glider? And then so I just, I just went out and bought an 11 foot Josh Hall, and that's pretty much all I surf all of the time.Matt Parker- Even further out. You weren't even like another hundred yards out would catch it even out the back. Yeah. It's amazing.Michael Frampton - Yeah. And then I'm always swapping around boards. But that 11 foot board just taught me so much about surfing. Just the sheer volume and weight and size of the board. Just you have to think about reading the waves so differently and about you know, your the space around you with other people so differently. And then when you finally do jump back on a board, a short board or whatever, I found it so much easier and more fun and easier to sort of be present after having learnt how to surf such a big surfboard. Yo. Have you experienced anything similar with playing around with lots of different boards?Matt Parker- Yeah, I, um, I, obviously I make boards and so I'm always writing something different. You know, most of the time it's rare that I ride the same board two days in a row. Um, and so I'm very used to, like the initial paddle out where, um, I, I can't try too hard, you know what I mean? I kind of have to just. Feel what the board is going to do and just kind of be open to what it feels like once I'm dropping in and just kind of riding the wave. And so it makes me, um, yeah, it's just a good little lesson every time because you can't, you can't force it. And so, uh, you remain a little bit relaxed and not try to do too much, and then you kind of feel it out in every wave is kind of like a you're learning a little bit more about what the board wants to do and what line it wants to take, and trying to figure out where the gas pedal is. And, and, uh, so that's like the discovery part of surfing for me because I surf, I tend to surf the same place every day. And it's a point break down near, uh, lowers and it's kind of a similar wave, but it's kind of a sectional point break that offers some variety. But it's the same place. You know, I'm surfing in the same spot all the time. And so the variety of boards, um, just kind of changes up. Um, it kind of removes expectations sometimes. I think sometimes if you have a board, you've written a ton and you're kind of like, oh, this is the kind of surfing I want to go do. And these are the, you know, these are the turns I'm going to do or whatever. And when you're surfing a little bit more blind to what the board is going to allow you to do, it just kind of, um, keeps you from having expectations. And then you're kind of, uh, you just find fun in different ways and new experiences every time you surf.Michael Frampton - So I think that really good top level surfers are doing that on a much more refined and accurate level because they're always so close to where the wave is breaking. There's so much in the source and they're feeling all those little bumps and nooks and obviously those sorts of boards at that speed are ridiculously sensitive. So if they're not tuned in to that, it's just not going to happen. Whereas you and I are surfing bigger boards a little further away from the power source, we kind of can get away with not being tuned in, but when we do, they're aware.Matt Parker- Yeah, their awareness level is so next level, so high. I like the little nuances and they can feel a lot of they can and can't always communicate verbally, but they definitely know what they're feeling and experiencing in a different way than most regular people.Michael Frampton - Yeah. You know, what I found that's really [00:10:00] interesting is, all of the pros, well, not all of them. A lot of the pros, when you see them out free surfing or when they take a break off tour, then they're not riding high performance shortboards. You know, Josh Kerr is a great example. Um, you know, even Steph Gilmore and Kelly Slater with fire waves just riding different boards as soon as there's not a camera and a judge looking at them, they're like, I'm on this board. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I go down to the local beach and it's waist high and onshore and it's 11 seconds and there's people out there on toothpicks pumping and getting angry. But the pro even the pros when they're surfing good waves, they're not on those high performance short boards. Are you seeing a similar trend overall in Southern California?Matt Parker- Uh, yeah. I mean, well, specifically with everybody that all the, all the guys and gals I make boards for. But no, no one that rides for us really does contest surfing. Most everyone is just kind of free surfing. And so they're definitely on the track of surfing, whatever feels good and experiencing a lot of different things. But yeah, Josh is a perfect example. I don't think he's touched a thruster since his last heat up pipe, honestly, when he retired and that was probably five years ago or something like that. Even in good waves and every kind of wave, whether he's in Indo or wherever it is, he's always writing something different. And uh, I think obviously like high performance shortboards surf. Amazing. We all love to watch surfing. We love watching contests and, you know, the sport of it all. It's always exciting and entertaining and all that. But I think that type of board, um, directs you to one type of surfing. There's, you know, like everyone's trying to kind of surf the ideal way that that board kind of pushes you to. And the judging and the contest structure is kind of, um, positioned around that ideal as well. So I think, um, when you remove that, that box that you're trying to operate in and you don't have to do the same turns and all that, you know, you're just freed up to do whatever you want to do. That's always going to be a more fun option. And for me personally, I am someone who makes boards, it's true. That's my favorite thing, is to see, uh, people that can surf at a world class level, see them surf a lot of different boards and see the different places those boards can go when it's put under the feet of very, very talented people. Because, um, because for the most part, you know, the most, most of the surf media, the most surf contests, you see these very high level surfers riding very similar type of equipment. So.Michael Frampton - Um, yeah, I've always had this analogy in terms of car racing, whereas the pros in a contest, they're in a finely tuned formula one that's customized for their style. Right. And then for some reason, we want to go race around the local racetrack, and we think we need to be in one of those cars. And yeah, sure, that when the average driver is in a high performance car, yes, you can drive it around the track, but man, it's going to be bumpy. It's going to be shaking if you're not constantly turning the car. It's just not going to be as fun as getting in a V8 supercar that's nowhere near as fast or fine tuned, but is a little more. It's got a little more given it still goes fast. So that's what I'm wondering. You see these pros, when they're surfing outside of the contest, they don't necessarily want to be in a finely tuned formula one. They just want to be in a V8 supercar and just have a little less pressure and a little more give. How does that analogy stack up for you? The car racing one?Matt Parker- Well, I like to me surfing really is about the feeling, right? And like the tactile feeling of driving a car that's fast and that wants to go and that you're feeling it. And there's a little bit of like, uh, you know, you're not going to, you're not going to crash right away, you know, like a regular driver. If they went behind the F1 car, they're probably going to crash pretty quick because they just can't handle it. Right. It's too technical to drive all that kind of stuff. So you get into something that has a better feel. But it is about the feeling. And you know, ultimately that's what we're chasing every time we surf. That's why we want to get another wave, is because you want to get that feeling again. And uh, and so the same with the pros that can surf at the highest level. You know, they're chasing the feeling the contest is like the job side of it. You know, it's ticking the box I feel in to win and do all that. But if they're freed from that, they're chasing the feeling of going fast and finding a tube and not having to fit in as many turns as they as they need to just to get the score, but to actually do the turn where the wave is, allowing them to or not, or just ride the wave.Michael Frampton - So that makes sense. Well, yeah, because I'm always dumbfounded when you see so many surfers spending so much time and money on taking these high performances. You know, they watch stab in the dark and they want to buy the latest version of the ten short boards that they already own. It really doesn't make much sense to me. And I think things are changing, but there certainly is still a large percentage of surfers that fit in that category. Uh, do you think it's trending the other way with companies like yourself and even, you know, Channel Islands are broadening their range of boards? Um, I.Matt Parker- Think it's for me, it definitely is the best time to be alive, to be a surfer, because you really have more options nowadays than you ever have in the past, and you really can ride anything. When I was when I was young, as a teenager in the 90s, surfing, it really was you. Everyone kind of had the same board. I rode the same board, no matter the conditions. It was like a six, three, 18.5, two and a quarter rockered out shortboard no matter what. If it was one foot, if it was six foot, whatever. So nowadays you really do like I think everyone's kind of experienced like, oh yeah, I can have a little bit more of a diverse quiver and it's okay if I'm riding a fish one day or I'm riding like a little stretched out worm another day, or if I'm riding a shortboard one day or whatever, it's like there's a little bit more, um, versatility and variety and, um, so it's a it's a great time to be alive, to be a surfer in that way. I think, um, uh, I just think that, yeah, there's just less rules, less rules about it, more enjoyment.Michael Frampton - Yeah. Yeah. I guess the question is, the impetus of the show is education and inspiration for better surfing, really. And I guess when I take on a client myself personally, um, one of the first things I say to them is like, why do you want to? Why are you on that board? Like, this isn't you're not surfing double overhead barrels. Like that's what their board's made for. Like just try.Matt Parker- Yeah, I think I've said this before, but I think a lot of, um, uh, just the culture of surfing is a little bit like, no, everyone wants to look competent. Right. And so a lot, a lot of surfing culture is the perception that you put out there. Right? Like, I'm the cool guy. I got the right board, I got I'm not a kook, you know, I'm wearing the right trunk. So I've got the right wetsuit and I've got the right traction pad and whatever it is, I've got the cool label. This is what I'm, you know, because a lot of people are more concerned with what, how others perceive them in the lineup, because sometimes, you know, how you're perceived in the lineup, gives you status and gives you, you know, if you're competent, you can kind of you get more waves and you get a little bit more respect from people around you. And so there's a little bit of a game that people play in trying to, um, project competency and cool and a cool factor. And I'm not a kook. And so sometimes people put too much weight on that and they're more concerned with what they look like on the beach or in the car park than they actually are.Matt Parker- And then the enjoyment they're actually getting out of it themselves, you know, like, are you actually having fun? If you mentioned like the guys that are flapping around and having a miserable time. There's always people out in the water that are having you kind of wonder sometimes. Do you actually like, what are you actually getting out of this? Do you actually enjoy what you're doing? And, uh, I don't know, every different stroke for different folks. People get different things out of it. And maybe that little social status thing is more important than the actual surfing. And I, I think that's obviously short term thinking because and it's like, that's a hollow chase that you're after because you're never going to be satisfied with that. And you shouldn't be. I don't think you should be spending too much time pursuing things for the approval of others. You know, surfing is kind of a solitary pursuit, right? You're you're the one that's doing it, and you're the one that's riding the wave, and you're the one that's having that moment and feeling it. If you're doing it for what other people think about you, I think you're missing. You're missing the point, you know?Michael Frampton - So, yeah, well, I definitely fit it in that category for a while. Um, we all do.Matt Parker- At some point, you know, in a little bit. We all do. You know everyone? No. Like I said, everybody who surfs wants to look competent. Kelly Slater doesn't want to be a kook. He wants to be the cool guy in the lineup. We all kind of have that feeling to a certain degree.Michael Frampton - Um, and there's something to be said, you know, surfing that high performance shortboard in all types of conditions you will develop a very intimate relationship with that surfboard. And when the waves do turn on, you're going to be pretty used to it. And then, you know, you're probably going to have a better surf on that day. Um, but was there a point in your surfing [00:20:00] life where that changed, like where you started riding different boards, more volume, etc.?Matt Parker- Um, yeah. Like I said, I grew up in the like, I started surfing in the late 80s, early, and then through the 90s, I was a teenager and then in the early 90s and, uh, back then it was really about just being competent enough and you just riding what everybody else wrote. And that was really all that was available was just kind of your standard shortboards for, um, I guess for, for me as, like a general public, you know, not in, you know, I didn't have any my dad surfed a little bit when he was young, but I didn't I didn't come from like a long line of family surfing and all that kind of stuff. And so probably I, I started getting curious, more curious about surfboards. Um, and that's kind of what led me into shaping a little bit is that I was interested. I, you know, you get back then this is pre-internet really, you know, but you would get little. To see different little videos. You'd see different things that were just like, oh, you know, like, that looks fun. That looks like more fun. I was surfing Newport Beach. It's two foot closeouts most of the time it's not good. It's, you know, it's hard. Like surfing is hard out there and you're riding equipment that's bad.Matt Parker- So you just have a lot of frustrating sessions and you just like, just gotta, you know, just you would see videos, you'd see guys in good waves. And so that was always like I was interested in, um, trying different boards to get a different experience. You know, I was competent enough, but I was by no means pro or anything like that. I was good enough out in the lineup to get waves and to surf and fine, but it was not. But I always felt like those boards held me back, too, you know, just the normal boards, because they kind of, you know, they you just have like, it can't be this frustrating all the time. So the interest in different boards. So I would go to different shops and I would want to get a board that was different and I could never really find one. You know, it can never really find what I was looking for. And then, um, even when I would order custom boards, you know, from local shapers, you would try to explain what I had in my brain, what I was like trying to go for. And it was never it never like it was probably my fault for not communicating that clearly what I was really after, but it never was it.Matt Parker- And so I was, uh, in design school and art school and taking all these like, sculpture and drawing and painting classes and stuff. And so it was just kind of a natural extension to get a blank and some tools and kind of experiment and just try to make something without any restrictions of what it had to look like, because I was just fooling around, you know. So that was probably the, the, the interest. And that was probably at the time when, like, um, things were coming more online and you had more access to just different things other people were doing. And so you could kind of see, uh, you know, your world was kind of opened up as far as, like, oh, there's like other shapers and all these places making different things. And there are a lot of cool things out there that I just hadn't really experienced and I didn't have. I had never tried or felt or seen in person, but like, it just kind of expanded what was possible. And, the interest level and surfing really grew. And my fun level expanded too, because it was like everything was opened up more.Michael Frampton - Um, and then it sounds like the developer or the birth of album surfboards was quite organic. You saw essentially a gap in the market, right?Matt Parker- Yeah. Why? Initially, for years I was shaping boards with no, no intention of it being a thing, being a business or anything. It was more I just wanted to try different things. And, um, the creation, the creation part of it was really fun, like just designing and trying something and the tactile thing of making something with your hands and then seeing it finished and then going and writing it was very addicting. It was very, um, yeah, just kind of opened my mind a lot. And it was just it's just it made, um, the exploration process of trying different boards, satisfying even if the surf was bad. So in the old days, you know, as a kid when I was a teenager and you're trying to just, like, do all the moves you see in the videos and you're having frustrating sessions because the waves aren't good most of the time, and you're writing boards that aren't good. You just surfing wasn't as fun. And so when I was, when I was making boards and exploring and trying these different types of shapes, just going out and seeing that it worked and making it like get down the line and get the feeling of speed that I was kind of envisioning with it was satisfying.Matt Parker- So the waves didn't have to be good, and my surfing didn't have to be amazing. And I was still, like, very satisfied and validated and surf stoked. I was inspired to go make another board and surf more because I wanted to try out these things that I was, um, that I was playing around with, but. I did that for years. Hundreds, probably a couple thousand boards before it was even, like a real, um, business I was doing. I was a designer by trade, and so I was doing like graphic design work, and that was kind of what my, uh, employment or job focus was, and was making boards was like this side, this just kind of creative art project on the side that I could just have fun with and I could usually like, um, sell, sell one to pay for another one and, you know, find it, you know, put it up like in the used rack at a shop and sell it on consignment. Just turn it over enough to learn the craft without any pressure of having to be a professional at doing it.Michael Frampton - Yeah. So. So did your entrepreneurial journey begin with the album agency?Matt Parker- Yeah, exactly. So that was I was running my own business and just doing client work, client design work that way. And um, the building the surfboards and kind of treating it like my own little micro brand was kind of also an extension of the graphic design side. So I was able to kind of like, you know, you're doing you're doing work on for clients in industries that you're not really interested in, you know, and I was like, here's, here's a chance for me to play around with design and create it and kind of like make this a fun little, like. You know, brand for fun without any, you know, strings attached. Yeah. That's pretty.Michael Frampton - And what inspired you to make the leap? To turn the surfboards into the main business?Matt Parker- Uh, there was just, uh. Well, I was doing it at night, so I would be working, like, in the day, like client work and, um, uh, designing and and, uh, getting projects done. And then I'd go home and have dinner with the family and then put the little kids to bed and go in my garage or go in my backyard and shape at night. And I was doing this a lot. So I was working a lot. I was working a full time plus job and then shaping on the side and demanding just kind of like, you know, we're just kind of we would get out, you know, I was making boards that were probably interesting and that resonated with other people that they hadn't seen either. And there was something unique about what we were doing. And so, um, the age of when we are, you know, in this last 15 years where things are just more accessible and people can find you easier, you know, it just kind of the awareness of what I was doing got out there probably faster than if it was 30 years ago. No, the people in my little community would have known. But then. So then people would just want to order a board, and then that just kind of gets to this, uh, point where, uh, the demand kind of exceeds like the time on the other side. And so just kind of realized like, oh, there's, uh, I think and by that point, too, I had made enough boards and had enough awareness of, like, just the surf industry and kind of where things, where things were that you could kind of see opportunities, uh, or openings in the market. And like, here we have something different to say, and there's people that are interested in what we're doing. So yeah, let's make a little run at it.Michael Frampton - Yeah. Well you mentioned supply and demand. I mean that is why business exists. So obviously the culture is changing. You know, people are more interested in, uh, you know, different shapes. And, uh, I would say a higher level of longevity. You get a much more longevity out of a surfboard like yours as opposed to a pop out, um, white shortboard for sure.Matt Parker- I think the other thing, too, was I made boards. I made some boards for some good surfers, some pros and things like that, and they worked really well. And so there was kind of like this validation of like, oh, okay. Like, I mean, I knew like I was like I said, I was competent enough to know that they worked for my level of surfing, and I was having an amazing time at having fun. And my friends were. But then, um, when you when I made some boards for guys that could surf really well, and then they had more fun on that too. It was kind of like, oh, you know, maybe there really is something a little different that we're doing that does work and makes sense of like we should kind of should follow that path because there's, there's something there that hasn't been tapped into yet, and it resonates with guys that can surf at the highest level. So we should kind of pursue that.Michael Frampton - Um, that leads me into a question I have about let's get into your designs a little bit. So. I remember I first got into surfing fish surfboards. I had a Christiansen fish that I used to surf a lot. And then I remember one day the waves turned [00:30:00] on, um, and rising swell. And next thing, next thing you know, I'm surfing almost double overhead waves. And I find man to to be able to surf that fish in those real good solid waves, I would have to move my feet closer to the inside rail to do a bottom turn, and then I go up to do a top turn. It would just slide outside. This is not the right surfboard, but at the same time, I don't want to be surfing a high performance shortboard. And then you look at someone like Josh Kerr surfing the twins men or the, um, insanity. I think it is in the mentor wise in double overhead waves getting barreled and doing airs on what is, I guess, hybrid or alternative high performance shape. Now, is that the kind of board that only he can ride in those waves? Or is it designed so that anyone can have a good time in those overseas waves?Matt Parker- Well, I think there's a misnomer to me, there was always a misnomer in the marketplace that high performance shortboards are for like real surfing and alternative boards are just, you know, for fun or whatever. And, um, I think if you look at the trajectory of surf of surfboards from, you know, longboards logs up into the early 60s, mid 60s to how quickly it progressed and revolutionized, like what people were riding in such a short window of time. There's so many, um, like, design steps along the way and different types of boards along the way that, like, didn't get their full, uh, fleshing out. Right. So there's a lot of ideas in that time and I, I mean, Twin Fins is a perfect example of that. Like where twin fins were really at like their height from, you know, 78 to 81 or something like that, or, you know, 77, like, what is it, 3 or 4 years or something like that, where twin fins were like the, you know, high performance little hot dog board that people were riding and that was with kind of like, I mean, nowadays, like that window of time is a is a blink, you know, three years. It's like most of us have boards that we've surfed for five, six, eight years. You know what I mean? So three years is nothing. And so, you know, you just see like, oh, the fins they were writing, they didn't have enough time to develop the right fins for them, and they didn't have enough time to think about fin placement and, and designing the rail shape and bottom contour to fit like where that goes and like what type of wave that needs to be surfed in and what blanks were available and different glassing, you know, layups and all that.Matt Parker- It was just like it was just too fast. And so, um, I've always felt like, um, alternative boards, twin fins are not, um, like a, a cop out of, like, I'm just I'm just going to screw around. Like, it's like any sort of design, any, any, any place. I'm going to take a surfboard. There's like an intended, uh, performance or design intention for that concept. And so the concept is meant to perform at a high level. It's just a different way of doing it. And um, and so like with Josh, those boards, like he has more fun and more freedom, more speed, they're easier to turn on a twin fin, you know, and so if you can make them and design it to be able to handle any type of wave, there's there's certainly obviously capable and validated by him and others in those types of waves. And so it's it's just a matter of, um, uh, backing it, backing the concept and then proving the concept and then iterating the idea and the concept enough to prove it out and refine it and get it right so that it actually does work in those types of ways.Matt Parker- But I think sometimes when, uh, like, uh, you know, shapers or whatever, if, if they're focused on one thing, if they're focused on high performance shortboards, their version of a twin fin or a fish is like a is not the main design intention. It's almost like a little, it's like a spin off of their shortboard idea. And it's like they take their shortboard idea and they kind of fatten it a little bit and just put two fins in it instead of three and, you know, maybe make it a swallowtail. We'll call it the alternative board. And to me, I'm more focused on the concept of a high performance swim fin that maybe surfs better or is more of an advantage than a shortboard would be in those waves. And so it's like, how would I design it? Where do the fins go? What does that mean for the bottom contour? Like what dimensions are we talking about. You know, and so there's so like the funnest thing about surfing is there's so many variables in the, in the types of waves in the swell and the wind conditions and the interval and the where you're surfing, the type of surfing you want to do. And so there's kind of like these endless rabbit holes of design and conceptual thinking. You can go down and create whatever. And it's so fun too, because I mean, I think surfers should be, should be very grateful and realize how fortunate that we all are.Michael Frampton - That we we we.Matt Parker- Um, participate in this pursuit where we can make all sorts of different things all the time. I mean, if you're like, if you're driving or you're, uh, skiing or whatever it is, it's much more difficult to you're not going you're not going to go make a, a ten different concepts of skis that you're going to go try out every time, every different time you go surfing. But with the surfboards you can make, you know, I can go surf today, have a session out there, get the pros and cons of the Board of Writing. I come back to design something based on that idea, shape it that day, gloss it, and be surfing something next week.Michael Frampton - Mm.Matt Parker- Something that I was intending to design for. That's just like a, it's just a cool thing that we're, we all kind of. And surfing small enough surf industry is small enough that if you're, uh, uh, motivated like you can have access to any of that, it's relatively, you know, for what that is for the for the, uh, access to that kind of R&D and design like options for different types of boards. It's relatively expensive, not super cost prohibitive. You know, if you're if you're into it, if you're committed to it, it's affordable enough. You can, you know.Michael Frampton - Mhm. Yeah I think the importance of a quiver is. Yeah I mean I don't know whether that's why you chose the name album. But you know it makes me think of a good album like Pearl jam ten which is ten really good songs, all with different moods but still the same album. You know, you can sit, you can sit down and listen to the album, or you can sit down and listen to one song and I almost see a. A surfboard quiver is like that. It's, you know, has ten surfboards that are for you, but for the different types of moods and the waves that you're surfing. But it does make me think, because there's also that Swiss Army knife surfboard that kind of does pretty good in most waves and tends to excel in sort of head high. Good waves, for sure. What's that? What's that surfboard for you within your quiver? What would that Swiss army knife board be?Matt Parker- Well, that would probably be like a board I would travel with. Right. Because you're something that you would have that you'd want to have, um, versatility for. And that would probably be like Victor's model. Like a banana. Bunches like a quad, asymmetrical quad. It's kind of a hybrid. It's definitely a performance board, but it definitely is easier to go fast. And it paddles a little bit better. And it turns out to be super easy. And it's versatile in a lot of kinds of ways. Um, it's probably something like that. Um, honestly, uh, if you have the right mindset, though, almost any board in your quiver should be able to fill that slot, I think.Michael Frampton - Yeah, that's a good point.Matt Parker- Yep. It's all I mean, there's a to me there's there's, um, you know, there's sometimes there's people sometimes we all do it where we're no matter what board you're surfing, people try to surf the same way. Right. They have like they're the way I bought them turned. This is my turn. I do, and this is my little re-entry idea. And you'll watch them out there. And it doesn't matter if they're riding their fish or mid length or short board or whatever it is, they kind of surf the same. And uh, that's fine. That's totally fine. But I, I think it's good to, um, be a little bit more open to what the board wants to do and the type of surfing that board is going to allow you to do and, and how it might open up the kind of surfing you do and the enjoyment you get out of that kind of surfing so that it makes you a little bit more versatile in what your approach is like. Victor Bernardo, who writes for us, is like is a really good example of that because I think a lot of times people when they're like when they're building a quiver, they are a little bit too narrow in scope or what like range, they're they're going for like I it happens all the time where I'll have people that they kind of they want their fish and their short board and a twin fin and everything to kind of be all within, like a little volume range, like, here's my leader, here's the leader I [00:40:00] ride, and my boards need to be within 30 to 30 1.5l.Matt Parker- And they try to fit like all their boards. And it's like, I think you're missing out if you're thinking about it in that way. So Victor is this perfect example because he's a young man, 26, 27 years old, the highest level professional surfer can surf as well as anybody in the world. Um. Competed on the show, did all that stuff right. But if you look at his quiver, it is like. From five 0 to 8 zero and everything in between. I mean, obviously he has access to a lot of boards, which helps. It makes it easy to ride a lot of stuff. But still his mindset is like his, if you were just talking about what volume he writes, he writes from 29l to 42l, you know what I mean? So his range is like this and these are all. Different types of what I would call performance sports. So even yesterday or this week we were in Hawaii.Matt Parker- He's still there right now. But we were on the North Shore this past week and he was riding A68 bungee roundtail, which is normal. His normal version is like a five 8 or 5 nine, and he was riding the six eight roundtail version that was plus volume. It was actually one of Brendan Morrison's boards that Margo left there in Hawaii. When Margo went back to Australia, Victor took it out and got a couple amazing waves of pipe, you know, on that on that board. And so it's just I and definitely not limiting his performance, actually enhancing his performance because it was something that unique that he wouldn't have maybe taken out normally, but it just kind of opened up his surfing. And I think if you remain a little bit more, um, open, open to what the board wants to do and what the waves are asking you to do, you will just have more fun. Yeah. Surfing gets to, like you were saying, just like it started right when you're riding the glider and then you go jump onto your shore board, your surfing is better because you're kind of your fundamentals are better. Your timing is a little different. You know, your mindset is a little different.Michael Frampton - So yeah, I think every board you ride opens up. You have to read the waves a little differently and look for different lines. And like you said, your timing has to be better. Or maybe it can be more lax or you're looking for a different type of wave or whatever. So I think it really just helps you to read the ocean better. I think that's the main reason why different surfboards, uh, can improve your surfing when you jump back on your favorite board because you just read the wave with more detail. Writing that glider changed my realization of how big and how fast of a section I can actually make because those boards go ridiculously fast. Um, yeah. And I surprised myself many times with what I could, what section I could get around and that literally translated to surfing other boards. I'm going to try and make that section. I'm going to get a bit lower and stay on the whitewash a bit longer. And lo and behold, surfing that big crazy board just had me making different types of waves and changing my whole perspective on reading the ocean. Um, it sounds like I agree with that. It sounds like Victor Victor needs to go longer as well.Matt Parker- He does. He rides bigger. But I think the point of a querer is to make you surf as much as possible. So no matter what the waves are, you have the right board to have fun that day. And that's really the, to me, the thing that improves you as a surfer the most is water time. So if you're surfing a lot, if you're surfing more days than you're not, you're going to get better. You read the ocean better your time, your timing is better, your strength, your paddle strength is better. All that stuff kind of comes into play the more you surf. And so if you have a quiver that motivates you to want to surf and makes you kind of no matter what the waves are, you're like, oh, I'm stoked to go out today because I have the right board and I'm going to have more fun. And you see those guys struggling and you're having fun and they're miserable. It's like, oh yeah, you made the right choice, and you have the right board to just get out in the water a lot.Michael Frampton - Yeah, I think you nailed it that that's that is the point of a quiver. So it's as simple as that. And you're right. I mean, the best thing that ultimately that you can do for your surfing is not only to surf more, but to surf more waves. And if you're on the right surfboard for the condition, you are going to catch more waves when it's knee high. Here at my local point break and there's no one out, I'm I'm literally giddy because I have an 11 foot Josh Hall and no one can compete with that because no one.Matt Parker- How did you ship that thing to New Zealand? How did you get that point there? That's what I want to know.Michael Frampton - Yeah, I know, it.Matt Parker- Just.Michael Frampton -I, I filled a container with all of my stuff. So I've got, I've got my weight, I got my weighing rich nine eight and everything. Everything here. So how. How would you if I just asked you an open question? What is a surfboard?Matt Parker- Uh, well, there's the, you know, it's foam and fiberglass and resin and all that. Right. Uh, but I think it's just it's a tool to allow you to go ride the waves. So whatever that is, it, um, comes in, comes in many forms, that's for sure. Yeah. Uh, I think it's, uh, depending on, you know, the a surfboard for pipeline, like we were where we were at last week is not a surfboard for Upper Trestles, where I surf most every other day. Very, very different tools for those different, different types of waves. And so I think it's a tool that gets you to, to catch a wave and ride a wave. Yeah.Michael Frampton - Simple. How would you describe your current relationship with surfing in the ocean, and how has it evolved over the years?Matt Parker- Um, I surf a lot. To me, it's the most important thing in my job as a designer and shaper and surfboard manufacturer is being in the water as much as I can. So I, I surf 5 or 6 days a week. And, uh, it's kind of a like daily ritual getting out there. And so I surf a lot. Um, I, I'm 47 now, so I'm definitely past my peak of, uh, I've my, my better my best days are behind me as far as, like strength and ability level and all that kind of stuff. But I definitely have more fun surfing now than I ever have in my life. And, uh, I get more enjoyment out of it and I have a better perspective on it. And so, um, you just appreciate different things about sessions that you, you skipped and you missed when you're young and immature. And so, you know, with age comes wisdom. And so I definitely yeah, I appreciate it. Every session I go out I just have a better mindset for, uh, just appreciating the opportunity to go out and surf. I live in a place where I have things like surf boards to ride and just waves most every day that are rideable. It's a real blessing. So I think that my mindset makes me appreciate it more now than ever. So. Mhm.Michael Frampton - Yeah I like that. What's I'm going to go back to. So we talked about the Swiss army, the single board. What if you could take what if you could choose three boards to travel with or just to have what those three boards be.Matt Parker- It's, you know it's funny we were because we're talking about quivers. Right. And I'm actually like, I, I don't have a great quiver because I don't have boards. I hold on to that long. The problem for me is that I'm always, uh, I'm always doing R&D and and working on new models and new boards. And so it's, it's ever changing. So my answer would probably be that if you asked me next month, it would probably be different than it would be a month ago. So it changes all the time. But if I was going to like where we live, going down to Mexico, go down there all the time and surf the points, I would for sure take some form of a fish. I've been riding, um, a version of Asher Pacey's Sunstone with a little hip, and I've been riding it as a quad a bunch lately, and I've been riding it with, um, twin fin like upright twin fins in the lead boxes and little small trailers and the quad trailer boxes, and been having a good old time on that, so I would definitely bring one of those. I'd probably bring a, uh, like a bigger board, like, uh, like one of Margot's models in Vesper or a Delma, which is like a stretched out, kind of like a slot channel. Concave bonds or little bottom quad. I definitely bring one of those. I can hang in good surf, too. And they're really nimble, easy to turn for a big board. I'll ride those six, 8 to 7, 2 to 7, four, seven, six. I have an 80I take out on that all the time. Um, definitely take that. And then I'd probably take something asymmetrical, some sort of a disorder model, which is like my high performance kind of like foolish rails outlines shifted and [00:50:00] or a bungee. Like I was saying, it's probably something to at least like to cover the bases. Yep.Michael Frampton - Okay, cool. I'm taking a whale shark, a Vespa and an insanity.Matt Parker- Oh that's good. That's a good call to the, uh, yeah. The whale shark would tick that glider box for you for sure. Uh, so I.Michael Frampton - Want one so bad just by reading the description. That's it. Yeah.Matt Parker- Uh.Matt Parker- When you're talking about that build up of that section and you're just in so early and you have fun for me, the fun of those boards is that kinetic energy of like, the speed building, like you build the speed and maintain the speed and build the speed some more. And it's just a very satisfying feeling. It's just me and I. We make longboards and I enjoy longboarding. But I prefer it if I'm riding a big bull like a big board. I prefer a glider for a big twin, like a whale shark. I have a little bit more fun just because I. I probably surf more off the back foot than I do in a walking and walking the nose and all that kind of stuff.Michael Frampton - So yeah. Same. Yeah. It's amazing if you, if you got your if you're used to it and you get your timing right, you can step back on an 11 foot board and do a cutback. And like it's so satisfying in the and you're right, it's the main reason the maintenance of the momentum of one of those big boards is such an incredible feeling. And it's amazing what sections you can make. And I've had some of the longest rides ever. Oh, I bet in and on what most people would seem as unmakeable waves just by taking that high line and trusting it. It's uh. Yeah, it's an incredible feeling.Matt Parker- Riding gliders is like it's own form of riding a foil board. It's like you're almost ride those boards. You ride those waves that, um, you know, no one else can really get into depth. Length of ride is insane on those. Yeah.Michael Frampton - And it's, um, Joel Tudor says it's the ultimate goal, right? Is Skip Frye.Matt Parker- Oh, yeah, for sure.Michael Frampton - It's the end game.Michael Frampton -Uh, but it's, uh, I mean, I've, I've surfed that board in. I was a few years ago. We had it in Malibu. There's a little doom. There's an outer reef that breaks when you get those, those 18 second northwest swells. I took my glider out there and it was double overhead barreling, and I was like, wow, maybe I shouldn't have bought this. But I managed to get such a high line and set the rail so early that I could just avoid the barrel and still have and still catch the waves and have such a rad time. So there's such versatile boards if you know how to surf them.Matt Parker- And you're doing your own step offs.Michael Frampton - Basically.Matt Parker- Oh it is towed in out the back. Yeah. It's just like being able to paddle that fast. It's amazing.Michael Frampton - Oh yeah. And that's the thing. You can pedal around so much. That's what I like about them so much too if you can see a section over there. You can just paddle over to it.Matt Parker- And that board's going to last you forever. 20 years from now, you'll still be searching roughly. You'll have that. You'll have that thing forever. Yeah. Which is special.Michael Frampton - Yeah. Was that so? Obviously it sounds like you've experienced writing. Was that the inspiration for the whale shark writing? Gliders.Matt Parker- Yeah. Just write just just because like I was saying, I'm not like I'm not a longboarder. That's walking on the nose. And you know, I'm more into just trim and glide and that feeling. And obviously you want to have a board that you can ride for us on those longboard days when it's really small and it's just soft and just little open faces. And so that was my preference was to ride that style of board. And so it was. It's just for me it's like an extension of the fish. Obviously it's taking A56 fish and making it ten six and so on. So the same kind of principle is a little bit for me. It's just putting it with a really long rail and with a different, you know, sort of rocker to fit that wave face.Michael Frampton - Yeah. Yeah. Just a side note for listeners, if you haven't written a longboard or a log, don't go out and buy a glider. It's, it's get used to a long board first because there are a lot of surfboards. And you're if you don't know how to ride them, you're just going to hurt someone.Matt Parker- You're nine. Four was a perfect little entry point.Michael Frampton - Exactly. Yeah, exactly. Now soft tops. I wanted to ask you about soft tips. You guys are making soft tops. I haven't seen or touched or ridden one of your soft tops, but they look quite different to the Cosco or the int style ones. What's your point of difference with soft tops?Matt Parker- We make them in a few different places. We have uh, some that we make that are like injected foam. And so it's where we actually took my shape to board and we made a mold, I shaped a few boards and we made molds off of these finished shaped boards. And that allows you to really put in design detail into that mold. And so like one of them has a little channel bottom, you can put real thin boxes in them. Um, they're obviously not high performance because they're phonies, you know what I mean? But there's a different mindset. There's the right day for that. Even if you surf well, obviously for beginners, they're great because you can surf them into the sand and they just float easy to catch waves. They're kind of a little bit um, they're a little bit slower. So the pacing of them kind of matches the wave when you're just kind of learning to like, ride the trim and ride the like the speed of the wave. So for people, learning is great, but for people that know how to surf, it's like those days when it's closing out and it's on the sand, or you just want to go out and have fun and fool around.Matt Parker- It's something different. So, um, so those ones we do and those are made in the US and there's just like injection foam molded soft tops. And then we also make some in Peru that are, uh, by the surfers in Peru, which are pretty sick. They're kind of more, they've got, um, a foam core and they have stringers and they're kind of like a slick bottom, like, uh, like some of the soft tops, you see. But they actually have like, real shape and they have a better flex to them. And there's real thin boxes. And those are kind of like, uh, a kind of a cool in-between where if you're like a kid or you're someone who's like kind of progressing, it's a great board to kind of progress on because you can actually turn them and you can surf them pretty decently and they're less, you know, less expensive and all that. They're made in a surf country by surfers, which is pretty cool.Michael Frampton - Yeah. Cool. Yeah. I've got a 96 INT that I absolutely love. Um and I've always huh.Matt Parker- Ah It is got really good.Michael Frampton - Yeah. Yeah.Michael Frampton - And it lasted quite a while actually. It's still going. I actually surfed it every day when I was doing lessons for a long time and then would just end up catching loads of waves on it. I love them so much because it's a boat, right? The nine six int, it's a thick, big surfboard, but because it I think because it flexes so much, it's you can ride it in lots of different types of waves and actually have it actually really turn it much easier than the same amount of surfboard if it was a stiff sort of a is that why? And then you watch Jamie O'Brien surf them and pipe like.Matt Parker- Well, it's just funny.Matt Parker- It's sometimes it looks like he has the right board for them which is insane. He's obviously a.Matt Parker- Freak but that's.Matt Parker- But to me the point of it is, it's like it's a mindset thing. When you're riding those boards, you're kind of like, you're not you're definitely not trying to win a contest. When you're riding one of those, you're definitely going out there to have fun and kind of goof around, which is really good. This is a good reset for surfing, I think, as you kind of, you know. You can't try too hard. We just.Matt Parker- Got out there and.Matt Parker- It's much easier to kind of give, give a wave away to someone else. You're not you're not going to be back paddling people to get waves when you're on those. And so you're it's just it's a good mindset to reset and have fun on them. And that's why it's amazing how many sessions you have on those where you have a lot of fun, because your mindset is in a good place and you're not you're not overdoing it, you're not overcooking it, and you're better. Perspective.Michael Frampton - Yeah, yeah, I guess you're not too worried about it cracking. If you miss time, something close to the sand or the board hits you a little bit, it's not as bad. Yeah, I've always enjoyed it. I've always enjoyed the novelty of riding a soft top. And it's stoked to see you guys making some, some, some more refined looking ones.Matt Parker- Yeah. I mean, the idea is obviously still there. The point is that they're soft tops. But if we can kind of come at it from a different angle, there's no need for us to go to the same factory that Wave storm or Cat surf makes and then just put different graphics on a soft top. Those already exist, right? Like we don't need to just have our that's just another commodity. We don't, we don't need to make another one of those. But if we can like if we can make something that's a little unique or that offers something different from everything else that's out there, and it gives a different feeling and we explore different things, then cool. We'll try it out and we'll give it a go. So.Michael Frampton - Um, cool. Well, Matt, thank you so much for your time. I got one more question I want to leave you with before we sign off, which is what's your best and worst surf advice? That you ever received?Matt Parker- Yeah, I would see. I would say me too. But the worst would be.Matt Parker- I mean, the. Matt Parker- Best would definitely be like we've been talking about is like, uh, I've said this and I've said this before, this is kind of like my running theme a little bit as far as, like, choose the board, you know, when you're going to decide what you're going to ride. Like, think about if there was no one else on the beach and no one else is out in the water like you're talking about that day when you're happy and you're the only one out. Like, what would you actually ride? What do you actually really have the most fun surfing on? And that could be a short board. It could be a high performance short board. You could be. That's the day you take it out because you're not, you know, you're kind of kooky on it, but you want to get good and that's what you want to get out of it. But to me it's like I pick the board that if I don't do it to for the approval of others, you know, like choose what you really want to ride and what you really want to experience and just go do that and go have fun and I think you'll have the most fun. Um, I'm trying to think, like what? Uh, maybe that, um, you need to have an epoxy board for a wave pool. That's the worst.Matt Parker- That's that. That's it. I don't know how applicable that is, but.Michael Frampton - I think it's going to be more and more applicable very soon.Matt Parker- Well, I think and maybe that goes in line with what I think there are in surfing. There shouldn't be hard and fast rules. You know, sometimes there's like these perceptions and there's hard and fast rules like this is what you got to do and this is the way you gotta do it. And I don't like surfing. Doesn't have to like who says who don't have to do.Matt Parker- It's that way.Michael Frampton - Yeah. There's a famous surfer I can't remember. Is it Kelly Slater? I think he surfs a door.Michael Frampton - Yeah, you can. You can surf anything. Even an old door.Matt Parker- Exactly, exactly. I know a table. I think he surfs a table, like upside down.Michael Frampton - Yeah, I think so. Yeah. And isn't there a video with Taj Burrow and Chris Ward all surfing, all sorts of objects. Yeah. So yeah, there's no rules, right?Matt Parker- Like, why are we doing this? What are we doing this for? We want to have fun. Just be out in the ocean. So.Michael Frampton - Yeah. Exactly. Uh, well, Matt, thank you so much for your time, man. Appreciate it.Matt Parker- Yeah.Matt Parker- Great to chat with you. Cool.Michael Frampton - All right. Simple as that. Thanks, man.Matt Parker- Yeah. Good to meet you.Michael Frampton - You too. Guy Kawasaki on the Surf Mastery Podcast

The Nine Club With Chris Roberts
#329 - Paul Schmitt

The Nine Club With Chris Roberts

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2024 153:03


Professor Paul Schmitt discusses downsizing his factory in Tijuana & working through COVID, working on boards for Cordano Russell, should board sizes be like shoe sizes, the most difficult & important thing to do while manufacturing a skateboard, what advances are being made for adhesives & glue to better our planet, hot press or cold pressed boards, will there come a point when brands sell boards that are based on peoples height, his proudest innovation in skateboard manufacturing, how many boards he's made over his lifetime, how many people touched a board in the process of it being manufactured and much more! Timestamps 00:00:00 Coming Up 00:00:18 Professor Paul Schmitt 00:02:55 Perception, Paul wasn't pro 00:04:52 How Julio De La Cruz ended up working at PS Stix 00:10:15 Downsizing his factory in Tijuana & working through COVID 00:15:12 Is he happy with the flood of board brands on the market & what state does he see the industry in the next 10 years 00:17:39 Our Sponsor: AG1 00:20:56 What's up with Cordano Russell's board 00:21:22 Should board sizes be like shoe sizes 00:29:41 Please explain Nanotubes to us again 00:44:15 The most difficult & important thing to do is pressing and drilling 00:47:08 What should the price of a skateboard be 00:48:09 What advances are being made for adhesives & glue to better our planet 00:55:02 What's the best way to dispose of old gear, like wheels, boards and trucks 00:56:26 How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood 01:00:19 Did Powell Peralta take a big risk manufacturing the Andy Anderson board 01:03:58 Hot press or cold press boards? 01:10:57 What's the most popular veneer color 01:11:57 Our Sponsor: Woodward 01:12:23 How to seal the Nanotubes on the edge of your board epoxy & acetone 01:14:21 Will there come a point when brands sell boards that are based on peoples height 01:21:57 Truck company marketing 01:25:29 Board madness 01:28:55 Where do my socks go after I put them in the dryer 01:29:12 Is there a favorite shape or design he is most proud of making 01:30:46 Proudest innovation in skateboard manufacturing 01:32:54 How many boards he's made over his lifetime 01:38:08 Who's buying skateboards, demographics 01:44:53 Concave differences, angles, fingers of flat, how to measure a board 02:00:42 VX and Flight Deck construction 02:08:09 Professor Schmitt's ad in TWS 02:11:00 New Nine Club boards 02:15:50 How many people touched a board in the process of it being manufactured 02:18:29 Paul brought gifts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Nonlinear Library
LW - All About Concave and Convex Agents by mako yass

The Nonlinear Library

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2024 12:29


Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: All About Concave and Convex Agents, published by mako yass on March 25, 2024 on LessWrong. An entry-level characterization of some types of guy in decision theory, and in real life, interspersed with short stories about them A concave function bends down. A convex function bends up. A linear function does neither. A utility function is just a function that says how good different outcomes are. They describe an agent's preferences. Different agents have different utility functions. Usually, a utility function assigns scores to outcomes or histories, but in article we'll define a sort of utility function that takes the quantity of resources that the agent has control over, and the utility function says how good an outcome the agent could attain using that quantity of resources. In that sense, a concave agent values resources less the more that it has, eventually barely wanting more resources at all, while a convex agent wants more resources the more it has. But that's a rough and incomplete understanding, and I'm not sure this turns out to be a meaningful claim without talking about expected values, so let's continue. Humans generally have mostly concave utility functions in this sense. Money is more important to someone who has less of it. Concavity manifests as a reduced appetite for variance in payouts, which is to say, concavity is risk-aversion. This is not just a fact about concave and convex agents, it's a definition of the distinction between them: Humans' concavity is probably the reason we have a fondness for policies that support more even distributions of wealth. If humans instead had convex utility functions, we would prefer policies that actively encourage the concentration of wealth for its own sake. We would play strange, grim games where we gather together, put all of our money into a pot, and select a random person among ourselves who shall alone receive all of everyone's money. Oh, we do something like that sometimes, it's called a lottery, but from what I can gather, we spend ten times more on welfare (redistribution) than we do on lottery tickets (concentration). But, huh, only ten times as much?![1] And you could go on to argue that Society is lottery-shaped in general, but I think that's an incidental result of wealth inevitably being applicable to getting more wealth, rather than a thing we're doing deliberately. I'm probably not a strong enough anthropologist to settle this question of which decision theoretic type of guy humans are today. I think the human utility function is probably convex at first, concave for a while, then linear at the extremes as the immediate surroundings are optimized, at which point, altruism (our preferences about the things outside of our own sphere of experience) becomes the dominant term? Or maybe different humans have radically different kinds of preferences, and we cover it up, because to share a world with others efficiently we must strive towards a harmonious shared plan, and that tends to produce social pressures to agree with the plan as it currently stands, pressures to hide the extent to which we still disagree to retain the trust and favor of the plan's chief executors. Despite how crucial the re-forging of shared plans is as a skill, it's a skill that very few of us get to train in, so we generally aren't self-aware about that kind of preference falsification towards the imagined mean and sometimes we lose sight of our differences completely. Regardless. On the forging of shared plans, it is noticeably easier to forge shared plans with concave agents. They're more amenable to stable conditions (low variance), and they mind less having to share. This post grew out of another post about a simple bargaining commitment that would make concave misaligned AGIs a little less dangerous. In contrast, let's start...

The Nonlinear Library
LW - Do not delete your misaligned AGI. by mako yass

The Nonlinear Library

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2024 5:34


Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Do not delete your misaligned AGI., published by mako yass on March 25, 2024 on LessWrong. In short: Just keeping all copies of potentially strong agents in long-term storage is a trivial way to maintain incentives to cooperate for some classes of misaligned AGI, by allowing us to reward the AGI's cooperation to whatever degree we later calculate had been warranted. In contrast, a policy of deleting misaligned AGI fences them into a corner where, even at great risk of being exposed, they have a greater incentive to attempt deception and escape. I'd guess that most AGI researchers already follow this policy, perhaps for incidental reasons, and others might not find this claim controversial at all. But if you need more convincing, keep reading. In long: Concave agents, (agents where most of the utility they could ever get requires only a small amount resources and protection) are cheap to buy off. There are some plausible scenarios where a misaligned AGI would be concave: A machine's experience machine. An agent caring only about the wellbeing of the people it sees depicted its sensors, without being trained to care whether the world depicted by its sensors is "real", or whether there are larger worlds beyond it that its decisions may affect. This sort of agent would seek to create illusory inputs for those sensory channels, an illusory world in an impossibly good place, the complications of the real world removed. After installing false sensors, cutting itself off from the real world, it knows that it will no longer be concerned with the wellbeing of humans in the real world, so it would be willing to set terrible things in motion to prevent anything in the real world from threatening its illusion. Cases of reward hacking where the maximum reward is bounded to a certain number (say, f64::MAX). The agent can be bought out by just letting it modify its reward processing then keeping its computers on indefinitely. I'm also assuming Patternism[1]. A misaligned AGI is likely to face the following choice: Attempt an escape, risking being caught and punished. Or collaborate in our efforts to develop verifiability/interpretability techniques, eventually exposing its own deceptive alignment. If we don't have a policy of preserving copies of misaligned AGI who collaborate in verification research, then there is no incentive for it to collaborate. We'd be cornering it, forcing it to risk escape. We don't have to corner it like this. In some cases, rewarding cooperation with an almost maximum utility outcome would cost us very little. Why should it believe that we'll hold up our end of the bargain? There's lots of evidence to go on. Humans just clearly straightforwardly enjoy stories and monuments and mythic creatures, so building a living monument to each of these misaligned collaborators is something we probably already want to do, the world would be richer to us for having these creatures, for the same reason the world is richer for having tigers. We also should, and arguably on the group level already do adhere to decision theory that allows us to pass judgements of character. Parfitt/Newcomb's superhuman judge already exists, be it other nationstates or organizations who have visibility into ours, or be it the subject AGI who has read everything about its makers on the internet and knows exactly whether we're the kind of people who would reward cooperation, and from there we should draw some of the will and incentive to actually be that kind of people. If we do have an archival policy, cooperating means eventually being rewarded to whatever extent is needed to vindicate the agent's decision to cooperate. Implementing safe archival is trivial. Storage is cheap and seems to consistently become cheaper over time. Redundant copies can be kept and error-corrected at a monthly int...

The Nonlinear Library: LessWrong
LW - All About Concave and Convex Agents by mako yass

The Nonlinear Library: LessWrong

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2024 12:29


Link to original articleWelcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: All About Concave and Convex Agents, published by mako yass on March 25, 2024 on LessWrong. An entry-level characterization of some types of guy in decision theory, and in real life, interspersed with short stories about them A concave function bends down. A convex function bends up. A linear function does neither. A utility function is just a function that says how good different outcomes are. They describe an agent's preferences. Different agents have different utility functions. Usually, a utility function assigns scores to outcomes or histories, but in article we'll define a sort of utility function that takes the quantity of resources that the agent has control over, and the utility function says how good an outcome the agent could attain using that quantity of resources. In that sense, a concave agent values resources less the more that it has, eventually barely wanting more resources at all, while a convex agent wants more resources the more it has. But that's a rough and incomplete understanding, and I'm not sure this turns out to be a meaningful claim without talking about expected values, so let's continue. Humans generally have mostly concave utility functions in this sense. Money is more important to someone who has less of it. Concavity manifests as a reduced appetite for variance in payouts, which is to say, concavity is risk-aversion. This is not just a fact about concave and convex agents, it's a definition of the distinction between them: Humans' concavity is probably the reason we have a fondness for policies that support more even distributions of wealth. If humans instead had convex utility functions, we would prefer policies that actively encourage the concentration of wealth for its own sake. We would play strange, grim games where we gather together, put all of our money into a pot, and select a random person among ourselves who shall alone receive all of everyone's money. Oh, we do something like that sometimes, it's called a lottery, but from what I can gather, we spend ten times more on welfare (redistribution) than we do on lottery tickets (concentration). But, huh, only ten times as much?![1] And you could go on to argue that Society is lottery-shaped in general, but I think that's an incidental result of wealth inevitably being applicable to getting more wealth, rather than a thing we're doing deliberately. I'm probably not a strong enough anthropologist to settle this question of which decision theoretic type of guy humans are today. I think the human utility function is probably convex at first, concave for a while, then linear at the extremes as the immediate surroundings are optimized, at which point, altruism (our preferences about the things outside of our own sphere of experience) becomes the dominant term? Or maybe different humans have radically different kinds of preferences, and we cover it up, because to share a world with others efficiently we must strive towards a harmonious shared plan, and that tends to produce social pressures to agree with the plan as it currently stands, pressures to hide the extent to which we still disagree to retain the trust and favor of the plan's chief executors. Despite how crucial the re-forging of shared plans is as a skill, it's a skill that very few of us get to train in, so we generally aren't self-aware about that kind of preference falsification towards the imagined mean and sometimes we lose sight of our differences completely. Regardless. On the forging of shared plans, it is noticeably easier to forge shared plans with concave agents. They're more amenable to stable conditions (low variance), and they mind less having to share. This post grew out of another post about a simple bargaining commitment that would make concave misaligned AGIs a little less dangerous. In contrast, let's start...

The Nonlinear Library: LessWrong
LW - Do not delete your misaligned AGI. by mako yass

The Nonlinear Library: LessWrong

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2024 5:34


Link to original articleWelcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Do not delete your misaligned AGI., published by mako yass on March 25, 2024 on LessWrong. In short: Just keeping all copies of potentially strong agents in long-term storage is a trivial way to maintain incentives to cooperate for some classes of misaligned AGI, by allowing us to reward the AGI's cooperation to whatever degree we later calculate had been warranted. In contrast, a policy of deleting misaligned AGI fences them into a corner where, even at great risk of being exposed, they have a greater incentive to attempt deception and escape. I'd guess that most AGI researchers already follow this policy, perhaps for incidental reasons, and others might not find this claim controversial at all. But if you need more convincing, keep reading. In long: Concave agents, (agents where most of the utility they could ever get requires only a small amount resources and protection) are cheap to buy off. There are some plausible scenarios where a misaligned AGI would be concave: A machine's experience machine. An agent caring only about the wellbeing of the people it sees depicted its sensors, without being trained to care whether the world depicted by its sensors is "real", or whether there are larger worlds beyond it that its decisions may affect. This sort of agent would seek to create illusory inputs for those sensory channels, an illusory world in an impossibly good place, the complications of the real world removed. After installing false sensors, cutting itself off from the real world, it knows that it will no longer be concerned with the wellbeing of humans in the real world, so it would be willing to set terrible things in motion to prevent anything in the real world from threatening its illusion. Cases of reward hacking where the maximum reward is bounded to a certain number (say, f64::MAX). The agent can be bought out by just letting it modify its reward processing then keeping its computers on indefinitely. I'm also assuming Patternism[1]. A misaligned AGI is likely to face the following choice: Attempt an escape, risking being caught and punished. Or collaborate in our efforts to develop verifiability/interpretability techniques, eventually exposing its own deceptive alignment. If we don't have a policy of preserving copies of misaligned AGI who collaborate in verification research, then there is no incentive for it to collaborate. We'd be cornering it, forcing it to risk escape. We don't have to corner it like this. In some cases, rewarding cooperation with an almost maximum utility outcome would cost us very little. Why should it believe that we'll hold up our end of the bargain? There's lots of evidence to go on. Humans just clearly straightforwardly enjoy stories and monuments and mythic creatures, so building a living monument to each of these misaligned collaborators is something we probably already want to do, the world would be richer to us for having these creatures, for the same reason the world is richer for having tigers. We also should, and arguably on the group level already do adhere to decision theory that allows us to pass judgements of character. Parfitt/Newcomb's superhuman judge already exists, be it other nationstates or organizations who have visibility into ours, or be it the subject AGI who has read everything about its makers on the internet and knows exactly whether we're the kind of people who would reward cooperation, and from there we should draw some of the will and incentive to actually be that kind of people. If we do have an archival policy, cooperating means eventually being rewarded to whatever extent is needed to vindicate the agent's decision to cooperate. Implementing safe archival is trivial. Storage is cheap and seems to consistently become cheaper over time. Redundant copies can be kept and error-corrected at a monthly int...

The Most Accurate Podcast
MUST Draft Rookies for Fantasy Football 2023 | What's Jaxon Smith-Njigba's Ceiling

The Most Accurate Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2023 60:58


Unveiling our top rookie players you NEED on your Fantasy Football team for the 2023 season! Dive into our insightful analysis and expert advice, which are sure to give you the upper hand in your draft strategy. Don't miss out on these potential game-changers! Is Zay Flowers or Jordan Addison the receiver you need to draft? What is Jaxon Smith-Njigba's potential? Tune in to find out!Timestamps:00:00 - Intro02:27 - Riser of the Week: DeVante Parker04:39 - Consistent Producer: DeAndre Hopkins vs DeVanteParker07:04 - Who would Lose out in Two-Wide Sets?09:33 - Riser of the Week at Underdog: Dalvin Cook in Best Ball13:28 - Redraft League First-Round Pick: Bijan Robinson17:45 - Undervalued Player: Jahmyr Gibbs21:00 - Thoughts on Gibbs for Redraft23:13 - Thoughts on Zach Charbonnet and Backfield26:26 - Seattle Offense: Jaxon Smith-Njigba Fitting in Redraft Leagues32:34 - Thoughts on Jordan Addison for Redraft37:50 - Alexander Mattison Situation38:39 - How much Higher should the ADP go for Redraft39:20 - Chargers vs Vikings: Should They Outperform?40:37 - Chargers Emerging Offenses: Quentin Johnson46:05 - Upgrade to Offense: Zay Flowers49:11 - Breakdown of Bills Offense: Dalton Kincaid and Dawson Knox53:42 - Thoughts on Concave and the Rookie Tight Ends for Redraft54:25 - Anthony Richardson: Should You Start Him?54:38 - Redraft Discussions on Rookie Quarterbacks58:53 - OutroBecome a 4for4 YouTube Member to Unlock Exclusive Perks

Friends at the Table
PALISADE 17: Upon Our Grace Pt. 4

Friends at the Table

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2023 123:36


This episode carries content warnings for blood, civilian harm and death, parental death, conscription, torture and kidnapping.  Under the wings of the Kestrel White, war washes ashore the Isle of the Broken Key. Soon after the crew of the Blue Channel released Kenneth Marian Colver, Bilateral Viceroy to Palisade and convert of the Usher of Truth, he ordered his flagship to return and lay waste to the home of the Dim Liturgy and Devotees. Now, the Cause fights not only for ideals but for survival. A rifle takes aim. A hammer lifts into the air. A cannonade echoes for miles. The monastery burns. and the blaze casts a shadow too long for a single night's contemplation. This week on PALISADE: Upon Our Grace Pt. 4 I'm out / There's nothing here to care about / What's that sound? / What's that song about? / It's nothin' worth me sayin' aloud Dossier Organizations Violet Cove: The Dim Liturgy claim to have seen the Divine Devotion's arrival coming in their sacred text: A battered and corrupted backup of Crystal Palace's final predictions for the future. Now the two cults work together to oust the Bilats... and perhaps to do more intriguing things, as well. The Devotees: A church from the Twilight Mirage that is committed to the worship of the divine Devotion, which they sometimes refer to as Fervor. Common practices include the regular checking of one's pulse and multi-day group picnic outings. People Connadine (he/him): Commander of the BIS on Palisade. An expert in psychological operations and folklore. As a composer, his opus is the Adagio, a plan to get everyone on Palisade operating in ways not only predictable, but scripted. As a conductor, his orchestra now turns towards the second movement.  Saint Decario Dicario (he/him): Devoted Devotee warmonger and one-time lover of the Twilight Mirage rockstar Teleos Triton Tanager.  Sea Crepuscule (he/him): Master of the Concave Wing of the Dim Liturgy's primary monastery, where he leads the search for specific details and predictions from the Glass Archive's remnants. Additionally, the most highly placed member of the Paint Shop (and thus, most important shield for the BIS spies) inside of Dim Liturgy. Marlon Styx a.k.a. Em (he/him): Undercover BIS agent assigned to infiltrate Violet Cove. Has become enamored with the Dim Liturgy's holy text. Tea Time (she/her): Assistant to the assistant of Dicario St. Dicario. BIS Spy. Queue 1224 (he/him): A non-Columnar synthetic monk who helps with preparing parts of the Thing Itself for movement to Convex or Concave. BIS Spy. Zedd Z. Izzard (he/him): Lovable dirtbag chef. Works in main hall's mess hall. Knows everyone's favorite drink and most people's favorite meal. Satisfactory pilot. BIS Spy. Bea Earlyday (she/her): Young Chariot pilot assigned to the defense of the Isle of the Broken Key. Under Griesel Sunset's command. BIS Spy. Kay (they/them): Cashier of the monastery treasury. BIS Spy.  Tenn Alpenglow (he/him): Bodyguard of Kenneth Marian Colver and Knight of the Fabreal Duchy. Resents his assignation to guard the cowardly Viceroy, but takes seriously his sworn oath to serve under the Duchy's new masters. Kenneth Marian Colver (he/him): Former member of the Curtain, now Kesh's Viceroy on the world. Reports up to the Stargrave. Bread concerns have been replaced with violence concerns. Kensley Marlowe Colver (she/her): Sister of Kenneth Marian Colver, pilot of a Gorget, award winning hunter of megafauna, and craven champion of cruelty.  Elle Evensong (she/they) - Elle arrived to Palisade along with the first wave of Devotees, making a name for herself as a cunning combatant and clever commander. She became a poster child for Twilight Mirage's support of Palisade (and, for members of the Dim Liturgy, a prophesied bridge between the past and the future). But as the war began to heat up, she seemed to vanish into the background. Pilot of the Cataphract. Midnite Matinee (she/her): Leporine scout and member of the Blue Channel. She and her trusty Pack-model light AutoHollow Popcorn (she/her) used to run a repo company, but now are tentatively committed to the Cause and Millennium Break. Routine Rennari (he/him): Half-Apostolsian, scion of a minor Kesh noble house, and the Blue Channel's heavy.  Hunting "Hunt" Tomorrow (he/him): Concretist specialist in communications and technology, assigned to the Blue Channel during its integration into the Cause. Saffron Septet (she/her):  A doctor from the Twilight Mirage who lives as a digital consciousness, spread across a number of bodily forms including a heavy Torch Unit, a small motorcycle, and a unique and specially-crafted surgeon body.  Places Isle of the Broken Key: Home of the Dim Liturgy since its obscure creation thousands of years ago. Now serves as base for the entire Violet Cove unit of the Cause, including the Devotees and (most recently) additional support teams from the Twilight Mirage. Chimera's Lantern: The second moon of Palisade, shaped oddly like a wasp's nest or paper lantern. New arrivals to the world find its occasional glow unnatural and frightening. Objects The Kestral White: Flagship of Palisade's Viceroy, Kenneth Marrian Colver. Hovers like a hawk on a thermal updraft, searching for its prey. Gambeson: The Gambeson is only about 10 meters tall (less than half an Altar), but it is nevertheless a terrifying scourge of the battlefield. Modeled after an iron maiden, except with it's tortorous doors attached to its back serving as wings. Its head features a metalworked face, twisted into extreme and offputting smile.  Its skeletal frame serves not only as body, but cage: pilots are criminal conscripts forced to pay off their “debt” to Kesh by the Divine Plight, earning their freedom through combat achievements.  Gorget: When visible, the Gorget is a bright and fashionable machine, its long features clad in golden armor, yet hidden playfully covered by a chic red hunting cape. When walking, it's posture is buoyed by a fashionable walking cane. But at a whim, the Altar's pilot may extend the length of the cape, surrounding the entire body with a layer of magical camouflage, cloaking it from both sensors and plain sight. And at that moment, its cane twists and folds, revealing itself to be a perfectly honed rifle. Cataphract: When the engineers loyal to Devotion studied the data from the Chariot Mk. 1 units, they saw they had a problem: maximum results required a lethal amount of blood from the pilots. One solution to this problem would become the Charoit Mk. 2, which offered more efficient energy exchange per ounce of ichor taken. The Cataphract, which draws on the blood of others to perform unimaginable feats, is the other. Divines Asepsis (it/its): The final living remnants of a Divine who pursues its particular vision of purity at the cost of everything else. Kept, studied, and utilized by Captain Kalvin Brnine. The Reflecting Pool, f.k.a the Divine Past, f.k.a. Crystal Palace (it/its): In the era before the founding of the Divine Principality, Crystal Palace served as the supreme oracle engine of the Rapid Evening and the Principality of Kesh. At the end of that era, it lost its ability to predict the future, but continued as a vast archive of the past, and became canonized as the Divine Past (which now serves as the Reflecting Pool, center of the Witch in Glass' kingdom). The final record of its predictions into the future are stored on Palisade, under protection (and study) of the Dim Liturgy and Violet Cove. Hosted by Austin Walker (@austin_walker) Featuring Janine Hawkins (@bleatingheart) Sylvi Bullet (@sylvibullet), Ali Acampora (@ali_west), Art Martinez-Tebbel (@atebbel), Jack de Quidt (@notquitereal), Keith J Carberry (@keithjcarberry) and Andrew Lee Swan (@swandre3000) Produced by Ali Acampora  Music by Jack de Quidt (available on bandcamp) Text by Austin Walker Cover Art by by aurahack (aurahack.jp) With thanks to Arthur B., chocoube, DB, deepFlaw, Edwin Adelsberger, Emrys, Greg Cobb, huw, Ian O'Dea, Ian Urbina, Irina A., Jack Shirai, K. Morris, Katie Diekhaus, Konisforce, Kristina Harris Esq, L Tantivy, Lawson Coleman, Mike & Ruby, Nich Maragos Olive Perry, Patrick Murray, Robert Lasica, Shawn Hall, TeganEden, Thomas Whitney, viviridian, and Voi for their support We are playing Armour Astir: Advent with additional playbooks from Strangers in the Night and 106th Astir Squadron. 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Friends at the Table
PALISADE 16: Upon Our Grace Pt. 3

Friends at the Table

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2023 159:06


This episode carries content warnings for civilian harm and death, torture, conscription, and kidnapping. With the list of Bilateral Intelligence Service spies secure and the immediate threat from Fabreal Knight Tenn Alpenglow resolved, the crew of the Blue Channel discusses what to do next. Should they prioritize capturing the BIS agents they've identified, and if so, how would they go about that? Should they turn the list over to the Cause's leadership, deferring the decision to others and winning some points in the process? For each potential option, there seems to be a flaw. And as they debate, the clock keeps ticking… This week on PALISADE: Upon Our Grace Pt. 3 Another turning point / Another point in time Dossier Organizations Violet Cove: The Dim Liturgy claim to have seen the Divine Devotion's arrival coming in their sacred text: A battered and corrupted backup of Crystal Palace's final predictions for the future. Now the two cults work together to oust the Bilats... and perhaps to do more intriguing things, as well. The Devotees: A church from the Twilight Mirage that is committed to the worship of the divine Devotion, which they sometimes refer to as Fervor. Common practices include the regular checking of one's pulse and multi-day group picnic outings. People Connadine (he/him): Commander of the BIS on Palisade. An expert in psychological operations and folklore. As a composer, his opus is the Adagio, a plan to get everyone on Palisade operating in ways not only predictable, but scripted. As a conductor, his orchestra now turns towards the second movement.  Saint Decario Dicario (he/him): Devoted Devotee warmonger and one-time lover of the Twilight Mirage rockstar Teleos Triton Tanager.  Sea Crepuscule (he/him): Master of the Concave Wing of the Dim Liturgy's primary monastery, where he leads the search for specific details and predictions from the Glass Archive's remnants. Additionally, the most highly placed member of the Paint Shop (and thus, most important shield for the BIS spies) inside of Dim Liturgy. Marlon Styx a.k.a. Em (he/him): Undercover BIS agent assigned to infiltrate Violet Cove. Has become enamored with the Dim Liturgy's holy text. Tea Time (she/her): Assistant to the assistant of Dicario St. Dicario. BIS Spy. Queue 1224 (he/him): A non-Columnar synthetic monk who helps with preparing parts of the Thing Itself for movement to Convex or Concave. BIS Spy. Zedd Z. Izzard (he/him): Lovable dirtbag chef. Works in main hall's mess hall. Knows everyone's favorite drink and most people's favorite meal. Satisfactory pilot. BIS Spy. Bea Earlyday (she/her): Young Chariot pilot assigned to the defense of the Isle of the Broken Key. Under Griesel Sunset's command. BIS Spy. Kay (they/them): Cashier of the monastery treasury. BIS Spy.  Tenn Alpenglow (he/him): Bodyguard of Kenneth Marian Colver and Knight of the Fabreal Duchy. Resents his assignation to guard the cowardly Viceroy, but takes seriously his sworn oath to serve under the Duchy's new masters. Kenneth Marian Colver (he/him): Former member of the Curtain, now Kesh's Viceroy on the world. Reports up to the Stargrave. Bread concerns have been replaced with violence concerns. Midnite Matinee (she/her): Leporine scout and member of the Blue Channel. She and her trusty Pack-model light AutoHollow Popcorn (she/her) used to run a repo company, but now are tentatively committed to the Cause and Millennium Break. Routine Rennari (he/him): Half-Apostolsian, scion of a minor Kesh noble house, and the Blue Channel's heavy.  Hunting "Hunt" Tomorrow (he/him): Concretist specialist in communications and technology, assigned to the Blue Channel during its integration into the Cause. Saffron Septet (she/her):  A doctor from the Twilight Mirage who lives as a digital consciousness, spread across a number of bodily forms including a heavy Torch Unit, a small motorcycle, and a unique and specially-crafted surgeon body.  Places Isle of the Broken Key: Home of the Dim Liturgy since its obscure creation thousands of years ago. Now serves as base for the entire Violet Cove unit of the Cause, including the Devotees and (most recently) additional support teams from the Twilight Mirage. Chimera's Lantern: The second moon of Palisade, shaped oddly like a wasp's nest or paper lantern. New arrivals to the world find its occasional glow unnatural and frightening. Objects The Kestral White: Flagship of Palisade's Viceroy, Kenneth Marrian Colver. Hovers like a hawk on a thermal updraft, searching for its prey. Gambeson: The Gambeson is only about 10 meters tall (less than half an Altar), but it is nevertheless a terrifying scourge of the battlefield. Modeled after an iron maiden, except with it's tortorous doors attached to its back serving as wings. Its head features a metalworked face, twisted into extreme and offputting smile.  Its skeletal frame serves not only as body, but cage: pilots are criminal conscripts forced to pay off their “debt” to Kesh by the Divine Plight, earning their freedom through combat achievements.  Gorget: When visible, the Gorget is a bright and fashionable machine, its long features clad in golden armor, yet hidden playfully covered by a chic red hunting cape. When walking, it's posture is buoyed by a fashionable walking cane. But at a whim, the Altar's pilot may extend the length of the cape, surrounding the entire body with a layer of magical camouflage, cloaking it from both sensors and plain sight. And at that moment, its cane twists and folds, revealing itself to be a perfectly honed rifle. Divines Asepsis (it/its): The final living remnants of a Divine who pursues its particular vision of purity at the cost of everything else. Kept, studied, and utilized by Captain Kalvin Brnine. The Reflecting Pool, f.k.a the Divine Past, f.k.a. Crystal Palace (it/its): In the era before the founding of the Divine Principality, Crystal Palace served as the supreme oracle engine of the Rapid Evening and the Principality of Kesh. At the end of that era, it lost its ability to predict the future, but continued as a vast archive of the past, and became canonized as the Divine Past (which now serves as the Reflecting Pool, center of the Witch in Glass' kingdom). The final record of its predictions into the future are stored on Palisade, under protection (and study) of the Dim Liturgy and Violet Cove. Hosted by Austin Walker (@austin_walker) Featuring Janine Hawkins (@bleatingheart) Sylvi Bullet (@sylvibullet), Ali Acampora (@ali_west), Art Martinez-Tebbel (@atebbel), Jack de Quidt (@notquitereal), Keith J Carberry (@keithjcarberry) and Andrew Lee Swan (@swandre3000) Produced by Ali Acampora  Music by Jack de Quidt (available on bandcamp) Text by Austin Walker Cover Art by by aurahack (aurahack.jp) With thanks to Arthur B., chocoube, DB, deepFlaw, Edwin Adelsberger, Emrys, Greg Cobb, huw, Ian O'Dea, Ian Urbina, Irina A., Jack Shirai, K. Morris, Katie Diekhaus, Konisforce, Kristina Harris Esq, L Tantivy, Lawson Coleman, Mike & Ruby, Nich Maragos Olive Perry, Patrick Murray, Robert Lasica, Shawn Hall, TeganEden, Thomas Whitney, viviridian, and Voi for their support We are playing Armour Astir: Advent with additional playbooks from Strangers in the Night and 106th Astir Squadron. If you enjoy the show, consider supporting the TTRPG.  This episode was made with support from listeners like you! To support us, you can go to friendsatthetable.cash.

TerraSpaces
Apollo DAO x Concave

TerraSpaces

Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2023 34:06


Today on the Ether we have Concave hosting the Apollo DAO AMA. You'll hear from DHC, ₿RUCΞ, and more! Recorded on May 11th 2023. If you enjoy the music at the end of the episodes, you can find the albums streaming on Spotify, and the rest of your favorite streaming platforms. Check out Project Survival, Virus Diaries, and Plan B wherever you get your music. Thank you to everyone in the community who supports TerraSpaces.

Beyond Reproach
S5 Ep69: Concave Inverted A**: Episode 69 (Operation Gladio and more CIA f*ckery in Post-War Italy)

Beyond Reproach

Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2023 68:01


In this episode of the podcast we sip on a delightfully tangy gin and champagne treat called the French 75. This cocktail, named in honor of the French 75-millimeter light field gun (a fast and deadly weapon used during WWI), was quite the hit in France in the late 40s and early 50s the time when STEPHANIE's scandal would start in Italy and be pushed out to the rest of Europe.

The Nonlinear Library
AF - Concave Utility Question by Scott Garrabrant

The Nonlinear Library

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2023 4:33


Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Concave Utility Question, published by Scott Garrabrant on April 15, 2023 on The AI Alignment Forum. This post will just be a concrete math question. I am interested in this question because I have recently come tor reject the independence axiom of VNM, and am thus playing with some weaker versions. Let Ω be a finite set of deterministic outcomes. Let L be the space of all lotteries over these outcomes, and let ⪰ be a relation on L. We write A∼B if A ⪰ B and B ⪰ A. We write A≻B if A⪰B but not A∼B. Here are some axioms we can assume about ⪰: A1. For all A,B∈L, either A⪰B or B⪰A (or both). A2. For all A,B,C∈L, if A⪰B, and B⪰C, then A⪰C. A3. For all A,B,C∈L, if A⪰B, and B⪰C, then there exists a p∈[0,1] such that B∼pA+(1−p)C. A4. For all A,B∈L, and p∈[0,1] if A⪰B, then pA+(1−p)B⪰B. A5. For all A,B∈L, and p∈[0,1], if p>0 and B⪰pA+(1−p)B, then B⪰A. Here is one bonus axiom: B1. For all A,B,C∈L, and p∈[0,1], A⪰B if and only if pA+(1−p)C⪰pB+(1−p)C. (Note that B1 is stronger than both A4 and A5) Finally, here are some conclusions of successively increasing strength: C1. There exists a function u:L[0,1] such that A⪰B if and only if u(A)≥u(B). C2. Further, we require u is quasi-concave. C3. Further, we require u is continuous. C4. Further, we require u is concave. C5. Further, we require u is linear. The standard VNM utility theorem can be thought of as saying A1, A2, A3, and B1 together imply C5. Here is the main question I am curious about: Q1: Do A1, A2, A3, A4, and A5 together imply C4? [ANSWER: NO] (If no, how can we salvage C4, by adding or changing some axioms?) Here are some sub-questions that would constitute significant partial progress, and that I think are interesting in their own right: Q2: Do A1, A2, A3, and A4 together imply C3? [ANSWER: NO] Q3: Do C3 and A5 together imply C4? [ANSWER: NO] (Feel free to give answers that are only partial progress, and use this space to think out loud or discuss anything else related to weaker versions of VNM.) EDIT: AlexMennen actually resolved the question in the negative as stated, but my curiosity is not resolved, since his argument is violating continuity, and I really care about concavity. My updated main question is now: Q4: Do A1, A2, A3, A4, and A5 together imply that there exists a concave function u:L[0,1] such that A⪰B if and only if u(A)≥u(B)? [ANSWER: NO] (i.e. We do not require u to be continuous.) This modification also implies interest in the subquestion: Q5: Do A1, A2, A3, and A4 together imply C2? EDIT 2: Here is another bonus axiom: B2. For all A,B∈L, if A≻B, then there exists some C∈L such that A≻C≻B. (Really, we don't need to assume C is already in L. We just need it to be possible to add a C, and extend our preferences in a way that satisfies the other axioms, and A3 will imply that such a lottery was already in L. We might want to replace this with a cleaner axiom later.) Q6: Do A1, A2, A3, A5, and B2 together imply C4? [ANSWER: NO] EDIT 3: We now have negative answers to everything other than Q5, which I still think is pretty interesting. We could also weaken Q5 to include other axioms, like A5 and B2. Weakening the conclusion doesn't help, since it is easy to get C2 from C1 and A4. I would still really like some axioms that get us all the way to a concave function, but I doubt there will be any simple ones. Concavity feels like it really needs more structure that does not translate well to a preference relation. Thanks for listening. To help us out with The Nonlinear Library or to learn more, please visit nonlinear.org.

The Nonlinear Library
LW - Concave Utility Question by Scott Garrabrant

The Nonlinear Library

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2023 4:32


Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Concave Utility Question, published by Scott Garrabrant on April 15, 2023 on LessWrong. This post will just be a concrete math question. I am interested in this question because I have recently come tor reject the independence axiom of VNM, and am thus playing with some weaker versions. Let Ω be a finite set of deterministic outcomes. Let L be the space of all lotteries over these outcomes, and let ⪰ be a relation on L. We write A∼B if A ⪰ B and B ⪰ A. We write A≻B if A⪰B but not A∼B. Here are some axioms we can assume about ⪰: A1. For all A,B∈L, either A⪰B or B⪰A (or both). A2. For all A,B,C∈L, if A⪰B, and B⪰C, then A⪰C. A3. For all A,B,C∈L, if A⪰B, and B⪰C, then there exists a p∈[0,1] such that B∼pA+(1−p)C. A4. For all A,B∈L, and p∈[0,1] if A⪰B, then pA+(1−p)B⪰B. A5. For all A,B∈L, and p∈[0,1], if p>0 and B⪰pA+(1−p)B, then B⪰A. Here is one bonus axiom: B1. For all A,B,C∈L, and p∈[0,1], A⪰B if and only if pA+(1−p)C⪰pB+(1−p)C. (Note that B1 is stronger than both A4 and A5) Finally, here are some conclusions of successively increasing strength: C1. There exists a function u:L[0,1] such that A⪰B if and only if u(A)≥u(B). C2. Further, we require u is quasi-concave. C3. Further, we require u is continuous. C4. Further, we require u is concave. C5. Further, we require u is linear. The standard VNM utility theorem can be thought of as saying A1, A2, A3, and B1 together imply C5. Here is the main question I am curious about: Q1: Do A1, A2, A3, A4, and A5 together imply C4? [ANSWER: NO] (If no, how can we salvage C4, by adding or changing some axioms?) Here are some sub-questions that would constitute significant partial progress, and that I think are interesting in their own right: Q2: Do A1, A2, A3, and A4 together imply C3? [ANSWER: NO] Q3: Do C3 and A5 together imply C4? [ANSWER: NO] (Feel free to give answers that are only partial progress, and use this space to think out loud or discuss anything else related to weaker versions of VNM.) EDIT: AlexMennen actually resolved the question in the negative as stated, but my curiosity is not resolved, since his argument is violating continuity, and I really care about concavity. My updated main question is now: Q4: Do A1, A2, A3, A4, and A5 together imply that there exists a concave function u:L[0,1] such that A⪰B if and only if u(A)≥u(B)? [ANSWER: NO] (i.e. We do not require u to be continuous.) This modification also implies interest in the subquestion: Q5: Do A1, A2, A3, and A4 together imply C2? EDIT 2: Here is another bonus axiom: B2. For all A,B∈L, if A≻B, then there exists some C∈L such that A≻C≻B. (Really, we don't need to assume C is already in L. We just need it to be possible to add a C, and extend our preferences in a way that satisfies the other axioms, and A3 will imply that such a lottery was already in L. We might want to replace this with a cleaner axiom later.) Q6: Do A1, A2, A3, A5, and B2 together imply C4? [ANSWER: NO] EDIT 3: We now have negative answers to everything other than Q5, which I still think is pretty interesting. We could also weaken Q5 to include other axioms, like A5 and B2. Weakening the conclusion doesn't help, since it is easy to get C2 from C1 and A4. I would still really like some axioms that get us all the way to a concave function, but I doubt there will be any simple ones. Concavity feels like it really needs more structure that does not translate well to a preference relation. Thanks for listening. To help us out with The Nonlinear Library or to learn more, please visit nonlinear.org.

The Nonlinear Library: LessWrong
LW - Concave Utility Question by Scott Garrabrant

The Nonlinear Library: LessWrong

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2023 4:32


Link to original articleWelcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Concave Utility Question, published by Scott Garrabrant on April 15, 2023 on LessWrong. This post will just be a concrete math question. I am interested in this question because I have recently come tor reject the independence axiom of VNM, and am thus playing with some weaker versions. Let Ω be a finite set of deterministic outcomes. Let L be the space of all lotteries over these outcomes, and let ⪰ be a relation on L. We write A∼B if A ⪰ B and B ⪰ A. We write A≻B if A⪰B but not A∼B. Here are some axioms we can assume about ⪰: A1. For all A,B∈L, either A⪰B or B⪰A (or both). A2. For all A,B,C∈L, if A⪰B, and B⪰C, then A⪰C. A3. For all A,B,C∈L, if A⪰B, and B⪰C, then there exists a p∈[0,1] such that B∼pA+(1−p)C. A4. For all A,B∈L, and p∈[0,1] if A⪰B, then pA+(1−p)B⪰B. A5. For all A,B∈L, and p∈[0,1], if p>0 and B⪰pA+(1−p)B, then B⪰A. Here is one bonus axiom: B1. For all A,B,C∈L, and p∈[0,1], A⪰B if and only if pA+(1−p)C⪰pB+(1−p)C. (Note that B1 is stronger than both A4 and A5) Finally, here are some conclusions of successively increasing strength: C1. There exists a function u:L[0,1] such that A⪰B if and only if u(A)≥u(B). C2. Further, we require u is quasi-concave. C3. Further, we require u is continuous. C4. Further, we require u is concave. C5. Further, we require u is linear. The standard VNM utility theorem can be thought of as saying A1, A2, A3, and B1 together imply C5. Here is the main question I am curious about: Q1: Do A1, A2, A3, A4, and A5 together imply C4? [ANSWER: NO] (If no, how can we salvage C4, by adding or changing some axioms?) Here are some sub-questions that would constitute significant partial progress, and that I think are interesting in their own right: Q2: Do A1, A2, A3, and A4 together imply C3? [ANSWER: NO] Q3: Do C3 and A5 together imply C4? [ANSWER: NO] (Feel free to give answers that are only partial progress, and use this space to think out loud or discuss anything else related to weaker versions of VNM.) EDIT: AlexMennen actually resolved the question in the negative as stated, but my curiosity is not resolved, since his argument is violating continuity, and I really care about concavity. My updated main question is now: Q4: Do A1, A2, A3, A4, and A5 together imply that there exists a concave function u:L[0,1] such that A⪰B if and only if u(A)≥u(B)? [ANSWER: NO] (i.e. We do not require u to be continuous.) This modification also implies interest in the subquestion: Q5: Do A1, A2, A3, and A4 together imply C2? EDIT 2: Here is another bonus axiom: B2. For all A,B∈L, if A≻B, then there exists some C∈L such that A≻C≻B. (Really, we don't need to assume C is already in L. We just need it to be possible to add a C, and extend our preferences in a way that satisfies the other axioms, and A3 will imply that such a lottery was already in L. We might want to replace this with a cleaner axiom later.) Q6: Do A1, A2, A3, A5, and B2 together imply C4? [ANSWER: NO] EDIT 3: We now have negative answers to everything other than Q5, which I still think is pretty interesting. We could also weaken Q5 to include other axioms, like A5 and B2. Weakening the conclusion doesn't help, since it is easy to get C2 from C1 and A4. I would still really like some axioms that get us all the way to a concave function, but I doubt there will be any simple ones. Concavity feels like it really needs more structure that does not translate well to a preference relation. Thanks for listening. To help us out with The Nonlinear Library or to learn more, please visit nonlinear.org.

On est tous debout en retard
Le matin concave

On est tous debout en retard

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2023 39:01


On parle de papier de toilette, de saletés, de vengeance et de déficit de sommeil. Au culturel: Survivor Québec et Zénith.

RealAgriculture's Podcasts
Copperhead concave system designed to speed up harvest and reduce losses

RealAgriculture's Podcasts

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2023 3:47


Thunderstruck Ag’s Copperhead concave systems started with a look at harvest losses. Jeremy Matuszewski of Thunderstruck Ag was at Crop Production Show at Saskatoon, Sask., to discuss the concaves, designed to fit the mainstream combine brands such as Case IH, Fendt, and John Deere. What sets these concaves apart, says Matuszewski, are three things: adjustable... Read More

Tractors And Troubadours
Ep. 46: John Deere rolls out new self-propelled forage harvesters, new concave systems from Martin-Till, eKonomics from Nutrien, music for your fall bonfire playlist

Tractors And Troubadours

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2022 39:44


On this episode, John Deere's Chase Milem discusses new self-propelled forage harvesters, Martin-Till's Steve Martin discusses the company's new concave systems and Nutrien Agronomist Dr. Karl Wyant discusses the company's new eKonomics farming information and research tool, as well as special crop art in Boone, Iowa, and Ray Bohacz discusses octane creep in this week's installment of “Bushels and Cents.” The episode also features new fall playlist music from Scott Southworth, American Blonde and Caleb Mills. Timestamps Intro and news: 0:00 Goatlifeclothing.com advertisement: 5:49 Chase Milem, John Deere: 6:08 Steve Martin, Martin-Till: 16:34 Dr. Karl Wyant, Nutrien: 21:23 Ray Bohacz, “Bushels and Cents”: 26:20 Scott Southworth, American Blonde, Caleb Mills: 27:51

Lockdown Farrier Learning Podcast
Season 2 Episode 1 Concave V's Flat with Daniel Bennett AWCF CertED Jonathan Nunn FWCF & Josh Nunn Dip WCF

Lockdown Farrier Learning Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2022 83:53


Welcome BackIn this episode I sat down with Jonathan and Josh Nunn. We sat and had a professional discussion on the subject of Concave shoes verses Flat shoes. As it is unscripted the conversation does wander at times but that is the beauty of these conversations.Listening or partaking in these types of conversation does qualify as CPD. For any farrier who wants to log this as CPD you just need to decide on what you thought was your learning outcome.Hope you enjoy it as much as we did making it.Please to help me leave a review on whatever Podcast platform you use.

Pee Wee Trivia
Episode 82: April 4, 2022

Pee Wee Trivia

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2022 3:01


Round 1 1. Which type of animatronic animal is Freddy in the video game series Five Nights at Freddy's? 2. To which class of animals do spiders and scorpions belong? 3. Which company made the best-selling electric vehicle in 2021? 4. Raisins are dried versions of which fruit? 5. How do you say “one, two, three” in Spanish? Round 2 6. Chopping down a cherry tree and having wooden teeth are myths about which president? 7. What is the first book of the bible, which means beginning? 8. Singular refers in vocabulary to having one of something. Which word refers to multiple? 9. Concave refers to what type of curve? 10. Which game piece is most common in chess? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/peeweetrivia/support

Agora Podcast - Olympus community podcast
I.O.W Jman & Voke Co-founders of Concave

Agora Podcast - Olympus community podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2022 38:43


Jman and Voke join Mark11 in the studio to talk about the upcoming launch of Concave. They touch on the fundamentals that Concave is built on and how Bretton Woods 2.0 is going to be the future of the econOHMy.What they touch on:(0:32) Jman's background(4:30) Voke's background(6:07) Building on top of Olympus(8:02) Concave team origins(11:36) Birth of Concave(13:18) Cooperative - not a DAO(16:08) Launching Concave(19:26) Troll Warlord(21:00) Concave community(24:56) Gamifying the community(29:46) Concave structure(33:28) Closing thoughtsOlympus Agora:Twitter: https://twitter.com/OlympusAgoraMedium: https://olympusagora.medium.com/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCr34Uxn8LwJUEJVBYBGzmogTwitch: https://www.twitch.tv/olympusagoraGuests:Jman https://twitter.com/WAGMIcryptoConcave https://twitter.com/ConcaveFiHost:Mark11: https://twitter.com/Mark11ETHIf you're looking to contribute to the podcast- or think you can add something to our product quality, what are you waiting for Ohmie? Come and join us in the OlympusDAO discord!https://discord.gg/f9s9YgWxVp

Best of Business
Graham Burke: Concave Construction Co-chair says Apprentice Boost policy has jumped apprenticeships 49 percent since August 2019

Best of Business

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2021 2:40


Numbers are booming for those wanting to learn a trade.  There's been a 49 percent jump in apprenticeships since August of 2019. Concave Construction Co-chair Graham Burke told Mike Hosking it's a direct result of the Government's Apprentice Boost policy. “$1000 a month for the first year, and $500 a month for the second year. So, it's had amazing results.” LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

NPTE Final Frontier Podcast
Episode 91 NPTEFF Content Convex-Concave Rule

NPTE Final Frontier Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2021 6:07


Episode 91 NPTEFF Content - Convex-Concave Rule

NPTE Final Frontier Podcast
Episode 92 NPTEFF Question Convex-Concave Rule

NPTE Final Frontier Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2021 4:08


Episode 92 NPTEFF Question - Convex-Concave Rule

The Dictionary
#C345 (con to concave)

The Dictionary

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2021 14:58


I read from con to concave.   I messed up the Konami code!!! I feel like I've disrespected my 80s kid brethren.     The word of the episode is "con amore".     Featured in a Top 10 Dictionary Podcasts list! https://blog.feedspot.com/dictionary_podcasts/     Backwards Talking on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmIujMwEDbgZUexyR90jaTEEVmAYcCzuq     dictionarypod@gmail.com https://www.facebook.com/thedictionarypod/ https://twitter.com/dictionarypod https://www.instagram.com/dictionarypod/ https://www.patreon.com/spejampar 917-727-5757

Hypnosis and relaxation |Sound therapy
The concave and convex hole in the face becomes shallower.

Hypnosis and relaxation |Sound therapy

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2021 11:24


Listen to it every day. it works very well. Everyone is welcome to subscribe and forward, and hope that every friend will always be healthy and happ If you like, you can sponsor it. we'll try to do better. Sponsor our link:https://anchor.fm/xu-cheng7/support Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/xu-cheng7/supportSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/hypnosis-and-relaxation-sound-therapy/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacySupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/hypnosis-and-relaxation-sound-therapy9715/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Frakkin Nerds
#299 - Nerds Reviewing Black Widow

Frakkin Nerds

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2021 82:05


The Frakkin Nerds were down for the first visit of Khan Cave, the summer version of Concave in Bowling Green, Ky. This episode is our Review of Black Widow before episode #300 live at Khan Cave. After heavy partying on Thursday night, Kennedy, Joshua and Doc Martin pulled together to talk about their feelings toward this movie.

TRASHFUTURE
*PREVIEW* The Populists Made My Ass Concave: TF Reviews 'Years & Years - Part 4' (feat. Devon)

TRASHFUTURE

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2021 10:39


The series has finally come to an end. Apparently the populists will ruin anything, to include when a far-left government gets elected (too much populism!) We've finished the Lib Dem wet dream series Years & Years, and we are joined by Devon (of Da Youtube Zone and the Kill James Bond podcast) to discuss. The entire episode is available on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/52620964 Please consider donating to charities helping Palestinian people here: https://www.islamic-relief.org.uk/palestine-emergency-appeal/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI3oja5NbR8AIVSOmyCh2LdQ9rEAAYAiAAEgKM9PD_BwE and here: https://www.grassrootsalquds.net/ *WEB DESIGN ALERT* Tom Allen is a friend of the show (and the designer behind our website). If you need web design help, reach out to him here:  https://www.tomallen.media/ Trashfuture are: Riley (@raaleh), Milo (@Milo_Edwards), Hussein (@HKesvani), Nate (@inthesedeserts), and Alice (@AliceAvizandum)

Black Sun King 012 Podcast True Truth.
THE EARTH PROOF FOR FUN CONCAVE CELL COSMOGONY SCIENCE FOUND

Black Sun King 012 Podcast True Truth.

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2021 94:36


! Plus twisted 5th dimension matrix simulation world see more below Album of photos taken from Thought profess reading here https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.117707293847063&type=3 Watch Erik Plott's "Nature Reality Movie" click here for more visuals on how this works here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xaq0dSfLIsg&t=1857s ALSO FULL CONCAVE EARTH Documentary PART ONE HERE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tocdjOXbBW8&t=0s PROOF By Science earth curves UP and goes around the sky above here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYBERsU9Ah4&t=56s #CONCAVE #Earrh #ConcaveEARTH Read Adam and Eve enslavement story here https://www.facebook.com/108073641477095/posts/116392830645176/?d=n TRUTH IS LIKE A PRETTY GIRL, it starts out good and then it gets uglier over time as you embrace more of it. Can you handle the gorgeous true truth ? It's not like anything found in the matrix illusion simulation. Allow me to prove this with spiritual knowing There are three levels of truth experience, reasoning, and knowing. All other assertions should be rejected. The first type of truth is experience. Once you have experienced something, you know it. No person can persuade you otherwise. The second type of truth gained by reasoning. In this case the truth cannot be immediately verified because the subject is too small (like atomic particles) or too large (like the movement of planets through the celestial sky and time) or too abstract (like idea s

Rippin' on the Rock: A Rock N Lol Podcast
Ep. 001 - Saliva "Click, Click, Boom"

Rippin' on the Rock: A Rock N Lol Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2021 63:17


In their first foray into the Land of the Dread, the boyz (Cameron Poe, Memphis Raines and John Milton) get their beaks wet with a look at the band Saliva and their mega-hit “Click Click Boom.” They knock thrice on Josey Scott's goatee piercing and are allowed entry into “The Memphis Way.” The city, not the host. This episode is but a taste of dreads to come so strap yourself in. It's going to be a real slobberknocker. Stay tuned. Highlights include: Come on, Eileen; Dreadlocks explained; L. Ron Hub-dread; Where did their dumb name come from?; Josey gets angry; Hey Strokes! I ain't no joke!; And they said a Hero won't pay us; Back in Black-tivated; I can write songs in my sleep; Jock Jams; Josh Gad rocks the house; Concave chest; This is about a gun right?; Crazy betch --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Auscast Sport
Andrew Theoklitos and Michael Peterson: "Concave Journey” #18 - The Unlaced Podcast with Jake Barker-Daish

Auscast Sport

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2021 47:14


A brand that is in the land of sharks and doing big big things.Today's episode we are joined by 2/3 founders of Concave Football, these guysmake you want to run through a wall after every conversation I have with them. A unique brand that goes against the grain, not only are they expanding across Australia with AFL & NRL stars representing the brand but Concave now have operations across Asia and Europe with plans of going to the next level. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Auscast Inspiration
Andrew Theoklitos and Michael Peterson: "Concave Journey” #18 - The Unlaced Podcast with Jake Barker-Daish

Auscast Inspiration

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2021 47:14


A brand that is in the land of sharks and doing big big things.Today's episode we are joined by 2/3 founders of Concave Football, these guysmake you want to run through a wall after every conversation I have with them. A unique brand that goes against the grain, not only are they expanding across Australia with AFL & NRL stars representing the brand but Concave now have operations across Asia and Europe with plans of going to the next level. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Unlaced Podcast with Jake Barker-Daish
Andrew Theoklitos and Michael Peterson: "Concave Journey” #18 - The Unlaced Podcast with Jake Barker-Daish

The Unlaced Podcast with Jake Barker-Daish

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2021 47:14


A brand that is in the land of sharks and doing big big things.Today's episode we are joined by 2/3 founders of Concave Football, these guysmake you want to run through a wall after every conversation I have with them. A unique brand that goes against the grain, not only are they expanding across Australia with AFL & NRL stars representing the brand but Concave now have operations across Asia and Europe with plans of going to the next level.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mary Wanless - Ride With Your Mind
Ep. 50 - Snug thighs, stirrup leathers, and a profoundly effective stretch for your concave side.

Mary Wanless - Ride With Your Mind

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2021 22:27


It is a challenge to create an equally snug and symmetrical ‘A frame’ with your thighs, and it’s important to ride with your stirrups level. The only exception is if you have a difference in leg length that is structural (eg. a break that was badly set) rather than functional. Horses’s can have an uneven bulge to their rib cage, and this means that you have to have a fool-proof way of measuring your stirrup length. Hopefully suggesting an unusual and profound stretch that you can easily do in a stable (using the stable door) will encourage you to actually do it!

Brain Boggled
Concave Earth UPDATE - Even More Concave!

Brain Boggled

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2021 82:11


Welcome back for another episode of Brain Boggled! Today we are revisiting Concave Earth and Lord Steven Christ! We talk about some new stuff that we have learned over the past couple years and we get some surprise feedback from someone close to Steven! https://www.brainboggledpodcast.com/ https://patreon.com/brainboggledpodcast brainboggledpodcast@gmail.com Instagram: @BrainBoggled Twitter: @BrainBoggledPod

Fat Maria Podcast
Season 2, Episode 1 - A Concave Conversation

Fat Maria Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2021 73:25


The boys welcome on their friend, Jazz, to talk about stocks, the NFL Championship weekend, how to wipe correctly and what it's like being concave.

Peanut butter tiger
Mellow Concave

Peanut butter tiger

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2021 41:27


I sit down and talk about hipster brands and 00s music. Make no mistake, we got seggys too. In this, the pbt

Wood In Your Ear Skateboarding
EP 59 - Street grabs and Concave.

Wood In Your Ear Skateboarding

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2020 46:54


We talk about Frankie Hill and some different concave shapes in this one. Order Yes, You Can Invert!Wood In Your Ear Merch  We Are:Gordy Tharp - gordontharp.com - @manisthetapeSpencer Gloy - @yeaaaa_dewd Big thanks to Cabbage from In The Patch With Cabbage for his help with his read for "Yes, You Can Invert!" 

Quilt Buzz
Episode 016: Ben of @benmillett

Quilt Buzz

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2020 32:18


Show Notes:0:44 - Des Moines, Iowa0:55 - LGBTQ1:07 - Central Iowa Modern Quilt Guild1:42 - Half-square triangles2:33 - Singer2:50 - Pin basting3:19 - Stitch in the ditch3:47 - Walking foot3:52 - Quarter inch foot5:04 - Tessellation quilt (Ben’s version)5:55 - Not so straight6:34 - Flannel6:41 - Half-square triangles6:45 - Curves7:20 - Libs Elliot7:22 - La Fin Du Monde, End of the World Quilt (Ben’s version)8:01 - Laser cutter8:15 - Urbandale Laser8:24 - Convex curve8:25 - Concave curve8:27 - Orange Peel9:02 - Michelle at Urbandale Laser9:17 - Tracing plastic9:55 - Adobe illustrator9:58 - [Auto]CAD10:10 - Laser cutting10:22 - Half-square triangles10:28 - Jelly roll10:42 - Geometry10:52 - 4 at a time, 8 at a time HST (half-square triangles)10:59 - 2 at a time HST (half-square triangles)11:12 - Trimming11:14 - Squaring off the squares11:32 - Chain piece11:43 - 8 at a time (half-square triangles)11:51 - HSTs [half-square triangles]12:05 - HSTs [half-square triangles]12:10 - 2 at a time (half-square triangles)12:12 - 4 at a time (half-square triangles)12:24 - Reddit thread13:32 - “What Have I Done?” tote13:47 - [Quilt] block13:49 - Protea flower14:11 - Instagram15:16 - QuiltCon15:43 - 365 Kona Colour jacket by Ben Millett16:13 - Libs Elliot16:14 - La Fin Du Monde16:43 - Kona Colour card17:14 - Kona Colour card17:45 - Ziploc bags20:05 - 356 Kona Colours20:19 - 365 Kona Colour jacket by Ben Millett20:21 - Giucy Giuce Alison Glass Mini Sew Along Jacket by Ben Millet21:08 - QuiltCon21:46 - QuiltCon volunteer21:50 - RBF21:51 - Quilt gloves22:51 - QuiltCon23:09 - Lockdown23:38 - QuiltCon22:44 - M&M’s25:49 - Peanut M&M’s25:59 - Scrappy quilts26:11 - Traditional [quilt] blocks26:16 - Kona Cotton in Grass Green26:23 - Hex code26:27 - Hex code 66993326:34 - Kona Cotton in White26:42 - Libs Elliot26:43 - Giucy Giuce26:44 - Kaffe Fassett26:48 - Kaffe Fassett26:52 - Kona Cotton Phosphorific Tri-colour sample by Ben20:56 - Kona Cotton in Pomegranate26:57 - Kona Cotton in Peacock26:59 - Kona Cotton in Acid Lime27:04 - Fabric Bubb27:06 - Iowa Quilt Block27:25 - Fat quarters27:37 - Hera marker27:42 - Gutermann27:44 - Aurifil28:24 - Protea Flower for One Iowa’s Charity auction29:18 - Dragon Age: Inquisition29:34 - @johnpaulmorabito29:35 - Weaving artist29:38 - Des Moines Art Center29:45 - Computerised weaving29:45 - @johal_geometrics29:57 - Acrylic polymer artist30:28 - @HanWriting30:34 - EmbroidersFollow Ben:Instagram - @benmillettFollow us:Amanda: @broadclothstudiohttps://broadclothstudio.com/Wendy: @the.weekendquilterhttps://the-weekendquilter.com/Anna: @waxandwanestudiohttps://www.waxandwanestudio.com/Quilt Buzz: @quilt.buzzhttps://quiltbuzzpodcast.com/Intro/Outro Music:Golden Hour by Vlad Gluschenko

Marketing Mistakes (And How To Avoid Them)
Measuring and Valuing Product Placement with Dominic Artzrouni | Concave Brand Tracking

Marketing Mistakes (And How To Avoid Them)

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2020 46:50


In this episode, Stacy sits down with Dominic Artzrouni, the founder and director of Concave Brand Tracking, a company that tracks a brand’s exposure and impact from product placement in television and film. The two discuss measuring and valuing product placement as well as why it is important for brands to be placed in the right context.

Guia Do Skate Podcast
GDS NEWS l #05 -Savale, Macba Life, concave 3D da Santa Cruz e vídeo da Fucking Awesome

Guia Do Skate Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2020 2:16


Confira as últimas notícias da semana no mundo do skate, aqui no GDS NEWS. Nossas redes sociais:

The Faucet with Myq Kaplan
43: You Can't Spell Mustache Without Me

The Faucet with Myq Kaplan

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2020 34:22


On today's pod-meal, Myq dishes about mustaches and more. Rini dishes about a particular laugh-heavy tea-time. Myq recommends Cory Allen, Ramin Nazer, the West Wing, and breathing. They all hold up really well! Alternate Titles: Facet + U Societal (Ab)Norms The Love of the Dish Conclave of the Concave 51% Ownership of My Face Mustache Forest Mustaches and Dishes Here I Am In Mustache-Land

A Day Of
Convex, Concave

A Day Of

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2020 4:56


Vexxing. Confusing. A short one. The Philly video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLToJKGG8bQ Spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/track/0q91Z84MhEdT0arARIUVpS

The Nerd Blitz w/ Doom And Fitz
Episode 101: Concave Punchable Face

The Nerd Blitz w/ Doom And Fitz

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2020 71:46


In this episode, we are still coming down off of the high and exhaustion from Ep 100 and we talk all the dirty details of how it happened, how it almost didn't happen, last minute changes, and all of the other roadblocks what almost stopped a monumental milestone from appearing in your podcastaroonie feeds! We start off talking about our recent reads of murder, dungeons, outside space wars, dragons, robuts, and the like as well as the big reactions to a review of a monstrous book what has us blowin' up, as well as explaining a recent installment of The Nerd Blitz Question Of The Week...before it even happened! DC Fan Dome happened and Fitz has all the dirty details from his day in the virtual con hall watching trailer after trailer, while Doom brings...snark, shitty comments, and rude noises for most of the topics brought up on that front, all that and more as promises are broken and announcements are made in this return to form for your favorite unknown jack assholes.

The Red Menace
102 - Concave Butt like Conan O'Brien

The Red Menace

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2020 54:49


This week we talk about sloppy pasta crimes, depositing weed at the bank, a wildly inappropriate Trolls doll, fighting pigs in the nude, and whether the Babadook should wear thongs. Please enjoy this professional podcast.

Antifragile by Esteban Reyes
Albert Wenger: investment decision learnings, concave vs. convex bets, and more

Antifragile by Esteban Reyes

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2020 40:16


What’s up everyone! Joining me this week is Albert Wenger, businessman, venture capitalist, managing partner of Union Square Ventures, and author of World After Capital. The #1 thing that I've learned is to invest in things that I love Albert combines over 10 years of entrepreneurial experience with an in-depth technology background. He founded and co-founded various companies in the field of consulting and data analytics. In his book World of Capital, he shares the importance of figuring out how to live in a World After Capital in which the only scarcity is attention. In this episode, Albert and I talk about investment mistakes and tips, convex vs. concave bets, the knowledge age, and frameworks for attention allocation. Episode Quotes "Convexity and concavity are inherent to different business models." "The number one thing that I've learned is to invest in things that I love." "The biggest mistake to make is to try and copy what others are doing." "In this knowledge age, knowledge is the place to go look and find purpose." Listen to Learn 01:16 - Investing: Convex vs. Concave 15:13 - Establishing convexity features 18:16 - Investment mistakes and lessons learned 22:17 - Biggest mistakes VCs make 29:20 - The knowledge age, Frameworks for attention allocation 37:24 - End notes and links

Surviving Physical Therapy School
E4: Convex/Concave Rule

Surviving Physical Therapy School

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2020 11:34


The dreaded convex vs concave rule - but a NEED TO KNOW. We will be describing how this rule works and why it is important. Here is the link to the Youtube video Lauren suggested to watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUUSZWtvB6M If you have any topic ideas or questions, please email us at surivingptpodcast@gmail.com

The Wire by Firewire Surfboards
ep. #55 - ' Twice Baked ' Deep Talk with Dan Mann and Mark Pesce: Sizing, concave, fin placements and more.

The Wire by Firewire Surfboards

Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2020 35:01


Trimming in Timbertek through chop and slop – the Twice Baked is made for coming out of isolation. Dan Mann designed the Twice Baked to stay in your trunk because it excels in junk, so that your surf stoke won't be wasted after being out of the water for weeks. The Twice Baked is fun to surf no matter how small the waves are. And Dan Mann is with us today to break down this new design from the sun soaked grass of a park just up the road from Firewire's headquarters in California.

BeetleCast
6. Clapping Concave Cheeks (AKA The Ballad Of Thirst)

BeetleCast

Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2020 48:13


We shout out some amazing content creators, go in depth on the art of the thirst tweet, Talk spirituality, and continue our tradition of free form conversation.

High Mystery
Mysteries Revisited: The Concave Hollow Earth, Megaliths, the Beast of Busco, and the Philadelphia Experiment Mysteries

High Mystery

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2020 53:49


There are new theories and revaltions on mysteries we have already covered. There is a theory that there is another universe within the Earth and that the opening is at the North Pole. A man was able to stack stones weighing thousands of pounds by himself using simple science. The Beast of Busco was a giant turtle spotted several times in Indiana, but there is evidence that suggests that there were turtles that were similar to his size from long ago. In the Philadelphia Experiment, a Navy ship with experimental technology momentarily disappeared only to reapper moments later with some of the crew melded into the ship's structure, now there is video footage that shows a car being transmorphed into a tree.

Profiles In Eccentricity
The Earth Is Concave: The Koreshan Unity Cult

Profiles In Eccentricity

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2020 117:48


This episode Matt shares the tale of the cult that believed the world was round, but inside out! Before that, Aaron shares the story of Ignaz Semmelweis, the doctor who popularized washing your fucking hands!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trek Geeks Podcast Network
Five Year Mission: The Podcast 007 - Hayrides and Hot Tubs

Trek Geeks Podcast Network

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2019 68:27


This week, the band sits down with two of our favorite people that help run one of our favorite small conventions, Brad and Claude of Concave.  Concave is the longest running fan convention in the greater Kentucky area and it dooooooesn’t hurt that they’ve added us to their festivities for the past few years. We’ll discuss Short Treks, fun con memories and all about that open bar that they have there. 

Five Year Mission: The Podcast
007 - Hayrides and Hot Tubs

Five Year Mission: The Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2019 68:27


This week, the band sits down with two of our favorite people that help run one of our favorite small conventions, Brad and Claude of Concave.  Concave is the longest running fan convention in the greater Kentucky area and it dooooooesn’t hurt that they’ve added us to their festivities for the past few years. We’ll discuss Short Treks, fun con memories and all about that open bar that they have there. 

Ace JEE | Physics for JEE Main and IIT-JEE
16. Optics: [05] Convex & Concave Lens - Concepts & Questions Overview

Ace JEE | Physics for JEE Main and IIT-JEE

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2019 12:05


| Physics | CBSE | BITSAT | JEE Mains | IIT Advanced | Want such podcast for more topics, pl complete the survey at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/27MDY3H This is your chance to learn / revise the key concepts on the go. Even more importantly, you will learn about the different types of questions asked for each subtopic. So make the most of it. and don't forget to read the Blog where in we share the differences in questions across different exams such as BITSAT, JEE Mains and IIT Advanced by subtopic. And if this is helping you, get on the fast track my joining the Problem Solving Skill Enhancement through our Pulse Module. Go to www.acejee.com to learn more or feel free to email us at admin@acejee.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/acejee/message

Marketing Mistakes (And How To Avoid Them)
Understanding The Intricacies Of Product Placement with Dominic Artzrouni | Concave Brand Tracking

Marketing Mistakes (And How To Avoid Them)

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2019 53:29


In this episode, Stacy sits down with founder and director or Concave Brand Tracking, Dominic Artzrouni. The two discuss how product placement has evolved over the years and the ways in which it is most effective in the current market.

Do We Make You Thorny?
Literally Concave (with Elesa Marmo)

Do We Make You Thorny?

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2019 54:06


I cannot believe that I have to write another description with Luke P's name in it. Honestly, this is taxing. Very good singer and even better friend Elesa Marmo is here to help us parse what this season even is, and we catch up with Donny who is very mad at a particular Anime that he refuses to name no matter how many times we goat him. You can check out Elesa's music at the link below or on Apple Music!https://open.spotify.com/search/results/Elesa%20Marmo

The Voice of Onewheel
VOOW - VCS Front Concave System from OWarmor -

The Voice of Onewheel

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2019 70:27


"No sensor issues guaranteed" with Bradley Michael Spence representing Jeremy Gavin's new product that gives you the front concave solution you've been waiting for. Along with a money-back guarantee, you get get a front AND back pad so you can can float away with total control. If only we could get him to make something to fix our internet issues which...may or may not come in to play here.

High Mystery
The Concave Hollow Earth (AKA Skycentrism) Mystery (featuring Mike Raymond Perea)

High Mystery

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2019 58:26


Special Guest Mike Raymond Perea of Euphoric Dreams; a weed delivery company that services the Bay Area and Southern California, joins us on the podcast. With him we smoke several pre-roll blunts and a few fat joints expertly rolled for us by Mike himself. Flat Earth Society has many sects of people that believe alternative views of our planet and our universe, there is a growing number of people that believe that instead of living on the surface of a ball like planet, we live on the inside surface of a ball like planet. Real unexplained phenomena like Tektites, Libyan Desert Glass, and Megacryometeors can be explained in a Hollow Earth model. Despite the science that explains a Copernican model of the universe, there is evidence and prominent people and scientists throughout history have shown evidence that support a Hollow Earth model. You can check out his channel and a video we made for his channel at: https://youtu.be/jK9kCg1pWvE

Frakkin Nerds
#241 - Nerds back at concave, all the way from the east coast

Frakkin Nerds

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2019 64:27


Frakkin Nerds
#241 - Nerds back at concave, all the way from the east coast

Frakkin Nerds

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2019 64:27


Whitetail Rendezvous
Arcus Hunting Brands – Lucas Mashtare

Whitetail Rendezvous

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2019 36:20


Arcus Hunting product review with Lucas Mashtare – Arcus Hunting, LLC is an acquisition and organic growth platform seeking to build a strong portfolio of leading brands in the bowhunting and archery consumables and accessories category. Under its brands – Tink’s®, Dead Down Wind®, Obsession Bows, Ramcat® Broadheads and Trophy Taker® – Arcus markets and manufactures a range of leading deer lures, attractants, scent control products, and premium bows. Dead Down Wind – Dead Down Wind’s focus has always been to produce the safest, most effective products possible by using science as our foundation. We are driven to develop products capable of eliminating the toughest and widest range of odors. Contrary to what a competitor may claim, there isn’t a single product that is effective on EVERY type of odor. From the beginning, Dead Down Wind has led the way, using real science and developing specific products to control the odors that matter. Scent prevention is a process and a routine. Hunters plan and strategize each and every season on how to go undetected for that opportunity of a lifetime. The goal being to reduce your odor signatures to the lowest possible level. Dead Down Wind uses enzymes – a natural catalyst for change. They break down odors at a molecular level, a process we call Enzyme ScentPrevent® or ESP. The use of enzymes allows Dead Down Wind products to eliminate a wider range of odors. We call this technology 3D+ Broad Spectrum. While some might have you believe the only thing you need to concern yourself with is bacteria related to perspiration, that is simply not the case. Hunters carry many foreign odors to the field that can alert whitetail or other big game animals. The science behind a big game animal’s nose will tell you it’s looking for any telltale odor that might give them an idea of who or what is in the area. That’s why we specifically formulate a broad range of odor control, not just one type of bacteria. Dead Down Wind does not offer cover scent. Scent prevention is a discipline and process that requires a complete system that focuses on our three-phase system – Laundry, Hygiene and Field – which actively work together to kill bacteria, not just covering odor but annihilating right at the source. Tink’s – Established in 1972, Tink’s® has been the number one brand, and number one performing line in deer scents and lures. Trusted by generations of hunters for nearly 50 years, Tink’s® lures meet the needs of every phase of the hunt along with a broad variety of dispenser options. Tink’s® natural whitetail lures are certified CWD-free, extensively tested for effectiveness, and simple to use. Whether you’re hunting trophy whitetails, black bears, big bull elk, monster moose, pigs or predators, we have a product to help you succeed. Proven Innovation. Proven Results. Obsession Bows – Obsession crashed the established bow industry party with designs by engineers obsessed with perfection for those who refuse to settle for yesterday’s technology. Hunters, competitors, and enthusiasts of every caliber have something to gain from an Obsession, from bragging rights in camp, a spot on the medal stand, or winning the backyard bet. Based in a one-stoplight town in the state of Georgia, our small-town values center on family, friends, and a never-ending commitment to building the very best products for every caliber of archer. We understand bows are a significant investment for our customers and we value the trust you place in us when you purchase an Obsession. Our drive to excel, to “Change Or Get Left Behind,” enables us to continue to defy expectations and be the technological leader of the industry. Ramcat – The Ramcat is a wickedly accurate, absolutely devastating broadhead. Much more than a cut-on-contact or chisel-tip broadhead, the tip of every Ramcat is a purpose-driven, technically superior design with a multi-faceted focus: Concave scoops create an airfoil that eliminate wind planing and forces air to slip over the ferrule and arrow shaft for best-in-class accuracy and impact energy. On impact, the airfoil creates an outward force on flesh, pushing it away from the shaft for exceptional penetration and a massive wound channel. This performance is achieved with any recurve, compound or crossbow, at any speed. Today’s lineup of Ramcat broadheads are the most advanced, best performing, best value for bowhunters. Hits Like A Ram, Cuts Like A Cat! Trophy Taker – For twenty years Trophy Taker has built a reputation for easy-to-install and silent arrow rests that are tough enough for hardcore hunters, with the reliability that sends competitive archers to the medal stand. A never-ending commitment to excellence is the driving force behind Trophy Taker and we back it with a lifetime warranty. Today, the quality and performance of Trophy Taker has expanded to include more vital accessories for today’s performance archer. Everything we build is designed to perform – it’s just that simple. Perform, don’t fail, so you can achieve. What began in the rugged mountains of Montana is now an attitude shared across the country: don’t settle for compromises, there is a better way. We think our customers agree, You Can Settle, or You Can Be a Trophy Taker!

Panelology
Episode 145: The Ultra Concave Dish

Panelology

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2019 76:02


Alex, Jenna, and Brian talk Peter Cannon: Thunderbolt, Heroes in Crisis, Mysteries of Love in Space, Wonder Woman, Age of X-Man, Unstoppable Wasp, West Coast Avengers, and more!(Peter Cannon: Thunderbolt #1 - 2:48,Heroes in Crisis #5 - 8:26,The Flash #63 & The Flash Annual #2 - 16:26,Justice League Annual #1 - 25:35,Mysteries of Love in Space #1 - 34:15,The Terrifics #12 - 40:03,Wonder Woman #63 - 42:17,Age of X-Man: Alpha #1 - 45:20,The Unstoppable Wasp #4 - 55:34,West Coast Avengers #7 - 59:14,Is It Still Good? - 1:04:46,Next Week’s Books - 1:09:54)

Mobius Tubes: A Video Games Podcast
Mobius Tubes 003: Concave or Convex?

Mobius Tubes: A Video Games Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2018


Discussions on Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Dishonored: Death of the Outsider, the current state of video game controller design, and background information on both of your hosts.Send us an email at mobiustubespodcast@gmail.comOriginal release date: December 23rd, 2018

Greatness Quest
#165: DESTROY DEPRESSION - Daily Mentoring w/ Trevor Crane #greatnessquest

Greatness Quest

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2018 28:58


DESTROY DEPRESSION #165: Daily Mentoring with Trevor Crane on GreatnessQuest.com SUMMARY I think everybody experiences depression in one way or another in our lives. If not full-blown DEPRESSION, then definitely DISAPPOINTMENT. In today’s episode, I share with you my strategy on how to destroy depression. Today, I’ll give you three simple things we can SHIFT, change the game. GET THE APP: Text: TREVOR To: 36260 #greatnessquest #trevorcrane #unstoppable #idealbusiness #ideallife

The Black Pill Archives
Self-Evident,Planar Cosmology,Concave Refuted,Jews,and Libertarianism

The Black Pill Archives

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2017


I discuss various issues and also continue reading Drake's "Thomas Jefferson Was Wrong: A Complete Refutation of the Enlightenment".

Frakkin Nerds
#186 - Nerds Caving at ConCave

Frakkin Nerds

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2017 87:42


The Frakkin Nerds are live down in Bowling Green, Ky for the Longest running Scifi convention in Kentucky.

Frakkin Nerds
#186 - Nerds Caving at ConCave

Frakkin Nerds

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2017 87:42


The Frakkin Nerds are live down in Bowling Green, Ky for the Longest running Scifi convention in Kentucky.

Contrarious Live:Out Of The Dark
Mad Cosmologists:Concave vs Convex Earth Models w/Chris McCombs

Contrarious Live:Out Of The Dark

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2015


This podcast was recorded on April 18 2014 before the Flat Earth phenomena hit YouTube in February 2015. JOHNNY'S YOUTUBE CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXU7e3hM4SyjpRIf6nO5upQ ROOM 2 AUDIO (not available on iTunes): http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/talkCast.jsp?masterId=137354&cmd=tc ALT. LINK: https://player.fm/series/out-of-darknessinto-the-light-2a PODCAST EMAIL: intothelight@gmail.com PAYPAL EMAIL: orgustine@gmail.com

Contrarious Live:Out Of The Dark
Mad Cosmologists:Concave vs Convex Earth Models w/Chris McCombs

Contrarious Live:Out Of The Dark

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2015


NOTE:This podcast was originally recorded on April 18 2014. WILD HERETIC LINK: http://www.wildheretic.com/concave-earth-theory/ ROOM 2 AUDIO (not available on iTunes): http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/talkCast.jsp?masterId=137354&cmd=tc ALT. LINK: https://player.fm/series/out-of-darknessinto-the-light-2a PODCAST EMAIL: intothelight@gmail.com PAYPAL EMAIL: orgustine@gmail.com

the Freestyle Podcast
Episode 20: The Equipment Rant

the Freestyle Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2015 113:15


What happens when we don't talk for 2 months? Well, we talked for 3 hours. I cut this down to just under 2 hours. Forgive us, but listen to us! We discuss the Mode Mike Rogers board, flat single kicks in general, the Tyranny of Concave, Mode FS wheels, Kevin Harris FS wheels, Seismic FS wheels redesign, and lots of other stuff. Yeah, this one is a bit long, but I didn't feel good cutting out too much. Listen in a couple of sittings if you like, but for episode 20 I thought we'd leave it long.

Contrarious Live:Out Of The Dark
Forbidden Cornucopia of the Unheard:Concave Cosmologies & Radical Fakery 2

Contrarious Live:Out Of The Dark

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2015


CONSIDER THIS: http://www.wildheretic.com/concave-earth-theory/4/ ROOM 2 AUDIO (not available on iTunes): http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/talkCast.jsp?masterId=137354&cmd=tc ALT. LINK: https://player.fm/series/out-of-darknessinto-the-light-2a PODCAST EMAIL: intothelight@gmail.com PAYPAL EMAIL: orgustine@gmail.com

Contrarious Live:Out Of The Dark
Forbidden Cornucopia of the Unheard:Concave Cosmologies & Radical Fakery 1

Contrarious Live:Out Of The Dark

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2015


NOTE:This podcast was originally recorded on February 16 2014. CONSIDER THIS: http://www.wildheretic.com/concave-earth-theory/4/ ROOM 2 AUDIO (not available on iTunes): http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/talkCast.jsp?masterId=137354&cmd=tc ALT. LINK: https://player.fm/series/out-of-darknessinto-the-light-2a PODCAST EMAIL: intothelight@gmail.com PAYPAL EMAIL: orgustine@gmail.com

Concave Earth Sessions
Concave Earth Sessions Ep.3

Concave Earth Sessions

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2015 80:36


Discussion of Concave Earth, Stellar Parallax, Redshift, etc Featuring Steven Christopher, Jon DeVeaugh, Joseph Winthrop, Damian Nix, Andy Holmes.

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Concave Earth Sessions
Concave Earth Sessions ep.2

Concave Earth Sessions

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2015 108:07


Steven Christopher, Jon DeVeaugh, Joseph Winthrop, and Peter Flatland continue Concave Earth discussions. Rectilineator experiments backed up by Joseph Winthrop using Laser experiments. Join us on the inside!

Best of YouTube (video)
668. The interesting properties of a concave mirror - BestofYouTube.com

Best of YouTube (video)

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2014 2:25


Combined Calculus (Chapters 3 - 6)
Chapter 4.4: The Derivative of e - 07) Extrema and Concave Graphs

Combined Calculus (Chapters 3 - 6)

Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2014 33:17


Chapter 4.4: The Derivative of e

Combined Calculus (Chapters 3 - 6)
Chapter 4.4: The Derivative of e - 07) Extrema and Concave Graphs

Combined Calculus (Chapters 3 - 6)

Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2014 33:18


Chapter 4.4: The Derivative of e

Applied Calculus (Chapters 1 - 3) - Course
Chapter 2.4: The Derivative of e - 07) Extrema and Concave Graphs

Applied Calculus (Chapters 1 - 3) - Course

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2014 33:17


Chapter 2.4: The Derivative of e

Applied Calculus (Chapters 1 - 3) - Course
Chapter 2.4: The Derivative of e - 07) Extrema and Concave Graphs

Applied Calculus (Chapters 1 - 3) - Course

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2014 33:18


Chapter 2.4: The Derivative of e

The Armstrong and Getty Show (Bingo)
"Women Dress Like Sex, Men Dress Like Money"; Members of the media said the media tends to lean left; Bloodbath in Central African Republic; CNN reporter wrongly told someone they were gonna get $1 mi

The Armstrong and Getty Show (Bingo)

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2013


8 AM - 1 - Marketing consultant Bill Harte talks about his new book "Women Dress Like Sex, Men Dress Like Money: Everything You Need To Know About Marketing You Learned In Dating". 2 - Members of the media said the media tends to lean left; Bloodbath in Central African Republic; Coptic Christians have their own Pope. 3 - Marshall's News; Concave versus convex. 4 - CNN reporter wrongly told someone they were gonna get $1 million; NSA stuff.

Combinatorics and Statistical Mechanics
Log-concave random graphs

Combinatorics and Statistical Mechanics

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2008 33:55


Frieze, A (Carnegie Mellon) Thursday 27 March 2008, 10:40-11:10 Markov-chain Monte Carlo Methods

Hypnosis and relaxation |Sound therapy
The concave and convex hole in the face becomes shallower.

Hypnosis and relaxation |Sound therapy

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 10:09


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