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“It has the potential to drive down energy cost here in the United States and rebuild manufacturing,” says financial journalist and research economist Garrett Baldwin. In an eye-opening interview with Daniela Cambone, Baldwin reveals a groundbreaking energy development powered by Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS), a technology with the power to transform the U.S. energy grid. According to Baldwin, unlike solar and wind, EGS taps into the Earth's virtually unlimited heat, providing 24/7, clean, base-load power—and it's already happening on U.S. public land. “I looked at this story out in Utah… I'd never seen anything like it before.” Watch this video to discover how EGS could revolutionize America's energy future. Learn more at limitlessenergy2025.com.

Recordamos una de las distintas veces que estuvimos en el EGS con nuestros seguidores, compartiendo divertidas experiencias y pasándola bien. #LaGranCN

In this episode of GeOCHemISTea, Sam sits down with geochemist and geothermal expert Stuart Simmons to discuss the unpredictable paths that shape a career in geoscience. From early work in epithermal gold systems to pioneering research in geothermal energy, Stuart shares how professional pivots, academic curiosity, and a chance encounter at a pub in New Zealand all influenced his decades-long contribution to both industry and research. The conversation also dives into the geochemistry of geothermal systems, the evolution of isotope studies, and the promise of enhanced geothermal systems (EGS). Whether you're early in your career or decades in, this episode is a reminder of the importance of staying open to unexpected opportunities... and the power of combining geoscience with real-world application.For this episode we read: Formation of a Large Cold Groundwater Mantle Helium Anomaly and High Temperature Geothermal Resources in Response to Bimodal Magmatism Near Roosevelt Hot Springs and Utah FORGE, Milford Valley, Southwest Utah (Simmons and Kirby, 2024)

“The difference now is horizontal wells, faster drilling, and better geophysics. That makes today's EGS attempts more promising than ever.” In this episode, host Andrew Geary talks with Michael Wilt and Bill Cumming, guest editors of the April 2025 The Leading Edge special section on geophysical applications to geothermal exploration and development. With decades of field experience, Bill and Michael dive into the lessons and findings from the U.S. Department of Energy's FORGE Enhanced Geothermal System (EGS) research project and Fervo's Cape Modern EGS commercial project. The interview features thoughtful back-and-forth that reveals the complexity of emerging EGS techniques. They discuss how microseismic monitoring, DAS systems, P-wave velocity models, and well design are shaping the future of EGS development. Importantly, they share practical advice for how geophysicists and students can get involved in this rapidly evolving field. KEY TAKEAWAYS > Utah FORGE and Cape Modern are shaping the practical future of EGS, offering real data and insight into what works, what doesn't, and what still needs to be figured out. > Back-and-forth perspectives from Bill and Michael show that even experts are still navigating unknowns in EGS development, especially around velocity modeling, fiber reliability, and stimulation strategies. > Geophysics is critical in reducing uncertainty in geothermal projects, but models must be questioned and continuously updated as new data arrives. THIS EPISODE SPONSORED BY KATALYST DATA MANAGEMENT Katalyst Data Management® provides the only integrated, end-to-end subsurface data management solution for the oil and gas industry. Its employees operate in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and South America and are dedicated to optimizing the value of subsurface data, including seismic and well data. Katalyst enables clients' digital transformation of E&P data with digitizing services and digital transformation consulting. Learn more at www.katalystdm.com. LINKS * Visit https://seg.org/podcasts/episode-258-drilling-das-and-disagreements-a-real-look-at-egs-geophysics for links to the articles in The Leading Edge.

It is the final episode of our Challenging Cases in Emergency General Surgery series and we're diving into another dreaded topic: the complex abdominal wall. This structure is a daily partner to the general surgeon—but when things go wrong, it can quickly become our biggest challenge. In this episode, we'll walk through the emergency presentation of a patient with multiple prior hernia repairs and mesh placements, and how these complicate diagnosis and management. From imaging pearls to OR decision-making and post-op dilemmas, this episode covers it all.  We round things off with a fun game (as always!) and some hot takes on abdominal wall strategies in emergency general surgery. Whether you're an EGS surgeon, trainee, or surgical enthusiast, this episode is packed with practical insights, decision-making frameworks, and real-world nuance. Hosts: - Dr. Ashlie Nadler - Dr. Jordan Nantais - Dr. Graham Skelhorne-Gross Learning Objectives: - Identify key factors to assess in patients presenting with complex abdominal wall problems, including detailed surgical history, hernia characteristics, and signs of complications. - Discuss the role of imaging, particularly CT scans, in evaluating patients with ventral hernias and bowel obstruction, with a focus on identifying transition points and signs of strangulation. - Outline the surgical approach to incarcerated incisional ventral hernias, including pre-operative considerations, operative techniques, and management of threatened bowel. - Recognize the importance of patient-specific factors and interdisciplinary collaboration in the management of complex abdominal wall cases, including the role of pre-habilitation and hernia specialists. Please visit https://behindtheknife.org to access other high-yield surgical education podcasts, videos and more.   If you liked this episode, check out our recent episodes here: https://app.behindtheknife.org/listen

Simon Todd is back with Michael Barnard for part 2/2, and this time he's drilling deeper—both literally and figuratively. In this second round, the Managing Director of Causeway Energies walks us through the hard tech and hard truths of geothermal energy, especially as it applies to the UK and Ireland. What emerges is a grounded, brutally realistic look at where geothermal works, where it doesn't, and how to separate serious solutions from science fiction. We kick off with the cross-pollination of oil and gas tech into geothermal—rotary PDC bits, custom drilling muds, and all the bruised geology that comes with punching into granite. The oil patch may be sunsetting, but its tools are still getting a second act. Todd highlights how firms like Fervo are making surgical improvements to geothermal drilling by leveraging fracking's dirty tricks for clean heat, aiming to stimulate natural fractures in hot granite. It's technically elegant, but there's a catch: the economics are still brutal. EGS systems might sound great on paper, but $150–$250 per megawatt-hour isn't going to win against wind or solar anytime soon. Todd doesn't sugarcoat it. The question isn't if Fervo's system works—it's whether it can keep working at nameplate for 25 years straight.He then turns to the UK and Ireland's own geothermal potential. Unlike the flashy volcanic zones of the western U.S. or Iceland, we're working with Hot Sedimentary Aquifers and radiogenic granites. The geology is less forgiving, but far from useless. Causeway's bet is on moderate-depth wells—500 to 1,500 meters—which fall into what Todd calls the "Goldilocks zone": hot enough to matter, shallow enough to stay affordable.And this is where Todd really breaks from the crowd. Forget chasing deep geothermal megaprojects with 5 km drill strings and power plant dreams. Causeway Energies has pivoted to something far more practical: industrial heat. About half of emissions are tied to heating, most of it well below 100°C. Modern high-temperature heat pumps—some hitting 150°C—make pairing geothermal with industrial facilities like breweries and hospitals an obvious win. The kicker? These systems offer round-trip efficiencies that embarrass hydrogen and electrify sectors gas can't reach.One technology worth highlighting here is the Standing Column Well—basically a turbocharged hybrid of open and closed-loop systems that's 3 to 5 times more thermally potent than your average ground loop. It thrives in fractured aquifers that aren't fit for drinking water, dodging some of the regulatory red tape. And with a century's worth of oil and gas borehole data lying around, Causeway has a treasure map to the best locations.Simon Todd isn't pitching geothermal as a silver bullet. He's carving out a niche: targeted, replicable, cost-effective solutions for decarbonizing industrial heat. It's not glamorous. It's not headline-grabbing. But it works. And in the climate transition, that might just be the most disruptive idea of all.Follow the podcast to hear more from the people actually building the energy future, not just imagining it      

Season 5, Episode 7 of Making Business Profitable is here! Join Mike and Dave as they dive deep into today's topic -"Radical Transparency." How can being transparent help you, your business and your success?This is an overlooked aspect that can help your business!

Welcome back to Scrubbing In, your go-to podcast for FRCS General Surgery exam preparation! In this episode, Alan and Mo are joined by Mr. Osamah Niaz to break down perforated peptic ulcers—a critical topic in emergency general surgery (EGS) and a hot favorite in FRCS exams.

Reacties na de wedstrijd van Michel Kuijpers (coach EGS 20) en Ron Spruit (SSS 18) Na de wedstrijd van EGS 20 tegen SSS 18 (uitslag 6-0).

Welcome to SEASON 5!!On today's episode, Mike and Dave discuss the EGS Community.We are so THANKFUL each of you are part of the EGS journey.

Welcome back to another episode of podcast EGS! It is Semi Final week and the guys are here to help you advance to the championship! We dive into all your favorite segments: • News and Injuries: Who's trending towards playing, and who's not? • Start of the Week & Sit of the Week: The must-starts and biggest fades heading into the holiday weekend. • Lock Bet of the Week: Can you count on these bets to bring home the leftovers? This and much more on the latest installment of Every Given Sunday !

André Kievits en Theo Cools zijn te gast in deze podcast. Zij praten over het succesvolle Walking Football, dat bij EGS'20 gespeeld wordt. Ze kunnen versterking gebruiken, maar dat wil niet zeggen dat ze geen leden hebben. Ze hebben de leeftijdsgrens verlaagd om nóg toekomstbestendiger te worden.

-The thing that excited me most at gamescom so far: https://www.ign.com/articles/amazon-series-secret-level-reveals-animated-stories-for-god-of-war-sifu-warhammer-and-more -Gsync gets cheaper: https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/gaming-monitors/nvidias-new-partnership-with-mediatek-has-just-killed-the-module-which-made-g-sync-monitors-so-damned-expensive/ -Our new Patron Saint: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/08/how-to-hook-a-record-setting-444-game-consoles-to-a-single-tv/ -Finally some good news: https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/12/24218424/hifi-rush-studio-tango-gameworks-saved-krafton-microsoft -Game announcements: https://www.engadget.com/gaming/genshin-impact-is-coming-to-xbox-this-fall-224105925.html?src=rss https://www.engadget.com/gaming/indiana-jones-and-the-great-circle-hits-xbox-and-pc-on-december-9-and-ps5-in-spring-2025-195751940.html?src=rss https://www.engadget.com/gaming/borderlands-4-is-coming-in-2025-194227938.html?src=rss https://www.engadget.com/gaming/pc/final-fantasy-xvi-is-coming-to-pc-on-september-17-172824223.html?src=rss https://www.engadget.com/gaming/dragon-age-the-veilguard-comes-out-on-october-31-161317701.html?src=rss Avowed pushed to 2025 -EGS (and Fortnite) comes to iPhone: https://arstechnica.com/?p=2043896 -Activision is finally doing something about the crazy install sizes: https://www.engadget.com/gaming/activision-is-finally-addressing-those-massive-call-of-duty-download-sizes-191616063.html?src=rss -Black Myth: Wukong is kicking butt: https://www.engadget.com/gaming/black-myth-wukong-breaks-steams-concurrent-single-player-record-within-hours-of-launch-184559634.html?src=rss -Valve confirms they will support Ally on SteamOS https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/13/24219469/valve-steamos-asus-rog-ally-steady-progress-dual-boot -You know I've got this gamepass update for the month of august! https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2024/08/20/xbox-game-pass-august-2024-wave-2/  

During his tenure at OEP, Mr. Belinfanti has worked on a number of investments in the healthcare and business services industries and has led many of OEP's healthcare transactions. Mr. Belinfanti is a member of the Board of Directors of AdaptHealth, Alorica, Ernest Health, Infucare RX, Montgomery Transport, and Prime Time Healthcare and has previously been a member of the Board of Directors of Apollo Health Street, ArthroCare, Celltrion Healthcare, EGS, OneLink, PS Logistics, Prodigy, Simplura Health Group, ResultsCX and Systagenix.  Mr. Belinfanti is a member of the Board of Directors of the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) and is a Board Member of the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA).  Prior to joining OEP, Mr. Belinfanti served as a Vice President in the Investment Banking division of Lehman Brothers, specializing in Global Healthcare. Mr. Belinfanti received his B.A. in Politics from New York University and his J.D. from Harvard Law School.

Episode 85 with Martin Ander aka Mander, skateboarder, artist, illustrator and graphic designer from Stockholm, Sweden.Together we discussed his life and career, from growing up in Stockholm where he started skating and writing graffiti in the mid to late-80's to making a living as a freelance illustrator and graphic designer for nearly 3 decades and everything in between through surprise questions from friends of his.(00:13) – Intro(01:25) – Martin life recap(07:45) – Magnus Gyllenberg(12:31) – Martin Karlsson(16:11) – Finsta Fari(19:17) – Malcolm Jacobson(21:26) – Micke "Bozze" Boström (28:00) – Nathan Hamelberg(31:08) – Tobias Barenthin Lindblad (34:33) – Viktor Telégin(41:00) – Karl Grandin(43:08) – John Dahlquist(53:44) – Ian Deacon(57:25) – Fredrik Nilsson(01:05:40) – Sean Scantelbury(01:12:18) – Stefan Sagmeister (01:16:22) – Roberto Rodriguez Redondo (01:20:33) – Marc McKee(01:23:25) – Egs (01:24:45) – Björn Almqvist (01:30:58) – Per Englund(01:33:21) – Milko Özlü(01:41:36) – Hilda Ander(01:44:49) – Charlie Nilsson (01:52:47) – Andreas Glad(02:04:35) – ConclusionFor more information and resources: https://linktr.ee/beyondboardsHosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Welcome back to another installment of everyone's favorite fantasy football podcast! Today's episode the normal podcast EGS crew has a special guest to help round out the top 12 RB's. Who will be top 5? Who is the surprise name left out? This and much more on the latest episode of Every Given Sunday.

Bridget Silva reveals how Geothermal Holdings is leveraging cutting-edge geothermal innovations to transform the energy landscape. With over two decades of experience in energy technology and commercialization, Bridget shares her journey from Dell and HP to her current role, shedding light on the evolution and future of geothermal energy.

-Players want a Tekken/Waffle House crossover: https://www.engadget.com/tekken-director-apparently-keeps-getting-requests-to-add-a-waffle-house-stage-211913943.html -AI chatbot coming to Xbox: https://www.ign.com/articles/microsoft-reportedly-making-xbox-ai-chatbot-to-automate-support-tasks -Gearbox escapes the Embrace: https://kotaku.com/gearbox-software-embracer-sale-borderlands-homeworld-1851371254 -Marvel Rivals to steal Overwatch's thunder: https://www.engadget.com/marvel-rivals-is-a-new-overwatch-like-team-shooter-150021430.html?src=rss -New Series X incoming: https://www.engadget.com/microsoft-may-be-working-on-a-cheaper-disc-free-xbox-series-x-104021193.html?src=rss -EGS on Xbox? https://www.polygon.com/24108670/xbox-epic-games-store-phil-spencer-interview  

When it comes to clean energy, we often hear about wind and solar, but there are other, perhaps less-talked about, renewable sources to include in our energy transition portfolio. In this episode, we focus on geothermal, which uses heat from the earth to generate energy. You may have heard of the Geysers in northern California, the world's largest geothermal field, or the Salton Sea in southern California, the second largest geothermal field in the U.S. However, in 2022, just 0.4% of U.S. electricity generation came from geothermal energy. Can we harness the potential of the earth's heat in more than just volcanic regions?  To address this question, Justine and Paulina speak with Dr. Birendra Jha, a professor of petroleum engineering at USC who runs a research group, the GEM Lab, which aims to address engineering challenges related to energy. We talk about what geothermal energy is, why geothermal seems to be less popular than other sources like wind and solar, and the challenges and benefits of an emerging technology, Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS), which could expand where geothermal energy is produced. Jim then speaks with Minh Tran, a geothermal engineer with a PhD in Petroleum Engineering from USC, who is studying ways to more effectively transform geothermal heat into electricity. We talk about whether skills from oil and gas are transferable to geothermal, the potential of EGS in the energy transition, and the importance of financing and policy incentives in expanding geothermal.  2:21 Interview with Dr. Jha 36:28 Interview with Minh Tran 55:48 Concluding Remarks Don't forget to subscribe to our podcast so you can automatically get access to our new episodes – you can find us on Apple, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts. And we would appreciate it so much if you could leave a rating and review. Special thanks to our guests for today and Abhi, our technical guru, for their important contributions to today's episode. This podcast is sponsored by the USC Ershaghi Center for Energy Transition.   Disclaimer: The views, information, or opinions expressed during the Energy Transition Talk series are solely those of the individuals involved and do not necessarily represent those of the Ershaghi Center for Energy Transition (E-CET) or the producers of this podcast.  Referenced in this episode:   EIA, Geothermal Explained  EIA, U.S electricity generation by energy source  California Energy Commission, 2022 Total System Electric Generation EnergyTransition.org, Mar. 28, 2023, Geothermal Iceland: This land of fire and ice is pushing the limits of its natural energy ScienceNews, July 12, 2023, How Kenya is helping its neighbors develop geothermal energy Forbes, Enhanced Geothermal Could Be A Missing Piece Of America's Climate Puzzle, July 23, 2023 Scientific American, Biden Administration Bets $74 Million on ‘Enhanced' Geothermal Power, Feb. 14, 2023 U.S. Department of Energy, Biden-Harris Administration Announces $74 Million to Advance Enhanced Geothermal Systems, Feb. 8, 2023  Disclaimer: The views, information, or opinions expressed during the Energy Transition Talk series are solely those of the individuals involved and do not necessarily represent those of the Ershaghi Center for Energy Transition (E-CET) or the producers of this podcast.

In this episode, I am joined by Harald Walkate. Harald isn't just another voice in the sustainability space. He's a seasoned navigator, guiding us across the complex landscape of ESG and impact investing.With 25 years of experience, he's seen both sides of the table, working with major asset managers and corporations. This unique perspective fuels his passion for bridging the gap between good intentions and real-world impact. He's a champion of blended finance, a powerful tool that blends public and private resources to tackle urgent challenges like climate change and poverty.Born in Leiden, Netherlands, Harald Walkate studied law at Leiden University, later venturing into corporate law at Allen & Overy. After obtaining an MBA from the University of Chicago, Harald moved into business development at Bally Total Fitness, then shifted to Aegon, focusing on mergers and acquisitions.At Aegon, he became the Global Head of Responsible Investment, leading to a move to Natixis in 2019 as the Head of ESG. In 2022, he founded Finding Ways Ahead, and in 2023, he initiated Route 17, an SDG funding & blended finance advisory firm.In this enlightening conversation, we explore Harald's insights on ESG, impact investing, and the often misunderstood realm of blended finance.Show notes: https://sri360.com/podcast/harald-walkate/About the SRI 360° Podcast: The SRI 360° Podcast is focused exclusively on sustainable & responsible investing. In each episode, I interview a world-class investor who is an accomplished practitioner from all asset classes.Connect with SRI360°:Sign up for the free weekly email updateVisit the SRI360° PODCASTVisit the SRI360° WEBSITEFollow SRI360° on X/TwitterFollow SRI360° on FACEBOOKKey TakeawaysIntro (00:00)Harald Walkate's career journey (02:17)How impact investing can make a difference (14:54)Appreciation of the global financial markets (21:43)Topics most misunderstood in ESG and impact investing (26:27)ESG investing in the US (30:24)The best evidence that the EGS toolkit enhances return (34:35)Measuring the real-world impact of ESG investing (40:14)Sustainable finance vs financing sustainability (43:38)Blended finance for sustainable investing (01:04:51)Additional ResourcesHarald Walkate's LinkedInRoute17 WebsiteFinding Ways AheadOther Links MentionedAllen and OveryBally Total FitnessAegon Asset ManagementNatixisCenter for Sustainable Finance and Private WealthUniversity of Chicago Booth School of BusinessFinancial Conduct AuthorityMarc AndreessenRobert W. van ZwietenJean Raby10 things every investor should know about Net Zero

Mike Giant interviews Rime MSK with special guest Persué at Mike's studio in San Diego, California on December 22, 2023. Topics discussed include:  Honesty, fear of conflict, Thich Nhat Hanh, porn, intimacy, self-reflection, self-work, squirters, transmitting feelings, bullying, running from police, aging graffiti scene, energy of youth, Futura, staying active on the street, studio paintings on canvas, blackbooks, bombing vs piecing, meeting Nace, cutting back, Agree, All-Out King, various stylistic games, Poor Things, catching a fill-in solo, the courage to break away from the 9 to 5, childhood, relationship with imagination, The Starving Artist, forecasting down times, life as a book, harmony, retreat, diversions, keeping your heart in it, being in nature, excitement of new places, reconnecting with pace of nature, experiencing death, animal vs human energy, Trenton deer, feeding squirrels in Mexico City, graffiti characters, Vivid Playful Depictions of Energy, original content, praise for replication, ball games, gyms, trademark styles, Egs, The Pocket, Ghost, arrows, personality in letterforms, how mood affects style, marker and sticker tags, traveling in an RV, online store, fulfillment from the road, interacting with fan base. @rime_msk rimemsk.com @persue1 @bunnykittyofficial bunnykitty.com

The semi finals are here (if your league settings are right) and podcast EGS is here to get you ready to win your matchup. Brandon, Joe, and Tilley breakdown the latest news as well as what implications that might have on your matchup. They also give you their starts and sits of the week! This and much more on the latest installment of Every Given Sunday.

Ladies and Gentlemen the playoffs are here! The podcast EGS crew is here to give you the recap of the final regular season games of the fantasy football season. Who won you your week? Who is the reason you lost? This and much more on the latest episode of Every Given Sunday Fantasy Football Podcast.

Welcome to week 13 of the Fantasy season! The playoffs are fast approaching and EGS is here to help you win your league. What is the latest fantasy news? How does the JT news impact your lineup? Who should you start? Who should you sit? This and much more on the latest installment of Every Given Sunday!

In this episode, two experts in their field help Guus to explore Due Diligence in transactions: Julienne provides a legal perspective while George, Founder of Pilko and Associates, shares his wide experience on operational, EHS and EGS issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sara is a team lead at thoughtbot. She talks about her experience as a professor at Kanazawa Technical College, giant LAN parties in Rochester, transitioning from Java to Ruby, shining a light on maintainers, and her closing thoughts on RubyConf. Recorded at RubyConf 2023 in San Diego. -- A few topics covered: Being an Assistant Arofessor in Kanazawa Teaching naming, formatting, and style Differences between students in Japan vs US Technical terms and programming resources in Japanese LAN parties at Rochester Transitioning from Java to Ruby Consulting The forgotten maintainer RubyConf Other links Sara's mastodon thoughtbot This Week in Open Source testdouble Ruby Central Scholars and Guides Program City Museum Japan International College of Technology Kanazawa RubyKaigi Applying mruby to World-first Small SAR Satellite (Japanese lightning talk) (mruby in space) Rochester Rochester Institute of Technology Electronic Gaming Society Tora-con Strong National Museum of Play Transcript You can help correct transcripts on GitHub. [00:00:00] Jeremy: I'm here at RubyConf, San Diego, with Sara Jackson, thank you for joining me today. [00:00:05] Sara: Thank you for having me. Happy to be here. [00:00:07] Jeremy: Sara right now you're working at, ThoughtBot, as a, as a Ruby developer, is that right? [00:00:12] Sara: Yes, that is correct. Teaching in Japan [00:00:14] Jeremy: But I think before we kind of talk about that, I mean, we're at a Ruby conference, but something that I, I saw, on your LinkedIn that I thought was really interesting was that you were teaching, I think, programming in. Kanazawa, for a couple years. [00:00:26] Sara: Yeah, that's right. So for those that don't know, Kanazawa is a city on the west coast of Japan. If you draw kind of a horizontal line across Japan from Tokyo, it's, it's pretty much right there on the west coast. I was an associate professor in the Global Information and Management major, which is basically computer science or software development. (laughs) Yep. [00:00:55] Jeremy: Couldn't tell from the title. [00:00:56] Sara: You couldn't. No.. so there I was teaching classes for a bunch of different languages and concepts from Java to Python to Unix and Bash scripting, just kind of all over. [00:01:16] Jeremy: And did you plan the curriculum yourself, or did they have anything for you? [00:01:21] Sara: It depended on the class that I was teaching. So some of them, I was the head teacher. In that case, I would be planning the class myself, the... lectures the assignments and grading them, et cetera. if I was assisting on a class, then usually it would, I would be doing grading and then helping in the class. Most of the classes were, uh, started with a lecture and then. Followed up with a lab immediately after, in person. [00:01:54] Jeremy: And I think you went to, is it University of Rochester? [00:01:58] Sara: Uh, close. Uh, Rochester Institute of Technology. So, same city. Yeah. [00:02:03] Jeremy: And so, you were studying computer science there, is that right? [00:02:07] Sara: I, I studied computer science there, but I got a minor in Japanese language. and that's how, that's kind of my origin story of then teaching in Kanazawa. Because Rochester is actually the sister city with Kanazawa. And RIT has a study abroad program for Japanese learning students to go study at KIT, Kanazawa Institute of Technology, in Kanazawa, do a six week kind of immersive program. And KIT just so happens to be under the same board as the school that I went to teach at. [00:02:46] Jeremy: it's great that you can make that connection and get that opportunity, yeah. [00:02:49] Sara: Absolutely. Networking! [00:02:52] Jeremy: And so, like, as a student in Rochester, you got to see how, I suppose, computer science education was there. How did that compare when you went over to Kanazawa? [00:03:02] Sara: I had a lot of freedom with my curriculum, so I was able to actually lean on some of the things that I learned, some of the, the way that the courses were structured that I took, I remember as a freshman in 2006, one of the first courses that we took, involved, learning Unix, learning the command line, things like that. I was able to look up some of the assignments and some of the information from that course that I took to inform then my curriculum for my course, [00:03:36] Jeremy: That's awesome. Yeah. and I guess you probably also remember how you felt as a student, so you know like what worked and maybe what didn't. [00:03:43] Sara: Absolutely. And I was able to lean on that experience as well as knowing. What's important and what, as a student, I didn't think was important. Naming, formatting, and style [00:03:56] Jeremy: So what were some examples of things that were important and some that weren't? [00:04:01] Sara: Mm hmm. For Java in particular, you don't need any white space between any of your characters, but formatting and following the general Guidelines of style makes your code so much easier to read. It's one of those things that you kind of have to drill into your head through muscle memory. And I also tried to pass that on to my students, in their assignments that it's. It's not just to make it look pretty. It's not just because I'm a mean teacher. It is truly valuable for future developers that will end up reading your code. [00:04:39] Jeremy: Yeah, I remember when I went through school. The intro professor, they would actually, they would print out our code and they would mark it up with red pen, basically like a writing assignment and it would be like a bad variable name and like, white space shouldn't be here, stuff like that. And, it seems kind of funny now, but, it actually makes it makes a lot of sense. [00:04:59] Sara: I did that. [00:04:59] Jeremy: Oh, nice. [00:05:00] Sara: I did that for my students. They were not happy about it. (laughs) [00:05:04] Jeremy: Yeah, at that time they're like, why are you like being so picky, right? [00:05:08] Sara: Exactly. But I, I think back to my student, my experience as a student. in some of the classes I've taken, not even necessarily computer related, the teachers that were the sticklers, those lessons stuck the most for me. I hated it at the time. I learned a lot. [00:05:26] Jeremy: Yeah, yeah. so I guess that's an example of things that, that, that matter. The, the aesthetics or the visual part for understanding. What are some things that they were teaching that you thought like, Oh, maybe this isn't so important. [00:05:40] Sara: Hmm. Pause for effect. (laughs) So I think that there wasn't necessarily Any particular class or topic that I didn't feel was as valuable, but there was some things that I thought were valuable that weren't emphasized very well. One of the things that I feel very strongly about, and I'm sure those of you out there can agree. in RubyWorld, that naming is important. The naming of your variables is valuable. It's useful to have something that's understood. and there were some other teachers that I worked with that didn't care so much in their assignments. And maybe the labs that they assigned had less than useful names for things. And that was kind of a disappointment for me. [00:06:34] Jeremy: Yeah, because I think it's maybe hard to teach, a student because a lot of times you are writing these short term assignments and you have it pass the test or do the thing and then you never look at it again. [00:06:49] Sara: Exactly. [00:06:50] Jeremy: So you don't, you don't feel that pain. Yeah, [00:06:53] Sara: Mm hmm. But it's like when you're learning a new spoken language, getting the foundations correct is super valuable. [00:07:05] Jeremy: Absolutely. Yeah. And so I guess when you were teaching in Kanazawa, was there anything you did in particular to emphasize, you know, these names really matter because otherwise you or other people are not going to understand what you were trying to do here? [00:07:22] Sara: Mm hmm. When I would walk around class during labs, kind of peek over the shoulders of my students, look at what they're doing, it's... Easy to maybe point out at something and be like, well, what is this? I can't tell what this is doing. Can you tell me what this does? Well, maybe that's a better name because somebody else who was looking at this, they won't know, I don't know, you know, it's in your head, but you will not always be working solo. my school, a big portion of the students went on to get technical jobs from after right after graduating. it was when you graduated from the school that I was teaching at, KTC, it was the equivalent of an associate's degree. Maybe 50 percent went off to a tech job. Maybe 50 percent went on to a four year university. And, and so as students, it hadn't. Connected with them always yet that oh, this isn't just about the assignment. This is also about learning how to interact with my co workers in the future. Differences between students [00:08:38] Jeremy: Yeah, I mean, I think It's hard, but, group projects are kind of always, uh, that's kind of where you get to work with other people and, read other people's code, but there's always that potential imbalance of where one person is like, uh, I know how to do this. I'll just do it. Right? So I'm not really sure how to solve that problem. Yeah. [00:09:00] Sara: Mm hmm. That's something that I think probably happens to some degree everywhere, but man, Japan really has groups, group work down. They, that's a super generalization. For my students though, when you would put them in a group, they were, they were usually really organized about who was going to do what and, kept on each other about doing things maybe there were some students that were a little bit more slackers, but it was certainly not the kind of polarized dichotomy you would usually see in an American classroom. [00:09:39] Jeremy: Yeah. I've been on both sides. I've been the person who did the work and the slacker. [00:09:44] Sara: Same. [00:09:46] Jeremy: And, uh, I feel bad about it now, but, uh, [00:09:50] Sara: We did what we had to do. [00:09:52] Jeremy: We all got the degree, so we're good. that is interesting, though. I mean, was there anything else, like, culturally different, you felt, from, you know, the Japanese university? [00:10:04] Sara: Yes. Absolutely. A lot of things. In American university, it's kind of the first time in a young person's life, usually, where they have the freedom to choose what they learn, choose where they live, what they're interested in. And so there's usually a lot of investment in your study and being there, being present, paying attention to the lecture. This is not to say that Japanese college students were the opposite. But the cultural feeling is college is your last time to have fun before you enter the real world of jobs and working too many hours. And so the emphasis on paying Super attention or, being perfect in your assignments. There was, there was a scale. There were some students that were 100 percent there. And then there were some students that were like, I'm here to get a degree and maybe I'm going to sleep in class a little bit. (laughs) That is another major difference, cultural aspect. In America, if you fall asleep in a meeting, you fall asleep in class, super rude. Don't do it. In Japan, if you take a nap at work, you take a nap in class, not rude. It's actually viewed as a sign of you are working really hard. You're usually working maybe late into the night. You're not getting enough sleep. So the fact that you need to take maybe a nap here or two here or there throughout the day means that you have put dedication in. [00:11:50] Jeremy: Even if the reason you're asleep is because you were playing games late at night. [00:11:54] Sara: Yep. [00:11:55] Jeremy: But they don't know that. [00:11:56] Sara: Yeah. But it's usually the case for my students. [00:11:59] Jeremy: Okay. I'm glad they were having fun at least [00:12:02] Sara: Me too. Why she moved back [00:12:04] Jeremy: That sounds like a really interesting experience. You did it for about two years? Three years. [00:12:12] Sara: So I had a three year contract with an option to extend up to five, although I did have a There were other teachers in my same situation who were actually there for like 10 years, so it was flexible. [00:12:27] Jeremy: Yeah. So I guess when you made the decision to, to leave, what was sort of your, your thinking there? [00:12:35] Sara: My fiance was in America [00:12:37] Jeremy: Good. [00:12:37] Sara: he didn't want to move to Japan [00:12:39] Jeremy: Good, reason. [00:12:39] Sara: Yeah, he was waiting three years patiently for me. [00:12:44] Jeremy: Okay. Okay. my heart goes out there . He waited patiently. [00:12:49] Sara: We saw each other. We, we were very lucky enough to see each other every three or four months in person. Either I would visit America or he would come visit me in Kanazawa. [00:12:59] Jeremy: Yeah, yeah. You, you couldn't convince him to, to fall in love with the country. [00:13:03] Sara: I'm getting there [00:13:04] Jeremy: Oh, you're getting Oh, [00:13:05] Sara: it's, We're making, we're making way. [00:13:07] Jeremy: Good, that's good. So are you taking like, like yearly trips or something, or? [00:13:11] Sara: That was, that was always my intention when I moved back so I moved back in the Spring of 2018 to America and I did visit. In 2019, the following year, so I could attend the graduation ceremony for the last group of students that I taught. [00:13:26] Jeremy: That's so sweet. [00:13:27] Sara: And then I had plans to go in 2020. We know what happened in 2020 [00:13:32] Jeremy: Yeah. [00:13:33] Sara: The country did not open to tourism again until the fall of 2022. But I did just make a trip last month. [00:13:40] Jeremy: Nice [00:13:40] Sara: To see some really good friends for the first time in four years. [00:13:43] Jeremy: Amazing, yeah. Where did you go? [00:13:46] Sara: I did a few days in Tokyo. I did a few days in Niigata cause I was with a friend who studied abroad there. And then a few days in Kanazawa. [00:13:56] Jeremy: That's really cool, yeah. yeah, I had a friend who lived there, but they were teaching English, yeah. And, I always have a really good time when I'm out there, yeah. [00:14:08] Sara: Absolutely. If anyone out there visiting wants to go to Japan, this is your push. Go do it. Reach out to me on LinkedIn. I will help you plan. [00:14:17] Jeremy: Nice, nice. Um, yeah, I, I, I would say the same. Like, definitely, if you're thinking about it, go. And, uh, sounds like Sara will hook you up. [00:14:28] Sara: Yep, I'm your travel guide. Technical terms in Japanese [00:14:31] Jeremy: So you, you studied, uh, you, you said you had a minor in Japanese? Yeah. So, so when you were teaching there, were you teaching classes in English or was it in Japanese? [00:14:42] Sara: It was a mix. Uh, when I was hired, the job description was no Japanese needed. It was a very, like, Global, international style college, so there was a huge emphasis on learning English. They wanted us to teach only in English. My thought was, it's hard enough learning computer science in your native language, let alone a foreign language, so my lectures were in English, but I would assist the labs in japanese [00:15:14] Jeremy: Oh, nice. Okay. And then, so you were basically fluent then at the time. Middle. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Hey, well, I think if you're able to, to help people, you know, in labs and stuff, and it's a technical topic, right? So that's gotta be kind of a, an interesting challenge [00:15:34] Sara: I did learn a lot of new computer vocabulary. Yes. [00:15:39] Jeremy: So the words are, like, a lot of them are not the same? Or, you know, for, for specifically related to programming, I guess. [00:15:46] Sara: Hmm. Yeah, there are Japanese specific words. There's a lot of loan words that we use. We. Excuse me. There's a lot of loan words that Japanese uses for computer terms, but there's plenty that are just in Japanese. For example, uh, an array is hairetsu. [00:16:08] Jeremy: Okay. [00:16:08] Sara: And like a screen or the display that your monitor is a gamen, but a keyboard would be keyboard... Kībōdo, probably. [00:16:20] Jeremy: Yeah. So just, uh, so that, they use that as a loan word, I guess. But I'm not sure why not the other two. [00:16:27] Sara: Yeah, it's a mystery. [00:16:29] Jeremy: So it's just, it's just a total mix. Yeah. I'm just picturing you thinking like, okay, is it the English word or is it the Japanese word? You know, like each time you're thinking of a technical term. Yeah. [00:16:39] Sara: Mm hmm. I mostly, I, I I went to the internet. I searched for Japanese computer term dictionary website, and kind of just studied the terms. I also paid a lot of attention to the Japanese professors when they were teaching, what words they were using. Tried to integrate. Also, I was able to lean on my study abroad, because it was a technical Japanese, like there were classes that we took that was on technical Japanese. Computer usage, and also eco technology, like green technology. So I had learned a bunch of them previously. [00:17:16] Jeremy: Mm. So was that for like a summer or a year or something [00:17:20] Sara: It was six weeks [00:17:21] Jeremy: Six weeks. [00:17:21] Sara: During the summer, [00:17:22] Jeremy: Got it. So that's okay. So like, yeah, that must have been an experience like going to, I'm assuming that's the first time you had been [00:17:30] Sara: It was actually the second time [00:17:31] Jeremy: The second [00:17:32] Sara: Yeah. That was in 2010 that I studied abroad. [00:17:35] Jeremy: And then the classes, they were in Japanese or? Yeah. Yeah. That's, uh, that's, that's full immersion right there. [00:17:42] Sara: It was, it was very funny in the, in the very first lesson of kind of just the general language course, there was a student that was asking, I, how do I say this? I don't know this. And she was like, Nihongo de. [00:17:55] Jeremy: Oh (laughs) ! [00:17:56] Sara: You must, must ask your question only in [00:17:59] Jeremy: Yeah, Programming resources in Japanesez [00:17:59] Jeremy: yeah. yeah. That's awesome. So, so it's like, I guess the, the professors, they spoke English, but they were really, really pushing you, like, speak Japanese. Yeah, that's awesome. and maybe this is my bias because I'm an English native, but when you look up. Resources, like you look up blog posts and Stack Overflow and all this stuff. It's all in English, right? So I'm wondering for your, your students, when, when they would search, like, I got this error, you know, what do I do about it? Are they looking at the English pages or are they, you know, you know what I mean? [00:18:31] Sara: There are Japanese resources that they would use. They love Guguru (Google) sensei. [00:18:36] Jeremy: Ah okay. Okay. [00:18:38] Sara: Um, but yeah, there are plenty of Japanese language stack overflow equivalents. I'm not sure if they have stack overflow specifically in Japanese. But there are sites like that, that they, that they used. Some of the more invested students would also use English resources, but that was a minority. [00:19:00] Jeremy: Interesting. So there's a, there's a big enough community, I suppose, of people posting and answering questions and stuff where it's, you don't feel like, there aren't people doing the same thing as you out there. [00:19:14] Sara: Absolutely. Yeah. There's, a large world of software development in Japan, that we don't get to hear. There are questions and answers over here because of that language barrier. [00:19:26] Jeremy: Yeah. I would be, like, kind of curious to, to see, the, the languages and the types of problems they have, if they were similar or if it's, like, I don't know, just different. [00:19:38] Sara: Yeah, now I'm interested in that too, and I bet you there is a lot of research that we could do on Ruby, since Ruby is Japanese. [00:19:51] Jeremy: Right. cause something I've, I've often heard is that, when somebody says they're working with Ruby, Here in, um, the United States, a lot of times people assume it's like, Oh, you're doing a Rails app, [00:20:02] Sara: Mm hmm. [00:20:03] Jeremy: Almost, almost everybody who's using Ruby, not everyone, but you know, the majority I think are using it because of Rails. And I've heard that in Japan, there's actually a lot more usage that's, that's not tied to Rails. [00:20:16] Sara: I've also heard that, and I get the sense of that from RubyKaigi as well. Which I have never been lucky enough to attend. But, yeah, the talks that come out of RubyKaigi, very technical, low to the metal of Ruby, because there's that community that's using it for things other than Rails, other than web apps. [00:20:36] Jeremy: Yeah, I think, one of the ones, I don't know if it was a talk or not, but, somebody was saying that there is Ruby in space. [00:20:42] Sara: That's awesome. Ruby's everywhere. LAN parties in college [00:20:44] Jeremy: So yeah, I guess like another thing I saw, during your time at Rochester is you were, involved with like, there's like a gaming club I wonder if you could talk a little bit about your experience with that. [00:20:55] Sara: Absolutely, I can. So, at RIT, I was an executive board member for three or four years at the Electronic Gaming Society. EGS for short, uh, we hosted weekly console game nights in, the student alumni union area, where there's open space, kind of like a cafeteria. We also hosted quarterly land parties, and we would actually get people from out of state sometimes who weren't even students to come. Uh, and we would usually host the bigger ones in the field house, which is also where concerts are held. And we would hold the smaller ones in conference rooms. I think when I started in 2006, the, the, the LANs were pretty small, maybe like 50, 50 people bring your, your, your huge CRT monitor tower in. [00:21:57] Jeremy: Oh yeah, [00:21:57] Sara: In And then by the time I left in 2012. we were over 300 people for a weekend LAN party, um, and we were actually drawing more power than concerts do. [00:22:13] Jeremy: Incredible. what were, what were people playing at the time? Like when they would the LANs like, [00:22:18] Sara: Yep. Fortnite, early League of Legends, Call of Duty. Battlegrounds. And then also just like fun indie games like Armagedtron, which is kind of like a racing game in the style of [00:22:37] Jeremy: okay. Oh, okay, [00:22:39] Sara: Um, any, there are some like fun browser games where you could just mess with each other. Jackbox. Yeah. [00:22:49] Jeremy: Yeah, it's, it's interesting that, you know, you're talking about stuff like Fortnite and, um, what is it? Battlegrounds is [00:22:55] Sara: not Fortnite. Team Fortress. [00:22:58] Jeremy: Oh Team Fortress! [00:22:59] Sara: Sorry. Yeah. Oh, yeah, I got my, my names mixed up. Fortnite, I think, did not exist at the time, but Team Fortress was big. [00:23:11] Jeremy: Yeah. that's really cool that you're able to get such a big group there. is there something about Rochester, I guess, that that was able to bring together this many people for like these big LAN events? Because I'm... I mean, I'm not sure how it is elsewhere, but I feel like that's probably not what was happening elsewhere in the country. [00:23:31] Sara: Yeah, I mean, if you've ever been to, um, DreamHack, that's, that's a huge LAN party and game convention, that's fun. so... EGS started in the early 2000s, even before I joined, and was just a committed group of people. RIT was a very largely technical school. The majority of students were there for math, science, engineering, or they were in the computer college, [00:24:01] Jeremy: Oh, okay. [00:24:01] Sara: GCIS, G C C I S, the Gossano College of Computing and Information Sciences. So there was a lot of us there. [00:24:10] Jeremy: That does make sense. I mean, it's, it's sort of this, this bias that when there's people doing, uh, technical stuff like software, um, you know, and just IT, [00:24:21] Sara: Mm hmm. [00:24:23] Jeremy: there's kind of this assumption that's like, oh, maybe they play games. And it seems like that was accurate [00:24:27] Sara: It was absolutely accurate. And there were plenty of people that came from different majors. but when I started, there were 17, 000 students and so that's a lot of students and obviously not everyone came to our weekly meetings, but we had enough dedicated people that were on the eboard driving, You know, marketing and advertising for, for our events and things like that, that we were able to get, the good community going. I, I wasn't part of it, but the anime club at RIT is also huge. They run a convention every year that is huge, ToraCon, um. And I think it's just kind of the confluence of there being a lot of geeks and nerds on campus and Rochester is a college town. There's maybe like 10 other universities in [00:25:17] Jeremy: Well, sounds like it was a good time. [00:25:19] Sara: Absolutely would recommend. Strong Museum of Play [00:25:22] Jeremy: I've never, I've never been, but the one thing I have heard about Rochester is there's the, the Strong Museum of Play. [00:25:29] Sara: Yeah, that place is so much fun, even as an adult. It's kind of like, um, the, the Children's Museum in Indiana for, for those that might know that. it just has all the historical toys and pop culture and interactive exhibits. It's so fun. [00:25:48] Jeremy: it's not quite the same, but it, when you were mentioning the Children's Museum in, um, I think it's in St. Louis, there's, uh, it's called the City Museum and it's like a, it's like a giant playground, you know, indoors, outdoors, and it's not just for kids, right? And actually some of this stuff seems like kind of sketch in terms of like, you could kind of hurt yourself, you know, climbing [00:26:10] Sara: When was this made? [00:26:12] Jeremy: I'm not sure, but, uh, [00:26:14] Sara: before regulations maybe. ha. [00:26:16] Jeremy: Yeah. It's, uh, but it's really cool. So at the, at the Museum of Play, though, is it, There's like a video game component, right? But then there's also, like, other types of things, [00:26:26] Sara: Yeah, they have, like, a whole section of the museum that's really, really old toys on display, like, 1900s, 1800s. Um, they have a whole Sesame Street section, and other things like that. Yeah. From Java to Ruby [00:26:42] Jeremy: Check it out if you're in Rochester. maybe now we could talk a little bit about, so like now you're working at Thoughtbot as a Ruby developer. but before we started recording, you were telling me that you started, working with Java. And there was like a, a long path I suppose, you know, changing languages. So maybe you can talk a little bit about your experience there. [00:27:06] Sara: Yeah. for other folks who have switched languages, this might be a familiar story for you, where once you get a job in one technology or one stack, one language, you kind of get typecast after a while. Your next job is probably going to be in the same language, same stack. Companies, they hire based on technology and So, it might be hard, even if you've been playing around with Ruby in your free time, to break, make that barrier jump from one language to another, one stack to another. I mean, these technologies, they can take a little while to ramp up on. They can be a little bit different, especially if you're going from a non object oriented language to an object oriented, don't. Lose hope. (laughs) If you have an interest in Ruby and you're not a Rubyist right now, there's a good company for you that will give you a chance. That's the key that I learned, is as a software developer, the skills that you have that are the most important are not the language that you know. It's the type of thinking that you do, the problem solving, communication, documentation, knowledge sharing, Supporting each other, and as Saron the keynote speaker on Wednesday said, the, the word is love. [00:28:35] Jeremy: [00:28:35] Sara: So when I was job hunting, it was really valuable for me to include those important aspects in my skill, in my resume, in my CV, in my interviews, that like, I'm newer to this language because I had learned it at a rudimentary level before. Never worked in it really professionally for a long time. Um, when I was applying, it was like, look, I'm good at ramping up in technologies. I have been doing software for a long time, and I'm very comfortable with the idea of planning, documenting, problem solving. Give me a chance, please. I was lucky enough to find my place at a company that would give me a chance. Test Double hired me in 2019 as a remote. Software Consultant, and it changed my life. [00:29:34] Jeremy: What, what was it about, Ruby that I'm assuming that this is something that you maybe did in your spare time where you were playing with Ruby or? [00:29:43] Sara: I am one of those people that don't really code in their spare time, which I think is valuable for people to say. The image of a software developer being, well, if you're not coding in your spare time, then you're not passionate about it. That's a myth. That's not true. Some of us, we have other hobbies. I have lots of hobbies. Coding is not the one that I carry outside of the workplace, usually, but, I worked at a company called Constant Contact in 2014 and 2015. And while I was there, I was able to learn Ruby on Rails. [00:30:23] Jeremy: Oh, okay. So that was sort of, I guess, your experience there, on the job. I guess you enjoyed something about the language or something about Rails and then that's what made you decide, like, I would really love to, to... do more of this [00:30:38] Sara: Absolutely. It was amazing. It's such a fun language. The first time I heard about it was in college, maybe 2008 or 2009. And I remember learning, this looks like such a fun language. This looks like it would be so interesting to learn. And I didn't think about it again until 2014. And then I was programming in it. Coming from a Java mindset and it blew my mind, the Rails magic also, I was like, what is happening? This is so cool. Because of my typecasting sort of situation of Java, I wasn't able to get back to it until 2019. And I don't want to leave. I'm so happy. I love the language. I love the community. It's fun. [00:31:32] Jeremy: I can totally see that. I mean, when I first tried out Rails, yeah, it, like, you mentioned the magic, and I know some people are like, ah, I don't like the magic, but when, I think, once I saw what you could do, And how, sort of, little you needed to write, and the fact that so many projects kind of look the same. Um, yeah, that really clicked for me, and I really appreciated that. think that and the Rails console. I think the console is amazing. [00:32:05] Sara: Being able to just check real quick. Hmm, I wonder if this will work. Wait, no, I can check right now. I [00:32:12] Jeremy: And I think that's an important point you brought up too, about, like, not... the, the stereotype and I, I kind of, you know, showed it here where I assumed like, Oh, you were doing Java and then you moved to Ruby. It must've been because you were doing Ruby on the side and thought like, Oh, this is cool. I want to do it for my job. but I, I thought that's really cool that you were able to, not only that you, you don't do the programming stuff outside of work, but that you were able to, to find an opportunity where you could try something different, you know, in your job where you're still being paid. And I wonder, was there any, was there any specific intention behind, like, when you took that job, it was so that I can try something different, or did it just kind of happen? I'm curious what your... The appeal of consulting [00:32:58] Sara: I was wanting to try something different. I also really wanted to get into consulting. [00:33:04] Jeremy: Hmm. [00:33:05] Sara: I have ADHD. And working at a product company long term, I think, was never really going to work out for me. another thing you might notice in my LinkedIn is that a lot of my stays at companies have been relatively short. Because, I don't know, I, my brain gets bored. The consultancy environment is... Perfect. You can go to different clients, different engagements, meet new people, learn a different stack, learn how other people are doing things, help them be better, and maybe every two weeks, two months, three months, six months, a year, change and do it all over again. For some people, that sounds awful. For me, it's perfect. [00:33:51] Jeremy: Yeah, I hadn't thought about that with, with consulting. cause I, I suppose, so you said it's, it's usually about half a year between projects or is It [00:34:01] Sara: varies [00:34:01] Jeremy: It varies widely. [00:34:02] Sara: Widely. I think we try to hit the sweet spot of 3-6 months. For an individual working on a project, the actual contract engagement might be longer than that, but, yeah. Maintainers don't get enough credit [00:34:13] Jeremy: Yeah. And, and your point about how some people, they like to jump on different things and some people like to, to stick to the same thing. I mean, that, that makes a lot of, sense in terms of, I think maintaining software and like building new software. It's, they're both development, [00:34:32] Sara: Mm hmm. [00:34:32] Jeremy: they're very different. Right. [00:34:35] Sara: It's so funny that you bring that up because I highly gravitate towards maintaining over making. I love going to different projects, but I have very little interest in Greenfield, very little interest in making something new. I want to get into the weeds, into 10 years that nobody wants to deal with because the weeds are so high and there's dragons in there. I want to cut it away. I want to add documentation. I want to make it better. It's so important for us to maintain our software. It doesn't get nearly enough credit. The people that work on open source, the people that are doing maintenance work on, on apps internally, externally, Upgrades, making sure dependencies are all good and safe and secure. love that stuff. [00:35:29] Jeremy: That's awesome. We, we need more of you. (laughs) [00:35:31] Sara: There's plenty of us out there, but we don't get the credit (laughs) [00:35:34] Jeremy: Yeah, because it's like with maintenance, well, I would say probably both in companies and in open source when everything is working. Then Nobody nobody knows. Nobody says anything. They're just like, Oh, that's great. It's working. And then if it breaks, then everyone's upset. [00:35:51] Sara: Exactly. [00:35:53] Jeremy: And so like, yeah, you're just there to get yelled at when something goes wrong. But when everything's going good, it's like, [00:35:59] Sara: A job well done is, I was never here. [00:36:02] Jeremy: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I don't know how. To, you know, to fix that, I mean, when you think about open source maintainers, right, like a big thing is, is, is burnout, right? Where you are keeping the internet and all of our applications running and, you know, what you get for it is people yelling at you and the issues, right? [00:36:23] Sara: Yeah, it's hard. And I think I actually. Submitted a talk to RubyConf this year about this topic. It didn't get picked. That's okay. Um, we all make mistakes. I'm going to try to give it somewhere in the future, but I think one of the important things that we as an industry should strive for is giving glory. Giving support and kudos to maintenance work. I've been trying to do that. slash I have been doing that at ThoughtBot by, at some cadence. I have been putting out a blog post to the ThoughtBot blog called. This week in open source, the time period that is covered might be a week or longer in those posts. I give a summary of all of the commits that have been made to our open source projects. And the people that made those contributions with highlighting to new version releases, including patch level. And I do this. The time I, I, I took up the torch of doing this from a co worker, Mike Burns, who used to do it 10 years ago. I do this so that people can get acknowledgement for the work they do, even if it's fixing a broken link, even if it's updating some words that maybe don't make sense. All of it is valuable. [00:37:54] Jeremy: Definitely. Yeah. I mean, I, I think that, um, yeah, what's visible to people is when there's a new feature or an API change and Yeah, it's just, uh, people don't, I think a lot of people don't realize, like, how much work goes into just keeping everything running. [00:38:14] Sara: Mm hmm. Especially in the world of open source and Ruby on Rails, all the gems, there's so many different things coming out, things that suddenly this is not compatible. Suddenly you need to change something in your code because a dependency, however many steps apart has changed and it's hard work. The people that do those things are amazing. [00:38:41] Jeremy: So if anybody listening does that work, we, we appreciate you. [00:38:45] Sara: We salute you. Thank you. And if you're interested in contributing to ThoughtBot open source, we have lots of repos. There's one out there for you. Thoughts on RubyConf [00:38:54] Jeremy: You've been doing programming for quite a while, and, you're here at, at RubyConf. I wonder what kind of brings you to these, these conferences? Like, what do you get out of them? Um, I guess, how was this one? That sort of thing. [00:39:09] Sara: Well, first, this one was sick. This one was awesome. Uh, Ruby central pulled out all the stops and that DJ on Monday. In the event, in the exhibit hall. Wow. Amazing. So he told me that he was going to put his set up on Spotify, on Weedmaps Spotify, so go check it out. Anyway, I come to these conferences for people. I just love connecting with people. Those listening might notice that I'm an extrovert. I work remotely. A lot of us work remotely these days. this is an opportunity to see some of my coworkers. There's seven of us here. It's an opportunity to see people I only see at conferences, of which there are a lot. It's a chance to connect with people I've only met on Mastodon, or LinkedIn, or Stack Overflow. It's a chance to meet wonderful podcasters who are putting out great content, keeping our community alive. That's, that's the key for me. And the talks are wonderful, but honestly, they're just a side effect for me. They just come as a result of being here. [00:40:16] Jeremy: Yeah, it's kind of a unique opportunity, you know, to have so many of your, your colleagues and to just all be in the same place. And you know that anybody you talk to here, like if you talk about Ruby or software, they're not going to look at you and go like, I don't know what you're talking about. Like everybody here has at least that in common. So it's, yeah, it's a really cool experience to, to be able to chat with anybody. And it's like, You're all on the same page, [00:40:42] Sara: Mm hmm. We're all in this boat together. [00:40:45] Jeremy: Yup, that we got to keep, got to keep afloat according to matz [00:40:49] Sara: Gotta keep it afloat, yeah. [00:40:51] Jeremy: Though I was like, I was pretty impressed by like during his, his keynote and he had asked, you know, how many of you here, it's your first RubyConf and it felt like it was over half the room. [00:41:04] Sara: Yeah, I got the same sense. I was very glad to see that, very impressed. My first RubyConf was and it was the same sort of showing of [00:41:14] Jeremy: Nice, yeah. Yeah, actually, that was my first one, too. [00:41:17] Sara: Nice! [00:41:19] Jeremy: Uh, that was Nashville, Yeah, yeah, yeah. So it's, yeah, it's really interesting to see because, the meme online is probably like, Ah, Ruby is dead, or Rails is dead. But like you come to these conferences and yeah, there's, there's so many new people. There's like new people that are learning it and experiencing it and, you know, enjoying it the same way we are. So I, I really hope that the, the community can really, yeah, keep this going. [00:41:49] Sara: Continue, continue to grow and share. I love that we had first timer buttons, buttons where people could self identify as this is my first RubyConf and, and then that opens a conversation immediately. It's like, how are you liking it? What was your favorite talk? [00:42:08] Jeremy: Yeah, that's awesome. okay, I think that's probably a good place to start wrapping it. But is there anything else you wanted to mention or thought we should have talked about? [00:42:18] Sara: Can I do a plug for thoughtbot? [00:42:20] Jeremy: yeah, go for it. [00:42:21] Sara: Alright. For those of you out there that might not know what ThoughtBot does, we are a full software lifecycle or company lifecycle consultancy, so we do everything from market fit and rapid prototyping to MVPs to helping with developed companies, developed teams, maybe do a little bit of a Boost when you have a deadline or doing some tech debt. Pay down. We also have a DevOps team, so if you have an idea or a company or a team, you want a little bit of support, we have been around for 20 years. We are here for you. Reach out to us at thoughtbot.com. [00:43:02] Jeremy: I guess the thing about Thoughtbot is that, within the Ruby community specifically, they've been so involved with sponsorships and, and podcasts. And so, uh, when you hear about consultancies, a lot of times it's kind of like, well, I don't know, are they like any good? Do they know what they're doing? But I, I feel like, ThoughtBot has had enough, like enough of a public record. I feel It's like, okay, if you, if you hire them, um, you should be in good hands. [00:43:30] Sara: Yeah. If you have any questions about our abilities, read the blog. [00:43:35] Jeremy: It is a good blog. Sometimes when I'm, uh, searching for how to do something in Rails, it'll pop up, [00:43:40] Sara: Mm hmm. Me too. Every question I ask, one of the first results is our own blog. I'm like, oh yeah, that makes sense. [00:43:47] Jeremy: Probably the peak is if you've written the blog. [00:43:50] Sara: That has happened to my coworkers They're like, wait, I wrote a blog about this nine years ago. [00:43:55] Jeremy: Yeah, yeah. So maybe, maybe that'll happen to you soon. I, I know definitely people who do, um, Stack Overflow. And it's like, Oh, I like, this is a good answer. Oh, I wrote this. (laughs) yeah. Well, Sara, thank you so much for, for chatting with me today. [00:44:13] Sara: Absolutely, Jeremy. Thank you so much for having me. I was really glad to chat today.

A massive, cosmic-sized DF Direct Weekly sees John, Rich and Alex react to the surprise reveal of the Steam Deck OLED, while tackling a bunch of questions about Rockstar's GTA 6 reveal. Meanwhile, media has started to tear down the new PS5 'Slim', answering our final questions about the make-up of the revised console revision. Beyond that, Nintendo denies everything about Switch 2 and Alex shares his experiences with his brand new Ryzen 7 7800X3D CPU upgrade. 0:00:00 Introduction 0:00:50 News 01: Steam Deck OLED revealed and reviewed! 0:26:44 News 02: Rockstar announces GTA 6 announcement trailer 0:41:02 News 03: New PS5 model disassembled 0:49:06 News 04: Alex upgrades to a 7800X3D! 1:10:33 News 05: Nintendo denies Switch 2 briefings 1:14:50 News 06: RTX 40 Series “Super” cards specs leaked 1:25:18 News 07: John's experiments with in-home VR streaming 1:35:44 Supporter Q1: If the EGS launcher were good, would EGS be profitable? 1:42:10 Supporter Q2: Can we expect a true PS5 Slim console in the future? 1:47:29 Supporter Q3: What's the difference between ray tracing and path tracing? 1:51:02 Supporter Q4: How long will it take for the retro game market to truly settle down? 1:58:47 Supporter Q5: Why hasn't Red Dead Redemption 2 been updated for Series X and PS5? 2:03:07 Supporter Q6: Why aren't there more gaming technology outlets like Digital Foundry? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We invite Lore Master Jesse Cox this week to spoil Alan Wake 2 and the wider Remedyverse! After that ( you can skip to 1:36:00 ) we chat about Grand Theft Auto 6 and the culture impact that will have when it's revealed soon. The Golden Joysticks also happened bringing in huge wins for Baldur's Gate 3, A Legend of Zelda film in the works, EGS not profitable and World of Warcraft Hardcore! 0:00 - Steroids 5:00 - Alan Wake 2 spoilercast starts 5:30 - Jesse Cox's thoughts on Alan Wake 2 & Remedy 11:00 - Spoilers properly start 11:30 - Deer 16:20 - Quantum Break 21:00 - Remedyverse 52:00 - Best moments 1:29:50 - Mr. Door 1:36:00 - Spoilers over! 1:38:30 - GTA6 announced soon 1:50:50 - The Golden Joystick awards 2:01:50 - Jesse and the bear story 2:19:00 - The Dark Urge 2:23:10 - A Zelda film 2:29:00 - XBOX partners with AI company 2:36:20 - Epic Game Store still not profitable 2:38:50 - Steam Deck OLED & Steam Deck 2 2:40:00 - World of Warcraft - Post BlizzCon 2:44:20 - Cohh in WoW Hardcore 2:52:10 - ShoutoutsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mike recalls memories from living in London and San Francisco in 1998. Topics discussed include: "Claire", Keri, Dek, Brighton, The Moon, throwups at Meanwhile, graffiti over graffiti, UFO, Abstract, Phunkateck, Ed Rush, Optical, Sage, Eklektic, GHB, Grove Park Yard with Egs, Network SouthEast trains, Trans Am show, Camdentown, Psycho, breaking car mirrors, removing fingerprints from spray cans, foiled mission at Uckfield Station, Brighton Yard, window-down on BritRail train, Kill All Cars, high speed car chase, falling through a roof, head wound, returning to San Francisco, brief stay with Claire, Jase, Laura, moving into a room near McAllister and Arguello, Kearny Book and Video, North Beach, cool manager, video arcades, cleaning crew, 4-hour videos for homeless people, The Thursday Guy, poppers (amyl nitrate), growing dislike of porn, Animal, Rosie the tweaker flower salesman, The Swiper, Bigfoot, Sam Flores, Kodik Joe, City Lights Bookstore, Jack Kerouac and Charles Bukowski, Avery, Skullz Press, Lisa, solo graffiti mission, Justo from Detroit, Dame, 3rd Street Yard, painting fast, getting tattoo from Nalla, Dase ATT, trackside with KR, Krink, failed mission in Safeway Tunnels, Noah Hurwitz, Imagination Plantation, Wild Brain, 2-week notice at porn shop, Twist, texture mapping, Hershey's kisses commercials, stop-motion animation, Mac and Silicon Graphics computers, Maya, Fern Gully scenes, Toon Render, Golden Eye 007, painting walls with Dalek, getting tattoo equipment from Nalla, red foil National shader, tattooing left leg, tattooing friends for free, 22nd and Illinois wall, Chris Woodcock, Willy Wonka candy, KFC, Jets, replacing bus shelter posters with Apex, Kaws.

Mike recalls memories from living in London in 1998. Topics discussed include: Losing weight, skateboarding daily, Wandsworth, Tom and Honor, Brixton, Dogstar, Prince Albert, The Sun, Irish red cream ale, Guinness, Keri, crooked teeth, The Plumber, Soho and Covent Garden, black latex, after-hours bars, night bus, sneaky sex, Nicole, Wired magazine, Designers Republic, Attik, happy hour at the pub, house parties, housing developments, weed homies with American accents, spliffs vs joints, White Widow, Bored: Snow Skate and Surf Graphics, Patrick Burgoyne, Tomato, DJ Food/Ninja Tune, starting a record label, Will Bankhead, Mo' Wax records, Futura2000, A to Zed guide, Dek from Art Crimes, Sensa, Irish homies, Valentine's Day rave at Brixton Academy, Daniel Pemberton, Megatripolis, Sounds of the Asian Underground, Talvin Singh, Squarepusher, heart tattoo on big screen, Rough Trade records, Russell Maurice (Gasface) and Pinky, Egs, Camberwell College of Arts, Maharishi, zines, 12oz Prophet poster, blackbook collages, Photek Kung Fu Night, Wagon Christ/Luke Vibert show, Metalheadz night at The Blue Note in Hoxton, DJ Loxy, sweating ceiling, Fabio and Grooverider, Chemistry and Storm, Goldie, Ser, The Dole, murals, Chromes, Hammerite, undercoat black, radiator white, high security on Chunnel line, production with Ser, morning photo mission and a crazy chase.

Can you believe we're over the half way point in the Fantasy Football Season? The podcast EGS crew is here to recap an exciting week in Fantasy Football. What players over performed? What players underperformed? Brandon, Joe, and Tilley also discuss the many injuries that occurred and what impact that might have on your team. This and much more on the latest installment of Every Given Sunday Fantasy Football Podcast!

Can you believe we are already onto week 7 of the Fantasy Football Season? The podcast EGS crew is here to recap an underwhelming week in Fantasy Football. What players over performed? What players underperformed? Brandon, Joe, and Tilley also discuss the many injuries that occurred and what impact that might have on your team. This and much more on the latest installment of Every Given Sunday Fantasy Football Podcast!

(10/10/23) A brief look at the correlation between Israeli conflict and markets' flight to safety in US bonds. Markets could target 4,300; earnings season kicks off today. Potential Spam calls; the thing about Bonds: They're the simplest, yet least-understood investment. What interest rates mean; Sin stocks, ESG, & FAANG stocks: knowing the narrative. Stocks vs Bonds & relative valuations (with charts!) What Howard Marks said; Why interest rates and bond yields go up and down; psychology is a difficult factor in portfolio management. RFK, Jr. & The Perot Effect in the 2024 election; preview of our 2024 Economic Summit (January 27, 2024) A discussion on Mortgage-backed Securities in portfolios (you're basically buying someone's mortgage). How high rates create opportunities: mortgage refinancing. NAR letter to the Fed: "Lower rates so we can sell houses." SEG-1: Israeli Conflict Ingnites Flight to Safety in US Bonds SEG-2: Marital Affairs, Potential Spam, & The Thing About Bonds SEG-3: Sin Stocks, EGS, & Faang Stocks vs Bonds SEG-4: RFK, Jr., & The Perot Effect; Mortgage-baked Securities in Portfolios Hosted by RIA Advisors Chief Investment Strategist Lance Roberts, CIO Produced by Brent Clanton, Executive Producer -------- Watch today's show on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1PA85k5RgM&list=PLVT8LcWPeAugpcGzM8hHyEP11lE87RYPe&index=1&t=1s -------- The latest installment of our new feature, Before the Bell, "Market Impact of the Israeli Conflict" is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDaVn-TQ7M0&list=PLwNgo56zE4RAbkqxgdj-8GOvjZTp9_Zlz&index=1 ------- Our previous show is here: "The Disconnect Between Pre-retirement & Reality" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaEEQktBjcw&list=PLVT8LcWPeAugpcGzM8hHyEP11lE87RYPe&index=1 -------- Articles Mentioned in this Show: Bond Valuations Are Cheap https://realinvestmentadvice.com/bond-valuations-are-cheap/ ------- Get more info & commentary: https://realinvestmentadvice.com/newsletter/ -------- REGISTER for our next Luinch & Learn: "Transitioning to Medicare:" https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/3416958364820/WN_Gl2MmDeYR3CrRA11NmC1dQ ------- SUBSCRIBE to The Real Investment Show here: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheRealInvestmentShow -------- Visit our Site: https://www.realinvestmentadvice.com Contact Us: 1-855-RIA-PLAN -------- Subscribe to SimpleVisor: https://www.simplevisor.com/register-new -------- Connect with us on social: https://twitter.com/RealInvAdvice https://twitter.com/LanceRoberts https://www.facebook.com/RealInvestmentAdvice/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/realinvestmentadvice/ #InvestingAdvice #IsraelConflict #FlightToSafety #USTreasuries #Bonds #MortgageBackedSecurities #Markets #Money #Investing

(10/10/23) A brief look at the correlation between Israeli conflict and markets' flight to safety in US bonds. Markets could target 4,300; earnings season kicks off today. Potential Spam calls; the thing about Bonds: They're the simplest, yet least-understood investment. What interest rates mean; Sin stocks, ESG, & FAANG stocks: knowing the narrative. Stocks vs Bonds & relative valuations (with charts!) What Howard Marks said; Why interest rates and bond yields go up and down; psychology is a difficult factor in portfolio management. RFK, Jr. & The Perot Effect in the 2024 election; preview of our 2024 Economic Summit (January 27, 2024) A discussion on Mortgage-backed Securities in portfolios (you're basically buying someone's mortgage). How high rates create opportunities: mortgage refinancing. NAR letter to the Fed: "Lower rates so we can sell houses." SEG-1: Israeli Conflict Ingnites Flight to Safety in US Bonds SEG-2: Marital Affairs, Potential Spam, & The Thing About Bonds SEG-3: Sin Stocks, EGS, & Faang Stocks vs Bonds SEG-4: RFK, Jr., & The Perot Effect; Mortgage-baked Securities in Portfolios Hosted by RIA Advisors Chief Investment Strategist Lance Roberts, CIO Produced by Brent Clanton, Executive Producer -------- Watch today's show on our YouTube channel:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1PA85k5RgM&list=PLVT8LcWPeAugpcGzM8hHyEP11lE87RYPe&index=1&t=1s -------- The latest installment of our new feature, Before the Bell, "Market Impact of the Israeli Conflict" is here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDaVn-TQ7M0&list=PLwNgo56zE4RAbkqxgdj-8GOvjZTp9_Zlz&index=1 ------- Our previous show is here: "The Disconnect Between Pre-retirement & Reality" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaEEQktBjcw&list=PLVT8LcWPeAugpcGzM8hHyEP11lE87RYPe&index=1 -------- Articles Mentioned in this Show: Bond Valuations Are Cheap https://realinvestmentadvice.com/bond-valuations-are-cheap/ ------- Get more info & commentary:  https://realinvestmentadvice.com/newsletter/ -------- REGISTER for our next Luinch & Learn: "Transitioning to Medicare:" https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/3416958364820/WN_Gl2MmDeYR3CrRA11NmC1dQ ------- SUBSCRIBE to The Real Investment Show here: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheRealInvestmentShow -------- Visit our Site: https://www.realinvestmentadvice.com Contact Us: 1-855-RIA-PLAN -------- Subscribe to SimpleVisor: https://www.simplevisor.com/register-new -------- Connect with us on social: https://twitter.com/RealInvAdvice https://twitter.com/LanceRoberts https://www.facebook.com/RealInvestmentAdvice/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/realinvestmentadvice/ #InvestingAdvice #IsraelConflict #FlightToSafety #USTreasuries #Bonds #MortgageBackedSecurities  #Markets #Money #Investing

Week 4 of the Fantasy Football season is upon us! The podcast EGS crew is back to give you their preview of what is sure to be an exciting week 4. Who will be in the Starts of the week, who should you consider sitting, and what bets are sure to be a lock this Sunday? As well as the popular segment in or out! This and much more on the latest installment of Every Given Sunday Fantasy Football Podcast!

It's hard to believe, but week 3 of the Fantasy Football season is already upon us! The podcast EGS crew is back to give you their preview of what is sure to be an exciting week 3. Who will be in the Starts of the week, who should you consider sitting, and what bets are sure to be a lock this Sunday? This and much more on the latest installment of Every Given Sunday Fantasy Football Podcast!

ÞEEEETTA ER AÐ GERAST!! Tíu Jarda spáin fyrir tímabilið og upphitun fyrur leikviku 1! Kalli, Valur, Maggi og Matti spáðu fyrir tímabilið, hvaða lið fara í playoffs og einstaklingsverðalaunaspáin fylgdi með. Að lokum fóru þeir yfir leiki helgarinnar og skoðuðu hvernig línurnar liggja í upphafi tímabils! Allt saman tekið upp í Nóa Síríus stúdíóinu hjá Podcaststöðinni! Boli - TUDDI! Léttöl! Bola kompan á EGS! Kansas - Pítan og Saffran að sjálfsögðu með okkur! Arena! Heimavöllur NFL á Íslandi. Risaskjár að horfa á NFL með félögum sínu í stemmingu, já takk! Lengjan - alltaf gaman að æsa upp í leiknum með smá veðmáli. Gerir leikinn skemmtilegri.

Welcome back to another episode of Every Given Sunday Fantasy Football Podcast! The season is near and the crew is here to get you prepared for the entire fantasy season. On this episode Brandon, Joe, and Tilley give you their late-round sleepers, These are guys going late in drafts that have the potential to win you your league. What people make the cut? Is it a 1st time-starting RB, or is it a veteran QB? This and much more on the latest installment of podcast EGS!

What other tech podcast covers CNN Max, the Lochness Monster, and swimming pools this week? August is a slow news month in the tech world, but we make up for it with 6 more great re-picks of the week to wrap up "All Re-pick August." Enjoy! Watch on YouTube! Intro (00:00) Followup: Backblaze changes - Get Backblaze now! (03:45) South Yorkshire Police admits losing three years' worth of officer body cam footage (07:50) CNN Max launching on HBO's Max (09:25) Amazon launches a Fire TV Channels app with 400+ free ad-supported TV channels (13:20) Epic offers devs 100 percent of net revenue for six months of EGS exclusivity (15:20) Atari 2600+ announced (17:30) Dave's Pro Tip of the Week:  Search the web by voice (24:00) Just the headlines: (28:30) Scientists strengthen concrete by 30 percent with used coffee grounds Paper straws not so eco-friendly, 90% contain toxic “forever chemicals” OnlyFans users spent more than $5 billion last year, as the number of creators surged 47% Threads on the web widely rolling out Zoom CEO says Zoom meetings hinder innovation and debate, wants employees back in the office Takes: Sony's portable PlayStation Portal launches later this year for $199.99 (31:20) Monster hunters descend on Scotland for biggest Loch Ness search in 50 years (35:10) Better.com CEO who fired 900 people on Zoom is struggling to keep his company afloat (37:05) Bonus Odd Take: Very minimalist movie posters (38:45) Re-Picks of the Week:  Dave: Software: GamePigeon - Ep. 84 Piggyback on Peggy Bick - 7/20/17 (42:10) Hardware: iPad - Ep. 94 Hey Siri, Down Periscope! 9/28/17 (45:00) Other: Reelgood - Ep. 231: All My Parties Be Drive-bys - 5/13/20 (46:50) Nate: Software: Paste Clipboard Management - Ep. 219: Trendy Dystopian Products 2/19/20 (49:50) Hardware: Neewer Lighting - Episode 329: Win One for the Giffer 3/30/23 (53:10) Other: Swimply - Episode 289: A Little WiFi Hygiene 6/23/21 (56:50) Find us elsewhere: https://notpicks.com https://www.notnerd.com https://www.youtube.com/c/Notnerd https://ratethispodcast.com/notnerd https://www.tiktok.com/@notnerdpod https://www.twitter.com/n0tnerd/ https://www.instagram.com/n0tnerd https://www.facebook.com/n0tnerd/ info@Notnerd.com Call or text 608.618.NERD(6373) If you would like to help support Notnerd financially, mentally, or physically, don't hesitate to get in touch with us via any of the methods above. Consider any product/app links to be affiliate links.

Nvidia gives new meaning to the words “earnings beat.” Meta announces Code Llama. TikTok might start banning links to Amazon. SpaceX wants Starlink to be viable in cities too. And turning thoughts into speech via an AI interface becomes real.Links:Nvidia tops estimates and says sales will jump 170% this quarter, driven by demand for AI chips (CNBC)Meta launches own AI code-writing tool: Code Llama (The Verge)TikTok Shop on Track to Lose More Than $500 Million in U.S. This Year (The Information)Epic offers devs 100 percent of net revenue for six months of EGS exclusivity (Engadget)SpaceX Working with Cloudflare to Speed Up Starlink Service (The Information)Brain implants give a voice to people who cannot speak (FT)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Traditional geothermal power, which has been around for over a century, exploits naturally occurring fissures underground, pushing water through them to gather heat and run a turbine. Unfortunately, those fissures only occur naturally in particular geographies, limiting geothermal's reach. For decades, engineers and entrepreneurs have dreamed of creating their own fissures in the underground rock, which would allow them to drill geothermal wells almost anywhere.These kind of enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) have been attempted again and again since the 1970s, with no luck getting costs down low enough to be competitive. Despite dozens of attempts, there has never been a working commercial enhanced geothermal power plant.Until now.Last week, the geothermal developer Fervo Energy announced that its first full-scale power plant passed its production test phase with flying colors. With that, Fervo has, at long last, made it through all the various tests and certifications needed to prove out its technology. It now has a working, fully licensed power plant, selling electricity on the wholesale market, and enough power purchase agreements (PPAs) with eager customers to build many more. EGS is now a real thing — the first new entrant into the power production game in many decades.Here at Volts we are unabashed geothermal nerds, so naturally I was excited to discuss this news with Fervo co-founder and CEO Tim Latimer, an ex-oil-and-gas engineer who moved into geothermal a decade ago with a vision of how to make it work: he would borrow the latest technologies from the oil and gas sector. Ten years later, he's pulled it off. I talked with Latimer about how EGS works, the current geographical and size limitations, how he plans to get his technology on a rapid learning curve to bring down costs, the value of clean firm power, the future of flexible geothermal, and much more. This is a juicy one. Get full access to Volts at www.volts.wtf/subscribe

A medida que nos adentramos en el interior de la Tierra, la temperatura aumenta. Se calcula que ese incremento varía, por término medio, 30 ºC por cada kilómetro de profundidad. Ese calor almacenado en el interior de la Tierra es una energía, energía geotérmica, cuyo aprovechamiento ofrece beneficios innegables, pero también plantea desafíos importantes. Una de las tecnologías más habituales de aprovechamiento de esta fuente de energía es la denominada EGS, que consiste en perforar uno o varios pozos hasta los 4 o 5 kilómetros de profundidad, inyectar agua fría desde la superficie y recogerla de vuelta a temperaturas de 150ºc o superiores para generar electricidad y calefacción. Durante la realización de un proyecto de AGS en Basilea (Suiza) se produjeron movimientos sísmicos de baja magnitud. Ahora, un equipo al que pertenece Víctor Vilarrasa, investigador del Instituto mediterráneo de estudios avanzados (CSIC-UIB) ha desarrollado una herramienta numérica que permite reproducir la reactivación de las fallas que ocurrieron en el EGS de Basilea, un modelo que puede ser usado para evaluar y mitigar el riesgo de inducir terremotos en futuros proyectos de geotermia.

A medida que nos adentramos en el interior de la Tierra, la temperatura aumenta. Se calcula que ese incremento varía, por término medio, 30 ºC por cada kilómetro de profundidad. Ese calor almacenado en el interior de la Tierra es una energía, energía geotérmica, cuyo aprovechamiento ofrece beneficios innegables, pero también plantea desafíos importantes. Una de las tecnologías más habituales de aprovechamiento de esta fuente de energía es la denominada EGS, que consiste en perforar uno o varios pozos hasta los 4 o 5 kilómetros de profundidad, inyectar agua fría desde la superficie y recogerla de vuelta a temperaturas de 150ºc o superiores para generar electricidad y calefacción. Durante la realización de un proyecto de AGS en Basilea (Suiza) se produjeron movimientos sísmicos de baja magnitud. Ahora, un equipo al que pertenece Víctor Vilarrasa, investigador del Instituto mediterráneo de estudios avanzados (CSIC-UIB) ha desarrollado una herramienta numérica que permite reproducir la reactivación de las fallas que ocurrieron en el EGS de Basilea, un modelo que puede ser usado para evaluar y mitigar el riesgo de inducir terremotos en futuros proyectos de geotermia.

(7/18/23) Bank earnings reports continue to bolster optimism: Will bailout facilities be enough? Manufacturing Indexes turn positive after too long in negative mode; looking for an upturn in the business cycle. Higher retail sales are expected; what will be the reality? Watch for signs of pullback in discretionary spending; Market rally and rising trendlines confirm bullish bias. The Baltimore Build: Productive vs Non-productive debt; choices and consequences of public policy. The crumble of the ESG facade: ESG goals were un-measurable; pressure by Blackstone for companies to be "ESG Compliant" proven hypocritical w appointment of Saudi Aramco CEO to Blackrock board. Larry Fink admits EGS is a "political landmine." How will the expiration of the Student Loan Debt repayment moratorium affect retail sales this Christmas? We do the math. Divorce and societal choices affect population/GDP growth. SEG-1: Bank Earnings & Optimism SEG-2: The Baltimore "Build:" Productive vs Non-productive Debt SEG-3: The Crumble of the ESG Facade SEG-4: How Will Student Loan Debt Repayment Impact Christmas Retail Sales? Hosted by RIA Advisors Chief Investment Strategist Lance Roberts, CIO, Produced by Brent Clanton, Executive Producer -------- Watch today's show, "Investing Around Political Landmines" on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HF3tiP2Am8I&list=PLVT8LcWPeAugpcGzM8hHyEP11lE87RYPe&index=1&t=5s -------- The latest installment of our new feature, Before the Bell, "Time to Look at Rebalancing Risk," is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJI-ypOQKVs&list=PLwNgo56zE4RAbkqxgdj-8GOvjZTp9_Zlz&index=1 -------- Our previous show is here: "Why Should the Fed Lower Rates Now?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lq5Cn-7cIrc&list=PLVT8LcWPeAugpcGzM8hHyEP11lE87RYPe&index=1 -------- Register for our next web event: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/6816835709464/WN_ItmsNXpsRs2uKE6xOrJtdg ------- Articles mentioned in today's show: The End of an Era for Stocks, Warns the Fed https://realinvestmentadvice.com/the-end-of-an-era-for-stocks-warns-the-fed ------- Get more info & commentary: https://realinvestmentadvice.com/newsletter/ -------- SUBSCRIBE to The Real Investment Show here: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheRealInvestmentShow -------- Visit our Site: https://www.realinvestmentadvice.com Contact Us: 1-855-RIA-PLAN -------- Subscribe to SimpleVisor: https://www.simplevisor.com/register-new -------- Connect with us on social: https://twitter.com/RealInvAdvice https://twitter.com/LanceRoberts https://www.facebook.com/RealInvestmentAdvice/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/realinvestmentadvice/ #InvestingAdvice #ESGInvesting #Blackrock #LarryFink #SaudiAramco #CorporateEarnings #Expectations #RetailSales #EconomicIndicators #FiscalPolicy #ProductiveDebt #DivorceParty #Markets #Money #Investing

(7/18/23) Bank earnings reports continue to bolster optimism: Will bailout facilities be enough? Manufacturing Indexes turn positive after too long in negative mode; looking for an upturn in the business cycle. Higher retail sales are expected; what will be the reality? Watch for signs of pullback in discretionary spending; Market rally and rising trendlines confirm bullish bias. The Baltimore Build: Productive vs Non-productive debt; choices and consequences of public policy. The crumble of the ESG facade: ESG goals were un-measurable; pressure by Blackstone for companies to be "ESG Compliant" proven hypocritical w appointment of Saudi Aramco CEO to Blackrock board. Larry Fink admits EGS is a "political landmine." How will the expiration of the Student Loan Debt repayment moratorium affect retail sales this Christmas? We do the math. Divorce and societal choices affect population/GDP growth. SEG-1: Bank Earnings & Optimism SEG-2: The Baltimore "Build:" Productive vs Non-productive Debt SEG-3: The Crumble of the ESG Facade SEG-4: How Will Student Loan Debt Repayment Impact Christmas Retail Sales?   Hosted by RIA Advisors Chief Investment Strategist Lance Roberts, CIO,   Produced by Brent Clanton, Executive Producer -------- Watch today's show, "Investing Around Political Landmines" on our YouTube channel:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HF3tiP2Am8I&list=PLVT8LcWPeAugpcGzM8hHyEP11lE87RYPe&index=1&t=5s -------- The latest installment of our new feature, Before the Bell, "Time to Look at Rebalancing Risk," is here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJI-ypOQKVs&list=PLwNgo56zE4RAbkqxgdj-8GOvjZTp9_Zlz&index=1 --------  Our previous show is here: "Why Should the Fed Lower Rates Now?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lq5Cn-7cIrc&list=PLVT8LcWPeAugpcGzM8hHyEP11lE87RYPe&index=1 -------- Register for our next web event: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/6816835709464/WN_ItmsNXpsRs2uKE6xOrJtdg ------- Articles mentioned in today's show: The End of an Era for Stocks, Warns the Fed https://realinvestmentadvice.com/the-end-of-an-era-for-stocks-warns-the-fed ------- Get more info & commentary:  https://realinvestmentadvice.com/newsletter/ -------- SUBSCRIBE to The Real Investment Show here: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheRealInvestmentShow -------- Visit our Site: https://www.realinvestmentadvice.com Contact Us: 1-855-RIA-PLAN -------- Subscribe to SimpleVisor: https://www.simplevisor.com/register-new -------- Connect with us on social: https://twitter.com/RealInvAdvice https://twitter.com/LanceRoberts https://www.facebook.com/RealInvestmentAdvice/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/realinvestmentadvice/ #InvestingAdvice #ESGInvesting #Blackrock #LarryFink #SaudiAramco #CorporateEarnings #Expectations #RetailSales #EconomicIndicators #FiscalPolicy #ProductiveDebt #DivorceParty #Markets #Money #Investing

Welcome back ladies and gentlemen to the first position rankings of the upcoming Fantasy Football Season! The podcast EGS crew begins the excitement with the most underwhelming but potentially league-winning position the Tight Ends. Will Kyle Pitts final be able to live up to the hype? Will Travis Kelce remain the TE1? Is any Rookie TE good enough to make the top 12? This and much more are on the latest installment of Every Given Sunday Fantasy Football Podcast!

Have you transitioned a portion of your practice to the robot, but would be hesitant to book an urgent/call case on the robot? Have you wondered if the robot might be useful in your emergency or acute care surgery practice? Join University of Washington MIS Surgeons, Drs. Andrew Wright, Nicole White, and Nick Cetrulo, and Resident Drs. Ben Vierra and Paul Herman as they discuss the growing use of the robot for acute cases and provide tips on appropriate case selection.  Hosts:  1.     Andrew Wright, UW Medical Center – Montlake and Northwest, @andrewswright  2.     Nick Cetrulo, UW Medical Center - Northwest, @Trules25  3.     Nicole White, UW Medical Center - Northwest  4.     Paul Herman, UW General Surgery Resident PGY-3, @paul_herm  5.     Ben Vierra, UW General Surgery Resident PGY-2  Learning objectives:   - Describe the importance of the MIS approach in EGS  - Review 3 articles on robotic EGS outcomes  1) Robotic surgery in emergency setting: 2021 WSES position paper  2) Emergent robotic versus laparoscopic surgery for perforated gastrojejunal ulcers: a retrospective cohort study of 44 patients  3) Urgent robotic subtotal colectomy for severe acute ulcerative colitis has comparable periop outcomes to laparoscopic surgery  - Discuss factors influencing appropriate case selection for urgent/emergent robotic cases  - Discuss value as it pertains to robotic EGS  References  1.     Havens JM, Peetz AB, Do WS, Cooper Z, Kelly E, Askari R, Reznor G, Salim A. The excess morbidity and mortality of emergency general surgery. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2015 Feb;78(2):306-11. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000000517. PMID: 25757115.  2.     Scott JW, Olufajo OA, Brat GA, Rose JA, Zogg CK, Haider AH, Salim A, Havens JM. Use of National Burden to Define Operative Emergency General Surgery. JAMA Surg. 2016 Jun 15;151(6):e160480. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2016.0480. Epub 2016 Jun 15. PMID: 27120712.   3.     Arnold M, Elhage S, Schiffern L, Lauren Paton B, Ross SW, Matthews BD, Reinke CE. Use of minimally invasive surgery in emergency general surgery procedures. Surg Endosc. 2020 May;34(5):2258-2265. doi: 10.1007/s00464-019-07016-1. Epub 2019 Aug 6. PMID: 31388806.  4.     Sheetz KH, Claflin J, Dimick JB. Trends in the Adoption of Robotic Surgery for Common Surgical Procedures. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 Jan 3;3(1):e1918911. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.18911. PMID: 31922557; PMCID: PMC6991252.   5.     de'Angelis N, Khan J, Marchegiani F, Bianchi G, Aisoni F, Alberti D, Ansaloni L, Biffl W, Chiara O, Ceccarelli G, Coccolini F, Cicuttin E, D'Hondt M, Di Saverio S, Diana M, De Simone B, Espin-Basany E, Fichtner-Feigl S, Kashuk J, Kouwenhoven E, Leppaniemi A, Beghdadi N, Memeo R, Milone M, Moore E, Peitzmann A, Pessaux P, Pikoulis M, Pisano M, Ris F, Sartelli M, Spinoglio G, Sugrue M, Tan E, Gavriilidis P, Weber D, Kluger Y, Catena F. Robotic surgery in emergency setting: 2021 WSES position paper. World J Emerg Surg. 2022 Jan 20;17(1):4. doi: 10.1186/s13017-022-00410-6. PMID: 35057836; PMCID: PMC8781145.   6.     Robinson TD, Sheehan JC, Patel PB, Marthy AG, Zaman JA, Singh TP. Emergent robotic versus laparoscopic surgery for perforated gastrojejunal ulcers: a retrospective cohort study of 44 patients. Surg Endosc. 2022 Feb;36(2):1573-1577. doi: 10.1007/s00464-021-08447-5. Epub 2021 Mar 24. PMID: 33760973.   7.     Anderson M, Lynn P, Aydinli HH, Schwartzberg D, Bernstein M, Grucela A. Early experience with urgent robotic subtotal colectomy for severe acute ulcerative colitis has comparable perioperative outcomes to laparoscopic surgery. J Robot Surg. 2020 Apr;14(2):249-253. doi: 10.1007/s11701-019-00968-5. Epub 2019 May 10. PMID: 31076952.  8.     Gangemi A, Danilkowicz R, Bianco F, Masrur M, Giulianotti PC. Risk Factors for Open Conversion in Minimally Invasive Cholecystectomy. JSLS. 2017 Oct-Dec;21(4):e2017.00062. doi: 10.4293/JSLS.2017.00062. PMID: 29238153; PMCID: PMC5714218.  9.     Bhama AR, Wafa AM, Ferraro J, Collins SD, Mullard AJ, Vandewarker JF, Krapohl G, Byrn JC, Cleary RK. Comparison of Risk Factors for Unplanned Conversion from Laparoscopic and Robotic to Open Colorectal Surgery Using the Michigan Surgical Quality Collaborative (MSQC) Database. J Gastrointest Surg. 2016 Jun;20(6):1223-30. doi: 10.1007/s11605-016-3090-6. Epub 2016 Feb 3. PMID: 26847352.  10.   https://www.east.org/about-east/news-and-events/news/details/320/east-robotic-surgery-for-the-acute-care-surgeon-webinar-series Please visit https://behindtheknife.org to access other high-yield surgical education podcasts, videos and more.   If you liked this episode, check out other MIS episodes here: https://behindtheknife.org/podcast-category/minimally-invasive/

Policy can make or break climate action. Usually, national policy gets the most attention, but what local and regional governments do can make a bigger difference, especially in large countries like the US, India and China. This week, Akshat Rathi speaks with three US governors – Jay Inslee of Washington, Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico, and Eric Holcomb of Indiana – about how they navigate partisan politics and the need for climate action. As governors who control state budgets and priorities, their decisions now could supercharge national climate action, or hinder it. More on the topic:  How solar is becoming the midwest's new cash crop Podcast: How wildfire smoke and air pollution impacts your health Zero's episode with Leah Stokes about working on the IRA with Gov. Jay Inslee Crash Course: Conservatives vs. EGS with Saijel Kishan A transcript of this episode Zero is a production of Bloomberg Green. Our producer is Oscar Boyd and our senior producer is Christine Driscoll. Special thanks to Brian Eckhouse, Aaron Clark, Jen Dlouhy, Gilda Di Carli and Kira Bindrim. Thoughts or suggestions? Email us at zeropod@bloomberg.net. For more coverage of climate change and solutions, visit bloomberg.com/green See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Listen in as we discuss with Judith Butler on their assessment of discussions surrounding gender today.   Judith Pamela Butler[3] (born February 24, 1956) is an American philosopher and gender studies writer whose work has influenced political philosophy, ethics, and the fields of third-wave feminism,[4] queer theory,[5] and literary theory.[6] In 1993, Butler began teaching at the University of California, Berkeley, where they[a] have served, beginning in 1998, as the Maxine Elliot Professor in the Department of Comparative Literature and the Program of Critical Theory. They are also the Hannah Arendt Chair at the European Graduate School (EGS).[9]   I.G. @TheGambian Twitter: @MomodouTaal @FanonIsCanon @CTayJ

Join Marty as he sits down with Brian Gitt to discuss the flawed ideological approach behind ESG mandates and renewable energies. Brian Gitt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianGitt Brian's website: https://briangitt.com/ 5:23 - California emissions and electric cars14:08 - Material supply for EVs16:21 - California's oil hypocrisy21:15 - EGS mandates don't preserve environment or help human life27:06 - Nuclear safety32:48 - Small modular reactors48:52 - Wind and solar subsidies52:52 - Ranting on batteries55:08 - Unreliable and inefficient renewables1:04:05 - Top down ideological policy1:09:27 - Regulations are the root of the problem1:14:11 - Questioning beliefs and educating1:19:25 - Money and energy are the backbone1:25:23 - Speaking out1:29:56 - Plugs, wrapping up Shoutout to our sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠Unchained Capital⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠River⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠CrowdHealth⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Bitcoin Talent Co⁠⁠⁠ TFTC Merch is Available: ⁠⁠⁠Shop Now⁠⁠⁠ Join the TFTC Movement: Main ⁠⁠⁠YT Channel⁠⁠⁠ Clips ⁠⁠⁠YT Channel⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ Follow Marty Bent: ⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Newsletter⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Podcast