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Welcome to the 84th episode of Kinda Geeky. This episode was recorded on the 4th of July 2017 with my co-host Julio. This is a recap and the final discussion of E3, also what Julio's overall experience was. We also talked about our short visit to Anime Expo this year; as well as some of the upcoming events for the rest of the summer. Stick around to the end to make sure you know about “Net Neutrality Day of Action 7/12” which Julio and I both agree you should be informed. Enjoy the episode and always remember to stay…Kinda Geeky
Time is running out for Congress to restore net neutrality protections this year. The Federal Communications Commission last year voted to jettison Obama-era rules prohibiting broadband internet providers from blocking or otherwise discriminating against lawful internet content. Earlier this year, the Senate passed legislation to restore those protections. But the Senate used an unusual legislative maneuver that requires the House of Representatives to pass the same bill by Dec. 10.
Net Neutrality Day of (in)Action; What Did We Do; Amazon’s Geek Squad; Snap, Blue Apron stock; ads within ads; Magic Leap’s Mixed Reality; Sous-vide botnets; Twin Peaks; 80s & 90s music love; Laundry Files; Verizon hack; AlphaBay; MOMA texts; Coke’s AI. Full show notes at http://gog.show/218
This week we discuss waste, Rafael introduces the term the joy of missing out (JOMO) just as Jeremy finds out Rafael’s been paying our podcasting bills for Soundcloud, a talented company that did little to cut waste, now in financial ruin. Embrace JOMO! Whales in the Hudson https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/22/nyregion/humpback-whale-hudson-river-manhattan.html?_r=0 Whales eating humans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killer_whale_attacks_on_humans Idiocracy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBvIweCIgwk Jack Reiger http://jackrieger.info/ Net Neutrality Day https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/12/15960484/net-neutrality-day-of-action-protest Have fewer children to help the environment https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jul/12/want-to-fight-climate-change-have-fewer-children The Innovator’s Dilemma http://www.claytonchristensen.com/books/the-innovators-dilemma/ Lean Startup http://theleanstartup.com/ Jomo, joy of missing out http://www.bodyandsoul.com.au/mind-body/wellbeing/2017-will-be-all-about-jomo/news-story/25baa57c2c028480543954d2582503d1 Sol LeWitt http://www.lissongallery.com/artists/sol-lewitt Hemmingway fights https://blog.bookstellyouwhy.com/when-max-eastman-fought-ernest-hemingway Relational Aesthetics http://observer.com/2011/09/the-fall-of-relational-aesthetics/ The Society of the Spectacle https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/381440.The_Society_of_the_Spectacle Joseph Kosuth one and three chairs https://www.moma.org/learn/moma_learning/joseph-kosuth-one-and-three-chairs-1965 Ghost in the Shell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4VmJcZR0Yg Ray Kurzweil: The Coming Singularity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uIzS1uCOcE Completed Life http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/10/12/dutch-may-allow-assisted-suicide-for-those-who-feel-they-have-co/ Free rice hurts Haiti http://www.nbcnews.com/id/35608836/ns/world_news-americas/t/food-imports-hurt-struggling-haitian-farmers/#.WWyv9tPyvMU SoundCloud is almost out of money https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/12/soundshroud/ Anchor https://anchor.fm/ Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com/ Project X (google’s “moonshot factory”) https://x.company/ Space X crash costs http://fortune.com/2017/01/13/spacex-accident-cost/ Soylent https://www.soylent.com/products/?utm_source=adwords&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Search-Brand-Generic-Geo_Canada-BM-GP&utm_term=soilent&utm_content=190778906634&gclid=Cj0KEQjwwLHLBRDEq9DQxK2I_p8BEiQA3UDVDk8GTOcx7D4rCXW99dXrSMHMOODYIkviC38zgYpWt3AaAva28P8HAQ IBM design thinking… https://hbr.org/2015/09/design-thinking-comes-of-age Ray and Charles Eames http://www.eamesoffice.com/
Be warned. This episode is our most political episode to date. We discuss the tactics being employed by anti-Net Neutrality forces, how they are taking this tactic from politicians lead, and how it's destroying our system of government. (2:20) Net Neutrality Day explained What companies are doing - https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/12/15958030/net-neutrality-day-of-action-internet-companies-list (7:10) The Big ISP attempt to Co-Op Net Neutrality by flat out lying. AT&T - https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/11/15953912/att-fcc-net-neutrality-rules-protest Comcast - http://corporate.comcast.com/comcast-voices/on-the-internet-day-of-action-comcast-supports-net-neutrality Link to History of Net Neutrality - https://www.groundedreason.com/net-neutrality-need-know/ (12:50) How the Media enables this behavior and how to see through truth the lies of companies and politicians. (23:00) How Big ISPs seem to be stealing their tactics from Politicians in Washington. We compare ISP tactics on Net Neutrality to the GOP’s current tactic on Healthcare to give real world example on using the Internet to find the truth behind a story. We do cover some aspects of the Healthcare bill to give you an idea of the lies and falsehoods that are surrounding this issue. Links for this section CBO report on healthcare bill - https://www.cbo.gov/system/files/115th-congress-2017-2018/costestimate/52849-hr1628senate.pdf Medicaid Satisfaction - http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2016/may/aca-tracking-survey-access-to-care-and-satisfaction Gallup poll on healthcare - http://www.gallup.com/poll/186527/americans-government-health-plans-satisfied.aspx (44:00) How equating actual news organization with conspiracy websites plays into the hand of those distorting the facts. (48:00) How the purpose of the Healthcare bill is a lie, to begin with. We discuss how mindful opposition in calling out lies will negate their tactics. (55:00) They even lie about the documented history of how past healthcare legislation occurred. http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/28/politics/supreme-court-health-timeline/. We point out the parallels between the games in Washington and the games Anti-Net Neutrality forces are playing. We close on how propaganda tactics have infected our system of government and how dire the situation is and has an effect on all policy-making, tech and otherwise. Support Net Neutrality by commenting at this link - https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/search/proceedings?q=name:((17-108)) Please Subscribe to The Show in iTunes, Stitcher, or your Podcast App. Be sure to visit https://www.groundedreason.com for more tech tips and subscribe to the podcast on your favorite player using the links below. Subscribe Free on iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/grounded-reason-podcast/id1140661229?ls=1&mt=2 Subscribe Free on Android - http://subscribeonandroid.com/groundedreason.libsyn.com/rss Subscribe Free on Stitcher - http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/grounded-reason-podcast Subscribe Free on Google Play - https://play.google.com/music/m/Ijyw42al3inofdsxd3s44v6rxny?t%3DGrounded_Reason_Podcast Please rate and review the show in iTunes. If you want to send us questions or comments please use any of the methods below. For more information on cutting the cord visit - https://www.groundedreason.com Call and leave a question or comment for the show: (650) 825-5477 (TALK-GRP) Grounded Reason Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/GroundedReason/ Email us at podcast@groundedreason.com
Welcome back to another week of The Vergecast. Nilay, Paul, and Dieter sit down in the studio to bring you the news that hit our site this week. First off, the net neutrality day of action was on Wednesday, as was Nilay’s piece on the matter. The gang debate the issue in this net neutrality “season” of news. Halfway through the show, senior tech editor Lauren Goode stops by to talk a little bit about her new video series Next Level, which shows the technology that’s being worked on at some of the world’s most innovative companies and research institutions. You can check out the first episode here. Last, but not least, we have what you’ve been waiting for — phone news! We have a mini Verge mobile show to discuss the deaths and births of the mobile world recently. There’s a whole lot in between that, so listen to it all and you’ll get it all. 03:45 - A Microsoft font may have exposed corruption in Pakistan 07:39 - Comcast, Verizon, and AT&T want Congress to make a net neutrality law because they will write it 23:39 - The FCC says net neutrality destroys small ISPs. So has it? 35:47 - Next Level with Lauren Goode 52:13 - iFixit teardown confirms Note 7 Fan Edition is just a Note 7 with a new, smaller battery 53:30 - BlackBerry KeyOne launches on Sprint, the eternal harbor of innovation 54:25 - Death of Windows Phone 59:47 - The new Pixel XL 1:01:54 - Luxury phone maker Vertu is shutting down its UK manufacturing operation 1:03:27 - Andy Rubin’s Essential is staying quiet on the Essential Phone delay 1:06:51 - Paul’s weekly segment “Mag me later” 1:10:31 - Alexa news Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The internet five years from now could look a lot different than what it is today. Building an online business might be harder than ever thanks to the FCC throwing out the rules surrounding Net Neutrality -- the premise that all data on the net should be treated equally regardless of origin or destination. Without Net Neutrality, providers would be free to create so-called "fast lanes" on the internet, prioritizing services that they're friendly to, and relegating those that don't pay up to the slow lane.At least that's the future many envision if Net Neutrality is thrown out, and those protested this week in the Net Neutrality Day of Action, which saw many major tech companies -- including Facebook, Snapchat, Amazon, and Google -- add their voices to the chorus of entities calling for Net Neutrality to be preserved. However, Net Neutrality will likely be changed or thrown out no matter what, so the question now becomes: What happens next? On this week's MashTalk, we explore what a future without Net Neutrality looks like, and ask: Is there a chance it might even be better for consumers in some ways? Mashable Business Editor Jason Abbruzzese and Tech Correspondent Jack Morse join Pete, Lance, and... Elmo...? for an important discussion on the future of internet.
'Net neutrality' is a value that helps to make the internet so valuable as a democratic and level playing field of ideas for one and all -- including those of us who use the world wide web or bring services and information to the public as BCB does. In a week when internet users across the country are taking action on July 12th to show that our current national policy of net neutrality continues to be desirable, BCB wanted to reach out to the manager who oversees Kitsap Public Utility District's public broadband activities to get his take. In this podcast, we meet Paul Avis, who is the superintendent of the KPUD department that has constructed and maintains our public high speed fiber optic internet backbone on Bainbridge Island and in other parts of our county. That backbone construction started over 15 years ago. KPUD makes their wholesale broadband services available to governmental, commercial and residential users through a variety of independent internet service provider (ISP) retailers. In this podcast, Paul describes KPUD's approach to offering high-speed broadband connectivity on a nonprofit basis to the community (including to our new building at BARN). And he answers questions about net neutrality from BCB host Barry Peters. BCB asked these questions this month to coincide with the national Net Neutrality Day of Action on Wednesday July 12th. On that day, internet users and web communicators as small as local bloggers, popular YouTube video makers and the Electronic Frontier Foundation -- and as large as Netflix, Amazon, Google and Facebook -- are urging our national government to preserve the FCC's existing policy of net neutrality rather than succumb to calls from big telecom and cable companies to de-regulate them. For more information, visit this website for the Net Neutrality Day of Action. For more information about KPUD's local public broadband backbone and willingness to serve more neighborhoods and business parks, visit KPUD's webpage about their local communications network and broadband services. Credits: BCB host, audio editor and social media publisher: Barry Peters.
'Net neutrality' is a value that helps to make the internet so valuable as a democratic and level playing field of ideas for one and all -- including those of us who use the world wide web or bring services and information to the public as BCB does. In a week when internet users across the country are taking action on July 12th to show that our current national policy of net neutrality continues to be desirable, BCB wanted to reach out to the manager who oversees Kitsap Public Utility District's public broadband activities to get his take. In this podcast, we meet Paul Avis, who is the superintendent of the KPUD department that has constructed and maintains our public high speed fiber optic internet backbone on Bainbridge Island and in other parts of our county. That backbone construction started over 15 years ago. KPUD makes their wholesale broadband services available to governmental, commercial and residential users through a variety of independent internet service provider (ISP) retailers. In this podcast, Paul describes KPUD's approach to offering high-speed broadband connectivity on a nonprofit basis to the community (including to our new building at BARN). And he answers questions about net neutrality from BCB host Barry Peters. BCB asked these questions this month to coincide with the national Net Neutrality Day of Action on Wednesday July 12th. On that day, internet users and web communicators as small as local bloggers, popular YouTube video makers and the Electronic Frontier Foundation -- and as large as Netflix, Amazon, Google and Facebook -- are urging our national government to preserve the FCC's existing policy of net neutrality rather than succumb to calls from big telecom and cable companies to de-regulate them. For more information, visit this website for the Net Neutrality Day of Action. For more information about KPUD's local public broadband backbone and willingness to serve more neighborhoods and business parks, visit KPUD's webpage about their local communications network and broadband services. Credits: BCB host, audio editor and social media publisher: Barry Peters.
The Internet (at least in the US) is at a crossroads as the FCC is considering rolling back the net neutrality regulations it adopted in 2015. If net neutrality is abolished, the Internet could shift from an essential service that all consumers can access to a product that can be packaged and sold to the highest bidders. Get to know the potential winners and losers on both sides of the issue. IRL is an original podcast from Mozilla. For more on the series go to irlpodcast.org Undecided as to whether or not you support net neutrality? Check out our blog for more. Find out how to participate in the Net Neutrality Day of Action here. You can file comments on Pai's plan to roll back net neutrality rules at this link. Just click "Express" to write a comment directly into the FCC form. Leave a rating or review in Apple Podcasts so we know what you think.
In anticipation of Net Neutrality Day of Action, telecommunications expert James Gattuso explains why all internet traffic is not created equal and should not be treated as such by the government; Tommy tells Emily why he's optimistic about Obamacare repeal. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
First Segment: HyperX. Mark Takunoff, PR and Senior Technology Manager. HyperX is the high-performance product division of Kingston Technology, the world’s largest independent memory manufacturer. Started in 2002, HyperX began with one line of high-performance memory and has grown over the years to encompass multiple product lines of memory modules, solid-state drives, USB Flash drives, headsets and mouse pads. Second Segment: Computer and Technology News. Tune in for stories such as: Apple's HomePod HP's VR Backpack Amazon and More Plan A Day of Action Google Teaching Kids Internet Safety For full show notes, head on over to ComputerAmerica.com!
Today is Net Neutrality Day. The FCC approved it and you don’t even know what it is, you just know you don’t like it. At least, that’s what the polls say. Plus a guy who provides therapy to veterans with PTSD by introducing them to Lions, Tigers and Bears…no, really! Manny the Movie Guy explains why he got the Oscars so wrong this year and reviews the latest Will Smith Movie, Focus. Our special guest-host today is the reigning Ms. California United States, Sande Charles. Gonzo Greg Spillane sits in, too. Chris Martin and Phil Hulett handle the familiar faces responsibilities. Other topics include: The Bachelor Finale, crazy chicks, the AKC’s top dogs, Taylor Swift is WHAT? Human head transplants, hyper-loop testing, the world’s hottest hamburger, the bluetooth whiskey bottle, the body parts women are unhappy with, and a social media network for flatulence.