Podcasts about opaque

Opaque algorithms shape what news stories you see on social media, dictate how artificial intelligence answers prompts, and can even decide whether applicants get a mortgage or a job interview. Amidst claims of algorithmic race, gender, and viewpoint discrimination, more and more individuals of all political affiliations are calling for greater government regulation of algorithms, while regulatory skeptics worry that government intervention will impede important technological innovation. This panel will explore the wisdom of efforts to regulate algorithms and how best to frame concerns about algorithmic errors and bias.Featuring:Prof. Gregory Dickinson, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Nebraska–Lincoln College of LawMr. Dhruva Krishna, Visiting Jurist, University of California Los Angeles School of LawProf. Christina Mulligan, Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law SchoolProf. Eugene Volokh, Thomas M. Siebel Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution and Gary T. Schwartz Distinguished Professor of Law, University of California Los Angeles School of Law Moderator: Prof. Saurabh Vishnubhakat, Professor of Law & Director, Intellectual Property and Information Law Program, Yeshiva University Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) The FBI threatens to put innocent people on the No Fly List unless they agree to become unpaid FBI informants spying on their (also innocent) communities. Why? Because the FBI pretty much guarantees that random, erroneous, overinclusive, islamophobic nominations to the No Fly List will be approved, and since the process is cloaked in secrecy, there wasn't a clear way to stop them. Until now. Fikre v. FBI (2013) and Tanzin v. Tanvir (2020) are only two of many cases challenging the No Fly List's erroneous overinclusion and the FBI's islamophobia. Learn about more: https://www.aclu.org/cases/kashem-et-al-v-barr-et-al-aclu-challenge-government-no-fly-list https://www.aclu.org/cases/chebli-v-kable-lawsuit-challenging-placement-no-fly-list Follow @RebuttalPod on Instagram and Twitter! Follow @Rebmasel on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter! *** 0:00 - Intro 1:12 - Case begins 4:11 - YONAS FIKRE v. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (2013) (SCOTUS Opinion 2024) 4:35 - The FBI threatens Muslim citizens with the No Fly List 9:16 - SCOTUS does something correct for once 12:31 - WHAT IS THE NO FLY LIST? 15:02 - What CAN'T you do on the No Fly List? 15:54 - Everything goes back to 9/11, y'all 21:05 - OPAQUE, OVER-INCLUSIVE, INACCURATE 23:00 - Islamophobia in our FBI (pretends to be shocked) 23:27 - Kyle Rittenhouse, Jan 6ers, etc. = "white Christians" = not on the No Fly List...?! 30:26 - Watchlists are…QUOTAS?! 31:51 - WHAT????????!!!!!!! 36:04 - How can we respect the Watch Lists?! 39:32 - More cases pending (like TANZIN V. TANVIR (2020)) 42:20 - REB'S REBUTTAL Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guest is Chester Leung, Co-Founder and Head of AI Platform at Opaque Systems. Founded in 2021, Opaque is the confidential AI platform unlocking sensitive data to securely accelerate AI into production. Created by world-renowned researchers at the Berkeley RISELab, Opaque's user-friendly platform empowers organizations to run cloud-scale, general purpose AI workloads on encrypted data. Opaque Systems supports a world where the accelerated adoption of AI transforms businesses and organizations, unlocking the immense value of their sensitive data without sacrificing privacy or sovereignty. Opaque empowers organizations and people to harness AI confidently and securely, driving human progress while maintaining absolute data privacy and sovereignty. In this episode, Chester talks about: How Opaque started from Berkeley research on secure collaborative learning, Opaque's focus on accelerating AI adoption by solving data privacy challenges, Using confidential computing to ensure private, secure AI applications, The team's focus on distributed systems, security and machine learning, Opaque's dedication to enhancing data governance and supporting agentic AI, Empowering enterprises to leverage data through collaboration with Opaque

In today's episode, we welcome Andy Home, Senior Metals Correspondent at Thompson Reuters. Andy has been covering the metals markets since 1987 and joins us today to travel through time and talk about the past and future for metals including aluminum, nickel, lithium, cobalt, and uranium. We also discuss the importance of narrative in determining price and how the metals markets need to evolve for better transparency. We conclude with Andy's views on AI in journalism. 

This time we're talking about delivery riders. There are roughly 100,000 couriers in the UK, whose working lives are governed by apps like Deliveroo, UberEats and JustEat. 88,000 of these work for UberEats alone (though many riders complete tasks for multiple platforms simultaneously). These app-based delivery services act intermediaries between you and your takeaway, using algorithms to assign one of an army of riders, but the way they operate is highly opaque. While some riders favour the flexibility of the work, more than half of gig economy workers earn less than the minimum wage, and the per-job rate on app-based delivery work can vary by 45% - and this exploitative scenario is worsening. Meanwhile the law backs the app firms, by classifying riders as self-employed, and as such they don't qualify for sick pay, holiday pay or even a minimum wage. The Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain fought for six years to have Deliveroo riders classified as workers, before losing the case in the supreme court in November 2023. Laura, Ned and Adam talk to Callum Cant, a British author, researcher and labour rights advocate Cant wrote about his time as a delivery rider in his book Riding for Deliveroo: Resistance in the New Economy. Laura also meets a delivery rider who seems happy with his work, despite earning far less than the minimum wage. Links: You can buy Callum's book here https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/riding-for-deliveroo-resistance-in-the-new-economy-cant/1684228 'Opaque' algorithms' impact on working lives: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jan/20/food-delivery-apps-ubereats-deliveroo-justeat-urged-to-reveal-how-algorithms-affect-uk-courierss-work and https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jan/21/its-a-nightmare-couriers-mystified-by-the-algorithms-that-control-their-jobs Half of gig economy workers earn less than minimum wage https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/may/11/half-of-uk-gig-economy-workers-earn-below-minimum-wage-study-reveals Spanish riders' law ends 'false freelancers': https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/03/delivery-app-glovo-bends-to-spains-riders-law-will-hire-thousands-of-couriers/ An AI system used by the UK government incorrectly singles out certain groups for benefit fraud investigations: https://ti-insight.com/briefs/delivery-drivers-set-to-gain-more-rights-under-new-eu-law/ If you want ad-free listening, behind-the-scenes and bonus content and to help support the podcast - head to (https://www.patreon.com/StreetsAheadPodcast). We'll even send you some stickers! We're also on Bluesky and welcome your feedback on our episode: https://bsky.app/profile/podstreetsahead.bsky.social If you're reading this, please can you take 1 minute to give us a rating and review? It helps us more than you probably think! Support Streets Ahead on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I mostly work on risks from scheming (that is, misaligned, power-seeking AIs that plot against their creators such as by faking alignment). Recently, I (and co-authors) released "Alignment Faking in Large Language Models", which provides empirical evidence for some components of the scheming threat model.One question that's really important is how likely scheming is. But it's also really important to know how much we expect this uncertainty to be resolved by various key points in the future. I think it's about 25% likely that the first AIs capable of obsoleting top human experts[1] are scheming. It's really important for me to know whether I expect to make basically no updates to my P(scheming)[2] between here and the advent of potentially dangerously scheming models, or whether I expect to be basically totally confident one way or another by that point (in the same way that, though I might [...] ---Outline:(03:20) My main qualitative takeaways(04:56) Its reasonably likely (55%), conditional on scheming being a big problem, that we will get smoking guns.(05:38) Its reasonably likely (45%), conditional on scheming being a big problem, that we wont get smoking guns prior to very powerful AI.(15:59) My P(scheming) is strongly affected by future directions in model architecture and how the models are trained(16:33) The model(22:38) Properties of the AI system and training process(23:02) Opaque goal-directed reasoning ability(29:24) Architectural opaque recurrence and depth(34:14) Where do capabilities come from?(39:42) Overall distribution from just properties of the AI system and training(41:20) Direct observations(41:43) Baseline negative updates(44:35) Model organisms(48:21) Catching various types of problematic behavior(51:22) Other observations and countermeasures(52:02) Training processes with varying (apparent) situational awareness(54:05) Training AIs to seem highly corrigible and (mostly) myopic(55:46) Reward hacking(57:28) P(scheming) under various scenarios (putting aside mitigations)(01:05:19) An optimistic and a pessimistic scenario for properties(01:10:26) Conclusion(01:11:58) Appendix: Caveats and definitions(01:14:49) Appendix: Capabilities from intelligent learning algorithmsThe original text contained 15 footnotes which were omitted from this narration. --- First published: January 6th, 2025 Source: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/aEguDPoCzt3287CCD/how-will-we-update-about-scheming --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.

Van Sessions is Recorded at The Monarch in Ogden, Utah.   ARTIST | Kenai Reyna   FULL SET LIST Song 1 - Decade Song 2 - Changes Song 3 - Freestyle Song 4 - Boss Song 5 - OPAQUE  Song 6 - Freestyle     ARTIST LINKS   WEBSITE: https://www.kenaireyna.com/ SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5CZWi834pQQNyQJQ9FPi0O?si=vyQD0c-7TtunZ-iG0oWf0g INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/kenaireyna/ YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCywmnqvtYIWCz4uQQ0uv0Lw TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@kenaireyna?_t=8pBJvp53rFH&_r=1    SUPPORTERS   The Monarch Building: https://themonarchogden.com/ UTOG Brewing: https://www.utogbrewing.com/ Ogden City Arts: https://ogdencity.com/707/Arts   CREDITS   Producer / Host: R. Brandon Long, The Banyan Collective Bookings: Todd Oberndorfer, todd@thebanyancollective.com Audio Mix: Scott Rogers, The Proper Way https://theproperwayband.com/studio DOP: Dixon Stoddard, https://www.instagram.com/studios_d21/ Photography: Avery Atkinson https://www.instagram.com/atkinson.photo/   FOLLOW // SUBSCRIBE   Van Sessions Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vansessions/ Van Sessions Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thevansessions Van Sessions YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@vansessionspod   Tip Jar:  https://www.buymeacoffee.com/banyanmedia   The drive behind Van Sessions is to create a music discovery community for Northern Utah musicians to share their work, refine their craft, and network with other artists.   Van Sessions helps support local musicians, photographers, and videographers through our project. Show your support for local artists by subscribing to Van Sessions on YouTube @vansessionspod or search "Van Sessions Podcast" on your favorite podcast platform.   Join us live at the Monarch in Ogden every First Friday to be a part of the free concert and video podcast recording.   Bookings: todd@thebanyancollective.com

We have a good long chat about the Gun Grabbin' in Canada, and the opaque slush fund worth 102B Canadian. That is 102,000 Million dollars going to all sorts of legit and maybe non legit causes.   We also chat about the drones/orbs/UAP's in NJ and the contradicting US Gov statements, Justin Trudeau and climate change lies, the postal strike for climate change, Bovaer, and cougar hunting changes in Alberta, Canada's emergency department situation.   In the last part we get into Makis and his accusations of the Alberta Health Services and Danielle Smith and some of his cancer treatment protocols, the new evidence of shedding from the jabs, personal stories, heart issue comparisons, WHC highlighting that we should be suing over lies about the jabs, and Alberta NDP vs star UCP who was cancelled in court.   Join us. We chat about the latest Canadian Gun Grab, a massive Canadian Opaque Slush fund, and much more. 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Jim Henson and Josh Blank join the ongoing speculation about whether Dade Phelan will remain Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives.

various artists - World of Rubber 4 (LP) | RUBBER012 A1 – MAP 71 — The Future Edge A2 – JUZER — Layer Of Moleman (Unit Moebius Anonymous - Remix 11) B1 – Senyawa — Puncak Dua B2 – Peder Mannerfelt — Lifeline B3 – The Modern Institute — Unitised Torment Vinyl / digital: https://rubber-denhaag.bandcamp.com/album/world-of-rubber-4 Distribution (Clone) Introducing World of Rubber 4, a bold compilation featuring five cutting-edge tracks from trailblazing artists who push the boundaries of sound and embrace the label's signature non-conformity. This collection showcases a wide sonic spectrum, from experimental vocal pieces to club ready floor killers. With work of Indonesia's Senyawa, where vocalist Rully Shabara's electrifying range blends with Wukir Suryadi's processing of (handmade) instruments. Hailing From the UK, MAP71 offers hypnotic poetry layered over pulsating electronics, driven by Lisa Jayne's surreal lyricism and Andy Pyne's ritualistic rhythms. Swedish experimental techno producer Peder Mannerfelt brings his raw energy and genre-defying sound. Dutch techno pioneer Unit Moebius Anonymous takes a second stab at Juzer, a project by Beau Wanzer and Dan Jugel, delivering heavy hitting industrial-tinged rhythms. Lastly, The Modern Institute brings their avant-garde, deconstructed take on techno, blending industrial noise and playful experimentation to create a truly unpredictable sonic experience. Cut by simon the exhange, pressed on Opaque white vinyl, Limited to 200 copies Mastering: Sjoerd Oberman Artwork: Vanja Rakić Text: Thomas van Linge @andypuffinboy @unitmoebius @bwanz @senyawa @the-subliminal-kid @themoderninstitute

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I love me a good deep dive into one clothing category, which we haven't done in a minute. So enter today's 101 all about HOSIERY! Because friend, the temperature is starting to drop just a bit, at least here in the northeast corner of the United States and your legs are about to get chilly.   From sheer vs. opaque to color combinations and addressing what in the heck you should pair with a navy dress, this episode is about to cover it all. Let's prep your pantyhose drawer and figure out what you should stock up on to keep your lower half cozy and cute this fall and winter.   FREE 5-MIN PERSONAL STYLE QUIZ: https://herstylellc.com/quiz HER STYLE BLOG: https://herstylellc.com/blog HER STYLE ON INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/heatherriggsstyle/ JOIN HER STYLE COLLECTIVE: http://herstylellc.com/collective *** GET A PERSONAL COLOR PALETTE ONLY UNTIL 10/4/24 *** https://herstylellc.com/color   Related Episodes: 174 – What's Still In Style for Fall 2024 + 16 NEW Fashion Trends You Need to Know About 120 – 7 Color Rules It's Safe to Start Breaking 114 – Lingerie Essentials: What You Need and What You Need To Know 111 – 7 Go-To Color Combinations to Try In Your Outfits

Los Angeles shoegaze/noise-pop band, Mo Dotti return to My Little Underground to discuss their debut full length album “Opaque”. Singer/guitarist Gina Negrini and guitarist Guy Valdez talk the overall opaque nature of Mo Dotti, shoegaze and other sub-sub genres, Ride's Mark Gardener mastering their album, their holy trinity of LA music venues, self-releasing their music and more!  --- Listen to Mo Dotti: https://mo-dotti.bandcamp.com/album/opaque Listen to My Little Underground: https://linktr.ee/mlupod Follow My Little Underground: https://www.instagram.com/mlupod/ #mlupod  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mlupod/support

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By and large, naturally, most of us are pretty selfish. Thing is that selfishness is an attribute we most often see in other people, not ourselves. So ???self??? is an opaque veil that shrouds our hearts. Question is - what can we do about it? Join Berni Dymet - as he takes a look at pride, from a different perspective.Support the show: https://christianityworks.com/channels/adp/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I was convinced to try out Gris after seeing a single screenshot, but in true gamer fashion, I bought it a few years before finally playing it. It took the backlog resolutions challenge in our Discord server to finally get me to play it, and unsurprisingly, I was hooked by what Nomada Studio had created immediately. The marriage of art, music, gameplay and color take you on a journey through the main character's struggle in a way that only a video game can do. Joining me for the discussion about Gris is Eric Gess, host of The Unlockables, which he bills as "The story of video games, the people who play them, and the memories we make along the way". You can check out his podcast (https://linktr.ee/unlockablespodcast) and YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/@theunlockabes) for interviews with creators, monologues about the industry, a long-running story breakdown of the Kingdom Hearts series, and much more. TIMESTAMPS Intros/Personal Histories/Opening Thoughts 2:09 Story Setup/Gameplay 13:20 Visuals/Music 29:31 Closing Thoughts/Recommendations/Housekeeping 38:31 SPOILER WALL 48:31 Music used in the podcast is credited to Berlinist. You can support them by purchasing the album on Bandcamp (https://berlinistmusic.bandcamp.com/album/gris-original-game-soundtrack)! Tracks used: Gris, pt. 1, Debris, Perseverance, Komorebi, Chiasm, Opaque, Karasu, Gris, pt. 2, In Your Hands Support Tales from the Backlog on Patreon! (https://patreon.com/realdavejackson) or buy me a coffee on Ko-fi (https://ko-fi.com/realdavejackson)! Join the Tales from the Backlog Discord server! (https://discord.gg/V3ZHz3vYQR) Social Media: Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/talesfromthebacklog/) Twitter (https://twitter.com/tftblpod) Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/TalesfromtheBacklog/) Cover art by Jack Allen- find him at https://www.instagram.com/jackallencaricatures/ and his other pages (https://linktr.ee/JackAllenCaricatures) Listen to A Top 3 Podcast on Apple (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-top-3-podcast/id1555269504), Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/2euGp3pWi7Hy1c6fmY526O?si=0ebcb770618c460c) and other podcast platforms (atop3podcast.fireside.fm)!

Mike Matthews talks about the interesting news from the middle of the week and Mike answers what the travel industry is dealing with lately. Join Mike as he podcasts live from Café Anyway with Benita, the Disgruntled Fiddle Player, and the Brewmaster. Next show it's Madame Rootabega, Valentino, and Bison Bentley.

Mike Matthews talks about the interesting news from the middle of the week and Mike answers what the travel industry is dealing with lately. Join Mike as he podcasts live from Café Anyway with Benita, the Disgruntled Fiddle Player, and the Brewmaster. Next show it's Madame Rootabega, Valentino, and Bison Bentley.

Mike Matthews talks about the interesting news from the middle of the week and Mike answers what the travel industry is dealing with lately. Join Mike as he podcasts live from Café Anyway with Benita, the Disgruntled Fiddle Player, and the Brewmaster. Next show it's Madame Rootabega, Valentino, and Bison Bentley. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mikesdailypodcast/support

Mike Matthews talks about the interesting news from the middle of the week and Mike answers what the travel industry is dealing with lately. Join Mike as he podcasts live from Café Anyway with Benita, the Disgruntled Fiddle Player, and the Brewmaster. Next show it's Madame Rootabega, Valentino, and Bison Bentley.

A discussion of Jeff Vandermeer's Authority, the second book in the Southern Reach Trilogy. The spiders find that it strikes an uncommonly good balance between that which is understood readily and that which can't be understood at all.

Le Fonds libyen de développement et de reconstruction est devenu depuis janvier dernier la principale arme politique des autorités de l'est libyen. La stratégie du fonds dirigé par un fils de Khalifa Haftar, le maréchal et homme fort du Cyrénaïque, est de moderniser et remodeler entièrement la région. Mais si les chantiers sont visibles sur le terrain, la pérennité et le fonctionnement de ce fonds interroge. Dans la rue de Cyrénaïque, les panneaux de chantiers siglés du Fonds de reconstruction et de développement sont presque aussi nombreux que les affiches à la gloire du maréchal Khalifa Haftar.Le fonds est dirigé par son fils, Belkasem Haftar, qui a une obsession, prouver aux Libyens et aux étrangers que son organisation travaille : « Depuis 2006, les maintenances des écoles, des hôpitaux et des routes ont été négligées. Nous les réparons parce que ces bâtiments fournissent un service quotidien pour les citoyens. Nous refaisons aussi le réseau routier qui est en ruine, le réseau électrique et le réseau d'assainissement. Tout a été négligé depuis 20 ans. »Une reconstruction concrète aux détails flousSur le terrain, les progrès sont indéniables. 2 000 logements flambants neufs seront remis aux familles sinistrées en septembre 2024. La vie se modernise au rythme des pelleteuses, selon la stratégie de Belkasem Haftar. À Derna, les cafés mixtes ont fait leur apparition. À Benghazi, des espaces piétons sont aménagés.Mais le fonctionnement du Fonds demeure opaque. Les contrats ne respectent ni les règles de l'appel d'offres, ni celle du gré à gré. Belkasem Haftar explique que le financement provient d'une partie du budget de l'État alloué à l'investissement.Claudia Gazzini, chercheuse à l'ONG internationale Crisis group, pointe, elle, des zones d'ombre : « Le Parlement a crédité le fonds de 10 milliards de dinars. Mais au-delà de ce chiffre, la modalité de financement, sur quels chapitres, sur quels articles s'inscrit le fonds, rien n'est clair. »À lire aussiLibye: à Derna, suite aux inondations, un nouvel urbanisme pour faire renaître la ville [1/3]« Tous les regards se focalisent sur Derna »Pour la population, seul le résultat compte. À l'image de Najib Souaissi : « La vie à Derna était difficile avant. Il n'y avait pas de projets avant l'inondation. Même le commerce n'était pas très actif. La situation était très difficile. Mais depuis l'inondation, on est au centre des projecteurs, tous les regards se focalisent sur Derna. Les autorités essayent d'aider au maximum la reconstruction de la cité de Derna. »Au lendemain de l'inondation, le jeune homme de 22 ans était parti refaire sa vie à Benghazi. Six mois après, celui qui a perdu toute sa famille dans la catastrophe était de retour, impressionné par le nouveau visage de sa ville.À lire aussiLibye: comment Derna tente de se reconstruire neuf mois après avoir été ravagée par les flots

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has a day job and a side gig. Only one of them makes him rich. WSJ's Berber Jin explains how Altman makes most of his wealth through investing in tech startups and how some of those startups' business relationships with OpenAI raise questions about conflicts of interest. Further Reading: - The Opaque Investment Empire Making OpenAI's Sam Altman Rich  Further Listening:  - Artificial: The OpenAI Story  - Tesla's Multibillion-Dollar Pay Package for Elon Musk  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Charles and Alex catch up with Kanye's latest blunders and listen to the 1982 Pac-Man Christmas album and some '80s McDonald's songs. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit

durée : 00:04:25 - Le zoom de la rédaction - La cellule investigation de Radio France a enquêté sur les zones d'ombres du contrat de concession de l'autoroute A69 qui reliera Castres à Toulouse. Le rôle du groupe pharmaceutique et cosmétique Pierre Fabre pose notamment question.

Divination is the art of seeking knowledge and wisdom through one's inner knowing or intuition through the use of divination tools like tarot or oracle cards, pendulums, etc. Scrying is a specific divinatory practice that can be practiced with a number of mediums from fire to crystal balls, to clouds, to water, and more — join me to explore the different ways you can practive divination with crystals... Working with crystal scrying tools, objects made from crystal that commonly feature a reflective surface like a Clear Quartz sphere or a Black Obsidian mirror, is a great way to experience the art of gazing into a crystal to receive guidance & wisdom. Scrying divination is a great way to hone your intuition. Developing your intuition helps you fill in the gaps where you don't have all the information or data necessary to make the best possible decision. That doesn't mean you should just follow your intuition without a second thought, but learning to trust your inner guidance, and combining that insight WITH reason and logic is far more practical than following logic alone. Performing the art of scrying divination with crystals takes patience and practice. You might need to form a relationship with your crystal tools before you start to see any meaningful symbols or images. Here are a few of my favorite crystal scrying tools and techniques to help you get started with your scrying divination practice.   Crystallomancy - Scrying Divination with Crystal Balls: Crystallomancy, is the art of gazing into a crystal ball to receive guidance and wisdom in the form of images revealed within the sphere. The energy of a sphere represents wholeness and infinite possibility and spheres emit energy in all directions. John Dee's Divination Tools & Obsidian Scrying Mirror at the British Museum Humans have been practicing the art of crystallomancy also known as crystal ball reading, for hundreds – if not thousands of years. One of the most famous crystallomancers was John Dee, advisor to Queen Elizabeth I. Dee practiced his art in the 16th century, but people still know him today for his wise counsel. He relied upon his crystal scrying tools for their ability to reveal hidden truths and offer profound guidance. The British Museum displays Dee's crystal ball and other divination tools, such as his Obsidian scrying mirror. Tips for Selecting Your Crystal Ball: When choosing a crystal ball to work with for scrying, it's important to select one that will allow you to see into the depths of the crystal. Quartz-based minerals (like Clear Quartz, Smoky Quartz, Amethyst, etc.) typically work best for this and are also great amplifiers of energy, but there are many suitable transparent stones available (like some Calcites, Fluorite, etc.). These transparent to translucent stones let you gaze into the crystal to explore the sphere's inner landscape for symbols and images in the stone's fissures, fractures, and inclusions. Opaque stones (like Jaspers), however, typically aren't recommended for scrying as they limit your gaze to the very surface of the stone. One common exception is Black Obsidian, which has such a glassy surface, it allows you to scry using the exterior surface of the stone, rather than the interior of the crystal…(Obsidian will be  covered in more detail in the next section as we dive deeper into exploring divination with crystals.) For example, there would be quite a big difference in attempting to scry with an opaque stone like Unakite compared one that is transparent like Ametrine. Ametrine's transparence really lets you view into the crystal, see into the depths of the crystal, whereas the Unakite would really only allow you to view the surface of the stone which would make scrying much more difficult, particularly for a beginner. Be Aware of What You're Purchasing When Looking for a Crystal Ball: It's also important to note here that there are many commercially available “crystal balls” t...

The CPG industry remains OPAQUE in many ways. It can feel hard to enter it prepared. That's why we're thrilled to have Kai Nortey, the CEO & Co-Founder of kubé, PBC (Public Benefit Corporation) join us to bring a transparent look at how she has built her business to work for her. kubé is a Black woman-owned artisanal, premium, and luxurious full-fat coconut ice cream womanfacturer and social enterprise, based in Oakland, California. They make their own clean, full-fat coconut cream from mature coconuts, then blend it with organic plant-based food ingredients. You'll hear all about: The lessons that Kai learned directly from founders in the ice cream category What building the biz their way has meant for them and their community Some of the challenges of taking VC when you are a values and mission-forward brand And how important it is to find truly values-aligned partners to support your brand and its mission Wizes, part II of this episode will be in episode 238 next week. Before then, we want to hear from you in our Instagram or LinkedIn DMs: was there something in this episode that surprised you or that you needed to hear? Find Kai's & kubé's information, as well as our social links, in our full show notes here! This episode is sponsored by my LIVE Wholesale Success System training on March 26th and 28th! Do you often feel like you’re constantly winging your sales strategy? Like you never actually know if you’re saying the right things in a pitch or if you’re on the right track? If you answered yes to any of these, then come learn my Wholesale Success System. I'm teaching this system on Tuesday, March 26th and again on Thursday, March 28th. Pick the date that works for you, and register for free here!

Deep Beats from Lauren Faith. Hip Hop from Shaykh Hanif x MichealAngelo, AG, Jean Grae, Cappo, Backwood Sweetie & K!NG jvmes. Soul from jaydonclover. Check the lyrics from aja monet. Broken Beat from Donsurf and Opaque remixing Dom Um Romao. Luke Una with a piano stomper edit on Mr Bongo. Drum & Bass from Terri Walker feat DRS remixed by Zed Bias and Potential Bad Boy remixed by Shy FX. Plus plenty more music treats.

Morbius. Mighty Morbin' Morphian Morbius. Wow. If the audio issues we had on this episode were any indication, we'd venture to guess that Jared Leto's stupid ass broke our podcast. We edited out most of the audio issues (Chris' My Little Pony themed soundboard was on the fritz) for your listening experience, but we'll never forget. Just like we'll never forget watching this piece of doo doo. Yelling: A virtual vampire vehicle is very vexing! Opaque overnight offense obscuring optics! Megachiroptera are murderers! Making main character Morbius a mild-mannered mercenary murderer! Post-pandemic 2022 bat blood transfusion trouble! Fake cure for real rare blood disorder! Stupid light flicker hallway maneuvers! Is Morbius Batman? Garbage heap Gordon Ramsey, and much, much more on this week's episode of The Worst Movie Ever Made. If you want to see us fiddle with our audio interfaces for an indeterminate amount of time, the unabridged video version of this episode will be available on YouTube this coming Sunday, which could be found at: www.theworstmovieevermade.com 

The Biden administration created a court to hear complaints from European citizens who accuse the U.S. government of unfairly spying on them. It was part of a deal with the European Union that allows companies to freely move customer data across the Atlantic. But privacy advocates are planning to sue -- saying the court is too opaque and fails to uphold EU privacy rights. On POLITICO Tech, reporter Alfred Ng takes us inside Biden's secret surveillance court. 

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In this episode, we discuss with Jeff Ely a topic that has gotten significant public attention last year with the introduction of Chat GPT and similar programmes: The role of AI. Jeff shares his research with Balazs Szentes on a natural selection model on AI. They set up a model to study the AI control problem in the context of decentralized economic production. The study illustrates the importance of AI transparency as already deviating from ‘perfect transparency' leads to catastrophic consequences. In our discussion he shares all details of the model, and we also discuss potential consequences for future development of AI technology.   Jeff Ely is the Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor of Economics at Northwestern University. With interests ranging from pure game theory to behavioral economics, Jeff has made significant contributions to various facets of economics, including mechanism design and the evolution of preferences. You can find the paper titled “Natural Selection of Artificial Intelligence”, which he wrote together with Balazs Szentes, here.

LC & Bakko discuss, discussing the Gene Simmons sectape. KISS canceling an early show on the last leg of the End Of The Road tour. The Powertrip Fest. An update on backing into parking spaces. Jan Wenner out at the RNRHOF. Papa Roach for some reason. New and old releases and more. Enjoy. Pantheon Podcasts Reach out to us! Rate, review and subscribe at Apple Podcasts: Cobras & Fire: Comedy / Rock Talk Show on Apple Podcasts Join our fanpage on Facebook: (2) Cobras ON Fire: Private Group | Facebook Click like and follow on Facebook: (2) Cobras & Fire: Rock Podcast | Chicago IL | Facebook Follow us on Twitter: Best Hard Rock & Metal Podcast (@CobrasFire) / Twitter Subscribe to our YouTube channel: Cobras & Fire Rock Podcast - YouTube Email us: Buy a shirt!:"Cobras and Fire Podcast" T-shirt for Sale by CobrasandFire | Redbubble | cobras and fire t-shirts - cobras fire t-shirts Stitcher: Cobras & Fire: Comedy / Rock Talk Show on Stitcher Spreaker: Cobras & Fire: Comedy / Rock Talk Show | Listen to Podcasts On Demand Free | TuneIn Find it all here: Cobras and Fire Podcast - Comedy Rock Talk Show Music: Vinnie Vincent Invasion - Do You Wanna Make Love Turnstile - Blackout Puddle of Mudd - Butterface Teezo Touchdown - Mood Swings BRKN Love - Like A Drug Bad Religion - 21st Century Boy Papa Roach - Forever Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

LC & Bakko discuss Gene Simmons's sex tape and KISS canceling an early show on the last leg of the End Of The Road tour. The Powertrip Fest. Proper concert etiquette. Nugent is banned on Facebook. Jan Wenner out at the RNRHOF. Food trucks, Going Ugly Early, and Papa Roach for some reason. New and old releases and more. And an update on backing into parking spaces. Pantheon Podcasts Reach out to us! Rate, review and subscribe at Apple Podcasts: Cobras & Fire: Comedy / Rock Talk Show on Apple Podcasts Join our fanpage on Facebook: (2) Cobras ON Fire: Private Group | Facebook Click like and follow on Facebook: (2) Cobras & Fire: Rock Podcast | Chicago IL | Facebook Follow us on Twitter: Best Hard Rock & Metal Podcast (@CobrasFire) / Twitter Subscribe to our YouTube channel: Cobras & Fire Rock Podcast - YouTube Email us: Buy a shirt!:"Cobras and Fire Podcast" T-shirt for Sale by CobrasandFire | Redbubble | cobras and fire t-shirts - cobras fire t-shirts Stitcher: Cobras & Fire: Comedy / Rock Talk Show on Stitcher Spreaker: Cobras & Fire: Comedy / Rock Talk Show | Listen to Podcasts On Demand Free | TuneIn Find it all here: Cobras and Fire Podcast - Comedy Rock Talk Show Music: Vinnie Vincent Invasion - Do You Wanna Make Love Turnstile - Blackout Puddle of Mudd - Butterface Teezo Touchdown - Mood Swings BRKN Love - Like A Drug Bad Religion - 21st Century Boy Papa Roach - Forever Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Opaque, inaccessible... Toute sa vie, Catherine Deneuve s'est attelée à protéger absolument sa vie privée. À 80 ans, celle qui est une des plus grandes actrices du cinéma français incarne sur grand écran le rôle de Bernadette Chirac. En plus de 60 ans de carrière, la comédienne n'a cessé de surprendre, de dérouter au cinéma. Côté intimité, Catherine Deneuve est même allée jusqu'à brouiller les pistes. Autant dire qu'elle maîtrise parfaitement ce qui filtre ou non de sa vie amoureuse. "C'est une femme très protégée par elle-même", dit François Forestier, écrivain, et journaliste de cinéma.

Opaque, inaccessible... Toute sa vie, Catherine Deneuve s'est attelée à protéger absolument sa vie privée. À 80 ans, celle qui est une des plus grandes actrices du cinéma français incarne sur grand écran le rôle de Bernadette Chirac. En plus de 60 ans de carrière, la comédienne n'a cessé de surprendre, de dérouter au cinéma. Côté intimité, Catherine Deneuve est même allée jusqu'à brouiller les pistes. Autant dire qu'elle maîtrise parfaitement ce qui filtre ou non de sa vie amoureuse. "C'est une femme très protégée par elle-même", dit François Forestier, écrivain, et journaliste de cinéma.

Opaque, inaccessible... Toute sa vie, Catherine Deneuve s'est attelée à protéger absolument sa vie privée. À 80 ans, celle qui est une des plus grandes actrices du cinéma français incarne sur grand écran le rôle de Bernadette Chirac. En plus de 60 ans de carrière, la comédienne n'a cessé de surprendre, de dérouter au cinéma. Côté intimité, Catherine Deneuve est même allée jusqu'à brouiller les pistes. Autant dire qu'elle maîtrise parfaitement ce qui filtre ou non de sa vie amoureuse.

Summary The insurance industry is notoriously opaque and hard to navigate. Max Cho found that fact frustrating enough that he decided to build a business of making policy selection more navigable. In this episode he shares his journey of data collection and analysis and the challenges of automating an intentionally manual industry. Announcements Hello and welcome to the Data Engineering Podcast, the show about modern data management Introducing RudderStack Profiles. RudderStack Profiles takes the SaaS guesswork and SQL grunt work out of building complete customer profiles so you can quickly ship actionable, enriched data to every downstream team. You specify the customer traits, then Profiles runs the joins and computations for you to create complete customer profiles. Get all of the details and try the new product today at dataengineeringpodcast.com/rudderstack (https://www.dataengineeringpodcast.com/rudderstack) This episode is brought to you by Datafold – a testing automation platform for data engineers that finds data quality issues before the code and data are deployed to production. Datafold leverages data-diffing to compare production and development environments and column-level lineage to show you the exact impact of every code change on data, metrics, and BI tools, keeping your team productive and stakeholders happy. Datafold integrates with dbt, the modern data stack, and seamlessly plugs in your data CI for team-wide and automated testing. If you are migrating to a modern data stack, Datafold can also help you automate data and code validation to speed up the migration. Learn more about Datafold by visiting dataengineeringpodcast.com/datafold (https://www.dataengineeringpodcast.com/datafold) As more people start using AI for projects, two things are clear: It's a rapidly advancing field, but it's tough to navigate. How can you get the best results for your use case? Instead of being subjected to a bunch of buzzword bingo, hear directly from pioneers in the developer and data science space on how they use graph tech to build AI-powered apps. . Attend the dev and ML talks at NODES 2023, a free online conference on October 26 featuring some of the brightest minds in tech. Check out the agenda and register today at Neo4j.com/NODES (https://Neo4j.com/NODES). You shouldn't have to throw away the database to build with fast-changing data. You should be able to keep the familiarity of SQL and the proven architecture of cloud warehouses, but swap the decades-old batch computation model for an efficient incremental engine to get complex queries that are always up-to-date. With Materialize, you can! It's the only true SQL streaming database built from the ground up to meet the needs of modern data products. Whether it's real-time dashboarding and analytics, personalization and segmentation or automation and alerting, Materialize gives you the ability to work with fresh, correct, and scalable results — all in a familiar SQL interface. Go to dataengineeringpodcast.com/materialize (https://www.dataengineeringpodcast.com/materialize) today to get 2 weeks free! Your host is Tobias Macey and today I'm interviewing Max Cho about the wild world of insurance companies and the challenges of collecting quality data for this opaque industry Interview Introduction How did you get involved in the area of data management? Can you describe what CoverageCat is and the story behind it? What are the different sources of data that you work with? What are the most challenging aspects of collecting that data? Can you describe the formats and characteristics (3 Vs) of that data? What are some of the ways that the operational model of insurance companies have contributed to its opacity as an industry from a data perspective? Can you describe how you have architected your data platform? How have the design and goals changed since you first started working on it? What are you optimizing for in your selection and implementation process? What are the sharp edges/weak points that you worry about in your existing data flows? How do you guard against those flaws in your day-to-day operations? What are the most interesting, innovative, or unexpected ways that you have seen your data sets used? What are the most interesting, unexpected, or challenging lessons that you have learned while working on insurance industry data? When is a purely statistical view of insurance the wrong approach? What do you have planned for the future of CoverageCat's data stack? Contact Info LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxrcho/) Parting Question From your perspective, what is the biggest gap in the tooling or technology for data management today? Closing Announcements Thank you for listening! Don't forget to check out our other shows. Podcast.__init__ (https://www.pythonpodcast.com) covers the Python language, its community, and the innovative ways it is being used. The Machine Learning Podcast (https://www.themachinelearningpodcast.com) helps you go from idea to production with machine learning. Visit the site (https://www.dataengineeringpodcast.com) to subscribe to the show, sign up for the mailing list, and read the show notes. 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An airhacks.fm conversation with Sergey Beryozkin (@sberyozkin) about: RPC vs. REST, Paul Sandoz was driving the JAX-RS specification, the scalability of REST, the Tolerant Reader pattern, HATEOAS, Jersey was the reference implementation of JAX-RS, JAX-RS without servlets, the problems with OAuth 1, OAuth 2 fixed OAuth 1 problems, the session fixation problem, OIDC builds on OAuth 2, in OAuth 2 there are no sessions, Confidential OIDC client, OIDC extension, Elytron Security OAuth 2.0, ID tokens vs. access tokens, Opaque access tokens vs. JWT access tokens, the implicit flow, SmallRye JWT extension vs. OIDC extension, the importance of standards, the value of standards, passkeys the NeXT big thing, verifiable credentiats, JSON web proof, mutual TLS support in Quarkus, automatic certificate renewal Sergey Beryozkin on twitter: @sberyozkin

We dive into the muck that is YouTube's partner network. Plus, how that lack of transparency relates to its burgeoning YouTube TV supply.

Scoot talks to US Senator John Kennedy about the search for NOPD's next chief, media bias in the internet age, and the state of the Republican Party as centrists lose control

Website owners are learning again not to trust third-party sites to drive website traffic. A sudden and unexpected change in Facebook's algorithm during May 2023 has resulted in a significant decrease in traffic for news and media websites, leaving publishers desperate for answers. According to Echobox, a social media management firm, Facebook-related traffic fell by … Continue reading Opaque Algorithm Changes by Facebook Leave Publishers in the Dark #1675 → The post Opaque Algorithm Changes by Facebook Leave Publishers in the Dark #1675 appeared first on Geek News Central.

Han Yuan, Founder of Post-PC Labs, joins us to discuss some of the biggest converging trends hitting our industry – the rise of AI along with the tech bubble that's poised to burst at any time. We cover not only these trends' impact on eng leaders, but we also cover how technology trends can drive opportunities for eng leaders to become key strategic partners toward their orgs' business strategy. Han shares advice for how to evaluate business needs, align your attitude / work toward those goals, earn a seat at the leadership table, build credibility, and use that credibility to implement strategic changes.ABOUT HAN YUANHan Yuan is the founder of Post-PC Labs, LLC.  Post-PC Labs is wholly-owned and funded by Han, powered by a global team of freelancers. The group's focus is building cash-flow breakeven projects with product-market fit.  Early investment themes include wellness and corporate productivity.Before Post-PC Labs, Han was SVP of Engineering at Upwork, where he led one of the world's most distributed engineering teams:  350+ engineers in 40 countries around the world.  In this role, Han was responsible for any function that had anything to do with a computer, including Information Security, IT, QA, Application Engineering, Cloud Engineering, Data Science, Infrastructure Engineering, and Program Management.  During his tenure at Upwork, Upwork's revenue doubled, and the company went public in 2018.In a previous life, Han was an influential mobile engineering leader, having incubated world-class teams for eBay and Netflix.  Han's early work in mobile proved that it was possible to sell billions of dollars of goods and entertain hundreds of millions of people globally using just a mobile phone.  Together with his teams, Han helped launch and scale the eBay and Netflix programs from small incubation teams.  At eBay, he was the first engineer on his team. When Apple announced its one billionth download in the app store and celebrated the top 25 apps in the store of all time, eBay and Netflix were both on the list.Han started his career in enterprise software specializing in the finance and human resources domains and was a co-founder of Buddystumbler.com.  Han has a B.S and M.S in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from U.C. Berkeley with a minor degree in Computer Science and a Management of Technology Certificate from the Haas School of Business."That's the language that you need to communicate with your colleagues, your peers. That's what everybody else understands. They're not going to understand, 'Oh, we need to migrate the data center to the cloud.' They're not going to understand that, 'Hey, these are all the technical reasons why a forklift could be very complicated.' You have to put it in terms that the business is going to understand. That is going to be the art, and along the way, I think if you use that framework, it helps your own teams understand why their work is relevant to the business.”- Han Yuan   Join us at ELC Annual 2023!ELC Annual is our flagship conference for engineering leaders. You'll learn from experts in engineering and leadership, gain mentorship and support from like-minded professionals, expand your perspectives, build relationships across the tech industry, and leave with practical prove strategies.Join us this August 30-31 at the Fort Mason Center in San FranciscoFor tickets, head to https://sfelc.com/annual2023SHOW NOTES:Converging industry trends that eng leaders should be aware of (2:45)The impact of these trends on tech leaders (6:54)“Opaque” technology & how it can drive innovation in eng leaders (9:48)Emerging opportunities that may intimidate, such as LLMs (11:34)Han's litmus test to determine your risk of irrelevance as an eng leader (12:55)Framework for eng leaders to increase their value-add to business / product strategy (15:31)Evaluating the business's needs & aligning your values toward those goals (18:02)How eng leaders can make strategic impact on the business (19:37)Key questions to help eng leaders identify strategic solutions (22:30)Tips for establishing (or reestablishing) your role as a strategic partner (24:00)How Han built credibility during his time @ Upwork (27:40)Using newfound credibility to implement strategic changes (29:54)Rapid fire questions (32:28)LINKS AND RESOURCESSapiens – A Brief History of Humankind - Sapiens, the book, takes us on a breath-taking ride through our entire human history, from its evolutionary roots to the age of capitalism and genetic engineering, to uncover why we are the way we are. Sapiens focuses on key processes that shaped humankind and the world around it, such as the advent of agriculture, the creation of money, the spread of religion and the rise of the nation-state. Unlike other books of its kind, Sapiens takes a multi-disciplinary approach that bridges the gaps between history, biology, philosophy and economics in a way never done before. Furthermore, taking both the macro and the micro view, Sapiens conveys not only what happened and why, but also how it felt for individuals.This episode wouldn't have been possible without the help of our incredible production team:Patrick Gallagher - Producer & Co-HostJerry Li - Co-HostNoah Olberding - Associate Producer, Audio & Video Editor https://www.linkedin.com/in/noah-olberding/Dan Overheim - Audio Engineer, Dan's also an avid 3D printer - https://www.bnd3d.com/Ellie Coggins Angus - Copywriter, Check out her other work at https://elliecoggins.com/about/

May 24, 2023 - Assemblymember Emily Gallagher, a Brooklyn Democrat, discusses her legislation designed to shine a spotlight on LLCs so their direct beneficiaries can be identified by government regulators and certain members of the public.

Can you believe that LMT (https://lmtmag.com/) Lab Day Chicago was almost 3 months ago? We got 7 hours of recordings when we were set up in the Ivoclar (https://www.ivoclar.com/en_us) Ballroom. This week wraps it all up with 4 amazing conversations from that wonderful weekend. First up is Susan van Kensbergen who is the Vice President of Myerson (https://www.myersontooth.com/). Susan talks about her journey from being a ceramist, moving up in lab responsibility, managing the world's largest LAVA milling center, and finding her new home at Myerson, the home of Durflex (https://www.myersontooth.com/duraflex/) and an upcoming "game changing" printer. Then we chat with Neal Allen from Mustard Seed Dental Studio (https://www.mustardseeddental.com/). Neal spent 20 years in a large lab before moving into a growing lab owned by a Prosthodontist. Neal talks about the importance of creating a happy lab culture and treating the employees like family. Next is the "better" half of Artifex Dental Lab (https://artifexlab.com/), Julio Munoz. Julio grew up in Bolivia where he is a board-certified Oral Surgeon. A lady brought him to the US where he connected with Artifex and helped create the "Triple Jig" technique for full arch implant restorations. We wrap us the whole weekend with a special treat, Barb's technician son, Zack Wojdan. Zack talks about growing up in the lab, starting at the beginning, working his way up, working with his mom, and goals for the future. A BIG thanks to LMT for putting on an amazing weekend and a BIGGER THANKS to Ivoclar for hosting us. The new PrograScan PS3 and PS5 (https://www.ivoclar.com/en_us/products/digital-equipment/prograscan-ps5-and-ps3-laborscanner) provide true-to-detail, high-resolution and accurate scans for coordinated digital workflows that are precise, fast, and always accurate. The PS3 and PS5 are powered by the popular and intuitive DentalCAD software from Exocad (https://exocad.com/). Whether you are looking for your first scanner, to upgrade or add to your existing scanners, the PrograScan may be the one for you. Reach out to your friendly Ivoclar (https://www.ivoclar.com/en_us) sales representative to select a scanner that matches the needs of your lab Today and tell them you heard about it on the podcast! Candulor (https://www.candulor.com/en-us) a dental supply company from Switzerland has solutions no matter if you are analog or digital Check out their PhysioSet TCR (https://www.candulor.com/en-us/product-portfolio/tooth-lines/physioset-tcr) tooth line that has been complemented with 18 new shapes. A total of 48 age-appropriate anterior tooth shapes are available for the laboratory or dental practice to select from. The Swiss School of Prosthetics (https://ssop.swiss/en-us) in Springfield, Missouri is the place to learn all things removable. America with get supported and supplied by the only authorized partner Edmonds Dental Supply (https://edmondsdentalsupply.com/) Candulor, High End Only Special Guests: Julio Munoz CDT, Neal Allen, Susan van Kinsbergen, and Zack Wojdan.

If you want to maximize the value of your home for decades, you might update the kitchen. But if your time frame is one week, then you might burn down the house. Brendan Ballou is a federal prosecutor and special counsel at the Department of Justice, where he led the antitrust division's work on private equity. He's also authored a new book, “Plunder, Private Equity's Plan to Pillage America.” Ricky Mulvey caught up with him to talk about: - The techniques many private equity companies use to generate short-term returns - A key misunderstanding about the fall of in-person retailers - Private equity's impact on medical billing, bakeries, and insurance Companies discussed: CG, KKR, BX Host: Ricky Mulvey Guest: Brendan Ballou Engineer: Tim Sparks

Can you make something invisible? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Negin Farsad discover the science behind invisibility with professor of physics and optical science, Greg Gbur. What would real-life invisibility look like?NOTE: StarTalk+ Patrons can listen to this entire episode commercial-free.Thanks to our PatronsDan, Nick Taylor, Beth Fitzpatrick, Jim, Laura Gilsman, and Gregory Greenwood for supporting us this week.Photo Credit: Kelvinsong, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

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