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Can intention alone cause changes in physical systems? Can the collective attention of a large group of people to an event cause changes in the coherence changes in physical systems, despite that lack of intention to do so?In today's episode we're going to be exploring a field consciousness hypothesis: so a variation on the idea that consciousness may extend beyond the body and interact casually with physical systems and the consciousness of other beings, in some kind of resonant field phenomena. We're going to be learning about the experiments with random number generators used to test this hypothesis; how human intention and attention has been proved to be able to affect these random outputs in a vast backlog of positive results and meta analyses; We're going to hear about how these experiments have been taken global, looking at collective effects on RNGs of particularly important world events that many people are attending to; we're going to be looking at criticisms of the statistical analysis and a potential experimenter effect; and we're going to be talking about the contrast between some seemingly non-local effects with other localised effects; and as always we're going to be getting into the implications, in this case of whether the ‘field consciousness' effect the data seems to point to, is more likely to be a unified field of consciousness, so in some sense a single mind, or simply the aggregated sum of all individual consciousnesses. Now fortunately to guide us as we carefully test the thickness of the ice on this genuinely alternative world view of consciousness, we have the cognitive psychologist that has pioneered these field consciousness experiments since he founded the Global Consciousness Project at the Princeton University PEAR labs, Roger Nelson. Roger worked at Princeton's PEAR labs in the department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, initially under Bob Jahn, for over twenty years until his retirement in 2002. He is also the author of the book “Connected: The emergence of global consciousness”.What we discuss:00:00 Intro.07:30 Random Number generator ‘mind-matter interaction' experiments at Princeton PEAR labs.21:10 Bob Jahn - Dean of Engineering at Princeton.28:45 Emotional and passionate group events saw coherence in the RNG experiments. 33:00 Contrast between apparent local and non-local effects.37:55 David Bohm's Implicate / Explicate order concept.38:55 “Pilot wave” and “active information” link between the implicite and the explicate.43:55 Statistical results generation and analysis of significance.49:05 The sceptics criticisms.51:45 The Global Consciousness Project methodology. 53:05 Pierre Teilhard de Chardin's mind sphere, called ‘Noosphere'.57:45 Measuring the group coherence of Princess Diana's funeral.01:00:25 The 9/11 Results.01:05:55 The emotional component in coherence.01:18:40 The quantity of people and strength of the emotion, whether positive or negative, raises the effect size.01:11:10 A single collective consciousness VS an aggregate of all individual consciousnesses. 01:14:50 Different levels of collective consciousness above individual bodies.01:16:55 The analogy of individuals being like neurones in a cosmic brain.01:20:55 The Experimenter effect criticism.01:26:10 The Helmut Schmidt “Unobserved tape” experiment.01:29.10 The indeterminate state before observer ‘collapses of the wave function' analogy to explain results.01:37:25 The Schmidt ‘retrocausation' hypothesis.References:Roger Nelson, “Connected: the Emergence of Global Consciousness”Robert Jahn And Brenda Dunn, “Margins of Reality”International Consciousness Research Laboratories (ICRL) Publishing.Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, “The Phenomena of man”

Do the emotions and intentions we collectively experience shape our physical reality? Dr. Roger Nelson, the scientist behind the Global Consciousness Project, joins us to share his insights into the unseen connections that bind us. Our discussion illuminates how the GCP's network of random number generators (RNG) across the globe is able to measure the collective mind of humanity. A revolutionary initiative, the experiments have shown intriguing results, where significant global events - moments of profound tragedy or celebration - seem to correspond with statistical deviations in the data produced by RNGs. These findings suggest that the collective human consciousness might be more intertwined with the physical world than previously thought; emotions and consciousness are not just byproducts but potent forces that could be shaping the very fabric of reality. We discuss why high levels of emotion, either consonant or dissonant, affect the coherency of the field of consciousness. He shares with us the idea that mind is non-local and explains how the substrate of mind can be whittled down to information and patterns. Dr. Nelson guides us through the scientific principles and the inspiring implications of these findings, opening our eyes to the profound potential locked within our collective intentions. We consider what it would mean to integrate this paradigm in which we are far more connected and what challenges we would face to become truly responsible at individual and collective levels. As we close this episode, the call to action seems clear; a need to nurture our awareness and actively contribute to the conscious evolution of our global community. Join us in this thought-provoking discussion that challenges the boundaries of what we consider possible and invites us to step into a more connected and conscious future.Roger Nelson, PhD, studied physics at the University of Rochester, and experimental psychology at New York University and Columbia. He is the author of two books including Connected: The Emergence of Global Consciousness. He was Professor of Psychology at Johnson State College in Vermont, and in 1980 joined the Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research (PEAR) lab to coordinate research. His focus is on mental interactions, anomalous information transfer, and effects on physical systems by individuals and groups. He created the GCP in 1997, building a world-spanning random number generator network designed to gather evidence of coalescing global consciousness. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Noetic Sciences in Petaluma, California.gcp2.netnoosphere.princeton.edu/index.htmlLiked what you heard? Help us reach more people! Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts Start Energy Healing Today!Unlock your healing potential with our informative and fun introductory 10 hour LIVE online class in energy healing Our Flagship Training is Setting the Standard in Energy HealingThe next 100 hour EHT-100 Energy Healing Training is open for enrolment! LIVE & online - 12th October - 16th March 2025. Join us in Bali in 2024 - Our Retreat AND first in-person EHT-100 Training are now booking! Contact Field Dynamics Email us at info@fielddynamicshealing.com fielddynamicshealing.com Thanks for listening!

No guest this week as we answer questions from our mail bag. We welcome your questions - send them to us at gamblingwithanedge@gmail.com, or you can find me at @RWM21 on Twitter or https://www.facebook.com/GamblingWithAnEdge.Show Notes[00:00] Introduction[04:46] RNGs in video poker[05:47] Las Vegas Advisor free play strategies[06:57] Does play on a cruise affect ADT or status at brick and mortar casinos[10:05] Video poker session length[12;41] Second language value for APs[15:25] Video poker progressives strategy cards, common progressive games[17:43] Generating losses, lifetime win for slot players[19:09] Recording video poker sessions[20:48] Books about Las Vegas[26:39] Ultimate X Gold strategy[29:06] A player who lives on a boat and travels to play promotions[30:48] Video poker card frequencies[31:46] Blackjack spreads and playing for comps[33:00] Playing at a newly opened casino[36:08] Commercials[38:29] Favorite advantage play game[41:11] Remaining in a casino's database, OSN[43:30] Misdeals [44:35] Doubling on 12 as cover[47:05] Buying in at tables with slot tickets[49:05] Recommended: The Night Agent on NetflixSponsored Links:http://BlackjackApprenticeship.comhttp://VideoPoker.com/gwaehttp://Unabated.comRecommended:The Night Agent - http://Netflix.com/title/81450827

Buddy Bolton's personal experiences have been witnessed by many and are very different from the majority. He's a stellar remote viewer and followed by many scientists for his psychic abilities. He affects RNGs, bends metal (no touch) and heals people. He's had a non-human intelligence being show up in front of him and one of the scientists he was with. Buddy can be reached at: alienprotocols@gmail.com Buddy's Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@alienprotocols7946 https://www.youtube.com/user/dbaronbuddybolton/videos For more typical skeptic podcast episodes: youtube.com/c/typcialskeptic anchor.fm/typical-skeptic rokfin.com/typcialskeptic rumble.com/typcialskeptic To donate to the typcial skeptic podcast: paypal me: typicaskeptic1@gmail.com or buymeacoffee.com/typicalskeptic Follow me on Social: Linktr.ee.com/typcialskeptic #alien #extraterrestrial #disclosure #uap #ufo #alienabduction #psi #psychic #buddybolton #podcast #typcialskeptic --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/typical-skeptic/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/typical-skeptic/support

We interview Duncan Jones, head of cybersecurity at Cambridge Quantum Computing, part of Quantinum, on the potential of quantum computers today, cryptographic keys, and harnessing quantum randomness for the development of random number generators (RNGs). From the Entrust Engage podcast Post Quantum Cryptography series, originally posted in June 2022.

In this episode, Duncan Jones, Head of Cybersecurity at Cambridge Quantum Computing part of Quantinum discusses the potential of quantum computers today, cryptographic keys, and how quantum randomness can be harnessed in the development of random number generators (RNGs).

Buddy Bolton's personal experiences have been witnessed by many and are very different from the majority. He's a stellar remote viewer and followed by many scientists for his psychic abilities. He affects RNGs, bends metal (no touch) and heals people. He's had a non-human intelligence being show up in front of him and one of the scientists he was with.

Episode 39 - Randomness and You - Root contains a number of randomly generated outcomes - from draft choices to battle dice to card draws. Understanding that randomness and calculating your odds is important for optimal decision making. In this confounding conversation, the crew tackles Randomly Generated Numbers and Logical Fallacies.   Woodland War Machine: the podcast covering Leder Games' amazingly awesome asymmetric board game: ROOT! Join Jake Michels, Sam DeRoest, and Kyle Acheson as they explore the tactics and tradecraft of the cutest strategic warfare game ever!   Support the show and hear bonus ROOTPARDY content, over at Good Time Society's Patreon!   Episode Links: [Becca's Vagrant] [Reading Rulebooks Podcast] [Frequency Illusion] [Battle Dice Stats] [Sunk Cost Fallacy] [Gambler's Fallacy] [Make Craft Game Quest Deck Article]   Find the crew on socials: @thejakemichels @SamDeRoest @kyle_acheson @goodtimesociety Find more from GOOD TIME SOCIETY

Everyone and everything you know and love will turn to dust and there is nothing you can do to stop it. Did you enjoy that? If you said yes, then you'll love this weeks games, that are all about the futility and misery of pursuing wealth, fame, and victory against an unstoppable tide of heartless AIs and RNGs. A spark can ignite the battle, but twin foes burn alike in the flames, in this moral combat for the title of: "Hope-Shattering Turn-Based Roguelike!" Meanwhile, The Boss puts the podcasters in charge of taking his edgy apathetic Gen-z teen and teaching him that with great evil comes great responsibility. In this episode we talkin': One-Handed Game Design, The Tragedy of Darth Pippy Poop, and it's an All-Out-Brawl in 7 rounds of "Brawler Trivia". We also find out the winner from last week's Audience Head2Head, "Which is the more iconic rideable species: Chocobo vs Yoshis?" Now listen to the episode, before the ceaseless march of time reclaims your frail body back into the sullen earth from whence... sorry, just go listen. =--=--=--=--=--=--=--=-- Our Twitter Our Instagram Our Website =--=--=--=--=--=--=--=-- ◘ Music & Sound Effects ◘ Intro, outro, and game description backing tracks are from the badass chiptune composer Metroyd Myk. The song used is 'I Can't Break' from his 'Heart of the Juggernaut' Album. Follow him on Twitter: @MetroydMykMusic and support him by checking him out on Spotify and buying his album through https://metroydmyk.bandcamp.com/ Village Consort by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4585-village-consort License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/welcometogamecorp/message

Welcome to another podcast episode of Merkaba Chakras. I'm your host, Von Galt. Today, we talk with Schumann Resonance researcher, Alexis Brink of Ascension Diaries. Now, the Schumann Resonance is a scientific understanding made popular by the HeartMath Institute at Princeton University who used over 70 random number generators all over the world to measure the electromagnetic frequency of Earth. The averaged Hz frequency is 7.83. However, over a series of over 2 decades, Princeton University found that the Random Number Generators spikes in its Hz frequency hours before a natural disaster such as Hurricane Katrina or man-made disaster such as 9/11 in the particular area it is measuring. The translation is that the Earth is conacious and it is connected to all the living beings living on it. It has evolved to many more RNGs measured by many other institutions all over the world and piqued the interest of researchers such as Alexis of Ascension Diaries. Alexis, welcome to Merkaba Chakras! Here are the websites we discuss in the video about Earth's Schumann Resonance in action: https://noosphere.princeton.edu/ http://www.vlf.it/cumiana/livedata.html http://sosrff.tsu.ru/?page_id=7 Video interview here as well: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/KCfPsfNWoFPD/ https://odysee.com/@merkabachakras:4 https://youtube.com/merkabachakras https://utreon.com/c/MerkabaChakras For more information about Alexis of Ascension Diaries offerings, please visit her Instagram page at: https://www.instagram.com/AscensionDiaries/ https://www.ascensiondiaries.com/ To learn more about Von Galt's metaphysical work: https://merkabachakras.com/ Theme music, "Promised Land" copyrighted by the composer, Olive Musique, and authorized by https://www.premiumbeat.com/ Creative software subscriptions provided by: https://www.canva.com/ https://pixabay.com/ https://animoto.com/ https://www.veed.io/ https://www.movavi.com/ https://anchor.fm/ https://www.fiverr.com/ https://zoom.us/ https://grammarly.com/ #AlexisAscensionDiaries, #EarthSchumannResonance, #EarthHarmonicsFrequencies, #EarthAscensionTracking, #SolarFlaresTracker, #5thDimension, #EarthHeartSong, #Oneness, #Consciousness, #Beyond3rdDimensionConsciousness, #2021HigherSelfExpo, #HeartMathInstitute, #GlobalConsciousnessProject, #PrincetonUniversityMetaphysicsResearch, #IndigenousAscension, #2012, #EarthProcessionCycle, #2555BuddhistEra, #MerkabaChakrasPodcast, #VonGalt, #BuddhismPodcast, #BreakMatrix, #LaosAuthors, #LaosPodcast, #VonGalt, #InstituteOfNoeticSciences --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/merkabachakras/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/merkabachakras/support

Why are RNGs important? What is the generator concept? How do PyTorch's CPU and CUDA RNGs differ? What are some of the reasons why Philox is a good RNG for CUDA? Why doesn't the generator class have virtual methods for getting random numbers? What's with the next normal double and what does it have to do with Box Muller transform? What's up with csprng?Further reading.CUDAGeneratorImpl has good notes about CUDA graph interaction and pointers to all of the rest of the stuff https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/blob/1dee99c973fda55e1e9cac3d50b4d4982b6c6c26/aten/src/ATen/CUDAGeneratorImpl.hTransform uniformly distributed random numbers to other distributions with https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/blob/master/aten/src/ATen/core/TransformationHelper.htorchcsprng https://github.com/pytorch/csprng

This week I'm joined by Aaron Saltzman (@five2lif), host of Feats & Fantasies actual-play podcasts Cataclysm Rising and Trivium of Time, to discuss everything about dice. We start by talking about how the requirement of random dice rolls fundamentally changes the nature of the "game" from what might be considered a "pure" role-playing experience. Despite my hypocrisy, Aaron and I share stories and anecdotes centred on dice and their oft whimsical nature. Although dice start as an esoteric prerequisite for D&D, they often transform into a completely different beast: a TCG-like collect-'em-up where it's worryingly easy to spend money on extra sets which are utterly surplus. Dice are possibly one of the only things that is the same for every D&D player, which brings us all together, no matter our differences. 02:21 - Dice as RNGs necessary to make it a "game" 07:00 - Anti-dice propaganda - the diminished need for physical dice during lockdown 17:57 - Dice Culture and how it brings us together 28:11 - Dice - The "craft beer" of D&D 37:01 - Accessorise! 43:52 - Awkward dissonance caused by randomness Find Aaron on (@five2lif) on: Twitter: https://twitter.com/five2lif Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/five2lif/?hl=en Website: https://doubletake.xyz Cataclysm Rising: https://doubletake.xyz/cataclysm-rising-feed Trivium of Time: https://doubletake.xyz/trivium-of-time-feed Find me on: Website: https://www.thinkingcritically.co.uk Twitter: https://twitter.com/Danilo_DnD Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thinking_critically_dnd/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThinkingCriticallyDnD References: Fiasco Dungeons, Dice, and Dudes Chessex mats Loke BattleMats Dispel Dice Pixels Dice Death Saves Kraken Dice Wrymwood Agency episode of Thinking Critically Intro Music: 'Local Forecast' by Kevin MacLeod Intermission Music: 'Chill' by Kevin MacLeod Outro Music: 'Local Forecast - Elevator' by Kevin MacLeod

Mysterious poker training philanthropist? Imperturbable doctor who RNGs your diagnosis? Legendary Zynga shark? For our first podcast of the new year, I'm pleased to welcome Thomas Pinnock, the enigma who has created one of the most comprehensive poker learning communities on the web. Zenith Poker features every aspect of serious study, including a learning path,… The post The Poker Zoo 58: Pinnock's Zenith appeared first on Out of Position.

Turkey day is over, so today we're hunkering down in the studio and talking about everything Chocobo! To help us on the long road to that sweet Golden 'Bo, our bud Remy came into the studio! We discuss FFVII bugs, nuts, Pokémon bugs, Dave & Buster's, nuts, RNGs, overpowered summons, and nuts!Theme Music: "Liberi Fatali (Remix)" by DJ Cutman - https://music.djcutman.com/Final Fantasy VII Original Soundtrack - https://spoti.fi/2XBKpwg

This is the Pilot Episode of the Alpha Male Buddhist from Brooklyn Podcast- In this episode I will introduce the podcast, topics I will cover in the show. I will also give my insights into living a self realized life. No sugar coating, this is raw, unfiltered knowledge. I have my masters degree from the Univercity of hard knocks also known as the ghetto streets of Downtown Brooklyn New York (the Hood, the projects). I am a Puerto Rican or sholud I say, a New Yorican and I want to share my views on life, true fullfillment, and self realization. I Grew up in "so called" poverty on welfair, lost my Dad at 6 years old, and mom's struggeled to bring up the family as best she could. I must say the love of my mother was the key to my success, Today I live a good life with my own family and speak from a position of real life experence. In 1972 ( I was age 12) tv show aired called "Kung FU" starring David Carradine. One of the Monks on the show was named Master PO. The wisdom of Master Po awakened me to "knowledge of self" thus started my journey into Eastern wisdom. Just run a search in youtube for Kung Fu "Master Po" guarnteed this monk will blow your mind even today for sure. I then started reading Eastern philosophy at age 16 years old. No jugment, no snow flaking or safe spaces here, just truth, and love. I started listening to Podcast before there was such a thing as "podcast" I listened to Joe Rogan MP3 files on his website. Which became todays most popular podcast "the Joe Rogan Exp." I also listen to many more podcast... Hope you enjoy the show.  Namaste    

The Fork In Your Ear Podcast Ep#19 Quickcast, Chinese Amiibo Cards & RNGs Dark Side This one is a short one this week, we discuss the underground realm of chinese Amiibo Cards *they are fantastic BTW* and the RNG jeezus dark side of gaming all this and more inside your ear! Remember to give us a review on iTunes or wherever you downloaded this podcast from. And don't forget you can connect to us on social media with, at, on or through: Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/theforkinyourearpodcast/ Twitter Handle: @getforkedpod eMail Address: theforkinyourearpodcast@gmail.com iTunes Podcast Store Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dynamic-works-productions/id703318918?mt=2&i=319887887 If you would like to catch up with each of us personally Online PSN/XBL/Twitch/Twitter: Mike List's Youtube ID: Buster Knuckle  Mike List's Twitch ID: Buster_knuckle Mike List's Twitter ID: therealmikelist Mike List's PSN ID: Blisterlister113 Tim K.A. Trotter's Youtube ID: Dynamicworksproductions Tim K.A. Trotter's Twitter ID: Tim_T Tim K.A. Trotter's Twitch ID: Tim_KA_Trotter Tim K.A. Trotter's PSN ID: Linuxisthedemon Tim K.A. Trotter's XBL ID: Tim T Also remember to buy my Sc-Fi adventure book “The Citadel: Arrival by Tim K.A. Trotter” availible right now on Amazon Kindle store & iTunes iBookstore for only $2.99 get a free preview download when you visit those stores, it's a short story only 160-190 pages depending on your screen size, again thats $2.99 on Amazon Kindle & iTunes iBookstore so buy book and support this show! Additionally if you want more podcasts but different subjects. Tim K.A. Trotter also hosts a weekly show called Rising Tide: A Marvel Cinematic Universe Podcast, your one stop shop for all things Marvel for movies, TV shows and comics and more! So give it a listen! Finally, you can find our company by any of these links> Company Website: http://www.dynamicworksproductions.com/ Company Facebook: www.facebook.com/dynamicworksproductions Company Twitter: @DynamicWorksPro Company eMail Address: dynamicworks@mac.com

This is a random technical segment on implementing random number generators in Linux. Don shows us the ins and outs of the entropy pool, the different between /dev/random and /dev/urandom, and some awesome hardware that can increase entropy. Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/Episode522 Subscribe to YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg--XBjJ50a9tUhTKXVPiqg Security Weekly Website: http://securityweekly.com Follow us on Twitter: @securityweekly

This is a random technical segment on implementing random number generators in Linux. Don shows us the ins and outs of the entropy pool, the different between /dev/random and /dev/urandom, and some awesome hardware that can increase entropy. Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/Episode522 Subscribe to YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg--XBjJ50a9tUhTKXVPiqg Security Weekly Website: http://securityweekly.com Follow us on Twitter: @securityweekly

Joe Desimone of Endgame joins us to discuss fileless attacks, Don Pezet of ITProTV delivers a technical segment on hardening weak software RNGs and hardware entropy sources, and we discuss the latest security news! Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/Episode522 Visit https://www.securityweekly.com for all the latest episodes!

Joe Desimone of Endgame joins us to discuss fileless attacks, Don Pezet of ITProTV delivers a technical segment on hardening weak software RNGs and hardware entropy sources, and we discuss the latest security news! Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/Episode522 Visit https://www.securityweekly.com for all the latest episodes!

RNGs (random number generators) are an important part of many games, and without them you know how everything will turn out before you even get there. They contribute to the organic feeling of a game and force you to decide on the trade-offs of your choices. This week we go all in discussing effects of RNGs and their important position in gaming. Spotlight games of the week: Factorio / SpeedRunners

We're back, and this week we'll be showing you how to tunnel out of a restrictive network using only DNS queries. We also sat down with Bryan Drewery, from the FreeBSD portmgr team, to talk all about their building cluster and some recent changes. All the latest news and answers to your emails, on BSD Now - the place to B.. SD. This episode was brought to you by Headlines EuroBSDCon 2014 registration open (http://2014.eurobsdcon.org/registration/) September is getting closer, and that means it's time for EuroBSDCon - held in Bulgaria this year Registration is finally open to the public, with prices for businesses ($287), individuals ($217) and students ($82) for the main conference until August 18th Tutorials, sessions, dev summits and everything else all have their own pricing as well Registering between August 18th - September 12th will cost more for everything You can register online here (http://registration.eurobsdcon.org/) and check hotels in the area (http://2014.eurobsdcon.org/registration/travel-and-stay/hotels) The FreeBSD foundation is also accepting applications (https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-announce/2014-July/001577.html) for travel grants *** OpenBSD SMP PF update (http://marc.info/?t=140440541000002&r=1&w=2) A couple weeks ago we talked about how DragonflyBSD updated their PF to be multithreaded With them joining the SMP ranks along with FreeBSD, a lot of users have been asking about when OpenBSD is going to make the jump In a recent mailing list thread, Henning Brauer (http://www.bsdnow.tv/episodes/2013_10_30-current_events) addresses some of the concerns The short version (http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=140479174521071&w=2) is that too many things in OpenBSD are currently single-threaded for it to matter - just reworking PF by itself would be useless He also says (http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=140481012425889&w=2) PF on OpenBSD is over four times faster than FreeBSD's old version, presumably due to those extra years of development it's gone through There's also been even more recent concern (https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-pf/2014-July/thread.html) about the uncertain future of FreeBSD's PF, being mostly unmaintained since their SMP patches We reached out to four developers (over week ago) about coming on the show to talk about OpenBSD network performance and SMP, but they all ignored us *** Introduction to NetBSD pkgsrc (http://saveosx.org/pkgsrc-intro/) An article from one of our listeners about how to create a new pkgsrc port or fix one that you need The post starts off with how to get the pkgsrc tree, shows how to get the developer tools and finally goes through the Makefile format It also lists all the different bmake targets and their functions in relation to the porting process Finally, the post details the whole process of creating a new port *** FreeBSD 9.3-RELEASE (https://www.freebsd.org/releases/9.3R/relnotes.html) After three RCs, FreeBSD 9.3 was scheduled to be finalized and announced today (https://www.freebsd.org/releases/9.3R/schedule.html) but actually came out yesterday The full list of changes (https://www.freebsd.org/releases/9.3R/relnotes.html) is available, but it's mostly a smaller maintenance release Lots of driver updates, ZFS issues fixed, hardware RNGs are entirely disabled by default, netmap framework updates, read-only ext4 support was added, the vt driver was merged from -CURRENT, new hardware support (including radeon KMS), various userland tools got new features, OpenSSL and OpenSSH were updated... and much more If you haven't jumped to the 10.x branch yet (and there are a lot of people who haven't!) this is a worthwhile upgrade - 9.2-RELEASE will reach EOL soon Good news, this will be the first release (https://twitter.com/evilgjb/status/485909719522222080) with PGP-signed checksums on the FTP mirrors - a very welcome change With that out of the way, the 10.1-RELEASE schedule was posted (https://www.freebsd.org/releases/10.1R/schedule.html) *** Interview - Bryan Drewery - bdrewery@freebsd.org (mailto:bdrewery@freebsd.org) / @bdrewery (https://twitter.com/bdrewery) The FreeBSD package building cluster, pkgng, ports, various topics Tutorial Tunneling traffic through DNS (http://www.bsdnow.tv/tutorials/ssh-dns) News Roundup SSH two-factor authentication on FreeBSD (http://blog.feld.me/posts/2014/07/ssh-two-factor-authentication-on-freebsd/) We've previously mentioned stories on how to do two-factor authentication with a Yubikey or via a third party website This blog post tells you how to do exactly that, but with your Google account and the pamgoogleauthenticator port Using this setup, every user that logs in with a password will have an extra requirement before they can gain access - but users with public keys can login normally It's a really, really simple process once you have the port installed - full details on the page *** Ditch tape backup in favor of FreeNAS (http://www.darvilleit.com/why-i-ditched-tape-backup-for-a-custom-made-freenas-backup/) The author of this post shares some of his horrible experiences with tape backups for a client Having constant, daily errors and failed backups, he needed to find another solution With 1TB of backups, tapes just weren't a good option anymore - so he switched to FreeNAS (after also ruling out a pre-built NAS) The rest of the article details his experiences with it and tells about his setup *** NetBSD vs FreeBSD, desktop experiences (http://imil.net/wp/2014/07/02/back-to-2000-2005-freebsd-desktop-2/) A NetBSD and pkgsrc developer details his experiences running NetBSD on a workstation at his job Becoming more and more disappointed with graphics performance, he finally decides to give FreeBSD 10 a try - especially since it has a native nVidia driver "Running on VAX, PlayStation 2 and Amiga is fun, but I'll tell you a little secret: nobody cares anymore about VAX, PlayStation 2 and Amiga." He's become pretty satisfied with FreeBSD, a modern choice for a 2014 desktop system *** PCBSD not-so-weekly digest (http://blog.pcbsd.org/2014/07/pc-bsd-feature-digest-31-warden-cli-upgrade-irc-announcement/) Speaking of choices for a desktop system, it's the return of the PCBSD digest! Warden and PBI_add have gotten some interesting new features You can now create jails "on the fly" when adding a new PBI to your application library Bulk jail creation is also possible now, and it's really easy New Jenkins integration, with public access to poudriere logs as well (http://builds.pcbsd.org) PkgNG 1.3.0.rc2 testing for EDGE users *** Feedback/Questions Jeff writes in (http://slexy.org/view/s21D05MP0t) - Sending Encrypted Backups over SSH (http://allanjude.com/zfs_handbook/zfs-zfs.html#zfs-send-ssh) + Sending ZFS snapshots via user (http://wiki.pcbsd.org/index.php/Life_Preserver/10.0#Backing_Up_to_a_FreeNAS_System) Bruce writes in (http://slexy.org/view/s2lzo1swzo) Richard writes in (http://slexy.org/view/s20z841ean) Jeff writes in (http://slexy.org/view/s2QYc8BOAo) - NYCBUG dmesg list (http://www.nycbug.org/index.cgi?action=dmesgd) Steve writes in (http://slexy.org/view/s2V2e1m7S7) ***

This time on the show, we'll be looking at the new version of FreeNAS, a BSD-based network attached storage solution, as well as talking to Josh Paetzel - one of the key developers of FreeNAS. Actually, he's on the FreeBSD release engineering team too, and does quite a lot for the project. We've got answers to your viewer-submitted questions and plenty of news to cover, so get ready for some BSD Now - the place to B.. SD. This episode was brought to you by Headlines More faces of FreeBSD (http://freebsdfoundation.blogspot.com/2013/12/faces-of-freebsd-reid-linnemann.html) Another installment of the FoF series This time they talk with Reid Linnemann who works at Spectra Logic Gives a history of all the different jobs he's done, all the programming languages he knows Mentions how he first learned about FreeBSD, actually pretty similar to Kris' story "I used the system to build and install ports, and explored, getting actively involved in the mailing lists and forums, studying, passing on my own limited knowledge to those who could benefit from it. I pursued my career in the open source software world, learning the differences in BSD and GNU licensing and the fragmented nature of Linux distributions, realizing the FreeBSD community was more mature and well distributed about industry, education, and research. Everything steered me towards working with and on FreeBSD." Now works on FreeBSD as his day job The second one (http://freebsdfoundation.blogspot.com/2013/12/faces-of-freebsd-brooks-davis.html) covers Brooks Davis FreeBSD committer since 2001 and core team member from 2006 through 2012 He's helped drive our transition from a GNU toolchain to a more modern LLVM-based toolchain "One of the reasons I like FreeBSD is the community involved in the process of building a principled, technically-advanced operating system platform. Not only do we produce a great product, but we have fun doing it." Lots more in the show notes *** We cannot trust Intel and Via's chip-based crypto (https://www.freebsd.org/news/status/report-2013-09-devsummit.html#Security) We woke up to see FreeBSD on the front page of The Register (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/12/09/freebsd_abandoning_hardware_randomness/), Ars Technica (http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/12/we-cannot-trust-intel-and-vias-chip-based-crypto-freebsd-developers-say/), Slashdot (http://it.slashdot.org/story/13/12/11/1919201/freebsd-developers-will-not-trust-chip-based-encryption) and Hacker News (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6880474) for their strong stance on security and respecting privacy At the EuroBSDCon dev summit, there was some discussion about removing support for hardware-based random number generators. FreeBSD's /dev/random got some updates and, for 10.0, will no longer allow the use of Intel or VIA's hardware RNGs as the sole point of entropy "It will still be possible to access hardware random number generators, that is, RDRAND, Padlock etc., directly by inline assembly or by using OpenSSL from userland, if required, but we cannot trust them any more" *** OpenSMTPD 5.4.1 released (http://article.gmane.org/gmane.mail.opensmtpd.general/1146) The OpenBSD developers came out with major a new version Improved config syntax (please check your smtpd.conf before upgrading) Adds support for TLS Perfect Forward Secrecy and custom CA certificate MTA, Queue and SMTP server improvements SNI support confirmed for the next version Check the show notes for the full list of changes, pretty huge release Watch Episode 3 (http://www.bsdnow.tv/episodes/2013-09-18_mx_with_ttx) for an interview we did with the developers *** More getting to know your portmgr (http://blogs.freebsdish.org/portmgr/2013/12/02/getting-to-know-your-portmgr-thomas-abthorpe/) The portmgr secretary, Thomas Abthorpe, interviews... himself! Joined as -secretary in March 2010, upgraded to full member in March 2011 His inspiration for using BSD is "I wanted to run a webserver, and I wanted something free. I was going to use something linux, then met up with a former prof from university, and shared my story with him. He told me FreeBSD was the way to go." Mentions how he loves that anyone can contribute and watch it "go live" The second one (http://blogs.freebsdish.org/portmgr/2013/12/09/getting-to-know-your-portmgr-baptiste-daroussin/) covers Baptiste Daroussin The reason for his nick, bapt, is "Baptiste is too long to type" There's even a video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZk__K8rqOg) of bapt joining the team! *** Interview - Santa Clause - josh@ixsystems.com (mailto:josh@ixsystems.com) / @freenasteam (https://twitter.com/freenasteam) FreeNAS 9.2.0 (http://www.freenas.org/whats-new/2013/12/freenas-9-2-0-rc-available.html) Note: we originally scheduled the interview to be with Josh Paetzel, but Santa showed up instead. Tutorial FreeNAS walkthrough News Roundup Introducing configinit (http://www.daemonology.net/blog/2013-12-09-FreeBSD-EC2-configinit.html) CloudInit is "a system originally written for Ubuntu which performs configuration of a system at boot-time based on user-data provided via EC2" Wasn't ideal for FreeBSD since it requires python and is designed around the concept of configuring a system by running commands (rather than editing configuration files) Colin Percival came up with configinit, a FreeBSD alternative Alongside his new "firstboot-pkgs" port, it can spin up a webserver in 120 seconds from "launch" of the EC2 instance Check the show notes for full blog post *** OpenSSH support for Ed25519 and bcrypt keys (http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/PROTOCOL.key?rev=1.1;content-type=text%2Fx-cvsweb-markup) New Ed25519 key support (hostkeys and user identities) using the public domain ed25519 reference code SSH private keys were encrypted with a symmetric key that's just an MD5 of their password Now they'll be using bcrypt by default (http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-cvs&m=138633721618361&w=2) We'll get more into this in next week's interview *** The FreeBSD challenge (http://thelinuxcauldron.com/2013/12/08/freebsd-challenge/) A member of the Linux foundation blogs about using FreeBSD Goes through all the beginner steps, has to "unlearn" some of his Linux ways Only a few posts as of this time, but it's a continuing series that may be helpful for switchers *** PCBSD weekly digest (http://blog.pcbsd.org/2013/12/pc-bsd-weekly-feature-digest-111513-2/) GNOME3, cinnamon and mate desktops are in the installer Compat layer updated to CentOS 6, enables newest Skype Looking for people to test printers and hplip Continuing work on grub, but the ability to switch between bootloaders is back *** Feedback/Questions Bostjan writes in (http://slexy.org/view/s20k2gumbP) Jason writes in (http://slexy.org/view/s2PM8tfKfe) John writes in (http://slexy.org/view/s2KgXIKqrJ) Kjell-Aleksander writes in (http://slexy.org/view/s20DLk8bac) Alexy writes in (http://slexy.org/view/s2nmmJHvgR) ***