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Be a podcast vampire and consume this episode about What We Do in the Shadows, featuring special guest Grace Treutel! We talk about the show's mockumentary style, favorite character arcs, the Guillermo of it all, and even fanfiction. Next we talk to Grace about her short story chapbook, From the Humid Chambers of My Heart. Read along for our next Bookpisode about Yellowface by R.F. Kuang on 10/3. Then join us and special guest Clay McLeod Chapman, author of What Kind of Mother, for our next Othersode about What Josiah Saw on 10/17. Send your feedback to thesquad@booksquadgoals.com and consider becoming a patron at patreon.com/booksquadgoals! TOC: :30– welcome! We've got a guest and we're taking a quiz!15:00– Show intro and the show's relation to the film20:00–Documentary format and comedy– how do they work together?29:45– That characters' stories this season42:27–The Guillermo of it all1:04:48– Grace's Fanfic corner!1:07:30– Interview with Grace about From the Humid Chambers of my Heart1:35:15– What's on the blog? What's up next?

Be a podcast vampire and consume this episode about What We Do in the Shadows, featuring special guest Grace Treutel! We talk about the show's mockumentary style, favorite character arcs, the Guillermo of it all, and even fanfiction. Next we talk to Grace about her short story chapbook, From the Humid Chambers of My Heart. Read along for our next Bookpisode about Yellowface by R.F. Kuang on 10/3. Then join us and special guest Clay McLeod Chapman, author of What Kind of Mother, for our next Othersode about What Josiah Saw on 10/17. Send your feedback to thesquad@booksquadgoals.com and consider becoming a patron at patreon.com/booksquadgoals! TOC: :30– welcome! We've got a guest and we're taking a quiz!15:00– Show intro and the show's relation to the film20:00–Documentary format and comedy– how do they work together?29:45– That characters' stories this season42:27–The Guillermo of it all1:04:48– Grace's Fanfic corner!1:07:30– Interview with Grace about From the Humid Chambers of my Heart1:35:15– What's on the blog? What's up next?

Welcome to Episode 76 of The McGuffin Pickleball Show! Dive deep into the exhilarating world of professional Pickleball with Tyson McGuffin, capturing memorable moments, insightful discussions, and the vibrant energy of the game.

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mlst Discord: https://discord.gg/ESrGqhf5CB Prof. Melanie Mitchell argues that the concept of "understanding" in AI is ill-defined and multidimensional - we can't simply say an AI system does or doesn't understand. She advocates for rigorously testing AI systems' capabilities using proper experimental methods from cognitive science. Popular benchmarks for intelligence often rely on the assumption that if a human can perform a task, an AI that performs the task must have human-like general intelligence. But benchmarks should evolve as capabilities improve. Large language models show surprising skill on many human tasks but lack common sense and fail at simple things young children can do. Their knowledge comes from statistical relationships in text, not grounded concepts about the world. We don't know if their internal representations actually align with human-like concepts. More granular testing focused on generalization is needed. There are open questions around whether large models' abilities constitute a fundamentally different non-human form of intelligence based on vast statistical correlations across text. Mitchell argues intelligence is situated, domain-specific and grounded in physical experience and evolution. The brain computes but in a specialized way honed by evolution for controlling the body. Extracting "pure" intelligence may not work. Other key points: - Need more focus on proper experimental method in AI research. Developmental psychology offers examples for rigorous testing of cognition. - Reporting instance-level failures rather than just aggregate accuracy can provide insights. - Scaling laws and complex systems science are an interesting area of complexity theory, with applications to understanding cities. - Concepts like "understanding" and "intelligence" in AI force refinement of fuzzy definitions. - Human intelligence may be more collective and social than we realize. AI forces us to rethink concepts we apply anthropomorphically. The overall emphasis is on rigorously building the science of machine cognition through proper experimentation and benchmarking as we assess emerging capabilities. TOC: [00:00:00] Introduction and Munk AI Risk Debate Highlights [05:00:00] Douglas Hofstadter on AI Risk [00:06:56] The Complexity of Defining Intelligence [00:11:20] Examining Understanding in AI Models [00:16:48] Melanie's Insights on AI Understanding Debate [00:22:23] Unveiling the Concept Arc [00:27:57] AI Goals: A Human vs Machine Perspective [00:31:10] Addressing the Extrapolation Challenge in AI [00:36:05] Brain Computation: The Human-AI Parallel [00:38:20] The Arc Challenge: Implications and Insights [00:43:20] The Need for Detailed AI Performance Reporting [00:44:31] Exploring Scaling in Complexity Theory Eratta: Note Tim said around 39 mins that a recent Stanford/DM paper modelling ARC “on GPT-4 got around 60%”. This is not correct and he misremembered. It was actually davinci3, and around 10%, which is still extremely good for a blank slate approach with an LLM and no ARC specific knowledge. Folks on our forum couldn't reproduce the result. See paper linked below. Books (MUST READ): Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans (Melanie Mitchell) https://www.amazon.co.uk/Artificial-Intelligence-Guide-Thinking-Humans/dp/B07YBHNM1C/?&_encoding=UTF8&tag=mlst00-21&linkCode=ur2&linkId=44ccac78973f47e59d745e94967c0f30&camp=1634&creative=6738 Complexity: A Guided Tour (Melanie Mitchell) https://www.amazon.co.uk/Audible-Complexity-A-Guided-Tour?&_encoding=UTF8&tag=mlst00-21&linkCode=ur2&linkId=3f8bd505d86865c50c02dd7f10b27c05&camp=1634&creative=6738 Show notes (transcript, full references etc) https://atlantic-papyrus-d68.notion.site/Melanie-Mitchell-2-0-15e212560e8e445d8b0131712bad3000?pvs=25 YT version: https://youtu.be/29gkDpR2orc

September is suicide prevention month...Welcome to After Dark! Today I'm joined by Greg Grogan from the Overwatch Collective, which is a non-profit organization with a keen understanding in how to help bring PTSD suicide awareness and mental health among first responders and military to the front lines. You can catch them on their podcast where they discuss insights on how their organization utilizes modern tech to make a greater impact to the lives of many of these first responders and military vets, how they raise money to bring resources to those heroes in need and therapy for who are battling these issues.Welcome to After Dark! Today I'm joined by Greg Grogan from the Overwatch Collective @theoverwatchcollective , which is a non-profit organization with a keen understanding in how to help bring PTSD suicide awareness and mental health among first responders and military to the front lines.You can catch them on their podcast where they discuss insights on how their organization utilizes modern tech to make a greater impact to the lives of many of these first responders and military vets, how they raise money to bring resources to those heroes in need and therapy for who are battling these issues.Greg & I catch up on what TOC is doing, what they're learning, and how they're impacting those in need.If you are, or know someone, who is struggling…there are resources to receive help. It may take some work. The process could be frustrating. And it might feel scary. But, suicide is a permanent action to somehow overcome a temporary problem. Please seek help

The guys are back on NFL opening night! Talking Big Mike getting booted from running his Tuesday sport league, PBA 50 TOC and awards, PWBA awards, Bowlero booting league bowlers for birthday parties and worst of the week

Episodio donde hacemos el supuesto de si Batman fuera villano y el quién le podría ganar, misterio del taxista vs la señora vampira, reseña Meg 2: The Trench, Jason Statham y el riesgo de que Meg le arruine su carrera, The Rock y su bajón en sus proyectos, reseña de la película de miedo Cobweb (en español Toc toc toc) con Anthony Starr y mucho más!! Escúchanos: Spotify / Apple Podcasts / YouTube Apóyanos: patreon.com/holamsupernova Síguenos: Instagram/ Twitter/ TikTok @holamsupernova

It's Swoopy Septmeber and we're all streaking! This week Toc joins Mel as we return to our ‘Big Things' discussion. Mel recounts her trip to Ballina Coast parkrun and TOC re-indexes at Rosebud. Billo drops by with a stella report for Yackandandah parkrun, Pippa has more motivation for getting it done and Johan has all the proper pronunciations. Plus we explain the bingoe card challenges and suggest the next level up.

Gidday, Goalies! Join the squad on the sun-drenched Australian coast for a tale of love (?) and loss with Thirst for Salt, the debut novel by Madelaine Lucas. We discuss the writing style, the book's central relationship, and themes of motherhood. Next we catch up with what might or might not be on the blog and share some news about our Patreon – that's right, we have a Patreon now! Tune in on 9/19 for our next Othersode about What We Do in the Shadows with special guest Grace Treutel. Then read along with us for our next Bookpisode about Yellowface by R.F. Kuang on 10/3. Send your feedback to thesquad@booksquadgoals.com and become a patron at pateon.com/booksquadgoals!TOC:30 – Welcome! 12:28 – Book intro14:38 – Why is the narrative structure like that25:00 – The writing31:59 – The relationship44:49 – Mom stuff59:34 – Ratings1:04:07 – What's on the blog? What's up next?

Você sabia que algumas crianças podem desenvolver (toc) ? Transtorno obsessivo e compulsivo. No episódio 242 do PediatraCast, mergulharemos profundamente sobre o desenvolvimento da compreensão dos pais e educadores sobre sintomas do desenvolvimento do (TOC) na infância que podem ser inespecíficos e sutis. Todas as crianças se sentem ansiosas ou preocupadas às vezes. Para alguns, pensamentos ansiosos não vão embora. E com esses pensamentos, seu filho ou adolescente pode sentir uma necessidade intensa de repetir ações muito específicas. Eles podem não ser capazes de explicar o porquê, mas muitas vezes sentem que é para proteger a si mesmos ou a alguém que amam.  Nesse episódio 242 do PediatraCast, junte-se a nós, Gustavo Passi, podcaster e pai, a Dra. Carolina Vince, pediatra e mãe, e a Dra. Ivani Mancini, também pediatra e mãe, que abordam de maneira descontraída e esclarecedora características de desenvolvimento de (TOC) ainda na infância , e o que você deve saber sobre essa condição e o que fazer se acreditar que seu filho pode precisar de ajuda. O Transtorno Obsessivo-Compulsivo (TOC) pode afetar crianças, embora os sintomas possam ser diferentes em comparação com adultos. O TOC é um transtorno de saúde mental caracterizado por obsessões e compulsões. Obsessões: São pensamentos, impulsos ou imagens intrusivos e indesejados que causam ansiedade significativa. Em crianças, as obsessões podem se manifestar de várias maneiras, como preocupações excessivas com doenças, medo de se machucar ou de prejudicar os outros, ou pensamentos sobre simetria e ordem. As crianças podem ter dificuldade em expressar o que estão sentindo, tornando às vezes difícil identificar as obsessões. Compulsões: São comportamentos repetitivos que uma criança com TOC realiza em resposta às obsessões para aliviar a ansiedade. Esses comportamentos podem incluir lavagem excessiva das mãos, contar, verificar, tocar objetos de maneira específica ou realizar rituais repetitivos. As compulsões podem ser mais visíveis e óbvias do que as obsessões. Se você suspeitar que uma criança pode estar sofrendo de TOC, é importante buscar ajuda de um profissional de saúde mental o mais rápido possível, pois o tratamento precoce pode ajudar a melhorar os sintomas e reduzir o impacto do transtorno na vida da criança. É crucial oferecer apoio e compreensão à criança durante o processo de tratamento e recuperação. Sintonize-se no PediatraCast para uma exploração abrangente desse tema , apresentada por especialistas renomados que trazem tanto conhecimento profissional quanto uma pitada de bom humor. Ideal para pais, mães, médicos e qualquer um interessado no bem-estar de crianças e adolescentes. O PediatraCast mais uma vez reforça a importância da prevenção e intervenção precoce para garantir a autonomia e o bem-estar das crianças.  Clique agora para assistir a esse importante episódio do PediatraCast!" Nos siga e compartilhem nossas redes:  instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pediatracast/ ou @pediatracast  TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@pediatracast  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@pediatracast-pediatriafilh185 link deste episódio: https://www.healthychildren.org/English/health-issues/conditions/infections/Pages/Boils-Abscess-and-Cellulitis.aspx Apresentação: Edição: Artur Xavier Técnica de Gravação: Thiago Souza Design: Honda Uma produção Voz e Conteúdo – www.vozeconteudo.com.br  - @estudiosvoz #SaúdeInfantil#MãesDePlantão#PediatraCast#CuidadosInfantis#VidaDePediatra#DicasParaMamães#BebêsFelizes#PaisDePlantão#DicasParaPais#SaúdeInfantil#PodcastInfantil#PaisInformados#BemEstarInfantil#DesenvolvimentoInfantil#CrescendoSaudável#DesafiosDaMaternidade#MaternidadeReal#CriançasSaudáveis#BemEstarDasCrianças

As we approach our favourite streaky season we bring you reflections from International dog day at Parkindula Reserve parkrun, plus we have roving reports from TOC at Tallangatta and Johan at Cape Agulhas. Pippa drops in with streaky advice, the Birthday Boy brings us all the cake and there are emails a-plenty.

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James Ignatowich joins the pod from a Sonic parking lot in Kansas City. He breaks down his match-of-the-year contender from TOC and explains why he wasn't a candidate in the Riley Newman partner sweepstakes.  Zane and Thomas cover Zane's injury and recap their head-to-head results from last week.  To support Stop Alzheimers Now and submit your question for the pod visit: https://www.stopalzheimersnow.org/donate.html Use code DINK20 to save 20% of pickleball apparel at https://dillylife.com/ and receive free shipping on orders over $75. Rep the latest in dink branded merch at https://repthedink.com/ ------------------ Like the ep? Do us a favor: subscribe to our channel and leave a review on Apple or Spotify -Subscribe to our 'all things pickleball' *free e-newsletter* at https://www.thedinkpickleball.com/signup/ -Follow us on IG *@thedinkpickleball* -Continue the convo in our private FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thedi... -For everything else we do, visit https://linktr.ee/dinkfam -Read more about Zane and subscribe to his newsletter at https://zanenavratilpickleball.com/ -Follow Zane on IG @zanenavratilpickleball ------------------ Show Notes: 0:00 Podcasting is hard 6:20 Rec matches with Maurice the Grease 10:20 Is your goose cooked in singles? 17:01 If James can make it anyone can 20:20 An eye for talent - evaluating Dallas Pickleball Club 25:14 The best teammate in pickleball 33:20 Snubbed in the Riley Newman partner search 39:10 The latest from ProXR 46:00 James' first round loss at TOC 55:20 Pat Smith's resurgence + Zane's injury 1:04:50 Ranchers new ownership group and Teqball 1:06:10 Stop Alzheimer's Now questions 1:11:58 Collin vs Matt on the right side Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Conor and Bryce record live from Slovenia while driving and review Lake Bled and Bled Cream Cake and solve one problem in Haskell, Rust and C++!Link to Episode 142 on WebsiteDiscuss this episode, leave a comment, or ask a question (on GitHub)TwitterADSP: The PodcastConor HoekstraBryce Adelstein LelbachShow NotesDate Recorded: 2023-06-18Date Released: 2023-08-11Lake BledBled Cream CakeMastermind Board GameGašper Ažman on TwitterRamanujan Numbers“Point-Free or Die: Tacit Programming in Haskell and Beyond” by Amar ShahLambdaDays 2023: Composition Intuition - Conor HoekstraC++17 std::transform_reduceC++98 std::inner_productC++98 std::equal_toC++98 std::equalC++98 std::plusHaskell zipWithHaskell fromEnumHaskell sumBQN LanguageAPL LanguageexactMatches Tweet from Composition Intuition Talkexact_matches Rust TweetRust Iterator traitRust str::chars()Intro Song InfoMiss You by Sarah Jansen https://soundcloud.com/sarahjansenmusicCreative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/l-miss-youMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/iYYxnasvfx8

TOC joins Mel this week on Level 2 with a view to share some of his highlights from his recent European vacay. We've got news from a giant orange moustache, clarifications, graphs, age grade 1st finishers, Club Corner and roving reports from Studley and Greenbank parkruns.

Sorry to *bug* you, but we've got a new episode here! Join the Squad for a discussion of Piñata by Leopoldo Gout. We chat about the horrors of colonialism, puberty, and of course, whether the book is scary. Next we get into some listener feedback for Chain-Gang All-Stars and catch up with what's on the ol' Book Squad Blog, including new Bachelorette recaps. Get ready to party for our next Othersode on Barbie! We'll be joined by fellow podcaster Nathan Simmons for that one on 8/22. Next, read along for our Bookpisode on Thirst for Salt by Madelaine Lucas on 9/4. Send us any and all feedback to thesquad@booksquadgoals.com and be sure to leave us a rating and review on Apple podcasts, pretty please!TOC:30 – Hello and Welcome!6:50– Book Intro and jumping right in21:13 –Colonialism is bad37:28 – Is this book just about puberty?53:24 – Where are we again? Is this book scary?1:03:35 –Let's rate it! 1:07:31 – Listener Feedback!1:17:10– What's on the blog? What's up next? Links:https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/fury-born-from-helplessness-on-leopoldo-gouts-pinata/ https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-pinata-author-leopoldo-gout/ https://www.esthersarahkim.com/https://twitter.com/angelmamii5?lang=en

================================================== ==SUSCRIBETEhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNpffyr-7_zP1x1lS89ByaQ?sub_confirmation=1================================================== == DEVOCIÓN MATUTINA PARA JÓVENES 2023“CARÁCTER”Narrado por: Daniel RamosDesde: Connecticut, Estados UnidosUna cortesía de DR'Ministries y Canaan Seventh-Day Adventist Church 03 DE AGOSTO                                         A LA BÚSQUEDA DEL EMPÁTICO«Gozaos con los que se gozan; llorad con los que lloran.» ROM. 12:15 Para vivir hay que hacerlo en compañía. Para vivir de forma cristiana hay que hacerlo acompañando a las personas. La empatía es uno de los valores más relevantes en el cristianismo y, sin él, perdería toda su esencia. Si hay algo que nos hace sensibles ante la conducta de Jesús es que supo estar en compañía y acompañando. Se alegró con los que se alegraban y sufrió con los que sufrían. Tocó leprosos, comió con gentes marginadas, curó inmundos, se sentó a charlar con publicanos y prostitutas. Lloró con el llanto de los amigos en la muerte de Lázaro, aunque sabía que, en breves instantes, la expectación y la alegría marcarían la resurrección. Sentía con las personas.Estamos, por tanto, llamados a ser empáticos, pero, ¿lo somos? Deja que te proponga algunas pistas para saber cuánto lo eres. Empecemos por lo que es contrario a una persona empática:1. No escuchas a los demás. Eres capaz de asentir en una conversación, pero tu mente está en otro lado. No te importa demasiado lo que está diciendo.2. Aguardas un beneficio. Cuando haces algo por los demás, esperas algo a cambio y si no lo recibes te sientes contrariado.3. Te gusta hacer comentarios negativos de los demás. Tienes la habilidad de encontrar el punto flaco de los otros y realizar comentarios irónicos e hirientes.Y lo propio de alguien que se coloca en el lugar de los demas:1. No solo escuchas, sino que te pones en el lugar del otro. Eres capaz de interiorizar la situación de los demás verdaderos, comprender sus circunstancias y dar palabras de consuelo. ¿Cómo sabes que son de verdad? Porque no te preocupa tanto lo que dices, sino como lo dices. Las palabras surgen del corazón y suelen expresarse con afecto e, incluso, una palmada o un abrazo.2. Esperas que la persona mejore si le va mal y que permanezca alegre si le va bien. No importa tanto tu realidad como la suya. De hecho, no solo dices palabras bonitas, procura buscar soluciones que remedien una situación negativa. Te comprometes.3. Eres amable hablando con los demás y no te preocupas solo del contenido de tus palabras, sino, además, de cómo las dices. Sabes que la verdad de verdad va envuelta en cariño. No hay excusa para perder la cortesía.¿Cómo te ha ido la cosa? No te lo digo por curiosidad, sino por interés en ti. La vida es mucho más plena, si eres una persona empática. Es mejor vivir acompañando que, simplemente, en compañía.

Have you ever wondered: What if Jane Austen, but gay? Join the squad and returning guest Tirzah Price for an episode where we explore this very important question. First, we discuss Andrew Ahn's 2022 film Fire Island, a queer retelling of Austen's Pride and Prejudice. Then, we talk with Tirzah about her new book, Manslaughter Park, the third in her YA series of Jane Austen Murder Mysteries — and the first to feature a sapphic romance. If you have comments, questions, or ideas for more gay adaptations of classics, please email us at thesquad@booksquadgoals.com, and follow us on social @booksquadgoals. Stay tuned for our next bookpisode on Piñata by Leopoldo Gout (8/8), and then on 8/22 as we finally dive into Barbie! TOC:30–welcome, Tirzah! And icebreaker 7:36–film intro9:04–what makes this film different from other adaptations?22:54–romance and representation33:15–beauty standards and gay culture42:00–misc topics44:50–manslaughter park!!1:19:38–feedback!1:21:40–what's on the blog? What's up next?Linkshttps://www.instagram.com/queerloveinhistory/https://www.them.us/story/manslaughter-park-tirzah-price-queer-jane-austen-interviewhttps://www.instagram.com/jfkillsdarlings/?hl=en

In this episode our host Preethy Padmanabhan discusses the classic management book “The Goal” with Andy MacMillan, CEO of UserTesting. Andy shares valuable insights on how to apply concepts from the book to a modern SaaS business. Check out the podcast to gain time tested knowledge on how to effectively identify and reduce bottlenecks in your business and successfully achieve your goal. "The Goal" is a management-oriented novel written by Eliyahu M. Goldratt, published in 1984. The story follows Alex Rogo, a plant manager who faces numerous challenges at his struggling manufacturing company. Faced with the threat of closure, Alex embarks on a journey of discovery guided by a mentor named Jonah, who introduces him to the Theory of Constraints (TOC). Through various real-world scenarios and insights, Alex learns to identify and prioritize bottlenecks in his production process, leading to improved efficiency and profitability. By focusing on the core principles of TOC, Alex successfully transforms his factory and gains valuable lessons applicable to other areas of business and life.

In this episode we continue our mini-series investigating the secret architecture of US empire. Here we look at the hidden realm of covert black projects being conducted within the inner recesses of the US national security state. How are these black projects managed and by whom? I argue that that a hidden scientific think tank is behind this black projects world. I call it the "technocratic superstate".  In this episode, we examine the concealed structure of this entity, while also considering how it works, what kind of projects it oversees, and why it came into formation.  Speakers referenced in this video include: Steven Greer, Catherine Austin Fitts, Joseph P. Farrell, Peter Dale Scott, and Richard Dolan.To watch the video version: https://youtu.be/SuAO_v6ESg4This episode is based around a series of articles I recently published on my Substack: http://thewisdomtradition.substack.com That article is part of a larger book project. The TOC can be found on my website: http://www.alexsachon.com Thank you,- Alex

Quais são os principais riscos de ter um aluno com estas características em sala de aula? O psicólogo Eduardo Sá ajuda uma professora preocupada porque no próximo ano letivo vai ter uma aluna com TOC.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

En este episodio platicamos sobre la importancia de la salud mental, qué son los trastornos mentales, la depresión, los niveles de depresión que existe, qué es la esquizofrenia y cuáles son sus síntomas, qué es el TOC y cómo se manifiesta y muchas cosas más…Califica el podcast con 5 estrellas y activa la campanita de notificaciones

Andreas Wittig, Co-Author of Amazon Web Services in Action and Co-Founder of marbot, joins Corey on Screaming in the Cloud to discuss ways to keep a book up to date in an ever-changing world, the advantages of working with a publisher, and how he began the journey of writing a book in the first place. Andreas also recalls how much he learned working on the third edition of Amazon Web Services in Action and how teaching can be an excellent tool for learning. Since writing the first edition, Adreas's business has shifted from a consulting business to a B2B product business, so he and Corey also discuss how that change came about and the pros and cons of each business model. About AndreasAndreas is the Co-Author of Amazon Web Services in Action and Co-Founder of marbot - AWS Monitoring made simple! He is also known on the internet as cloudonaut through the popular blog, podcast, and youtube channel he created with his brother Michael. Links Referenced: Amazon Web Services in Action: https://www.amazon.com/Amazon-Services-Action-Andreas-Wittig/dp/1617295116 Rapid Docker on AWS: https://cloudonaut.io/rapid-docker-on-aws/ bucket/av: https://bucketav.com/ marbot: https://marbot.io/ cloudonaut.io: https://cloudonaut.io TranscriptAnnouncer: Hello, and welcome to Screaming in the Cloud with your host, Chief Cloud Economist at The Duckbill Group, Corey Quinn. This weekly show features conversations with people doing interesting work in the world of cloud, thoughtful commentary on the state of the technical world, and ridiculous titles for which Corey refuses to apologize. This is Screaming in the Cloud.Corey: Welcome to Screaming in the Cloud. I'm Corey Quinn. It's been a few years since I caught up with Andreas Wittig, who is also known in the internet as cloudonaut, and much has happened since then. Andreas, how are you?Andreas: Hey, absolutely. Thank you very much. I'm happy to be here in the show. I'm doing fine.Corey: So, one thing that I have always held you in some high regard for is that you have done what I have never had the attention span to do: you wrote a book. And you published it a while back through Manning, it was called Amazon Web Services in Action. That is ‘in action' two words, not Amazon Web Services Inaction of doing absolutely nothing about it, which is what a lot of companies in the space seem to do instead.Andreas: [laugh]. Yeah, absolutely. So. And it was not only me. I've written the book together with my brother because back in 2015, Manning, for some reason, wrote in and asked us if we would be interested in writing the book.And we had just founded our own consulting company back then and we had—we didn't have too many clients at the very beginning, so we had a little extra time free. And then we decided, okay, let's do the book. And let's write a book about Amazon Web Services, basically, a deep introduction into all things AWS. So, this was 2015, and it was indeed a lot of work, much more [laugh] than we expected. So, first of all, the hard part is, what do you want to have in the book? So, what's the TOC? What is important and must be in?And then you start writing and have examples and everything. So, it was really an interesting journey. And doing it together with a publisher like Manning was also really interesting because we learned a lot about writing. You have kind of a coach, an editor that helps you through that process. So, this was really a hard and fun experience.Corey: There's a lot of people that have said very good things about writing the book through a traditional publisher. And they also say that one of the challenges is it's a blessing and a curse, where you basically have someone standing over your shoulder saying, “Is it done yet? Is it done yet? Is it done yet?” The consensus that seems to have emerged from people who have written books is, “That was great, please don't ever ask me to do it again.”And my operating theory is that no one wants to write a book. They want to have written a book. Which feels like two very different things most of the time. But the reason you're back on now is that you have gone the way of the terrible college professor, where you're going to update the book, and therefore you get to do a whole new run of textbooks and make everyone buy it and kill the used market, et cetera. And you've done that twice now because you have just recently released the third edition. So, I have to ask, how different is version one from version two and from version three? Although my apologies; we call them ‘editions' in the publishing world.Andreas: [laugh]. Yeah, yeah. So, of course, as you can imagine, things change a lot in AWS world. So, of course, you have to constantly update things. So, I remember from first to second edition, we switched from CloudFormation in JSON to YAML. And now to the third edition, we added two new chapters. This was also important to us, so to keep also the scope of the book in shape.So, we have in the third edition, two new chapters. One is about automating deployments, recovering code deploy, [unintelligible 00:03:59], CloudFormation rolling updates in there. And then there was one important topic missing at all in the book, which was containers. And we finally decided to add that in, and we have now container chapter, starting with App Runner, which I find quite an interesting service to observe right now, and then our bread and butter service: ECS and Fargate. So, that's basically the two new chapters. And of course, then reworking all the other chapters is also a lot of work. And so, many things change over time. Cannot imagine [laugh].Corey: When was the first edition released? Because I believe the second one was released in 2018, which means you've been at this for a while.Andreas: Yeah. So, the first was 2015, the second 2018, three years later, and then we had five years, so now this third edition was released at the beginning of this year, 2023.Corey: Eh, I think you're right on schedule. Just March of 2020 lasted three years. That's fine.Andreas: Yeah [laugh].Corey: So, I have to ask, one thing that I've always appreciated about AWS is, it feels like with remarkably few exceptions, I can take a blog post written on how to do something with AWS from 2008 and now in 2023, I can go through every step along with that blog post. And yeah, I might have trouble getting some of the versions and services and APIs up and running, but the same steps will absolutely work. There are very few times where a previously working API gets deprecated and stops working. Is this the best way to proceed? Absolutely not.But you can still spin up the m1.medium instance sizes, or whatever it was, or [unintelligible 00:05:39] on small or whatever the original only size that you could get was. It's just there are orders of magnitude and efficiency gains you can do by—you can go through by using more modern approaches. So, I have to ask, was there anything in the book as you revised it—two times now—that needed to come out because it was now no longer working?Andreas: So, related to the APIs that's—they are really very stable, you're right about that. So, the problem is, our first few chapters where we have screenshots of how you go through the management—Corey: Oh no.Andreas: —console [laugh]. And you can probably, you can redo them every three months, probably, because the button moves or a step is included or something like that. So, the later chapters in the book, where we focus a lot on the CLI or CloudFormation and stuff like—or SDKs, they are pretty stable. But the first few [ones 00:06:29] are a nightmare to update all those screenshots. And then sometimes, so I was going through the book, and then I noticed, oh, there's a part of this chapter that I can completely remove nowadays.So, I can give you an example. So, I was going through the chapter about Simple Storage Service S3, and I—there was a whole section in the chapter about read-after-write consistency. Because back then, it was important that you knew that after updating an object or reading an object before it was created the first time, you could get outdated versions for a little while, so this was eventually consistent. But nowadays, AWS has changed that and basically now, S3 has this strong read-after-write consistency. So, I basically could remove that whole part in the chapter which was quite complicated to explain to the reader, right, so I [laugh] put a lot of effort into that.Corey: You think that was confusing? I look at the sea of systems I had to oversee at one company, specifically to get around that problem. It's like, well, we can now take this entire application and yeet it into the ocean because it was effectively a borderline service to that just want to ens—making consistency guarantees. It's not a common use case, but it is one that occurs often enough to be a problem. And of course, when you need it, you really need it. That was a nice under-the-hood change that was just one day, surprise, it works that way. But I'm sure it was years of people are working behind the scenes, solving for impossible problems to get there, and cetera, et cetera.Andreas: Yeah, yeah. But that's really cool is to remove parts of the book that are now less complicated. This is really cool. So, a few other examples. So, things change a lot. So, for example, EFS, so we have EFS, Elastic File System, in the book as well. So, now we have new throughput modes, different limits. So, there's really a lot going on and you have to carefully go through all the—Corey: Oh, when EFS launched, it was terrible. Now, it's great just because it's gotten so much more effective and efficient as a service. It's… AWS releases things before they're kind of ready, it feels like sometimes, and then they improve with time. I know there have been feature deprecations. For example, for some reason, they are no longer allowing us to share out a bucket via BitTorrent, which, you know, in 2006 when it came out, seemed like a decent idea to save on bandwidth. But here in 2023, no one cares about it.But I'm also keeping a running list of full-on AWS services that have been deprecated or have the deprecations announced. Are any of those in the book in any of its editions? And if and when there's a fourth edition, will some of those services have to come out?Andreas: [laugh]. Let's see. So, right after the book was published—because the problem with books is they get printed, right; that's the issue—but the target of the book, AWS, changes. So, a few weeks after the printed book was out, we found out that we have an issue in our one of our examples because now S3 buckets, when you create them, they have locked public access enabled by default. And this was not the case before. And one of our example relies on that it can create object access control lists, and this is not working now anymore. [laugh].So yeah, there are things changing. And we have, the cool thing about Manning is they have that what they call a live book, so you can read it online and you can have notes from other readers and us as the authors along the text, and there we can basically point you in the right direction and explain what happened here. So, this is how we try to keep the book updated. Of course, the printed one stays the same, but the ebook can change over time a little bit.Corey: Yes, ebooks are… at least keeping them updated is a lot easier, I would imagine. It feels like that—speaking of continuous builds and automatic CI/CD approaches—yeah, well, we could build a book just by updating some text in a Git repo or its equivalent, and pressing go, but it turns out that doing a whole new print run takes a little bit more work.Andreas: Yeah. Because you mentioned the experience of writing a book with a publisher and doing it on your own with self-publishing, so we did both in the past. We have Amazon Web Services in Action with Manning and we did another book, Rapid Docker on AWS in self-publishing. And what we found out is, there's really a lot of effort that goes into typesetting and layouting a book, making sure it looks consistent.And of course, you can just transform some markdown into a epub and PDF versions, but if a publisher is doing that, the results are definitely different. So, that was, besides the other help that we got from the publisher, very helpful. So, we enjoyed that as well.Corey: What is the current state of the art—since I don't know the answer to this one—around updating ebook versions? If I wind up buying an ebook on Kindle, for example, will they automatically push errata down automatically through their system, or do they reserve that for just, you know, unpublishing books that they realized shouldn't be on the Marketplace after people have purchased them?Andreas: [laugh]. So—Corey: To be fair, that only happened once, but I'm still giving them grief for it a decade and change later. But it was 1984. Of all the books to do that, too. I digress.Andreas: So, I'm not a hundred percent sure how it works with the Kindle. I know that Manning pushes out new versions by just emailing all the customers who bought the book and sending them a new version. Yeah.Corey: Yeah. It does feel, on some level, like there needs to be at least a certain degree of substantive change before they're going to start doing that. It's like well, good news. There was a typo on page 47 that we're going to go ahead and fix now. Two letters were transposed in a word. Now, that might theoretically be incredibly important if it's part of a code example, which yes, send that out, but generally, A, their editing is on point, so I didn't imagine that would sneak through, and 2, no one cares about a typo release and wants to get spammed over it?Andreas: Definitely, yeah. Every time there's a reprint of the book, you have the chance to make small modifications, to add something or remove something. That's also a way to keep it in shape a little bit.Corey: I have to ask, since most people talk about AWS services to a certain point of view, what is your take on databases? Are you sticking to the actual database services or are you engaged in my personal hobby of misusing everything as a database by holding it wrong?Andreas: [laugh]. So, my favorite database for starting out is DynamoDB. So, I really like working with DynamoDB and I like the limitations and the thing that you have to put some thoughts into how to structure your data set in before. But we also use a lot of Aurora, which really find an interesting technology. Unfortunately, Aurora Serverless, it's not becoming a product that I want to use. So, version one is now outdated, version two is much too expensive and restricted. So—Corey: I don't even know that it's outdated because I'm seeing version one still get feature updates to it. It feels like a divergent service. That is not what I would expect a version one versus version two to be. I'm with you on Dynamo, by the way. I started off using that and it is cheap is free for most workloads I throw at it. It's just a great service start to finish. The only downside is that if I need to move it somewhere else, then I have a problem.Andreas: That's true. Yeah, absolutely.Corey: I am curious, as far as you look across the sea of change—because you've been doing this for a while and when you write a book, there's nothing that I can imagine that would be better at teaching you the intricacies of something like AWS than writing a book on it. I got a small taste of this years ago when I shot my mouth off and committed to give a talk about Git. Well, time to learn Git. And teaching it to other people really solidifies a lot of the concepts yourself. Do you think that going through the process of writing this book has shaped how you perform as an engineer?Andreas: Absolutely. So, it's really interesting. So,I added the third edition and I worked on it mostly last year. And I didn't expect to learn a lot during that process actually, because I just—okay, I have to update all the examples, make sure everything work, go through the text, make sure everything is up to date. But I learned things, not only new things, but I relearned a lot of things that I wasn't aware of anymore. Or maybe I've never been; I don't know exactly [laugh].But it's always, if you go into the details and try to explain something to others, you learn a lot about that. So, teaching is a very good way to, first of all gather structure and a deep understanding of a topic and also dive into the details. Because when you write a book, every time you write a sentence, ask the question, is that really correct? Do I really know that or do I just assume that? So, I check the documentation, try to find out, is that really the case or is that something that came up myself?So, you'll learn a lot by doing that. And always come to the limits of the AWS documentation because sometimes stuff is just not documented and you need to figure out, what is really happening here? What's the real deal? And then this is basically the research part. So, I always find that interesting. And I learned a lot in during the third edition, while was only adding two new chapters and rewriting a lot of them. So, I didn't expect that.Corey: Do you find that there has been an interesting downstream effect from having written the book, that for better or worse, I've always no—I always notice myself responding to people who have written a book with more deference, more acknowledgment for the time and effort that it takes. And some books, let's be clear, are terrible, but I still find myself having that instinctive reaction because they saw something through to be published. Have you noticed it changing other aspects of your career over the past, oh, dear Lord, it would have been almost ten years now.Andreas: So, I think it helped us a lot with our consulting business, definitely. Because at the very beginning, so back in 2015, at least here in Europe and Germany, AWS was really new in the game. And being the one that has written a book about AWS was really helping… stuff. So, it really helped us a lot for our consulting work. I think now we are into that game of having to update the book [laugh] every few years, to make sure it stays up to date, but I think it really helped us for starting our consulting business.Corey: And you've had a consulting business for a while. And now you have effectively progressed to the next stage of consulting business lifecycle development, which is, it feels like you're becoming much more of a product company than you were in years past. Is that an accurate perception from the outside or am I misunderstanding something fundamental?Andreas: You know, absolutely, that's the case. So, from the very beginning, basically, when we founded our company, so eight years ago now, so we always had to go to do consulting work, but also do product work. And we had a rule of thumb that 20% of our time goes into product development. And we tried a lot of different things. So, we had just a few examples that failed completely.So, we had a Time [Series 00:17:49] as a Service offering at the very beginning of our journey, which failed completely. And now we have Amazon Timestream, which makes that totally—so now the market is maybe there for that. We tried a lot of things, tried content products, but also as we are coming from the software development world, we always try to build products. And over the years, we took what we learned from consulting, so we learned a lot about, of course, AWS, but also about the market, about the ecosystem. And we always try to bring that into the market and build products out of that.So nowadays, we really transitioned completely from consulting to a product company, as you said. So, we do not do any consulting anymore with one few exception with one of our [laugh] best or most important clients. But we are now a product company. And we only a two-person company. So, the idea was always how to scale a company without growing the team or hiring a lot of people, and a consulting business is definitely not a good way to do that, so yeah, this was why always invested into products.And now we have two products in the AWS Marketplace which works very well for us because it allows us to sell worldwide and really easily get a relationship up and running with our customers, and that pay through their AWS bill. So, that's really helping us a lot. Yeah.Corey: A few questions on that. At first it always seems to me that writing software or building a product is a lot like real estate in that you're doing a real estate development—to my understanding since I live in San Francisco and this is a [two exit 00:19:28] town; I still rent here—I found though, that you have to spend a lot of money and effort upfront and you don't get to start seeing revenue on that for years, which is why the VC model is so popular where you'll take $20 million, but then in return they want to see massive, outsized returns on that, which—it feels—push an awful lot of perfectly sustainable products into things that are just monstrous.Andreas: Hmm, yeah. Definitely.Corey: And to my understanding, you bootstrapped. You didn't take a bunch of outside money to do this, right?Andreas: No, no, we have completely bootstrapping and basically paying the bills with our consulting work. So yeah, I can give you one example. So, bucketAV is our solution to scan S3 buckets for malware, and basically, this started as an open-source project. So, this was just a side project we are working on. And we saw that there is some demand for that.So, people need ways to scan their objects—for example, user uploads—for malware, and we just tried to publish that in the AWS Marketplace to sell it through the Marketplace. And we don't really expect that this is a huge deal, and so we just did, I don't know, Michael spent a few days to make sure it's possible to publish that and get in shape. And over time, this really grew into an important, really substantial part of our business. And this doesn't happen overnight. So, this adds up, month by month. And you get feedback from customers, you improve the product based on that. And now this is one of the two main products that we sell in the Marketplace.Corey: I wanted to ask you about the Marketplace as well. Are you finding that that has been useful for you—obviously, as a procurement vehicle, it means no matter what country a customer is in, they can purchase it, it shows up on the AWS bill, and life goes on—but are you finding that it has been an effective way to find new customers?Andreas: Yes. So, I definitely would think so. It's always funny. So, we have completely inbound sales funnel. So, all customers find us through was searching the Marketplace or Google, probably. And so, what I didn't expect that it's possible to sell a B2B product that way. So, we don't know most of our customers. So, we know their name, we know the company name, but we don't know anyone there. We don't know the person who buys the product.This is, on the one side, a very interesting thing as a two-person company. You cannot build a huge sales process and I cannot invest too much time into the sales process or procurement process, so this really helps us a lot. The downside of it is a little bit that we don't have a close relationship with our customers and sometimes it's a little tricky for us to find important person to talk to, to get feedback and stuff. But on the other hand, yeah, it really helps us to sell to businesses all over the world. And we sell to very small business of course, but also to large enterprise customers. And they are fine with that process as well. And I think, even the large enterprises, they enjoy that it's so easy [laugh] to get a solution up and running and don't have to talk to any salespersons. So, enjoy it and I think our customers do as well.Corey: This is honestly the first time I've ever heard a verifiable account a vendor saying, “Yeah, we put this thing on the Marketplace, and people we've never talked to find us on the Marketplace and go ahead and buy.” That is not the common experience, let's put it that way. Now true, an awful lot of folks are selling enterprise software on this and someone—I forget who—many years ago had a great blog post on why no enterprise software costs $5,000. It either is going to cost $500 or it's going to cost 100 grand and up because the difference is, is at some point, you'd have a full-court press enterprise sales motion to go and sell the thing. And below a certain point, great, people are just going to be able to put it on their credit card and that's fine. But that's why you have this giant valley of there is very little stuff priced in that sweet spot.Andreas: Yeah. So, I think maybe it's important to mention that our products are relatively simple. So, they are just for a very small niche, a solution for a small problem. So, I think that helps a lot. So, we're not selling a full-blown cloud security solution; we only focus on that very small part: scanning S3 objects for malware.For example, on marbot,f the other product that we sell, which is monitoring of AWS accounts. Again, we focus on a very simple way to monitor AWS workloads. And so, I think that is probably why this is a successful way for us to find new customers because it's not a very complicated product where you have to explain a lot. So, that's probably the differentiator here.Corey: Having spent a fair bit of time doing battle with compliance goblins—which is, to be clear, I'm not describing people; I'm describing processes—in many cases, we had to do bucket scanning for antivirus, just to check a compliance box. From our position, there was remarkably little risk of a user-generated picture of a receipt that is input sanitized to make sure it is in fact a picture, landing in an S3 bucket and then somehow infecting one of the Linux servers through which it passed. So, we needed something that just checked the compliance box or we would not be getting the gold seal on our website today. And it was, more or less, a box-check as opposed to something that solved a legitimate problem. This was also a decade and change ago. Has that changed to a point now where there are legitimate threats and concerns around this, or is it still primarily just around make the auditor stop yelling at me, please?Andreas: Mmm. I think it's definitely to tick the checkbox, to be compliant with this, some regulation. On the other side, I think there are definitely use cases where it makes a lot of sense, especially when it comes to user-generated content of all kinds, especially if you're not only consuming it internally, but maybe also others can immediately start downloading that. So, that is where we see many of our customers are coming with that scenario that they want to make sure that the files that people upload and others can download are not infected. So, that is probably the most important use case.Corey: There's also, on some level, an increasing threat of ransomware. And for a long time, I was very down on the ideas of all these products that hit the market to defend S3 buckets against ransomware. Until one day, there was an AWS security blog post talking about how they found it. And yeah, we've we have seen this in the wild; it is causing problems for companies; here's what to do about it. Because it's one of those areas where I can't trust a vendor who's trying to sell me something to tell me that this problem exists.I mean, not to cast aspersions, but they're very interested, they're very incentivized to tell that story, whereas AWS is not necessarily incentivized to tell a story like that. So, that really brought it home for me that no, this is a real thing. So, I just want to be clear that my opinion on these things does in fact, evolve. It's not, “Well, I thought it was dumb back in 2012, so clearly it's still dumb now.” That is not my position, I want to be very clear on that.I do want to revisit for a moment, the idea of going from a consultancy that is a services business over to a product business because we've toyed with aspects of that here at The Duckbill Group a fair bit. We've not really found long-term retainer services engagements that add value that we are comfortable selling. And that means as a result that when you sell fixed duration engagements, it's always a sell, sell, sell, where's the next project coming from? Whereas with product businesses, it's oh, the grass is always greener on the other side. It's recurring revenue. Someone clicks, the revenue sticks around and never really goes away. That's the dream from where I sit on the services side of the fence, wistfully looking across and wondering what if. Now that you've made that transition, what sucks about product businesses that you might not have seen going into it?Andreas: [laugh]. Yeah, that a good question. So, on the one side, it was really also our dream to have a product business because it really changes the way we work. We can block large parts of our calendar to do deep-focus work, focus on things, find new solutions, and really try to make a solution that really fits to problem and uses all the AWS capabilities to do so. And on the other side, a product business involves, of course, selling the product, which is hard.And we are two software engineers, [laugh] and really making sure that we optimize our sales and there's search engine optimization, all that stuff, this is really hard for us because we don't know anything about that and we always have to find an expert, or we need to build a knowledge ourself, try things out, and so on. So, that whole part of selling the product, this is really a challenge for us. And then of course, product business evolves a lot of support work. So, we get support emails multiple times per hour, and we have to answer them and be as fast as possible with that. So, that is, of course, something that you do not have to do with consulting work.And not always that, the questions are many times really simple questions that pointed people in the right direction, find part of the documentation that answers the question. So, that is a constant stream of questions coming in that you have to answer. So, the inbox is always full [laugh]. So, that is maybe a small downside of a product business. But other than that, yeah, compared to a consulting business, it really gives us many flexibilities with planning our work day around the rest of our lives. That's really what we enjoy about a product company.Corey: I was very careful to pick an expensive problem that was only a business-hours problem. So, I don't wind up with a surprise, middle-of-the-night panic phone call. It's yeah, it turns out that AWS billing operate during business hours in the US Pacific Time. The end. And there are no emergencies here; there are simply curiosities that will, in the fullness of time take weeks to get resolved.Andreas: Mmm. Yeah.Corey: I spent too many years on call, in that sense. Everyone who's built a product company the first time always says the second time, the engineering? Meh, there are ways to solve that. Solving the distribution problem. That's the thing I want to focus on next.And I feel like I sort of went into this backwards in that I don't really have a product to sell people but I somehow built an audience. And to be honest, it's partly why. It's because I didn't know what I was going to be doing after 18 months and I knew that whatever it was going to be, I needed an audience to tell about it, so may as well start the work of building the audience now. So, I have to imagine if nothing else, your book has been a tremendous source of building a community. When I mentioned the word cloudonaut to people who have been learning AWS, more often than not, they know who you are.Andreas: Yeah.Corey: Although I admit they sometimes get you confused with your brother.Andreas: [laugh]. Yes, that's not too hard. Yeah, yeah, cloudonaut is definitely—this was always our, also a side project of we was just writing about things that we learned about AWS. Whenever we, I don't know, for example, looked into a new series, we wrote a blog post about that. Later, we did start a podcast and YouTube videos during the pandemic, of course, as everyone did. And so, I think this was always fun stuff to do. And we like sharing what we learn and getting into discussion with the community, so this is what we still do and enjoy as well, of course. Yeah.Corey: I really want to thank you for taking the time to catch up and see what you've been up to these last few years with a labor of love and the pivot to a product company. If people want to learn more, where's the best place for them to find you?Andreas: So definitely, the best place to find me is cloudonaut.io. So, this basically points you to all [laugh] what I do. Yeah, that's basically the one domain and URL that you need to know.Corey: Excellent. And we will put that in the show notes, of course. Thank you so much for taking the time to speak with me today. I really appreciate it.Andreas: Yeah, it was a pleasure to be back here. I'm big fan of podcasts and also of Screaming in the Cloud, of course, so it was a pleasure to be here again.Corey: [laugh]. You are always welcome. Andreas Wittig, co-author of Amazon Web Services in Action, now up to its third edition. And of course, the voice behind cloudonaut. I'm Cloud Economist Corey Quinn, and this is Screaming in the Cloud. If you've enjoyed this podcast, please leave a five-star review on your podcast platform of choice, whereas if you've hated this podcast, please leave a five-star review on your podcast platform of choice along with an angry, insulting comment that I will at one point be able to get to just as soon as I find something to deal with your sarcasm on the AWS Marketplace.Corey: If your AWS bill keeps rising and your blood pressure is doing the same, then you need The Duckbill Group. We help companies fix their AWS bill by making it smaller and less horrifying. The Duckbill Group works for you, not AWS. We tailor recommendations to your business and we get to the point. Visit duckbillgroup.com to get started.

This week, Trevor and Allen take a look at some common rules questions they've been seeing lately in the Hunting Ops department, before taking a look at the TOC qualifiers as we've already reached the halfway point of the qualifying year! Make sure you stick around for this one!

Melinda will share results from her study last year on developer-focused security, "Walking the Line: Shift Left and GitOps Security" and discuss trends to help security keep up with modern software development.   Segment Resources: ESG Complete Survey Results: Walking the Line: GitOps and Shift Left Security: https://research.esg-global.com/reportaction/515201532/Toc  Addressing the confusion around shift-left cloud security | TechTarget: https://www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/opinion/Addressing-the-confusion-around-shift-left-cloud-security Melinda Marks's Most Recent Content: https://www.techtarget.com/contributor/Melinda-Marks   Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/asw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-246 

Infosec is still figuring out useful metrics, how to talk about risk, and how to make resilience more relevant. Shannon talks about a new community effort to measure software trust. She also covers threat modeling and adversary management as steps towards determining an org's resiliency and security. Segment Resources: https://community.ravemetrics.com  Melinda will share results from her study last year on developer-focused security, "Walking the Line: Shift Left and GitOps Security" and discuss trends to help security keep up with modern software development. Segment Resources: ESG Complete Survey Results: Walking the Line: GitOps and Shift Left Security: https://research.esg-global.com/reportaction/515201532/Toc  Addressing the confusion around shift-left cloud security | TechTarget: https://www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/opinion/Addressing-the-confusion-around-shift-left-cloud-security  Melinda Marks's Most Recent Content: https://www.techtarget.com/contributor/Melinda-Marks  Visit [securityweekly.com/asw](https://securityweekly.com/asw) for all the latest episodes! Follow us on Twitter: [@SecWeekly](https://www.twitter.com/secweekly) Like us on Facebook: [facebook.com/secweekly](https://www.facebook.com/secweekly) Visit https://securityweekly.com/asw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-246  

In this very special post-July 4th episode (featuring some fireworks), the Squad discusses Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah's debut novel Chain-Gang All Stars. Join in as we chat about incarceration in the United States, dystopian/futuristic methods of torture, reality tv, football, Jenna Bush Hager's book club, and everything we hate about America. It's a fun time. Also, there's actually new stuff on our blog this week?!?! You don't want to miss this.Join us next time for another FIRE episode as we discuss the film Fire Island with one of our favorite guests, Tirzah Price, author of Manslaughter Park (episode will be out on July 28). And read along for our next bookpisode out on August 8 when we'll be reading Piñata by Leopoldo Gout. Don't forget to leave us a review (5 stars only… love ya). And send your feedback or questions to thesquad@booksquadgoals.com or DM us on IG!TOC:30 – Welcome!17:50 – Book Intro19:30 – How do dystopian tropes work in this novel? Are we horrified it's so close to reality?40:15 – How did the sci-fi elements work for us?45:50 – Does the novel cover too much ground? Too many perspectives?1:00:12 – ~ROMANCE~1:06:56 – The ending1:16:50 – the Jenna of it all1:27:44 – Ratings1:34:09 – What's on the blog? What's up next?Links:https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/06/legislatures-passed-550-anti-trans-bills-so-far-this-year/https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/06/11/journalist-blinded-during-protest-sues-minneapolis-police-state-patrol/https://www.today.com/video/-chain-gang-all-stars-author-talks-about-his-action-packed-thriller-178654277518

This episode of TOC offers up two very different topics. First up is Matt de Neef.  He is the managing editor of Escape Collective, the online presence of independent cycling ... Read moreOutspoken Cyclist – 7/10/2023

El TOC es una condición que genera pensamientos obsesivos, por ejemplo, tener una compulsión con la limpieza o simplemente no dejar de pensar en algo. Hoy les tengo una mesa infernal con un testimonio y especialistas en TOC, queremos explicarles desde las causas psicológicas, neurológicas y sobre todo dejarles saber que hay un tratamiento y una mejor calidad de vida.

Hoy en Martha Debayle por W, hablamos de las canciones que escuchábamos antes, que tenían coreografías, las 5 cosas que todo freelance debe saber, Rebeca Muñoz nos dice cómo saber nuestro propósito de vida y una mesa infernal, con un testimonio y especialistas en TOC.

Geru nos platica de varias celebridades que tienen TOC y de como lidian con ello en sus carreras

Sarah is back for another week and she shares her adventures as an RD. Did she do her homework? Mel recaps her Maroondah Dam adventure and looks forward to a month long festival. There's big news in the worlds of men who run fast and men who run for crazy amounts of time and an extra exciting roving report from TOC at Bushy. We've got mail from all over the world, another Dazza's recap from the Office Lady, as well as the Birthday Boy and CCR news.

The future of the world is going to be okay because the squad has… THE POWER! In this episode, we talk about the Amazon Prime adaptation of The Power by Naomi Alderman, which we read for the podcast back in 2019. How does the TV series stack up against the book? You'll have to listen to see if the show has the spark.Read along to get ready for our next book episode, where we'll discuss Chain Gang All-Stars by Kana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah. For our next Othersode Tirzah Price will join us to talk about her new book, Manslaughter Park, and the film Fire Island. TOC::30– Welcome! 12:50– Show Intro16:09– Book to movie25:30–Gender representation40:09–Casting57:03– How far does the show go?1:08:58–So did we like it?1:14:12–What's on the blog? What's up next?Link to the Mary Sue article: https://www.themarysue.com/the-power-captures-the-best-parts-of-the-book-and-addresses-its-biggest-problem/

For many coaches who choose to welcome feedback, the strategy can become overwhelming, especially when it coincides with the conclusion of a season. JP and Nate have previously emphasized the significance of actively seeking feedback. As part of the mentorship program with TOC, one of the initial stages involves completing a comprehensive 360-degree feedback form across various aspects of life. In this episode, JP and Nate explore the delicate balance of staying true to our convictions while also embracing feedback as a means to enhance our coaching abilities. √ Signature stories to share √ Players want to be heard √ Listen and clarify criticism Get Your Copy of JP's Newest Book, The Culture System, now. Become Part of Our 1:1 Coaching Program (Click here for more information). Do you want to learn more about how we can support you and your team? Get in touch with us here. Get the Podcast Notes and Subscribe to Our Weekly Newsletter. Get Access to Our Online Courses - including the Competitive Cauldron, Playing Time System, & Culture System Online.

好久不见，大家端午快乐！聊了这么多AI技术，是时候聊聊更实际的问题：AI产品如何在海外做增长？近年来，我们看到越来越多的中国软件创业公司，尤其是最近涌现的 AI 应用类公司，都会考虑以国际市场作为第一站。PLG，产品驱动增长，也是大多数海外AI产品采用的增长和商业化模式。技术在变，Go-To-Market 的很多经验，万变不离其宗，或许可以让大家在探索的路上少走一些弯路。 Hello World, who is OnBoard!? 今天这位嘉宾，就是Monica 一直想要邀请来的硅谷软件领域的实战派大牛，Hila Qu。Hila 原来在大名鼎鼎的开源上市公司 GitLab 担任 Head of growth, 增长负责人。Gitlab之前，Hila也在硅谷几个不同阶段的ToB, ToC公司，担任过核心增长职位。硅谷最一线的创新公司是怎么实践PLG的，Hila 大概是最有发言权的人之一了。Gitlab从开源产品到收入超过4亿美金的上市公司，更是PLG的典范。这次与Hila长达两个多小时的对话，全都是一线实战干货： ToB, ToC 产品增长有什么不同？ 怎样的公司和产品适合PLG？ PLG模式需要怎样的销售？ 如何打造围绕产品的增长团队？ 产品早期数据分析体系如何搭建…… 真的可以拿出笔记本了。 Enjoy! 嘉宾介绍 Hila Qu（Twitter @HilaQu）, 前 Gitlab 增长总监，从0到1搭建增长体系。曾任硅谷Fintech 独角兽 Acorn 增长副总裁。现在，Hila 是硅谷顶尖产品与增长培训平台 Reforge 入驻企业家（EIR），也是独立企业增长顾问，服务企业包括 Nord Security, Replit StreamNative 等。 Hila 的 LinkedIn, 公众号：兜里有糖甜, MediumEmail: hui.qu.2009 艾特 gmail.com 我们都聊了什么 [01:57] Hila 的职业之路，从ToC 到ToB 公司做增长如何转型 [05:39] 正本清源，Hila 如何定义PLG？为什么说 PLG 不只是传统的 Growth hacking （增长黑客）？ [08:10] ToC 产品的增长与 SaaS 公司 PLG 有哪些核心差异？为什么说对于 SaaS 公司，获客只是“增长”的第一步？ [12:42] 怎样的产品适合采用 PLG ？ [16:19] 为什么 PLG 需要好的产品 onboarding 体验与销售两条腿走路？ [21:41] 公司的不同阶段，如何平衡大客户需求与 PLG 增长知之间的优先级？ [27:41] 给创始人的 PLG 101：怎样是一个完整的PLG 增长体系流程？ [33:53] 什么是产品体验的 Aha Moment？如何设计一个好的 Aha Moment? 有什么常见的误区？Gitlab 如何定义 golden user journey? [43:40] 企业发展不同阶段，PLG 产品的数据体系如何搭建？ [48:30] 收费：什么时候开始收费？为什么说收费体系的建立是一个动态过程？ [57:48] SaaS 产品定价如何设计和跟踪？我们能从 Netflix 上学到什么？ [61:44] Gitlab 的实践分析：如何设计实验？从activation 到 retention, 如何确定用户流程中的北极星指标？ [68:47] 什么是获客中的 PQL (Product Qualified Leads)? 什么是好的 PQL？ [74:54] 什么是一个好的增长实验？早期数据不足的时候，如何设计实验？ [79:47] 如何从0到1搭建增长团队？Head of Growth 入职第一件事应该做什么？ [87:37] 搭建产品数据分析体系，有哪些常见的挑战和误区？ [90:02] 招聘，招聘！什么是适合 PLG 的增长和销售人才？应该具备哪些能力？ [96:55] AI 它又来了：如何识别产品早期的“噪音用户”？ [99:41] Hila 提供哪些 PLG 相关的咨询服务？如何与你的增长顾问有效沟通？ [104:07] 快问快答！Hila 推荐了一本童书？！ 我们推荐的内容 Hila Qu 的公众号：兜里有糖甜 Hila 的书：《硅谷增长黑客实战笔记》 Hila 推荐的书：The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness Hila 推荐的书：Someday Hila Qu:【万字长文】SaaS增长新趋势：产品驱动增长PLG Hila 的英文文章：Five steps to starting your PLG motion Hila 的英文访谈: The ultimate guide to adding a PLG motion | Hila Qu (Reforge, GitLab) Lenny's Newsletter 参考文章 草根SaaS产品：如何定价，打包，涨价？ 45张PPT了解《硅谷增长黑客实战笔记》 GitLab's Hila Qu on What B2B Companies Can Learn About Growth from B2C - OpenView Hila Qu (GitLab): B2B vs. B2C Growth How to Build A Growth Model (Part 1) How to Build A Growth Model (Part 2) 别忘了，关注M小姐的微信公众号，了解更多中美软件、AI与创业投资的干货内容！ M小姐研习录 (ID: MissMStudy) 大家的点赞、评论、转发是对我们最好的鼓励！ 如果你能在小宇宙上点个赞，Apple Podcasts 上给个五星好评，就能让更多的朋友看到我们努力制作的内容，打赏请我们喝杯咖啡，就给你比心！ 有任何心得和建议，也欢迎在评论区跟我们互动~

Segunda parte del Camino a Indiana Jones y el Dial del Destino. Tocó el turno de hablar sobre El Templo de la Perdición (1984). La más oscura, polémica y controversial, pero también la más particular de la saga. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gloria de Cartagena ha un trabajo de primera junto a Xabi Soto, psicólogo del equipo. Gloria tenía TOC desde hace más de 40 años. El último era una hipocondría muy fuerte (aunque había tenido de muchos tipos). Había probado todo: medicación, psicólogos varios, etc. Ahora está casi bien del todo aunque seguirá trabajando para llegar al 10. De hecho, ya hemos quedado para hacer otro directo el año que viene para ver el último progreso.

Ahris FRP is live on the 2d20 WorldBuilders Program on DriveThru, and today we do an overview of the system, pointing out where it fits on the 2d20 Crunch-o-Meter, how it compares to other 2d20 systems, and what players and GMs can do with it. You can get Ahris at a 1/3 off the list price through this discount code until 5 July 2023. And be sure to check the TOC/credits page for a link to a comments form where you can leave feedback on the game. https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/441474/Ahris-Fantasy-Roleplaying-Game-and-Setting Join our Discord and get in on the conversation: https://discord.gg/5AtydRUDjX --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fluffncrunch/message

Sarah Jefferson joins Mel this week for a pod with a Western flavour. Mel visited Narooma Westlands while Sarah led the troops at Cottesloe. We discuss speed week at Sandgate and the World Record attempt at City2Surf. We hear from PK at Parkindula Reserve parkrun and TOC at Malahide Castle junior parkrun, as well as Rachel about streaking. Mel and Sarah discuss a new V-P index and Sarah laments the co-host curse.

Support us! https://www.patreon.com/mlst MLST Discord: https://discord.gg/aNPkGUQtc5 Twitter: https://twitter.com/MLStreetTalk The first 10 mins of audio from Joscha isn't great, it improves after. Transcript and longer summary: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TUJhlSVbrHf2vWoe6p7xL5tlTK_BGZ140QqqTudF8UI/edit?usp=sharing Dr. Joscha Bach argued that general intelligence emerges from civilization, not individuals. Given our biological constraints, humans cannot achieve a high level of general intelligence on our own. Bach believes AGI may become integrated into all parts of the world, including human minds and bodies. He thinks a future where humans and AGI harmoniously coexist is possible if we develop a shared purpose and incentive to align. However, Bach is uncertain about how AI progress will unfold or which scenarios are most likely. Bach argued that global control and regulation of AI is unrealistic. While regulation may address some concerns, it cannot stop continued progress in AI. He believes individuals determine their own values, so "human values" cannot be formally specified and aligned across humanity. For Bach, the possibility of building beneficial AGI is exciting but much work is still needed to ensure a positive outcome. Connor Leahy believes we have more control over the future than the default outcome might suggest. With sufficient time and effort, humanity could develop the technology and coordination to build a beneficial AGI. However, the default outcome likely leads to an undesirable scenario if we do not actively work to build a better future. Leahy thinks finding values and priorities most humans endorse could help align AI, even if individuals disagree on some values. Leahy argued a future where humans and AGI harmoniously coexist is ideal but will require substantial work to achieve. While regulation faces challenges, it remains worth exploring. Leahy believes limits to progress in AI exist but we are unlikely to reach them before humanity is at risk. He worries even modestly superhuman intelligence could disrupt the status quo if misaligned with human values and priorities. Overall, Bach and Leahy expressed optimism about the possibility of building beneficial AGI but believe we must address risks and challenges proactively. They agreed substantial uncertainty remains around how AI will progress and what scenarios are most plausible. But developing a shared purpose between humans and AI, improving coordination and control, and finding human values to help guide progress could all improve the odds of a beneficial outcome. With openness to new ideas and willingness to consider multiple perspectives, continued discussions like this one could help ensure the future of AI is one that benefits and inspires humanity. TOC: 00:00:00 - Introduction and Background 00:02:54 - Different Perspectives on AGI 00:13:59 - The Importance of AGI 00:23:24 - Existential Risks and the Future of Humanity 00:36:21 - Coherence and Coordination in Society 00:40:53 - Possibilities and Future of AGI 00:44:08 - Coherence and alignment 01:08:32 - The role of values in AI alignment 01:18:33 - The future of AGI and merging with AI 01:22:14 - The limits of AI alignment 01:23:06 - The scalability of intelligence 01:26:15 - Closing statements and future prospects

In this wide-ranging conversation, Tim Scarfe interviews Neel Nanda, a researcher at DeepMind working on mechanistic interpretability, which aims to understand the algorithms and representations learned by machine learning models. Neel discusses how models can represent their thoughts using motifs, circuits, and linear directional features which are often communicated via a "residual stream", an information highway models use to pass information between layers. Neel argues that "superposition", the ability for models to represent more features than they have neurons, is one of the biggest open problems in interpretability. This is because superposition thwarts our ability to understand models by decomposing them into individual units of analysis. Despite this, Neel remains optimistic that ambitious interpretability is possible, citing examples like his work reverse engineering how models do modular addition. However, Neel notes we must start small, build rigorous foundations, and not assume our theoretical frameworks perfectly match reality. The conversation turns to whether models can have goals or agency, with Neel arguing they likely can based on heuristics like models executing long term plans towards some objective. However, we currently lack techniques to build models with specific goals, meaning any goals would likely be learned or emergent. Neel highlights how induction heads, circuits models use to track long range dependencies, seem crucial for phenomena like in-context learning to emerge. On the existential risks from AI, Neel believes we should avoid overly confident claims that models will or will not be dangerous, as we do not understand them enough to make confident theoretical assertions. However, models could pose risks through being misused, having undesirable emergent properties, or being imperfectly aligned. Neel argues we must pursue rigorous empirical work to better understand and ensure model safety, avoid "philosophizing" about definitions of intelligence, and focus on ensuring researchers have standards for what it means to decide a system is "safe" before deploying it. Overall, a thoughtful conversation on one of the most important issues of our time. Support us! https://www.patreon.com/mlst MLST Discord: https://discord.gg/aNPkGUQtc5 Twitter: https://twitter.com/MLStreetTalk Neel Nanda: https://www.neelnanda.io/ TOC [00:00:00] Introduction and Neel Nanda's Interests (walk and talk) [00:03:15] Mechanistic Interpretability: Reverse Engineering Neural Networks [00:13:23] Discord questions [00:21:16] Main interview kick-off in studio [00:49:26] Grokking and Sudden Generalization [00:53:18] The Debate on Systematicity and Compositionality [01:19:16] How do ML models represent their thoughts [01:25:51] Do Large Language Models Learn World Models? [01:53:36] Superposition and Interference in Language Models [02:43:15] Transformers discussion [02:49:49] Emergence and In-Context Learning [03:20:02] Superintelligence/XRisk discussion Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FK1OepdJMrqpFK-_1Q3LQN6QLyLBvBwWW_5z8WrS1RI/edit?usp=sharing Refs: https://docs.google.com/document/d/115dAroX0PzSduKr5F1V4CWggYcqIoSXYBhcxYktCnqY/edit?usp=sharing

Join us in the formal dining room for our discussion of Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson. We talk about satire (and how this book isn't that), class and the antics of The Rich, the characters, and nepo babies. Then we get into some fun listener feedback and talk about what we might write on that blog we used to do. Check out The Power (TV series) for our next Othersode on 6/27 – and revisit our episode on The Power by Naomi Alderman to prep! Then read along with us for our next Bookpisode on Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah on 7/11. Go leave us a (5 star) rating and a review right this moment, please! Send your feedback or questions to thesquad@booksquadgoals.com or DM us on IG!TOC:30 — Welcome!! And icebreaker4:42 — Book intro and spoiler warning7:00 — Why is everyone gushing about this?15:15 — Are these characters…characters?36:37 — What is this saying about class 40:33 — Let's talk about Jenny Jackson 50:03 — why is Curtis here?51:56 — Ratings53:25 — Listener feedback58:00 — What's on the blog? What's up next?

We celebrate all the things this week as Mel & Olly parkran together at the brand new Woodlands Historic Park and Simon caught up with Lyndell the Legendary at Fodder Forest for her Cowell. PK drops in from Oaklands Estate Reserve and TOC brings us a European double from Ziegelwiese and Amager Fælled. All this and more antics as we reflect another week in parkrun.

Please check out Numerai - our sponsor using our link @ http://numer.ai/mlst Numerai is a groundbreaking platform which is taking the data science world by storm. Tim has been using Numerai to build state-of-the-art models which predict the stock market, all while being a part of an inspiring community of data scientists from around the globe. They host the Numerai Data Science Tournament, where data scientists like us use their financial dataset to predict future stock market performance. Support us! https://www.patreon.com/mlst MLST Discord: https://discord.gg/aNPkGUQtc5 Twitter: https://twitter.com/MLStreetTalk YT version: https://youtu.be/axJtywd9Tbo In this fascinating interview, Dr. Tim Scarfe speaks with renowned philosopher Daniel Dennett about the potential dangers of AI and the concept of "Counterfeit People." Dennett raises concerns about AI being used to create artificial colleagues, and argues that preventing counterfeit AI individuals is crucial for societal trust and security. They delve into Dennett's "Two Black Boxes" thought experiment, the Chinese Room Argument by John Searle, and discuss the implications of AI in terms of reversibility, reontologisation, and realism. Dr. Scarfe and Dennett also examine adversarial LLMs, mental trajectories, and the emergence of consciousness and semanticity in AI systems. Throughout the conversation, they touch upon various philosophical perspectives, including Gilbert Ryle's Ghost in the Machine, Chomsky's work, and the importance of competition in academia. Dennett concludes by highlighting the need for legal and technological barriers to protect against the dangers of counterfeit AI creations. Join Dr. Tim Scarfe and Daniel Dennett in this thought-provoking discussion about the future of AI and the potential challenges we face in preserving our civilization. Don't miss this insightful conversation! TOC: 00:00:00 Intro 00:09:56 Main show kick off 00:12:04 Counterfeit People 00:16:03 Reversibility 00:20:55 Reontologisation 00:24:43 Realism 00:27:48 Adversarial LLMs are out to get us 00:32:34 Exploring mental trajectories and Chomsky 00:38:53 Gilbert Ryle and Ghost in machine and competition in academia 00:44:32 2 Black boxes thought experiment / intentional stance 01:00:11 Chinese room 01:04:49 Singularitarianism 01:07:22 Emergence of consciousness and semanticity References: Tree of Thoughts: Deliberate Problem Solving with Large Language Models https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.10601 The Problem With Counterfeit People (Daniel Dennett) https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/05/problem-counterfeit-people/674075/ The knowledge argument https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_argument The Intentional Stance https://www.researchgate.net/publication/271180035_The_Intentional_Stance Two Black Boxes: a Fable (Daniel Dennett) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/28762339_Two_Black_Boxes_a_Fable The Chinese Room Argument (John Searle) https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/chinese-room/ https://web-archive.southampton.ac.uk/cogprints.org/7150/1/10.1.1.83.5248.pdf From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds (Daniel Dennett) https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bacteria-Bach-Back-Evolution-Minds/dp/014197804X Consciousness Explained (Daniel Dennett) https://www.amazon.co.uk/Consciousness-Explained-Penguin-Science-Dennett/dp/0140128670/ The Mind's I: Fantasies and Reflections on Self and Soul (Hofstadter, Douglas R; Dennett, Daniel C.) https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=31494476184 #DanielDennett #ArtificialIntelligence #CounterfeitPeople

Erin & Rick got to meet and have a wonderful chat with Dr. Heather Michel. She is a former teacher turned consultant and coach for teachers of color and districts/schools in service of TOC retention. She is focused on teachers incorporating mental health strategies into their careers. You can follow Dr. Michel @teachersofcolor_matter where she posts daily affirmations and more excellent content.

This week's guest is Nick Katko. Ron and Nick discussed the importance of leveraging Lean Accounting, Nick's book "The Lean CFO," and more. An MP3 audio version of this episode is available for download here. In this episode you'll learn:  The quote Nick likes (2:55) His background (3:51) Why lean accounting matters (6:37) The ramifications of a cost accounting system (8:07) Why he wrote the second edition (11:36) Why The Box Score matters (13:21) Financial performance vs. results (15:01) What "true north" means in lean accounting (16:42) Why he added value stream management (19:35) Nick's perspective on TOC (27:03) Practical tips for getting started (28:10) Podcast Resources Right Click to Download this Podcast as an MP3 Nick on LinkedIn The Lean CFO GA 399 | Practicing Lean Accounting with Mike De Luca and Nick Katko Get All the Latest News from Gemba Academy Our newsletter is a great way to receive updates on new courses, blog posts, and more. Sign up here. What Do You Think? Describe your experience with Lean Accounting.

The Nats suffered a gut punch loss in Miami on Tuesday night as their comeback efforts resulted in a 5-4 loss after Jorge Soler homered off of Hunter Harvey in the bottom of the 9th. Al & Tim run through the decision to have Kyle Finnegan pitch in the 8th and to give Harvey the opportunity to close it out. (10:45) Josiah Gray pitched very well and was in line for the victory until the blown save. Gray lasted 7 IP and wiggled his way out of a bases loaded jam on his final pitch of the evening. The only poor outing he he has had all season was his first start vs. Atlanta and his ERA is currently at 2.73. (18:15) The Nationals staged a rally in the top of the 8th as they turned a 2-1 deficit into a 4-2 lead. Jeimer Candelario had the game tying hit; part of his evening where he reached base 4 times. (23:00) Cole Henry made a rehab start with the Fred Nats in his return from TOC surgery. Henry was the 2nd Round choice from the 2020 MLB Draft. (28:45) Anibal Sanchez announced via social media that he is retiring. We close by tipping our caps to Sanchez's career and of course discuss his 2019 NLCS masterpiece in St. Louis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Your prayers have been answered! A tattooed, queer nun is here to save the day! Join the Squad as we chat about Margot Douaihy's debut novel, Scorched Grace. We talk about the novel's genre play, Sister Holiday's uniqueness, Douaihy's writing style, and what we would like to see out of this series. Next up on our Othersode on 5/30 is Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret with special guest Annika Klein. Read along for our next Bookpisode about Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson on 6/13. Send feedback on any episode to thesquad@booksquadgoals.com!TOC:30 – Hello and welcome! 8:56 – Book intro and spoiler alert10:53 – How does the genre work here?20:00 – Sister Holiday isn't like other nuns49:10 – The actual mystery!56:29 – Writing style1:00:45 – Would you read the sequel?1:06:45 – Ratings1:09:20 – What's on the blog? What's up next?

Author Gabriella Saab joins the Book Squad to talk about her new novel, Daughters of Victory. But first, we have to discuss the wild romp that is The 355. We question the plot, chat about our favorite characters, ask why women can't just have fun movies, and describe what an idea sequel would do. Then we have a super informative (and totally spoiler-free!) interview with Gabriella all about her latest novel, her research techniques, and what she's working on now. Read along for our next Bookpisode about Scorched Grace by Margot Duaihy on May 16th. Then watch Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret for our next Othersode on May 30th. Don't forget to leave us a rating and review! Send any feedback to thesquad@booksquadgoals.com.TOC:30–welcome, Gabriella! 355 quiz20:40– the plot and the characters30:52–critic and audience disparity35:00–would we watch a sequel?46:30–ratings48:00–interview with Gabriella!1:19:48–what's on the blog? What's up next?Links: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/59781695Www.GabriellaSaab.com

The United Kennel Club's annual Tournament of Champions, open to coonhounds that have earned the registry's prestigious Nite Champion title, has rapidly become  the most-sought-after competition in the realm of purebred coonhounds.  Held annually in Greencastle, Indiana, the annual competition consists of more than one thousand eligible coonhounds competing for the overall win.Our guest in this episode is Jeff Ricklefs, a former guest on this podcast, who emerged the overall champion with a Treeing Walker Coonhound owned by John Strickland and Doug Galbreath of Kentucky named Grand Nite Champion Strick's Hardtimes Hobo.  Hobo took home the $50 thousand top prize for his owners in a commanding performance that is rarely seen at this level.. In this episode, Ricklefs recaps his exciting run for the title and the big check.  Jeff is a podcaster's dream, an articulate speaker with tremendous recall and the ability to put the listener in the truck and in the woods in the fast lane of competition as no one else can.  This is a great episode!