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A show where nerd culture intersects with society. We weekly cover nerd news discussing the latest in movies, games, space, tech and more. Our interview shows focus on amazing nerds and their work.
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Friday Nov 15, 2019
Friday Nov 15, 2019
Don’t listen to this episode if you think internet ignorance is bliss. This episode is a Cantina Conversation with Bill Clay III. Bill is a network security specialist who has consulted with local and national agencies as well as business entities. He is a Cisco certified ethical hacker and he has spent his career helping to identify and defeat cyber attacks. Bill shares examples and stories of our adversarial nations hacking our infrastructure and businesses. Bill also shares current techniques used by hackers to target us individuals. Don’t be too scared though, Bill provides us some actionable tips that we can all implement to make ourselves better protected. If you use the internet, you should listen to this episode and share with a friend.
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Wednesday Nov 13, 2019
Wednesday Nov 13, 2019
This week we cover the weekly news starting with our excitement for the launch of Disney+. We discuss the fact that Apple and Tic Tok skipped the congressional hearings on the impact of China in the US tech industry. China has imposed time limits and curfews on video games for children under 18. We speculate on what the changes in YouTubes terms of service means to consumers. The Air Force tests out Starlink and the results are impressive. Ford unveils a new electric Mustang prototype and then we go over some interesting stories regarding robots.
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Links to topics discussed:
Apple and Tic Tok skip congressional hearings on the tech industry and China
China imposes gaming time limits and a curfew on all under 18
YouTube changes their terms of service, What does it mean?
- https://www.reddit.com/r/YouShouldKnow/comments/du95s3/ysk_that_youtube_is_updating_their_terms_of/
- https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/dtr6gi/youtube_suspends_google_accounts_of_markipliers/f6yu9hh/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
- https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/dud2wa/youtubes_terms_of_service_are_changing_and_i/
Dave Rubin with Ajit Pai
- https://open.spotify.com/episode/7Ag6blfge3OcqPN8i1ZFEn
US Air Force tests the Starlink internet
Ford unveils a prototype Mustang Lithium
Boston Dynamics mini cheetahs
Robot fight
Wednesday Nov 06, 2019
Wednesday Nov 06, 2019
This week we cover the weekly news starting with our initial thoughts on the new Apple TV service. We discuss the latest surrounding the Game of Thrones showrunners leaving Star Wars and the upcoming Game of Thrones prequels. The president of Blizzard addresses the mistakes made with regards to the Hong Kong protests and policing free speech. In tech news there are some new developments in electric vehicle charging, Twitter bans all political ads and Facebook starts moderating the news.
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Links to topics discussed:
- Game of Thrones news
- Sony trademarks PS6-10
- Electric car batteries
- https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/electric-cars-battery-recharge-time-a9177781.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR3-1LGyeMUCwAqbFtLu_HXyVE4CaM7atZNKwHn7m3MuNB6Ia6qkFYYCOTE#Echobox=1572447992
- https://www.realclearscience.com/quick_and_clear_science/2019/10/30/new_lithium_ion_battery_design_could_allow_electric_vehicles_to_be_charged_in_ten_minutes.html?fbclid=IwAR1XWvZbwadqV996iB2HazVY_3R59uaVcd5wMzw7-CT1qD49UsJji4tCQ2k
- Blizzard President apologies
- Twitter bans political ads
- Snowden states Facebook is as bad as NSA
Wednesday Oct 30, 2019
Wednesday Oct 30, 2019
This week we discuss how all of these streaming services are causing subscription fatigue. There are new trailers for Star Wars: The Rise of the Skywalkers and the Mandalorian. Space X announces its plans to launch Starships to the moon in 2022 and Starlink gets approval to increase its satelite plan to 42,000. Microsoft wins the bid for a major government contract and they begin investing in Elon’s Open AI. Google claims to have gained quantum supremacy with its latest quantum computing test. We also have a new record for the longest flight after the Airforce spy plane lands after 780 days.
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Links to topics discussed:
Subscription fatigue
- https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2019/10/21/disney-apple-tv-netflix-amazon-can-we-tame-subscription-fatigue/3995686002/?fbclid=IwAR2oRlSZDeQl0OeWYqLpyRBG8UV8rjSPFHbE7PzA-yVLWBW8jH4UHKm-9d4
- Apple TV free to Apple, Disney+ free to Verizon
Star Wars final trailer and Mandalorian trailer released
Starlink to launch 42,000 total satelites
Elon uses Starlink to send out a Tweet.
- https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/22/elon-musk-tweets-using-spacexs-starlink-satellite-internet/?fbclid=IwAR3Ib5-pBkkXecZRGmcd2WyElzHuTahBykHGpDufnvUhuzDQwGX5jJTc1RY
- https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-satellite-internet-service-2020.html?fbclid=IwAR14ucquYCBUCxL0-EFaSRd8YLaAh0wtetc3y3brKBxVjYmrsyX33pQbsZo
SpaceX wants to land Starship on the moon by 2022 with passengers
Microsoft has invented $1bil in Elon’s Open AI
Microsoft wins $10bil government contract for cloud computing
Jeff Bezos nearly lost richest man alive title
Big leap for quantum computing
Air Force space plane lands after a record 780 day flight
Friday Oct 25, 2019
Friday Oct 25, 2019
This episode is a Cantina Conversation with the comic author Ryan Haack. Ryan has an active Indiegogo campaign for his comic Bric-A-Brac which is an interesting story putting a twist on many of the Christmas characters that you grew up with. In this episode we discuss how he found inspiration and focus through an online course he started when he was 13 years old and his unconventional methods for getting his first comic shorts illustrated and in front of an audience. We also discuss his previous Kickstarter campaign and some of the benefits that led to the decision to choose Indiegogo for this current campaign.
Check out Ryan’s campaign at https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/bric-a-brac-1-a-fantasy-christmas-story?fbclid=IwAR0t8qgZUhmPA-FEYgzRF94hrHNw-j9nFZQ98xizJMd3ELd8DiPSzUAk7Lc#/
Follow Ryan on social media at:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/haack_pro
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ryanhaack98/
Website: https://rmhaack.wixsite.com/ryan-haack
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Wednesday Oct 23, 2019
Wednesday Oct 23, 2019
In this week's show the guys discuss the first episode of Watchmen. Nasa had it's first all female spacewalk. Police robots patrol the beach. Nasa spends millions to investigate marijuana culture and Huawei wants in the American market bad. Thanks for listening.
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Links to topics discussed:
- Zombieland 2 Review
- All female spacewalk
- Copala
- NASA and SpaceX
- Marijuana review
Wednesday Oct 16, 2019
Wednesday Oct 16, 2019
This week is dominated by nerd culture colliding with social issues. Blizzard suppresses free speech in order to secure Chinese money. The recent mass shooting in Germany misuses Twitch to stream violence. A terminally ill doctor transforms himself into the first cyborg. There is some new information released on Playstation 5 and Disney+ reveals their initial programming for their November 12th launch. We also discuss the unusual start to Fortnite season 11.
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Links to topics discussed:
Blizzard bans players for China
- https://twitter.com/slasher/status/1181442535962632193?s=21
- https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/10/09/fans-pledge-to-aboycott-blizzarda-over-hearthstone-proas-ban?sf110374336=1
- https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/10/09/unlike-blizzard-epic-games-wont-ban-players-for-political-speech?sf110400709=1
Blizzard won't let people ban them and quit
China is nuts
Germany attack on Twitch
Terminally ill patient becomes first cyborg
PS5 2020 holiday release
Disney plus tweets announcing content
Wednesday Oct 09, 2019
Wednesday Oct 09, 2019
In this week’s news show, we give our thoughts on some of the major topics in the nerd community. We give our spoiler free opinions on Joker and discuss Matin Scorsese’s comments on comic book movies and cinema. The court of appeals rules to uphold the repeal of net neutrality. NASA states that they are close to a big announcement regarding life on Mars. Playstation is now allowing cross platform play and in some tech news there is an exoskeleton suit fully controlled by the mind.
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Links to topics discussed:
Joker review- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrNy_Kh6FHI
Society reacts to the Joker- https://www.businessinsider.com/joker-movie-theater-incident-man-cheers-applauds-murders-2019-10
https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/03/us/joker-movie-security-threat/index.html
Scorcese hates on comic book movies- https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/scorsese-marvel-movies-not-cinema-theme-parks-spark-backlash-1245730
Net Neutrality rulings- https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20191001/09533043103/court-says-fcc-cant-stop-states-protecting-net-neutrality.shtml?fbclid=IwAR2mbElOeD8ibpKcnO9xcdoUIRFYQGT394W39A7vDYoT7_8EbV1Vt7wmD98
NASA is almost ready to announce life in space- https://www.foxnews.com/science/nasa-chief-scientist-announcements-life-on-mars?fbclid=IwAR32Bz5sRrNfR7-gwnm5AKgxEdTupSWkw6o8EXHzsZEmNWaF02oozJC4_UY
Lizard evolution- https://www.bbc.com/news/health-49876827
Exoskeleton- https://www.bbc.com/news/health-49907356?fbclid=IwAR2IdSgXey962qS_7qE4k_xMQNoTPUJgmOkQDbdZMR_T0iRa0qJnO-Ro6Yk
Wednesday Oct 02, 2019
Wednesday Oct 02, 2019
In this week’s news show, we give our thoughts on some of the major topics in the nerd community. Ken discusses his recent video to Galaxy’s Edge. Spider-man is back in the MCU and Keving Feige is now producing Star Wars movies. We go over some of the new fall TV shows that might be worth watching. XBox starts the Beta testing of their new XCloud video game streaming service. We discuss the latest in tech including the SpaceX announcement of the Starship and some new robo dog offered by Boston Dynamics.
If you wish to share your opinions with the community you can always leave a message at 815- .. 905-1414.
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Links to topics discussed:
Kevin Feige joins Star Wars- https://screenrant.com/spiderman-leave-marvel-truth-kevin-feige-star-wars/
Ghost Rider cancelled- https://deadline.com/2019/09/marvels-ghost-rider-live-action-series-not-going-forward-dead-canceled-hulu-gabriel-luna-1202744645/
Xbox Cloud Gaming starts in October- https://www.polygon.com/2019/9/24/20882522/xbox-one-project-xcloud-public-test-launch-date
Space X big announcement- https://news.yahoo.com/musk-sets-spacex-starships-ambitious-161452297.html?soc_src=newsroom&soc_trk=com.apple.UIKit.activity.CopyToPasteboard&.tsrc=newsroom
Wednesday Sep 25, 2019
Wednesday Sep 25, 2019
In this week’s news show, we give our thoughts on some of the major topics in the nerd community. Steve explains his 4.5 star review for Ad Astra and then we discuss the future of space hotels. Streaming services dominate the Emmys and we have a new NBC streaming service named Peacock. Apple continues to fight taxes levied on them by the EU and Facebook legally defines themselves as a publisher. We also discuss our disappointment with the human race following the “Storm Area 51” event.
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Links to topics discussed:
Peacock Streaming Service- https://www.androidauthority.com/what-is-peacock-1030392/
Battlestar Series- https://screenrant.com/battlestar-galactica-tv-show-reboot-sam-esmail-nbc/?fbclid=IwAR00rrSRxNG-ZCWAewgwhDaiblgjsRRbjRAoyNfbrM-ImeewpCBogXd-4eo
Apple Fighting massive fine- https://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-apple-stateaid/apple-takes-fight-against-13-billion-euro-eu-tax-order-to-court-idUSKBN1W1195?fbclid=IwAR0ND_EFUWMfR73lulD50kBYjFviMBtwUhVj2mzWQGrSEBy7WFaJI6-6j-8
Facebook declares itself as a publisher- https://www.rt.com/usa/469209-facebook-publisher-laura-loomer-lawsuit/?fbclid=IwAR3nH2Xl0bBC2G-x4CyfzwblmnX3nn7yADioPnmwP3zrkpM_BbcowSDrPLQ