<p>Eric has a problem with "smart" smoke alarms. Jon feeds happy cows round bales of hay (but not the fermented kind). Debian making 64 bit time work with 32 bits. A woman is unaware she is working for North Korea. Eric plays tower defense with CSS. Jon finds scarecrow spiders.</p> <ul> <li>0:00 - Introduction</li> <li>11:31 - <a href= "https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/25/y2k38_bug_debian/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">64bit time in 32bit parts</a></li> <li>17:30 - <a href= "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2l2yn5zmxo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">It's totally legit!</a></li> <li>23:21 - <a href="http://www.flexboxdefense.com/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">flexboxdefense.com</a></li> <li>25:14 - <a href= "https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/spider-builds-fake-spider-decoy-168663359/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Scarecrow Spiders</a></li> </ul>

Eric has a problem with "smart" smoke alarms. Jon feeds happy cows round bales of hay (but not the fermented kind). Debian making 64 bit time work with 32 bits. A woman is unaware she is working for North Korea. Eric plays tower defense with CSS. Jon finds scarecrow spiders. 0:00 - Introduction 11:31 - 64bit time in 32bit parts 17:30 - It's totally legit! 23:21 - flexboxdefense.com 25:14 - Scarecrow Spiders

<p>Eric has a problem with "smart" smoke alarms. Jon feeds happy cows round bales of hay (but not the fermented kind). Debian making 64 bit time work with 32 bits. A woman is unaware she is working for North Korea. Eric plays tower defense with CSS. Jon finds scarecrow spiders.</p> <ul> <li>0:00 - Introduction</li> <li>11:31 - <a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/25/y2k38_bug_debian/" rel="noopener noreferrer">64bit time in 32bit parts</a></li> <li>17:30 - <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2l2yn5zmxo" rel="noopener noreferrer">It's totally legit!</a></li> <li>23:21 - <a href="http://www.flexboxdefense.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">flexboxdefense.com</a></li> <li>25:14 - <a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/spider-builds-fake-spider-decoy-168663359/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Scarecrow Spiders</a></li> </ul>

399: Cut the Black Wire

From commentary on current events to random musings, they chat (mostly) about security and technology topics.  However, life is more than just the day job, there's always something fun to wrap up the show.

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