Binary Jazz

Back from our hiatus, in this episode we discuss the challenges of providing tech support for parents and other relatives. We experiment with Claude.ai to explore AI capabilities and humor. Also, Allison’s Reading Corner: The Wild Edge of Sorrow by Francis Weller, Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski, Happy Place and Beach Read by Emily Henry and My Best’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix.

* Claude.ai

* The Wild Edge of Sorrow (Storygraph)

* Come As You Are (Storygraph)

* Happy Place (Storygraph)

* Beach Read (Storygraph)

* My Best Friend’s Exorcism (Storygraph)

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In this episode we chat about Florida and how things were 3 years ago. Also, the impact of Ted Lasso and the series finale [SPOILERS] and invincible teams, Sweet Tooth, Apple TV’s show production pipeline, Star Wars stuff, career mode and note-taking apps.

* Ted Lasso (Apple TV)

* Sweet Tooth (IMDb)

* Schmigadoon (Apple TV)

* Star Wars Rebellion (Steam)

* Star Wars: Dark Forces (Steam)

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Gary gets existential, continuing the conversation started last week about wisdom and woo ✨. Also board games.

* Last time on Binary Jazz… 😂

* Osho Zen Tarot (Amazon)

* The Gift of Fear (Wikipedia)

* Parks (BoardGameGeek)

* Wingspan (BoardGameGeek)

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In this episode, we talk about commencement speeches and what they’re even for, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Ted Lasso as a means to discuss homosexuality on television and TV parent tropes in general. Also: questions for Catholics.

* This Is Water David Foster Wallace Commencement Speech (YouTube)

* Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Wikipedia)

* Once More With Feeling (Wikipedia)

* Ted Lasso (Wikipedia)

* Apocrypha (Wikipedia)

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In this episode we move from microphones to electric cars to horse costumes. Also, jokes! (Like as a topic, not just, like, we tell a bunch of jokes.)

* Donut for Slack

* HyperX Gaming Headsets

* The Best Gaming Headsets (Wirecutter)

* Hyundai Kona Electric

* Jokes

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In this episode, we reflect on Chris’ second COVID infection, Oreos, technical interviews, over-complicating side projects. Also, H.P. Lovecraft and Gary’s stock tips.

* Oreo Cakesters

* Oreo CEO: Stop Making New Oreos (YouTube)

* Oreo ID

* OREO Chocolate Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies

* Holy Guacamole! (AllisonTarr.com)

* Use of Code Generators Must Remain GPL Compatible (make.wordpress.org/plugins)

* The Color out of Space by H.P. Lovecraft (Storygraph)

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In this episode, we challenge language learning models to writing stories about socks and why AI is bad at puns. Also, Allison’s book review corner and Gary’s stock tip of the week.

* jazzsequence/year-month-day-uploads.php (Gist)

* Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals by Alexis Pauline Gumb (AK Press)

* How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures by Sabrina Imbler (Little, Brown)

* Tessa Dare

* The Brown Sisters series (Storygraph)

* Calibre e-book management

* Bookshop.org

* Kobo

* Libby

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In this episode, Gary and Chris nerd out about the existential crisis around PHP and WordPress. Also, exciting audio content while Chris uses DALL-E, Gary’s trees and generative adversarial networks.

* State of the Word 2022 (WordPress.org)

* PHP Compatibility and WordPress Versions (make.wordpress.org)

* PHP Supported Versions (php.net)

* Matt Mullenweg (Wikipedia)

* WP VIP PHP (wpvip.com)

* DALL-E (openai.com)

* Generative Adversarial Network (Wikipedia)

* Monty Python – Argument Clinic (YouTube)

* Reddit

* Bing’s A.I. Chat: ‘I Want to Be Alive. 😈’ (NY Times)

DALL-E generated interpretations of Matt Mullenweg

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Hello again to Binary Jazz. This episode description was not written by a bot. In this episode, Chris goes to the AI to ask about things he doesn’t know that could be good Binary Jazz topics and we briefly discuss Circular Economy and Transhumanism. Also: quantum entanglement, Gary’s Stock Corner,

* Chris’ self-promotion

* Why WordPress Multisite (pantheon.io)

* Chris Reynolds on Why To Use Composer With WordPress (WPTavern.com)

* Cryptozoology (Binary Jazz)

* Circular Economy (Wikipedia)

* How to meet people as a grownup (Binary Jazz)

* Trading Places (IMDb)

* Silicon Valley Bank collapse explained in graphics (USA Today)

* How The Benner Cycle Predicts 100+ Years of Market Movement (The Rational Investor)

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The 2023 St. Patrick’s Day Special! We talk about St. Patrick’s Day, weird marathon food and making friends as a grownup. Also: mortality.

* No real links to share this week. Sorry!

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