Causality

By The Engineered Network

Chain of Events. Cause and Effect. We analyse what went right and what went wrong as we discover that many outcomes can be predicted, planned for and even prevented.... more

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June 24, 201426: Gambling Machines
Gambling is all about the odds of separating you from your money and todays gambling machines are making lots of it for the government. Ben Alexander returns to discuss the Pokies.
With Ben Alexander and John Chidgey.
Related Links:
Lotteries in Australia
Gambling
Pokies Revenue in Australia
Slot Machine Music and Sounds
The Impact of Sound in Modern Multiline Video Slot Machine Play (PDF)
Slot Machines By Country
The Gamblers Fallacy
Slot Machines

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June 16, 201425: Software Entropy
John and Guy English discuss software entropy as it relates to the User Interface and the code itself and explore if there's a way to stop it.
With Guy English and John Chidgey.
Related Links:
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Entropy
Second Law of Thermodynamics
The Power of Customer Retention
Microsoft Excel
Excel v2.0 Screenshot

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1h 10min
June 13, 201424A: Downloaded vs Streamed Follow-up 1
Follow up (Part A) to Downloaded vs Streamed where we look into another big reason why Australian internet is so expensive beyond the lack of economies of scale. Many thanks to Alex Garner for the detailed feedback.
With John Chidgey.
List of Australian Undersea internet connections:
Australia-Papua New Guinea-2 (APNG-2) - 1.13 Gb/s
PIPE Pacific Cable-1 (PPC-1) - 2,560 Gb/s
Australia-Japan Cable (AJC) - 880 Gb/s
Gondwana-1 - 640 Gb/s
Southern Cross Cable Network (SCCN) - 2,600 Gb/s
APX-East - 19,200 Gb/s
Telstra Endeavour - 1,280 Gb/s
Hawaiki Cable - 6,400 Gb/s
Tasman-2 - 1.2Gb/s
Tasman Global Access (TGA) Cable (to New Zealand only) - 30,000 Gb/s
SeaMeWe-3 - 960 Gb/s
Australia-Singapore Cable (ASC) - 6,400 Gb/s
APX-West - 20,000 Gb/s
Trident Subsea Cable - 16,000 Gb/s
JASURAUS - 5 Gb/s
TOTAL - 70Tb/s at 16.5 Million users average 4Mb/s

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June 13, 2014 23A: Maximum Erasability Follow-up 1
Follow up (Part A) to Maximum Erasability where we touch on the size of the whiteboards and colours used and how that relates to usability and also a handy tip on erasing permanent marker marks using a dry-erase marker. Thanks to Nick Radcliffe.
With John Chidgey.

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June 09, 201424: Downloaded vs Streamed
John is a proponent of downloading. Josh Centers is a proponent of streaming. Which is the one true, most efficient and economical solution?
With Josh Centers and John Chidgey.
Related Links:
Streaming Media

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1h 10min
June 02, 201423: Maximum Erasability
What is it about WhiteBoards that makes them so invaluable as a collaborative design tool? John is joined by Seth Clifford of Nickelfish to explore the reasons why.
With Seth Clifford and John Chidgey.
Related Links:
Blackboards/Chalkboards
Whiteboards
Writing Slates
Ballpoint Pen

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1h 17min
June 02, 2014 22: Core Business
Understanding what is and isn't your core business is critical for success. Horace Dediu joins John Chidgey for a very special episode of Pragmatic where for once John doesn't do all the talking!
With Horace Dediu and John Chidgey.

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1h 31min
May 20, 201421: Daylight Saving
Daylight Saving was introduced as a means of conserving energy but does it achieve that in any way? Do the benefits truly outweigh the confusion and frustration it causes? John and Myke Hurley go through the history and draw their own conclusions.
With Myke Hurley and John Chidgey.
Related Links:
Daylight Saving Time
Daylight Saving Time: German Wikipedia Translation
Daylight Saving Time: Early Adoption and US Law
Daylight Saving Time: Original Idea
Stanford Magazine: What Did Daylight Saving Ever Do For You?
Peak Demand
Agrarian Society

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1h 1min
April 18, 201420: The Critical Path
Many people bandy-around the expression The Critical Path but what does it mean? The truth is that it's a part of Project Management and this phrase carries negative connotations for a lot of people but it's a tool to help us get to where we need to be.
With Ben Alexander and John Chidgey.
TechDistortion Companion Article:
The Critical Path
Project Management:
Project Management
Monroe Apples
Gantt Charts:
Gantt Chart
Project Professional 2013
Primavera
Gantt Project
Gantt
GAN format
PERT:
Project Evaluation and Review Technique
Float
The Critical Path:
The Critical Path Method (Wiki)
The Critical Path Method
Mythical Man-Month
Brookes Law

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1h 2min
April 06, 201419: I'll Take The Gold-free Extra-Oxygen Cable Please
Tackling two types of common cable, Speaker cable and HDMI cables. HDMI some obsess over gold plating; Speaker cable some obsess over OFC. Which is worth the extra money or are neither? Hardcore audiophiles may be upset by the contents of this episode.
With Ben Alexander and John Chidgey.
Articles about the show:
IPv6: An Unreachable Wall
The MOD Tracker Scene
Oxygen-Free Copper:
OFC Cables
Standard Cable
Oxygen-Free Copper
Skin Effect
Gold Plating:
Golden Rules (PDF)
Mohs scale of hardness
HDMI
Examples:
25W bookshelf speaker
HDMI
I2C

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57min

FAQs about Causality:

How many episodes does Causality have?

The podcast currently has 278 episodes available.