Disruption

Disruption

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  • 40: Subordinate Pants

    Disrupticons, reporting for duty! Mikah’s dealing with cognitive distress, Georgia’s can’t upgrade her bacon to a drone, Steve ushers in the bug apocalypse, and Bri fails to choose her words carefully in church.

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    • Links and Show Notes:

      Have questions only the Disruption cast is qualified to address? Leave us a voicemail at (508) 418-3532 or tweet with the hashtag #DisruptMe and we could answer them on a future episode!

      Links:

      • How to Argue Using the Socratic Method
      • Galileo Galilei - Wikipedia
      • The dumbest stuff we found at CES 2017 | iMore
      • The CES of Shit
      • Lily Drone is dead despite $34 million in pre-orders
      • Game over: FTC goes after board game campaign gone wrong in first crowdfunding case - The Washington Post
      • Chelsea Manning Tried Committing Suicide a Second Time in October - The New York Times
      • 1 hr 11 min
      • 39: Storytime With Simone

        De RocheFAIL strikes Disruption this week as Simone De RocheFORT infiltrates the show. Ugly laptops upset Bri, Georgia gets bad makeup ideas, and Steve engages complaining Beast Mode.

        This episode of Disruption is sponsored by:
        • Hired: Empowers you by giving you transparency into job offers. Try Hired Today.
        • Guest Starring:

          Simone De Rochefort

          Links and Show Notes:

          Have questions only the Disruption cast is qualified to address? Leave us a voicemail at (508) 418-3532 or tweet with the hashtag #DisruptMe and we could answer them on a future episode!

          Links:

          • Nerf News: RIVAL Artemis XVII-3000 Blaster Spotted | Blaster Hub
          • The problem with competitive Pokémon in one tweet - Polygon
          • Yogg-Saron, Hope's End - Hearthstone Cards
          • Zigzagoon
          • Anti-surveillance clothing aims to hide wearers from facial recognition | Technology | The Guardian
          • Nvidia’s self-driving cars will help you drive better, too - The Verge
          • Amazon launches Amazon Go, a mind-blowing brick-and-mortar grocery store with no checkouts | VentureBeat | Business | by Paul Sawers
          • Ugly gaming PCs are our own fault - The Verge
          • Acer's Predator 21 X puts a curved screen and dual GTX 1080s in a laptop - The Verge
          • Min-Liang Tan on Twitter: "Alright, my Snapchat ID is minliangtan Please add me if you're hot."
          • Rival 300 Gaming Mouse | SteelSeries
          • I can't stop playing Pocket Card Jockey, the 3DS Solitaire horse-racing game - Polygon
          • Polygon’s 2016 Games of the Year #8: Stardew Valley - Polygon
          • What 400+ hours of Mercy experience looks like - YouTube
          • An Extinguisher Is Not Required [Overwatch] - YouTube
          • The Zen at the End [Overwatch] - YouTube
          • Superhot VR and Oculus Touch are a match made in murder heaven - Polygon
          • VR finally has its killer app, and it's called Rec Room - CNET
          • Kingdom Rush - Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Kingdom Rush Origins
          • Space Pirate Trainer
          • Robo Recall
          • FINAL FANTASY XIV
          • Civilization VI | Homepage
          • 1 hr
          • 38: Score Some Fierce Guzzlord

            In which we turn to virtual reality to save us from the pain of Georgia ruining green M&Ms forever.

            This episode of Disruption is sponsored by:
            • Smile: The PDFpen Family of apps lets you take control of PDFs on all you devices.
            • Links and Show Notes:

              Have questions only the Disruption cast is qualified to address? Leave us a voicemail at (508) 418-3532 or tweet with the hashtag #DisruptMe and we could answer them on a future episode!

              Links:

              • Salacious M&M #1
              • ‎Salacious M&M #2
              • Virtual reality may be a new, cheaper weapon in the war on pain - Polygon
              • Virtual reality and pain management: current trends and future directions
              • New cybersecurity guidelines for medical devices tackle evolving threats - The Verge
              • Algorithm predicts heart attacks 4 hours before doctors
              • Guzzlord | Pokémon Wiki
              • 1 hr 15 min
              • 37: Stuck on a Teal Pantsuit

                In which we gear up for the Nerf War on Christmas.

                This episode of Disruption is sponsored by:
                • Linode: High performance SSD Linux servers for all of your infrastructure needs. Get a $20 credit with promo code ‘disruption20’
                • Links and Show Notes:

                  Have questions only the Disruption cast is qualified to address? Leave us a voicemail at (508) 418-3532 or tweet with the hashtag #DisruptMe and we could answer them on a future episode!

                  Links:

                  • More Confirmation of the Story out of Lancaster, PA
                  • Poll: Conservatives most likely to be offended by holiday greetings - The Washington Post
                  • Six Times Bill O’Reilly Defended The "White Establishment" Against “The Left”
                  • The Hebrew Hammer
                  • Overwatch celebrates the holidays with Winter Wonderland event, Christmas costumes
                  • New Overwatch Comic Is Full Of Holiday Cheer
                  • Judas Maccabeus - Wikipedia
                  • Google Assistant Now Has a Built-In Santa Tracker and Virtual Dreidel
                  • Nerf Elite Spring Blasters | Nerf Gun Attachments
                  • Nerf Rival Atlas XVI-1200 Blaster
                  • Nerf Rival Khaos MXVI-4000 Blaster
                  • Nerf N-Strike Elite Stryfe
                  • Campaign Ad Shows Missouri Senate Hopeful Jason Kander Assembling Assault Rifle Blindfolded | National News | US News
                  • Brianna Wu, Boston game developer and critic of GamerGate, to run for Congress - The Boston Globe
                  • Brianna Wu is creating Videogames | Patreon
                  • ASOS | Shop the Latest Clothes and Fashion Online
                  • 1 hr 5 min
                  • 36: Bri Run

                    Bri's back, and she has big news to share! And then it's right back to business as usual, because there are VR games to gush over and Nintendo games to argue about.

                    Links and Show Notes:

                    Have questions only the Disruption cast is qualified to address? Leave us a voicemail at (508) 418-3532 or tweet with the hashtag #DisruptMe and we could answer them on a future episode!

                    Links:

                    • garfield minus garfield
                    • The Mirai worm is gnawing its way through the Internet of Things and will not stop
                    • Super Mario Run is a modern classic for iPhone | iMore
                    • Mini Metro
                    • Rayman Jungle Run on the App Store
                    • Rayman Fiesta Run on the App Store
                    • ‘Super Mario Run’: Can You Play on More Than One Device? | Heavy.com
                    • Pokémon Sun and Moon’s ‘call for help’ feature is painful for everyone involved
                    • Pokémon Sun and Moon let you high-five your precious baby Pokémon
                    • Nine great Oculus Touch games you should try (or watch) right now
                    • SUPERHOT VR
                    • Space Pirate Trainer
                    • Epic’s VR Shooter Bullet Train Is Now the Wacky Robo Recall
                    • The Unspoken - Insomniac Games
                    • Oculus Touch Tuesdays: Dead and Buried
                    • Arizona Sunshine
                    • Thumper
                    • You can't play Onward if you're under 5'6", as dev struggles to bring VR shooting to all
                    • 1 hr 5 min
                    • 35: Killer Robot Toasters

                      In which guest Tanya DePass visits the Disruption holiday party, which inevitably leads to the gadget apocalypse.

                      Sorry, not sorry.

                      This episode of Disruption is sponsored by:
                      • Linode: High performance SSD Linux servers for all of your infrastructure needs. Get a $20 credit with promo code ‘disruption20’
                      • Smile: Give the gift of Smile, and you’ll be giving the gift of time.
                      • Guest Starring:

                        Tanya DePass

                        Links and Show Notes:

                        Have questions only the Disruption cast is qualified to address? Leave us a voicemail at (508) 418-3532 or tweet with the hashtag #DisruptMe and we could answer them on a future episode!

                        Links:

                        • Meet the Brave, Audacious, Astonishing Women Who Built the Standing Rock Movement
                        • A Few Things I Have Learned About Going Outside In North Dakota In Winter
                        • Google, democracy and the truth about internet search
                        • Blood libel
                        • The Gadget Apocalypse Is Upon Us
                        • No, gadgets aren’t dead
                        • Pebble confirms Fitbit sale: Hardware is dead, software in maintenance mode | Ars Technica
                        • Moto pushes off smartwatches indefinitely - The Verge
                        • Tim Cook disputes analyst report that Apple Watch sales have tanked | Ars Technica
                        • The Original Piggy Cell Phone Stand
                        • 1 hr 5 min
                        • 34: A Briny Sea of Salty Steves

                          In which guest Braydon Beaulieu joins to to marvel at smoking toxic hellstew that Reddit has been and continues to be, and threaten to play Nickelback at the people accusing No Man's Sky of false advertising.

                          This episode of Disruption is sponsored by:
                          • Braintree: Code for easy online payments.
                          • Guest Starring:

                            Braydon Beaulieu

                            Links and Show Notes:

                            Have questions only the Disruption cast is qualified to address? Leave us a voicemail at (508) 418-3532 or tweet with the hashtag #DisruptMe and we could answer them on a future episode!

                            Links:

                            • Wacky Races - Wikipedia
                            • Lisa the Vegetarian - Wikipedia
                            • A Canadian town is threatening drunk drivers with Nickelback torture - The Verge
                            • Home - Caillou
                            • Caillou Rock and roll band - YouTube
                            • Reddit lost an adult CEO and installed a child - The Verge
                            • Reddit Vows to Police Its 'Most Toxic Users'
                            • Reddit Is Tearing Itself Apart
                            • Gamasutra - Hello Games didn't falsely advertise No Man's Sky, says ad regulator
                            • No Man's Sky's New Update Makes The Game Much More Grounded
                            • No Man's Sky - Foundation Update
                            • Isometric #43: You're Overruled, Steve
                            • Mighty No. 9 Tries Real Hard, But No
                            • GameStop Sales Hurting, as New Call of Duty Underperforms; Pokemon Sun/Moon Biggest of 2016
                            • 1 hr 16 min
                            • 33: General Tso's Ice Cream

                              In which we're joined by sci-fi legend and space dinosaur enthusiast Frank Wu to discuss Kanye West's recent struggles. But can he survive Bri's pop quiz?

                              This episode of Disruption is sponsored by:
                              • Linode: High performance SSD Linux servers for all of your infrastructure needs. Get a $20 credit with promo code ‘disruption20’
                              • Links and Show Notes:

                                Have questions only the Disruption cast is qualified to address? Leave us a voicemail at (508) 418-3532 or tweet with the hashtag #DisruptMe and we could answer them on a future episode!

                                Links:

                                - Kanye West's travails help hip-hop open up on mental health
                                - Watch Kanye West's Full Sacramento Rant, Read Entire Transcript
                                - Kanye West, Death Cab for Cutie mashup is a masterpiece, if you can find it

                                56 min
                              • 32: Brianna Party

                                We spend Bri's last episode before vocal surgery the only way we possibly could - with a Brijacked rip-off of, er, homage to Mario Party.

                                Links and Show Notes:

                                Have questions only the Disruption cast is qualified to address? Leave us a voicemail at (508) 418-3532 or tweet with the hashtag #DisruptMe and we could answer them on a future episode!

                                51 min
                              • 31: The Happiest Episode All Year

                                In which we discuss the US election, and what to do next.

                                This episode of Disruption is sponsored by:
                                • Linode: High performance SSD Linux servers for all of your infrastructure needs. Get a $20 credit with promo code ‘disruption20’
                                • PDFpenPro 8, from Smile: The Swiss Army Knife for PDFs.
                                • Guest Starring:

                                  Shireen Mitchell

                                  Links and Show Notes:

                                  Have questions only the Disruption cast is qualified to address? Leave us a voicemail at (508) 418-3532 or tweet with the hashtag #DisruptMe and we could answer them on a future episode!

                                  Links:

                                  • Shireen Mitchell (@digitalsista) | Twitter
                                  • Shireen Mitchell's Biography | About
                                  • Day 1 in Trump's America
                                  • After Trump’s Election, Women Are More Worried About Diversity In Tech
                                  • Suicide Hotline: (800) 723-TALK
                                  • US Crisis Line: (866) 4CRISIS (427-4747)
                                  • Trans Lifeline:
                                    • US: (877) 565-8860
                                    • Canada: (877) 330-6366
                                    • Trevor Lifeline Crisis Line: (866) 488-7386
                                    • 1 hr 9 min

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