FFS Talk podcast

FFS Talk podcast

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FFS Talk podcast episodes

  • Episode 0023: Forget Good If Good Enough Will Do
    Show Notes
    • Host: Dan Hugo
    • Summary: Many engineers, maybe more the ones from the old days but I hope not, will try to find a root cause for some problem and see about fixing it. In an age of personal economics, solving an immediate problem and calling that Done seems to be the new thing, and that always comes back around. Always.
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      • Office Space sums up everything with this famous 47-second scene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fmq8N4A1u6A
      • The Pareto Principle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_principle
        • 1 hr 25 min
      • Episode 0022: Reviewing Reviews and Reviwers
        Show Notes
        • Host: Dan Hugo
        • Summary: Reviews have always been a thing, often contentious for any of a number of reasons, from fake to paid-for to fraught with agenda, and more. What is wrong with reviews, or is it, what is wrong with reviewers?
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          • Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo
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          • Net Promoter Score https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_promoter_score
          • The Worst Product I've Ever Reviewed... For Now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TitZV6k8zfA
          • Do Bad Reviews Kill Companies? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QztFpzKsdeA
          • Satisfaction over Quality https://www.businessinsider.com/customer-satisfaction-surveys-scourge-annoying-ratings-email-marketing-research-workers-2024-4
          • Example of intense focused objective reviews of cameras https://www.imaging-resource.com/
            • 1 hr 36 min
          • Episode 0021: Precision and Accuracy and You
            Show Notes
            • Host: Dan Hugo
            • Summary: Precision and Accuracy, orthogonal but definitely appealing when encountered together, but so often lacking individually. In a world only moving faster, we have the tools and the devices in our pockets, why are we apathetic?
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              • Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo
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              • Accuracy and Precision on Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accuracy_and_precision
              • Units Matter even near Mars https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/mars-climate-orbiter
              • Time is Money, with or without laziness https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_is_money_(aphorism)
              • German Precision and Bearings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4Zc3Go2WLY
                • 1 hr
              • Episode 0020: Intellectual Laziness
                Show Notes
                • Host: Dan Hugo
                • Summary: We already know that what you find on the internet is not always correct, but how can we tell, if we can tell at all? Maybe it begins with doing it yourself…
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                  • Frontline on Boeing 737-MAX https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z76YpCz9N2Y
                  • Debunking Jordan Peterson and Destiny on Vaccine argument https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wi9VrF7EXIQ
                  • JFK Assassination Solved. Again. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjkaYboVDOQ
                  • Capitalism is Not Physics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQ3l_cGpBWQ
                  • Two people who should not be debating transgender anything (Tyson, Shapiro) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w89etN8QqNQ
                  • Truth putting its pants on… https://quoteinvestigator.com/2014/07/13/truth/
                  • Simon Whistler https://www.simonwhistler.com/about
                  • Motte-and-Bailey falacy (wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motte-and-bailey_fallacy
                  • Confirmation Bias (wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias
                  • Motivated Reasoning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motivated_reasoning
                    • What are you consuming?
                    1 hr 35 min
                  • Episode 0019: Own Your Brand
                    Show Notes
                    • Host: Dan Hugo
                    • Summary: If you have the wherewithal to start a company of some kind, operate a business, or simply maintain a personal or professional brand of some kind, why on earth would you or anyone hand that over to others who could not care less about anything you do but for the money it makes them?
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                      • Indieweb POSSE https://indieweb.org/POSSE
                      • Do Businesses Need Conventional Websites Anymore? (Medium Members Only) https://medium.com/user-experience-design-1/do-businesses-need-conventional-websites-anymore-ae1bf5ba79d4
                      • Amazon kills Diapers.com https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/07/emails-detail-amazons-plan-to-crush-a-startup-rival-with-price-cuts/
                      • YouTube Adpocalypse https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/5/18287318/youtube-logan-paul-pewdiepie-demonetization-adpocalypse-premium-influencers-creators
                      • Apple Sherlocking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_(software)
                      • Epic Suit https://www.reuters.com/legal/apple-ask-us-supreme-court-undo-app-store-order-epic-games-case-2023-07-03/
                      • Google Podcasts is Dead, of course https://www.techradar.com/computing/software/google-podcast-shuts-down-on-april-2-and-heres-what-you-can-do-about-it
                      • Netcom and their storied times https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netcom_(United_States)
                      • Cory Doctorow on Enpoopification https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/21/potemkin-ai/
                        • 1 hr 21 min
                      • Episode 0018: Profit First, Fix Later
                        Show Notes
                        • Host: Dan Hugo
                        • Summary: There was a time, maybe too long ago to remember, when excellence, innovation, and individual pride in a job well done. A quick glance across the headlines over these months, years, and even recent decades, reveals clearly the transition very clearly to the priority of profit, financial or otherwise
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                          • Boeing Needs a Reboot https://www.axios.com/2024/03/25/boeing-ceo-calhoun-culture-change
                          • QR Codes Need a Reboot https://www.cybersecurity-insiders.com/unraveling-the-cyber-threats-lurking-behind-qr-codes/
                          • One Thing Southern Nevada gets correct https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/las-vegas-going-all-in-water-conservation-plan-180983974/
                          • The Bridge Collapse is only the Beginning https://www.businessinsider.com/baltimore-port-closure-could-cost-15-million-per-day-2024-3
                          • Space Needs a Reboot https://dnyuz.com/2024/03/28/as-threats-in-space-mount-u-s-lags-in-protecting-key-services/
                          • Google Podcasts EOL, no surprise https://www.wired.com/story/google-podcasts-how-to-transfer-your-subscriptions/
                          • SBF Gets 25 Years https://www.reuters.com/technology/sam-bankman-fried-be-sentenced-multi-billion-dollar-ftx-fraud-2024-03-28/
                            • 47 min
                          • Episode 0017: Scams, Shams, and Flim-Flams
                            Show Notes
                            • Host: Dan Hugo
                            • Summary: We live in modern times, with access to so many ways for people to take advantage of us. There are ways to defend ourselves, but like carrying keys to locks, they do require some sacrifice and effort, and some motivation to comprehend and be aware. Do we have these?
                              • Links
                              • Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo
                              • Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo
                              • Three-Card Monte https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-card_monte
                              • Nigerian Prince, 419, Advance Money Scam https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance-fee_scam
                              • The Current Version­—Pig Butchering https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_butchering_scam
                              • Phishing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phishing
                              • Catfishing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catfishing
                              • Voice Phishing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_phishing
                              • Know Your Customer (Business SIde) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Know_your_customer
                              • Gmail Bulk Emailer Authentication Rules 2024 https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2024/03/20/new-mass-gmail-rejections-will-start-in-14-days-google-says/
                              • Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/125124328-never-split-the-difference-negotiating-as-if-your-life-depended-on-it-b
                              • Impressarios Episode 0016 Trust but Verify https://open.spotify.com/episode/4sra9XZEoDg540wdfNf6sp
                                • 1 hr 17 min
                              • Episode 0016: A US Postal Service Reboot
                                Show Notes
                                • Host: Dan Hugo
                                • Summary: The US Postal Service is actually sort of amazing if you really think about it, and today we are looking at something of a shadow of its actual, historical self. Some truly clueless people would like to see it go away for some reason, but what about…
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                                  • In Their Own Words https://about.usps.com/who/profile/history/
                                  • The US Postal Savings System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Postal_Savings_System
                                  • APWU Campaign to bring back Postal Banking https://apwu.org/postal-banking
                                  • USPS Services Offered FAQ https://faq.usps.com/s/article/What-Retail-Services-does-the-United-States-Postal-Service-provide
                                  • The Big Picture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Postal_Service
                                  • The most ancient Smoke Signals https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoke_signal
                                  • The Battle of Marathon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathon
                                  • Pony Express https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pony_Express
                                  • Dots and Dashes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_transcontinental_telegraph
                                  • Mail on Rails https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_transcontinental_railroad
                                  • Letter Carrier Robberies Continue… https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/letter-carrier-robberies-continue-usps-union-lawmakers-seek-108040136
                                  • Largely Self-funded https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF12516/3
                                  • Recoding America https://www.recodingamerica.us/
                                    • 1 hr 4 min
                                  • Episode 0015: Connections Known and Unknown
                                    Show Notes
                                    • Host: Dan Hugo
                                    • Summary: Community is a thing, but it is not always what you think it is, and that gap can be described sometimes by way of some understanding of the connections between members of the community and between communities, and beyond. Do we understand them, do we even know them, and do we know when they disco?
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                                      • Santayana Quotes https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/George_Santayana
                                      • Connections by James Burke https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connections_(British_TV_series)
                                      • Best-timed shot in TV history (real) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WoDQBhJCVQ
                                      • Gantt vs PERT https://www.projectmanager.com/blog/gantt-vs-pert-vs-network-diagram
                                      • Interconnectedness of All Things - Dirk Gently https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_Gently
                                      • Community Asset Maps (and more) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asset-based_community_development
                                      • Complicated vs Complex https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/the-critical-difference-between-complex-and-complicated/
                                      • Personal Space https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxemics
                                      • 55-38-7 YMMV https://www.morethan1answer.com/the-55-38-7-rule-and-the-myth/
                                        • 1 hr
                                      • Episode 0014: The Business of Getting Paid
                                        Show Notes
                                        • Host: Dan Hugo
                                        • Summary: With rare exceptions, we exchange time and/or effort for money. If we do it right we exchange more effort than time, and if we can do it passively, even better. Now about these circumstances that throw a spanner into the works…
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                                          • Gratuity (Tip) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gratuity
                                          • Mandatory Gratuity (Service Fee) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandatory_tipping
                                          • Federal Labor Code on Tipping https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/fact-sheets/15-tipped-employees-flsa
                                          • Tip Pooling Not Allowed https://www.wcpo.com/money/local-business-news/lawsuit-jeff-ruby-restaurants-violated-labor-laws-by-requiring-employees-to-participate-in-tip-pooling
                                          • Big Tip Big Problem https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2024/02/25/hear-from-michigan-waitress-who-was-fired-after-getting-10000-tip/
                                          • Gratuitous Vengeance https://nypost.com/2024/02/27/lifestyle/i-didnt-tip-a-pizzeria-for-our-slices-heres-how-they-got-revenge-and-why-im-never-going-back/
                                          • The $18 Big Mac https://www.salon.com/2024/02/19/how-an-18-big-mac-meal-became-a-symbol-for-economic-anxiety--and-what-that-means-for-democrats/
                                          • Pick Someone´s Brain https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/pick-brain
                                            • 1 hr 22 min

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