Geeks in Space

RobChrisRob talked about IP addresses as a sort of spoil of war, and how to secure them against hostile foreign takeover, Record setting fishing with a Barbie Fishing Pole, the Mondrian painting that has hung upside down for 75 years, a 29 foot wide jigsaw puzzle with 60,000 pieces, Crowssword Puzzles helping with dementia, a sweater pattern at the U of Maryland that becomes an AI invisibility cloak... we also talked a little about Barbarian, and finally wrapped up with some of the latest shenanigans surrounding Elon Musk's twitter takeover.

RobChrisRob synchronized their communication arrays from their locations in pretend low earth orbit and spent some quality time chatting about the 4090 connectors melting, James Gunn given the creative keys to the DCU Film & Television production, Fallout has a first image released, Elon Musk has now officially taken over twitter, shoes that say they will help you walk 250% faster... but are really just 300 watt strap on roller skates that OMG I definitely want to try out until I destroy both my ankles, Saltwater encroaching the Mississippi river as water levels drop and the ecosystem implications, Larry the Cat who is apparently a an official british thing fought off a fox, Half Life is getting a pseudo sequel, and the ongoing saga of a pair of Walleye fisherman accused of cheating their way into hundreds of grand worth of prizes... they just pled not guilty. So we'll be monitoring this one real close!

RobChrisRob linked up from satellite arrays near and far to talk about the general grossness of using air driers in public restrooms, the washington radiation melter being (surprise) halted before coming to temp, petabyte network transmissions, 4090s melting their power plugs, Jack Dorseys new blockchain twitter, the first trailer for Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Shutterstock selling AI generated images, a chat about the repercussions AI is going to have on the creative fields, and finally a slightly belated chat about the finale of Rings of Power. Oh, and then Chris breaks the fourth wall in the last minute. zomg, mind blown.

RobChrisRob flung their respective pods through low earth orbit and discussed the head of Lettuce that outlasted Liz Truss, NVidia retracting the crappy 4080 model, as well as a GPU shipping with a built in level because these things now weigh more than laptops... we also talked about people eating mushrooms and not having the hopeful reaction, Harrison Ford cast as General Ross and much of the Netflix Daredevil cast confirmed as returning to the MCU iteration, the sad death of Hagrid Actor Robbie Coltrane, a Han Solo pastry, the final decision that the Arecibo will not be rebuilt, radioactive waste found in an elementary school in Missouri, a screen used Short Circuit Johnny 5 coming to auction, the shocking surprise that Black Adam is getting bad reviews, and notion that two spaces after a period indicates that the typist is over the age of 40. Don't parse this writeup. Just don't.

RobChrisRob gathered together from around the globe to discuss Liz Truss vs Lettuce, Lufthansa backtracking on their luggage Airtags ban, a billion missing Snow Crabs in the Bering sea, the Robot AI telling us evertthing will be fine in the creapiest way imaginable, Algae water filters, the end of a story arc on Andor, the end of season of She-Hulk, and the HotD/LotR comparisons never stop...

RobChrisRob battle laggy international internet packets to talk about iPhone 14s triggering Crash Detection on roller coasters and calling 911, a woman scammed into believing she was sending money to return a Russian astronaut to earth, a Dutch employee fired for refusing to leave a webcam on getting rewarded cash prizes, and a discussion about melting radioactive waste, as well as running Doom in a notepad...

RobChrisRob burn a few minutes of life support talking about SpaceX planning a mission to boost the Hubble to avoid orbital decay, the uninspiring Mario trailer, the true reasons men play extreme metal, various lighthearted distractions to avoid thinking to hard abou tthe horribleness of war, an NYU professor who was fired for teaching classes that were to hard, an impressive Halloween Stranger Things themed house shutdown by grouchy neighbors, cheating at fishing, Biden pardoning simple weed offenses, and a brief catchup on some of the better TV shows airing.

RobChrisRob talked about using AI & Lasers to kill cockroaches, Bruce Willis did or did not sell his digital likeness, Dart's Plume, a player with 6,000 hours of RDR2 playtime on Stadia begging for a char transfer, community fulfilling the 'and a movie' part of the shows pledge, Kim Kardashian being fined for pumping crypto without disclosure, a 71 year old man who completed the Pacific Trail, the EU forcing USB-C onto iPhones, the Onion filing a brief with the supreme court, rapture anxiety, the genius of Vaught marketing, and Spam (the meat) is cool now.

RobChrisRob sit back and chat cheerfully about matters of varying degrees of significance ranging from SF Police getting to watch private surveillance camera, the alleged GTA6 hacker arrested, James Earl Jones sells his voice to DIsney so Vader can live forever, Stable Diffusion's inevitable ending of the world, Trombone Champ, Russian airline repairs, the voice hautning American Airlines, Dart smashed into an asteroid (on purpose), Shameware apps, Nude Chess vs Cheaters, and Andor Impressions...

RobChrisRob spin around the world for a bit and yak about using Stable Diffusion for image compression with actually effective results, mechanics using DOS and eBay scraps to keep the Bart Running, JWST capturing glorious images of Neptunes rings, Signal getting blocked in Iran, Kittyhawk Shutting down operations, a Chinese Firm that cloned and Arctic Wolf, the latest internet fad of cooking with NyQuil (Don't Do that!), a proof of concept taking eyeglass reflection from zoom calls to recreate your computer screen, and the ever increasing weight of GPUs putting insane strain on the poor old PCI slot.