Pull Request #79 - 23 Jun 2019 - Information Warfare

THIS WEEK – Uchenna Kema returns to the show to discuss how information is being used aggressively to monitor and oppress citizens, as well as take down powerful people in politics, business, or technology.

ALSO - India's new global content moderation law, Facebook launches a new cryptocurrency as one of its content moderators dies *at his desk*...

PLUS - The Great Subway Race™ of 1967!

+ Eric Newman & Uchenna Kemma

#79 ▶ Information Warfare

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Pull Request #90 ▶ 21st-Centry Media + Web Component Performance

(originally recorded 15 Dec 2022)

Eric + Joel discuss the current state of modern media creation / produciton / distribution

AND walk through how to make performant front-end web components, regardless of framework.

+ Eric Newman + Joel Cox

#90 ▶ 21st-Centry Media + Web Component Performance

Pull Request #89 ▶ AI Art

(originally recorded 18 Nov 2022)

Eric + Joel discuss the burgeoning field of AI Art -- stable diffusion, deep-fakes, DALE-2, and more!

+ Eric Newman + Joel Cox

#89 ▶ AI Art

Pull Request #88 ▶ ETH Merge (Part 2)

PART 2 of the Ethereum ($ETH) Merge /// Out-of-Order!
(recorded 22 Sept 2022 /// one week after the Merge)

⚡️REMEMBER⚡️ /// Ethereum ($ETH) changed from a "proof-of-work" to "proof-of-stake" transaction  hashing scheme.

We examine the ramifications of the Merge, how much energy has actually been saved so far, its effect on prices, and more!.

And miners are still f█████

PS – now with better audio!

+ Eric Newman, Joel Cox, Ryan Cwynar

#88 ▶ ETH Merge (Part 2)

Pull Request #87 ▶ ETH Merge (Part 1)

PART 1 of the Ethereum ($ETH) Merge /// Out-of-Order! 

⚡️BREAKING NEWS⚡️ /// Ethereum ($ETH) has changed from a "proof-of-work" to "proof-of-stake" transaction  hashing scheme.

We explain what happened, what's going on about it, and the ramification it has for the crypto space at-large.

Also miners are f█████

PS – now with better audio!

+ Eric Newman, Joel Cox, Ryan Cwynar

#87 ▶ ETH Merge (Part 1)

Pull Request #83 ▶ Persons of Influence ▶ Michael Elder (mikeyeldey95) Part 2

PART 2 of our interview with chip-tuner Michael Elder.

His new album, mikeyeldey95, is contained inside a real-life Sega Genesis / Mega Drive cart, surrounded by a fake Windows 95 shell.

We ask him the "how"s, "why"s, and other things about his brilliant creation.

GET HIS ALBUM ▶ https://mikeyeldey.itch.io/mikeyeldey95

+ Eric Newman

#79 ▶ Information Warfare

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