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  • The Investor Next Door

    Would you risk it all on a trading bot? 🤖 David Smooke, Amy Tom, and Guy (the Cher of HN - jk his last name is Torbet) talk about special purpose acquisition companies, culture & novelization, equity crowdfunding, and trading algorithms.

    This Week On Planet Internet, David, Amy, and Guy are getting into the hard-hitting questions:

    • What was up with the SPAC deal with NextDoor? 🚪 (01:06)
  • Uhmmmm quick side note, did Zuck ruin foiling? 😅 (07:44)
  • Do we stan novelization as hard as Quinten Tarantino does? 😤 (10:42)
  • Should software users be able to own part of the companies they support? 🤝 (15:50)
  • Are you confident enough to bet all your capital on a self-built algorithm trading bot? 🥵(22:20)
  • What kind of tech are we into at the moment? Amy's tech purchase is coming in the mail, Guy is learning something new, and David has a new tech tool (lol) 💰 (27:30)

    • 🗒️ SHOW NOTES:

    • NextDoor's merge with a SPAC (special purpose acquisition company): https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-06/nextdoor-to-go-public-in-spac-deal-valued-at-4-3-billion
  • Mark Zuckerburg & his foiling lol: https://beachgrit.com/2021/07/question-did-facebook-founder-and-ceo-mark-zuckerberg-single-handedly-destroy-both-foiling-and-america-in-one-fell-swoop/
  • Quentin Tarantino’s novelization of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: https://quillette.com/2021/06/28/in-praise-of-the-novelization-pop-fictions-least-reputable-genre/
  • "Let Users Own the Tech Companies They Help Build": https://www.wired.com/story/opinion-let-users-own-the-tech-companies-they-help-build/
  • Peregrine Buckler's HackerNoon Article on his trading algorithm: https://hackernoon.com/how-i-built-a-million-dollar-algo-trading-strategy-then-lost-it-all-jb4v35zj

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    30 min
  • Flash Loan Attacks On The Blockchain

    Utsav Jaiswal is joined by Sam Kim, Founding Partner at Umbrella Network, and Miguel Morales, Technical Advisor to Umbrella Network, to talk about flash loans on the blockchain. They discuss how flash loan attacks happen, the implications of flash loan attacks on the finance market, and the relationship with the blockchain. 🔦

    On this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast, Utsav talks to Sam and Miguel talk flash loans:

    • What is a flash loan attack? 💥 (02:37)
  • Is there a world where the communications can be streamlined that ensures pricing is always fair? 💰 (06:53)
  • Do I need to be a programmer to take out a flash loan? 🧑‍💻 (10:11)
  • What happens when people like Elon Musk tweet about certain coins? Also, what the hell is a Floki? 🐥 (18:24)
  • Can flash loan attacks be traced? 🕵️ (27:34)
  • Why would people use Oracles? (38:22) And is there a use case for Oracles and the Binances of the world? 👀 (43:50)

    • Connect with Sam Kim:

    • Follow with Sam Kim on Twitter @samislucid

    READ TECH STORIES AT HACKERNOON.COM 🦄

    52 min
  • 3 Bears and an Episode That’s Just Right

    Ahh, parenting - something 2 people on this podcast episode know a lot about 😂. Linh Dao Smooke (Mama Bear of 1), Richard Kubina (Papa Bear of 2), and Amy Tom (definite Baby Bear) talk about parenting in the age of the internet and the pandemic 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦. What happens when a teen is up against the Supreme Court for an internet freedom-of-speech case? How are kids learning during the pandemic? Find out This Week on Planet Internet. 💩

    We are bringing the parents together (& Amy LOL) to talk about:

    • Teen Angst vs. Supreme Court: the case that riled up all the Karens in the highest court of the land 👑 (03:50)
  • The tech and super-parent strength behind supporting children and learning during the pandemic 💻 (11:11)
  • How did the kiddos learn from home? 🏠 (14:50)
  • "The pandemic didn’t start educational disparities—but it has made them worse" - a HackerNoon story from this week ⚖️ (21:22)
  • What was it like to be a kid in a non-technical family? 📚 (28:51)
  • Markdown for what? Richard talks about creating the HN Markdown editor - Editor 3.0 ⁉️(31:39)
  • It's summer, so we're doing heatwave updates fun summer plans ☀️ (40:50)

    • SHOWNOTES 🗒

    • Supreme Court speech case with teen: https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/23/supreme-court-snapchat-school-free-speech-495655
  • "The Pandemic of Childcare" by Linh Dao Smooke on HackerNoon: https://hackernoon.com/the-pandemic-of-childcare-q91d310x
  • "Already Struggling with School? The Pandemic Made it Worse." by The Markup on HackerNoon: https://hackernoon.com/vulnerable-students-hit-by-remote-learning-during-the-pandemic-z51435pc
  • "Markdown For What? HackerNoon Text Editor Now Supports Markdown" by Richard Kubina on HackerNoon: https://hackernoon.com/markdown-for-what-hackernoon-text-editor-now-supports-markdown-9mc35ga
    • 49 min
  • 3 Bears and an Episode That's Just Right

    Ahh, parenting - something 2 people on this podcast episode know a lot about 😂. Linh Dao Smooke (Mama Bear of 1), Richard Kubina (Papa Bear of 2), and Amy Tom (definite Baby Bear) talk about parenting in the age of the internet and the pandemic 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦. What happens when a teen is up against the Supreme Court for an internet freedom-of-speech case? How are kids learning during the pandemic? Find out This Week on Planet Internet. 💩

    We are bringing the parents together (& Amy LOL) to talk about:

    • Teen Angst vs. Supreme Court: the case that riled up all the Karens in the highest court of the land 👑 (03:50)
  • The tech and super-parent strength behind supporting children and learning during the pandemic 💻 (11:11)
  • How did the kiddos learn from home? 🏠 (14:50)
  • "The pandemic didn’t start educational disparities—but it has made them worse" - a HackerNoon story from this week ⚖️ (21:22)
  • What was it like to be a kid in a non-technical family? 📚 (28:51)
  • Markdown for what? Richard talks about creating the HN Markdown editor - Editor 3.0 ⁉️(31:39)
  • It's summer, so we're doing heatwave updates fun summer plans ☀️ (40:50)

    • SHOWNOTES 🗒

    • Supreme Court speech case with teen: https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/23/supreme-court-snapchat-school-free-speech-495655
  • "The Pandemic of Childcare" by Linh Dao Smooke on HackerNoon: https://hackernoon.com/the-pandemic-of-childcare-q91d310x
  • "Already Struggling with School? The Pandemic Made it Worse." by The Markup on HackerNoon: https://hackernoon.com/vulnerable-students-hit-by-remote-learning-during-the-pandemic-z51435pc
  • "Markdown For What? HackerNoon Text Editor Now Supports Markdown" by Richard Kubina on HackerNoon: https://hackernoon.com/markdown-for-what-hackernoon-text-editor-now-supports-markdown-9mc35ga
    • 49 min
  • The Fascinating Side of Debugging

    Yoz Grahame, a Solutions Architect at LaunchDarkly, joins Amy Tom on The HackerNoon Podcast this week to talk about bugs and debugging. Yoz — who is somewhat of a bug fanatic — explains software, bugs, and what happens when bugs derail a system. 🕷

    This week on The HackerNoon Podcast, Amy and Yoz talk about:

    • What is dev culture like around bug blaming? 🐛 (05:00)
  • Amy cracks open Yoz's database of bug knowledge (08:30)
  • Why does it take so long for bugs to get fixed? 🐜 (16:08)
  • If developers and bugs go hand in hand, why do software debugging tools suck? (21:50)
  • Yoz talks about building custom tools and the tool he'd recommend building on your own 🐞(27:36)

    • Connect with Yoz and LaunchDarkly:

    • Follow Yoz on Twitter @yoz
  • Follow LaunchDarkly on Twitter @LaunchDarkly

    • Shownotes:

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    34 min
  • Have Video Games Ever 'Crossed the Line'?

    Hacker Noon's Gaming Editor Limarc Ambalina talks to Video Game Blogging Fellows Jack Boreham and Nicolas Ng about the times video games may have crossed the line.

    Warning: Due to the topic of discussion, this episode will go over scenes of extreme violence, homicide, and suicide in video games. Viewer discretion is strongly advised.

    In this episode, Limarc, Jack, and Nicolas discuss:

    • EA Games and lootboxes
  • Oldschool flash games and newgrounds.com
  • Gratuitous violence in video games
  • Call of Duty's 'No Russian' Mission
  • ...and more
    • Top 3 Quotes from the Show
    • EA Games' loot boxes crossed the line and created one of the most infamous moments in gaming
  • No Russian put you in the shoes of a terrorist and didn't give you the choice to play the hero
  • As VR games become more immersive, we have to define what boundaries games are willing to cross.

    • When have #videogames crossed the line? Games like #callofduty #gta and more have been accused of doing so on more than one occasion.

    When have #videogames crossed the line? Games like #callofduty #gta and more have been accused of doing so on more than one occasion. In this podcast, we talk about the ethics of #lootboxes in games, as well as some of the most infamous depictions of gratuitous violence in #gaming history.

    28 min
  • Leaving Bezos in Space Makes the World a Better Place

    Natasha Nel, Amy Tom, and Ellen Stevens are talking about BIG MONEY. 🤑 Yeah - we're talking layoffs and payoffs at Booking.com and American Airlines, the massive petition to stop Jeff Bezos from returning to Earth, and the fallout from China's ban on crypto mining.

    THIS WEEK ON PLANET INTERNET 🌎

    • Ellen weighs in on the latest American Airlines debacle and the "not so good optics" of the situation ✈️ (01:45)
  • Booking.com's hot mess - more rich stealing from the poor despite #globalpandemicvibes 💸 (04:23)
  • Should Bezos should be left in space? 👩‍🚀 (06:53)
  • Amy talks about the disparity of power and money ⚖️ (11:10)
  • What's the latest with Bitcoin and China's crypto-mining crackdown? ⛏ (14:39)
  • The podcast's resident "Tinder superuser" talks about the pandemic-altered online dating landscape 👩‍❤️‍👨 (18:12)
  • Natasha kicks off HackerNoon Reviews with Polar Vantage M2 Sports Watch (22:18) and Ellen's article: Biohack a Super You ⌚️ (24:59)
  • Amy, of course, is on a cleaning hype with an in-wall vacuum (26:21), her TikTok tip of the week (27:12), and a passwordless future 🧹 (28:10)
  • Ellen reminds everyone that it's okay to cover your webcam 📹 (32:55)

    • SHOWNOTES 🗒️

    • American Airlines CEO casually took home $10 mil USD in compensation last year - https://www.npr.org/2021/06/22/1008968725/american-airlines-passengers-could-be-in-for-a-summer-of-delays-and-cancellation
  • Italy announced they're investigating Booking.com over suspicion of $180 million dollar tax evasion - https://news.bloombergtax.com/daily-tax-report/booking-com-dodged-180-million-of-taxes-italian-police-say
  • Dutch politicians noticed Booking.com's CEO Glenn Fogel and CFO David Goulden had super casuallycompensated themselves over $32 million - https://www.reuters.com/technology/bookingcom-repay-dutch-covid-19-aid-anp-2021-06-04/
  • Bye-bye Bezos. There is a petition with more than 100,000 signatures to leave Jeff Bezos in space - https://www.geekwire.com/2021/leave-jeff-bezos-space-way-petitions-attract-100000-signatures/
  • Bitcoin drops following China's ban on crypto mining - https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/21/bitcoin-btc-price-drops-on-china-crypto-mining-crackdown.html
  • "Tinder wants you to actually talk to people before you match" from the Verge - https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/22/22538970/tinder-video-explore-tab-hot-takes-launch
  • The Elimination of Cybersecurity's Status Quo – Passwords by Misan Etchie on HackerNoon - https://hackernoon.com/the-elimination-of-cybersecuritys-status-quo---passwords-2l1f379d
  • Check out Ellen's article about Biohacking - https://hackernoon.com/biohack-a-super-you-part-1-je1l34uw
  • Get up to speed on the HackerNoon contests & get some free HN gear - https://hackernoon.com/u/hackernooncontests

    • READ HACKERNOON.COM 😏

    START CONTRIBUTING: HACKERNOON.COM/SIGNUP 🥷

    38 min
  • Leaving Bezos in Space Makes the World a Better Place

    Natasha Nel, Amy Tom, and Ellen Stevens are talking about BIG MONEY. 🤑 Yeah - we're talking layoffs and payoffs at Booking.com and American Airlines, the massive petition to stop Jeff Bezos from returning to Earth, and the fallout from China's ban on crypto mining.

    THIS WEEK ON PLANET INTERNET 🌎

    • Ellen weighs in on the latest American Airlines debacle and the "not so good optics" of the situation ✈️ (01:45)
  • Booking.com's hot mess - more rich stealing from the poor despite #globalpandemicvibes 💸 (04:23)
  • Should Bezos should be left in space? 👩‍🚀 (06:53)
  • Amy talks about the disparity of power and money ⚖️ (11:10)
  • What's the latest with Bitcoin and China's crypto-mining crackdown? ⛏ (14:39)
  • The podcast's resident "Tinder superuser" talks about the pandemic-altered online dating landscape 👩‍❤️‍👨 (18:12)
  • Natasha kicks off HackerNoon Reviews with Polar Vantage M2 Sports Watch (22:18) and Ellen's article: Biohack a Super You ⌚️ (24:59)
  • Amy, of course, is on a cleaning hype with an in-wall vacuum (26:21), her TikTok tip of the week (27:12), and a passwordless future 🧹 (28:10)
  • Ellen reminds everyone that it's okay to cover your webcam 📹 (32:55)

    • SHOWNOTES 🗒️

    • American Airlines CEO casually took home $10 mil USD in compensation last year - https://www.npr.org/2021/06/22/1008968725/american-airlines-passengers-could-be-in-for-a-summer-of-delays-and-cancellation
  • Italy announced they're investigating Booking.com over suspicion of $180 million dollar tax evasion - https://news.bloombergtax.com/daily-tax-report/booking-com-dodged-180-million-of-taxes-italian-police-say
  • Dutch politicians noticed Booking.com's CEO Glenn Fogel and CFO David Goulden had super casuallycompensated themselves over $32 million - https://www.reuters.com/technology/bookingcom-repay-dutch-covid-19-aid-anp-2021-06-04/
  • Bye-bye Bezos. There is a petition with more than 100,000 signatures to leave Jeff Bezos in space - https://www.geekwire.com/2021/leave-jeff-bezos-space-way-petitions-attract-100000-signatures/
  • Bitcoin drops following China's ban on crypto mining - https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/21/bitcoin-btc-price-drops-on-china-crypto-mining-crackdown.html
  • "Tinder wants you to actually talk to people before you match" from the Verge - https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/22/22538970/tinder-video-explore-tab-hot-takes-launch
  • The Elimination of Cybersecurity's Status Quo – Passwords by Misan Etchie on HackerNoon - https://hackernoon.com/the-elimination-of-cybersecuritys-status-quo---passwords-2l1f379d
  • Check out Ellen's article about Biohacking - https://hackernoon.com/biohack-a-super-you-part-1-je1l34uw
  • Get up to speed on the HackerNoon contests & get some free HN gear - https://hackernoon.com/u/hackernooncontests

    • READ HACKERNOON.COM 😏

    START CONTRIBUTING: HACKERNOON.COM/SIGNUP 🥷

    38 min
  • Magical Blockchain Genies & Explaining Blockchain to your Indian Mom

    The Blockchain bros are in the house! 🏠 Utsav Jaiswal talks to Tim Frost (CEO of Yield App), Arun Philips (Community Manager at Polygon), and Miles Anthony (CEO of Decentral Games). On this episode of the Hacker Noon Podcast, we're offering unsolicited advice on explaining Blockchain to your Indian mom and magical Blockchain Genies 😂

    Utsav asks Tim, Arun, and Miles:

    • Okay so... we're asking the experts in the Blockchain industry: how do you explain what you do to your mom? 😅 (03:29)
  • If you could go back 5 years ago, what would you have done differently? (09:49)
  • What is the future of the Blockchain & application industry? 🔮 (16:24)
  • Utsav conjures a magic Genie who makes Tim, Arun, and Miles pick between the BSC or Ethereum Blockchain, OOP (36:10)
  • What have you learned from building your Blockchain applications? 📚 (43:04)

    • Follow Tim, Arun, and Miles:

    • Follow Tim on Twitter @TimYIELD and Yield App @YIELDapp
  • Follow Arun on Twitter @arunphilips and Polygon @0xPolygon
  • Follow Miles on Twitter @miles1dg and Decentral Games @decentralgames
    • 42 min
  • Creating a Multi-Cloud Strategy with Mark Gamble

    Amy Tom talks to Mark Gamble, the Product & Solutions Marketing Director at Couchbase, about data-for-good initiatives and creating a Multi-Cloud Strategy.

    In this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast:

    • Mark talks about the data-for good and the initiatives he is passionate about (01:57)
  • Data visualization is a skill (08:31)
  • Multi-Cloud vs. Hybrid-Cloud (12:30)
  • Does Amazon/AWS do this internationally as well? (21:23)
  • How do the Kubernetes Containers connect across multiple platforms? (25:30)
  • As a CTO, do I have to worry about the connection layer between clouds? (28:50)
  • Is it difficult to get my Couchbase database to connect with another AWS location? (30:00)
  • Where will Multi-Cloud go in the next 5 years? (35:20)

    • Connect Mark Gamble:

    Shownotes:

    • Learn more about Couchbase: https://www.couchbase.com/
    41 min

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