podcast – It's Not Rocket Surgery

podcast – It's Not Rocket Surgery

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  • Ep336 – To Fit A Women

    It’s Not Rocket Surgery Episode 336 – Dick Fosbury and the “Fosbury Flop”, GPT4, Midjourney 5, The Oscars, Swallowing Lego Heads, and lots more science, technology and geek culture stories.

    Links to stories mentioned during the show are available on request.

    https://twitter.com/RcktSrgry/status/1637377721839009792

    Download Ep.336 (67MB)

    Songs Played:

    Jump – David Lee Roth
    If God Will Send Down His Angels – U2
    Shake Your Dude Thing – Billy McClintock
    I’m An Albatroz – AronChupa & Little Sis Nora
    The Search – NF

    1 hr 40 min
  • Ep335 – The Mic Debacle

    It’s Not Rocket Surgery Episode 335 – Mass of Humans vs Mass of All Wild Mammals Combined, Valentine’s Day Asteroid, Sharpshooting Insects, Enzyme Makes Electricity From Hydrogen, and lots more science, technology and geek culture stories.

    Links to stories mentioned during the show are available on request.

    https://twitter.com/RcktSrgry/status/1634864894846857217

    Download Ep.335 (71MB)

    Songs Played:

    Pride (In The Name of Love) – U2
    This is Mongul (Warrior Soul) – The Hu ft William DuVall
    Hard Fete – Bunji Garlin
    The Phantom of the Balls – DJ Cummerbund
    Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap – AC/DC

    1 hr 41 min
  • Ep334 – They Call Me Bruce

    It’s Not Rocket Surgery Episode 334 – An in-depth look at ChatGPT (aka “Bruce”), JWST’s universe breakers’, Giant ‘Planet Nine’ (again), Flat-Earthers ‘ Pac-Man Effect’, Chornobyl Dogs and lots more science, technology and geek culture stories.

    Links to stories mentioned during the show are available on request.

    https://twitter.com/RcktSrgry/status/1632297319763935234

    Download Ep.334 (79MB)

    Songs Played:

    Vertigo – U2
    Robot Rock – Daft Punk
    Run The World (Girls) – Beyonce
    The Sweetest Taboo – Sade
    The Shape of You In Da Club – 50 Cent & Ed Sheeran

    1 hr 41 min
  • Ep333 – Cockheads and Cowboys

    It’s Not Rocket Surgery Episode 333 – The INRS crew make their predictions for 2023, and may also find some time to discuss the latest in science, tech, and geek news.

    Links to stories mentioned during the show are available on request.

    https://twitter.com/RcktSrgry/status/1624675486071930881

    Download Ep.333 (63MB)

    Songs Played:

    Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head – Ben Folds
    Always Something There To Remind Me – Rebecca’s Empire
    The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance – Gene Pitney
    I See Red – Split Enz
    What’s New Pussycat – Tom Jones
    Three Wheels On My Wagon – Dick Van Dyke
    Walk On By / Say A Little Prayer / Do You Know The Way To San Jose – Dionne Warwick

    Podcast also contains Podfix Network Promos for:

    BewilderSeasts! (https://podfixnetwork.com/bewilderbeasts/)

    Scoring

    • Each person starts with 10 credits
    • Person makes a prediction
    • Everyone rates the prediction a 1. Low, 2. Medium, or 3. High difficulty, and the prediction is given a difficulty rating (d) of the rounded average of the ratings
    • Person making the prediction MUST wager (w) at least 1 credit, but can choose to add 1 or 2 extra credits
    • Non-predictors can choose to wager 1 or 2 credits if they agree, or 1 if they disagree
    • Any unspent credits can be spent at the conclusion, but only 1 credit on any prediction
    • Score (S) will be calculated based on the wager (w), multiplied by two (2) to the power of the difficulty rating (d) i.e. S = w * 2^d
    • Wagers made on disagreeing with a prediction will Score 1pt

      • Example:

      • eg. Someone predicts intelligent life will be found on the moon, and it’s given a 3. high difficulty rating. The predictor wagers 2 credits, one person wagers 1 on it coming true, and the other wagers on it not coming true.
      • If the prediction is correct: The predictor will get 2 * 2^3 = 16pts, the person that agreed will get 1 * 2^3 = 8pts, and the person that disagreed will get 0pts
      • If the prediction is incorrect: The predictor and the person that agreed will get 0 pts, and the person that disagreed with get 1pt

        • The Predictions:

        Details:
        Tech Trends
        Andrew [] Elon Musk will be forced to sell at least one of his controling stakes in Twitter, Tesla or Spacex (Difficulty 1, Wagers: Andrew 2, Tony -1, Vlado 1)
        Vlado [] Microsoft will be forced to withdrawl it’s live ChatGPT/Bing offer (Difficulty 1, Wagers: Vlado 2)
        Tony [] Bill Gates will pass away and will donate all to charity (Difficulty 2, Wagers: Tony 1, Vlado -1)

        Entertainment

        Tony [] Tom Cruise to leave the church of Scientology (Difficulty 3, Wagers: Tony 2, Vlado -1)
        Vlado [] Everything, Everywhere, All At Once will win Oscars for Best Picture, Director and Supporting Actor (Difficulty 3, Wagers: Vlado 2)
        Andrew [] Guaridians of the Galaxy 3 will make less that 150% of it’s budget worldwide (and be a flop) (Difficulty 2, Wagers: Andrew 2, Tony -1)

        Wild Card

        Vlado [] There going to be >50 ballons or other UAPs reported to fly over North America requiring action (take down, track, report) (Difficulty 2, Wagers: Vlado 1)
        Andrew [] No new big world-wide events (eg. significant deaths, wars, pandemic etc) (Difficulty 2, Wagers: Andrew 2, Tony 1)
        Tony [] Atlantic Ocean will do a lot (most hurricanes ever i.e. >=15) (Difficulty 2, Wagers: Tony 1)

        Tiny Tech

        Andrew [] A Chinese lab will announce that they can build a tiny/nano machine to kill rouge (cancers) that run off the thermal energy of the body it’s injected into. (Difficulty 1, Wagers: Andrew 2)
        Tony [] A company will announce with a timeframe to be on the market within 2 years, that they will sell “smart” contact lenses… display HUD or take measurements (Difficulty 2, Wagers: Tony 1)
        Vlado [] New particle from the LHC (Difficulty 1, Wagers: Vlado, Tony 1)

        Space

        Tony [] Announcement of a exo-planet with a biosignatures (Difficulty 2, Wagers: Tony 1)
        Vlado [] Starlink to ban Ukrainian use of their satellites (Difficulty 1, Wagers: Vlado 1)
        Andrew [] Unequivicoal evidance of alien life (Difficulty 3, Wagers: Andrew 2)

        All [] Rundown and wager adjustments

        1 hr 36 min
      • Ep332 – Personal Hacky Sack

        It’s Not Rocket Surgery Episode 332. It’s Not Rocket Surgery Episode 332 – AI Singularity, Mumbling Actors & Subtitles, Monkey Side-Eye, Shape-Shifting Gallium Robots, and lots more science, technology and geek culture stories.

        Links to stories mentioned during the show are available on request.

        https://twitter.com/RcktSrgry/status/1622183305474080768

        Download Ep.332 (66MB)

        Songs Played:

        You Can’t Make Me Dance – Jazz Emu
        Africa – Chaos Divine
        Legend – Otyken
        Back in Lap – DJ Cummberbund
        Hi Ren – Ren

        1 hr 40 min
      • Ep331 – Eurovagic

        It’s Not Rocket Surgery Episode 331. The INRS crew are back to take a look at their predictions for 2022 (refer to Ep312), review the year that was 2022, and cover some science, technology and geek stories from the past week.

        Links to stories mentioned during the show are available on request.

        https://twitter.com/RcktSrgry/status/1614475438105190400

        Download Ep.331 (66MB)

        Songs Played:

        Just A Closer Walk With Thee – Venice Beach Boys
        Mayday – The Go! Team
        Too Good Your Dreams Don’t Come True – Mock Orange
        Green River – Ian Moss
        Surfin’ Bird – Gus & Fin
        I’m A Man – The Yardbirds

        1 hr 40 min
      • Ep330 – Geek Clutcher

        It’s Not Rocket Surgery Episode 330 – Pelé, 2022 in tv & movies, ChatGPT, Mars Insight Lander’s Final Message, Best Skimming Rock, 15000 Regrets .. and lots more science, technology and geek culture stories.

        Links to stories mentioned during the show are available on request.

        https://twitter.com/RcktSrgry/status/1612035121628221441

        Download Ep.330 (79MB)

        Songs Played:

        Running Up That Hill – Postmodern Jukebox
        September – Earth Wind and Fire
        Best of 2022 Megamashup – DJs From Mars
        Calling All Occupants of Interplanetary Craft – The Carpenters
        We Like It Trickey – DJ Cummerbund

        1 hr 38 min
      • Ep329 – Hauntology

        It’s Not Rocket Surgery Episode 329 – Nuclear Fusion, World Cup Tech, Trump Trading Cards, Twitter Free Speech Bans.. and lots more science, technology and geek culture stories.

        Links to stories mentioned during the show are available on request.

        https://twitter.com/RcktSrgry/status/1604415248080850945

        Download Ep.329 (84MB)

        Songs Played:

        Cool Jerk – The Capitals
        No Gold Teeth – Danger Mouse & Black Thought
        Down Under – Luued
        Transmission – Gus & Fin
        Like a Ship – Leon Bridges & Keite Young

        1 hr 44 min
      • Ep328 – Flushed

        It’s Not Rocket Surgery Episode 328 – The Return of Artemis I, Words and Google Searches of 2022, ChatbotGPT, Farts & Your Health, FitBit Cows… and lots more science, technology and geek culture stories.

        Links to stories mentioned during the show are available on request.

        https://twitter.com/RcktSrgry/status/1601848308586029056

        Download Ep.328 (66MB)

        Songs Played:

        World Cup – IShowSpeed
        Chacarron – El El Chambo
        War Pigs – Puddles Pity Party
        One – Johnny Cash
        Glimpse of Everything 2022 EOY Megamix – AndyWu

        1 hr 40 min
      • Ep327 – The Bin Chicken Line

        It’s Not Rocket Surgery Episode 327 – Qatar 2022, Bilingual Brains, Spotify Wrapped, Galactic AI, Green Bananas… and lots more science, technology and geek culture stories.

        Links to stories mentioned during the show are available on request.

        https://twitter.com/RcktSrgry/status/1599338887305830401

        Download Ep.327 (84MB)

        Songs Played:

        You Make Loving Fun – Fleetwood Mac
        It’s Coming Home for Christmas – Three Lions
        Let’s Go (ft. Sofia Knezevic) – Jazzotron
        Jean – Marion + Sobo Band

        1 hr 45 min

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