We are back in the swing of things with classes, so we talk about some of our favorite teaching evaluations!  Plus some discussion about VHS vs. Beta was like HD-DVD vs. Blu-Ray, some overly-specific questions from Reddit, and more!

We're back to a normal show!  This week, we have our first themed episode: "When Software Goes Wrong!"  We talk about interesting software failures and questions, like why is the "Blue Screen of Death" blue and what happened with the Iowa caucus results reporting in 2020.

Another round of "Excuse me, what now?" as well!

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It's the first day of class in our software engineering course!  And what is the syllabus day but a day of questions and answers, so we figured why not - let's record it!

Pro podcasting tip: recording while both hosts are double-masked and using Zoom rather than Audacity and Audition does not yield the best quality audio.

If you're curious what day 1 looks like for us even with that warning... well... here you go!

Also, check out a podcast from some of our students!  Girls Hoo Code: the Podcast https://anchor.fm/gwcuva

We are neck deep in trying to get our classes ready for students next week, so here is the Q&A lecture that we did at the end of the spring 2021 semester that got us thinking about doing a podcast in the first place.

We left some UVA specific things here, because they might be of interest to folks broadly.  For example, when we talk about "GC" and "CR" as grades for our course, those were COVID-specific grades created just for these semesters.  How employers will look at those on transcripts remains to be seen.

We look forward to another school year, considering yet another set of ridiculous student excuses in "Excuse me, what now?"  Then a lot more fun with web bots, QR codes, why four digit PINs are okay, and... wearing plate armor to Parliament?

We've got a new segment this week!  Want to know just how crazy some excuses we get are?  See if you can guess the fake excuses from the real ones in "Excuse me, what now?"!  Also, questions on best designed games, autonomous cars, and how to not interrupt your friends when playing table top games.

Mark is super excited about the Olympics!  Will... kinda is.  We discuss some cool things at the Olympics, how ray tracing works, the microchip shortage and... rubber ducks?  

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Ray Tracing Demo - https://www.twitch.tv/dbsmiley/v/1099732136?sr=a&t=10s

It's another mini-episode as summer scheduling turns out to be a pretty tough obstacle to overcome!

Have you ever wondered why your browser cares so much about whether you enjoy cookies or not?  It doesn't even have the good manners to ask what type of cookie!  Let's talk about what browser cookies actually are, whether they are "dangerous," and how they can be used for good... and EVIL...

Will is back (thank goodness)!  A couple questions this week about getting the nice moving pictures on your TV and why frames per second matter, then we get into Section 230, and finish with some Richard Branson.

And yes, the words "crocheted goose bikini" are said at one point in the show.  By which we mean a crocheted bikini for a goose... not one made out of a... goose.  Just listed to the episode.  It will make sense.  We promise.

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Will's in the midst of summer teaching, so Mark takes a shot at a "special edition mini-episode" tackling just one question that we get pretty often: What programming language should I learn?

Turns out, there isn't one right answer!  But all the answers start with another question - what are you excited about building?

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