10: Coming Up! I’m Going to Give My Rant!

Today’s Topics:

  • A ⍰ bug
  • Josh gets to experience the power of the iPhone Hardcore
    • Face recognition is apparently surprisingly good
    • Neat privacy features
    • Portrait mode is neat, but a little uncanny
  • Voice print identification for banks?
  • PSA: Don’t overdose on Tylenol
  • Josh whines about python compilers
  • Single transferable vote and more tiptoeing around politics
  • iPhone X shattering?
  • Josh’s new GPS project

9: A Computer Program that Draws Lines Around People

Today’s topics:

  • Josh continues to fail to compile Python
  • What is s good first programming language
  • Will Google fork Swift? (No.)
  • What is the laziest way to define a user interface
  • Safety culture
  • This is Halloween
  • Quidich
  • Gerrymandering and tiptoeing around politics
  • Casey lives in a fantasy land where RSA will by cracked soon

8: Googly Doing Google Things

Today’s Topics:

  • Discussion of internet speed
  • Casey is accidentally given a paid service for free
  • The Google Pixel 2
    • No headphone jack
    • Squeezie phone
    • Photo storage
    • VR and AR
  • Josh doesn’t name his start up Rhymer (and yes, it is trademarked)
  • Casey’s Minecraft Computer
  • A passionate discussion of code styling and IntelliJ
    • Casey thinks you should do this: int getHeight() { return height; }
  • https://xkcd.com/1205/

5: Start by Crying

A lot of small things today. Put on headphones!

Today’s Topics:

  • Josh explains meditation in terms of computer systems, Casey explains that humans are computer systems
  • Journey to the center of Casey’s notes app
  • Casey complains about the computer they still think is worth $3,000
  • Arm computers? No? Okay.
  • About the audio trickery being used in this episode
  • Continuation of the Quidditch discussion

Don’t forget to email us with your thoughts on the audio shift thing!