Archive for May, 2022

AT: X is Cool!

Wednesday, May 25th, 2022
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Update time: Bryce’s LFG Marbles project is back on and he talks about opening a Patreon, diving right in from zero, and the anxiety of *not* doing it. Brian finally kicks off a project to hold business classes. The freeing feeling of talking to a smaller, select group. Business guru or business guru for sale? Andrew’s experiments with speed-reading inspired a new project for him. Can he solve reading? Expert business gurus and marbles guys say “yes!” Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.”

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WT: Ed & Bed Buy a Hat

Tuesday, May 24th, 2022
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Starliner docks to the ISS finally! Boeing is catching up to a SpaceX milestone, why aren’t there more successful copycats? How does “just-in-time” manufacturing and management leave us vulnerable? Listener RJ shares a local mystery of an animal-like mystery and we’ve got hypotheses. Foviated rendering and how technology advancements will create more sophisticated compression eventually! A new idea for fusion power from First Light Fusion. Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.”

Picks:

Andrew: Buried

Brian: Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers

Bryce: “Spyro’s Hidden Gem of a Category” from Hummeldon

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AT: Versatile Sweater

Wednesday, May 11th, 2022
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Slowing down and enjoying something or an international war crime? How is text being handled in a modern age and what could the next information delivery medium look like? Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.”

Picks:

Andrew: River Out of Eden from Richard Dawkins

Justin: The Pentaverate

Brian: Animal Jam

Bryce: Knotwords

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WT: Blood Letting Is Back!

Tuesday, May 10th, 2022
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Humans: we’re symbiotes and you gotta take care of your microbiota! Speed reading: seems effective, but is it the ultimate, fastest way to read? How could text, audio, and tactile technology increase our reading absorption today and tomorrow? Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.”

Picks:

Andrew: PhraseReader

Justin: Everything Everywhere All at Once

Brian: The War on the West

Bryce: USCSB

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AT: Learning Machine Learning

Wednesday, May 4th, 2022
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Listener Nate is fascinated by DALL-E 2, but doesn’t know where to start. How can you get into ML/neural net technology and what are good tricks for making the most of self-driven coding education? Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.”

Picks:

Andrew: Fireship on YouTube

Brian: The Book of Niall from Barry Jones on Kickstarter

Bryce: Things

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WT: Keep Traffic Thinking

Tuesday, May 3rd, 2022
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Traffic signs are so clever and smart, but are they making the roads safer? Smiley face. Do you like magic and are you anti-social? Grab your sporks: people are pretty random. Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.”

Picks:

Andrew: Yellowstone

Justin: Severance

Brian: The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe

Bryce: Knotwords

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