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Show Notes for August 24, 2023 and earlier

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Tech Standard shell shortcuts Ctrl-W: cut last word Ctrl-U: cut entire line Ctrl-Y: paste cut stuff IoT ratgdo How FIDO Addresses a Full Range of Use Cases  white paper Stellantis  "N.V. is a multinational automotive manufacturing corporation formed in 2021 on the basis of a 50–50 cross-border merger between the Italian-American conglomerate Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) and the French PSA Group . The company is headquartered in Amsterdam. In terms of global vehicle sales in 2021, Stellantis was the world's fifth-largest automaker behind Toyota, Volkswagen Group, Hyundai Motor Group, and General Motors." Display Stream Compression (DSC)  "is a VESA-developed video compression algorithm designed to enable increased display resolutions and frame rates over existing physical interfaces, and make devices smaller and lighter, with longer battery life. It is a low-latency algorithm based on delta PCM coding and YCGCO-R color space . […] Although DSC is mathematically l
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Show Notes for November 17, 2022

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Artists Edward Gorey : "Edward St. John Gorey (February 22, 1925 – April 15, 2000) was an American writer, Tony Award-winning costume designer, and artist, noted for his own illustrated books as well as cover art and illustration for books by other writers. His characteristic pen-and-ink drawings often depict vaguely unsettling narrative scenes in Victorian and Edwardian settings." Alejandro Jodorowsky  "is a Chilean-French avant-garde filmmaker. Best known for his 1970s films El Topo and The Holy Mountain, Jodorowsky has been "venerated by cult cinema enthusiasts" for his work which "is filled with violently surreal images and a hybrid blend of mysticism and religious provocation"." The Holy Mountain "is a 1973 Mexican surreal-fantasy film directed, written, produced, co-scored, co-edited by and starring Alejandro Jodorowsky, who also participated as a set designer and costume designer on the film." The Dance of Reality "is a 20
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Show Notes for February 2 and February 16, 2023

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February 2, 2023 Introducing ChatGPT!  by Cassie Kozyrkov Chef Eric Frechon:  Macaroni with black truffles  (Facebook) MACROECONOMIC CHANGES HAVE MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO WANT TO PAY YOU by MIKE LACHER February 16, 2023 Zoox says its robotaxi is ‘first in the world to operate on public roads’ Bing’s A.I. Chat Reveals Its Feelings: ‘I Want to Be Alive.
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Show Notes for October 13, 2022

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Transportation Elon Musk has Some Bad Ideas for Mass Transit. We Have Solutions. Switzerland: Cargo Sous Terrain : "a complete logistics system for the flexible transport of small-component goods. Tunnels connect production and logistics sites with urban centres. Overground, CST distributes the transported goods in environmentally-friendly vehicles, contributing to the reduction of traffic and noise emissions." Altitude of a B2 bomber: "The B-2 can reach [...] an altitude of more [than] 50,000 feet." ( ref ) Tech "The Sony CDP-101 is the world's first commercially released compact disc player. The system was launched in Japan on October 1, 1982 at a list price of 168,000 yen (approx US$730)." ( Wikipedia ) Music Christian Li 14 year-old Chinese-Australian violinist "signed with Decca Classics at the age of 12 and became the youngest musician to sign with the label" Massenet: Thaïs - Méditation Vivaldi: The Four Seasons Prokofiev Toccata in D
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Show Notes for June 17, 2022 (and earlier)

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 Food & drink Swiss under pressure to ban the eating of dogs and cats "Think of Endless West as the Beyond Meat/Impossible Foods of the alcohol world." Glyph Glyph 85H Molecular Spirit Whiskey (750ml) YouTube channels Not another cooking show Adam Ragusea The EG-1 80mm Flat Burr Electric Grinder  ($4,249 and out of stock) Alcohol doesn’t really “cook out” of food in most cases This would need more studies, I think. And one specifically for fondue! COVID You Are Going to Get COVID Again … And Again … And Again Tech Vacuum Tube Computer  project Misc Ask a mortician The Foster City geese in the New York Times:  As Geese Leave Mementos, a California City Weighs a Cull
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Show Notes for May 12, 2022

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Louis C.K.: mild racism Combat de Reines: La Finale nationale de la race d’Hérens  (2016) I Met The Italian King of Carbonara ! (MasterChef Luciano Monosilio, Rome) I Try To Master The World's Best Carbonara Pasta (full recipe) Oversimplified : "Explaining things in an OverSimplified way" James Hoffmann 's coffee channel
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Show Notes for April 28, 2022

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pinny [noun] a sleeveless dress resembling an apron; worn over other clothing  synonyms: jumper, pinafore Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway's Pivot podcast CuriousMarc HP 9825 Repair - Part 14: Crowbar Protection Circuit Depp v. Heard  "is a defamation trial in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, that began on 11 April 2022. The parties are actors Johnny Depp (plaintiff) and Amber Heard (defendant), who were married from 2015 to 2017 but had been together since 2012."
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