Best R U OK Podcasts (2024)

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Hello Crypto, R U OK? 48:50

8d ago48:50

48:50

We revisit where we are with Crypto - more specifically where we are with distributed ledger technology or DLT. We give pertinent and real examples of places where the core technology behind Crypto is thriving and making a big difference, as well as has regained its value. We discuss the human impacts of that and what went wrong.Transcript: https:/…

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AI Power Consumption 56:53

6h ago56:53

56:53

Power, electrical power, and how the upcoming trend of AI data centers is intersecting as a load with generation, storage, transportation, Bitcoin mining and mining all use power. These are all highly interconnected in how we use and manage the grid, but are using power in different ways.Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/mszdgZE5_TG_H6lywY6S8-RqPsw?ut…

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Boxing Helena (1993) - hot simp summer 1:02:19

6d ago1:02:19

1:02:19

In this very sensual episode of BFGE, the ladies watch nepo baby Jennifer Lynch's 1993 box office dumpster fire, Boxing Helena: a film about a wealthy surgeon (Julian Sands) who becomes obsessed with a seductive woman (Sherilyn Fenn) with whom he once had an affair. Refusing to accept that she has zero romantic interest in him, he lovingly amputate…

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OBG 542: Scrambling for a Styrofoam Cup 59:47

35m ago59:47

59:47

On this episode of On Board Games, Erik and Don are joind by Jacob Bowers from Well To Do Walrus Games to talk about games (and other things) they've played including: Space Empires 4x Words of a Feather Eclipse Second Dawn Wyrmspan You can get a discount on Zencastr.com with key word ONBOARDGAMES (22:21) Next, they talk all about ways to help brea…

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Hybrid & Analog Computing 41:51

24h ago41:51

41:51

Analog computing is the idea of non-digital computing. Not quanta, but non-digital, basically using analog circuits, either electrical circuits or potentially even mechanical or fluid circuits, to perform calculations and control systems. These are surprisingly common, especially in older devices, but less common in current and modern devices. But …

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Nekromantik (1988) - ze germans are c*mming 49:38

5d ago49:38

49:38

In BFGE's most gross-out episode to date, Sarah and Emma watch Jörg Buttgereit's depraved West German exploitation classic about a man that loses everything after his hot bitchy girlfriend leaves him for a comely corpse he brought home for a ménage à trois. In this episode: The ladies discuss whether polyamory can ever work (no). Sarah gives some h…

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The Warriors (1979) - a testosterone-soaked urban male fantasy 1:01:12

12d ago1:01:12

1:01:12

On this week’s episode of BFGE, Sarah & Emma celebrate their annual trip to Coney Island by watching Walter Hill’s 1979 hyper-masculine New York City fairy tale, the Warriors. The film centers on a fictitious NYC street gang who must travel 30 miles from the the Bronx to their home turf on Coney Island, fighting off a bunch of kooky rivals gangs al…

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OBG 541: Gaming Adventures 1:08:05

16d ago1:08:05

1:08:05

On this episode of On Board Games, Erik and Bruce are joind by Jeff Anderson from QWYX Events and BGG, to talk about games (and other things) they've played including: Blood on the Clocktower Charcuterie The Plum Island Horror The Gang Zendo Words of a Feather You can get a discount on Zencastr.com with key word ONBOARDGAMES (30:54) Next, they talk…

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Street Trash (1987): goo girls gone wild 1:00:43

20d ago1:00:43

1:00:43

In this week’s episode of BFGE, the ladies enjoy pre-show cocktails before they tuck into J. Michael Muro’s “democratically offensive” horror-comedy, Street Trash: a film in which a group of vagabonds living in a Brooklyn junkyard falls prey to Tenafly Viper—$1 booze that’s gone bad and turns anyone who drinks it into a technicolor puddle of slime.…

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Silos Vs Systems 51:25

22d ago51:25

51:25

Martez Reed and I have an in depth conversation about the challenges of propagating technology inside of enterprises, this core challenge of selling silos and individual technologies. What Martez describes as beneficial tool sprawl versus building up systems and integrating things and end to end technology. This is what I've been calling infrastruc…

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The Piano Teacher (2001): girl r u ok? 58:49

27d ago58:49

58:49

This week, Sarah and Emma bond over Michael Haneke’s (Funny Games) unnerving character study of a repressed middle-aged piano instructor who seeks an outlet for her controversial sexual desires while in the grasp of her controlling mother. The ladies discuss the film's central theme of the dynamics of power & control. An 18-year old Sarah visits a …

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OBG 540: Big Things 55:39

30d ago55:39

55:39

On this episode of On Board Games, Erik and Don are joind by Tony Lawhorne from Lawhorne Design, to talk about games (and other things) they've played including: Faraway Federation Savage Worlds Adventure Edition Draft & Write Records Hissy Fit Xylotar You can get a discount on Zencastr.com with key word ONBOARDGAMES (17:56) Next, they talk about c…

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Surveillance Capitalism [Book Club] 45:11

1M ago45:11

45:11

We dive into Shoshana Zuboff’s book The Age of Surveillance Capitalism. Full of amazing insights, predictions and really insightful work, you can literally scan every page and read something fascinating. You don't need the book to follow today’s discussion. We start by watching Apple's new iPad ad before we dive into the book, and I highly recommen…

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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) 1:04:22

1M ago1:04:22

1:04:22

Sarah starts a podcast to lure Emma to her apartment to watch one of her favorite films, Tobe Hooper's 1974 grindhouse classic "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre." Emma reveals her trauma from the civil war ghost tours she was forced to endure as a young girl scout, Sarah discusses the grisly inspiration for the film and the chilly reception from cranky…

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Building Infrastructure for AI Training & Inferencing 31:14

1M ago31:14

31:14

How do you define infrastructure to support inferencing? Today we discuss that and more, including training. We walk through what it's going to take to understand what to buy, what to build, how to build, how to put it together, and how hard it is to actually know what goes into the infrastructure behind an AI cluster. Importantly, exploring why we…

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Out Of Band Management [TechOps Series] 50:50

1M ago50:50

50:50

We continue our TechOps series, this case diving deep and cheap into out of band management. One of the things about out of band management is that it quickly turns into an alphabet soup of protocol names, vendor names, specific pieces and even the way we talk about out of band management. We have different acronyms for the same action. In this con…

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OBG 539: R U OK? 1:06:04

2M ago1:06:04

1:06:04

On this episode of On Board Games, Erik is joind by Steve Chivers, from Board Game Chin Wag, to talk about games (and other things) they've played including: World Wonders Heat: Pedal to the Metal Atlantis Rising Pole Position You can get a discount on Zencastr.com with key word ONBOARDGAMES (27:17) Next, they talk about the mental health, specific…

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OBG 538: UnPub Experierences 1:06:25

2M ago1:06:25

1:06:25

On this episode of On Board Games, Erik and Bruce talk about games (and other things) they've played including: The Podfather Cruise II overview Cabanga Penny Black Expressions My Fathers Work That's not a Hat You can get a discount on Zencastr.com with key word ONBOARDGAMES (39:41) Next, they talk about the UnPub convention and Bruce's experiences…

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High Stakes with Harsh Overseer 29:14

2M ago29:14

29:14

Are all engineers side hustlers? Join us as we talk with lead engineer Harsh Overseer about his various side ventures, what keeps him motivated to strive for excellence beyond his 9 to 5 and how he defines success for himself. Find out more at designtherapy.com.auBy Justin Hall, Steven Hsieh & Trixie Johnston

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Understanding SystemD [TechOps] 54:29

3M ago54:29

54:29

System D is our topic for today discussing system processes, how do you manage and control processes, services, and fundamental components of Linux operating systems. In this discussion, we cover how to think about it, how it works, alternatives, process controls, and even how they get applied to containers. Containers were a nice bridge from our p…

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OBG 537: Bouba Kiki 54:49

3M ago54:49

54:49

On this episode of On Board Games, Erik talks with Marc Specter from the Grand Gamers Guild about games they've played including: Dead Man's Draw Camel Up Bier Pioniere Ora et Labora A brief tangent on budgeting You can get a discount on Zencastr.com with key word ONBOARDGAMES (24:40) Next, they talk about the psychology behind Bouba Kiki and Stroo…

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Hello OT, Meet IT 59:51

3M ago59:51

59:51

Edge technology versus OT was the focus of discussion today, and in this conversation we cover infrastructure information technology versus operations technology, and the ongoing dilemma of edge sites specifically. This includes factories, retail locations, data center technology and 10th standard cloud with operational tech. Operational tech being…

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OBG 536: Conflict Resolution 1:08:13

3M ago1:08:13

1:08:13

On this episode of On Board Games, Erik and Don talk about games they've played including: The Morrison Game Factory Mystery Dice Planet Unknown HeroQuest Isle of Cats Castles of Burgundy GameFound You can get a discount on Zencastr.com with key word ONBOARDGAMES (26:08) Next, they talk about conflict resultions in RPGs and how to make that conflic…

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Key Bridge vs Tech: Lessons Learned 54:14

3M ago54:14

54:14

In the wake of the Baltimore Key Bridge collapse, we discuss how we can improve resilience in the systems that we manage.By the2030.cloud Podcast

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OBG 535: Too Big for Kickstarter 1:06:48

4M ago1:06:48

1:06:48

On this episode of On Board Games Erik and Don are joined by Bob Wieman, the Scholeologist himself, to talk about games they've played including: Marvel Champions Istanbul the dice game Masks RPG Goblin Quest RPG Trophy Gold RPG Bohananza The Crew You can get a discount on Zencastr.com with key word ONBOARDGAMES (27:36) Next, they talk about Kickst…

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PXE, DHCP and O/S Provisioning (oh my) 38:53

4M ago38:53

38:53

DHCP PXE is our subject today. We cover UEFI BIOS and all of the things necessary to do network installs of servers. This incidentally includes thin clients, PCs and other network switches. Specifically, we talked about the process of having secure and robust network provisioning. We go through all the pieces that you need to know how the processes…

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XZ Exploit Discussion 17:17

4M ago17:17

17:17

This episode really highlights the danger of contributor burnout and overload. But it also shows that we're not very good as an industry at sustaining work.Today we dissect what the XZ SSH intrusion attack is, how it happened, what the social engineering was, and the pressure that involved to make that happen.Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/kRqADDwa…

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Figure.AI where Robots meet LLMs 58:40

4M ago58:40

58:40

We explore the synergy of humanoid robots and LLM AI. This episode delves into how robots can learn and interpret their environment in human-like ways, based on a key video listed below. Whether or not you view the video, the discussion offers deep insights into AI's evolving role in human interaction.Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/VqiTSDMDLAKcaF1X…

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OBG 534: New Collection 1:00:29

4M ago1:00:29

1:00:29

On this episode of On Board Games Erik and Don talk about games they've played including: Firefly 10th Anniversary Edition Picture Perfect Quacks of Quedlinberg Discworld RPG Outgunned RPG You can get a discount on Zencastr.com with key word ONBOARDGAMES (20:53) Next, they talk briefly about ShushCon and Token Con and then about creating a new game…

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Dishing on Apple's Vision Pro 51:20

4M ago51:20

51:20

We delve into spatial computing today and discuss Apple's Vision Pro face computer. Everyone in the club2030 group is very interested in augmented reality and virtual reality, and the release of thApple Vision Pro, seems to meet many thresholds that make us surprisingly optimistic about its potential. We discuss aspects we like as well as what we t…

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OBG 533: Innovation vs. Iteration 1:06:38

5M ago1:06:38

1:06:38

On this episode of On Board Games Erik and Bill Corey talk about games they've played including: Gloomhaven - http://gloomhaven-storyline.com Firefly 10th Anniversary Edition Sentinels of the Multiverse Furnace Imperial You can get a discount on Zencastr.com with key word ONBOARDGAMES (21:08) Next, they talk about innovation vs. iteration in game d…

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Compliance Death Curve [Working Session 1] 39:28

4M ago39:28

39:28

The compliance death curve is something I’ve been working on as an evolving concept that tries to explain how companies fight compliance governance and standardization efforts, something that is critical to platform team and infrastructure operations. Today we try to decompose some of the mathematics that I've been using into more universal, more e…

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API Consumption [TechOps 003] 58:32

5M ago58:32

58:32

TechOps series episode 3 covers how to automate against API's. We discuss exactly the ways in which you can use API's effectively, and ways you can run into trouble. We also discuss how we should be consuming API's, both as a consumer but also in times when we have produced API's. Many ideas discussed were pulled from learning how people consume ou…

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OBG 532: Engaging Players 52:09

5M ago52:09

52:09

On this episode of On Board Games Erik and Don talk about games they've played including: Magical Kitties Save the Day Rising Sun Forest Shuffle Captain Sonar (14:54) Next, they talk about getting your players to be engaged with your RPG campaign. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Inverse Genius: http://www.inversegen…

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Chriss Voss: Never Split the Difference [Cloud2030 Book Club] 50:57

5M ago50:57

50:57

Our quarterly book club meeting we picked Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss. This book is about negotiation, which we found fascinating because we are all entrepreneurial in some way and handle sales. Next quarter, we'll talk about a related book that we brought up, which is The Two Butt Rule.https://otter.ai/u/g1zFW444R5NseB8rsVe4StMYWEU?ut…

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OBG 531: Games From our Youth 1:10:35

6M ago1:10:35

1:10:35

On this episode of On Board Games Erik and Bruce are joined by Shawn Hoult from Allies or Enemies to talk about games they've played including: Ice Cool Rhino Hero Binho Camp Grizzly Mythwind Ready Set Bet Allies or Enemies YouTube Channel (23:43) Next, they talk about games from their youth and what it is about them they remember most. -----------…

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Adaptability vs Agile Innovation 53:22

5M ago53:22

53:22

How can we understand agility and adaptability? In this discussion, we get very concrete about the differences between agility and adaptability and why that's important for you as you go on your own innovation journey. This includes looking for places where standards can be applied and accelerate your team, where it's too early, and learning iterat…

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Data Ops Platforms [Does DevOps work in AI?] 50:05

6M ago50:05

50:05

We dive into data operations in today’s episode! We cover the idea that with all of the work we're doing in AI and ML data analytics analysis, you actually have to steward your data. We also cover processes controls, like what we have with DevOps in infrastructure, but with similar types of concepts (governance controls automation) around how your …

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