web01.fireside.fm Sun, 10 May 2026 10:45:04 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Dave & Gunnar Show - Episodes Tagged with “Alexa” https://dgshow.org/tags/alexa Thu, 12 Aug 2021 06:00:00 -0500 David Egts and Gunnar Hellekson discuss privacy, security, robots, and internet ephemera. en-us episodic Not our circus, not our monkey. David Egts & Gunnar Hellekson David Egts and Gunnar Hellekson discuss privacy, security, robots, and internet ephemera. no privacy, security, robots, internet, open source, technology David Egts & Gunnar Hellekson gunnar@hellekson.com Episode 224: Smells Like Sauerkraut https://dgshow.org/224 066877d6-6810-445e-8263-22a76751d94e Thu, 12 Aug 2021 06:00:00 -0500 David Egts & Gunnar Hellekson full David Egts & Gunnar Hellekson This week Dave and Gunnar talk about the norms of dream coercion, the norms of encrypted messaging, and the norms of ransomware game theory 41:23 no <p>This week <a href="https://dgshow.org/hosts/dave" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Dave</a> and <a href="https://dgshow.org/hosts/gunnar" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Gunnar</a> talk about the norms of dream coercion, the norms of encrypted messaging, and the norms of ransomware game theory</p> <ul> <li>Bo Burnham’s <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1BneeJTDcU" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">“Inside”</a> </li> <li>Foo Fighters at the <a href="https://iconmusiccenter.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">ICON Music Center</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/06/are-advertisers-coming-your-dreams" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Are advertisers coming for your dreams?</a> <ul> <li> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhat-xUQ6dw" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Silent Lucidity</a> by Queensryche</li> <li>Unrelated: <a href="https://support.google.com/googlenest/answer/10357288" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Sleep Sensing on Nest Hub (2nd gen)</a> </li> <li>Also unrelated: <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-09/amazon-com-wants-to-monitor-you-in-your-sleep-for-your-benefit" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Amazon.com Wants to Monitor You in Your Sleep, for Your Benefit</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7b4gg/anom-phone-arcaneos-fbi-backdoor" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">We Got the Phone the FBI Secretly Sold to Criminals</a></li> <li> <a href="https://www.wired.co.uk/article/whatsapp-signal-disappearing-messages" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Why everyone should use disappearing messages on WhatsApp and Signal</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://xkcd.com/538/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Related XKCD</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/07/08/ransomware-game-theory-geopolitics-cyber-attack-498625" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Opinion | Could Ransomware Become a Geopolitical Weapon? Game Theory Says Yes.</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>Cutting Room Floor</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbEKIW3pUUk" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Smells Like Teen Spirit Cover In Classical Latin (75 BC to 3rd Century AD) Bardcore</a></li> <li> <a href="https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/606709/frozens-let-it-go-in-klingon" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Frozen’s “Let It Go” Performed in Klingon</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOJoOtk7Scw" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">“Don’t Stop Believin’” Performed in Klingon</a></li> </ul> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.openculture.com/2021/06/the-airline-toilets-theatre-company.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Subterranean Homesick Blues Performed in a Regional Jet Restroom</a> as performed by the Airline Toilets Theatre Company (and member of <a href="https://www.ukuleleorchestra.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/o137d0/oc_i_discovered_that_i_can_play_a_melody_by/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">”Take on Me” Performed by Face Smacking</a></li> <li> <a href="https://what-i-got.glitch.me/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Sublime Text</a> to get What I Got</li> </ul> <p><strong>We Give Thanks</strong></p> <ul> <li>The D&amp;G Show Slack Clubhouse for the discussion topics! </li> </ul> Bo Burnham, Inside, Foo Fighters, ICON Music Center, advertising, lucid dreams, lucid dreaming, Silent Lucidity, Queensryche, Nest Hub, Amazon, Alexa, FBI, criminals, Anom, Android, WhatsApp, Signal, ephemeral messaging, XKCD, ransomware, geopolitics, Nirvana, Smells Like Teen Spirit, Latin, Frozen, Let It Go, Journey, Don't Stop Believin', Klingon, Bob Dylan, Subterranean Homesick Blues, regional jet restrooms, a-ha, Take on Me, face smacking, Sublime, What I got This week Dave and Gunnar talk about the norms of dream coercion, the norms of encrypted messaging, and the norms of ransomware game theory

Cutting Room Floor

We Give Thanks

  • The D&G Show Slack Clubhouse for the discussion topics!
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Cutting Room Floor

We Give Thanks

  • The D&G Show Slack Clubhouse for the discussion topics!
]]> Episode 163: Gaia Hypothesis, But for Email https://dgshow.org/163 23e14ffe-4c14-4fcb-8363-40a052c2a827 Thu, 19 Jul 2018 06:00:00 -0500 David Egts & Gunnar Hellekson full David Egts & Gunnar Hellekson This week Dave and Gunnar talk about: discrimination paranoia, microphone paranoia, more microphone paranoia, and rhetorical paranoia. Finally: vacation message protocol. 38:31 no <p>This week <a href="https://twitter.com/davidegts" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Dave</a> and <a href="http://atechnologyjobisnoexcuse.com/about" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Gunnar</a> talk about: discrimination paranoia, microphone paranoia, more microphone paranoia, and rhetorical paranoia. Finally: vacation message protocol.</p> <ul> <li>Lesson learned: <a href="http://girafferanch.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">do the Safari</a> </li> <li>Lesson learned: 4 years old don’t care about American History</li> <li>Lesson learned: Tracksmith <a href="https://www.tracksmith.com/products/m-2018-run-cannonball-run-shorts" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">running shorts + swim trunks</a> </li> <li>Props to Debbie, Stow’s Public Service Supervisor, and the <a href="https://stowohio.org/departments/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Stow Street Department</a> </li> <li><a href="https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/5/31/17408884/facebook-amazon-job-ads-age-discrimination-lawsuit" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Facebook, Amazon, and hundreds of companies post targeted job ads that screen out older workers</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3034430/amazon-wants-to-automate-your-hotel-stay-with-alexa-for-hospitality" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Amazon wants to automate your hotel stay with Alexa for Hospitality</a></li> <li> <a href="https://gizmodo.com/these-academics-spent-the-last-year-testing-whether-you-1826961188" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">These Academics Spent The Last Year Testing Whether Your Phone Is Secretly Listening To You</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.vice.com/amp/en_au/article/wjbzzy/your-phone-is-listening-and-its-not-paranoia" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Your Phone Is Listening and it's Not Paranoia</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/now-the-computer-can-argue-with-you/amp" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">IBM’s Newest AI Can Probably Argue Better Than You</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/06/out-of-office-message-email/562394/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Most Honest Out-of-Office Message</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>Cutting Room Floor</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://boingboing.net/2018/06/22/bread-can-be-made-from-a-gangr.html/amp" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Bread can be made from a gangrenous wound's bacteria</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/30/movies/hal-2001-a-space-odyssey-voice-douglas-rain.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Story of a Voice: HAL in ‘2001’ Wasn’t Always So Eerily Calm</a></li> <li><a href="http://moderntoil.com/?p=913" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">24-Channel Raspberry Pi Fireworks Control System</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.clickhole.com/skirmish-time-is-now-6-mediocre-catchphrases-michae-1825612838" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">‘Skirmish Time Is Now!’: 6 Mediocre Catchphrases Michael Buffer Dabbled With Before Landing On ‘Let’s Get Ready To Rumble’</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>We Give Thanks</strong></p> <ul> <li>The D&amp;G Show Slack Clubhouse for the discussion topics! </li> </ul> safaris, hippos, giraffes, Tracksmith, Stow, D&I, diversity, Alexa for Hospitality, Alexa, Marriott, Facebook, surveillance, IBM, Watson, email hygiene This week Dave and Gunnar talk about: discrimination paranoia, microphone paranoia, more microphone paranoia, and rhetorical paranoia. Finally: vacation message protocol.

Cutting Room Floor

We Give Thanks

  • The D&G Show Slack Clubhouse for the discussion topics!
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Cutting Room Floor

We Give Thanks

  • The D&G Show Slack Clubhouse for the discussion topics!
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