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  <title>Episode 154: Filter Out the Humans</title>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;This week &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/davidegts" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Dave&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://atechnologyjobisnoexcuse.com/about" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Gunnar&lt;/a&gt; talk about fake followers faking people, real people trying to be fake bots to be successful fake people, and applying the Allen Curve to avoid turning into your enemies&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://home.google.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Google Home&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/01/27/technology/social-media-bots.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;The Follower Factory&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/gy8g8b/humans-not-invited-is-a-captcha-test-for-robots" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;'Humans Not Invited' Is a CAPTCHA Test That Welcomes Bots, Filters Out Humans&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://arstechnica.com/cars/2018/02/the-car-of-the-future-is-taking-shape-and-it-will-know-how-we-feel-about-it/?amp=1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;The car of the future is taking shape—and it will know how we feel about it&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.governmentciomedia.com/camille-tuutti-dave-egts-covering-tech-innovators-future" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Camille Tuutti talks about GovernmentCIO Media's focus — and about her life as a cyborg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;D&amp;amp;G Term of the Week: &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_curve" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Allen Curve&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.mit.edu/2017/proximity-boosts-collaboration-mit-campus-0710" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Study: Being near colleagues helps cross-disciplinary research on papers and patents.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;D&amp;amp;G Book Club: &lt;a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33503509-the-asshole-survival-guide" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;The A-hole Survival Guide&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cutting Room Floor&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;a href="http://palm.computer/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;ParadiseOS&lt;/a&gt; is a turn of the century dystopian parallel computing universe&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.fastcodesign.com/90160611/believe-american-malls-have-a-future-see-if-you-can-save-one-yourself" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Think Malls Have A Future? See If You Can Save This One Yourself&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://flashbak.com/eeygaah-and-other-vintage-comic-book-screams-of-terror-384820/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;EEYGAAH!! And Other Vintage Comic Book Screams of Terror&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://mentalfloss.com/article/48811/11-words-and-phrases-popularized-teddy-roosevelt" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;11 Words and Phrases Popularized by Teddy Roosevelt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/nostradamus-jelly-maker-book-recipe" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Nostradamus Wrote Prophecies; He Also Made Jelly&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;We Give Thanks&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The D&amp;amp;G Show Slack Clubhouse for the discussion topics! &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
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    <![CDATA[<p>This week <a href="https://twitter.com/davidegts" rel="nofollow">Dave</a> and <a href="http://atechnologyjobisnoexcuse.com/about" rel="nofollow">Gunnar</a> talk about fake followers faking people, real people trying to be fake bots to be successful fake people, and applying the Allen Curve to avoid turning into your enemies</p>

<ul>
<li><a href="http://home.google.com/" rel="nofollow">Google Home</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/01/27/technology/social-media-bots.html" rel="nofollow">The Follower Factory</a></li>
<li><a href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/gy8g8b/humans-not-invited-is-a-captcha-test-for-robots" rel="nofollow">&#39;Humans Not Invited&#39; Is a CAPTCHA Test That Welcomes Bots, Filters Out Humans</a></li>
<li><a href="https://arstechnica.com/cars/2018/02/the-car-of-the-future-is-taking-shape-and-it-will-know-how-we-feel-about-it/?amp=1" rel="nofollow">The car of the future is taking shape—and it will know how we feel about it</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.governmentciomedia.com/camille-tuutti-dave-egts-covering-tech-innovators-future" rel="nofollow">Camille Tuutti talks about GovernmentCIO Media&#39;s focus — and about her life as a cyborg</a></li>
<li>D&amp;G Term of the Week: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_curve" rel="nofollow">Allen Curve</a>

<ul>
<li><a href="http://news.mit.edu/2017/proximity-boosts-collaboration-mit-campus-0710" rel="nofollow">Study: Being near colleagues helps cross-disciplinary research on papers and patents.</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li>D&amp;G Book Club: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33503509-the-asshole-survival-guide" rel="nofollow">The A-hole Survival Guide</a></li>
</ul>

<p><strong>Cutting Room Floor</strong></p>

<ul>
<li><a href="http://palm.computer/" rel="nofollow">ParadiseOS</a> is a turn of the century dystopian parallel computing universe</li>
<li><a href="https://www.fastcodesign.com/90160611/believe-american-malls-have-a-future-see-if-you-can-save-one-yourself" rel="nofollow">Think Malls Have A Future? See If You Can Save This One Yourself</a></li>
<li><a href="https://flashbak.com/eeygaah-and-other-vintage-comic-book-screams-of-terror-384820/" rel="nofollow">EEYGAAH!! And Other Vintage Comic Book Screams of Terror</a></li>
<li><a href="http://mentalfloss.com/article/48811/11-words-and-phrases-popularized-teddy-roosevelt" rel="nofollow">11 Words and Phrases Popularized by Teddy Roosevelt</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/nostradamus-jelly-maker-book-recipe" rel="nofollow">Nostradamus Wrote Prophecies; He Also Made Jelly</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>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>This week <a href="https://twitter.com/davidegts" rel="nofollow">Dave</a> and <a href="http://atechnologyjobisnoexcuse.com/about" rel="nofollow">Gunnar</a> talk about fake followers faking people, real people trying to be fake bots to be successful fake people, and applying the Allen Curve to avoid turning into your enemies</p>

<ul>
<li><a href="http://home.google.com/" rel="nofollow">Google Home</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/01/27/technology/social-media-bots.html" rel="nofollow">The Follower Factory</a></li>
<li><a href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/gy8g8b/humans-not-invited-is-a-captcha-test-for-robots" rel="nofollow">&#39;Humans Not Invited&#39; Is a CAPTCHA Test That Welcomes Bots, Filters Out Humans</a></li>
<li><a href="https://arstechnica.com/cars/2018/02/the-car-of-the-future-is-taking-shape-and-it-will-know-how-we-feel-about-it/?amp=1" rel="nofollow">The car of the future is taking shape—and it will know how we feel about it</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.governmentciomedia.com/camille-tuutti-dave-egts-covering-tech-innovators-future" rel="nofollow">Camille Tuutti talks about GovernmentCIO Media&#39;s focus — and about her life as a cyborg</a></li>
<li>D&amp;G Term of the Week: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_curve" rel="nofollow">Allen Curve</a>

<ul>
<li><a href="http://news.mit.edu/2017/proximity-boosts-collaboration-mit-campus-0710" rel="nofollow">Study: Being near colleagues helps cross-disciplinary research on papers and patents.</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li>D&amp;G Book Club: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33503509-the-asshole-survival-guide" rel="nofollow">The A-hole Survival Guide</a></li>
</ul>

<p><strong>Cutting Room Floor</strong></p>

<ul>
<li><a href="http://palm.computer/" rel="nofollow">ParadiseOS</a> is a turn of the century dystopian parallel computing universe</li>
<li><a href="https://www.fastcodesign.com/90160611/believe-american-malls-have-a-future-see-if-you-can-save-one-yourself" rel="nofollow">Think Malls Have A Future? See If You Can Save This One Yourself</a></li>
<li><a href="https://flashbak.com/eeygaah-and-other-vintage-comic-book-screams-of-terror-384820/" rel="nofollow">EEYGAAH!! And Other Vintage Comic Book Screams of Terror</a></li>
<li><a href="http://mentalfloss.com/article/48811/11-words-and-phrases-popularized-teddy-roosevelt" rel="nofollow">11 Words and Phrases Popularized by Teddy Roosevelt</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/nostradamus-jelly-maker-book-recipe" rel="nofollow">Nostradamus Wrote Prophecies; He Also Made Jelly</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>]]>
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