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  <title>Episode 281: Four Out of Five Developers Enjoy Code Reviews</title>
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  <description>This week Dave (https://dgshow.org/hosts/dave) and Gunnar (https://dgshow.org/hosts/gunnar) talk about AI for prison inmates, AI for senior citizens, and low-cost haptic exosuits!
Ebird (https://ebird.org/home) and Listers (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl-wAqplQAo&amp;amp;t=1390s)  
Moen (https://www.moen.com/) update  
Death by Lightning (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31121364/)  
An AI model trained on prison phone calls now looks for planned crimes in those calls (https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/01/1128591/an-ai-model-trained-on-prison-phone-calls-is-now-being-used-to-surveil-inmates/)  
Lonely Seniors Are Turning To AI Bots For Companionship (https://www.forbes.com/sites/rashishrivastava/2025/10/18/lonely-seniors-are-turning-to-ai-bots-for-companionship/)  
Kinethreads: A Low Cost Haptic Exo-Suit (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/27/kinethreads-a-low-cost-haptic-exo-suit/)  
Almost related: Four out of five developers enjoy code reviews (https://programmerhumor.io/programming-memes/four-out-of-five-developers-enjoy-code-reviews-dyfd)
Cutting Room Floor
Anycrap (https://anycrap.shop/): Bring Impossible Products to Life  
Thought-Cancelling Headphones (https://anycrap.shop/product/thought-cancelling-headphones)  
Dave and Gunnar Show Podcast Bobble Heads (https://anycrap.shop/product/dave-and-gunnar-show-podcast-bobble-heads)  
Donut Hole Repair (https://anycrap.shop/product/donut-hole-repair)  
I’m Not a Robot (https://neal.fun/not-a-robot/)  
Claude Biodome (https://autoncorp.com/biodome/) 
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    <![CDATA[<p>This week <a href="https://dgshow.org/hosts/dave" rel="nofollow">Dave</a> and <a href="https://dgshow.org/hosts/gunnar" rel="nofollow">Gunnar</a> talk about AI for prison inmates, AI for senior citizens, and low-cost haptic exosuits!</p>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://ebird.org/home" rel="nofollow">Ebird</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl-wAqplQAo&t=1390s" rel="nofollow">Listers</a><br></li>
<li><a href="https://www.moen.com/" rel="nofollow">Moen</a> update<br></li>
<li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31121364/" rel="nofollow">Death by Lightning</a><br></li>
<li><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/01/1128591/an-ai-model-trained-on-prison-phone-calls-is-now-being-used-to-surveil-inmates/" rel="nofollow">An AI model trained on prison phone calls now looks for planned crimes in those calls</a><br></li>
<li><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/rashishrivastava/2025/10/18/lonely-seniors-are-turning-to-ai-bots-for-companionship/" rel="nofollow">Lonely Seniors Are Turning To AI Bots For Companionship</a><br></li>
<li><a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/09/27/kinethreads-a-low-cost-haptic-exo-suit/" rel="nofollow">Kinethreads: A Low Cost Haptic Exo-Suit</a><br>

<ul>
<li>Almost related: <a href="https://programmerhumor.io/programming-memes/four-out-of-five-developers-enjoy-code-reviews-dyfd" rel="nofollow">Four out of five developers enjoy code reviews</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>

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

<ul>
<li><a href="https://anycrap.shop/" rel="nofollow">Anycrap</a>: Bring Impossible Products to Life<br>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://anycrap.shop/product/thought-cancelling-headphones" rel="nofollow">Thought-Cancelling Headphones</a><br></li>
<li><a href="https://anycrap.shop/product/dave-and-gunnar-show-podcast-bobble-heads" rel="nofollow">Dave and Gunnar Show Podcast Bobble Heads</a><br></li>
<li><a href="https://anycrap.shop/product/donut-hole-repair" rel="nofollow">Donut Hole Repair</a><br></li>
</ul></li>
<li><a href="https://neal.fun/not-a-robot/" rel="nofollow">I’m Not a Robot</a><br></li>
<li><a href="https://autoncorp.com/biodome/" rel="nofollow">Claude Biodome</a></li>
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    <![CDATA[<p>This week <a href="https://dgshow.org/hosts/dave" rel="nofollow">Dave</a> and <a href="https://dgshow.org/hosts/gunnar" rel="nofollow">Gunnar</a> talk about AI for prison inmates, AI for senior citizens, and low-cost haptic exosuits!</p>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://ebird.org/home" rel="nofollow">Ebird</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl-wAqplQAo&t=1390s" rel="nofollow">Listers</a><br></li>
<li><a href="https://www.moen.com/" rel="nofollow">Moen</a> update<br></li>
<li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31121364/" rel="nofollow">Death by Lightning</a><br></li>
<li><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/01/1128591/an-ai-model-trained-on-prison-phone-calls-is-now-being-used-to-surveil-inmates/" rel="nofollow">An AI model trained on prison phone calls now looks for planned crimes in those calls</a><br></li>
<li><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/rashishrivastava/2025/10/18/lonely-seniors-are-turning-to-ai-bots-for-companionship/" rel="nofollow">Lonely Seniors Are Turning To AI Bots For Companionship</a><br></li>
<li><a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/09/27/kinethreads-a-low-cost-haptic-exo-suit/" rel="nofollow">Kinethreads: A Low Cost Haptic Exo-Suit</a><br>

<ul>
<li>Almost related: <a href="https://programmerhumor.io/programming-memes/four-out-of-five-developers-enjoy-code-reviews-dyfd" rel="nofollow">Four out of five developers enjoy code reviews</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>

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

<ul>
<li><a href="https://anycrap.shop/" rel="nofollow">Anycrap</a>: Bring Impossible Products to Life<br>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://anycrap.shop/product/thought-cancelling-headphones" rel="nofollow">Thought-Cancelling Headphones</a><br></li>
<li><a href="https://anycrap.shop/product/dave-and-gunnar-show-podcast-bobble-heads" rel="nofollow">Dave and Gunnar Show Podcast Bobble Heads</a><br></li>
<li><a href="https://anycrap.shop/product/donut-hole-repair" rel="nofollow">Donut Hole Repair</a><br></li>
</ul></li>
<li><a href="https://neal.fun/not-a-robot/" rel="nofollow">I’m Not a Robot</a><br></li>
<li><a href="https://autoncorp.com/biodome/" rel="nofollow">Claude Biodome</a></li>
</ul>]]>
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  <title>Episode 238: Harmonica-Playing Firefighters Holding Coke Bottles</title>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2022 08:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
  <author>David Egts &amp; Gunnar Hellekson</author>
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  <itunes:author>David Egts &amp; Gunnar Hellekson</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>This week Dave and Gunnar talk about stable coins and slippery slopes</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>29:24</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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  <description>This week Dave and Gunnar talk about stable coins and slippery slopes
SANDMAN (https://www.netflix.com/title/81150303)
Dave is now a TODAQ (https://todaq.net/) advisor! (See also D&amp;amp;G 216 (https://dgshow.org/216)!)
What’s more stable than Bitcoin or UST? AriZona Iced Tea (https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/18/usdtea-more-stable-than-bitcoin-crypto-stablecoin-arizona-iced-tea/)
To learn more, check out their whitepaper (https://usdtea.io/USDTea_whitepaper_final3_rev2_final.pdf)
D&amp;amp;G This Week in Slippery Slopes
Quest 2 Add-On Increases VR Immersion by Making You Suffocate (https://www.extremetech.com/computing/335710-quest-2-add-on-increases-vr-immersion-by-making-you-suffocate)
Finally, VR for your mouth (https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/02/finally-vr-for-your-mouth/)
This Controller Lets You Feel VR Objects Slip Between Your Fingers, and the Possibilities Are Endless (https://gizmodo.com/spinocchio-controller-lets-you-feel-vr-objects-slip-fin-1848787245)
Instead of telling you when it's safe to cross the street, the walk signs in Crystal City, VA are just repeating "CHANGE PASSWORD" (https://twitter.com/JosephPolitano/status/1503131005389099011).
It will say "Change password" until someone does (https://twitter.com/hyperplanes/status/1503275823360585735?s=20&amp;amp;t=YHm7FzctNpdU_bBF9Ne2Hw)
Intuition and Analysis from the Economist (https://www.economist.com/business/2022/08/18/when-to-trust-your-instincts-as-a-manager)
Cutting Room Floor
* Ghosts in the Machine (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VA4e0NqyYMw): Recruiting video for Fort Bragg’s 4th Psychological Operations Group
* Early Guy Fieri selling mufflers (https://thehustle.co/05242022-guy-fieri/)
* Erich Morisse, call your office: The Cognitive Bias Codex (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Cognitive_bias_codex_en.svg)
* Press Conference for man caught off-guard by the weight of a door (https://twitter.com/killersundymann/status/1560636094063923200?s=21&amp;amp;t=Auz94wL4JXOWsG3PITFpvw)
We Give Thanks
* The D&amp;amp;G Show Slack Clubhouse for the discussion topics! 
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  <itunes:keywords>Sandman, TODAQ, stablecoins, USDTea, Non-Fungible Olive Gardens, AriZona Iced Tea, VR, virtual reality, AirRes Mask, suffocation, mouth haptics, mouth, haptics, SpinOcchio, haptic controller, walk signs, passwords, default passwords, intuition, experience, analysis, Ghosts in the Machine, 4th Psychological Operations Group, Guy Fieri, mufflers, Cognitive Bias Codex, cognitive bias, press conference, door</itunes:keywords>
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    <![CDATA[<p>This week Dave and Gunnar talk about stable coins and slippery slopes</p>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/81150303" rel="nofollow">SANDMAN</a></li>
<li>Dave is now a <a href="https://todaq.net/" rel="nofollow">TODAQ</a> advisor! (See also <a href="https://dgshow.org/216" rel="nofollow">D&amp;G 216</a>!)</li>
<li><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/18/usdtea-more-stable-than-bitcoin-crypto-stablecoin-arizona-iced-tea/" rel="nofollow">What’s more stable than Bitcoin or UST? AriZona Iced Tea</a>

<ul>
<li>To learn more, check out their <a href="https://usdtea.io/USDTea_whitepaper_final3_rev2_final.pdf" rel="nofollow">whitepaper</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li>D&amp;G This Week in Slippery Slopes

<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.extremetech.com/computing/335710-quest-2-add-on-increases-vr-immersion-by-making-you-suffocate" rel="nofollow">Quest 2 Add-On Increases VR Immersion by Making You Suffocate</a></li>
<li><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/02/finally-vr-for-your-mouth/" rel="nofollow">Finally, VR for your mouth</a></li>
<li><a href="https://gizmodo.com/spinocchio-controller-lets-you-feel-vr-objects-slip-fin-1848787245" rel="nofollow">This Controller Lets You Feel VR Objects Slip Between Your Fingers, and the Possibilities Are Endless</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li>Instead of telling you when it&#39;s safe to cross the street, <a href="https://twitter.com/JosephPolitano/status/1503131005389099011" rel="nofollow">the walk signs in Crystal City, VA are just repeating &quot;CHANGE PASSWORD&quot;</a>.

<ul>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/hyperplanes/status/1503275823360585735?s=20&t=YHm7FzctNpdU_bBF9Ne2Hw" rel="nofollow">It will say &quot;Change password&quot; until someone does</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li>Intuition and Analysis from <a href="https://www.economist.com/business/2022/08/18/when-to-trust-your-instincts-as-a-manager" rel="nofollow">the Economist</a></li>
</ul>

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

<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VA4e0NqyYMw" rel="nofollow">Ghosts in the Machine</a>: Recruiting video for Fort Bragg’s 4th Psychological Operations Group</li>
<li><a href="https://thehustle.co/05242022-guy-fieri/" rel="nofollow">Early Guy Fieri selling mufflers</a></li>
<li>Erich Morisse, call your office: <a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Cognitive_bias_codex_en.svg" rel="nofollow">The Cognitive Bias Codex</a></li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/killersundymann/status/1560636094063923200?s=21&t=Auz94wL4JXOWsG3PITFpvw" rel="nofollow">Press Conference for man caught off-guard by the weight of a door</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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  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>This week Dave and Gunnar talk about stable coins and slippery slopes</p>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/81150303" rel="nofollow">SANDMAN</a></li>
<li>Dave is now a <a href="https://todaq.net/" rel="nofollow">TODAQ</a> advisor! (See also <a href="https://dgshow.org/216" rel="nofollow">D&amp;G 216</a>!)</li>
<li><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/18/usdtea-more-stable-than-bitcoin-crypto-stablecoin-arizona-iced-tea/" rel="nofollow">What’s more stable than Bitcoin or UST? AriZona Iced Tea</a>

<ul>
<li>To learn more, check out their <a href="https://usdtea.io/USDTea_whitepaper_final3_rev2_final.pdf" rel="nofollow">whitepaper</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li>D&amp;G This Week in Slippery Slopes

<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.extremetech.com/computing/335710-quest-2-add-on-increases-vr-immersion-by-making-you-suffocate" rel="nofollow">Quest 2 Add-On Increases VR Immersion by Making You Suffocate</a></li>
<li><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/02/finally-vr-for-your-mouth/" rel="nofollow">Finally, VR for your mouth</a></li>
<li><a href="https://gizmodo.com/spinocchio-controller-lets-you-feel-vr-objects-slip-fin-1848787245" rel="nofollow">This Controller Lets You Feel VR Objects Slip Between Your Fingers, and the Possibilities Are Endless</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li>Instead of telling you when it&#39;s safe to cross the street, <a href="https://twitter.com/JosephPolitano/status/1503131005389099011" rel="nofollow">the walk signs in Crystal City, VA are just repeating &quot;CHANGE PASSWORD&quot;</a>.

<ul>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/hyperplanes/status/1503275823360585735?s=20&t=YHm7FzctNpdU_bBF9Ne2Hw" rel="nofollow">It will say &quot;Change password&quot; until someone does</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li>Intuition and Analysis from <a href="https://www.economist.com/business/2022/08/18/when-to-trust-your-instincts-as-a-manager" rel="nofollow">the Economist</a></li>
</ul>

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

<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VA4e0NqyYMw" rel="nofollow">Ghosts in the Machine</a>: Recruiting video for Fort Bragg’s 4th Psychological Operations Group</li>
<li><a href="https://thehustle.co/05242022-guy-fieri/" rel="nofollow">Early Guy Fieri selling mufflers</a></li>
<li>Erich Morisse, call your office: <a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Cognitive_bias_codex_en.svg" rel="nofollow">The Cognitive Bias Codex</a></li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/killersundymann/status/1560636094063923200?s=21&t=Auz94wL4JXOWsG3PITFpvw" rel="nofollow">Press Conference for man caught off-guard by the weight of a door</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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