• Gunnar builds a Gemini-powered virtual team: It's all about perspective.
  
• Farewell Pocket, hello Wallabag or Instapaper?
  
• Ethically sourced “spare” human bodies could revolutionize medicine
  
  • His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
    
• Fake Passport Generated by ChatGPT Bypasses Security
  
• An episode of The Simpsons? Fake speakers found in Chinese Volvos.
  
  • The Simpsons: I know a genuine Magnetbox, Panaphonic, & Sorny when I see one.
    
• The Commodore 64’s Forgotten CD-ROM
  
• Google's Co-Founder Says AI Performs Best When You Threaten It
  
• Erich Morisse asks: What If We’re Mean To AI and It's Faster?

Cutting Room Floor

• The Business Cards of American Psycho
  
• Alarm App Demands You Watch Advertisement to Hit "Snooze" Button
  
• Influenders
  
• Middle-Aged Man Trading Cards Go Viral in Rural Japan Town

Character Card: Dave Egts, the Tech Conduit

• Class: Information Broker/Wandering Scholar
  
• Level: 10 (Represents seasoned experience in gathering and disseminating information)
  
• Key Stats:
  
  • Intelligence: 14 (Keen interest in technology and current events)
    
  • Wisdom: 13 (Experienced in presenting information and guiding discussions)
    
  • Charisma: 15 (Engaging host, able to connect with listeners and Gunnar)
    
  • Dexterity: 11 (Likely adept at navigating digital interfaces)
    
  • Constitution: 10 (Average resilience)
    
  • Strength: 9 (Less emphasis on physical prowess)
    
• Skills:
  
  • Information Gathering: +4 (Constantly bringing up news and interesting links)
    
  • Persuasion: +5 (Convincing in his role as host)
    
  • Technology Lore: +4 (Knowledgeable about various technologies, especially AI)
    
  • Networking: +3 (Maintains connections, has an intern)
    
  • Podcastcasting: +5 (Years of experience hosting the "Dave and Gunnar Show")
    
• Equipment/Tools:
  
  • The Scroll of Cutting Room Findings: A collection of intriguing and often bizarre information snippets.
    
  • The Referral Link Amulet: Grants minor luck when promoting digital services.
    
  • The Microphone of Amplification: Enhances his voice and presence.
    
• Special Abilities:
  
  • Rapid Link Retrieval: Can quickly recall and share relevant information from his vast mental archives.
    
  • Interruption Evasion: Skilled at navigating conversational tangents and bringing the focus back.
    
  • Beard of Minor Intimidation: Once grew a beard that reportedly scared children. (Grants a +1 to Intimidation checks, but only when visibly bearded).
    

Character Card: Gunnar Hellekson, the Organized Sage

• Class: Productivity Master/Lorekeeper
  
• Level: 10 (Represents deep knowledge and refined organizational skills)
  
• Key Stats:
  
  • Intelligence: 15 (Deeply analytical and knowledgeable in various subjects)
    
  • Wisdom: 14 (Offers insightful perspectives and well-reasoned opinions)
    
  • Charisma: 12 (Engaging in discussions, though sometimes focused on his own systems)
    
  • Dexterity: 12 (Likely efficient with digital tools and interfaces)
    
  • Constitution: 11 (Average resilience)
    
  • Strength: 8 (Less emphasis on physical pursuits)
    
• Skills:
  
  • Organization: +6 (Master of Todoist and the PARA method)
    
  • Lore (Technology): +4 (Extensive knowledge of tech trends and concepts)
    
  • Lore (Games): +4 (Passionate about Dungeons & Dragons and video games like Fallout)
    
  • Insight: +4 (Able to identify underlying issues and biases)
    
  • Digital Note-Taking: +3 (Proficient with InstaPaper)
    
• Equipment/Tools:
  
  • The Immaculate Todoist Ledger: A constantly updated record of tasks, goals, and accountabilities.
    
  • The InstaPaper Tome of Summaries: Contains AI-generated summaries of vast amounts of information.
    
  • The D&D Dice of Fate: Used for both entertainment and occasional insightful pronouncements.
    
• Special Abilities:
  
  • Systematic Efficiency: Can optimize tasks and processes for maximum productivity.
    
  • Lore Recall: Able to access detailed knowledge on a wide range of topics, especially related to technology and games.
    
  • Twitter Banishing Aura: Once permanently deleted his Twitter account, creating a zone of social media detachment around him.
    
  • PARA Method Mastery: Can impose order on chaotic situations with a well-defined system.

We Give Thanks

• Erich Morisse for having us think about AI kindness!

• Dave recommends: Hawaii! Zippy’s! Spam musubi!
• Gunnar recommends: Japan! Tokyo! Kyoto! Macaque monkeys! Nara Park deer! Google Translate!
• The creepy sound of online trackers
  • Check the videos here!
• A Wave of AI Tools Is Set to Transform Work Meetings
• AI hallucinates software packages and devs download them – even if potentially poisoned with malware
• Texas Facilities Commission State Surplus Property Store

Cutting Room Floor

• Why Is the Slack Hold Music So Haunted and So Good?
  • 60-minute loop
• I Hope This Email Finds You (part 1 and part 2)
• Boston Dynamics’ new humanoid moves like no robot you’ve ever seen

We Give Thanks

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

• Austin has passed Prop B, reinstating the public camping ban. What happens now?
• Meanwhile in Richmond: Steelers draft pick Najee Harris throws party at homeless shelter where he once lived
• FTC issues stern warning: Biased AI may break the law
• How a WhatsApp status loophole is aiding cyberstalkers
• Face editing: Japanese biker tricks internet into thinking he is a young woman
• Twitter images can be abused to hide ZIP, MP3 files — here's how
  • Try it yourself
    • Download this as surprise.png
    • Open the file
    • Rename surprise.png to surprise.mp3
    • Open the file
• This developer created the fake programming language MOVA to catch out naughty recruiters, résumé padders
  • He looks forward to seeing everyone at MOVAcon '21 in Agloe, NY.
• GPT-3 tries pickup lines

Cutting Room Floor

• You'll Want to Avoid Typos at ALL Costs With this Hand Grenade Keyboard
• This Freaky Little 'Eyecam' Wants You to Know Your Computer Is Watching You
• Nuclear Reactor Wall Charts – 1956-1998

We Give Thanks

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

• Apple M1 on the way
• Lockdown has affected your memory – here’s why
• Wearing someone else's face: Hyper-realistic masks to go on sale in Japan
• Get paid to have your face printed onto a creepy, super realistic mask
• Maskalike: Your face on an N95 mask for $30
• Freak Masks: Scare everyone for only $19
• Billion Dollar Burger: Inside Big Tech's Race for the Future of Food
• Steaks Grown From Human Cells Spark Interest and Outrage
  • Ourochef meal kit
• paint.wtf: Convince an AI that you're the best artist
• Watch Out for Fake COVID-19 Testing Sites

Cutting Room Floor

• Cheese-Filtered Cigarettes
• Edible (chocolate) phonograph records
• The Mouth-Watering World Of NIST Standard Foods

We Give Thanks

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

• D&G Viewer Mail: Johannes Swanepoel writes…

I have [my kids] indoctrinated with a love of Linux already - Emily has her school Chromebook full of Red Hat stickers and Noah (from 7 years old he is 8 now) tries to write Python on his Fedora Laptop. He used to send me photos of the screen at work asking, "Dad why does this program not work?" And I’m debugging via text messages.

I also tell them not to touch Windows laptops in the stores as the may get viruses.

• The 416 quadrillion reasons why Japan’s supercomputer is number 1
• D&G Book Club: Ask for More: 10 Questions to Negotiate Anything
  • 9 leadership books worth reading now
  • Worksheets from the book

Cutting Room Floor

• Generative zoology with neural networks
  • After Man
• Someone Found A Photo Album With A Woman Next To Hollywood Stars In A Thrift Shop And It’s Like A Time Machine

We Give Thanks

• The D&G Show Slack Clubhouse for the discussion topics!
• Johannes Swanepoel for the open source parenting update!