web02.fireside.fm Sun, 19 Apr 2026 16:59:05 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Dave & Gunnar Show - Episodes Tagged with “Signal” https://dgshow.org/tags/signal 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 This week Dave (https://dgshow.org/hosts/dave) and Gunnar (https://dgshow.org/hosts/gunnar) talk about the norms of dream coercion, the norms of encrypted messaging, and the norms of ransomware game theory Bo Burnham’s “Inside” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1BneeJTDcU) Foo Fighters at the ICON Music Center (https://iconmusiccenter.com/) Are advertisers coming for your dreams? (https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/06/are-advertisers-coming-your-dreams) Silent Lucidity (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhat-xUQ6dw) by Queensryche Unrelated: Sleep Sensing on Nest Hub (2nd gen) (https://support.google.com/googlenest/answer/10357288) Also unrelated: Amazon.com Wants to Monitor You in Your Sleep, for Your Benefit (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-09/amazon-com-wants-to-monitor-you-in-your-sleep-for-your-benefit) We Got the Phone the FBI Secretly Sold to Criminals (https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7b4gg/anom-phone-arcaneos-fbi-backdoor) Why everyone should use disappearing messages on WhatsApp and Signal (https://www.wired.co.uk/article/whatsapp-signal-disappearing-messages) Related XKCD (https://xkcd.com/538/) Opinion | Could Ransomware Become a Geopolitical Weapon? Game Theory Says Yes. (https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/07/08/ransomware-game-theory-geopolitics-cyber-attack-498625) Cutting Room Floor * Smells Like Teen Spirit Cover In Classical Latin (75 BC to 3rd Century AD) Bardcore (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbEKIW3pUUk) * Frozen’s “Let It Go” Performed in Klingon (https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/606709/frozens-let-it-go-in-klingon) * “Don’t Stop Believin’” Performed in Klingon (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOJoOtk7Scw) * Subterranean Homesick Blues Performed in a Regional Jet Restroom (https://www.openculture.com/2021/06/the-airline-toilets-theatre-company.html) as performed by the Airline Toilets Theatre Company (and member of the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain (https://www.ukuleleorchestra.com/)) * ”Take on Me” Performed by Face Smacking (https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/o137d0/oc_i_discovered_that_i_can_play_a_melody_by/) * Sublime Text (https://what-i-got.glitch.me/) to get What I Got We Give Thanks * The D&G Show Slack Clubhouse for the discussion topics! 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

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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 222: Clever Girl https://dgshow.org/222 18f7672e-d3b5-4d55-a104-998c8a8a07fd Sun, 30 May 2021 06:00:00 -0500 David Egts & Gunnar Hellekson full David Egts & Gunnar Hellekson This week Dave and Gunnar talk about optimizing your ad experience, hypocrisy in politics, making pressure sensors with a pencil and a piece of foam, and breathing exercises! 36:00 no This week Dave (https://dgshow.org/hosts/dave) and Gunnar (https://dgshow.org/hosts/gunnar) talk about optimizing your ad experience, hypocrisy in politics, making pressure sensors with a pencil and a piece of foam, and breathing exercises! Jurassic Park (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurassic_Park) Ohio Vax-a-Million (https://ohiovaxamillion.com/faqs.html) What is the New Jersey “Shot and a Beer” program? What breweries are participating? (https://covid19.nj.gov/faqs/nj-information/slowing-the-spread/what-is-the-new-jersey-%E2%80%9Cshot-and-a-beer%E2%80%9D-program-what-breweries-are-participating) This amazing AI tool lets you create human faces from scratch (https://www.fastcompany.com/90628866/this-amazing-ai-tool-lets-you-create-human-faces-from-scratch) Thanks To Merriam-Webster, You Can Now Own The NFT Of The Definition Of "NFT" (https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/thanks-to-merriam-webster-you-can-now-own-the-nft-of-the-definition-of-nft-301288201.html) Signal Tries to Run the Most Honest Facebook Ad Campaign Ever, Immediately Gets Banned [Updated] (https://gizmodo.com/signal-tried-to-run-the-most-honest-facebook-ad-campaig-1846823457) Concept App That Pays You Bitcoin to Name-Drop Brands Is the Future and You Know It (https://gizmodo.com/concept-app-that-pays-you-bitcoin-to-name-drop-brands-i-1846821500) Bud Light Seltzer (https://www.budlight.com/en/our-beers/bud-light-seltzer.html) Omega Mart (https://www.omegamart.com/) Bud Light Seltzer (https://www.budlight.com/en/our-beers/bud-light-seltzer.html) Omega Mart (https://www.omegamart.com/) D&G This Week in Ohio Politics: Ohio state senator sees nothing wrong with driving while video conferencing (https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/2021/05/03/ohio-state-sen-andrew-brenner-attended-government-meeting-via-video-while-driving/4929012001/) Related: Zoom fatigue: I turned on my camera for this? (https://enterprisersproject.com/article/2020/9/zoom-fatigue-i-turned-my-camera) Mammals can breathe through anus in emergencies (https://phys.org/news/2021-05-mammals-anus-emergencies.html) David Huang's Latest Zero-Cost Build Turns Scrap Foam and Pencil Lead Into a Working Pressure Sensor (https://www.hackster.io/news/david-huang-s-latest-zero-cost-build-turns-scrap-foam-and-pencil-lead-into-a-working-pressure-sensor-0abebbc864d0) Cutting Room Floor * The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain’s Headbanging Cover of Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” (https://www.openculture.com/?p=1090592) * Deepfake Willie Nelson for Omega Mart (https://www.neatorama.com/2021/01/27/Deepfake-Willie-Nelson-for-Omega-Mart/) * Zoom Escaper (https://zoomescaper.com/) We Give Thanks * The light and refreshing taste of Bud Light Seltzer (https://www.budlight.com/en/our-beers/bud-light-seltzer.html) * Omega Mart (https://www.omegamart.com/) for savings no matter the cost! * Emily Dragoo for our picture of the week! * Aisha Devrouax for Emily Dragoo! * The D&G Show Slack Clubhouse for the discussion topics! Jurassic Park, Ohio, Vax-a-Million, New Jersey, Shot and a Beer, vaccination, COVID, AI, Mr. Potato Head, Merriam-Webster, NFT, Signal, Facebook, Instagram, advertising, ads, SayPal, Bud Light Seltzer, Omega Mart, politics, Zoom fatigue, breathing, sensors, Arduino, ukuleles, Nirvana, Smells Like Teen Spirit, Willie Nelson, Zoom Escaper This week Dave and Gunnar talk about optimizing your ad experience, hypocrisy in politics, making pressure sensors with a pencil and a piece of foam, and breathing exercises!

Cutting Room Floor

We Give Thanks

  • The light and refreshing taste of Bud Light Seltzer
  • Omega Mart for savings no matter the cost!
  • Emily Dragoo for our picture of the week!
  • Aisha Devrouax for Emily Dragoo!
  • The D&G Show Slack Clubhouse for the discussion topics!
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Cutting Room Floor

We Give Thanks

  • The light and refreshing taste of Bud Light Seltzer
  • Omega Mart for savings no matter the cost!
  • Emily Dragoo for our picture of the week!
  • Aisha Devrouax for Emily Dragoo!
  • The D&G Show Slack Clubhouse for the discussion topics!
]]> Episode 218: What Would Marlie Do? https://dgshow.org/218 efb752a5-c12c-4c16-9e7e-0190255024dd Wed, 14 Apr 2021 06:00:00 -0500 David Egts & Gunnar Hellekson full David Egts & Gunnar Hellekson This week Dave and Gunnar talk about Marlie Moxinspike, Beyoncé, and Adele! 40:30 no 101st Airborne Division (https://www.army.mil/101stAirborne) D&G 189: Marlie Moxinspike (https://dgshow.org/189) The battle inside Signal (https://www.platformer.news/p/-the-battle-inside-signal) See also: Can WhatsApp stop spreading misinformation without compromising encryption? (https://qz.com/1978077/can-whatsapp-stop-misinformation-without-compromising-encryption/) What You Should Know Before Leaking a Zoom Meeting (https://theintercept.com/2021/01/18/leak-zoom-meeting/) The ‘Batman Effect’: How having an alter ego empowers you (https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20200817-the-batman-effect-how-having-an-alter-ego-empowers-you) Cutting Room Floor * DIY latex glove bagpipes (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y95I0rb1JoU) * Bagpipe swing with Gunhild Carling in Central Park NY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RbVuDuCYMY) * Menu items renamed as expense-able office items (https://www.ubereats.com/ca/toronto/food-delivery/good-fortune-burger-college/SlS7Rn6dQ1SVb59NxiWt5A) * Blue Check Homes: Apply now! (https://bluecheckhomes.com/) * Evidence of Life: Two Photographers Show Us Mysteries In The Mundane – 1977 (https://flashbak.com/evidence-mike-mandel-larry-sultan-1970s-found-photos-435986/) * Faraday Cages for Wi-Fi Routers Are the Latest 5G Conspiracy Grift (https://www.vice.com/en/article/xgzgw4/faraday-cages-for-wi-fi-routers-are-the-latest-5g-conspiracy-grift) We Give Thanks * The D&G Show Slack Clubhouse for the discussion topics! 101st Airborne Division, Marlie Moxenspike, Moxie Marlinspike, Signal, WhatsApp, end-to-end encryption, Zoom, watermarking, Batman, Batman Effect, bagpipes, office items, Blue Check Homes, Faraday cages, wi-fi, 5G
  • 101st Airborne Division
  • D&G 189: Marlie Moxinspike
  • The battle inside Signal
  • What You Should Know Before Leaking a Zoom Meeting
  • The ‘Batman Effect’: How having an alter ego empowers you

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    • The D&G Show Slack Clubhouse for the discussion topics!
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  • 101st Airborne Division
  • D&G 189: Marlie Moxinspike
  • The battle inside Signal
  • What You Should Know Before Leaking a Zoom Meeting
  • The ‘Batman Effect’: How having an alter ego empowers you

    • Cutting Room Floor

    We Give Thanks

    • The D&G Show Slack Clubhouse for the discussion topics!
    ]]>     Episode 168: #TrashCasket https://dgshow.org/168 1f8a7068-97a4-4a8a-a4c0-a2829607e87a Wed, 31 Oct 2018 06:00:00 -0500 David Egts & Gunnar Hellekson full David Egts & Gunnar Hellekson This week Dave and Gunnar talk about: Needles in stomachs, worms in faces, drunks in Ubers, and meetings in Amazon 34:54 no This week Dave (https://twitter.com/davidegts) and Gunnar (http://atechnologyjobisnoexcuse.com/about) talk about: Needles in stomachs, worms in faces, drunks in Ubers, and meetings in Amazon RHEL 7.6 is out (https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html-single/7.6_release_notes/)! #TrashCasket: Someone actually threw out a casket with the garbage in Akron and we know the story behind who picked it up (http://www.cleveland19.com/2018/09/17/someone-actually-threw-out-casket-with-garbage-akron-we-tracked-down-story/) Browns fans finally open those Bud Light fridges to celebrate a win (https://www.sbnation.com/2018/9/20/17883828/browns-win-free-beer-bud-light-fridges-celebrate-cleveland) D&G Mailbag: D&G Superfan Andrew Sanders says "I do not recall laughing harder or being any more horrified than when listening to episode #165." He also asks “in D&G 165 did Gunnar intentionally made a biblical reference to 3:16 when he joked about the hug request for train car 316?” Afraid of needles? These start-ups are working on alternatives (https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/2018/07/08/afraid-needles-these-start-ups-working-alternatives-syringes/718344002/) Selfies show worm slithered through woman’s face for 2 weeks (https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/06/selfies-show-worm-slithered-through-womans-face-for-2-weeks/) Uber can tell whether you are drunk by the way you hold your phone (https://www.yahoo.com/amphtml/tech/uber-tell-drunk-way-hold-103219165.html) PSA: Signal and Whatsapp Are Only as Private as the People You Talk To (https://lifehacker.com/anonymous-chat-apps-like-signal-and-whatsapp-are-only-a-1826678815) See also: "Three can keep a secret, if two of them are dead." (https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/benjamin_franklin_162078) - Benjamin Franklin Amazon Has Come Up With a Genius New Way to Run Productive Meetings (https://www.inc.com/business-insider/jeff-bezos-amazon-brilliant-method-run-productive-meetings.html) Open sourced as aws-ops-wheel (https://github.com/aws/aws-ops-wheel) Why Jeff Bezos makes Amazon execs read 6-page memos at the start of each meeting (https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/23/what-jeff-bezos-learned-from-requiring-6-page-memos-at-amazon.html) Cutting Room Floor * This Coder Fit a Bootable CD and Video Game Into a Tweet (https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/43pqnd/this-coder-fit-a-bootable-cd-and-video-game-into-a-tweet) * Get your own HAL-9000 replica with Bluetooth and voice command (https://www.engadget.com/2018/08/02/hal-9000-replica-bluetooth-voice-command/) * Candle that smells like Chinese takeout (https://shop.coolmaterial.com/products/chinese-take-out-candle) * Bacon-scented mustache (https://mcphee.com/products/bacon-scented-mustache) * Clam-flavored candy canes (https://mcphee.com/products/clamdy-canes) * Meat vending machine (https://www.bloombergquint.com/pursuits/2018/08/22/applestone-meat-s-steak-vending-machine#gs.PguYeUc) We Give Thanks * The D&G Show Slack Clubhouse for the discussion topics! * Andrew Sanders for the viewer mail! RHEL 7.6, TrashCasket, Browns, needles, worms, Uber, Signal, Whatsapp, Amazon, AWS, Bezos This week Dave and Gunnar talk about: Needles in stomachs, worms in faces, drunks in Ubers, and meetings in Amazon

    Cutting Room Floor

    We Give Thanks

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

    We Give Thanks

    • The D&G Show Slack Clubhouse for the discussion topics!
    • Andrew Sanders for the viewer mail!
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