web01.fireside.fm Sun, 19 Apr 2026 18:19:12 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Dave & Gunnar Show - Episodes Tagged with “Unicode” https://dgshow.org/tags/unicode Thu, 23 Dec 2021 06:00:00 -0600 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 230: Need Some Gom Jabbars https://dgshow.org/230 8ebc719f-e1cf-4f81-a03d-94944bffb759 Thu, 23 Dec 2021 06:00:00 -0600 David Egts & Gunnar Hellekson full David Egts & Gunnar Hellekson This week Dave and Gunnar talk about fake faces, fake fingers, and fake code 33:57 no Dave read Dune (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44767458-dune) [The Dune Encyclopedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TheDuneEncyclopedia) Luminations (https://www.wildflower.org/event/luminations/2021-12-09) Antiwork Receipt Printers (https://www.engadget.com/someone-is-hacking-receipt-printers-with-pro-worker-messages-115040881.html) Arrest in ‘Ransom Your Employer’ Email Scheme (https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/11/arrest-in-ransom-your-employer-email-scheme/) Real-time deepfakes could bring chaos to your next Zoom call (https://www.dailydot.com/debug/deepfacelive-deepfake-live-streaming/) Check the examples: GitHub - iperov/DeepFaceLive (https://github.com/iperov/DeepFaceLive) Microsoft Teams enters the metaverse race with 3D avatars and immersive meetings (https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/2/22758974/microsoft-teams-metaverse-mesh-3d-avatars-meetings-features) Biometric auth bypassed using fingerprint photo, printer, and glue (https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/biometric-auth-bypassed-using-fingerprint-photo-printer-and-glue/) Dr. David A. Wheeler (https://dgshow.org/guests/dwheeler), call your office: ‘Trojan Source’ Bug Threatens the Security of All Code (https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/11/trojan-source-bug-threatens-the-security-of-all-code/) Cutting Room Floor * We're Not Gonna Take It - Mariah Carey Christmas Special (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jf2VErVh4CQ) * Living, Growing Plant Wig! (https://www.instructables.com/Living-Growing-Plant-Wig/) * Long eggs (https://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/long_eggs) * The Neural Yorker (https://twitter.com/NeuralYorker) * How Not to Write a Caption (https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/tnyradiohour/segments/how-not-write-caption) * Tumblr blog link (https://shittynewyorkercartooncaptions.tumblr.com/) We Give Thanks * The D&G Show Slack Clubhouse for the discussion topics! Dune, Luminations, receipt printers, unionization, labor, port 9100, 9100, ransomware, Sociogram, deepfakes, video conferencing, metaverse, Microsoft Teams, biometrics, fingerprints, wood glue, acetate, Dr. David A. Wheeler, trojan source, bidi, unicode, Twisted Sister, We're Not Gonna Take It, Mariah Carey, All I Want for Christmas Is You, plant wigs, Chia Pets, long eggs, Neural Yorker, New Yorker, cartoons, captions
  • Dave read Dune
  • Luminations
  • Antiwork Receipt Printers
  • Arrest in ‘Ransom Your Employer’ Email Scheme
  • Real-time deepfakes could bring chaos to your next Zoom call
  • Biometric auth bypassed using fingerprint photo, printer, and glue
  • Dr. David A. Wheeler, call your office: ‘Trojan Source’ Bug Threatens the Security of All Code

    • Cutting Room Floor

    We Give Thanks

    • The D&G Show Slack Clubhouse for the discussion topics!
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  • Dave read Dune
  • Luminations
  • Antiwork Receipt Printers
  • Arrest in ‘Ransom Your Employer’ Email Scheme
  • Real-time deepfakes could bring chaos to your next Zoom call
  • Biometric auth bypassed using fingerprint photo, printer, and glue
  • Dr. David A. Wheeler, call your office: ‘Trojan Source’ Bug Threatens the Security of All Code

    • Cutting Room Floor

    We Give Thanks

    • The D&G Show Slack Clubhouse for the discussion topics!
    ]]>     Episode 161: Continuous Improvement https://dgshow.org/161 77982189-8c26-42e9-8143-060368ffced1 Thu, 07 Jun 2018 06:00:00 -0500 David Egts & Gunnar Hellekson full David Egts & Gunnar Hellekson This week Dave and Gunnar talk about improving AI with improv, improving the internet with the air travel experience, improving fraud with spacesuits, and improving online dating with the gig economy 39:31 no This week Dave (https://twitter.com/davidegts) and Gunnar (http://atechnologyjobisnoexcuse.com/about) talk about improving AI with improv, improving the internet with the air travel experience, improving fraud with spacesuits, and improving online dating with the gig economy Foam Pits (https://www.austinfoampitcubes.com/) NeverSSL (http://neverssl.com/) Kent State Tuscarawas wrestler born without legs teaches students it’s OK to be different (http://fox8.com/2018/04/27/kent-state-tuscarawas-wrestler-born-without-legs-teaches-students-its-ok-to-be-different/) Google used improv rules to deal with a farting Assistant (https://techcrunch.com/2018/05/09/google-used-improv-rules-to-deal-with-a-farting-assistant/) D&G Gunnarbait of the Week: ISPs should charge for fast lanes—just like TSA Precheck, GOP lawmaker says (https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/04/isps-should-charge-for-fast-lanes-just-like-tsa-precheck-gop-lawmaker-says/?amp=1) Intelligence^2 Debate (https://www.intelligencesquaredus.org/debates/preserve-net-neutrality-all-data-created-equal) Indian pair arrested after using 'space suits' to con investor out of $200,000 (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/09/indian-pair-arrested-after-using-space-suits-to-con-investor-out-of-200000) Google Duplex calls hairdresser, terrifies everyone else (https://phys.org/news/2018-05-google-duplex-caveat-artificial-intelligence.html) You could be flirting on dating apps with paid impersonators (https://qz.com/1247382/online-dating-is-so-awful-that-people-are-paying-virtual-dating-assistants-to-impersonate-them/) Zero-width Unicode for steganography (https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/361390/can-posts-to-stack-overflow-be-fingerprinted-using-hidden-unicode-characters) Cutting Room Floor * Bite-Sized Linux: a zine collecting awesome *nix tutorial webtoons (https://boingboing.net/2018/05/11/b0rkb0rkb0rk.html) * Welcome to Fear City: A Survival Guide For Visitors to New York City (1975) (https://flashbak.com/welcome-fear-city-new-york-city-1975-399218/) * Purrli: a customizable cat-purr emulator (https://purrli.com/) * If you ever wanted to print out a square km of black toner, here’s your chance (https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/bjpa5v/kenneth-goldsmith-one-square-kilometer-pdf) * Hey I got an idea: What Scientists Saw When They Put a Crocodile in an MRI Scanner and Played Classical Music (https://gizmodo.com/what-scientists-saw-when-they-put-a-crocodile-in-an-mri-1825779846) * Solve 3 Rubik’s Cubes while juggling (https://twitter.com/Crazyinnasia/status/994550318045245440?s=20) This week Dave and Gunnar talk about improving AI with improv, improving the internet with the air travel experience, improving fraud with spacesuits, and improving online dating with the gig economy

    Cutting Room Floor

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    Cutting Room Floor

    ]]>     Episode 147: Dadbag https://dgshow.org/147 c7ec5e62-98a8-45bd-a11e-80c11a43a418 Tue, 31 Oct 2017 06:00:00 -0500 David Egts & Gunnar Hellekson full David Egts & Gunnar Hellekson This week Dave and Gunnar talk about: Game Boys in your medical devices, unicode in your domain names, cryptocurrency miners in your browser, and commercial software in your national security systems 40:09 no This week Dave (https://twitter.com/davidegts) and Gunnar (http://atechnologyjobisnoexcuse.com/about) talk about: Game Boys in your medical devices, unicode in your domain names, cryptocurrency miners in your browser, and commercial software in your national security systems Just sayin’: 13 'brain belts' where the world's smartest people reside (http://www.businessinsider.com/13-brain-belts-where-the-worlds-smartest-people-reside-2017-8) Vogue: 6 Reasons Akron, Ohio, Should Be On Your Radar (https://www.vogue.com/article/akron-ohio-travel-guide-lebron-james) Pocket (http://getpocket.com/) Tom Bihn Tristar (https://www.tombihn.com/products/tri-star?variant=16396837575) and Daylight (https://www.tombihn.com/products/daylight-backpack?variant=20794066631) combo Hyatt Regency DFW International Airport (https://dfw.regency.hyatt.com/en/hotel/home.html) 465k patients told to visit doctor to patch critical pacemaker vulnerability (https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/08/465k-patients-need-a-firmware-update-to-prevent-serious-pacemaker-hacks/) Meanwhile: Game Boy Advance Hiding In a Medical Device (https://hackaday.com/2017/09/24/game-boy-advance-hiding-in-a-medical-device/) Fake domain names with unicode characters: Chrome, Firefox, and Opera users beware: This isn’t the apple.com you want (https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/04/chrome-firefox-and-opera-users-beware-this-isnt-the-apple-com-you-want/) Try this: Go to https://www.xn--80ak6aa92e.com/ (https://www.xn--80ak6aa92e.com/) YMMV depending upon browser (works on Firefox, but not on Chrome) Coinhive (https://coin-hive.com/): "Monetize Your Business With Your Users' CPU Power" D&G Term of the Week: Cryptojacking Coinhive Is Rapidly Becoming a Favorite Tool Among Malware Devs (https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/coinhive-is-rapidly-becoming-a-favorite-tool-among-malware-devs/) Chrome Extension Embeds In-Browser Monero Miner That Drains Your CPU (https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/chrome-extension-embeds-in-browser-monero-miner-that-drains-your-cpu/) Showtime Websites Used to Mine Monero, Unclear If Hack or an Experiment (https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/showtime-websites-used-to-mine-monero-unclear-if-hack-or-an-experiment/) Someone Made an Ad Blocker But for Cryptocurrency Mining (https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/d3yp9a/someone-made-an-ad-blocker-but-for-cryptocurrency-mining) Symantec CEO: Get Commercial Software Off National Security Systems (http://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2017/09/symantec-ceo-get-commercial-software-national-security-systems/141158/) Exclusive: Symantec CEO says source code reviews pose unacceptable risk (http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cyber-russia-symantec/exclusive-symantec-ceo-says-source-code-reviews-pose-unacceptable-risk-idUSKBN1CF2SB) Would You Video Chat With An Airline Customer Service Rep? (https://consumerist.com/2017/08/22/would-you-video-chat-with-an-airline-customer-service-rep/) Cutting Room Floor * Robots, Now Wielding Nunchucks (https://www.technologyreview.com/the-download/608955/robots-now-wielding-nunchucks/) * The Dadbag (http://thedadbag.com/) * See the whole product line (http://thedadbag.com/range.html) * Sony Releases New Earbud Detangling Spray (http://www.theonion.com/graphic/sony-releases-new-earbud-detangling-spray-56996) * Quickly Find the Hipster Neighborhoods in Any Major City With This Tool (https://lifehacker.com/quickly-find-the-hipster-neighborhoods-in-any-city-with-1818681545) * Emacs client for Slack (https://github.com/yuya373/emacs-slack?_lrsc=ff3ee0b4-a7dc-4c29-9295-41086c592fb2&sc_cid=701600000011zELAAY) brings Zawinski's Law of Software Envelopment to 2017 * See also Emacs client for Rocketchat (https://github.com/4hiziri/rocket-chat) (HT Anthony Green (https://twitter.com/antgreen)) * Greek philosopher or ailment? (https://wronghands1.com/2017/09/15/greek-philosopher-or-ailment/) * Memory Chemicals (https://scarfolk.blogspot.com/2017/10/memory-chemicals-1979.html): For more information, please reread We Give Thanks * Anthony Green (https://twitter.com/antgreen) * The D&G Show Slack Clubhouse for the discussion topics! This week Dave and Gunnar talk about: Game Boys in your medical devices, unicode in your domain names, cryptocurrency miners in your browser, and commercial software in your national security systems

    Cutting Room Floor

    We Give Thanks

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

    We Give Thanks

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