Month: February 2020

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The NewsWorthy - Boy Scouts Bankruptcy, Bezos Earth Fund & Redbox Streaming – Tuesday, February 18th, 2020

The news to know for Tuesday, February 18th, 2020!

What to know today about the Boy Scouts of America: why the iconic youth organization is filing for bankruptcy and what happens next...

Plus: a few updates about the new coronavirus disease, Jeff Bezos is giving away $10 billion, the new slide-out smartphone, and another new video streaming option.

Those stories and more in less than 10 minutes!

Head to www.TheNewsWorthy.com under the section titled 'Episodes' to read more about any of the stories mentioned or see sources below...

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Sources:

Boy Scouts Bankruptcy: WSJ, LA Times, AP, USA Today

Surprise During Ship Evacuation: NBC News, CNN, NPR, NYT

Most Cases Mild: AP, NPR

Outbreak Impacts Apple: WSJ, CNBC

Mississippi Flooding Update: Fox News, Accuweather, CNN

Britain Flooding: CBS News, AP

Bezos Earth Fund: Instagram, CNBC, Fox Business, USA Today

Daytona 500: CBS Sports, USA Today

Durability Concerns: Mashable, The Verge

New Slide-Out Phone: The Verge, Mashable, Cnet

RedBox Streaming Service: The Verge, Engadget, TechCrunch

Moon to “Eclipse” Mars: Space.com, Accuweather

 

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The Goods from the Woods - Episode #286 – “Centennial State” with Troy Walker

In this episode, Rivers and Carter sit down with comedian and brand new inductee into The Goods from the Woods Three Timers Club: Troy Walker! Troy is a hilarious comic originally from the Centennial State of Colorado. In this episode, we talk a bit about the L.A. BBQ scene, some classic movies, and Matthew Broderick's overall contribution to cinema. The biggest chunk of this episode, however, focuses on Troy's time doing weird outdoorsy things in Colorado's public school system like night hikes and panning for gold. We also crack open the newest issue of The Disgraceland Picayune! This episode has it all, y'all! Listen now! Follow Troy on all forms of social media @TroyWalkerESQ.  Follow the show on Twitter @TheGoodsPod.  Rivers is @RiversLangley  Dr. Pat is @PM_Reilly  Sam is @SlamHarter  Carter is @Carter_Glascock   Subscribe on Patreon for a Bonus Episode every week! http://patreon.com/TheGoodsPod  Pick up a Goods from the Woods t-shirt at: http://prowrestlingtees.com/TheGoodsPod 

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Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders - S2 E2: Zach Moreno, Squadcast

Zach Moreno is quite the renaissance man, being an artist, designer, author, developer… and a loving husband. He has interned on the Chrome team at Google, building extensions of DevTools and as a big believer in AngularJS, he wrote a book about deployment essentials of the language. After attempting to record a sci-fi drama, he found that the conventional remote audio recording tools didn’t produce a good quality recording… so much so, that he decided to build SquadCast – the best way for podcasters to record awesome sounding remote conversations.


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The Daily Signal - In Divisive Times, Remember: ‘There’s Something Amazing About Being an American’

The question that so many Americans are asking today is, how do we unite our nation once again? In the midst of so much division, how can we remember that we are "one nation under God?"


Today's guest is bestselling author, journalist, and political commentator Sophia Nelson, who dives into the topic of unity in America and exhorts us to remember that the Founding Fathers “never said we had to agree all the time."


"They never said we had to like each other all the time, because they didn't," Nelson says. "What they wanted was unity of purpose, and unity and loyalty to the Bill of Rights, and to the freedoms that keep us uniquely American.”


Be sure to check out all of Sophia Nelson's books:


1. Black Woman Redefined: Dispelling Myths and Discovering Fulfillment (2011)

2. The Woman Code: 20 Powerful Keys to Unlock Your Life (2014)

3. ePluribus One: Reclaiming Our Founders Vision for a United America (2017)


Also on today show, we talk with Ean Williams, Executive Director of D.C. Fashion Week about the ways in which our Nations Capital affects the fashion industry, and what the 2020 fall and winter wardrobe necessities are.


Enjoy the show!


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The Stack Overflow Podcast - Coaching A Developer Interview

Paul and Sara walk us through the teetering tower of abstraction. Ben still hasn't mastered a single language, so it's a tough for him to know if it's better to start with the difficult fundamentals or stay in the simplified sandbox.

Flatiron tries to teach developers how to code, but also how to communicate. Every student has to do some public writing or speaking about their education. We check out Human Readable Magazine and the painfully honest Reddit thread of early reviews.

Rebekah tries to coach Ben through a mock interview for a junior web developer position. A torrent of word salad ensues. Paul and Sara show no mercy.

New York City parking meters aren't the only systems being taken down by calendar bugs. We chat about the delightful Twitter thread on Y2038.

You can follow Rebekah here and learn more about The Flatiron School here.

 

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Lex Fridman Podcast - #72 – Scott Aaronson: Quantum Computing

Scott Aaronson is a professor at UT Austin, director of its Quantum Information Center, and previously a professor at MIT. His research interests center around the capabilities and limits of quantum computers and computational complexity theory more generally.

This conversation is part of the Artificial Intelligence podcast. If you would like to get more information about this podcast go to https://lexfridman.com/ai or connect with @lexfridman on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Medium, or YouTube where you can watch the video versions of these conversations. If you enjoy the podcast, please rate it 5 stars on Apple Podcasts, follow on Spotify, or support it on Patreon.

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Here’s the outline of the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.

00:00 – Introduction
05:07 – Role of philosophy in science
29:27 – What is a quantum computer?
41:12 – Quantum decoherence (noise in quantum information)
49:22 – Quantum computer engineering challenges
51:00 – Moore’s Law
56:33 – Quantum supremacy
1:12:18 – Using quantum computers to break cryptography
1:17:11 – Practical application of quantum computers
1:22:18 – Quantum machine learning, questionable claims, and cautious optimism
1:30:53 – Meaning of life

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - LEIGH: How Bitcoin Is Used To Promote Human Rights, Feat. Stories from Activists and Refugees

CoinDesk reporter Leigh Cuen is joined by the Human Rights Foundation’s Alex Gladstein and Syrian entrepreneur Moe Ghashim to discuss how cultural context shapes the way people view bitcoin, including stories from the Middle East.

Many bitcoiners see cryptocurrency as a cypherpunk tool that enhances personal freedoms, with cypherpunk meaning “using privacy tech to promote social change.” There are diverse users around the world gaining this type of value from bitcoin, but they rarely give interviews or are seen on stage at conferences. 

Later we’ll explore the risks of governments impacting the bitcoin ecosystem, through regulatory enforcement, censorship and market manipulation. Then we’ll dive into what everyone can do to enhance bitcoin’s usability through education.

Want more? Leigh has several articles exploring such use cases, everything from why protesters in Lebanon are turning to bitcoin to the possibility that dictators may also participate in the crypto ecosystem


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Start the Week - Love of home

Dan Jackson celebrates the distinctiveness of north-east England. He tells Andrew Marr how centuries of border warfare and dangerous industry has forged a unique people in Northumberland. With recent changes in political allegiance in towns and countryside across the region, Jackson questions whether the area can reassert itself after decades of industrial decline, indifference from the south, and resurgence north of the border.

The economist Colin Mayer is looking at how to harness the power of patriotism and regional pride to revitalise areas like the North East. He sees a much greater role for the private sector in fostering community cohesion.

But patriotism can be a dangerous force in disputed and diverse areas. Kapka Kassabova travels to two of the world’s most ancient lakes set in the borderlands of North Macedonia, Albania and Greece. This ancient meeting place in the southern Balkans has its own unique history of people living in harmony, and then erupting into catastrophic violence.

We live in a world that is far more connected than at any other time in history, but is there still value to the notion that travelling broadens the mind? The philosopher Emily Thomas turns to Descartes and Montaigne for an understanding of how travelling away from home can help disrupt traditional customs and ways of thinking.

Producer: Katy Hickman