Month: January 2021

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The Stack Overflow Podcast - Programming in PowerPoint can teach you a few things

The starting point for today's conversation was an argument made by Guillermo Rauch in this blog post. "And each time, your frontend has an opportunity to impress, delight, perform, be accessible and memorable. What's more, frontend is an area of technological and artistic differentiation, while backend becomes increasingly commoditized, turnkey and undifferentiated."

Sure, programming in PowerPoint isn't very practical. That doesn't mean it can't be lots of fun, and teach you a few things.

Speaking of learning things, we chat a bit about Alan Kay, who has a wonderful talk on the ways we can use computers to illustrate complex concepts to children.

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The Gist - Siege Subculture Stories

On the Gist, the assault on the Capitol through extremist corners of the internet.

In the interview, Mike is joined by U.S Rep. Dan Kildee of Michigan’s 5th Congressional District, and Chief Deputy Whip of the House Democratic Caucus. Rep. Kildee was on the House floor when violent pro-Trump extremists overtook the Capitol, causing a lockdown. Kildee shares his experience of what it was like inside the chambers before and after the electoral vote count had been certified, and what he’s hearing from his constituents in Michigan.

In the spiel, we continue our walk through the insurrectionist rampage at the Capitol.

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Podcast production by Margaret Kelley, Cheyna Roth, and Jasmine Ellis.

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Reporter Describes Mayhem Inside U.S. Capitol: ‘Like We Were In A Foreign Country’

For the first time since the War of 1812, the U.S. Capitol was breached as right-wing extremists whipped into a frenzy by President Trump stormed the complex.

Reset talks to a reporter who was trapped in the building during the takeover and brings you reaction from a range of Illinois lawmakers.

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Consider This from NPR - GOP Faces Trump Reckoning: ‘If You Play With Matches, You Will Get Burned’

On Wednesday, in the nation's capital, a mob was incited to violence by the president of the United States. In the years that led up to that moment, many Republicans supported Trump. Now, where does their party go from here?

NPR's Ailsa Chang puts that question to two Capitol Hill veterans: Michael Steel, a longtime aid to former Republican House Speaker John Boehner; and Antonia Ferrier, a former longtime staffer to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

In participating regions, you'll also hear a local news segment that will help you make sense of what's going on in your community.

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Science In Action - New variants of SARS-Cov2

Mutant strains of SARS-Cov2 have been identified not only in the UK, where it was first identified, but also in at least 30 other countries. And to complicate matters, another alarming variant, with some similar mutations, has arisen in South Africa. Roland Pease talks to Ravi Gupta, a virologist at Cambridge University and Tulio de Oliveira of the University of KwaZulu Natal about these new strains. There’s only so much that can be learned about the virus by looking at the patients it infects. Thanks to techniques developed to study HIV, Ebola, flu and other viruses in the past, researchers have methods for growing key parts of viral structures in the lab and watching closely how they behave in cell cultures. Jeremy Luban of the University of Massachusetts and Alli Greaney at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center talk to Roland about how they are studying the biology of the mutations to discover how the new strains might respond to vaccines.

(Image: Swab test. Credit: Getty Images)

Presenter: Roland Pease Producer: Deborah Cohen

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Cato Daily Podcast - Impeachment, the 25th Amendment, or Don’t Bother?

As the U.S. enters the final two weeks of the presidency of Donald Trump, the pro-Trump mob attack on the Capitol is spurring lawmakers to renew calls to remove the President by either impeachment and removal or invoking the 25th Amendment. Gene Healy explains how those Constitutional processes would work.

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - BREAKDOWN: Can Bitcoin Just Keep Going Up?

With bitcoin (briefly) passing $40,000 for the first time, the question becomes: Can it keep going or is a reset necessary? 

This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io and this week’s special product launch: Stacks.co.

Today on the Brief:

  • U.S. President Trump signs order banning Chinese apps
  • Initial jobless claims hold steady at 787,000
  • Elon Musk becomes the world’s richest person


Our main discussion: Can bitcoin just keep going up? 

In this episode, NLW breaks down:

  • What’s driving the rally, including the growth of institutional buyers, burgeoning retail FOMO, Asian markets and more 
  • Why some indicators are pointing towards a trader move into altcoins 
  • Why, despite the rapid growth, bitcoin remains undervalued 

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The Goods from the Woods - “The Corona Diaries #114” with Drew Morgan

Comedian Rivers Langley is back in his hometown in Alabama for the rest of 2020. Also, there's a global pandemic still happening. This podcast is him catching up with his funny friends; sometimes on the phone, sometimes socially-distanced outside. These are "The Corona Diaries" and this is Episode #114.  Our first guest today, to talk about the most poorly-conceived offensive since the Children’s Crusade of 1212, it's comedian, author, podcaster, a former public defender in New York City, and the pride of Sunbright, Tennessee: Drew Morgan! Follow Drew on all forms of social media @DrewMorgComedy and listen to his TWO wonderful podcasts "WellRED" and "Into the A Biscuit".  Listen to Carter Glascock's new album 'The Crystal Pistol' now streaming on all platforms!

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Everything Everywhere Daily - The Golden Record

In the 1970s NASA embarked on a mission it had never attempted before. Due to a fortunate alignment of planets, they were going to attempt to send robotic probes on a flyby mission to Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, before being sent to deep space, out of the solar system. Some of the mission planners figured if they were going to send a probe all that way, maybe they might as well add something extra to the payload.

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