Month: March 2022

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Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders - S6 E11: Hywel Carver, SkillerWhale

Hywel Carver has been writing code since he was 9 years old. His first language was C, which quite a language to start out in, and his first program was a "Guess the Number" program, using binary search - and of course, with an embedded Easter egg. He is married, with 2 children. Parenting has really pushed him to learn how to focus, and he regularly has to put things down to take care of other responsibilities. One of his biggest hobbies is pub quizzes, which in Britain is a big deal. In fact, he has been on a few quiz shows on TV, including Who Wants to be a Millionaire.

Hywel and his co-founders dreamed about a way to distill down the distinct learning moments for you, leading you to the point of inception for skills and wisdom. Their passion for this topic led them to build a way to develop developers, in an incremental, personalized way.

This is the creation story of Skiller Whale.

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The Best One Yet - 🛴 “Just bought Macklemore’s Moped” — Bird e-Scooter’s resurgence. New Balance’s dad shoe. Apple’s Oscar strategy.

Even though Bird Scooters is worth less now than 4 years ago, electric scooters are back, baby. New Balance doesn’t just do your dad’s shoes… it’s doubling down on Made in America. And Apple just became the 1st ever streamer to win Best Picture — We’re looking at how they pulled it off. $BRDS $AAPL $NFLX Got a SnackFact? Tweet it @RobinhoodSnacks @JackKramer @NickOfNewYork Want a shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form: https://forms.gle/KhUAo31xmkSdeynD9 Got a SnackFact for the pod? We got a form for that too: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe64VKtvMNDPGSncHDRF07W34cPMDO3N8Y4DpmNP_kweC58tw/viewform ID: 2099882 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Honestly with Bari Weiss - How Big Tech Is Strangling Your Freedom

David Sacks is a paradox. The entrepreneur and venture capitalist helped lay the foundations of the digital world we now live in: He was one of the members of what's known as the PayPal Mafia, alongside people like Peter Thiel, Elon Musk and Max Levchin. He’s also been an early investor in some companies you may have heard of: Airbnb, Facebook, Slack, SpaceX, Twitter, Uber. 


At the same time, he is something of a whistleblower from inside the world of tech. He believes that Big Tech has far too much power. He argues that the fact that a handful of billionaires get to decide what we are (and aren’t) allowed to say in the new, digital public square is something that the Framers would have been repelled by—and that all Americans should oppose.


Today I spoke to David, now a general partner at Craft Ventures, about the rise of America’s social credit system and how we can defend our civil liberties in the age of the Internet.

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Everything Everywhere Daily - The British Peerage and Honors System

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As an outsider, the British peerage system is really confusing. There are princes, dukes, earls, and barons. 


Some of the titles are hereditary, and some of them are not. 


The titles have a hierarchy, but is a viscount higher or lower in status than a marquess, and is a baron higher or lower than an earl?


Learn more about the British peerage system, how it works, and the structure of it all, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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NBN Book of the Day - Valerie A. Kivelson and Christine D. Worobec, “Witchcraft in Russia and Ukraine, 1000-1900: A Sourcebook” (Northern Illinois UP, 2020)

This sourcebook provides the first systematic overview of witchcraft laws and trials in Russia and Ukraine from medieval times to the late nineteenth century. Witchcraft in Russia and Ukraine (Northern Illinois UP, 2020) weaves scholarly commentary with never-before-published primary source materials translated from Polish, Russian, and Ukrainian. These sources include the earliest references to witchcraft and sorcery, secular and religious laws regarding witchcraft and possession, full trial transcripts, and a wealth of magical spells. The documents present a rich panorama of daily life and reveal the extraordinary power of magical words.

Editors Valerie A. Kivelson and Christine D. Worobec present new analyses of the workings and evolution of legal systems, the interplay and tensions between church and state, and the prosaic concerns of the women and men involved in witchcraft proceedings. The extended documentary commentaries also explore the shifting boundaries and fraught political relations between Russia and Ukraine.

Valerie A. Kivelson teaches at the University of Michigan, where she is Thomas N. Tentler Collegiate Professor and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of History. Christine D. Worobec is professor emerita at Northern Illinois University.

Steven Seegel is Professor of Slavic and Eurasian Studies at The University of Texas at Austin.

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The NewsWorthy - Wealthy Tax Hikes?, Will Smith’s Apology & Rooney Rule Changes- Tuesday, March 29th, 2022

The news to know for Tuesday, March 29th, 2022!

We'll tell you about President Biden's priorities for the next federal budget, including more money for the military and higher taxes for the rich. 

Also, a big international financial hub is in a new lockdown, and it could impact supply chain issues in the U.S.

Plus, a big, national chain is cutting back on tobacco, new changes to boost diversity in the NFL, and an update about the slap heard around the world: what to know about Will Smith's apology after his Oscars outburst.

Those stories and more in around 10 minutes...

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What A Day - Ginni Thomas The Text Engine

The House select committee investigating the insurrection is reportedly soon going to seek an interview with Virginia Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. She was found to have lobbied former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows to pursue a plan to overturn the 2020 presidential election, sending 29 texts on the subject.

Immigration advocates, lawmakers, and health officials are urging President Biden to overturn Title 42, a Trump administration policy used to block migrants at the borders from seeking asylum due to COVID-19. Karla Marisol Vargas, an immigration attorney at the Texas Civil Rights Project, joins us to discuss the policy and the legal battles against it.

And in headlines: Peace talks between Russia and Ukraine continue in Turkey, China put half of Shanghai on lockdown to contain a growing COVID outbreak, and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed the infamous Don’t Say Gay bill into law.


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Pod Save America - “Keep My Wife’s Name Out Your Evidence.”

Joe Biden says Vladimir Putin cannot remain in power, Donald Trump is back to saying Vladimir Putin is smart, Clarence Thomas’s wife was part of the plot to overturn the last election, SEIU President Mary Kay Henry joins to talk about the latest attempt by Amazon workers to unionize, and it’s time again to find out which Republican will take the top prize in the 2nd annual March Badness tournament.


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The Goods from the Woods - Episode #323 – “Ram Jam Thank You Ma’am” with Kyle Clark & Taylor Vracin-Harrell

In this episode, Rivers is hangin' out in Simi Valley, CA with the absolutely hilarious Kyle Clark and Taylor Vracin-Harrell! This episode starts off with a butter-flavored soda before taking the VERY LOGICAL next step of unpacking every aspect of the 1976 Ram Jam (or is it?) classic, "Black Betty". As it turns out, the story is mega weird. We also run down some fun Top 3 lists submitted by our listeners and AC/DC's "You Shook Me All Night Long" is our JAM OF THE WEEK!  Follow Kyle on all forms of social media @KyleClarkIsRad. Follow Taylor on all forms of social media @RealTaylorVH.  Follow the show on Twitter @TheGoodsPod.  Rivers is @RiversLangley  Sam is @SlamHarter  Carter is @Carter_Glascock Subscribe on Patreon for HOURS of bonus content! http://patreon.com/TheGoodsPod Pick up a Goods from the Woods t-shirt at: http://prowrestlingtees.com/TheGoodsPod