Month: October 2022

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This Machine Kills - 203. Saving the Planet with Green Crypto Arbitrage (ft. Avi Asher-Schapiro)

We are joined by reporter Avi Asher-Schapiro who, along with his colleague Fabio Teixeira, has published an investigation into the crypto carbon credits markets. This collision between green finance and crypto economics reveals many of the worst tendencies of both sectors as financiers take advantage of highly profitable opportunities for price arbitrage. Such as bundling low quality “zombie credits” with high quality carbon credits, labeling these subprime assets as premium, and selling the tokens at the highest price. All in the name of making the markets more efficient at saving the planet, of course. ••• Follow Avi: https://twitter.com/AASchapiro ••• Fears of 'subprime' carbon assets stall crypto rainforest mission https://www.context.news/net-zero/long-read/fears-of-subprime-carbon-assets-stall-crypto-rainforest-mission Grab TMK gear: bonfire.com/store/this-machine-kills-podcast/ Hosted by Jathan Sadowski (www.twitter.com/jathansadowski) and Edward Ongweso Jr. (www.twitter.com/bigblackjacobin). Production / Music by Jereme Brown (www.twitter.com/braunestahl)
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The Stack Overflow Podcast - How to get more engineers entangled with quantum computing

Katzgraber reflects on his time as a university professor up until 2020 and why he switched to working at Amazon.

He walks us through a quantum computing challenge that he hosted with BMW, through his role at Amazon (and what real world applications he sees emerging from these types of collaboration experiments).

We discuss what inspires him to stay curious — raising the bar for scientific research, crowdsourcing breakthroughs, and opening up the playing field for more people to jump in.

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‘Til next time, all.

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Short Wave - 100 Years Of Box Turtles

The common box turtle is found just about anywhere in the continental United States east of Colorado. For all their ubiquity, it's unclear how many there are or how they're faring in the face of many threats—from lawn mowers to climate change to criminals. So today, science correspondent Nell Greenfieldboyce presents the researchers hunting for turtles—and for answers. They're creating a century-long study to monitor thousands of box turtles in North Carolina.

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NPR's Book of the Day - Two thrillers unfold in the shadows of Appalachia

In this episode, we share two interviews on novels that explore how horror can be found within – and beyond – the laws of nature. First, Megan Miranda takes NPR's Elissa Nadworny into the North Carolina woods to set the scene for her book, The Last to Vanish, about disappearing hikers. Then, Stephen King and his son Owen tell Mary Louise Kelly about the supernatural rage that overcomes the women in their novel, Sleeping Beauties.
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It Could Happen Here - Rainbow Fentanyl: Spooky Week #4

Garrison talks about the latest drug laced Halloween candy story being pushed by the DEA and news media, candy colored Rainbow Fentanyl. Also an interview with medical toxicologist and addiction specialist Dr. Ryan Marino about common fentanyl myths. @RyanMarino

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Opening Arguments - OA643: Magnus Carlsen Accused Hans Niemann of Cheating at Chess. The Chess World Exploded. Now Hans Has Sued

This wild story has been on my radar for a while, but now that there's a lawsuit involved, I've convinced Andrew to give us a breakdown! But Andrew doesn't just take us through the lawsuit. We go through the accusations, and what it might take to try to prove a low frequency event to a jury. Along the way, there's a poker cheating accusation scandal as well!

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - THE HASH: Meta Misses Q3 Revenue Estimates for Metaverse Division; Core Scientific’s Bankruptcy Warning

This episode is sponsored by ZenGo.


The most valuable crypto stories for Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022.


Meta Platforms (FB) reported third-quarter revenue of just $285 million in its Facebook Reality Labs (FRL) division, which comprises its augmented and virtual reality operations. That fell short of analyst expectations of $406 million. Plus, the world's largest bitcoin miner, Core Scientific (CORZ), warns that it may have to explore bankruptcy if it fails to improve its financial condition.



See also: 

Facebook Parent Meta Misses Revenue Estimates for Metaverse Division in Q3, Expects Losses to Grow in 2023

New NFT Marketplace Blur Closes in on OpenSea in 24-Hour Trade Volume

Kazakhstan to Test National Digital Currency on BNB Chain, Binance CEO Zhao Says


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The Gist - Hidden Childhood Poverty Wins

Jason DeParle of The New York Times documents how childhood poverty has fallen dramatically over the past three decades. It’s a triumph few recognize. Also, John Fetterman’s debate performance was surprising and, potentially, very costly. Who bears responsibility for the shock of it all? Plus, a cute little piece of malware named Raccooninfostealer.

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Jemele Hill Holds Nothing Back In Her New Memoir ‘Uphill’

Sports journalist and cultural commentator Jemele Hill’s new memoir Uphill is a thought-provoking, humorous and inspiring account of her rise to becoming an influential sports journalist and media iconoclast. Reset learns from Hill about growing up in Detroit, being a Black woman in sports media and how she found her voice as a writer and cultural critic.