Episode 814: Mission Impossible: Into Darkness
On the Overthinking It Podcast, we tackle “Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One,” now available on streaming.
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Episode 753: Vast Wings of Identity, Blending in Their Unity
On the Overthinking It Podcast, we tackle the intended and off-label uses of new GPT-3 language models.
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Episode 659: I’m Turning The Crank! I’m Turning The Crank!
On the Overthinking It Podcast, are you afraid of the dark? We tackle what blackouts and what it means when the lights go out.
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Think Tank: Computers and Technology in Movies (The Sequel!)
What’s the best “hacking” movie, and why is it Blazing Saddles?
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Think Tank: Computers and Technology in Movies
Why is hacking as depicted in movies so ridiculous?
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Episode 262: Keep Calm, Carry On, and Love Your Robot Overlords
On the TFT Podcast, we listen to and discuss Jonathan Coulton’s latest album, “Solid State.” Has he reached his final form as an indie singer/songwriter?
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A Teraflop Trajectory: Arrow’s Hidden World of Nanotechnology, Calculus, and Population Dynamics
Sometimes mangled computer science terminology is just mangled computer science terminology. Other times it’s evidence of NANOBOTS!
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How to Hack into an Alien Space Ship
I’m here today to fight for the little guy, to defend the indefensible: Why the Independence Day hacking scene could have worked.
Steve Jobs, 1955-2011
Lots of people could make gadgets. He could make us love them.