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  • A Trillion Bugs

    A Trillion Bugs
    May 16 2024
    (0:00) Pre-Show (0:47) Open (1:08) Special Day: National Do Something Good for Your Neighbor Day (3:51) cj's week: Laser Tag! (5:56) Jeff's Week: Waymo (8:34) Headline: iPhone owners say the latest iOS update is resurfacing deleted nudes (9:58) Headline: For self-driving cars, the free ride is over (11:17) Headline: Apple's New iPad Ad, "Crush": Who Thought This Was a Good Idea? (14:30) Headline: Senate committee passes three bills to safeguard elections from AI (15:49) Headline: Senate unveils $32 billion roadmap for regulating AI (18:04) Segment: A Trillion Bugs (41:18) cj’s recommendation: More Stanley Cup Playoffs; OpenAI Spring Preview (43:32) Jeff’s Recommendation: Derek DelGaudio's In & Of Itself What falls from trees, alone or by threes, Onto your neighbor’s lawn? They dig in the ground, yet to make a sound They’re bugs, bugs bugs! It’s bu-ugs, bu-ugs, their small, delicious, and loud! It’s bu-ugs, bu-ugs, they travel around in a cloud! Resurfacing deleted nudes. Self-driving cars are crude. Crush our instruments?! Hard no! The senate and AI; makes us want to cry. But the episode still must go! Title Ren & Stimpy LOG Commercial Theme Song | Nickelodeon Headlines iPhone owners say the latest iOS update is resurfacing deleted nudes - The Verge For self-driving cars, the free ride is over - The Verge Apple's New iPad Ad, "Crush": Who Thought This Was a Good Idea? Senate committee passes three bills to safeguard elections from AI, months before Election Day - The Verge Why Don't Truth In Advertising Laws Apply To Political Ads? | GBH Senate unveils $32 billion roadmap for regulating AI - The Verge Insane Demo of Google’s AI Agent Segment Study: Cicadas pee from trees. And they urinate a lot. | wltx.com 'Mostly harmless': Expert talks cicadas and ear health The cicadas are coming. Here's what to know if you're in their path Cicadas: What to Know All about cicadas | Ask A Biologist Cicadas: Facts about the loud, seasonal insects | Live Science Billions of cicadas are about to emerge, creating a once-in-a-lifetime spectacle Cicada Maps 2024: Where Two Broods Are Emerging - The New York Times Billions of cicadas will emerge in the U.S. this year in a rare double-brood event Low budget cicada informational video wows the internet | CNN Not to bug you out, but trillions of cicadas are about to emerge across 15 U.S. states Up to a Trillion Cicadas Are About to Emerge in the U.S. - The New York Times Close Introducing GPT-4o Derek DelGaudio's In & Of Itself - Trailer (Official) • A Hulu Original Cicada Brood X Sights and Sounds 2021 Send us a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠voice message⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nnsnspdcst/message
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    46 min
  • Lies, Damned Lies, and Siri

    Lies, Damned Lies, and Siri
    May 9 2024

    (0:00) Pre-Show

    (1:10) Open

    (1:25) Special Day: Magnetic Letter Day!

    (2:50) cj's week: A Surprise Visit From Beck

    (4:17) Jeff's Week: I’m Not a Robot!

    (5:47) Headline: FCC fines wireless carriers millions for sharing user locations without consent

    (10:26) Headline: Bluesky confirms Jack Dorsey is no longer on its board

    (11:27) Headline: TikTok sues US to block law that could ban the social media platform

    (15:39) Segment: The Siri is a Liar

    (43:06) cj’s recommendation: Stanley Cup Hockey & The National Anthem

    (44:50) Jeff’s Recommendation: Long Shot on Netflix


    You might want to reconsider what you ask your personal, virtual assistant to “just do” for you. As the boys discuss in this week’s episode, sometimes your well-meaning Siri can just get it plain wrong - or in cj’s case, plane wrong! We suspect this “Siri poisoning” will continue to be a thing, just like the DNS poisoning of yesteryear, and the more current AI poisoning plaguing training data today.

    But before Jeff gets a chance to revel in cj’s naivety, the boys discuss more FCC fines (yay!), Dorsey leaving Bluesky (meh), and TikTok suing the US to prevent their sale-or-ban future (boo!).

    And ferrous friendly letters, whatever that means!


    Beck joins Cage The Elephant on stage to perform Trouble


    What really happens when you click 'I'm not a robot'


    Headlines

    FCC fines wireless carriers millions for sharing user locations without consent | CNN Business


    Bluesky confirms Jack Dorsey is no longer on its board - The Verge


    TikTok sues US to block law that could ban the social media platform


    Segment

    Domain Name System - Wikiwand


    DNS spoofing - Wikiwand


    What Is Data Poisoning? - CrowdStrike


    This new data poisoning tool lets artists fight back against generative AI | MIT Technology Review


    How 'sleeper agent' AI assistants can sabotage code • The Register


    AI poisoning could turn models into destructive “sleeper agents,” says Anthropic | Ars Technica


    Trojan Puzzle attack trains AI assistants into suggesting malicious code


    Close

    Vegas Golden Knights vs Dallas Stars 4/27/24 Round 1 Game 3


    Watch Long Shot | Netflix Official Site



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    48 min
  • One Phish, Two Phish, DON'T CLICK ANYTHING!

    One Phish, Two Phish, DON'T CLICK ANYTHING!
    May 2 2024
    (0:00) Pre-Show (0:56) Open (1:17) World Password Day (2:03) cj's week: Max’s Birthday! (3:39) Jeff's Week: Lakers & Nuggets? Um, Go Dodgers! (3:50) Headline: China’s Electric Cars Keep Improving (5:20) Headline: Apple must open iPadOS to sideloading within 6 months, EU says (7:50) Headline: Google lays off staff from Flutter, Dart and Python teams (10:31) Segment: One Phish, Two Phish, DON'T CLICK ANYTHING! (42:53) cj’s recommendation: Siskel & Ebert on Johnny Carson dissing Chevy Chase in person (44:00) Jeff’s Recommendation: Fat Ham - Currently at The Geffen Today is a good day; it’s World Password Day! A great day to take a moment and improve your password management at large. Think open-source password management (e.g. Buttercup or Bitwarden), leveraging passkeys, and password rotation. Do it today; you can thank us later! And in the spirit of improving security, today the boys provide some color on some of those phishing messages you’ve been getting day in and day out. As you likely already know empirically, the good ol’ USPS brand has rocketed itself to the top of the list of brands most phished. In this episode, you’ll hear a bit about what’s going on, why this has happened, and what you can do to avoid being taken advantage of. But ahead of that, the headlines of the week include: China’s continuously improving EVs; Apple being required by the EU to open iPadOS to sideloading within 6 months; and Google laying off staff from Flutter, Dart and Python teams. Open Buttercup Bitwarden Vaultwarden: Unofficial Bitwarden compatible server written in Rust NITROPOD Headlines China’s Electric Cars Keep Improving, a Worry for Rivals Elsewhere - The New York Times Apple must open iPadOS to sideloading within 6 months, EU says | Ars Technica Google lays off staff from Flutter, Dart and Python teams weeks before its developer conference | TechCrunch Segment Phishing - Wikiwand Drew Carey REALLY Loved Phish at the Sphere (Full Cut) Phreaking - Wikiwand USPS jumps to first place as most imitated brand in phishing attacks | Q1 A scam ad on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok claims Taylor Swift is collaborating with Le Creuset Phishing Campaigns Targeting USPS See as Much Web Traffic as the USPS Itself | Akamai List of data breaches - Wikiwand Nigerian Spam Scam Scam - Lockdown Close Critic mocks 3 Amigos as Chevy Chase sits right there Fat Ham | Geffen Playhouse | Los Angeles Fat Ham - Wikiwand Ardour Send us a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠voice message⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nnsnspdcst/message
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    46 min
  • College: Separating You From Your Money for Decades

    College: Separating You From Your Money for Decades
    Apr 25 2024
    (0:00) Pre-Show (0:36) Open (0:53) World Penguin Day (2:10) cj's week: Costco Chicken Nuggets (4:08) Jeff's Week: Peg Yorkin (5:13) Headline: Apple Faces Accusations of Destroying Useable Devices (9:26) Headline: Russian GPS Jamming (11:43) Headline: Biden signs TikTok ‘ban’ bill into law (13:25) Headline: Selling Costco Gold is Hard (13:47) Headline: X Botches Attempt to Replace “twitter.com” links with “x.com” (15:55) Segment: College: Separating You From Your Money for Decades (43:20) cj’s recommendation: Red Wings vs. Montreal, Game #82 final 8 seconds (46:44) Jeff’s Recommendation: Alex Edelman: Just For Us Going to college used to be aspirational; now it feels required. While we certainly believe in higher education, continuous learning, and a healthy, constant curiosity, it is hard not to recognize that more and more job opportunities have made college a prerequisite to applying. In this episode the boys discuss the cost of college, how it has changed over the past few decades, and some thoughtful considerations to make before plowing ahead into your freshman year. Coming out of that, cj retells the play-by-play of two recent hockey games in real time. Why? No one knows. Coming out of that, cj retells the play-by-play of two recent hockey games in real time. Why? No one knows. And this time, what comes before college is not high school, but instead a couple of headlines: Apple’s trash ends up for sale; Russian GPS jamming; the TikTok “ban” becomes real; selling our Costco gold; and how NOT to use regex’s - the Twitter edition. Headlines Apple Faces Accusations of Destroying Useable Devices After 100,000 iPhones Were Stolen Instead of Scrapped - Gadget Insiders Russian GPS Jamming Throws British Aviation into Chaos, Thousands of Flights Disrupted - Gadget Insiders Biden signs TikTok ‘ban’ bill into law, starting the clock for ByteDance to divest it - The Verge People Who Shop at Costco Are Discovering That Selling Gold Is More Difficult Than Buying It - Gadget Insiders Elon Musk’s X botched an attempt to replace “twitter.com” links with “x.com” | Ars Technica Segment Why is college so expensive? | CNN Underscored Money Why Is College So Expensive? College Tuition Inflation: Compare The Cost Of College Over Time – Forbes Advisor Why Is College in America So Expensive? - The Atlantic See the Average College Tuition in 2023-2024 Is College Still Worth the High Price? Weighing Costs and Benefits of Investing in Human Capital | St. Louis Fed College costs biggest barrier for most Americans, survey finds Americans Are Losing Faith in the Value of College. Whose Fault Is That? - The New York Times One Culprit in Rising College Costs: Administrative Expenses | Education | U.S. News College costs are rising and many families have no idea just how expensive higher education is Is College Worth It? Consider These Factors Before Enrolling – Forbes Advisor Is College Worth the Cost? Factors to Consider Report Helps Answer the Question: Is a College Degree Worth the Cost? - The New York Times Why college is a huge expense that's still worth it — for now Is college worth the cost? | PBS News Weekend Is College Worth It? | Pew Research Center Student debt is haunting Americans from graduation to retirement | CNN Business Loan Forgiveness: How Student Debt in the U.S. Has Skyrocketed - The New York Times 2024 Student Loan Debt Statistics: Average Student Loan Debt – Forbes Advisor Student loan debt in America, in four charts Should state government jobs require a college degree? Why California is rethinking its rules Obama wants companies to strip degree requirements from more six-figure jobs to address the labor shortage Close Detroit Red Wings - Montréal Canadiens - Apr 16, 2024 | NHL.com (tying goal @ 3:36) Alex Edelman: Just For Us | Max White Like Me - SNL Audacity Send us a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠voice message⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nnsnspdcst/message
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    48 min
  • Say No to Drugs (That Don’t Work)

    Say No to Drugs (That Don’t Work)
    Apr 18 2024
    (0:00) Pre-Show (1:52) Open (2:13) World Amateur Radio Day (3:01) cj's Week (4:00) Jeff's Week (5:50) Headline: Tesla halts Cybertruck deliveries (11:05) Headline: Antitrust Suit Against Live Nation (13:27) Headline: iPhone sales plunging (15:54) Segment: Say No to Drugs (That Don’t Work) (42:12) cj’s Recommendation: SnL’s Beavis and Butt-Head (43:03) Jeff’s Recommendation: The Internet is Breaking We know you’ve been sick with a cold before, and that almost always leads to some kind of congestion. And if during that time you wondered why the pretty box of Sudafed PE you just bought from your local drugstore didn’t seem to work very well, then this episode is for you. See, you are not alone, dear listener. As it turns out, phenylephrine, the active ingredient in the only decongestant you can get these days that’s not behind the counter, is just plain ol’ ineffective. In this episode, we explore how phenylephrine, this effectively useless “drug,” ended up all over the shelves of your local drugstore. But before that, we have some stories about Tesla (big surprise!), Musk's pay, Live Nation’s monopoly (surprise!), and what’s going on with iPhone sales. Not to mention Coachella, HAM radio, and the Savannah Bananas! Open OC’s Best Banana Pudding 🍌 (@syksdesserts) • Instagram photos and videos Live at Coachella 2024 - YouTube The Savannah Bananas Headlines Tesla reportedly halts Cybertruck deliveries as customers cite issue with accelerator pedal Tesla whistleblower in legal battle over braking-safety concerns Tesla is putting Elon Musk’s pay package up for another vote after a judge voided the first one - The Verge Tesla to lay off more than 10 percent of its workers as sales slow So much for free speech on X; Musk confirms new users must soon pay to post Investigation launched into complaints of Tesla steering wheels coming off mid-drive Justice Department to File Antitrust Suit Against Live Nation - WSJ iPhone sales are plunging. Here’s why | CNN Business Before Taylor Swift, Pearl Jam Knew Ticketmaster’s Monopoly Power All Too Well | The Nation Segment Generally recognized as safe and effective - Wikiwand How Two Pharmacists Figured Out That Decongestants Don't Work | Scientific American Pseudoephedrine Laws by State 2024 Phenylpropanolamine - Wikiwand Phenylpropanolamine Uses, Side Effects & Warnings Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act of 2005 (CMEA) Close Beavis and Butt-Head - SNL The Internet is starting to Break - Here's Why. The ‘Enshittification’ of TikTok | WIRED Signal Messenger Send us a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠voice message⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nnsnspdcst/message
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    45 min
  • Waxing Your Slide (Not a Euphemism)

    Waxing Your Slide (Not a Euphemism)
    Apr 11 2024

    (0:00) Pre-Show

    (1:56) Open

    (2:23) Dog Therapy Appreciation Day

    (2:43) CJ's Week

    (23:32) Jeff's Week

    (29:14) Headline: Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner

    (31:46) Headline: Waymo in Los Angeles

    (35:49) Listener Call


    Wowzers, did you know there was a TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE this week?! Well, if you are one of the three people in North America who DIDN’T know this happened on Monday, the guys will get you caught up with their eclipse antics in the first 15 minutes of today’s episode!

    Somehow they do find a couple minutes to talk about a couple of fun headlines from this week, including Boeing’s latest headache (a whistleblower on the 787 Dreamliner) and Waymo’s robotaxi service is finally green-lit in Los Angeles!

    And instead of highlighting “the best thing they’ve seen or read this week” (the best thing both cj & Jeff had seen this week was certainly the total solar eclipse!), they instead opt to answer two fantastic questions sent in via voice message from a Nonsense listener! Thanks PG!


    AP PHOTOS: Total solar eclipse sweeps across North America


    Eclipse from space: See the moon's shadow race across North America at 1,500 mph in epic satellite footage | Live Science


    Headlines

    A whistleblower claims that Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner is flawed. The FAA is investigating | CNN Business


    Waymo's robotaxi service set to expand into Los Angeles : NPR


    Why is Stanford called the Farm? | BrightLink Prep


    Close

    Tesla shares fall after deliveries drop 8.5% from a year ago


    The Subliminal Man by J.G. Ballard | Goodreads

    The Cuckoo's Egg (book) - Wikiwand


    A Scanner Darkly - Wikiwand



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    49 min
  • The Headlines That Got Away

    The Headlines That Got Away
    Apr 4 2024
    We know you love our coverage of current headlines, so do not fret, dear listener. On this week’s episode, we continue with that time-honored tradition with Amazon canceling Go (😢) and Apple nixing the FTC Chair from The Problem. Fun times! Now, if you like our headlines coverage, then this episode is the one for you! Where we would normally entertain you with a segment on canola oil or the story of MIT’s infamous “Magic/More-Magic Switch,” in this episode we’ve decided instead to dust off some older headlines that we never got around to discussing but still thought you’d enjoy. So this week: double the fun, and double the pleasure! While technically this episode is another one of our “Headlines Only” episodes, it does come with a bit of a twist this time. And if you don’t care much for the headlines, we got you, fam! Listen in for the guys' random comments around how one of them celebrated “World Rat Day,” the introduction of the brand-new RamHog, what cj’s tell is, and what “thing” they want to rename “25-to-life!” (0:00) Pre-Show (0:30) Open (1:32) World Rat Day (5:47) CJ's Week (7:15) Jeff's Week (9:21) Headline: Amazon Ditching Just Walk Out (13:50) Headline: Jon Stewart Blocked from Interviewing Lina Khan (15:16) Act Two (16:00) Headline: ⁠Hackers Avenge Death of Navalny Open Badwater, Death Valley Dodgers opening day flyover Combat Rescue Helicopter Program Successfully Executes Major Test Milestone: Aerial Refueling | Lockheed Martin ​​ Headlines Amazon Ditches 'Just Walk Out' Checkouts at Its Grocery Stores Amazon gives up on no-checkout shopping in its grocery stores - The Verge Apple wouldn’t let Jon Stewart interview FTC Chair Lina Khan, TV host claims | Ars Technica Explainer: Why is the US suing Google for antitrust violations? | Reuters AMAZON GO | SNL S47 Make-Up Headlines Hackers stole Russian prisoner database to avenge death of Navalny Climate Activists Dragged Out of New York Auto Show After Tossing Oil on EV Google Messages Warning for All Users as Radical Update Launches. Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in prison last week for perpetrating one of the biggest financial frauds in history. Sam Bankman-Fried has to repay $11 billion. How can he possibly do that? Trump’s media company lost $58 million in 2023 | CNN Business Trump Media auditor warns that losses 'raise substantial doubt' about company's ability to continue US government and 17 states sue Amazon in landmark monopoly case United States takes on Google in biggest tech monopoly trial of 21st century Close Death Valley Germans - Wikiwand The Confessions of Marcus Hutchins, the Hacker Who Saved the Internet Send us a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠voice message⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nnsnspdcst/message
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    46 min
  • A Total Eclipse of the … Heart?

    A Total Eclipse of the … Heart?
    Mar 28 2024
    As you probably know, some folks will experience a total eclipse right here in North America on April 8th. Seeing that both of our hosts are traveling toward the path of totality for this epic, lifelong-memory, bucket-list experience, we thought it timely to discuss some eclipse generalities and specifics in this episode. The hope is to educate you on AND encourage you to witness this year's spectacular event in some form. And speaking of large, immovable objects crossing paths - we touch briefly on the DoJ’s recent anti-trust litigation against our good friends at Apple - always a topic that our hosts agree on quickly. Open MLB pitch clock rules for 2023, explained: How it works, penalties for a violation and more to know | Sporting News Evolution of Baseball Stadium Lighting — 1000Bulbs Blog Changed wrist-padding on a Microsoft Natural 4000 Keyboard : r/MechanicalKeyboards Rebuilding a Microsoft Natural Keyboard 4000 25cm*34cm Self-adhesive leather fabric on the back Why I Still Use a 34-Year-Old IBM Model M Keyboard US v. Apple Antitrust experts are impressed by DOJ suit against Apple - The Verge United States v. Apple – Stratechery by Ben Thompson Daring Fireball: App Store: The Schiller Cut 216. United States v. Apple (Complaint) Watch Tim Cook's famous 'Buy your mom an iPhone' quip that caught the attention of the Justice Department The Cult of Mac. You cannot reason a person out of a… | by Cory Doctorow | Medium Ida M. Tarbell, “The History of the Standard Oil Company,” 1904 Umbraphiles Oprah. Uma. Uma. Oprah. Chasing Totality: A Look Into the World of Umbraphiles - Atlas Obscura Eclipse chasing - Wikiwand The New Yorkers Tied for the Total-Solar-Eclipse Record Solar eclipse - Wikiwand Umbra, penumbra and antumbra - Wikiwand U+1F776 LUNAR ECLIPSE: 🝶 – Unicode – Codepoints Lunar eclipse - Wikiwand Unicode request for Lot of Fortune and eclipse symbols Hurra Torpedo - Total Eclipse Of The Heart (live) Close Hurra Torpedo - Wikiwand Shohei Ohtani scandal could focus more attention on the 'Wild West' of sports betting, lawmakers say Buena Vista Social Club Buena Vista Social - Official Movie Trailer Buena Vista Social Club streaming: watch online Frank Miles Juggles stun guns on America's Got Talent Send us a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠voice message⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nnsnspdcst/message
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    53 min