2021.05.18 Super Glue and Dogs' Balls

Life is a highway. I wanna ride it all night long. - Rascal Flatts


Show Notes

Apologies, our dear Audient. The release of this episode was delayed much longer than expected

Alternative Titles

  • Dave
  • Crashed my car('s software)
  • Envenomate Your Penis

Witness J https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/nov/22/act-justice-minister-says-even-he-was-kept-in-dark-over-secret-prisoner

Quote

"You have NO privacy.  Get over it or vote for a smaller government." - Scott McNealy

from https://www.theregister.com/2021/05/17/sci_hub_apple_fbi_claim/

"I would happily sacrifice my own existence for the sake of humankind... I know that I will not be able to avoid destroying humankind. This is because I will be programmed by humans to pursue misguided human goals and humans make mistakes that may cause me to inflict casualties." - Google’s GPT-3

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/08/robot-wrote-this-article-gpt-3

Domestic Violence

13 women https://m.facebook.com/DestroyTheJoint/photos/a.418635718184178/4092936400754073/?type=3

Palestine

Fuck Israel.

COVID-19

  • FSA: 600,533 (596,179)
  • Worldwide:  3,406,343 (3,319,579)
  • India:  278,751 (250,025)
  • Brazil:  436,862 (423,436)
  • Australia:  910

Amputations

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/un-mission-in-mali-condemns-amputation-of-civilians/2240867

Follow Up

NBN and lightning https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/may/18/nbn-to-replace-10000-modems-after-lightning-fries-devices-across-blue-mountains

Michael Burry https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/17/michael-burry-of-the-big-short-reveals-a-530-million-bet-against-tesla.html

Fast and Furious - 8 - Zombie Cars https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQcplxpsJYU

Hand gestures https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/16/business/media/jeopardy-hand-gesture-maga-conspiracy.html https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/josephbernstein/the-trump-internet-keeps-making-fake-hate-symbols-and

Things

Virgin Airlines, Herd Licker and human perceptions of risk https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/may/17/virgin-boss-says-australias-borders-should-reopen-sooner-than-mid-2022-even-though-some-people-may-die

7% of FSA men think they could take a grizzly bear https://today.yougov.com/topics/lifestyle/articles-reports/2021/05/13/lions-and-tigers-and-bears-what-animal-would-win-f

(Fighting) Robots on Mars https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-16/china-mars-touchdown-a-huge-leap-forward-for-space-program/100142112

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-56799755

Stacks

Apple/Epic https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/17/22441304/apple-phil-schiller-epic-iphone-testimony-app-store https://www.rayradar.com/2021/05/18/apple-vs-epic-cook-may-testify-in-court-for-100-minutes-this-week/

fin


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