April 21, 2022
Homelabs in 2022
In this episode we explore Chris’ use of his Homelab and discuss the future of his setup.
July 2, 2021
Basecamp bans societal and political discussion in the workplace
In this episode Chris & Ben discuss Bascamp’s decision to ban societal and political discussion at work.
The incident at Basecamp happened in April 2021 so by the time we came to record this episode we had more of the story than some of the initial reports did.
Chris has pieced together much of the story and gives an overview of what happened.
We then look at some of the problems with such decisions and how politics and political language is intrinsically linked to both technology and workplace culture.
April 25, 2021
Fq_codel and Migrating to Open Standards
In this episode Chris & Ben talk about the fq_codel queuing alogrithm and migrating our personal data to software based on open standards.
Lawrence Systems “How To Solve pfsense Bufferbloat With A CodelQ / FQ_Codel Limiter in 2.4.4” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXqExAALzR8
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March 2, 2021
Instant Messaging and PC Hardware
In this episode Chris and Ben discuss the recent discussion around WhatsApp terms of service and the future of computer hardware.
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October 14, 2019
Chef ICE contract, RMS Stepping Down and Software Testing with David
Content Warning: This episode contains discussion of rape, sexual assault and pedophillia.
In this episode we discuss the controversy around Chef working with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Richard M. Stallman stepping down from MIT and the Free Software Foundation and speak to David about his experiences in software testing.
August 3, 2019
Discussing Extremism Online
In this episode Chris and Ben are joined by Dan to discuss his talk about fighting extremism online and to talk around the subject.
You can read more about the issues discussed in this episode at – https://datasociety.net/output/alternative-influence/
July 14, 2019
Changing your legal name and Raspberry Pi 4
In this episode Chris and Ben talk with Chad about their experience changing their name in the UK, afterwards Ben and Chris chat about the new Raspberry Pi 4
June 2, 2019
Moving from Enterprise to Startup and the Digital Economy Act
In this episode Chris and Ben talk with Cat about their experience of moving from a large company to a small one, after that Cat sticks around to discuss the impact of the UK’s Digital Economy Act 2017.
May 8, 2019
Node Red, Edge Chromium, Calm Window Manager and Contracting as an Android Developer
In this episode Chris and Ben chat about Node Red, Microsoft switching Edge to Chromium and Calm Window Manager. Last they chat to Alec Holmes about contracting as an android developer.
April 5, 2019
Password Managers, Chat Applications and Virtual Learning Environments in Education
In this episode Chris and Ben chat about password managers, the merging of WhatsApp, Instagram Messenger and Facebook Messenger. Then they interview Michael Collins about Virtual learning environments in education