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Ben Lavery-Griffiths April 21, 2022 Homelabs in 2022

In this episode we explore Chris’ use of his Homelab and discuss the future of his setup.

Ben Lavery-Griffiths 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.

Chris 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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Chris 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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Chris 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.

Ben Lavery-Griffiths 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/

Chris 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

Ben Lavery-Griffiths 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.

Chris 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.

Chris 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

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