Control Structure #26: Cyborg Grandma

Andrew and Chris talk about Lego Mindstorm replacements, iPads disabling cyborgs, Python dictionaries, Google formats, data storage, Powerpoint, SSH, and old stuff, along with juicy feedback.

Andrew and Chris talk about Lego Mindstorm replacements, iPads disabling cyborgs, Python dictionaries, Google formats, data storage, Powerpoint, SSH, and old stuff, along with juicy feedback.


Links

Sriracha hot sauce purveyor turns up the heat – Los Angeles Times
BrickPi: LEGO Bricks with a Raspberry Pi Brain by Dexter Industries — Kickstarter
Heart Patient Risk From iPad2 Found by 14-Year-Old – Bloomberg
We Support “The Unlocking Technology Act of 2013” | FixtheDMCA
Why Isn’t Gatsby in the Public Domain? | Electronic Frontier Foundation
The Performance Impact of Using dict() Instead of {} in CPython 2.7 | Doug Hellmann
A proposal for an always-releasable Debian [LWN.net]
Using Python to see how the Times writes about men and women
What can Python and the New York Times tell us about gender? | The Verge
The WebM Open Media Project Blog: VP9 Codec Nears Completion
Official Gmail Blog: Bringing it all together: 15 GB now shared between Drive, Gmail, and Google+ Photos
Most data isn’t “big,” and businesses are wasting money pretending it is – Quartz
Executable Archaeology: The Case Of The Stupid Thing Eating All My RAM
Amazon Staff Meetings: “No Powerpoint” | Moving People to Action
Firefox, Heal Thyself | Future Releases
Security and Obscurity: Does Changing Your SSH Port Lower Your Risk? | Daniel Miessler
Linguists identify 15,000-year-old ‘ultraconserved words’ – The Washington Post

Ultraconserved words point to deep language ancestry across Eurasia

Mystery Solved? A New Theory About Why Egypt Stopped Building Pyramids – Rebecca J. Rosen – The Atlantic
Jennifer Government | by Max Barry
WebObjects – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pixelation – Index
Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion getting its first DLC next month | News | PC Gamer
Coding Horror: International Backup Awareness Day

Music

Bump Foot – Releases – foot132
instrumentals | tryad
Jamendo – transient – fvzzbvster by transient

This episode of Control Structure has a Fringe episode. You should really listen to The Fringe #88: CS #26 — Tree Rats!

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