We are honestly just as surprised as you that we got to episode 2.




Pre-Show - 00:00


• PowerShell/Command Prompt/scripting vs the GUI


• 02:03 Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter




Intro - 02:56


• 90s Nickelodeon and theme songs/music


• 05:45 We made it to episode 2


• We've Learned


○ No phone on the charger next to the mic


 


iOS makes Steve mad - 06:58


• No PowerShell even via iSH


• Automatic updates don’t work


• Reminders don’t work 


• Control Center motion inertia regression


• Mail app sucks


• (Not mentioned but still true: iOS 13 Files App and SMB Server support is awful)


• Wifi is wonky / It's always just Apple that has wifi problems?


• The iPhone 4 launch, choosing a Droid Charge over it, and Antennagate


• I still prefer it over Android


• The LG Ally and the evolution of the LG enV / Voyager / enV Touch


• The Samsung Droid Charge and choosing it over the iPhone 4


• Tiff's first phone


• Steve's first phone




“Unplanned Outage” (Sponsor section - "Hope this Helps is helped by…") - 17:24


• Don't Drink and Prime




Pentium 4 Linux - 21:36


• Windows 7 is End-of-Life in mid January 2020


• Steve tried putting Linux on a P4 and all the problems he's encountered


• IDE to SD adapter: Worked till post install reboot


• SSD in Hyper-threaded P4: Mint Live refused to log in




Tech News - 29:45


• CES round-up


○ Female-centric products


○ CES is boring now


○ Car Tech, and the need to standardize self-driving protocols


○ A Windows XP netbook was at CES 2020


○ Veeam has been acquired by Insight Partners


§ Correction: BackupExec is owned by Veritas (formerly Symantec), not Samsung


○ Delta released their vision of the future of flying, e.g. "magic mirror" screens


• Other tech events during the first half of the year


• Where/When will the next Microsoft Build/Ignite be?


• 44:44 Microsoft has released new security defaults for Azure AD


The Logitech G604 mouse, a worthy successor to the G700s? - 48:06


• The G700s is discontinued and there's basically no equivalent/replacement


• Various hardware faults/repairability of the G700s


• The G604 is a comparable replacement: Lighter, but less sturdy


• The Logitech Gaming Software wasn't great


• The removeable cord of the G700s




Ask the Stiffs? Question of the week! - 55:23


• What should you use for editing PowerShell? Visual Studio Code


• Following up on last week: What is the most ridiculous drawing you made in MS Paint and can you re create it?


• Get-Lit.ps1


• S***.txt


• InnaGaddaDaVida.ps1




Outro - "Plus Delta” - 59:55


• Parting words


○ Make a sentence using only autocorrect


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