Time Sink
206 episodes - English - Latest episode: 19 days ago - ★★★★ - 9 ratingsAmuldeep and Hamza talk about everything under and above the sun.
Including: languages, movies, chess, farts (for some reason), art, AI, dreams, and many more! Catch us every Friday at the Time Sink
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#139: Tolerate Some Jankiness
July 07, 2023 18:00 - 31 minutes - 71.5 MBGenius ideas developed in a weekend, note taking, talking to my AI friends, and more at the Time Sink! Excalidraw Blog Post Excalidraw Obsidian WebSockets Character.ai
#138: Look-Ahead Is the Idea Where You Look Ahead
June 30, 2023 18:00 - 31 minutes - 71.7 MBWe’ve all tried to solve a rubik’s cube at some point, today we’re discussing the latest shake up by Max Park in another one of Hamza’s niche hobbies Speedcubing. Speedcubing Max Park Feliks Zemdegs Summoning Salt The Speed Cubers
#137: The Women Can’t Play with Men
June 23, 2023 18:00 - 1 hour - 146 MBReddit blackout, women in chess, certifications being a mistake, discussed today in the Time Sink! Mod Pressure to end blackout r/manga Subreddits going indefinite WGM - Woman Grandmaster Judit Polgár Hou Yifan John Nunn Esperanto Nikola Jokić Nodirbek Abdusattorov 2700chess.com Wei Yi Magnus Carlsen Hikaru Nakamura Garry Kasparov interviewing.io Certifications are a Mistake
#137: The Woman Can’t Play with Men
June 23, 2023 18:00 - 1 hour - 146 MBReddit blackout, women in chess, certifications being a mistake, discussed today in the Time Sink! Mod Pressure to end blackout r/manga Subreddits going indefinite WGM - Woman Grandmaster Judit Polgár Hou Yifan John Nunn Esperanto Nikola Jokić Nodirbek Abdusattorov 2700chess.com Wei Yi Magnus Carlsen Hikaru Nakamura Garry Kasparov interviewing.io Certifications are a Mistake
#136: Yup, That’s Definitely a Burned Bridge Right There
June 16, 2023 18:00 - 59 minutes - 135 MBDon’t you just want to see it all burn to the ground, well Reddit’s getting its chance. A user created blackout, CEOs caught lying, and a nice calm check-in on how our year is going. All this and more on this week’s visit to the Time Sink! Blender Godot Unreal Reddit Apollo App Christian’s Article Reddit Blackout List
#135: Do AIs Know if They’re Lying?
June 09, 2023 18:00 - 1 hour - 180 MBRegion lockouts, crying while playing Tears of the Kingdom, reading your mind, and more, this week at the Time Sink! Hunter x Hunter Poor Man’s Rose Regional Lockout Koi… Mil Gaya The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom One Piece Odyssey Read Minds - Article Read Minds - Paper CGP Grey - ChatGPT Weight of Soul
#135: Do AI Know if They’re Lying?
June 09, 2023 18:00 - 1 hour - 180 MBRegion lockouts, crying while playing Tears of the Kingdom, reading your mind, and more, this week at the Time Sink! Hunter x Hunter Poor Man’s Rose Regional Lockout Koi… Mil Gaya The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom One Piece Odyssey Read Minds - Article Read Minds - Paper CGP Grey - ChatGPT Weight of Soul
#134: The Voice in My Head Said It’s Rational
June 02, 2023 18:00 - 1 hour - 148 MBHacking, Jailbreaking, Ad-blocking, truly the worst crimes humanity can commit. At least they are to the companies affected. Hear this and more on this week’s visit to the Time Sink! Nintendo 3DS Nintendo 3DS Update 3DS hacking guide Toontown Rewritten Dolphin Emulator Pi-hole Veritasium Micro-Mouse Video Battle Bots
#133: Top 5 Is Just an Abstract Concept
June 02, 2023 17:00 - 1 hour - 160 MBWhat does it take to sacrifice a game you've spent hours on, our anime rankings, the excellency of Hunter x Hunter, and more at the Time Sink! Nier: Automata Wizard101 League of Legends The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Hunter x Hunter Death Note Avatar: The Last Airbender Code Geass Demon Slayer Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood One Piece Naruto The Legend of Korra Durarara!! Mob Psycho 100
#132: Listen Man, The Podcast's a Fever Dream
May 19, 2023 18:00 - 59 minutes - 137 MBHunter x Hunter, Why there are exactly 12 months in a year (technically), how highschoolers use triangles to beat PhD holders to the punch, and much more! All on this week’s visit to the Time Sink. Quranic verse on # of months Sabbath Mode Elevator Similar Triangle Proof Video Numberphile Go First Dice Video 3blue1brown Hamming Code Video Hunter X Hunter Hiatus X Hiatus Yoshihiro Togashi
#131: It’s Understandable Even Though It’s Not Rational
May 12, 2023 18:00 - 1 hour - 150 MBChess, eels, diamonds, Stephen Curry, lunisolar calendars and more at the Time Sink! FIDE World Championship Ding Liren Ian Nepomniachtchi DailyMail Controversial Article Viswanathan Anand Superbet Chess Classical Eel Most Game 7 Points Stephen Curry Pep Talk Ramadan Lunisolar Calendar Gregorian Calendar Julian Calendar Islamic Calendar Bandi Chhor Divas Sikh Calendar New Moon Civilization IV
#130: God Dammit, Here We Go Again
May 05, 2023 18:00 - 58 minutes - 135 MBThe most asked for topic. We finally caved and talked about it. That’s right, we’re talking about the World Chess Championship. Seriously though, some crazy stuff went down this time with a bunch of ups and downs. On this chess filled visit to the Time Sink. Candidates 2022 World Chess Championship 2023 Magnus Carlsen Ian Nepomniachtchi Ding Liren Chess.com Lichess Pizza.com Titled Tuesday
#129: I Didn’t Think It Would Be SO Immersive!
April 21, 2023 18:00 - 33 minutes - 76.6 MBGaming, productivity, safety, and FUTURE in VR, praised heavily at the Time Sink! Virtual Reality Meta Quest 2 Apple VR/AR Walkabout Mini Golf VR Beat Saber Pico 4 PSVR Bird Box Lonely VR Meme Ready Player One Daily Sunlight with Koreans Super Nintendo World Bezos - boburnham
#128: Would You Give Up Success for Passion?
April 14, 2023 18:00 - 28 minutes - 66.4 MBIf you had the money to do whatever it is you wanted, no need to worry about supporting yourself and instead following the passion in your heart, what would you do? Find out our answer on this week’s visit to the Time Sink! (Also some chess stuff, sorry not sorry) Magnus Carlsen Hans Niemann Alireza Firouzja Alireza Firouzja confirmed fashion designer
#127: They Don’t Want to Feel Bad All the Time
April 07, 2023 18:00 - 31 minutes - 72.2 MBThe best things humans have ever done and more discussed at the Time Sink! Acid Rain Methane Rain Solar System - Planets Avatar: The Last Airbender Ozone Layer Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Ollivander’s Wand Shop Roaring Twenties Smallpox
#126: We’re Losing Listeners as You Speak
March 31, 2023 18:00 - 31 minutes - 71.4 MBDiamonds may be forever, but what if you could fake that forever, does it make it any less real? Let’s find out on this week’s visit to The Time Sink! Lab Grown Diamonds (according to a seller of lab grown diamonds) All You Need is Attention Test of Time Award Speech
#125: This Is a New Amuldeep Right Here
March 25, 2023 18:00 - 36 minutes - 84 MBPurging things from our lives, cleaning YouTube feeds, and more in the Time Sink! The Style Theorists WatchMojo Austin Evans corndogwilly Tekking101 Tom Scott Veritasium OfflineTV CGP Grey
#124: I’ll Pay Attention When Someone Gets Slapped
March 17, 2023 18:00 - 35 minutes - 81 MBTurns out the Oscar’s have a lot of surprising rules and we decided to dissect some of them in this week’s visit to the Time Sink Oscar Rules Aforementioned video that’s better than anything I could make about why the voting system for the best animated feature film category will always be a popularity contest High School Musical Everything Everywhere All At Once Avatar: The Way of Water
#123: I Don’t Even Know How to Talk about It
March 10, 2023 19:00 - 44 minutes - 101 MBCringing at mistakes in movies, podcasts, and shows, what we would do in The Purge, trusting the government, and more in the Time Sink Fame Focus Fame Focus - Hair The Purge Squid Game Percy Jackson Veritasium - Man Who Killed with Lead Veritasium - LA Reservoir Nier: Automata The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild iJustine iPhone Rumors Ads
#122: It Died Before It Even Lived
March 03, 2023 19:00 - 36 minutes - 82.5 MBThe Multiverse, the good, the bad, and the infinite. We decide to dig deep into how we feel about multiverses in this inter-reality visit to the Time Sink MCU DCEU Arrow The Flash Dragon Ball Rick and Morty TMNT (2003) Fairy Tail Iron Man Black Panther Ant-Man Everything Everywhere All at Once
#112: It Died Before It Even Lived
March 03, 2023 19:00 - 36 minutes - 82.5 MBThe Multiverse, the good, the bad, and the infinite. We decide to dig deep into how we feel about multiverses in this inter-reality visit to the Time Sink MCU DCEU Arrow The Flash Dragon Ball Rick and Morty TMNT (2003) Fairy Tail Iron Man Black Panther Ant-Man Everything Everywhere All at Once
#121: Please Don’t Listen to This on a Flight
February 24, 2023 19:00 - 58 minutes - 133 MBNewJeans, flying troubles, scary experiences, upcoming movies, and more at the Time Sink! NewJeans Ive Blackpink Twice BTS How You Like That Casey Neistat AMC Theater Seats Avatar: The Way of Water The Super Mario Bros. Movie Why we all need subtitles now Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
#120: Who's Your NewJeans Bias?
February 17, 2023 19:00 - 56 minutes - 129 MBK-Pop, NewJeans, BTS, and a sprinkle of AI. Yes, seriously we’re talking about K-pop on this visit to The Time Sink. ChatGPT Google Bard Blogpost ChatGPT Rap Battle Wii Music Demo NewJeans BTS Destiny’s Child One Direction
#119: But What about Your Soul?
February 10, 2023 19:00 - 1 hour - 159 MBDivisibility rules, radiation, cancer, Bandersnatch, and more in the Time Sink! Divisibility Rules Divmod Lost Radioactive Capsule Kramatorsk Accident Black Mirror: Bandersnatch Telltale Games Will Poulter Divergent Detroit: Become Human Minecraft: Story Mode
#118: The Day I See an Ad on My Fridge, It’s Over
February 03, 2023 19:00 - 1 hour - 140 MBThe home of the future, Japanese names, breaking cars for science! All this and more on our regular trip to The Time Sink! Shigeru Miyamoto Satoru Iwata Hiroshi Yamauchi Kento Yamazaki Takeru Satoh Ken Watanabe Japan’s Emperor Naruhito Sandy Munro Tesla Breakdown CES Smart Home Solver CES Video
#117: This Feels Like a Story That’s Too Cute
January 27, 2023 19:00 - 1 hour - 142 MBTMZ, National Treasure, Velma, Uncharted, and more nostalgia this week at the Time Sink! Malcolm in the Middle Studio Zone VPN OfflineTV Breaking Bad Frankie Muniz Phineas and Ferb National Treasure: Edge of History Velma Death Note Uncharted Tom Holland Sophia Ali Mark Wahlberg The Tiffany Problem The Devil All the Time Highest Grossing Video Game Movies
#116: Take The Two Damn Seconds, Hamza
January 20, 2023 19:00 - 1 hour - 140 MBYouTube changes, terrible controllers, One Piece Odyssey, even Hogwarts Legacy. This and more on this week’s trip to the Time Sink! ProZD video Louis Rossman video YouTube Heroes YouTube Heroes Music YouTube Heroes PewDiePie Streamer’s accusation of steam sniping Legends of Runeterra One Piece Odyssey WiinuPro (not Joy4U) Super Mario Odyssey Hogwarts Legacy League Cinematic Crash 4: It’s about Time
#115: We’re Doing This Live, Boy
January 13, 2023 19:00 - 1 hour - 149 MBNew Year themes, disputed papers, live ChatGPT, and more in the Time Sink! 2022 New Years Episode Disputed Federalist Papers Article Inference in an Authorship Problem Federalist Paper with 3 Words The Cuckoo's Calling J. K. Rowling reddit.com/r/art ChatGPT
#114: What a Diplomatic Answer, Geez
January 06, 2023 19:00 - 1 hour - 140 MBWhat does Google think of you, why you should stick to Google Chrome, Chess Triple crowns, this and more on this personalized episode of Time Sink! 2022 Blitz Chess Championship Google Ad Center Duck Duck Go Linus Video on Auto Update Rick Riordan
#113: Screw This, This Is Stupid I Hate This
December 30, 2022 19:00 - 1 hour - 146 MBHoliday scams, bad movies, interesting shows and more in the Time Sink Steam Borderlands The Outer Worlds League of Legends Overwatch 2 Fortnite Valorant Moonfall Megastructure White Dwarf Halle Berry John Bradley Michael Peña Exam Midsommar Circle Saw 12 Angry Men The Santa Clause The Santa Clause 2 The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause The Santa Clauses
#112: Stop Sticking AI Where It Doesn’t Belong
December 23, 2022 19:00 - 1 hour - 143 MBWhat are Layaways, Vite vs. TurboPack, Sticking AI where it doesn’t belong, this and more on this week’s visit to the Time Sink! Show Notes: Layaways Buy Now, Pay Later Vite TurboPack Evan You Benchmark Recidivism prison (COMPAS) Unemployment (MIDAS) A-levels LinkedIn Job Matching
#111: The Best Credit Card - HC Card
December 16, 2022 19:00 - 59 minutes - 135 MBBuy Now, Pay Later, Layaway, iPhone Update Plan, Recap Wraps, and more in the Time Sink Black Friday Numbers Black Friday Shoppers Buy Now, Pay Later Minecraft in Minecraft
#110: If You’ve Made It This Far… I’m Sorry
December 09, 2022 19:00 - 55 minutes - 127 MBAI, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, ML, Reinforced Learning, and a whole lot more in this especially AI filled visit to the Time Sink! Show Notes: Motion to Dismiss Research Paper DeepMind Article Assembly AI Article Harvard Video Some Dude’s Video
#109: The One Piece … Is Real!
December 02, 2022 19:00 - 59 minutes - 137 MBDefinition of spoilers, One Piece release timeline, astrology theory, Spellbreak shutting down, YouTube vs TikTok Algorithm, and more in the Time Sink Fate: The Winx Saga One Piece Gravity Falls My Dress-Up Darling Astrology Spellbreak A Message to the Spellbreak Community My Favorite Game Died Tekking101 The Game Theorists MatPat Intro Music! Film Theory: Dora is Cursed
#108: Trigger Warning: It’s about Genocide
November 25, 2022 19:00 - 52 minutes - 121 MBToo many streaming services, Fate: Winx, Genocide, seriously we talk about genocide this is not an exaggeration, this is a classic Time Sink heavier than it has any right to be episode. Show Notes: Winx Fate Peacock Discovery+ Hotel Rwanda “True” Movie Chart (Hotel Rwanda isn’t on the list)
#107: If You like Cute Anime Waifus …
November 18, 2022 19:00 - 1 hour - 142 MBHacking, Worlds 2022, Film: Red, and more in the Time Sink Missouri governor rebuffed League of Legends Worlds 2022 Worlds 2022 Finals Faker vs Deft World Series One Piece Film: Red One Piece Film: Red Soundtrack Ado
#106: I’m Done Making Fun of This Thing I Want
November 11, 2022 19:00 - 52 minutes - 121 MBThe City of the New Future, should college professors be fired, picking up other people’s ticks, this and more on our normally scheduled visit to the Time Sink! Show Notes: 106 TikTok Ban Neom Apple Park Organic Chemistry
#105: Tim3 Sync: Chores
November 05, 2022 18:00 - 35 minutes - 81.2 MBChores: how we do them, when we do them, and if we do them, this and more in the Time Sink
#104: There Are No Trees In Belarus
October 28, 2022 18:00 - 56 minutes - 130 MBThe new Apple Watch, The Minecraft vote, questioning the very fabric of our existence as we begin to lose touch with what is and isn’t real anymore ultimately causing us to question our own humanity, this and more on our normally scheduled visit to the Time Sink! Show Notes: Apple Watch Ultra Apple Maps Minecraft Vote 2022 Wizard 101 Plato’s Cave
#103: The World Contained in a Strawberry
October 21, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour - 158 MBEnergy efficiency of programming languages, new Apple stuff, and more on our normally scheduled visit to the Time Sink! Stockfish Andrew Tang LinkedIn Article Python JavaScript Java C++ Roblox Energy Efficiency across Programming Languages The World Contained in a Strawberry Apple 2022 Event AirPods Pro 2
#102: This Episode Speaks For Itself
October 14, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour - 139 MBCheating in Chess, Overwatch 2, Dream’s real face, this and more on our normally scheduled visit to the Time Sink! Show Notes: Ian Nepo Statement WSJ Article Dream Face Reveal Overwatch 2 Promises vs Delivered Overwatch 2
#101: Ethnicity, Race, Nationality, CHESS
October 09, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour - 143 MBEthnicity, Race, Nationality confusion, cheating in chess, and more in today’s riveting and spicy discussion! Bengalis Caucasian Race Punjabis (ethnic group) Han Chinese Arabs Indo-Aryan One Piece Sinquefield Cup Hans Niemann Magnus Carlsen Magnus Carlsen Tweet Hikaru Nakamura Ruy Lopez Opening Alireza Firouzja Ian Nepomniachtchi Fischer Chess Chess 9LX Julius Baer Generation Cup Arjun Erigaisi Magnus Carlsen Statement
Ethnicity, Race, Nationality, CHESS
October 09, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour - 143 MBEthnicity, Race, Nationality confusion, cheating in chess, and more in today’s riveting and spicy discussion! Bengalis Caucasian Race Punjabis (ethnic group) Han Chinese Arabs Indo-Aryan One Piece Sinquefield Cup Hans Niemann Magnus Carlsen Magnus Carlsen Tweet Hikaru Nakamura Ruy Lopez Opening Alireza Firouzja Ian Nepomniachtchi Fischer Chess Chess 9LX Julius Baer Generation Cup Arjun Erigaisi Magnus Carlsen Statement
#00: The 100th Episode Special
September 30, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour - 247 MBA peek between the curtains as we dive into the podcast’s past, share funny moments, a bit of Time Sink Trivia, and so much more on the episode 100 special of Time Sink! Time Sink Fiverr Cover Artist Bosca Ceoil Veritasium Masters Video Stand-up Maths Dream Video
#99: Brown Boys talking about AI, Crisp, Octane, Intricate, Sometimes Funny, Kawaii Desu
September 10, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour - 149 MBChess legends to Minecraft to AI winning painting contests and more in today’s episode of Time Sink! Korean Pakistani Chinese Exclusion Act Magnus Carlsen Alireza Firouzja Celeste The Terminator DALL-E 2 The Last Mimzy AI Art Wins 1st Place Midjourney Showcase Psycho-Pass
#98: You’ve Never Had a Lover, Have You?
September 03, 2022 01:30 - 56 minutes - 128 MBMovies that START good, saving opossums, getting hacked, and hacking scammers, this and more on our normally scheduled visit to the Time Sink! Show Notes: The Age of Adaline (Immortality lightning movie) You Should Have Left Corridor Crew Corridor Mark Rober Scam Center Investigation Part 1 Mark Rober Scam Center Investigation Part 2 Jim Browning Kitboga
#97: Do You Need to See It All to Know Your Thoughts?
August 28, 2022 18:46 - 1 hour - 138 MBFormally vs informally talking to relatives, a tiny bit of languages, history, how much experience is needed to judge something, and more in today’s episode! Final Destination Official Languages of India Hindustani Wagah Border Shershaah Chainsaw Man One-Punch Man Mob Psycho 100 The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Skyforge Celeste League of Legends Wizard101 XCOM
#96: You Gotta Bestow Death On Someone Else
August 19, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour - 139 MBCheating death, gaming the system, Final Destination, solving Rubik’s Cubes, this and more on our normally scheduled visit to the Time Sink! Show Notes: Speed Cubing Feliks Zemdegs Max Park Tymon Kolasiński The Cube Used (Little less than a bajillion dollars) Final Destination Cracked Recap of Final Destination
#95: All the Things All the Places All the Time
August 12, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour - 142 MBToday we discussed our thoughts on the very refreshing, creative and unique movie: Everything Everywhere All at Once Everything Everywhere All at Once Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness A24 The Mitchells vs. the Machines AniList
#94: We Didn't Pinky Promise
August 05, 2022 18:00 - 53 minutes - 122 MBToday we talk about Diablo Immortal’s success, how video game boycotts don’t work, Minecraft’s new controversial update, and more! Show Notes: Ding Liren Diablo Immortal “Boycotting” Call Of Duty Mojang Microsoft 1.19.1(84) update