Explorez tous les épisodes du podcast TechZing
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| 405: TZ Discussion - Dude, Where's My Code? | 30 Aug 2024 | 01:36:12 | |
Justin and Jason discuss how Jason solved his slow Internet problem, their recent COVID experience, Jason's reaction to intense stress, the challenge of working with other coders, creating a new technical foundation for an existing project, Jason's contrarian opinion on code comments, why clean, correctly abstracted code is the key to maximizing productivity, Math Academy's current MRR and how to address the churn issue, the shows Sunny and Brooklyn 99, and the web series Red vs. Blue. Artwork by https://sonsofcrypto.com. Join our Discord, chat with us and fellow listeners! https://discord.gg/2EbBwdHHx8 | |||
| 404: TZ Discussion - Episode Not Found | 28 Jul 2024 | 02:05:57 | |
Justin and Jason talk about how Justin thought it was Independence Day for real, his early life as a struggling musician, and the story of how he hustled his way into the technology industry, Math Academy's Twitter/X push, recent growth and future goals, Colby the intern and the possibility of bringing on a freelance developer, Ray Kurzweil's new book The Singularity Is Nearer, the show Time Trap, season 3 of The The Bear, and the movie No Hard Feelings, why Jason couldn't stand watching the series Palm Royale, the 30 for 30 documentary on Lance Armstrong, and the series Tour de France Unchained. Artwork by https://sonsofcrypto.com. Join our Discord, chat with us and fellow listeners! https://discord.gg/2EbBwdHHx8 | |||
| 395: TZ Discussion - The Dream | 30 Jan 2024 | 02:04:19 | |
Justin and Jason discuss the fallout of Gabe's blog post about Math Academy and other company issues, Lightwave's formalized roadmap, Justin's new workout equipment and routine, Jason's project-superhero progress, the importance of having concrete goals, the shows Loudermilk, Bye, Bye Barry, Mr. A & Mr. M: The Story of A&M Records, and Killer Robots, and the Kosmo channel on YouTube. Artwork by https://sonsofcrypto.com. Join our Discord, chat with us and fellow listeners! https://discord.gg/2EbBwdHHx8 | |||
| 305: TZ Discussion - SOLVE 2017 | 05 Jun 2017 | 02:07:17 | |
Justin and Jason discuss SOLVE 2017, how Jason's 7th-grade class took the AP Calculus test and other recent Math Academy successes, Jason's return to algorithmic trading, Colby's audition for Genius Junior, why Elon Musk seems to win at everything and Justin's latest health/diet strategy. | |||
| 304: TZ Discussion - The Clone War | 06 Apr 2017 | 01:47:05 | |
Justin and Jason discuss how the English have lost their American accent and their plan to get the show back on a more regular schedule, Justin's workout anti-pattern and his new 800 calorie diet, Jason's plan to overcome some long-term injuries, the sudden appearance of a Nugget clone and Justin's less-than-optimal reaction, the business Justin is starting with Georgie, the latest with the Math Academy, and why Justin's prediction for the future of VR weight loss has yet to be proven. | |||
| 303: TZ Discussion - Managed Chaos | 21 Jan 2017 | 01:58:43 | |
Justin and Jason discuss why Justin wants a Vive and why he's excited about the future of VR, Justin's new swimming routine and his super-low heart rate, Jason's "new" New Man Plan, the show's Patreon campaign, how Jason is learning to play the piano using the app Yousician, the Nugget pivot of 2017, Mr. Robot, the latest with the Math Academy and some related publicity. | |||
| 302: TZ Interview - Joe Stech / Compelling Science Fiction | 25 Dec 2016 | 01:54:06 | |
Justin and Jason talk to Joe Stech about his online magazine, Compelling Science Fiction. | |||
| 301: TZ Discussion - Junk News | 28 Nov 2016 | 01:44:25 | |
Justin and Jason discuss comments from the previous two shows, Justin's preoccupation with the election, how it affected his productivity and why Jason avoids spending too much time on the news, Justin's plan for his first Nuggetcourse and his nagging doubts about the service, his recent health efforts, and his role at Modern Teacher, Jason's three-year-old idea for an experience-based startup and its similarity to Airbnb Experiences, his plan to hold an end-of-the-year Math Academy competition at Caltech modeled after the MIT Integration Bee and his recent efforts to push the program forward, the movies Arrival and Passengers, the television shows The Walking Dead, Westworld, Mr. Robot and Black Mirror, Elon Musk’s plan to launch low-latency, worldwide satellite Internet, Britain’s new surveillance law, Jason's recent purchase of Tesla shares, why Justin is worried about Elon Musk, and the security startup Defence for Startups. This Shows Executive Producer @ $50 Donation | |||
| 300: TZ Interview - Jason Roberts & Justin Vincent | 05 Nov 2016 | 01:56:14 | |
Rob Walling guest hosts this seminal episode to walk Jason and Justin down memory lane during which they discuss how Rob wouldn't allow Jason to invest in Drip, Appignite, Pluggio, AnyFu, Uber, the interview wth Travis Kalanick, Nugget, the madness, luck surface area, entreporn, blog posts as lead gen and how to make yourself into expert on the web, Jason's prescience on Tesla and Bitcoin, the interview with Patrick Collison, how they got started doing the podcast and what they've gotten out of it, the meaning of some of the funnier show titles, Operation Superhero, the failure that was Justin's treadmill desk and how the show has evolved over the years. | |||
| 299.5: TZ Discussion - Maximum Effort! | 23 Oct 2016 | 02:03:54 | |
Justin and Jason discuss why Justin decided to start pushing his Nugget users to launch their ventures (also known as "horsing") and his plan for how to automate this process, lessons learned scaling Uber, Paul Erdos and the Erdos-Bacon number, the importance of just starting, thoughts on upselling the next level of Nugget services, the latest with the Math Academy pilot and the supporting software platform, the advantages of serving a higher purpose, and the fine line between embracing new tools versus falling victim to overengineering your dev stack. | |||
| 299: TZ Discussion - How Justin Got His Groove Back | 24 Aug 2016 | 02:26:24 | |
Justin and Jason discuss Colby's upcoming football season, a postmortem of their first Space Empires 4X game, how Colby keeps beating Jason at Star Realms and seemingly every other game they play, the latest with Nugget and why Ken and Justin are no longer working together, the latest developments with Math Academy, including Jason's class, the documentary, the district pilot program, the software platform and Battle Math, an update on Jason's (self-diagnosed) peripheral neuropathy, why the fathers of the Internet revolution want engineers to reinvent the web, the Scientific American article on how to increase your intelligence, how retirement contributes to physical and mental decay and why society is structured as a two-phase work/post-work system, why Jason believes in choosing quality of life over money, the positive effects of Justin's newly structured work day and how John Humphrey helped Jason acquire BattleMath.com. | |||
| 298: TZ Discussion - Enter the Nugget | 12 Jul 2016 | 02:08:12 | |
Justin and Jason discuss Justin's new digs, the effects of taking a vitamin B-complex supplement on Jason's (self-diagnosed) peripheral neuropathy, the launch of Nugget and Justin's thoughts on it's future, getting going again on Battle Math, Jason's desire to play a space-opera style strategy game and how he ended up selecting Space Empires 4X (inspired by Stellar Conquest), Jason's new workout plan, Justin's struggle with diets and Jason's theory on cheat days versus cheat meals, how MV Code Club is opening up it's 4th location, Gabriel Weinberg's post on mental models and the inclusion of Luck Surface Area, the summer math class Jason is teaching, the latest with Math Academy and Jason's meeting with the Institute for Educational Advancement. | |||
| 297: TZ Discussion - Unsubscribe All | 17 Jun 2016 | 01:37:00 | |
Justin and Jason discuss Colby's drive to play quarterback and early sign's of Jack's athleticism, Justin's new project – Nugget, why Jason believes his peripheral neuropathy may be caused by a B12 deficiency, the world’s biggest vertical farm, how the Swiss voted against Basic Income, why Jason doesn't worry about the potential downsides of scientific advances, why he's unsubscribing from all email lists, why he doesn't blog or use Google+ anymore, and why he's "getting rid of the crap". | |||
| 394: TZ Discussion - Falling off the Wagon | 17 Jan 2024 | 01:38:39 | |
Justin and Jason discuss Areli's recent gymnastics struggles, Colby's go-kart project, how Justin has been organizing a conference for his day job and his new idea for implementing styling palettes in Lightwave, Jason's project superhero updates, his new back rehab program, and why he's interested in sprinting again, how and why Justin has fallen off the weight-loss/workout wagon, the development of Math Academy's annual plan, the problem with pausing accounts, and why they've decided to re-prioritize the Methods of Proof course, the movie The Family Plan, how Taylor Kitsch became such an underrated actor, and why Jason continues to recommend the series Bosch / Bosch Legacy. Artwork by https://sonsofcrypto.com. Join our Discord, chat with us and fellow listeners! https://discord.gg/2EbBwdHHx8 | |||
| 296: TZ Discussion - In the Ether | 28 May 2016 | 02:11:02 | |
Justin and Jason discuss why Justin cancelled his membership at a local co-working space, lessons about weight loss and BMR destruction from The Biggest Loser, how Justin has returned to his Super Slow weight training program, Jason's new machine-oriented training routine, dunking at SkyZone, why Jason left Uber and what his goodbye was like, the first anti-aging gene therapy, the assertion that a third of the nation’s cash is held by 5 U.S. companies, how to freeze people and bring them back to life, Jason's story idea for an emergent AI, thoughts on Fear the Walking Dead, whether to believe claims that Elon Musk is a jerk, the latest with Math Academy and the first Ethereum-based company. | |||
| 295: TZ Interview - Robin Warren / Corrello | 21 Apr 2016 | 00:48:05 | |
Justin talks to Robin Warren about his bootstrapped startup Corrello, a dashboard for agile teams using Trello. | |||
| 294: TZ Discussion - The Jarvis Option | 18 Apr 2016 | 02:07:11 | |
Justin and Jason discuss Justin's Soylent experiment and the diabetes-friendly shake he's settled on called Keto Soy, finding the right diet plan, why Justin is splitting time between home and Cross Campus, Jason's super madness and his new policy against taking on projects that originate from other people, the latest development processes implemented at Modern Teacher – leveraging Laravel's ORM, test-driven development, hot-seat peer reviews, pull requests and Code Ship, recruiting mathematicians to serve as instructors for the Math Academy and the latest with the software platform, how Elon Musk is having the best week ever with the unveiling and pre-ordering of the Model 3 and the vertical landing of a SpaceX rocket on a drone ship, Ted Cruz’s Simpsons audition, Craig Venter’s minimal cell, why a rising number of startups have no plans to IPO, more evidence that the building blocks of life may have originated from interstellar space, the astrobiologist collecting unrecognizable beings from the stratosphere, recently discovered bacteria that eat pure electrons and plastic bottles, programming cells with Cello, the prospect of a proactive version of Alexa that asks questions and anticipates needs, the review of the HTC Vive, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and the Cheney’s One Percent Doctrine, the human-robot trust paradox, Alphabet’s two-legged robot, why Google is selling Boston Dynamics, whether software development itself will be automated, services that validate a physical address, an email address and a phone number, why the seeds of your destruction have been sown, The Walking Dead, how the FBI director puts tape over his webcam, the upcoming launch of Kite.com and Jason's Catalina UFO tour. | |||
| 293: TZ Discussion - The Wildcard | 14 Mar 2016 | 02:14:48 | |
Justin and Jason discuss the latest with Math Academy – Jason's class, the district program and the software, temperpedic beds, the problem of living in the middle of a "fun" area of town, why Jason doesn't want stuff and what he does want, Justin's new "super router", why getting a storage unit is generally a mistake, Phil's hack for how to emotionally detach from books he needs to get rid of, the evolutionary advantage and repercussions of human curiosity, Duolingo and granular learning, why Jason thinks learning a foreign languages is rarely worth the time, Justin's new work-at-home situation, how website design work is drying up, why future actors will have to compete with CGI versions of actors of the past, Justin's idea to create AI from the DNA level, the path and prospect of strong AI, Jason's desire to create a synthetic hedge fund using Collective2 and the prospect of a Trump presidency. | |||
| 292: TZ Discussion - Doing the Business | 07 Feb 2016 | 01:39:31 | |
Justin, Jason and Phil discuss the Math Academy software and the latest with the rollout of the program, the silly idea that children are incapable of abstract thought at age 11, how to raise a creative child, Phil's experience as an analyst for an angel fund and as a head TA in business school, learning from failure and success, what's required in terms of a business plan or financial model to get funding, why Jason prefers to ignore competitors, the non-competition between Microsoft and Google, business models, not following for the aesthetic trap and various winning strategies, a brief history of Uber's rollout, Justin's futuristic UI concept for Twitter (think Minority Report) and the article where Jason was recently quoted about algorithmic trading. | |||
| 291: TZ Discussion - No Brain Required | 10 Jan 2016 | 02:13:43 | |
Justin and Jason discuss why they decided not to publish that last show, Jason's Christmas debacle, how we're living in the future, the documentary An Honest Liar, how Dean Kamen is solving the world’s drinking water problem, solving problems solution first, the First Robotics competition, Jason's recent addiction to the mobil game Hex Fvr, Gone Girl, the Bastard Executioner, Homicide Hunter, the Nerdist Podcast interview with Joe Kenda and the Detective podcast, why Jason receives so many emails about his algorithmic trading blog post, Justin's new project, Jason's idea of aggregating a handful of trading strategies on Collective2 into a fund of funds, Wealthfront and Betterment, the man who had virtually no brain, Jason's new math class, the progress with the Math Academy and the software that's going to power it, the financial pluses and minuses of working for a startup, the stress of running Slack, why Justin thinks the engineers at Slack might snoop on conversations and why Jason is skeptical, treating human disease with the CRISPR technique, The Strain, Nick Bostrom, Super Intelligence, the Open AI initiative and whether true artificial intelligence would have to be imbued with a fear of death. | |||
| 290: TZ Discussion - Flash in the Pan | 19 Nov 2015 | 00:21:41 | |
Justin, Jason and Phil discuss the demise of Spoke. | |||
| 289: TZ Discussion - In Silico | 25 Oct 2015 | 01:40:06 | |
Justin, Jason and Phil discuss how Phil got fit and why he got an MBA, the explanatory power of incentives, Jason and Phil's time together in college, how nanobots in our brains will make us ‘Godlike’, why uploading your conscience will not make you immortal, creating an earth-sized virtual world, why we may not be able to find any alien neighbors, the anti-aging NAD fad, why Justin decided to kill Spoke and his one-month challenge. Executive Producer: Ben Reyes | |||
| 288: TZ Discussion - Colby Speaks | 08 Oct 2015 | 01:28:10 | |
Justin, Jason and Colby discuss Colby's strength training program, his view on the accelerated math class and why he designed his own football helmet and defensive playbook, the latest on the Math Academy, Justin's 7-minute workout and his reinvention of Weight Watchers, Jason's progress on Operation Superhero and his 3-week sprint concept and the latest on Spoke and Givetronic. | |||
| 287: TZ Discussion - Fail Slow | 24 Sep 2015 | 02:02:37 | |
Justin and Jason discuss their decision to continue doing the show, why streaming is a pain in Justin's ass and why the last show was so painful for him, Justin's path to his latest project – Spoke, Jason's jury duty service, getting Colby started on "lion-cub training", the latest with MV Code Club, finding a developer for Givetronic, Colby's defensive playbook, the latest with Operation Superhero, Justin's new 7-minute workout and chiropractor, Jason's criticism ofFear the Walking Dead, the book and upcoming movie The Martian, how most popular songs are written by a duo of middle-aged, Norwegian songwriters and the role of obsessiveness in achieving success. | |||
| 393: TZ Discussion - Never Miss a Workout! | 01 Jan 2024 | 01:40:41 | |
Justin and Jason review and grade the progress they made over the past year on their respective health, fitness, and startups, detail their goals for 2024, discuss the shows Only Murders in the Building, Band of Brothers, Breaking Bad, and Better Call Saul, and Jason explains how he thinks Hollywood will adjust its strategy in the coming years. Artwork by https://sonsofcrypto.com. Join our Discord, chat with us and fellow listeners! https://discord.gg/2EbBwdHHx8 | |||
| 286: TZ Discussion - Son of a Horse | 12 Sep 2015 | 01:43:11 | |
Justin and Jason discuss why Jason thinks it may be time to put an end to the show, why Justin stopped working on Lyte and why he quit his low-calorie diet, the Chrome plug-in for motivation, nearsourcing work to Mexican consulting firms, Aaron Francis' commentary on Entreporn, finding a developer for Givetronic, Jason's thoughts on Bitcoin, the latest with the Math Academy, strength training Colby and why you don't have to "protect" your startup idea. | |||
| 285: TZ Interview - Gabriel Weinberg / Stoking the Traction Fire | 07 Aug 2015 | 00:55:17 | |
Justin talks to Gabriel Weinberg about the re-release of his book Traction and the latest news on DuckDuckGo. | |||
| 284: TZ Discussion – Radical Acceleration at Scale | 14 Jul 2015 | 01:38:51 | |
Justin and Jason discuss Justin's new diabetes-reversing diet, the growing momentum of the Math Academy and Jason's new madness, getting Lyte out the door, lessons learned through playing StarCraft that are useful in real life, using unfairness to your advantage, why IQ is more important than people like to admit and the status of Jason's dual-n back experiment. | |||
| 283: TZ Discussion - Extraordinary Claims | 03 Jul 2015 | 01:36:01 | |
Justin and Jason discuss Justin's secret project, Lyte, how he built it and what he sees as its future, the possibility of transforming the math class into a math academy, how Uber is making the world a better place, why inexpensive self-teaching and test-prep books are often better than their equivalent textbooks, Jason's new color laser printer, Chris Sacca’s anti-portfolio, the U.S. defense department’s interest in hoverbikes, an interview with James Simons, how China is attempting to genetically engineer genius and Jason's upcoming dual-n-back experiment. | |||
| 282: TZ Discussion - Socket.io to Your Brain | 09 Jun 2015 | 01:59:36 | |
Justin and Jason discuss the move from Perioscope to Meerkat, Justin's health update and why he got rid of his treadmill, how Colby blew the curve on the math final, the field trip to Caltech and the visit from the district superintendent, BVP’s anti-portfolio, how to keep from reverting to the mean, teaching kids about money and investments, the story behind CryptoIQ, Justin's "billion dollar" secret project, Jason's idea of how to build the Memory Hole on top of Instapaper, Kurzweil’s cyborg predictions, the MagicLeap platform, the possibility of doing another TechZing Summit, the Outernet and whether its signal could be jammed, low-power devices running off WiFi and uBeam’s ultrasound charging technology, ideas on how to interview technical candidates, the difficulty of learning advanced mathematics on your own and whether Justin's obsession with taking shortcuts has hamstrung him in other ways. | |||
| 281: TZ Discussion - "Based" on a True Story | 23 May 2015 | 01:57:06 | |
Justin and Jason discuss the technical issues of streaming the show using Periscope, the possible resurrection of Empath, Jason's advising CTO strategy, fear-based parenting, Justin's secret project and reserving a name in the app store, the Seasteading Institute, nature vs. nurture, the latest with Justin's "get fit" effort and Jason's injuries, the athletes who benefitted from Jason's vertical training protocol, Jason's spontaneous two-man TechZing Summit, the math team's performance at the LA Math Cup, when parents take things too seriously, teaching calculus to the math class and plans for the future, the latest with MV Code Club, the upcoming TV shows Limitless, Fear the Walking Dead and Mr. Robot, the inaccuracies of The Imitation Game and Argo, how the story behind the killing of Osama Bin Laden is a myth, the lie about how Syria used chemical weapons against rebel forces and how easily people are manipulated by the media, the TV show The Blacklist and thoughts on streaming with Periscope. | |||
| 280: TZ Interview - Mike Taber / The Single Founder Handbook | 02 May 2015 | 01:03:58 | |
Justin talks with Mike Taber author of The Single Founder Handbook | |||
| 279: TZ Discussion - Death by Flying Tire | 21 Apr 2015 | 01:50:38 | |
Justin and Jason discuss Jason's recent near-death experience and how his brother's childhood friend has a small part on The Walking Dead, the Reddit button, how Jason is trading coding hours for Robocraft hours with Colby, kids and electronics, the iWatch and why people are always checking their phones, the essence of peopling, automatic birthday wishes and thank yous on Facebook, why everything that can be automated eventually will be, Patrick McKenzie's new startup – Starfigher, remote working and productivity, the relationship between wealth, power and fame, the two federal agents who were indicted for stealing Bitcoins, the movie The Imitation Game, why the Caltech visit was postponed a week, negative social patterns and the heritability of personality traits, iZombie, how the editors of Basic and Applied Social Psychology are no longer accepting p-values, the Reproducibility Project, why null results tend not to be published as often, the latest with MVCC and Justin's new workout regime at CATZ. | |||
| 278: TZ Discussion - Burger Meister, Meister Burger | 08 Apr 2015 | 01:48:53 | |
Justin and Jason discuss Justin's recent purchasing debacles and his latest plan for getting healthy, the latest on Jason's various injuries, Justin as Burger Meister, Meister Burger, the math team's big success at Math Field Day, how Jason is connecting with Caltech’s Center for Teaching, Learning & Outreach, an update on the Battle Math card game, Justin's TechZing breakfast, how everyone is seemingly trying to dunk, the problem of forgetting what you’ve read, how to capture selected text in a Titanium webview, the return of The X-Files, The Walking Dead spinoff series, why Jason can't stomach shows like Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, why our brains love high ceilings, living off a dollar a day with Elon Musk and Tesla’s April Fool’s joke, the latest with MV Code Club, God’s Tweets, killing cancer cells with DNA nanobots, whether the human brain can ever fill up and the process of memory formation, recall and forgetting, why Jason is planning on cryogenically freezing himself, the new study that says it doesn't matter how much time you spend with your kids, how inequality is far worse than you think and the prospect of a mostly robotic future. | |||
| 277: TZ Discussion - Select All Delete | 23 Mar 2015 | 01:41:30 | |
Justin and Jason discuss the difficulty of finding a time to record the show, Justin's walking-desk disaster, his new secret project and his thoughts on using Titanium, the latest on the MVCC, Justin's movie concept, the show The 100, the roadblocks to getting God’s Tweets approved by the App Store, why you should build a Titanium app for Android and iOS at the same time, the benefits of decluttering your life, generating ten new ideas per day for ten days, the employment-status lawsuits against Uber and Lyft, the incredible growth of Uber's engineering department, Jason's ideas for a mobile note-taking app and for a site that teaches you how to do math proofs, the sites Sophia and Brilliant, the status of Battle Math and the latest with the math class. | |||
| 392: TZ Discussion - Firestorm | 14 Dec 2023 | 02:02:21 | |
Justin and Jason discuss how Justin and his family had to leave town to avoid a forest fire, the show Welcome to Wrexham, how Justin is tiptoeing into his new diet program, the latest on Project Superhero, the professional dunker who increased his vertical from 25 to 45 inches and then later to 50 inches, Justin's reaction to Alex Jones being allowed back on X and some thoughts on free speech, Lightwave's features and usability and whether it would make sense to build in the open, creating a strategic plan for Math Academy and the foundational document The Science of Math Academy, the progress that's been made on climate change and why Jason is much more concerned about micro plastics and nano plastics, the latest season of Rick and Morty, the second season of Invincible, and the movie Interstellar. Artwork by https://sonsofcrypto.com. Join our Discord, chat with us and fellow listeners! https://discord.gg/2EbBwdHHx8 | |||
| 276: TZ Discussion - The Year of No - For Real This Time | 15 Feb 2015 | 01:20:40 | |
Justin and Jason discuss the impending delivery of Justin's walking desk and his health and fitness dilettantism, why Instapaper has become just another "to-do list" for Jason, their respective Hacker News reading strategies, the latest on MV Code Club, how the money raising process differs between celebrity and non-celebrity founders, why Jason pulled out of Empath as well as the crypto-exchange (AKA the "secret project"), why success requires focus, how multiple injuries have put Operation Superhero on temporary hold and the latest with the accelerated math class. | |||
| 275: TZ Discussion - In God We Trust, Everyone Else Bring Data | 20 Jan 2015 | 01:46:18 | |
Justin and Jason discuss Justin's short-lived madness about algorithmic trading, the book Building Algorithmic Trading Systems, using neural networks to predict the future price of Bitcoin, why Jason said no to doing the MIT Circuits & Electronics MOOC with his friend Phil, the unexpected benefits of working on toy problems, why teaching the accelerated math class is Jason's favorite three hours of the week, the conditions under which accelerating kids can provide significant advantages and when it doesn't, Colby's "IQ" test and Ms. Extra Credit, moving God's Tweets from a VPS to EC2, RDS and S3 and how changing Apple developer accounts caused a iOS/OSX/Titanium upgrade cascade, MaxCDN vs. Amazon's CloudFront, tricks for developing professional-looking Titanium apps, the TED talk – Behind the Great Firewall of China and how Obama and Cameron are cracking down on encryption, why Jason, like most most security researchers, doesn't believe North Korea was behind the Sony attack, why it's a good idea to dismiss government claims when they fail to provide evidence, Seymour Hersh’s debunking of the USG’s claim that Syria used chemical weapons, the failed SpaceX Falcon 9 landing and Elon Musk's recent announcement about the Texas Hyperloop experiment, Larry Summer’s response to Marc Andreessen's tweet storm about secular stagnation, a listener's app Happy Scales, why pursuing an academic career in math or science is the new monasticism, replicating the career paths of Elon Musk and Jeff Hawkins, the sudden handwringing about the future threat of strong AI, the series Extant, Black Mirror and Video Game High School, the problem with uploading your intelligence into a digital world, the cloned bull that changed, László Polgár and the nature nurture debate, Justin's walking desk and the quest for workout economy, how Jason's leg injury has put a pause on Operation Superhero and his philosophy of how to continue making progress (see Ray Liotta’s rant in Copland). Grand Patron $100: David Walz (Thanks so much!) | |||
| 274: TZ Discussion - All Things HFT | 15 Dec 2014 | 01:44:30 | |
Justin and Jason discuss Justin's rebound project and the myriad questions Justin has about HFT (high-frequency trading), learning to code with CodeAvengers and CodeCombat, the latest on Operation Superhero and MV Code Club, scaling with Node.js at Uber, posting error messages to Slack and HipChat, scaling and managing servers at Digedu, Jason's interview on Get Up and Code, why iXL didn't work for the math team and how to setup a backup configuration using MySQL and EC2. | |||
| 273: TZ Discussion - Limitless | 08 Dec 2014 | 01:33:55 | |
Justin and Jason discuss why Disco hasn't worked out and what Justin has learned from the experience, balancing product development with sales and marketing, how to select and validate a business idea, the basics of algorithmic trading, how Jason increased his vertical jump by 8 inches, high and low adaptors, Justin's desire for a walking desk, how to raise your IQ, the research in support of it, and Jason's effort to keep the math team together. | |||
| 272: TZ Interview - Mike Walmsley / Code Avengers | 24 Nov 2014 | 01:21:27 | |
Jason talks with Mike Walmsley, the founder and primary developer of the programming education site Code Avengers. | |||
| 271: TZ Discussion - The Superintelligent Future | 15 Nov 2014 | 01:53:24 | |
Justin and Jason discuss the summit and the prospect of hosting another one, whether growing the show would be possible or even make a difference, whether World War III could stop a rising population, how HP’s Thermal Inkjet printing is going 3D and how Google is developing cancer and a heart attack detector, Amazon Echo, the prospects for AI in the near term and the risks of achieving superintelligence, how Scientists made a telepathy breakthrough, the latest on Operation Superhero and the SAID principle, Justin's diet and why he loves Space Nutrients, Jason's new rules for Colby's computer time and his recent tour of a local all-girls school, the latest with the math team, Justin's private preschool future and what's up with Jason's various projects. | |||
| 270: TZ Discussion - Pricing for the Apocalypse | 22 Oct 2014 | 02:16:33 | |
Justin and Jason discuss the TZ summit, the prospect of establishing a colony on Mars and what that process might look like, the prospect of an Ebola pandemic, betting on black swans and counterparty risk, why the TV show Lost was unable to close so many of it's story lines, the idea for a productivity app modeled after Lost's Swan computer, Justin's vintage terminal app and his new cardio solution, what motivates people to change themselves, whether Justin has any regrets about selling Pluggio, why Jason gets satisfaction from helping other people and why he's more excited about teaching the math class than any of his other projects, the fake legend of Walter O’Brien and Scorpion, the This American Life episode The Super, The Cracked Podcast, the upcoming content sites Nautilus, Quartz, Medium and Svbtle, productivity and anti-productivity habits, the apps Self Control, HabitRPG and EpicWin, an update on Operation Superhero, what happened to Jason's screenplay concept, the latest with the math class, why Jason put learning electrical engineering on pause and the progress being made by MVCC. | |||
| 269: TZ Discussion - Ass To Grass | 13 Oct 2014 | 01:49:01 | |
Justin and Jason discuss the upcoming summit, the latest on Disco, Justin's life with a newborn, the summit's super sponsors, MV Code Club’s new location and possible sources of growth capital, how the brain can classify words during sleep and how people think more creatively when they walk, the book A Whack on Side of the Head, hitting the reset button in your brain, Jason's progress on operation Superhero, Justin's workout and non-diet diet, Justin's favorite new tech site SciTechDaily, why Colby tanked his spelling test, Justin's idea for a baby rocker that simulates a drive in a car, the fact that "luck surface area" is going to be in yet another book – "You:Rebranded", the SyNAPSE Chip by IBM Mimics Brain and the mobile web app that Jason has been developing to monitor and manage Uber's real-time systems. Summit Super Sponsors
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| 268: TZ Interview - Dr. Doug McGuff / Body by Science | 30 Sep 2014 | 02:20:48 | |
Justin and Jason speak with Dr. Doug McGuff about his book, Body by Science: A Research Based Program for Strength Training, Body building, and Complete Fitness in 12 Minutes a Week. A special shoutout goes to Andy Chamberlain who emailed Justin with a heads up about Doug and the Body by Science protocol. | |||
| 267: TZ Interview - Gabriel Weinberg / Traction Book | 17 Sep 2014 | 01:13:16 | |
Justin and Jason talk with Gabriel Weinberg, founder of DuckDuckGo, about his new book Traction: A Startup Guide to Getting Customers. Gabriel also appears in the following TechZing shows: | |||
| 391: TZ Discussion - Rogue AI | 27 Nov 2023 | 01:58:28 | |
Justin and Jason discuss Justin's new weight-loss coaching service, why Jason got a coronary heart scan and his experience so far with the ATG program, the series Welcome to Wrexham, why Justin is wary of Sam Altman not least of which because of World Coin, a recap of the recent Open AI coup and counter-coup, and some speculation around Q*, the coming battle between swarms of good and bad AI agents, Justin's recent progress on Lightwave, Jason's opinion on the recent respiratory outbreak in China, the second season of Invincible, the new series Gen V, and the movie Napolean, and finally the idea of building a critic-matching service and a "pandering critic" detector using ChatGPT 4. Artwork by https://sonsofcrypto.com. Join our Discord, chat with us and fellow listeners! https://discord.gg/2EbBwdHHx8 | |||
| 266: TZ Discussion - Sleepless in Pasadena | 02 Sep 2014 | 01:25:07 | |
Justin and Jason discuss Justin's new baby and all of the related complications, an update on Jason's weight-loss and fitness program and why he's so skeptical of Justin's 15-minutes-per-week workout, the new pullout math class for the 5th-grade math team, an update on Jason's effort to learn electronics and how he couldn't get Anki or Mnemosyne to display equations, the progress on the God’s Tweets iPhone app, why Empath has stalled out, how MV Code Club is all set to open a new location, and the status of the Battle Math card game. | |||
| 265: TZ Discussion - Going Beta with Disco | 09 Aug 2014 | 01:21:16 | |
Justin and Jason discuss the movie Guardians of the Galaxy and the show Halt and Catch Fire, why they both like the post-apocalyptic genre, the final dates for the TechZing Summit, a progress report on Operation Superhero, Justin's "audacious goal" of starting a funk band, why Jason thinks Derek Sivers is wrong about keeping your goals to yourself, Jason's electrical engineering learning experiment and his idea of posting his notes and problem solutions to the web using CircuitLab and MathJax, what is was about Stanford's Neurogrid project that inspired Jason to learn electronics, how Jason's MightyHive convertible note actually converted into equity and how his angel investment, MV Code Club, is opening a second location, the latest on Disco, why Justin enjoys doing devops using Salt, how Jason and Sandy are going to be teaching Algebra to 5th graders this year and Jason's plans for the Battle Math card game, a contrarian view of MITx, Parkinson’s Law, whether it makes more sense to join an established but growing tech company or to just apply to YC, why Justin sold his Soylent, Jason's recent physical and Lightbot – the app / game that teaches basic programming concepts. | |||
| 264: TZ Discussion - Jason 2.0 | 26 Jul 2014 | 01:35:16 | |
Justin and Jason discuss Jason's ambitious health and fitness plan, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s six rules of success, why Jason has decided to pursue his two long-time athletic goals of bench pressing 315 lbs and of dunking a basketball, Karch Kiraly’s athletic transformation at the age of 44, a few of the top vertical jump programs, the 42-year who added 9 inches to his vertical, the before and after videos of the kid who transformed himself into a dunking machine, Jason's “before” video of his vertical jump, the vertical jump calculation, Justin's exercise and diet plan and why he wants a picture of Elon Musk next to his bed, how 40's can be the new 20's, the TechZing Summit, the latest on Disco and why ownership is split equally among the founders, Jason's life hack for learning electrical engineering and the progress he's made so far, why your perceived limitations are almost all just in your mind, why Elon Musk is so successful, the girl who made it to the finals of America Ninja Warrior, how Colby learned to program in RobotC in his summer school class, the latest on Jason's angel investment in the Mill Valley Code Club, the awesome job that Phillip Monet has done with the TechZing Wiki, Jason's idea for doing a monthly TZ meetup in San Francisco, developing content for Empath, why God's Tweets got rejected from the App Store and whether your life really changes that much after having a baby. | |||