We're still here for number 4.
We add some jingles and an intro.
Michael gets third party confirmation that he's old
All the guests have mugged us off, so it's just Michael and I
Mark predicts the rise of AI Santa
Mark publishes the show too early and forgets about the shownotes and jingles first time round
Michael scours the news with a "2 years or older" filter on.
Social Media sites
Big Topics
Technical diagrams
* What makes a good diagram?
* What are we doing diagrams of?
* Do people use 'em?
Incidents
* MIchael and I recap our biggest hiccups at work
* what happened
* what impact?
All our subscriptions
* everything we've subscribed to currently, is it any good?
* one thing we should ditch?
* Domain Hoarding
In the news
A.K.A. Not news.
* Medium once upon a time said they don't like AI (https://blog.medium.com/how-were-approaching-ai-generated-writing-on-medium-16ee8cb3bc89)
* We get a comment on the LinkedIn which is AI generated
* X loses momentum to reddit in the UK (https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/29/ofcom_online_nation?utm_source=pocket_shared)
* Journalists from europe are off X too (https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/media/european-federation-of-journalists-to-stop-posting-content-on-x-386598/)
* Thoughtworks tech radar is published (https://www.thoughtworks.com/en-gb/radar)
* Platform Engineering Report is published (https://thenewstack.io/the-2024-state-of-platform-engineering-fledgling-at-best/?utm_source=pocket_shared). Michael promises to give some highlights next week
* Some lucky gambling prompter wins $50,000 from Freysa AI, a blockchain connected LLM who shouldn't give out the money (https://x.com/jarrodWattsDev/status/1862299845710757980)
* A 14-year-old kid makes a digital braille reader under $20 (https://www.forbes.com/sites/kevinanderton/2024/11/30/14-year-old-boy-invents-digital-braille-reader-and-wins-3500/)
* David Mayer gets the Barbra Streisand effect, as ChatGPT has a few crashes (https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/chatgpt-david-mayer-name-glitch-ai-b2657197.html)
Stuff we didn't mention:
Half a cup of water for every chatGPT interaction? Is this real? (https://www.smh.com.au/technology/every-time-you-use-chatgpt-half-a-cup-of-water-goes-to-waste-20241128-p5kubq.html)
Recommendations
Tech
Homey Pro home hub (https://homey.app/en-gb/homey-pro/)
Keepa (https://keepa.com/#!addon) - chrome/brave extension for price comparison on Amazon
iZotope (https://www.izotope.com/en/shop/rx-elements) & Hindenburg (https://hindenburg.com) for audio/podcast stuff
NetNewsWire RSS Reader (https://netnewswire.com)
UsesThis.com (https://usesthis.com/) - interviews for what tools people use to get their jobs done
Music
Michael's got 2 gigs, one of which is a Mark Lanegan (https://music.apple.com/gb/playlist/mark-lanegan-essentials/pl.1e058facef694d69ac7e4f758feacce2) tribute gig.
Mark recommends some HipHop, Joey Ba.Da.$$ (https://music.apple.com/gb/album/1999/1396290965)
Truck Festival tickets released (https://truckfestival.com)
TV
HiJack thriller on AppleTV (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt19854762/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_Hijack)
Dune: Prophecy on Sky/NowTV (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10466872/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_7_nm_1_in_0_q_Dune%253A%2520Prophecy)
