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Hydroponics DailyWhy Pumpkins Trap Forever Chemicals — and How Hydroponics HelpsDr. Russell Sharp explores research showing that squashes, pumpkins and other cucurbits can absorb persistent hydrophobic pollutants (PCBs, dioxin-like compounds, organochlorine pesticides and furans) because a specific plant protein binds these chemicals and transports them into the fruit.
The episode covers the health and food-safety implications, the potential to breed low-accumulating varieties or use phytoremediation, and why growing these crops hydroponically is a safer alternative to avoid soil-borne, long-lasting pesticides.
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Todd C. Wehner — North Carolina State University
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2025-12-2807 min
2024-11-2926 min
Finding Strength Podcast94: Saving Lives and Facing Inner Battles - James MunnsIn this episode, we sit down with James Munns, a seasoned firefighter who tells the incredible story of saving the life of a woman who nearly drowned in her car and many others as well. James's humility and reluctance to accept the title of "hero" provide a deep insight into the challenges faced by those in his line of work.
Beyond the heroic deeds, this episode delves into the often-overlooked aspects of being a firefighter: the loneliness, the stress, and the emotional toll. James opens up about the difficulties first responders face daily and shares his thoughts...
2024-07-251h 13
Chats with James Podcast017 - On the Road: RustNL & OxidizeThe “On the Road” episode has two parts, covering different Rust conferences in May 2024. The first section is from RustNL in Delft, the Netherlands, where James interviews Laura and Jonathan, some of the organizers of the event, on their history with Rust and the struggles and successes of putting on these conferences.
The second section of this episode comes from the Oxidize Conference 2024, held in Berlin Germany - here James interviews Jonathan Pallant about the nostalgia of classic computers, the theory of embedded systems and the up and down aspects of building computers for fun.
2024-07-1048 minChats with James Podcast016 - Scott MabinJames talks with Scott Mabin about how he joined the Espressif team and got involved in embedded Rust, the working culture in chip manufacturing companies and preferences about designing and building mechanical keyboards.
2023-12-0152 minChats with James Podcast015 - Manish GoregaokarAnother episode is coming from the archives, originally recorded in May 2022 with Manish Goregaokar as the guest- James and Manish touch on many topics, including: internationalization of languages, zero-copy deserialization in Rust, speedrunning video games and Vaccinate CA.
2023-11-151h 05Chats with James Podcast014 - Steve KlabnikThis episode is coming from the archives, originally recorded in May 2022 - James talks with Steve Klabnik from Oxide Computer about knowledge transfer within the Rust community, how learning-by-doing and reading datasheets help you develop, and how limits and regulations are put in place across many different fields.
2023-09-291h 34Chats with James Podcast013 - Ryan SummersIn this episode, James chats with Ryan Summers about the process of developing protocols, the guidelines of working in safety critical systems and embedded engineering.
2023-08-181h 20Chats with James Podcast012 - Sophia TurnerIn this episode, James chats with Sophia about the intricacies of writing programming languages, what makes designing programs fun, strategies for defining goals, and more.
2023-07-171h 02
Rustacean StationThis Week in Rust - Issue 442 Tim McNamara, Sean Chen and Allen Wyma discuss their
highlights from This Week in Rust
442.
Themes include security, testing, embedded development and async Rust. Watch out
for the cameo by the Ada programming language towards the end!
Timestamps
Welcome
[@00:12] Introductions and agenda
[@01:20] Quote of the week
[@02:57] Official updates
[@03:01] Security advisory: the rustdecimal crate
[@06:55] CTCFC Agenda
A whirlwind tour of Embedded
Rust by James Munns
Async Rust for Embedded
Systems by Dario
Nieuwenhuis
Rust in Automotive by Christof
Petig and Florian Gilcher
[@09:50] Highlights from the newsletter
[@10:15] Kani Rust Verifier
Project announcement
[@20:29...
2022-05-2658 minChats with James Podcast011 - Eliza WeismanJames chats with Eliza about systems, systems of systems, operating systems, java, java cards, what posix did wrong, and a ton of other rust adjacent things.
2022-04-131h 59
cpp.chatI'm a Bit RustyThis week we have a special panel made up of members of the C++ community,
joined by members of the Rust community.
We have a round table discussion of how the two languages relate, differ - and how entwined their fates may be.
We also learn why Rust doesn't have random numbers, but why it's lucky to have Burnt Sushi.Links:The Rust Lang websiteFerrous Systems- Rust training and consultancyCppCast- The _other_ podcast, by C++ developers, for C++ developersGarden- A plant oriented game, written in Rust#include c++- a global, inclusive, and diverse...
2021-04-131h 09
cpp.chatI'm a Bit RustyThis week we have a special panel made up of members of the C++ community,
joined by members of the Rust community.
We have a round table discussion of how the two languages relate, differ - and how entwined their fates may be.
We also learn why Rust doesn't have random numbers, but why it's lucky to have Burnt Sushi.Links:The Rust Lang websiteFerrous Systems- Rust training and consultancyCppCast- The _other_ podcast, by C++ developers, for C++ developersGarden- A plant oriented game, written in Rust#include c++- a global, inclusive, and diverse...
2021-04-131h 09Chats with James Podcast010 - Dion DokterJames chats with Dion Dokter about device drivers, bootloaders, and embedded Rust.
2021-03-0235 minChats with James Podcast009 - Sylvan MorrisJames chats with Sylvan Morris about introducing Rust into a company, working at an embedded startup, over the air bootloaders, and managing risk.
2021-02-2427 minChats with James Podcast008 - Yoshua WuytsJames chats with Yoshua Wuyts to discuss Control Theory in traditional software domains, the possibilities of RISC-V, and open source hardware.
2021-02-1653 minChats with James Podcast007 - Michael NitschingerJames chats with Michael Nitschinger of Couchbase to discuss Coffee Machines, PID control loops, Bluetooth Low Energy, and Databases.
2021-02-0953 minChats with James Podcast006 - Bryan CantrillJames chats with Bryan Cantrill of Oxide Computer to discuss the open source hardware explosion, Oxide's experience with Embedded Rust, the importance of a culture of sharing knowledge, and the joy of fixing hard-to-diagnose systems problems.
2021-02-021h 24Chats with James Podcast005 - Clifford HeathJames chats with Clifford Heath to discuss the differences between procedural and structural code, using natural language processing to describe software, code generation, and programming education approaches.
2021-01-261h 04Chats with James Podcast004 - François BaldassariJames chats with François Baldassari to discuss embedded systems, engineering practices (and where the industry is lacking), and the social side of improving the skills of embedded systems teams.
2021-01-1948 minChats with James Podcast003 - Michael GattozziJames chats with Michael Gattozzi to discuss developer tooling, message serialization, and undefined behavior in Rust.
2021-01-121h 11
The Virtual WorldEmbedded Rust part 2 - James MunnsBack at it again with James Munns! Today we talked all about the Embedded Rust ecosystem and he gave me a bunch of pointers for starting my own journey with embedded Rust.
2021-01-101h 44
The Forest Fleur Bigfoot ResearchCAMPFIRE CHATS: THE BEST OF THE BIGFOOT ICONSJoin our campfire tonight as Emily takes us through previous episodes featuring icons in the Bigfoot community! Many researchers that come on our show have been inspired by these individuals, who are known for discovering breakthrough evidence, chronicling historical events & constructing scientifically-backed theories on the subject. Guests that will be featured tonight include Peter Byrne, Ron Morehead, Bill Munns, Kathy Strain, Dr. Jeff Meldrum, Cliff Barackman, James Bobo Fay & Paul Bartholomew. Let us know who your favorite researcher is by heading to our social media! @theforestfleur
2021-01-0855 minChats with James Podcast002 - Christopher HuntJames chats with Christopher Hunt to discuss programming languages, the cost of software abstraction, Bluetooth, and state machines.
2021-01-051h 11Chats with James Podcast001 - Lachezar LechevJames chats with Lachezar Lechev to discuss Rust in Avionics, drone simulation technologies, and burnout in software development.
2020-12-2945 min2020-12-2801 min
I Don't Speak German62: Eric Weinstein Part 2, Cancel CultureThe final (for now) part of of coverage of the IDW's Weinstein brothers. Back to Eric, with special reference to his boss Peter Thiel and the Gawker affair, Eric's response to Becca Lewis' Alternative Influence Report, and to Eric's thoughts on BLM and the current protests. Warnings Apply. Notes/Links: Owen Thomas, Gawker, "Peter Thiel is Totally Gay, People." https://gawker.com/335894/peter-thiel-is-totally-gay-people Derek Thompson, The Atlantic, "The Most Expensive Comment in Internet History?" https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/02/hogan-thiel-gawker-trial/554132/ Steven W. Thrasher, "Peter Thiel's Gawker War...
2020-08-301h 40The Virtual WorldEmbedded Rust & Ferrous Systems - James MunnsHey, folks. Welcome back to The Virtual World. In this episode I sat down with James Munns, the CTO of Ferrous Systems, to discuss the embedded Rust ecosystem and its future. Please enjoy.
2020-08-201h 25
Serverless ChatsEpisode #30: What to expect from serverless in 2020 with James BeswickAbout James Beswick:James Beswick is a Senior Developer Advocate for the AWS Serverless team. James works with AWS's developer customers to understand how serverless technologies can drastically change the way they think about building and running applications at massive scale with minimal administration overhead. He has previously worked as a Software Developer and Product Manager at various enterprises and startups, and has nearly a decade of experience building applications in the cloud.
Twitter: @jbesw
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesbeswick/
Email: jbeswick@amazon.com
Transcript:Jeremy: Hi, everyone. I'm Jeremy...
2020-01-0644 min
Futility ClosetThe Cardiff Giant In 1869, two well diggers in Cardiff, N.Y., unearthed an enormous figure made of stone. More than 600,000 people flocked to see the mysterious giant, but even as its fame grew, its real origins were coming to light. In this week's episode of the Futility Closet podcast we'll tell the story of the Cardiff giant, one of the greatest hoaxes of the 19th century. We'll also ponder the effects of pink and puzzle over a potentially painful treatment. Intro: Edgar Rice Burroughs invented a variant of chess for a book set on...
2019-03-2534 min
Podcast 088 - Chris Gardner on Running Conferences
Chris Gardner is organizing the DevSpace conference. This episode is sponsored by Smartsheet.
Show Notes:
Redstone Arsenal is a U.S. Army post
The U.S. Space & Rocket Center is in Huntsville
Company mentioned: Intergraph & Hexagon
The "hallway conference" is a term referring the elements of a conference that take place outside of the normal breakout sessions. Follow-up conversations, networking, maybe even impromptu learning and hacking.
We talked briefly about embedded development. Be sure to listen to Episode 083 with James Munns
For another...
2018-06-2500 min
Podcast 083 - James Munns on Embedded Development
James Munns is an embedded developer. This episode is sponsored by Smartsheet.
Show Notes:
ARM (aka Advanced RISC Machine, Acorn RISC Machine) is a RISC architecture for processors. You probably have dozens of them in your house right now.
Check out episode 12 of the podcast where I talked to Sophie Wilson, the designer of ARM
James Munns’s blog
Blog Post: CI for Embedded Systems, which covers some of the testing that was discussed
Podcast: Embedded.fm hosted by Elecia and Christopher White.
Podcast...
2018-05-2100 min