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Blurry CreaturesEP: 385 Magick, Mediums and Mermaids with Jess PhoenixJess Phoenix was a professional witch with a massive online following when things started unraveling—mental torment, sleep paralysis, her children being harassed by spirits, and a growing sense that something was deeply wrong. Then came the C-section that nearly killed her. She lost three and a half liters of blood, left her body, and heard a voice say, "Believe me now." She survived, but didn't convert—not yet. Months later, consumed by rage after being betrayed, she sat at a table covered in bones doing the darkest magic she'd ever attempted. That's when a light walked into her room...
2025-12-301h 39
Hydroponics DailyAlternatives to Dosatrons: Which Fertigation Tool Wins?In this episode Dr. Russell Sharp explains how dosatrons work and compares practical alternatives for run‑to‑waste hydroponic systems, including Venturi injectors, electric metering pumps, and simple fertigation tanks. He outlines the pros and cons of each option — cost, accuracy, power needs, maintenance, and scale — and covers considerations about recirculation, environmental impact, and regulatory risk. Ideal for growers choosing the right dosing method for medium to large greenhouse operations.
https://eutrema.co.uk/shop/fertiliser/liquid-gold-unique-complete-fertiliser/
Jean-François Hannequart — Dosatron International
Eric Roudaut — Dosatron International
Philippe Martin — Dosatron International
Pascal Lacroi...
2025-12-1908 min
City on a Hill Melbourne EastRisenThree days in the tomb. When all hope was seemingly lost, Jesus rose from the grave. The crown of death has now achieved a crown of life for all who believe. Jesus leaves us with one mission – to preach the good news of Him to all the earth.Bible Reading:Matthew 28:1-20Preacher:Sermon by Grant van der Merwe This episode is part of The Passion — Season 5 of our teaching series The Kingdom, as we journey through the Gospel of Matthew and discover the good news of Jesus...
2025-12-1338 min
The Happy Homeschooler Podcast171: The Top Homeschooling Trends For 2026Today, we're looking at the top homeschooling trends of 2026. We'll be looking ahead to the ideas, tools, and approaches shaping the future of home education. From AI tools to project based learning, we break down what parents can expect in the coming year. Whether you’re planning your first homeschool semester or refining a long-standing routine, this episode offers insight and inspiration to help you stay ahead of the curve and make 2026 your most confident homeschooling year yet.
SHOW NOTES:
Visit our website!
If you have any questions or comments, please email us at...
2025-11-2844 min
City on a Hill Melbourne EastBetrayedAt The Last Supper Jesus instituted the covenant meal with his disciples, prayed in deep anguish at Gethsemane at what he was about to suffer on the cross, and was ultimately betrayed, arrested, and abandoned by his disciples.Bible Reading:Matthew 26:1-56Preacher:Sermon by Grant van der Merwe This episode is part of The Passion — Season 5 of our teaching series The Kingdom, as we journey through the Gospel of Matthew and discover the good news of Jesus the King.Find out more at ci...
2025-11-2236 min
Homeschooling with TechnologyBuilding Worlds in Unreal Engine
342: Building Worlds in Unreal Engine
In this episode of we welcome back repeat guest, Matthew Jurison, a high schooler, teaching assistant at FundaFunda Academy, and tech enthusiast. Matthew shares how he first discovered Unreal Engine, why he chose it over other platforms like Unity and Roblox Studio, and why it’s a powerful, free option for teens interested in game development, visual effects, and creative storytelling.
We cover:
What Unreal Engine is and what it can be used for (games, CGI, VFX, and more)
How to g...
2025-09-2415 minHomeschooling with TechnologyWhy Scratch is the Perfect First Programming Language to learn326: Why Scratch is the Perfect First Programming Language to Learn
In this episode, host Meryl van der Merwe is joined by returning guest Matthew Jurison, a homeschool teen. Together, they explore why Scratch is an ideal language for beginners learning to code.
What You’ll Learn:
How Scratch compares to text-based languages like JavaScript and Python
Why Scratch’s drag-and-drop interface is approachable for all ages
Matthew’s journey learning programming—from JavaScript to Scratch to Unreal Engine
The benefits of learning through a structured class vs...
2025-06-0417 min
Harpin' On Rugby430 : Scarlets v Leinster previewPreview also available on our YouTube channelOur guest : NEIL “KEEGO” KEEGANwww.keegolaughs.comApologies Up Front on Apple PodcastsLEINSTER : 15. Ciarán Frawley 14. Andrew Osborne 13. Liam Turner 12. Jamie Osborne 11. Jimmy O’Brien 10. Ross Byrne 9. Fintan Gunne1. Cian Healy 2. Rónan Kelleher (c) 3. Thomas Clarkson 4. Ryan Baird 5. Brian Deeny 6. Alex Soroka 7. Will Connors 8. James Culhane16. Gus McCarthy 17. Jack Boyle 18. Rabah Slimani 19. Diarmuid Mangan 20. Scott Penny 21. Cormac Foley 22. Charlie Tector 23. Ruben MoloneySCARLETS : 15 Blair Murray; 14 Tom Rogers...
2025-04-2515 minHomeschooling with Technology3D Modeling with Blender: A Teen’s Perspective
313: 3D Modeling with Blender: A Teen’s Perspective
In this episode, Meryl is joined by teen guest Matthew Jurison, who shares his experiences using Blender, a free 3D modeling and visual effects software. Matthew, a self-taught Blender enthusiast with years of experience, discusses how he got started, the skills he’s developed, and why Blender is an excellent tool for creative teens. He also highlights some of his favorite projects and the challenges he’s faced while learning and creating with Blender
Questions Matthew answers about 3D modeling with Blender:
What is...
2025-02-1912 minThe Happy Homeschooler Podcast145: A Look Back at 2024Today we take a look back at 2024, as our hosts reflect on the highlights of the year, revisiting their favorite episodes and sharing the ones that resonated most with listeners. From meaningful conversations to unexpected insights, we dive into what made 2024 such a special year for The Happy Homeschooler Podcast. Join us as we revisit the most downloaded episodes and celebrate the moments that made this year unforgettable.
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Visit our website at www.happyhomeschoolerpodcast.com
If you have any questions or comments, please email us at happyhomeschoolpod@gmail.com
Vi...
2024-12-2750 minThe Happy Homeschooler Podcast134: Homeschooling with Technology (w/ Meryl van der Merwe)Homeschooling with technology can sometimes be a blind spot for parents. With technological advances happening quicker and quicker, it's easy to get left behind. And that's not even mentioning the concerns related to AI. Today, we're joined by Meryl van der Merwe, host of the Homeschooling with Technology podcast, and she's sharing a little glimpse of what she talks about on her podcast every episode. She gives tips on tech to use with lessons, tech your kids need to know before they get to college, and even proper use of AI!
SHOW NOTES:
Visit our...
2024-08-0956 min
CricadiumCricadium Daily: Cricket's Dynamic Week: Coach Changes, Rankings Rises, and Olympic HopesIn this episode, we cover major cricket updates, including Matthew Mott stepping down as England's white-ball coach, with Kumar Sangakkara as the frontrunner for the role. Smriti Mandhana reaches No. 4 in the latest ICC T20I rankings, while Afghanistan's head coach Jonathan Trott takes on a new role with Pretoria Capitals in SA20. We also celebrate Hardik Pandya's son Agastya's birthday, discuss Scott Styris's remarks on Suryakumar Yadav's temporary captaincy, and recap India's T20I series win against Sri Lanka. Rahul Dravid shares thoughts on cricket's inclusion in the Los Angeles Olympics 2028, Shivam Singh credits Shikhar Dhawan for his TNPL...
2024-07-3001 min
CricadiumCricadium Daily: "Cricket's Dynamic Week: Coach Changes, Rankings Rises, and Olympic Hopes"In this episode, we cover major cricket updates, including Matthew Mott stepping down as England's white-ball coach, with Kumar Sangakkara as the frontrunner for the role. Smriti Mandhana reaches No. 4 in the latest ICC T20I rankings, while Afghanistan's head coach Jonathan Trott takes on a new role with Pretoria Capitals in SA20. We also celebrate Hardik Pandya's son Agastya's birthday, discuss Scott Styris's remarks on Suryakumar Yadav's temporary captaincy, and recap India's T20I series win against Sri Lanka. Rahul Dravid shares thoughts on cricket's inclusion in the Los Angeles Olympics 2028, Shivam Singh credits Shikhar Dhawan for his TNPL...
2024-07-3001 min
Harpin' On Rugby328 : Ireland v Scotland previewPreview also available on our YouTube channel
Our guest : NEIL “KEEGO” KEEGAN
www.keegolaughs.com
Apologies Up Front on Apple Podcasts
IRELAND : 15. Hugo Keenan 14. Calvin Nash 13. Robbie Henshaw 12. Bundee Aki 11. James Lowe 10. Jack Crowley 9. Jamison Gibson-Park
1. Andrew Porter 2. Dan Sheehan 3. Tadhg Furlong 4. Joe McCarthy 5. Tadhg Beirne 6. Peter O’Mahony (c) 7. Josh van der Flier 8. Caelan Doris
16. Rónan Kelleher 17. Cian Healy 18. Finlay Bealham 19. Ryan Baird 20. Jack Conan 21. Conor Murray 22. Harry Byrne 23. Garry Ringrose
SCOTLAND : 15. Blair Kinghorn 14. Kyle St...
2024-03-1514 min
Future Matters#8: Bing Chat, AI labs on safety, and pausing Future MattersFuture Matters is a newsletter about longtermism and existential risk by Matthew van der Merwe and Pablo Stafforini. Each month we curate and summarize relevant research and news from the community, and feature a conversation with a prominent researcher. You can also subscribe on Substack, read on the EA Forum and follow on Twitter. Future Matters is also available in Spanish.
00:00 Welcome to Future Matters.
00:44 A message to our readers.
01:09 All things Bing.
05:27 Summaries.
14:20 News.
16:10 Opportunities.
17:19 Audio & video.
18:16 Newsletters.
18:50 Conversation with Tom Davidson.
19:13 The importance of understanding and forecasting AI takeoff dynamics.
21:55 Start and end points of...
2023-03-2141 min
Future Matters ReaderHolden Karfnosky — Success without dignity: a nearcasting story of avoiding catastrophe by luckSuccess without dignity: a nearcasting story of avoiding catastrophe by luck, by Holden Karnofsky.
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/75CtdFj79sZrGpGiX/success-without-dignity-a-nearcasting-story-of-avoiding
Note: Footnotes in the original article have been omitted.
2023-03-2019 minFuture Matters ReaderLarks — A Windfall Clause for CEO could worsen AI race dynamicsIn this post, Larks argues that the proposal to make AI firms promise to donate a large fraction of profits if they become extremely profitable will primarily benefitting the management of those firms and thereby give managers an incentive to move fast, aggravating race dynamics and in turn increasing existential risk.
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/ewroS7tsqhTsstJ44/a-windfall-clause-for-ceo-could-worsen-ai-race-dynamics
2023-03-2014 minFuture Matters ReaderOtto Barten — Paper summary: The effectiveness of AI existential risk communication to the American and Dutch publicThis is Otto Barten's summary of 'The effectiveness of AI existential risk communication to the American and Dutch public' by Alexia Georgiadis. In this paper Alexia measures changes in participants' awareness of AGI risks after consuming various media interventions.
Summary: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/fqXLT7NHZGsLmjH4o/paper-summary-the-effectiveness-of-ai-existential-risk
Original paper: https://existentialriskobservatory.org/papers_and_reports/The_Effectiveness_of_AI_Existential_Risk_Communication_to_the_American_and_Dutch_Public.pdf
Note: Some tables in the summary have been omitted in this audio version.
2023-03-2007 minFuture Matters ReaderShulman & Thornley — How much should governments pay to prevent catastrophes? Longtermism's limited roleCarl Shulman & Elliott Thornley argue that the goal of longtermists should be to get governments to adopt global catastrophic risk policies based on standard cost-benefit analysis rather than arguments that stress the overwhelming importance of the future.
https://philpapers.org/archive/SHUHMS.pdf
Note: Tables, notes and references in the original article have been omitted.
2023-03-2057 minFuture Matters ReaderElika Somani — Advice on communicating in and around the biosecurity policy community"The field of biosecurity is more complicated, sensitive and nuanced, especially in the policy space, than what impressions you might get based on publicly available information. As a result, say / write / do things with caution (especially if you are a non-technical person or more junior, or talking to a new (non-EA) expert). This might help make more headway on safer biosecurity policy."
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/HCuoMQj4Y5iAZpWGH/advice-on-communicating-in-and-around-the-biosecurity-policy
Note: Some footnotes in the original article have been omitted.
2023-03-1413 minFuture Matters ReaderRiley Harris — Summary of 'Are we living at the hinge of history?' by William MacAskill.The Global Priorities Institute has published a new paper summary: 'Are we living at the hinge of history?' by William MacAskill.
https://globalprioritiesinstitute.org/summary-summary-longtermist-institutional-reform/
Note: Footnotes and references in the original article have been omitted.
2023-03-1407 minFuture Matters ReaderRiley Harris — Summary of 'Longtermist institutional reform' by Tyler M. John and William MacAskillThe Global Priorities Institute has published a new paper summary: 'Longtermist institutional reform' by Tyler John & William MacAskill.
https://globalprioritiesinstitute.org/summary-summary-longtermist-institutional-reform/
Note: Footnotes and references in the original article have been omitted.
2023-03-1405 minFuture Matters ReaderHayden Wilkinson — Global priorities research: Why, how, and what have we learned?The Global Priorities Institute has released Hayden Wilkinson's presentation on global priorities research. (The talk was given in mid-September last year but remained unlisted until now.)
https://globalprioritiesinstitute.org/hayden-wilkinson-global-priorities-research-why-how-and-what-have-we-learned/
2023-03-1344 minFuture Matters ReaderPiper — What should be kept off-limits in a virology lab?New rules around gain-of-function research make progress in striking a balance between reward — and catastrophic risk.
https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2023/2/1/23580528/gain-of-function-virology-covid-monkeypox-catastrophic-risk-pandemic-lab-accident
2023-03-1307 minFuture Matters ReaderEzra Klein — This changes everything"One of two things must happen. Humanity needs to accelerate its adaptation to these technologies or a collective, enforceable decision must be made to slow the development of these technologies. Even doing both may not be enough."
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/12/opinion/chatbots-artificial-intelligence-future-weirdness.html
2023-03-1310 minFuture Matters ReaderVictoria Krakovna — Near-term motivation for AGI alignmentVictoria Krakovna makes the point that you don't have to be a longtermist to care about AI alignment.
2023-03-1104 minFuture Matters#7: AI timelines, AI skepticism, and lock-inFuture Matters is a newsletter about longtermism and existential risk by Matthew van der Merwe and Pablo Stafforini. Each month we curate and summarize relevant research and news from the community, and feature a conversation with a prominent researcher. You can also subscribe on Substack, read on the EA Forum and follow on Twitter. Future Matters is also available in Spanish.
00:00 Welcome to Future Matters.
00:57 Davidson — What a compute-centric framework says about AI takeoff speeds.
02:19 Chow, Halperin & Mazlish — AGI and the EMH.
02:58 Hatfield-Dodds — Concrete reasons for hope about AI.
03:37 Karnofsky — Transformative AI issues (not just misalignment).
04:08 Vaintrob — Beware saf...
2023-02-0300 minFuture Matters#6: FTX collapse, value lock-in, and counterarguments to AI x-riskFuture Matters is a newsletter about longtermism by Matthew van der Merwe and Pablo Stafforini. Each month we curate and summarize relevant research and news from the community, and feature a conversation with a prominent researcher. You can also subscribe on Substack, read on the EA Forum and follow on Twitter. Future Matters is also available in Spanish.
00:00 Welcome to Future Matters.
01:05 A message to our readers.
01:54 Finnveden, Riedel & Shulman — Artificial general intelligence and lock-in.
02:33 Grace — Counterarguments to the basic AI x-risk case.
03:17 Grace — Let’s think about slowing down AI.
04:18 Piper — Review of What We Owe the Future.
05:04 Clare & Ma...
2022-12-3037 min
Lars og PålEpisode 119 Evolusjon vs transhumanisme«I would only urge that in considering these deep issues of educability we keep our perspective broad and remember that the human race has a biological past from which we can read lessons for the culture of the present. We cannot adapt to everything, and in designing a way to the future we would do well to examine again what we are and what our limits are. Such a course does not mean opposition to change but, rather, using man's natural modes of adapting to render change both as intelligent and as stable as possible.» Jerome Bruner, 1972...
2022-10-191h 25Future Matters#5: supervolcanoes, AI takeover, and What We Owe the FutureFuture Matters is a newsletter about longtermism brought to you by Matthew van der Merwe and Pablo Stafforini. Each month we collect and summarize longtermism-relevant research, share news from the longtermism community, and feature a conversation with a prominent researcher. You can also subscribe on Substack, read on the EA Forum and follow on Twitter.
00:00 Welcome to Future Matters.
01:08 MacAskill — What We Owe the Future.
01:34 Lifland — Samotsvety's AI risk forecasts.
02:11 Halstead — Climate Change and Longtermism.
02:43 Good Judgment — Long-term risks and climate change.
02:54 Thorstad — Existential risk pessimism and the time of perils.
03:32 Hamilton — Space and existential risk.
04:07 Cassidy & Mani — Huge...
2022-09-1331 min
The ValmyHow Vulnerable is the World? (2021) Podcast: Radio Bostrom Episode: How Vulnerable is the World? (2021)Release date: 2022-08-13Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationBy Nick Bostrom and Matthew van der Merwe.Abstract:Sooner or later a technology capable of wiping out human civilisation might be invented. How far would we go to stop it?Read the full paper:https://aeon.co/essays/none-of-our-technologies-has-managed-to-destroy-humanity-yetLinks:- The Vulnerable World Hypothesis (2019) (original academic paper)- The Vu...
2022-08-2923 min
Radio BostromHow Vulnerable is the World? (2021)By Nick Bostrom and Matthew van der Merwe.Abstract:Sooner or later a technology capable of wiping out human civilisation might be invented. How far would we go to stop it?Read the full paper:https://aeon.co/essays/none-of-our-technologies-has-managed-to-destroy-humanity-yetLinks:- The Vulnerable World Hypothesis (2019) (original academic paper)- The Vulnerable World Hypothesis (2019) (narration by Radio Bostrom)Notes:This article is an adaption of Bostrom's academic paper "The Vulnerable World Hypothesis (2019)".The article was first...
2022-08-2523 min
An Introduction to Nick BostromThe Evolutionary Optimality Challenge (2021)By Nick Bostrom, Anders Sandberg, and Matthew van der Merwe.This is an updated version of The Wisdom of Nature, first published in the book Human Enhancement (Oxford University Press, 2009).Abstract:Human beings are a marvel of evolved complexity. When we try to enhance poorly-understood complex evolved systems, our interventions often fail or backfire. It can appear as if there is a “wisdom of nature” which we ignore at our peril. A recognition of this reality can manifest as a vaguely normative intuition, to the effect that it is “hubristic” to try to impro...
2022-08-251h 10An Introduction to Nick Bostrom2. How Vulnerable is the World? (2021)By Nick Bostrom and Matthew van der Merwe.Abstract:Sooner or later a technology capable of wiping out human civilisation might be invented. How far would we go to stop it?Read the full paper:https://aeon.co/essays/none-of-our-technologies-has-managed-to-destroy-humanity-yetLinks:- The Vulnerable World Hypothesis (2019) (original academic paper)- The Vulnerable World Hypothesis (2019) (narration by Radio Bostrom)Notes:This article is an adaption of Bostrom's academic paper "The Vulnerable World Hypothesis (2019)".The article was first...
2022-08-2523 minRadio BostromThe Evolutionary Optimality Challenge (2021)By Nick Bostrom, Anders Sandberg, and Matthew van der Merwe.This is an updated version of The Wisdom of Nature, first published in the book Human Enhancement (Oxford University Press, 2009).Abstract:Human beings are a marvel of evolved complexity. When we try to enhance poorly-understood complex evolved systems, our interventions often fail or backfire. It can appear as if there is a “wisdom of nature” which we ignore at our peril. A recognition of this reality can manifest as a vaguely normative intuition, to the effect that it is “hubristic” to try to impro...
2022-08-171h 10Future Matters#4: AI timelines, AGI risk, and existential risk from climate changeFuture Matters is a newsletter about longtermism brought to you by Matthew van der Merwe and Pablo Stafforini. Each month we collect and summarize longtermism-relevant research, share news from the longtermism community, and feature a conversation with a prominent researcher. You can also subscribe on Substack, read on the EA Forum and follow on Twitter.
00:00 Welcome to Future Matters
01:11 Steinhardt — AI forecasting: one year in
01:52 Davidson — Social returns to productivity growth
02:26 Brundage — Why AGI timeline research/discourse might be overrated
03:03 Cotra — Two-year update on my personal AI timelines
03:50 Grace — What do ML researchers think about AI in 2022?
04:43 Leike — On...
2022-08-0831 minFuture Matters#3: digital sentience, AGI ruin, and forecasting track recordsEpisode Notes
Future Matters is a newsletter about longtermism brought to you by Matthew van der Merwe and Pablo Stafforini. Each month we collect and summarize longtermism-relevant research, share news from the longtermism community, and feature a conversation with a prominent longtermist. You can also subscribe on Substack, read on the EA Forum and follow on Twitter.
00:00 Welcome to Future Matters
01:11 Long — Lots of links on LaMDA
01:48 Lovely — Do we need a better understanding of 'progress'?
02:11 Base — Things usually end slowly
02:47 Yudkowsky — AGI ruin: a list of lethalities
03:38 Christiano — Where I agree and disagree with Eliezer
04...
2022-07-0400 minFuture Matters#2: Clueless skepticism, 'longtermist' as an identity, and nanotechnology strategy researchFuture Matters is a newsletter about longtermism brought to you by Matthew van der Merwe and Pablo Stafforini. Each month we collect and summarize longtermism-relevant research, share news from the longtermism community, and feature a conversation with a prominent longtermist. You can also subscribe on Substack, read on the EA Forum and follow on Twitter.
00:01 Welcome to Future Matters
01:25 Schubert — Against cluelessness
02:23 Carlsmith — Presentation on existential risk from power-seeking AI
03:45 Vaintrob — Against "longtermist" as an identity
04:30 Bostrom & Shulman — Propositions concerning digital minds and society
05:02 MacAskill — EA and the current funding situation
05:51 Beckstead — Some clarifications on the Future Fund's appro...
2022-05-2823 minFuture Matters#1: AI takeoff, longtermism vs. existential risk, and probability discountingThe remedies for all our diseases will be discovered long after we are dead; and the world will be made a fit place to live in. It is to be hoped that those who live in those days will look back with sympathy to their known and unknown benefactors.
— John Stuart Mill
Future Matters is a newsletter about longtermism brought to you by Matthew van der Merwe and Pablo Stafforini. Each month we collect and summarize longtermism-relevant research, share news from the longtermism community, and feature a conversation with a prominent longtermist. You can also subscribe on Su...
2022-04-2429 min
Business WatchAnglo American off the grid: SA's Utility Death SpiralAnglo American is taking its 19 South African operations completely off-grid. They plan to be 100% off the grid by 2030 and the plan is to be carbon-neutral by 2040.
From an environmental perspective, it is certainly leading the way, and with a national energy utility not showing signs of their improved ability to supply electricity, many corporations might decide to take the same route.
Unfortunately, it might have some negative effects for those who are still dependent on the energy grid.
In this podcast, WR Van Der Merwe hosts Matthew Cruise of Hohm Energy to explain the...
2022-03-2302 minBusiness WatchAnglo American off the grid: SA's Utility Death SpiralAnglo American is taking its 19 South African operations completely off-grid. They plan to be 100% off the grid by 2030 and the plan is to be carbon-neutral by 2040.
From an environmental perspective, it is certainly leading the way, and with a national energy utility not showing signs of their improved ability to supply electricity, many corporations might decide to take the same route.
Unfortunately, it might have some negative effects for those who are still dependent on the energy grid.
In this podcast, WR Van Der Merwe hosts Matthew Cruise of Hohm Energy to explain the...
2022-03-2302 minFuture Matters#0: Space governance, future-proof ethics, and the launch of the Future Fund> We think our civilization near its meridian, but we are yet only at the cock-crowing and the morning star.
> — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Welcome to Future Matters, a newsletter about longtermism brought to you by Matthew van der Merwe & Pablo Stafforini. Each month we collect and summarize longtermism-relevant research, share news from the longtermism community, and feature a conversation with a prominent longtermist. Future Matters is crossposted to the Effective Altruism Forum and available as a podcast.
Research
We are typically confident that some things are conscious (humans), and that some things are not (rocks); other things we’...
2022-03-2200 min
Business WatchElectricity tariffs set to increase by even more, expert explains (Full Interview)An almost 10% increase in the price of electricity is already a concern, but consumers will be hit even harder in July when municipalities hike up their Nersa-approved tariffs. This means that the cost of electricity will go up by at least 15% depending on your municipality.
Matthew Cruise of Hohm Energy joined WR Van Der Merwe on Business Watch to discuss.
Photo by LED Supermarket from Pexels
2022-03-1004 minBusiness WatchElectricity tariffs set to increase by even more, expert explains (Full Interview)An almost 10% increase in the price of electricity is already a concern, but consumers will be hit even harder in July when municipalities hike up their Nersa-approved tariffs. This means that the cost of electricity will go up by at least 15% depending on your municipality.
Matthew Cruise of Hohm Energy joined WR Van Der Merwe on Business Watch to discuss.
Photo by LED Supermarket from Pexels
2022-03-1004 min
Cracked with Chevonne ArissLekker! Recipes for The Infinite with Anika Van Der MerweHey hey welcome to episode 19 of Season 2 of Cracked with Chevonne Ariss!Today, I’m speaking with Anika Van Der Merwe who’s joining us from Cape Town, South Africa. Traditional or Classical to homes or workplaces, her studio Silverstain Glass is bringing glass beauty into the world with a range of techniques. Anika has that great freedom of expression in stained glass that I admire so much. Because of her limited access to materials early on, she learned to mix and match techniques to get the products unavailable to her, like creating her own flash...
2022-03-081h 10
Rugby PickEmBermuda 10s - (ft. Barry Herbert)After speaking with Rugby PickEm friend Taylor Howden (the next Eddie Jones in the making) and he confirmed he was coaching the (throwback) Ohio Aviator side in Bermuda 10's, my mind began racing with questions about business side of things...
Who are the financial backers and what are their end game?
Is Bermuda 10's the beginning of a year-round 10's tour?
With 7's programs getting cut around the world by broke unions, will 10's take flight?
Where does 10's land on the player safety scale?
Are the massive 15's collisions slightly reduced?
Could this be the code that helps rugby...
2020-10-2532 min
Wheelchair Warrior ProjectW.W.P. Episode #001 (with Matthew van der Merwe)Welcome to the first interview of the Wheelchair Warrior Project! In interview #1 I sit down with Matthew van der Merwe and set the pace for what will become the hot seat. I wasn't sure where this interview was going to go but I must say this one is definitely the perfect way to kick things off! Matthew brings things to an intellectual level that is easy to resinate with and makes you think.
If you want to keep up with Matthew van der Merwe here is where you can find them on Social Media:
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2020-09-2539 minWheelchair Warrior ProjectThe Introduction to Matthew van der Merwe (W.W.P. Episode #001)On this episode of the Wheelchair Warrior Project I am delighted to introduce to you Matthew van der Merwe.
Matthew came into my life just about a year ago after I extended some tech support with his sales funnel in a Facebook Group. My first impression of Matthew is wow this guy looks just like Dan Henry! Though people say first impressions are everything I definitely like to feel out the situation. The funny thing is my impression of Matthew definitely didn't change he still looks like Dan Henry to me! hahaha
On a serious...
2020-09-2111 min
FKNxMANEpisode 2 x Matthew Oberem & Markus Van Der Merwe x Die Warm EenOns het julle vrae beantwoord terwyl ons 'n paar warm souse toets en dit raak nogals rof(wat die souse aan betref)Hier is 'n lekker podcast sessie wat julle saam julle vriende kan geniet asook om ons beter te leer ken.Ons doen ook 'n giveaway aan die einde van hierdie maand, so tag julle vriende in die comments hier onder, like en share die video.As jy lus is vir 'n paar lekker brand souse kan jy dit by jou local Spar gaan kry :SPAR : https://www.spar...
2020-06-1329 min
New RustaceanMeta 3: Happy CodingA story and a dream (and the promise of Rust): the final episode of New Rustacean!
Show Notes
Rust by Example
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Charlie Egan
Chip
Chris Palmer
Christoffer Ceutz
Cristian Paul
Dan Abrams
Daniel
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2019-05-2700 minNew RustaceanNews: Rust 1.35WASI, Option::copied, and the future of async/await syntax!
Show Notes
Rust 1.34.1
release notes
blog post
discussion about Error::type_id
Rust 1.34.2
release notes
blog post
discussion about Error::type_id
Rust 1.35
release notes
blog post
WASI
The Bike Shed episode
Async/await
std::futures API docs
internal thread on syntax for .await
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2019-05-2400 minNew RustaceanCYSK: bindgen and cbindgenAutomatic generation of FFI types between Rust and C APIs.
Show Notes
bindgen
the official guide
API docs
cbindgen
a blog post by one of the main authors of the crate
rust-ffi
Binding libraries for scripting languages
PyO3
Neon
Rustler
a great write-up from the folks at Discord
Helix
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2019-05-1800 minNew Rustaceane031: FFI Deep DiveExposing Rust types and functions to C API consumers.
Show Notes
It’s impossible to make the declarations below follow the order I talked through them on the recording without also making them horrible to read, so just use this outline instead:
add_in_rust
Strings
concat_strings
free_rust_string
Point
point_translate
union
OpaquePoint
opaque_point_new
opaque_point_translate
opaque_point_free
Links
Rust FFI Omnibus
the repository for the show
RFC #2195
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2019-05-1400 minNew Rustaceane030: Can You See Me Now?Item visibility and pub(<restricted>) as API design tools.
Show Notes
The easiest and most effective way to understand the example in this case will simply be to look directly at the source code. You can read the docs for each of the nested modules, but you’ll be doing a lot of navigating around for that.
Also, I am using Cargo’s --document-private-items flag, so that you can see all the items in all the modules, even those which are not public, but note that usually you would not see docs...
2019-04-2700 minNew RustaceanNews: Rust 1.33 and 1.34Moar const fn, some Pin, and alternative Cargo registries!
Show Notes
1.33 release notes
Pin
RFC
API docs
1.34 release notes
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2019-04-2000 minNew Rustaceane029: I’m Out to CUsing Rust’s Foreign Function Interface (FFI) with C!
Show Notes
The code samples here directly match the things I described in the show, so you will likely want to look at add and ffi::add, then Point, translate, and ffi::translate in that order.
Links
Other helpful Rust FFI discussions:
The Rust Programming Language’s materials
the nomicon
Rust FFI Omnibus
the Reference’s discussion
the associated Rust API docs
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2019-04-0400 minNew RustaceanBonus 14: How the Sausage Gets MadeHow I make the show, and why you won’t find it on Google Play, Spotify, or Stitcher.
Show Notes
Winning Slowly
guest lectures on podcasting: A, B
Audio recording/editing/production software:
Icecast
Rogue Amoeba
Audio Hijack
Loopback
Ferrite
iZotope RX
previous episodes of interest
building a markdown link extractor
using rustdoc
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2019-03-2400 minNew RustaceanBonus 13: I Still Make Silly MistakesA story about parsing command-line arguments manually and some thoughts on “rookie mistakes.”
Show Notes
why you might want to invoke the same program with different names
Python’s argparse library
Commander in Node
clap
structopt
pulldown-cmark
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2019-02-2800 minNew Rustaceane028: Meet My AssociatesAssociated items: functions and methods, constants, types, and (very briefly!) GATs.
Show Notes
Iterator source
the first Traits deep dive episode
RFC #1598
RFC #195
The Reference on associated items
Rust 1.20
deals.manning.com/new-rustacean
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2019-02-2200 minNew RustaceanNews: Rust 1.32dbg!, unified paths, more places you can use Self, and a bunch of const fn stabilizations—plus some neat community highlights!
Show Notes
Rust 1.32
blog post
release notes
smaller builds on Twitter
Amethyst
examples
docs
RustConf 2018 keynote
insta
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2019-01-2300 minNew RustaceanNews: Rust 1.31 and the 2018 Edition, Part IIStabilizing rustfmt, clippy, tool lints, and const fn (all in both editions!), and the 2018 Edition-specific features: syntax changes and non-lexical lifetimes!
Show Notes
Rust 1.31 Blog Post
Rust 1.31 Release Notes
Rust 2018 Edition Guide
a simple NLL example
const fn in the reference and “const contexts”
“uniform paths”
the raw string syntax
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2019-01-1400 minNew RustaceanNews: Rust 1.31 and the 2018 Edition, Part IAn overview of the edition, and some of the improvements that are available in both the 2015 and 2018 editions: better lifetime elision, some Cargo features, and some library stabilizations.
Show Notes
Rust 1.31 Blog Post
Rust 1.31 Release Notes
Rust 2018 Edition Guide
Previous episodes of direct interest:
News: Rust 1.28
News: Rust 1.29 and 1.30
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2019-01-0700 minNew RustaceanInterview: Integer32Show Notes
Things we mentioned on the show:
the playground
Ferrous Systems
Magical JSON: https://quicktype.io
EddyB’s company: Lyken Software Solutions
Integer32 blog: “Tech Conference Budget Case Study: Rust Belt Rust 2018”
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2019-01-0100 minNew Rustaceane027: Trust Me; I Promise!An intro to unsafe Rust and Rust’s idea of safety.
Show Notes
Errata
A quick correction: on the show I said that a trait needed to be unsafe when it had an unsafe fn method. This isn’t correct: safe traits can have unsafe methods, and unsafe traits can exist without any methods at all (as implied by my reference to Send and Sync). You can see this in practice in the following example, which compiles just fine!
trait ASafeTrait {
unsafe fn unsafe_method() {}
}
unsafe AnUnsafeTrait {}
The idea of an unsa...
2018-12-0100 minNew RustaceanNews: Rust 1.29 and 1.30Procedural macros, better paths, and the Rust 2018 beta!
Show Notes
Rust 1.29:
blog post
release notes
Rust 1.30:
blog post
release notes
RFC: path clarity
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2018-11-1600 minNew RustaceanBonus 12: Translating Between LanguagesMusings inspired by a project translating TypeScript to Rust
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2018-10-2400 min
Great LivesErica Wagner on Roald Amundsen"We are ready to take the Pole in any kind of weather on offer," wrote the Norwegian Roald Amundsen in December 1911. Born in 1872, Amundsen is part of a group of men - including the playwright Henrik Ibsen and the explorer Fridjtof Nansen - who gave shape to Norwegian identity just as the country broke free from Sweden and achieved independence. He is also remembered as the man who beat the British explorer Scott to the South Pole. The different cultures of their two countries come under scrutiny in this episode. The nominator is...
2018-08-0827 min
The Brave Ideas PodcastEpisode 7: Self Awareness in Marketing with Lisa CohnThis week, we talk to Lisa Cohn, Senior Strategist @ Aqua. Lisa responds to the previous episode and challenges the perception that the single mother family is on the rise. We cover a range of topics from Intersectional feminism, to social media brand fails, even touching on the digital marketing of ISIS. This is a fun one!
Tool of the week: Macaw
The Brave Ideas Podcast is all about bringing to light exciting new ideas in the realm of digital and advertising, as percieved by the employees of Aqua Group companies (Aqua, Basetwo, Applogix & Cerebra) and the...
2015-06-1921 min
The Brave Ideas PodcastEpisode 6: The Evolution of Family with Wynand CoetzerIn this episode, we talk to Wynand Coetzer, Head of Strategy @ BaseTwo, about the changing nature of the family unit. We unpack the core reasons behind the breakdown of the nuclear family, and get into an interesting debate about what this means for brands, families and society going forward. We even talk about the disney movie "Frozen" as a key example of this change.
Tool of the Week: Duolingo
Get in touch with Wynand: wynand.coetzer@basetwo.co.za or on twitter @wwwynand_za
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2015-06-0514 min
The Brave Ideas PodcastEpisode 5: Beyond Customer-Centric with Mel EdwardsWe talk to Mel Edwards, CEO of Wunderman EMEA, about how agencies and clients need to respond to the two-way dialogue that now exists between brands and consumers. We learn about real-time marketing, we delve into how data has fundamentally changed the way we engage with our customers, and we explore how businesses are now transforming to meet the needs of this transforming landscape. Finally, we talk about what it means to be an ‘Agency for a digital age’.
Find out more about Mel Edwards
Tool of the Week: Percolate
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