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Fly Fishing PodcastBlue Collar Fly Fishing Podcast-John and Jen PelicanoThis week Aaron Reed talks with fly fishing newbies, John and Jen Pelicano about their journey into the sport.  00:00: Intro 00:10: Introducing John and Jen Pelicano 01:19: Shout out to sponsors: , , and The Local Angler Series 02:57: It’s National Beer Day! 04:00: How Jen and John got into fly fishing during the pandemic year. 05:00: John takes one for the team, goes shopping. 06:25: Jen’s father sets them up for success. 07:11: Is it appropriate to put a vintage Ross San Miguel reel on an Eagle Claw rod? 08:25: Living Waters Fly Fishing to the rescue. 10:45: Jen hopes she doesn’t catch a fish. 12:20: How fishing guide G...2021-04-2254 minGrey Matter Radio HourGrey Matter Radio HourEpisode 9 pt. 2 - with Wendy Polland - Musical Writer & Performer and sidekick to Andy Kaufman_00:00 Bumper    _00:49 Intro    _01:29 Release the Kraken    _02,:00 UFOs & Beaver    _03:47 What’s the Mather?    _04:27 Leave it to Synchronicity    _05:38 No Video for You!    _07:24 Ed is Dead (RIP Ken Osmond LAPD)    _08:11 GO PHER IT… REPRESENT!    _08:27 Stanley (and Barry) Livingston I presume    _09:30 Dating two of My Three Sons    _09:41 Bad Girls of Hollywood    _10:34 I Steal, U Steal, We a...2020-12-141h 05Mark MastersMark MastersMark Masters - Nate BrownNate Brown In this episode Mark Masters talks to Nate Brown, a 7 year comedian who hosted the Hodi's open mic for 2.5 years, which was the destination of many of the Mark Masters season 1 episodes. Mark drives Nate from Lonetree to an open mic at Loonee's in Colorado Springs, CO and they talk comedy, comedians, and stand up comics. [Note: This episode ends abruptly because the camera battery ran out] They discuss: - Nate an important part of Season 1 - Nate no longer hosts Hodi's open mic - Ft. Collins comedy scene - Hosting an open mic and comedy skills ...2020-02-101h 27Greater Than CodeGreater Than CodeThe Universal Declaration of Human RightsOn this day in Paris in 1948, the United Nations issued the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a milestone document that sets out the fundamental rights and privileges of all people and all nations. In honor of the anniversary of this document, the panelists of Greater Than Code have come together to share their reading of the document with all of you.Support Greater Than Code2019-12-1012 minGreater Than CodeGreater Than Code139: Conferencing02:43 - First Conference Experiences 08:31 - The Importance of Networking + Stickers!! 14:56 - Conference Fashion 16:51 - Approaching Speakers After Talks and Tricks to Remembering Names + Faces 18:49 - Speaking At Conferences Handling Anxiety Lightning Talks Toastmasters Practice at Company Lunch and Learns and Meetups 31:38 - Conveying Information in a Talk 34:59 - Crafting Proposals, What Selection Committees Look For, and Writing Talks The Purpose of Outlines OmniOutliner Narrative Structure Bad/Cliche Talk Titles Shitposting 52:03 - Gathering Conference Talk Topic Inspiration Reflections: Coraline: Join our Greater...2019-07-1859 minGreater Than CodeGreater Than Code136: Addressing Technical FrictionThe Twitter thread: All I can say here is that I try to lead by example. If there’s a clear path to “make the change easy, then make the easy change,” make sure the commit history shows that explicitly, then ask for a code review even if your process doesn’t require it. 1/ https://t.co/VDxDbEQUf3— Sam Livingston-Gray (@geeksam) June 9, 2019 Sam Livingston-Gray - F̶l̶u̶e̶n̶t̶ Refactoring Talk: Sam talks about refactoring a gnarly Rails controller method. This is a lightly edited version of a talk Sam gave in 2013. Resourc...2019-06-2655 minGreater Than CodeGreater Than Code136: Addressing Technical FrictionThe Twitter thread: All I can say here is that I try to lead by example. If there’s a clear path to “make the change easy, then make the easy change,” make sure the commit history shows that explicitly, then ask for a code review even if your process doesn’t require it. 1/ https://t.co/VDxDbEQUf3— Sam Livingston-Gray (@geeksam) June 9, 2019 Sam Livingston-Gray - F̶l̶u̶e̶n̶t̶ Refactoring Talk: Sam talks about refactoring a gnarly Rails controller method. This is a lightly edited version of a talk Sam gave in 2013. Resources:...2019-06-2655 minGreater Than CodeGreater Than Code134: Building Profiles with Halleemah Nash01:43 - Halleemah’s Superpower: Cultural Fluency: Operating authentically and being who you are in any space you are in. Code-switching 07:37 - Existing in Other Spaces; Active Listening 10:31 - Building Bridges to Change the Complexion of the Workforce Generation Z 15:01 - Identifying Potential Talent, Engaging Underrepresented Populations, and Doing Intentional Work to Diversify Relationships 21:17 - Change, Evolution, and Reinvention 33:25 - Resilience and Acknowledging Privilege 40:10 - Shortening the Distance for Young People; “Urban Authenticity” Reflections: Sam: A door metaphor: Things that you ca...2019-06-1254 minGreater Than CodeGreater Than Code132: Distilling the Hailstorm with Claire Lew02:06 - Claire’s Superpower: The Ability to Distill Things and Catching Pellets 05:21 - Janelle’s Superpower: Seeing the Gifts of Others and Bringing Them to Surface 08:19 - Sam’s Superpower: Being Able to Make Connections Between the Shapes of Things Even if They Don’t Look the Same on the Surface 09:13 - Bad Bosses Panelist Experiences, Symptoms of Poor Leadership and Management Are We Bad Bosses?! Okay Fine Whatever: The Year I Went from Being Afraid of Everything to Only Being Afraid of Most Things by Courtenay Hameister Command and Cont...2019-05-2943 minGreater Than CodeGreater Than Code130: Acceptance is the First Step with Britni Alexander01:54 - Britni’s Superpower: Resilience; Also: Failure as an Opportunity, Wallowing, and Acceptance Is failure a “No, but…” or “Yes, and…” ? Acknowledging Emotions Awareness: The Perils and Opportunities of Reality 10:55 - Building Support Networks and Spiritual Communities 13:16 - Facing Work Problems and Failures 16:11 - Lies Developers Tell Who is a programmer? What it’s like to be a programmer. What is or isn’t the right way to write code. Programming is easy/hard. Interpersonal skills aren’t important. Measuring success by output lines of code. Once you have x numbers of experienc...2019-05-1552 minGreater Than CodeGreater Than Code128: Finding and Cultivating Community Leaders with Ben Pollard00:48 - Ben’s Superpower: Making Arancini and Reading A Lot of Books 02:00 - Starting Local Welcome and Helping Refugees Death of Alan Kurdi 09:37 - Humanization, Cognitive Biases, and Heuristics Contact Hypothesis Social Constructionism Social Conformity - Brain Games In-group Bias Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman Rules for Radicals: A Practical Primer for Realistic Radicals by Saul D. Alinsky 21:25 - Empathy and Compassion; Humans Thriving Together The Compassionate Mind Foundation The Uninhabitable Earth: Life Af...2019-05-0158 minGreater Than CodeGreater Than Code122: Surfing with Michael "GeePaw" Hill01:45 - Autopoiesis, Smell, and Passing Autopoiesis and Cognition: The Realization of the Living Thud!: A Novel of Discworld by Terry Pratchett 11:15 - The Channels in Your Head (Noise) 12:15 - GeePaw’s Superpower: Having an enormous capacity for doubt -- especially self-doubt; The Cost of Certainty 18:25 - Doubt vs Narrowing Déformation Professionnelle 23:31 - Refactoring; Easiest, Nearest, Owie, First 25:53 - Defining “Better” and “Done” 30:55 - Thin vs Thick Culture 42:34 - FACT: Geeks Are Paid Extremely Well -- Why are we still not h...2019-03-201h 05Greater Than CodeGreater Than Code121: Emergency Communication with Thai Wood01:26 - Resilience Engineering and Closed-loop Communication 06:55 - Acknowledging Burnout in the Developer Community 09:31 - Professionalization and Formal Training Nancy Leveson 17:41 - Reliability vs Resilience 20:40 - Resilience in the EMT Context 22:21 - Scene Size-up in Software 25:20 - Thai’s Superpower: The ability to remain calm in emergencies;Tech => EMT => Tech + Missing Seeing People You’re Helping The Field Guide to Understanding 'Human Error' 32:11 - Incident Response + Studying Incident Response; Normalization of Deviance SNAFUcatchers 40:16 - Asking Questions Cogn...2019-03-1354 minGreater Than CodeGreater Than Code118: A Piece of Luck with Jessica Kerr01:50 - Jess’s Superpower: Being a Property of a Situation Karl Popper 04:25 - The Interpretation of Luck and the Psychology of Scarcity 08:17 - Physics; Physics and Software 12:06 - Conference Speaking 15:53 - Undervaluing Code 22:13 - Defining ‘Done’ in Software Development We don’t want to define “done.” In an ongoing system, a symmathesy, there is no “done” except death.Instead, define “better.” Then you can know you accomplished something.— Jessica Kerr (@jessitron) February 6, 2019 Email is like laundry. There is no such thing as "done."My job is no...2019-02-201h 05Greater Than CodeGreater Than Code114: Theory of Mind with Jean-Francois Cloutier02:41 – JF’s Superpower: Systems Thinking 06:58 – Robots and Elixir Marvin Minsky's Society of Mind Inside Out Rodney Brooks -- Robots, AI, and other stuff The Brains Blog 17:10 – Reapproaching Robotics, Predictive Processing, and Calibration of Attention 33:26 – Thinking and Talking About Object-Oriented Programming 43:51 – Intuition and Emergent Properties 54:02 – Unpacking Fractals “Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The...2019-01-231h 16Technology Leadership Podcast ReviewTechnology Leadership Podcast ReviewManagers, leaders, A/B testers, and bloodlettersCourtney Eckhardt on Greater Than Code, Teresa Torres on Product Love, Johanna Rothman on Developer On Fire, Jeff Patton on Scrum Master Toolbox, and Jeff Gothelf on Scrum Master Toolbox. I'd love for you to email me with any comments about the show or any suggestions for podcasts I might want to feature. Email podcast@thekguy.com. This episode covers the five podcast episodes I found most interesting and wanted to share links to during the two weeks period starting January 7, 2019. These podcast episodes may have been released much earlier, but this was the week...2019-01-1807 minGreater Than CodeGreater Than Code110: Human Incident Response with Courtney EckhardtRubyConf 2018 - Retrospectives for Humans by Courtney Eckhardt 01:16 – Courtney’s Superpower: Explaining things. 06:50 – Incident Response: How we talk to people how are are affected by incidents Other Great Incident Response GTC Episodes! 088: The Safety 2 Dance with Steven Shorrock 096: Resilience Engineering with John Allspaw 13:52 – Disabilities in the Workplace and Professional Spaces 20:25 – The Tension Between Accessibility and Security 23:20 – Developing Coping Skills in Response to a Troubled Childhood / Combatting the Feeling of Being Othered 29:16 – Incident Retrospectives and Defensiveness as a Natural Instinct to Feedback 35:29 – Showing Vulnerability "In order...2018-12-191h 00Greater Than CodeGreater Than Code107: The Ruby Central Opportunity Scholarship ProgramThe Ruby Central Opportunity Scholarship/Guide Program 02:13 – Superpowers: Flying, Changing Diapers, and Empathy! 03:21 – Scholars’ Favorite Parts of the Conference 06:58 – Conferencing as an Introvert: Having Conference Buddies! 08:06 – Meeting New People 10:15 – Challenges of Conferencing 11:55 – Navigating Conference Parties and the General Hubbub 17:35 – Overcoming Pressure 21:09 – Lightning Talks 26:31 – Live Mob Programming Event 30:07 – Advice For Future Scholars 34:50 – Coming to Tech From Different Backgrounds and All Walks of Life This episode was brought to you by @therubyrep of DevReps, LLC. To pledge your support and to join...2018-11-2842 minGreater Than CodeGreater Than Code104: Jellyfish Signaling with Sam Livingston-Gray01:33 – Is Sam a Jellyfish? 03:14 – Sam’s Superpower: Making Connections Between Weird Things 05:17 – Driving Evolution 08:19 – “Fitness Landscape” and “Fitness Function” aiweirdness.com 21:17 – How Humans Make Decisions Sam Livingston-Gray: Cognitive Shortcuts: Models, Visualizations, Metaphors, and Other Lies Saccade Blindsight by Peter Watts   33:43 – Completion Bias 40:52 – The Importance of Clarity of Communication in Code 45:49 – Mimicry and The Theory of Mind 52:18 – Scaling, Optimizing, and Thriving as Individuals and Communities 57:38 – Rhetoric and Interacting with People Everything's an Argument This episod...2018-11-071h 03Greater Than CodeGreater Than Code104: Jellyfish Signaling with Sam Livingston-Gray01:33 – Is Sam a Jellyfish? 03:14 – Sam’s Superpower: Making Connections Between Weird Things 05:17 – Driving Evolution 08:19 – “Fitness Landscape” and “Fitness Function” aiweirdness.com 21:17 – How Humans Make Decisions Sam Livingston-Gray: Cognitive Shortcuts: Models, Visualizations, Metaphors, and Other Lies Saccade Blindsight by Peter Watts   33:43 – Completion Bias 40:52 – The Importance of Clarity of Communication in Code 45:49 – Mimicry and The Theory of Mind 52:18 – Scaling, Optimizing, and Thriving as Individuals and Communities 57:38 – Rhetoric and Interacting with People Everything's an Argument This episode wa...2018-11-071h 03Greater Than CodeGreater Than Code103: The Org You Were Born Into with Marcus Blankenship01:12 – Marcus’ Superpower: Helping Engineers Become Good Bosses 02:30 – Bosses Who Don’t Wanna Boss: Ending Up in Management The Peter Principle 10:37 – Are there people who just aren’t cut out for management or leadership? 14:20 – Applying Rationality to Organizations 20:23 – Alignment Not Agreement 24:52 – Is there a safe way to try and fail at management? Trying on Hats Ruby For Good 31:16 – What does “BOSS” mean? Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell 36:03 – The Up/Down of the Hierarchy Metaphors We Live By Humble Inqu...2018-10-311h 07Greater Than CodeGreater Than Code102: Sticky in the Flow with Katrina OwenGreater Than Code Episode Episode 008: 99 Bottles of OOP with Sandi Metz and Katrina Owen 01:29 – Katrina’s Superpower: Organizing and Systematizing 09:44 – Motivation by Success The 5 Second Rule | Mel Robbins Procrastination | Mel Robbins 18:04 – Trust and Code Review 27:04 – Systematizing and Refactoring 30:54 – Training for Circus and its Parallels with Software Development and Mentorship and Working with Others Sarah Mei: How We Make Software: A new theory of teams 43:12 – Deliberate Practice and the Appearance of Expertise Reflections: John: Short iterations and early feedback as a...2018-10-2455 minGreater Than CodeGreater Than Code098: Designing For Inclusion with Jenny Shen01:51 – Jenny’s Superpower: Not Giving a F*ck and Sticking Up For Others The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life 05:00 – Living a Remote Lifestyle and Cross-Cultural Communication 08:34 – Design and UX For International Users / Research for Local Users 18:08 – Designing to Include All People: Is it possible? 27:07 – Paid Mentorship Sunk Cost Fallacy 34:32 – Offering Mentorship Scholarships 37:15 – Privilege and Open Source Ruby Together 40:22 – Advice for People Looking to Freelance and Work Remotely Reflections: 2018-09-2051 minGreater Than CodeGreater Than Code094: Humans All The Way Down with April Wensel01:07 – April’s Superpower: Synthesizing Seemingly Unrelated Concepts to Create Something New 02:30 – Tension Between Code and Compassion 05:47 – Living According to Your Values 11:33 – Team Values and Feedback Loops 17:23 – Changing Social Makeups of Teams 22:22 – Conscious Business 32:51 – Self-Compassion and Forgiveness 40:34 – Alleviating Pain and Suffering 43:51 – Being Kind vs Being Nice 47:16 – Having Hard Conversations 51:15 – “Clever” Code Reflections: Sam: Capturing how zero-sum thinking works and holding compassion for yourself and other people. John: Putting values evaluations into regular retrospectives. April: You don’t just appl...2018-08-221h 04Greater Than CodeGreater Than Code091: Solving Puzzles and Productive Failure with Kim Vanderspek02:03 – Kim’s Superpower: Being able to solve puzzles and problems and teaching others to do the same. 05:39 – Speaking and Teaching Math 11:44 – Using Technology to Visualize Math: Quilting, Sewing, Playdough, Boxes 13:53 – Incorporating Programming Into Math Classes Processing 16:01 – Specialization and Efficiency 23:38 – The Cinderella Dress in Action 27:06 – Talking About Process, Mistakes, and Failures 34:56 –Teaching Problem Solving and Failure 39:08 – Perseverance Over Content Reflections: Coraline: Show your work. lftm Sam: The value of perspective. Jessica: To be perfect, it has t...2018-08-0147 minGreater Than CodeGreater Than Code090: The Journey with Chelsea Troy02:03 – Chelsea’s Superpower: Pushing through and enduring discomfort to accomplish things 06:24 – The Act of Writing and Reflection: Journaling as a Tool for Learning; Commit Tracing Coxswain 14:27 – Getting and Dealing with Feedback 17:44 – Measuring Participation in Meetings Why are there always technical problems in remote meetings? Why do remote meetings suck so much? (caucus checklist) How do we make remote meetings not suck? (follow-up post) 23:51 – Implementing Structure in Meetings Valerie Aurora: Meeting Skills 31:58 – Cultivating Questions Kindly Without Assumption or Judgement No Feigning...2018-07-2558 minGreater Than CodeGreater Than Code086: Culture Is A Community Growing Together with Jesse Oliver Sanford01:18 – Oliver’s Superpower: The Ability to Read 01:54 – Cognitive Science and Emotional Cognition George Lakehoff Restylane Injections The effects of BOTOX injections on emotional experience. 11:24 – How People Think When They Code and the Intersection Between Mind and Body fMRI (Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging) Brodmann Area 15:38 – The Importance of Cultural Capital 14:42 – Flow Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: All About Flow & Positive Psychology Flow Genome Project The Rise of Superman: Decoding the Science of Ultimate Human Performance by Steven Kotler Stealing F...2018-06-271h 09Greater Than CodeGreater Than Code082: Effective Change in Communities and Cultures with Aurynn Shaw01:44 – Contempt Culture: An Overview Aurynn Shaw: Contempt Culture 12:40 – Calling Others Out For Things and Distributing That Labor 17:16 – Technical Superiority (Technology is political) 21:24 – The Cultural Impact of DevOps 28:51 – Introducing Organizational Changes in DevOps 32:11 – Outcome Focus Vs Procedural Focus 35:02 – Siloing and Process: “How does this help you?” Jenny Bramble: Risk Based Testing: Creating a Language Around Risk 47:56 – Context Reflections: John: Smuggling ideas into spaces without bringing historical baggage along. Coraline: Knowing that technolgy choices are political, paving the way for making t...2018-05-3058 minGreater Than CodeGreater Than Code081: Your Emotional API with John K. Sawers02:14 – John’s Superpower: Talking About Feelings in Public 04:57 – Programmers and Feelings Coraline Ada Ehmke: Emotions as State Machines 09:39 – Being Educated About Your Emotions image via https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DcSyorTUwAA5UOx.jpg 16:12 – Feelings As Addictions, Comparing Your Experiences to Others’ Experiences, and Setting Boundaries 24:05 – Emotional API 28:53 – Cognitive Deficits of Not Handling Emotions and Cognitive Benefits of Developing Fluency with Emotions Analysis Paralysis 34:02 – Doing Work to Understand Your Emotions “Practice doesn’t make perfect; practice makes permanent.” ~ Katrina Owen 36...2018-05-2353 minGreater Than CodeGreater Than Code076: Changing LanesThis episode touches on the topics of privilege and having tough conversations when not feeling it’s your place to have those conversations. This episode was brought to you by @therubyrep of DevReps, LLC. To pledge your support and to join our awesome Slack community, visit patreon.com/greaterthancode. To make a one-time donation so that we can continue to bring you more content and transcripts like this, please do so at paypal.me/devreps. You will also get an invitation to our Slack community this way as well. Amazon links may be af...2018-04-1855 minGreater Than CodeGreater Than Code074: Be Your Own Hero with Astrid Countee01:41 – Astrid’s Superpower: Being Analytical and Logical 04:33 – Social Scientists and Technology 12:47 – Professionalization The Code of Ethics Project: Data For Democracy 20:00 – A Day in the Life of a Social Scientist 25:39 – Social Science and Design 32:13 – Working in Numbers-based Environments Obliquity: Why Our Goals Are Best Achieved Indirectly 46:41 – Influence and Control 55:05 – Social Media 58:59 – Work/Life Balance and Prioritization This episode was brought to you by @therubyrep of DevReps, LLC. To pledge your support and to join our awesome Slack community, visit patreon.com/gr...2018-04-041h 06Greater Than CodeGreater Than Code072: Story Time with Kerri Miller01:53 – Kerri’s Superpower: Looking ahead to the future. 08:33 – Community Gatekeeping and Contempt Culture Liz Baillie: The Illustrated Adventure Survival Guide for New Rustaceans @ RustConf 2016 Slides ^ Sam Livingston-Gray: Cognitive Shortcuts: Models, Visualizations, Metaphors, and Other Lies @ RailsConf2014 Slides ^ 16:03 – The Contextual Framing of Storytelling Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs Ada Developers Academy Why’s Poignant Guide to Ruby 31:50 – Retaining Information and Explaining Things to Others 44:05 – Technical Jargon: Tactical and Strategic 47:39 – Storytelling is Everywhere Talk Like TED: The 9...2018-03-211h 14Greater Than CodeGreater Than Code072: Story Time with Kerri Miller01:53 – Kerri’s Superpower: Looking ahead to the future. 08:33 – Community Gatekeeping and Contempt Culture Liz Baillie: The Illustrated Adventure Survival Guide for New Rustaceans @ RustConf 2016 Slides ^ Sam Livingston-Gray: Cognitive Shortcuts: Models, Visualizations, Metaphors, and Other Lies @ RailsConf2014 Slides ^ 16:03 – The Contextual Framing of Storytelling Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs Ada Developers Academy Why’s Poignant Guide to Ruby 31:50 – Retaining Information and Explaining Things to Others 44:05 – Technical Jargon: Tactical and Strategic 47:39 – Storytelling is Everywhere Talk Like TED: The 9...2018-03-211h 14Greater Than CodeGreater Than Code071: Brein Power with Rein Henrichs02:41 – Rein’s Superpower: Perceiving and Being Aware of Connections Between Things and People 03:49 – Power Dynamics in Companies 05:41 – Inherent Value and Self-Esteem; Recovering From Failure Virginia Satir: Communication and Congruence 11:35 – Modeling Behavior and Controlling Outcomes as a Person in a Position of Power The Virginia Satir Model of Family Therapy 17:58 – Hierarchical Organization vs Growth-Oriented Organization Kanban The Toyota System 24:33 – The Problem with Labeling Teams as “Family” 32:04 – Making Choices That Are Right for Yourself; Experimentation Anomie [Ikigai](Ikigai) 39:01...2018-03-1455 minGreater Than CodeGreater Than Code066: Growing a Culture with Allison Kopf01:15 – Allison’s Superpower: Making Unplanned and Hectic Situations Work Out The Stockdale Paradox 06:43 – Getting Into Agriculture 08:54 – Building a Company Culture 13:19 – Transmitting Culture and Core Values When Hiring New People 20:02 – Disagreeing Respectfully and Maintaining Strong Opinions 25:19 – Clear Boundaries Between Work and Home Life 32:34 – What Tech Look Looks Like in the Context of a Working Farm 40:27 – Writing Code for Non-Technical People Reflections: Coraline: Practicing empathy for the user when writing software. Jamey: Consciously make space for people who don’t speak as loudly as...2018-02-0751 minGreater Than CodeGreater Than Code064: Stories, Bias and AI with Aditya Mukerjee00:58 – Aditya’s Superpower: Parking Karma 03:18 – Algorithmic Decision Making in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence 09:06 – Recognizing the Effects of Bias The Bias Blind Spot The Babadook 18:07 – Health and Technology: How can technology have a meaningful impact on care delivery? 23:54 – Why are people frightened of automation? 33:33 – Storytelling in Software and Engineering Reflections: Sam: Be a little bit more aware of how stories are told. Aditya: Thinking of yourself as an editor for the story. Jamey: The difference between can we build this...2018-01-2454 minGreater Than CodeGreater Than Code063: The Distribution of Brilliance and Opportunity with Rehema Wachira01:22 – Rehema’s Superpower: Empathy 02:53 – Rehema’s “Untypical” Origin Story 07:20 – Enjoying Coding Because of the Complexity Behind It 11:21 – Creating a “Culture of Saving” 14:52 – “Diversity of Thought” and Seeing the World Through Others’ Eyes 22:20 – Being Creators and Makers Indie Hackers 30:28 – How Technology Empowers People 38:27 – The Distribution of Brilliance and Opportunity 47:01 – Freedom of Creative Expression Reflections: Astrid: Having to unlearn the need of being perfect. Jessica: We want to speak to more guests on a global level! Please reach out! Sam: Fixed vs grow...2018-01-171h 00Greater Than CodeGreater Than Code062: The Beauty of Art and Technology with Jamey Hampton01:22 – Jamey’s Superpower: “The Fharlanghn Sense” 02:40 – Working in Agriculture 04:03 – Theories on Automation 05:56 – Pivoting Into Computer Science and Software Development 10:35 – Feeling Like You Need to Know Everything Stella Report from the SNAFUcatchers Workshop on Coping With Complexity 15:47 – ‘Zines and Being a ‘Zine Librarian 27:50 – The Beauty of Art and Technology and Forming Emotional Connections to Things Floppy Music DUO – Imperial March 35:26 – The Death Star => Ethics in Technology and Taking Responsibility/Being Accountable for your Code Malcolm Gladwell: The strange tale of the Norden bombsite ...2018-01-1058 minGreater Than CodeGreater Than Code060: Coping with Complexity with Kent Beck01:19 – Kent’s Superpower: Putting Things Together That Don’t Necessarily Go Together Surfaces and Essences: Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking by Douglas Hofstadter and Emmanuel Sander 04:01 – Metaphors in Software Development 07:32 – Writing Tests and Keeping a Journal @jessitron The unit/integration distinction confuses me. I test at the level of, “Here’s a thought I need to capture.” @KentBeck on @greaterthancode 10:58 – Complexity Partitioning One Bite At A Time: Partitioning Complexity Kent’s musings on the topic of unit versus integration testing after the sh...2017-12-2743 minGreater Than CodeGreater Than Code058: Kindness and Patience with Tara Scherner de la Fuente00:16 – Welcome to Episode 111010 of the Greater Than Code Podcast! 02:09 – Tara’s Superpower and Origin Story: Patience 04:56 – Conflating Patience with Kindness 07:39 – Is writing code making us less thoughtful? AKA Patience in the Workplace The Economic Value of Rapid Response Time (The Doherty Threshold) 16:22 – Warning Signs that a Company’s Culture is Not a Good One; Also, is it the company or is it individuals within a company? 22:59 – Looking for and Interviewing for a Job at a Less Toxic Environment 33:20 – What does it mean to be a developer? ...2017-12-1357 minGreater Than CodeGreater Than Code056: Systematize Your Hustle with Kronda Adair01:26 – SYSTEMS! Implementing Repeatable Processes Via Automation Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less by Sam Carpenter 09:28 – Strategies for Implementation 12:18 – Reclaiming Your Time and Cheap is Always Expensive Work the System (Online) Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS) Google Image Result for http://www.pyragraph.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/GOOD-FAST-CHEAP.jpgnull @jessitron Solopreneurship: "It's never just you. There's present-you and future-you" @kronda on @greaterthancode 23:20 – Choosing Successful Customers and Avoi...2017-11-2252 minGreater Than CodeGreater Than Code055: Change Ourselves a Little, Many Times with Keith Bennett00:16 – Welcome to “Metamours United For Frequent Dialogue” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!” 01:47 – Keith’s Background and Superpower 10:03 – Conflict Resolution Open Spaces session on Conflict Resolution this summer at DevOpsDays D.C. (and the precursor to this conversation) Difficult Conversations: How To Discuss What Matters Most 12:01 – Opinions on Mediators/Mediation 14:21 – Approaching Conflict News Story Re: Portland Murders 17:31 – Radical Helpfulness/Kindness Keith Bennett: Kaizen and Radical Helpfulness The Smoke Filled Room 20:49 – Being Okay with Being Different and Speaking Up Triumph Over Fear: A...2017-11-1544 minGreater Than CodeGreater Than Code053: BOOK CLUB! The Responsible Communication Style Guide01:33 – Superpowers and Acquisition 02:50 – Reflective Listening 05:27 – The Responsible Communication Style Guide 11:54 – Asking Content-Related Questions 15:10 – Who is the target audience for this book? 17:45 – The Evolution of Writing the Book 19:39 – People-first Language Kronda Adair: Five Stages of Unlearning Racism 23:40 – What if you get it wrong? @kronda Try to do good. Fuck it up. Apologize Try not to make the same mistake again. That’s the job. Google Image Result for https://ecdn.teacherspayteachers.com/thumbitem/Character-Building-Four-Part-Apology-1397830518/original-1018935-1.jpgnull 29:4...2017-11-0151 minGreater Than CodeGreater Than Code052: Master’s Degrees, Double Binds, and Data Science with Emily Dresner01:06 – Emily’s Background and Superpower 02:49 – Having a Master’s Degree: Was it worth it? 08:08 – Struggles After Retaining a Master’s 10:31 – Role Model: Emily’s Mom and Her Story 12:11 – “The Double Bind” 14:47 – Experiences Working at a Gaming Company Shipping Out: On the (nearly lethal) comforts of a luxury cruise by David Foster Wallace 18:33 – Transitioning to Upside and Building a Healthy Culture 21:50 – Engineering Vs Management 29:09 – Data Science 32:50 – Self-Selecting for Privilege 36:38 – Data Science and Security/Privacy Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Inc...2017-10-2558 minGreater Than CodeGreater Than Code051: Creating Safer Spaces with Soo Choi00:16 – Welcome to “The Venn Diagram Podcast. It’s a little bit of this and a little bit of that, but it’s definitely not that other thing.” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!” 01:09 – Soo’s Background at NASA and Superpower 06:01 – Wanting Attending Conferences and Speaking and then When Speaking at Conferences Goes Wrong Soo Choi: Changing Diversity Constructs: My Journey as a Woman in DevOps @ DevOpsDays D.C. 2017 16:10 – Creating Safe Spaces: From Conferences to Workspaces 21:29 – Allies and Advocacy; Talking Salary 24:12 – Safe Spaces vs Safer Spaces 28:16 – Forgiving People Without Labeling Them...2017-10-1848 minGreater Than CodeGreater Than Code048: Finding Our Lane with Marco Rogers00:16 – Welcome to “Greater Than Code: Like Uber, But For Not Being Shitty” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!” 02:04 – Background and Superpower 03:03 – Being Outspoken and Dealing with Pushback on Twitter 04:41 – “Staying in Your Lane” 11:12 – To Engage, or Not to Engage? 16:10 – Mixing Social Justice and a Tech Career 20:49 – Having Conversations Re: Diversity and Inclusion 23:16 – Making Workplaces Inclusive and Changing the Culture 35:56 – Educating Others — But Not on Demand 38:28 – What is the right way to be an ally? Reading Spaces 43:59 – Starting/Organizing Working Groups 45:34 – Advocating for D&I as Le...2017-09-2757 minGreater Than CodeGreater Than Code047: Communicating Across Boundaries with Declan Whelan00:16 – Welcome to “I Rolled a Natural 20 For My Agility Check” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!” 01:31 – Background and Superpower; Empathy 09:08 – Cross-Cultural Communication Dynamics Women in Agile 15:48 – Biases, Understanding Dynamics, and Facilitating as an Ally @jessitron "To have biases is to be human. It's not a bad thing." @dwhelan @greaterthancode 21:02 – Being Authentic 25:31 – Is Agile something that you are or something that you do? 35:37 – Adopting Practices Across Teams “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson @jessitron People love...2017-09-201h 06Greater Than CodeGreater Than Code045: Sexual Assault and Project Callisto with Lynn CyrinContent/Trigger Warning: This episode discusses sexual assault. 00:16 – Welcome to “Fullstack Activism” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!” 01:22 – Lynn’s Background Story and Superpowers FIRST LEGO League 11:34 – Project Callisto: Reporting Sexual Assault and Dealing with The System 17:57 – Institutional Betrayal and Keeping Information Private 20:49 – The Chain of Command: How Project Callisto Works 22:17 – Reticence When it Comes to Talking About Sexual Assault 26:04 – “Staying in Your Lane” 27:56 – Matching Reports 29:33 – The Technology Behind the App 34:14 – Evaluating Features 38:16 – Contributing to Project Callisto Fund Club Donat...2017-09-0653 minGreater Than CodeGreater Than Code044: Lazy Perfectionism and Performative Diversity and Inclusion with Shanise BaronaCome to Catskills Conf and meet Mandy & Jamey! Stay for the experience. Shanise Barona: @shanisebarona | shanisebarona.com 00:16 – Welcome to “Plant Parenthood!” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!” 02:19 – Shanise’s Background Story and Superpower Girl Develop It 03:08 – “Lazy Perfectionism”, “The Explosion of Dissonance”, and “The Moment of Click” The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson You Are a Badass by Jen Sincero 12:49 – Improving Self-Directed Learning 100 Days of Code 15:35 – Having Tunnel Vision Past the Poin...2017-08-2349 minGreater Than CodeGreater Than Code043: The Accessibility of Board Games with Mischa Lewis-Norelle and James Edward GrayJames Edward Gray: @JEG2 "Purchase" links are affiliate links, which means you’re supporting the show when you purchase our recommendations. Thanks! 00:16 – Welcome to “Paneldome!” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!” 01:58 – Backgrounds and Superpowers Hilary Stohs-Krause: We’ve Always Been Here: Women Changemakers in Tech @ RailsConf 2017 04:44 – Examples of Accessibility Challenges in Board Games 07:00 – Games and Challenges Escape: The Curse of the Temple (Purchase) Millennium Blades (Purchase) 11:49 – The Power of House Rules RoboRally (Purchase) Small World (Purchase) 14:41 – German-style/Eurogames vs...2017-08-161h 00Greater Than CodeGreater Than Code042: @CallbackWomen and Organizing Conferences for Diversity and Inclusion with Carina C. 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Zona...2017-08-091h 11Greater Than CodeGreater Than Code041: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mind Manipulation with Casey Watts!caseywatts.com/mindmanipulation A Neurobiologist’s Guide to Mind Manipulation [slides] 00:16 – Welcome to “CBT: Chunky Bacon Tacos and Psychological Safety” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!” 01:18 – Empathy Development 03:25 – Training for Customer Support Greater Than Code Episode 037: Failure Mode with Emily Gorcenski A Neurobiologist’s Guide to Mind Manipulation by Casey Watts @ EmberConf 2017 06:53 – Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Coraline Ada Ehmke: Emotions as State Machines (from the GTC blog!) 10:48 – Acknowledging Emotion; Rationality 14:23 – Inner vs Outer Brain via GIPHY Thinking, Fast and S...2017-08-0253 minGreater Than CodeGreater Than CodeEpisode 037: Failure Mode with Emily Gorcenski00:16 – Welcome to “Diamonds Are For Gender” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!” 00:56 – Origin Story, Superpowers, and Data Science 04:20 – Diversity and Career Paths in Data Science 10:51 – Ethical Debates Within the Data Science Field Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy Therac-25 FMEA (Failure Mode Effects Analysis) 17:21 – Software Development and Engineering; Failure Modes in Software 21:44 – Failure Modes in Democracy; Voting Machine Software 33:37 – Working for a Government Contractor 36:21 – Data Patterns and Tampering 39:00 – Open Data and Open Science 45:59 – Falsi...2017-06-2154 minGreater Than CodeGreater Than CodeEpisode 036: Metaphors and Microservices with Matt Stine00:16 – Welcome to “Chinchilla Chat: Where It’s All Chinchillas…All The Time…” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!” 03:10 – Matt’s Origin Story in Software Development 09:04 – The Business of Consulting 16:24 – Empathy in Consulting 20:07 – Rigorous Communication and Shared Language; Microservices Ludwig Wittgenstein [Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis](Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis) Metaphors We Live By 39:05 – Ubiquitous Language Surfaces and Essences: Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking by Douglas Hofstadter Coraline Ada Ehmke: Metaphors Are Similes. 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Wittgenstein’s Ladder Performance of Genetic Algorit...2017-06-081h 14Greater Than CodeGreater Than CodeEpisode 035: Behind the Scenes at npm with Laurie Voss00:16 – Welcome to “Yes, SJWs Do Actually Code” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!” 01:22 – Superpower Origin Story 06:00 – “Real Programming” 08:45 – Being Gay in the Tech Industry; Micro Activism 16:17 – Setting Workplace Culture 21:20 – Working in Open Source While Working in a Company like npm 25:50 – Monetizing npm npm Enterprise 32:55 – npm@5 42:00 – The 10x Engineer 44:19 – Technical Hiring 49:53 – Why Whiteboarding and Code Exercises Don’t Work 51:51 – Organizing Engineers Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders Reflections: Astrid: Not being c...2017-06-011h 03Greater Than CodeGreater Than CodeEpisode 033: Mental Illness with Greg Baugues00:16 – Welcome to “What is your favorite color?” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!” How to teach your dog to take selfies… and text them to you 01:34 – Superpower Origin Story; Mental Illness in College Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder 10:13 – Disclaimer: We Are Not Doctors and a Message on Self-Diagnosis 13:03 – Panel Experiences with Mental Illness: Rock Bottom, Shame, Stigma, and Fear DBT Therapy 25:54 – How Mental Illness Seems to Uniquely Affect the Tech Community 31:06 – Coping Mechanisms 34:17 – Creating an Environment That is Beneficial to People wi...2017-05-1849 minGreater Than CodeGreater Than CodeEpisode 032: Curation vs Algorithms: Who Is Writing Our History? with Amy UngerAmy Unger: @cdwort | Heroku 00:16 – Welcome to “JIRA Card Catalogs and The People Who Love Them” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!” 01:05 – Superpower Origin Story, Growing Up with a Computer in the Family, and Being a Teenager Unlocking the Clubhouse: Women in Computing by Jane Margolis and Allan Fisher 08:30 – Humanities and History 10:39 – Access to and Preservation of Literacy (Who is writing our history?) 15:03 – Categorizing Information and Making it Accessible…But, Also Privacy? 17:21 – Reliance on Google as the “Defacto Archive”? 19:49 – Digital Records (Algorithms) vs Human Curation 24:10 – What can librari...2017-05-1155 minGreater Than CodeGreater Than CodeEpisode 031: Retrospectives and Agile Fluency with Diana Larsen** This conversation stems from an earlier episode when Janelle joined the panel: Episode 028: Brains, Feedback Systems, Demons, and Goats. 02:03 – Retrospectives ** “Software work is learning work.” @DianaOfPortland— Greater Than Code (@greaterthancode) May 3, 2017 OODA Loop 11:07 – Documenting Feelings and Emotions 17:40 – Following Through With and Solving Action Plans 20:08 – Focusing, Lists of Action, and “Best Practices” 30:27 – What is value in the context of software development? / Measuring Waste 33:39 – Taking Things in Small, Bite-sized Pieces: Refactoring Mob Programming 55:58 – Agile Fluency ** Your Path through Agile Fluency on Martin Fowler...2017-05-0450 minGreater Than CodeGreater Than CodeEpisode 030: Essential Developer Skills with Tom Stuart00:16 – Welcome to “Cycles in Philosophy of Software, Common Principles with Different Names & Reference” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!” 01:47 – Superhero Origin Story BBC BASIC 04:45 – Nomenclature: “Junior” and “Senior” Developers; Differences Between “Early Career” Developers and “Experienced” Developers 13:56 – Solving the Skill Assessment Problem; Learning Methodically 20:55 – Software Development Now vs Then 29:51 – Do Programming Languages Create Certain Biases? 44:16 – Good Mentorship and Telling People What’s Next to Level Up 55:58 – Cohorting/Teaching Classes with Sandi Metz; Object-Oriented Design and Object-Oriented Programming Reflections: Janelle: Looking at things as multidimensional problems. ...2017-04-281h 20Greater Than CodeGreater Than CodeEpisode 028: Brains, Feedback Systems, Demons, and Goats with Janelle Klein00:16 – Welcome to “Goats On Podcasts” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!” 01:19 – Origin Story 04:36 – The Development of Development 06:58 – Automated Tests and Mistake Detection 09:21 – Designing Releases and Best Practices 20:13 – “The Code is Better” There is no "the code is better."There is only "our experience is better." (users and developers)@greaterthancode with @janellekz— Jessica Kerr (@jessitron) April 12, 2017 15:08 – Measuring Effort, #CollaborativePain, and The Error Handling Process abstraction: great when it works.when something breaks it's like an egg cracking and all its guts spill out.@janellekz @greaterthancode...2017-04-141h 05Greater Than CodeGreater Than CodeEpisode 027: Hackathons and Flirting with Failure with Rachel Katz00:16 – Welcome to “Plotting the Rebellion” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!” 01:39 – Origin Story and Superpowers 03:05 – Getting Hooked on Hackathons 04:42 – Corporate Hackathons; Making Hackathons Accessible and Inclusive Greater Than Code Episode 015: Zuri Hunter as Queen of Hackathons DataHack4FI 09:38 – Organizing Hackathons 12:21 – Non-programmers and Hackathons; Bringing in Diverse Perspectives “Some people, when confronted with a problem, think ‘I know, I’ll use regular expressions.’ Now they have two problems.” ~Jamie Zawinski Code: Debugging the Gender Gap 22:46 – Building Things for Others, Leadership Roles, Group Dynamics, and Men vs Women2017-04-0756 minGreater Than CodeGreater Than CodeEpisode 026: Codeland, Capitalism, and Creating Inclusive Spaces with Saron Yitbarek00:16 – Welcome to “Unrepentant Cyborgs” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!” 01:28 – Codeland Conference 02:02 – Making Conferences Accessible, Affordable, and Unintimidating for People 13:00 – Ticket Prices and Structure 15:01 – Creating an Immersive Experience and Community With and For People You Care About 25:11 – Leading by Example and Maintaining a Positive Persona 29:49 – The Importance of Money and Financial Freedom Tech Done Right Episode 002: Career Development with Brandon Hays and Pete Brooks 39:52 – Ethics as Automatic Technology Scales and Capitalism Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success by Adam M. Grant 49:45 – In...2017-04-041h 02Greater Than CodeGreater Than CodeEpisode 024: Seeing Programming Where Other People Don’t with Felienne Hermans00:16 – Welcome to “The Netherlands Invented Gay Marriage, So We Should Be Scared of Them Now!” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!” 01:28 – Origin Story 03:17 – Programming Perspectives From People of Different Backgrounds; Teaching Adults vs Children 06:12 – Teaching Programming as a Language; Aha! Moments Scratch Programming GoldieBlox 12:26 – Identity and why do we so often use the phrase “not real programming”? What do we define as software? Tooling Microsoft Excel Expector 20:13 – Should everyone know programming? Why? What should they know/be able to do? (Digital Literacy) 28:27 – What is the...2017-03-2358 minGreater Than CodeGreater Than CodeEpisode 023: Politics and Software with Lorena Mesa00:16 – Welcome to “Hey! 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Tim Ferriss and The 4-Hour Workweek 12:37 – Work/Life Balance and Ideal Work Environments Stockholm Syndrome 16:50 – Technical Interviews 20:41 – Computer Science Degrees: Are they worth it? 27:42 – Compulsions to Know: Contempt Culture Aurynn Shaw: Contempt Culture The Zens of Python and Ruby 34:12 – Gatekeeping in Tech 37:11 – Technical Interviews (Cont’d) Pair Programming This episode was brought to you by @therubyrep of DevReps, LLC. To pledge your support and to j...2017-03-0756 minGreater Than CodeGreater Than CodeEpisode 021: Social Justice Warrioring and Codes of Conduct with Phil Sturgeon00:28 – Welcome to Greater Than Code: The SJW Takeover 00:53 – Origin Story, Superpowers, and Bike Messengering Build APIs You Won’t Hate Instacart Had pesto chicken pasta for dinner, in honor of @philsturgeon’s interview on @greaterthancode today. 😋— Sam Livingston-Gray (@geeksam) February 23, 2017 07:59 – Long-form Blogging (aka Rants) 08:50 – Codes of Conduct: Adoption, Enforcing, Conspiracy Theories The Contributor Covenant “Codes of Conducts are so full of slippery slope arguments, they could open a waterslide park.” @philsturgeon— Greater Than Code (@greaterthancode) February 23, 2017 17:40 – What it means to be a “Social Justice Warrior...2017-02-231h 05Greater Than CodeGreater Than CodeEpisode 021: Social Justice Warrioring and Codes of Conduct with Phil Sturgeon00:28 – Welcome to Greater Than Code: The SJW Takeover 00:53 – Origin Story, Superpowers, and Bike Messengering Build APIs You Won’t Hate Instacart Had pesto chicken pasta for dinner, in honor of @philsturgeon’s interview on @greaterthancode today. 😋— Sam Livingston-Gray (@geeksam) February 23, 2017 07:59 – Long-form Blogging (aka Rants) 08:50 – Codes of Conduct: Adoption, Enforcing, Conspiracy Theories The Contributor Covenant “Codes of Conducts are so full of slippery slope arguments, they could open a waterslide park.” @philsturgeon— Greater Than Code (@greaterthancode) February 23, 2017 17:40 – What it means to be a “Social Justi...2017-02-231h 05Greater Than CodeGreater Than CodeEpisode 019: It’s Made of People!01:11 – What it means to be a Senior Engineer When You Don’t Want to Go Into Management 05:07 – Generativity: The difference between your team’s output with you on it and your team’s output without you. 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Code.org Hour of Code Blockly Karel the Robot TEALS: Computer Science in Every High School 12:50 – Being Scientifically Literate Neil deGrasse Tyson YouTube Video 14:13 – Gender and Peer Pressure Dynamics On @greaterthancode with @bokmann. He had a student who realized "Oh! Computers aren't smart! They're just dumb, really really fast...2016-11-0358 minGreater Than CodeGreater Than CodeEpisode 006: Getting Technology Into the Hands of Children with David Bock00:17 – Welcome to “PC Principal Shit!” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!” 00:35 – David Bock Introduction and “Smoked Pork” Discussion 04:56 – Teaching Kids Computer Science Concepts Watch D.O.G.S. Code.org Hour of Code Blockly Karel the Robot TEALS: Computer Science in Every High School 12:50 – Being Scientifically Literate Neil deGrasse Tyson YouTube Video 14:13 – Gender and Peer Pressure Dynamics On @greaterthancode with @bokmann. He had a student who realized "Oh! Computers aren't smart! 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