That Old Pod

Dexter Buxton joins That Old Pod as this week's special guest to talk about how recent events have dramatically increased the average American's political involvement and awareness. Discussion carriers over to what issues are most important facing us today, possible solutions, and their impact on quality of life. Also some discussion of growing up LDS. Show Notes:Free educationLucio theory is wrong, women just get paid less in the same roleStatistics of men's lack of house workSocial contractSocial Contract by Hobbes, Locke and RousseauDems platform for education GOP platform for education Jim camera faceSeattle May Day protestsPolice cheering protesters during women’s marchPost election racial hateObamas Supreme Court nomination of Merrick GarlandWhat is single payer health careIs single payer health care a good idea?Obama’s Climate Action PlanClimate Action Plan not good enoughTrump repeals Climate Action PlanApple and Wal-Mart following Climate Action Plan despite repealLucio wrong with water

Special Guest Adam Pruitt joins That Old Pod to discuss conspiracy theories, the current political climate, quality of life, animal psychology and, of course, beer.  Show Notes:Moon landing conspiracyAddressing concerns about the flagOriginal flag knocked over by launchThere is a “scant atmosphere” surrounding the moon. It is often considered a vacuumThere is not enough atmosphere on the moon to facilitate sound wavesThere was so much gas expelled by the launch as to knock over the flagLucio was waaaay off, it’s one atom per cubic meter, still a lot of empty spaceBuzz Aldrin is pretty confident the “UFO” was just a panel from the separated rocketSimilarly, most NASA astronaut “alien”encounters” sound fairly uncertainLusitania was found to be transporting around 4 million bullets, evidence that it was being used as more than merely a civilian ship; of the 1,198 casualties, 128 were civiliansThere is still considerable dispute about the cause of the sinking of the USS Maine, a pivotal factor in US

Special guest Jim Guido joins That Old Pod to discuss capitalism and the future of economic theory; and its effects on society in regards to politics, research and quality of life.  Show Notes:Economy definitionAdam Smith and his vision of capitalismNathanial Hayward is recognized only briefly for his discovery of what became vulcanizationLouie Pasteur and his discovery of pasteurizationPebble sold to FitbitWal-Martization of AmericaPepsi vs Coke earningsExamples of Charter and Turner cable availability mapsWork Life BalanceWhat is a photon?Strong nuclear forceWhat portion of atom is empty space?South Park console wars describes beauty of the duopolyPortion of budget that goes to militaryProduction of heroin in Afghanistan goes up 40x since War on Terror beganOzone is beginning to recoverQuantum mechanics and probabilityQuantum mechanics and free willAuto fatalities by yearNumber of drunk driving fatalitiesMilo Yiannopoulos speaking engagement at UC Berkley BlockedGore and Bush debatesIs the Iraq war

Cillian joins That Old Pod again to discuss this week in tech. Discussion covers the new releases by AMD and Nvidea; the future of the processor market; quantum computing; Google's new product releases and some issues arising with Google Home; digital assistants and space travel. *There were some technical issues uploading the file. If you notice your audio stop after 5 minutes and become crackling noise, or issues with the alignment of the audio, erase the download and simply download the episode again.  Show NotesAMD RyzenAMD and ATI mergerAMD BulldozerMultithreading vs Multiple-core ProcessorsQualcomm SoCPS3 Cell ProcessorPrices of AMD Ryzen vs Intel i7ARM in mobileIntel Tick-Tock ModelWhat is a SoCHow is a GPU different  from a CPU?What is Nvidea CUDA?NVidea 1080 TIValue of 60 FPS (frames per second)What is SLI?CPU Power ConsumptionGPU Power ConsumptionWhat is Bitcoin Mining?AMD VegaApple A Series ProcessorsApple silicone developmentApple silicone purchases - Luc

Mike Jones joins That Old Pod to discuss technology as it relates to quality of life. Starting our discussion off as it relates to the book The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture by Wendell Berry, we discuss how farming and industrialization have impacted our quality of life. You’ll notice that the pod ends abruptly on a cliff hanger. In a charming encapsulation of the failings of technology, about an hour of our conversation got cut off through a technical error on Lucio’s part. Fortunately, we have noted the course of the missing conversation, and we were getting tired and really had much more to say anyway, so we will be recording part II of this topic in the near future. Show notesThe Unsettling of America: Culture & AgricultureThe decline of the small American family farm in one chart2007 Census of Agriculture: Small Farms10 Things the 2012 Census of Agriculture tells us about family farmers and our food systemNielsen report on Global Consumption of Fresh Foods March 2013Dining Out Jus

This week Evan Reyes joins That Old Pod to discuss this week in sports, the NBA All Star Game, NBA Trade Season, Flat Earthers, Climate Change, PewDiePie, South Park, the state of the movie industry among other topics.  Show Notes2016 Dunk Contest2017 Dunk ContestJordan v Bird McDonald’s CommercialZach LaVine Career StatsRumors of Rose trade to TimberwolvesDerrick Rose injuriesJokic recent highlightsCousins and Davis shot chartCousins and Davis fit togetherBackground on Cousins and the KingsEvidence of how bad Cousin’s trade was for KingsKings owner thinks highly of Buddy HeildLaVarr Ball about his sonLaMelo Ball scores 92 points in high school gameSteph Curry college statsSteph Curry dramatically improves at 27 years oldLonzo Ball college statsLebron Hurts Elbow/Wrist on Fall in FinalsKevin Love dramatic drop in statistics with ClevelandResurgence of Lebron’s 3 point shot in 2016-2017Iggy defense on Lebron in 2015Klay goes off in game 6 of 2016 Conference Semi Finals vs ThunderKevin Calabro in actionKyrie

This episode features special guest Cillian Dwyer and we discuss this week in tech. Discussion focuses on Uber, Amazon, the future of transportation, AR/VR, Nintendo Switch and internet connected devices. Show Notes:Uber WhitepaperApple Knowledge NavigatorInterview with Gabe Newell of ValveOf course I can't find the picture I promised to put in the show notes