Oct 24 2023
TEH 207: The gang is back! Residential cruise ships. All those cables. And More AI.
In This Episode: The gang is back! Residential cruise ships. All those cables. And More AI.
This week the TEH Podcast is hosted by Leo Notenboom, the “Chief Question Answerer” at Ask Leo!, and Gary Rosenzweig, the host and producer of MacMost, and mobile game developer at Clever Media.
Our guests are ... Kay Savetz and Randy Cassingham, OG hosts of the TEH Podcast.
(You'll find longer Bios on the Hosts page.)
Top Stories
00:25 Today we are joined by the original, cohosts of the TEH podcast.
01:01 Kay Savetz is Working with the internet archive and creating a massive library of books, magazines, newsletters, and podcasts.
03:25 Kay owns a bunch of websites. One of them is faxzero.com, which lets people send faxes online.
06:01 Randy is busy living everywhere... specifically moving to a residential cruise ship which slowly goes around the world. He'll be blogging on ResidentialCruising.com
11:42 Items on history of the space station.
13:17 One requirement for a residential cruise ship is good Internet. Starlink
15:35 The, company is going be running itself from the ship.
16:43 As one of the oldest email publishers, since 1994, I've always been saying that I can live anywhere where I have an Internet connection.
18:56 This is True will continue from the ship.
19:24 Gary
Iphone cables go to USB C. New Apple Pencil.
26:56 Looking ahead, what's next? Is there a USB D coming down the pike? Cable speeds. Distance. MagSafe chargers.
33:41 Iphone on a tripod. Magnetic holders.
35:14 Leo.
AI, chat GPT. Images.
36:30 Kay - I've been using AI for coding. Helped fix margins. Computers are now programming computers.
38:55 Randy - Python has the ability to to import libraries.
47:57 - Will AI be solving CAPTCHAS or will we finally getting rid of CAPTCHAS?
49:38 AI generated image (See below)
BSP: Blatant Self-Promotion
Reminders of where people can find our hosts
50:41 Randy - Thisistrue.com, and now ResidentialCruising.com.
50:47 Kay FreePrintable.net, FaxZero.com, archive.org, Digital Library of Amateur Radio and Communications.
51:02 Gary macmost.com
51:07 Leo askleo.com
That DALL-E photo
The original prompt: "Two professors arguing in front of a lecture hall full of college students. Pixar style. --ar 19:10"
Automatically expanded to: "Photo of two professors, one male with a beard and the other female with glasses, having a passionate discussion at the front of a large lecture hall. Behind them, a diverse group of college students watch with a mix of amusement and surprise. The atmosphere is light-hearted, resembling the animation style of popular animated movies."
The result:
DALL-E generated image. Click for larger image.
