GeekNights Monday - Science and Technology

Tonight on GeekNights, because we are in our late 30s, we talk about kitchen appliances. Stoves, cooktops, refrigerators, and dishwashers. In the news, Windows 10's May update has some stuff in it, twitter plans to fail to stop misinformation from spreading with their same old tricks, Apple is reported to use 12-core 5nm ARM in their coming Macs (we'll see how that goes), and cable TV is dying even faster without sports. We don't talk about washing machines or dryers or the like because we did a show on laundry a while back.Related LinksForum ThreadGeekNights Monday - Kitchen AppliancesThings of the DayRym - Incredible Sonovox - Kay KyserScott - World Sports Masters RaceScott - World Sports Masters (1982-07-12)

Tonight on GeekNights, we talk about our RTMP streaming setup. It involves an nginx server, three OBS instances, but not this pile of garbage. In the news, beware poor performing SMR hard drives, which shouldn't be used in NAS/SAN solutions. Be sure to check any drive you may be thinking of buying. Scott bought a $300 keyboard. It's pretty good.Our review of No Return is on youtube! We did talk about live streaming back in 2013, and again in 2018, but in this episode we're looking at a specific setup.Related LinksForum ThreadGeekNights Monday - RTMP Streaming SetupThings of the DayRym - The Insane Engineering of the SR-71 BlackbirdScott - How containers work!

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider PostgreSQL, the open-source relational database. It's basically the one to use. Most people just call it "postgres." If you're not sure what we're on about, check out our previous episode about relational databases. In the news, new laws mean new COBOL code, John Conway was taken from us, there's a gravity clock (sort of), and Discord is adding group video chat so you can replace Zoom. Also, Brian Swords of York has been rediscovered.Related LinksForum ThreadGeekNights Monday - PostgreSQLThings of the DayRym - Apollo 13 in Real TimeScott - Hack your Nintendo Switch

Tonight on GeekNights, we have a Tech News Roundup! In the news:Jupyter nNotebooks are pretty coolChromium Edge is getting some featuresBroadband should be a nationalized utilityThe tech-enabled gig economy is an exploitative lieSony Electronics lives again?Update your SSD's firmwareSafari blocks third party cookies by defaultThe Supreme Court ruled states can't be sued for copyright infringement5G may use 20% more power than 4GPorn takes down the LA City CouncilZoom's privacy policy is bad newsRelated LinksForum ThreadGeekNights Monday - Tech News Roundup - March 2020Things of the DayRym - The Virtually-Unkillable Virus That Makes Itself a NucleusScott - MAGFest 2020: Classic Japanese PC GamingScott - PC-98 Bot

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider how to enjoy a social life during times of social distancing, when the only two tools we have are the bad screen and the good screen. In the news, GrubHub is suspending commission fees for independent restaurants, it's soon, but not yet, time for a Tech News Roundup, SETI@home is going into hibernation ending an era, and WireGuard is coming to Linux. Also, some awesome people are already doing what we keep threatening to do, but haven't really actually done! And you should donate blood if you can! Like, soon!Related LinksForum ThreadGeekNights Monday - Not-Working From HomeThings of the DayRym - Why Pipes Move UndergroundScott - "Rabbit Habit Cartoon" (1975)

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the Microphone. In the news, Netflix is reportedly adding a (likely-to-be-abused) 1.5x mode, Adobe got permission to continue to support the people of Venezuela, new AirPods are coming, and algorithms can definitely be racist.Related LinksForum ThreadGeekNights Monday - MicrophonesThings of the DayRym - HELLveticaScott - The Five Cowardly Hitmen

Tonight on GeekNights, we talk about low power modes. In the news, Facebook should be broken up for having destroyed Internet media, San Francisco explores regulating emerging technology, you probably don't care about AMP or OpenJS, and we hope you remember these things.Related LinksForum ThreadGeekNights Monday - Low Power ModesThings of the DayRym - peak video editingScott - Thomas Train StuntsScott - Thomas Train Stunts with Biggie

Tonight on GeekNights, returning from our hiatus for-real this time, we consider the wonder that is the Global Positioning System. In the news, the corrupt and treasonous president of the United States is being impeached, Richard Stallman has rightfully, finally, been pushed out of the open source movement, and you shouldn't vape any of that vape juice until it's properly regulated.Check out our new Main Bits feed on Patreon and GeekNights Anime Reviews on youtube! We'll see you next at PAX Unplugged!Related LinksForum ThreadGeekNights Monday - GPSThings of the DayRym - The Evolution Of José CariocaScott - 1980's Soviet Prototype computers