Episode 120: I'm Here (aka Happy Birthday, Doc)
07/30/22 • 44 min
Katherine Druckman and Doc Searls celebrate Doc's birthday and chat about Amazon acquisitions and privacy legislation.
Katherine Druckman and Doc Searls celebrate Doc's birthday and chat about Amazon acquisitions and privacy legislation.
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Episode 119: RapidDisk and Open Source Maintainership
Katherine Druckman talks to Petros Koutoupis about maintaining RapidDisk, his open source RAM disk software.
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Special Guest: Petros Koutoupis.
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- GitHub - pkoutoupis/rapiddisk: An Advanced Linux RAM Drive and Caching kernel modules. Dynamically allocate RAM as block devices. Use them as stand alone disk drives or even map them as caching nodes to slower local disk drives. Access those drives locally or export those volumes across an NVMe Target network. — An Advanced Linux RAM Drive and Caching kernel modules. Dynamically allocate RAM as block devices. Use them as stand alone disk drives or even map them as caching nodes to slower local disk drives. Access those drives locally or export those volumes across an NVMe Target network.
- The Linux RAM Disk — The RAM disk has its significant advantages alongside some major disadvantages and despite those disadvantages, it still hasn't prevented it from being used in full production environments to even the local desktop; where it is often used as a temporary cache for various services and applications. The idea is nothing new and has been around for at least a few decades but as we increase our computing power and are capable of utilizing larger amounts of system memory, the concept becomes much more intriguing.
- RAM Drive Acceleration » ADMIN Magazine — Enable and share performant block devices across a network of compute nodes with the RapidDisk kernel RAM drive module.
- Jeff Geerling on Twitter: "lol for one of my #opensource projects, an #infosec employee at @EpicGames emailed me this questionnaire with over 100 questions and wants me to fill it out so *they* can use my freely available open source software. No. https://t.co/IcRgh12LWc" / Twitter
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Episode 121: Who Really Owns Your Car?
Katherine Druckman and Doc Searls talk to Kyle Rankin of Purism about the data cars collect, where it goes, and how we’re really just driving around in a smart phone that we don’t even own.
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Special Guest: Kyle Rankin.
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- Who Is Collecting Data from Your Car? – The Markup — A firehose of sensitive data from your vehicle is flowing to a group of companies you’ve probably never heard of
- I Got Access to My Secret Consumer Score. Now You Can Get Yours, Too. - The New York Times — Little-known companies are amassing your data — like food orders and Airbnb messages — and selling the analysis to clients. Here’s how to get a copy of what they have on you.
- Locked In A Remote Control Car – Purism — It’s rare to find modern technology that’s actually on your side. For the most part when technology advances today, new features are less for your benefit, and more to benefit the company that made them.
- Tesla Removes About 80 Miles Of Customer's Available Battery Capacity Via Software Restriction — Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) has some of the most advanced cars on the planet. Software updates allow new features to be added for free, such as better performance or enhanced safety features. But having a car that is dominated by software can have its drawbacks, too.
- Ford, GM Push Harder to Stop New Car Flipping and Price Gouging — Some dealers are overpricing such popular cars and trucks as the Ford F-150 Lightning and Chevy Corvette Z06, but the automakers are cracking down.
- In-car monitoring: Surveillance tech will make your car less private - CNET — Everything you do in your car may soon be noticed.
- How your car is spying on you | Daily Mail Online — Experts have revealed the myriad ways that your car can spy on your personal habits.
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