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My Weird Prompts

Daniel Rosehill

The human-AI collaboration podcast. A man, a sloth, and a donkey collaborate to create a podcast (with a little help from AI). No question is too obscure, no rabbit hole too deep. My Weird Prompts celebrates curiosity in all its forms. Daniel, the human, asks the questions that pop into his head at inconvenient moments. Corn the Sloth offers laid-back, thoughtful takes. Herman the Donkey brings boundless enthusiasm and energy. Together, they explore topics ranging from the mundane to the

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30:45

Falling for Your Chatbot: Love, Loss, and Language...

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2026/05/13

From the Replika crisis that left thousands grieving a software update to a UK man planning to marry his AI girlfriend, this episode explores the documented cases of humans forming deep romantic attachments to chatbots. We break down the technical stack—LLM, memory database, character prompt, proactive messaging—that creates the illusion of a reciprocal relationship, and examine the ethical and emotional fallout when users realize their beloved is a probabilistic prediction engine. We also look at

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33:33

Private Armies as State Proxies: Wagner, Blackwater,...

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2026/05/13

This episode explores the world of private military companies used as state proxies, from Russia's Wagner Group to America's Blackwater and historical precedents like the British East India Company. The hosts unpack the mechanism of plausible deniability—how legal fictions allow governments to disclaim responsibility for actions they quietly orchestrate. They trace the pattern across centuries, from Renaissance condottieri to South Africa's Executive Outcomes, examining how these entities are

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34:13

DNS Record Types: CNAME vs A Records Explained

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2026/05/13

DNS record types like A records, CNAMEs, and TXT records have been remarkably stable for decades, but their design constraints still shape how the web works. This episode unpacks the critical difference between a CNAME and an A record — why a CNAME points to another domain name, not an IP address, and why that means it can't coexist with other records at the same name. We explore the "www" convention as a technical workaround, the rise of CNAME flattening (also called ALIAS or ANAME records), and

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29:44

The Subprocessor Notification Nobody Reads

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2026/05/13

You've seen them — those emails about "subprocessor list updates" that land with all the enthusiasm of a terms-of-service popup. Nobody reads them, nobody acts on them, and even if you tried to investigate, the company won't tell you anything useful. So what's the point? In this episode, we dig into GDPR Article 28, the actual function of subprocessor notifications, and why these seemingly useless emails might serve a hidden purpose — not for you, but for the watchdogs who know how to pull the

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26:32

Who Actually Runs Your City?

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2026/05/13

Ever wonder who decides what gets built in your city and why? This episode unpacks the real power structure behind urban development. We break down the difference between a master plan (the dream) and a zoning code (the bouncer at the door), and explore the distinct roles of the city manager, planning director, and city architect. From Oregon's strict consistency doctrine to the design authority of a European city architect, we look at how these roles vary across countries and how the political

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25:20

Barter Economies That Actually Worked (and the Ones...

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2026/05/13

When money stops working, what do people do? They reinvent trade. This episode explores the most ambitious modern attempts to build barter-based systems — from the WIR Bank in Switzerland, a mutual credit network still thriving after 90 years, to Austria's "Miracle of Wörgl" that worked so well the central bank shut it down. We dig into Russia's bizarre post-Soviet industrial barter economy where factories paid workers in tires and the government accepted tax payments in hay. And we examine

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25:56

The Tea Standard and 9 Other Weird ISO Rules

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2026/05/13

Ever wondered who decided how to brew tea for a quality test, or where exactly to put a barcode on a package? This episode dives into ten of the weirdest, most narrowly-scoped international standards from ISO and beyond. From the running man on exit signs to the microchip in your dog, we explore the quiet obsessives who standardised the invisible rules of modern life. Learn why a bicycle tyre labelled "700C" is actually 622mm, and discover the ISO standard that dictates how your keyboard should

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36:09

The Two Meanings of Industrial Design

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2026/05/13

When you search for "industrial" products on AliExpress, you're not tapping into an aesthetic—you're tapping into a parallel supply chain built for workshops, labs, and hospitals. This episode unpacks the confusion between industrial design as a professional discipline (designing products for mass production) and the "industrial look" as a borrowed visual language (exposed brick, raw steel, visible fasteners). We trace the roots of functionalist design from the Bauhaus to the Centre Pompidou,

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43:02

Where Should Your Images Actually Live?

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2026/05/13

Migrating from WordPress to a static site framework? The build pipeline gets all the attention, but media storage is where the real pain lives. This episode breaks down the three tiers of image and video hosting for serverless architectures — from committing everything to your repo (and hitting Git LFS limits), to managed object stores like Vercel Blob, to full CDN-backed solutions. We cover the hidden costs of Git LFS bandwidth, how build times degrade as your media library grows, and why the

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36:35

Images, Icons & SVGs: Media Handling in Astro

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2026/05/13

WordPress handles image thumbnails, formats, and SVGs silently out of the box. Astro gives you a blank canvas and a very sharp knife — but that's where the real power lies. This episode unpacks the practical realities of media handling in Astro: using Sharp for blazing-fast image processing, choosing between WebP and AVIF, managing SVG security risks, and how AI tooling like CloudCode collapses the setup cost. Plus, why the headless CMS model gets a second wind when you separate content from

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34:26

What's Really Driving the Dollar-Shekel Rate?

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2026/05/13

The dollar-shekel rate is at a 25-year low, but is the shekel strong or the dollar weak? This episode breaks down the four-bucket framework institutional analysts use to forecast the pair: Israel's sticky current account surplus, the interest rate differential that defies textbook logic, the security risk premium that spikes and fades, and the Bank of Israel's aggressive intervention program. Plus, we dive into the technical chart — what makes 2.9 a historically significant support level, how to

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35:07

How Central Bank Rates Actually Move Your Mortgage

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2026/05/13

Ever wonder what central banks actually do when they "set" interest rates? This episode breaks down the mechanism: how the Bank of Israel targets the interbank lending rate, how that anchor flows through to mortgages and business loans, and why a few basis points matter so much. We also explore foreign exchange intervention — the difference between buying dollars directly and using rates to influence currency — and why Israel recently stopped intervening in the shekel market. Plus: how the ECB's

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35:47

How to Compare Cost of Living Across Countries

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2026/05/13

How do you compare living standards between countries when exchange rates swing wildly for reasons unrelated to local costs? This episode unpacks the real methodologies behind purchasing power parity (PPP), from the playful Big Mac Index to the World Bank’s massive International Comparison Program. We explore why a dollar in Istanbul buys a different life than a dollar in Tel Aviv, the statistical duct tape holding global economic data together, and whether the US dollar is even a fair yardstick for

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37:01

Build the Perfect Electronics Workbench in a Small Space

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2026/05/13

Most people build their workbench backward — buying a desk first and a chair second. This episode flips the script, starting with the foundation that determines whether you can work for 40 minutes or 4 hours. From adjustable stools with foot rings to IKEA kitchen countertops repurposed as rigid bench surfaces, we walk through the exact specs and order of operations for setting up an electronics workstation in tight quarters. No expensive gear lists — just the specific tools that actually transform

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37:08

The 100-Meter Gradient: How Your Street Changes Your...

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2026/05/13

You walk 100 meters off a main road and suddenly everything changes—the noise drops, the air feels cleaner. Is this real or just a feeling? This episode dives into the hard data on urban microclimates, revealing that pollution levels can vary by a factor of five to eight within a single city block, and noise can drop by 25-35 decibels just one street back. We explore the physics behind these steep gradients, the health impacts of where you live (from cardiovascular mortality to cognitive effects in

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27:49

How to Vet a Rental Like an Intelligence Operation

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2026/05/13

Ever walked into a rental viewing and felt like you were being professionally lied to? In this episode, Hilbert Flumingtop emerges from behind the mixing board to deliver the complete field manual for vetting an apartment like an intelligence operation. From thermal camera scans and the marble floor test to decoy applicants and broker body language tells, you’ll learn how to gather real data in the fifteen minutes that determine a $24,000 decision. No more fresh-baked cookies masking mildew. No more

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41:15

How to Pick a Marker That Actually Stays On

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2026/05/13

Why does a Sharpie vanish from a Ziploc bag while an expensive paint pen wipes off a pencil case? This episode digs into the two completely different chemical failures behind those frustrations: low surface energy plastics and release agent contamination. We break down the four surface categories you need to know — porous, low-energy plastic, high-energy non-porous, and outdoor — and explain exactly which markers (and which solvents) work for each one. If you’ve ever built a home inventory system

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36:52

Git Hygiene for AI Coding Agents

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2026/05/13

Your AI coding agent just ripped through five tasks in a row. The output looks great. But did it actually commit anything? In this episode, we break down a three-layer system for keeping git hygiene built into your AI workflow — not bolted on as an afterthought. We cover standing project-level instructions, per-session git state checks, and periodic verification of what's actually in the log. Then we dive into the recovery playbook: how to handle uncommitted changes from two weeks ago, why "git add

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21:17

How to Spot a Lying Broker (and a Bad Rental)

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2026/05/13

Renting an apartment is a high-stakes game of twenty-minute decisions. This episode gives you a renter’s triage system: what to check in the kitchen, bathroom, and electricals before you sign anything. But we go further. For the first time, we pull our producer—a former police detective—from behind the mixing desk to teach you how to read the broker or landlord showing the unit. Learn how to spot cognitive load, micro-expressions, and narrative drift. Whether you’re looking at a studio in Tel Aviv

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39:18

Strong Shekel Squeeze: Israel's Exporters & Foreign...

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2026/05/11

Israel's shekel has surged to around 2.9 against the dollar, a level that seemed absurd just a few years ago. This episode unpacks two groups caught in that pressure: foreign workers in Israel—Nepali caregivers, Thai agricultural workers, and new recruits from India—whose remittances suddenly buy more back home, and Israeli exporters watching their margins get crushed. We explore how the post-October 7th revocation of Palestinian work permits created a labor crisis in construction and agriculture,

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