Weird Things

WT: Brian, Shut Up!

Weird Things ·

2022/08/09

The episode opens with a clarification about an AI-related U.S. federal court ruling: the hosts explain that the case is about whether an AI can hold a patent, not a broader ruling that AI art cannot be copyrighted. They then move into a long discussion of DALL·E and other AI image tools, treating prompting as a real creative skill and noting that the systems have moved from novelty outputs into something useful for real-world work. From there, the conversation turns to the risks of realistic image

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AT: Label Goes Right There

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2022/08/03

Andrew shares the story of Simon Coronel, who took won the FISM Grand Prix Close-up, the top-level international competition for magic. How does your journey affect your goal and how can you keep your eyes on that goal? What is your label and does your label meet your goal? Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.” Picks: Andrew: Quinn’s Ideas Justin: Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar Brian: Great Night on TikTok and Modern Rogue on TikTok Bryce:

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WT: Snakes on a Chip

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2022/08/02

The episode opens with the hosts joking through a grocery-store movie-night snack run, including pretzels, Sun Chips, Reese's cups, Doritos, bean dip, guacamole, and pre-popped popcorn. That setup turns into the main Weird News story: a Virginia woman found a snake in a bag of popcorn, which leads to a long back-and-forth about whether pre-popped popcorn is worth the risk and how startling a snake would be if it showed up in food. From the snake story, the conversation spirals into a series of

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AT: Yes to You!

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2022/07/27

How do you get an opportunity in a time of high convenience and tech? To get started, who has to tell you yes? Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.” Picks: Bryce: Real Sports, July 2022 – Sumo and Habits on iOS

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WT: C’mon Man!

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2022/07/26

The episode opens with the hosts returning to the Georgia Guidestones after news that the monument had been damaged by an explosion. They walk through the inscriptions one by one, treating the stones as controversial late-20th-century art and debating the meanings of its population, reproduction, language, governance, law, rights, and abstract moral guidelines. The back half shifts from joking about the stones and the explosion to a more serious discussion of how people interpret information,

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WT: The Weird Wars

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2022/07/19

The episode opens with the hosts celebrating the end of the "weird wars" and then spending much of the first half discussing the first James Webb Space Telescope images. They talk about gravitational lensing in the SMACS 0723 deep field, the telescope's six-point diffraction spikes, the Southern Ring Nebula in near- and mid-infrared, the Carina Nebula, and Stephan's Quintet, including mention of a dual-star system, an active black hole, and many newly visible stars. The conversation then moves into

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AT: Circle Rabbit on the Story Table!

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2022/06/29

Brian held his first class on being a creative and story-telling. How did it go? How much confidence does he have for it? What goals did he hit and what’s next? Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.”

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WT: 4D? I Hardly Know Thee!

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2022/06/28

The episode opens with Andrew Mayne describing a YouTube creator, Mashpo, who made a one-dimensional game and then pushed the idea toward a 4D Minecraft project. The hosts unpack what it would mean to perceive a world as a thin strip or a slice, compare it to barcode-like visuals and anaglyph 3D, and discuss whether humans could adapt to higher-dimensional perception using new sensory cues and neuroplasticity. Andrew also ties the discussion to educational games and how such projects could help

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AT: Algae and Plowshares

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2022/06/22

How do you keep track of reminders? Email, notes, whiteboards, what works for us? Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.”

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WT: TracGalaxy

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2022/06/21

The episode opens with a recap of a friendly wager about when SpaceX Starship will be reused and safely land after a second launch. The hosts discuss Starship progress, the FAA's finding of no significant impact, remaining regulatory items, Elon Musk's July launch remark, and SpaceX's rapid production ambitions, including talk of building one Starship per day and using Starbase to build the fleet for Mars. A large portion of the episode is devoted to the Wow signal and broader SETI-style

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AT: Table as a Service

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2022/06/15

We’re back and we are imagining training artificial intelligence to create dynamic media that can be rewritten, recut, and A/B tested in realtime. What would a post-scarcity world look like post-tech-singularity? A future where real-time media modification could be automatic–that’s coming from a world where animatronics can do human-sized stunts on a theme park schedule. Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.” Picks: Andrew: Coffeezilla on YouTube Justin:

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WT: Pie for a Pie Leaves the World Satisfied

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2022/06/14

The episode opens with discussion of SpaceX’s newly reported FAA approval to launch from Boca Chica, Texas. The hosts explain that launch sites need government permission, compare Boca Chica with other regulated sites, and use the moment to talk about the scale of SpaceX’s Starship program, including the massive factories, high bays, and launch towers being built in Texas and Florida. The middle of the episode turns into a long joke-driven segment about a Raleigh-area pest-control study offering

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AT: Double-Tapped Out

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2022/06/08

What’s the difference between 5 million views on 1 video and 50,000 views on 100 videos? BeReal, a new social network around once-a-day posting, brings a conversation about being authentic online and how limits differentiate BeReal from Instagram and TikTok. Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.” Picks: Andrew: Blue Apron Justin: The Off-White Album from Dennis Miller Brian: Hacks Bryce: Airtable

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WT: Fluoride in the Air

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2022/06/07

The episode opens with a long speculative discussion about rogue planets as possible interstellar transports. The hosts describe free-floating planets as something a civilization might ride by mapping trajectories, using geothermal heat under ice, and treating the whole planet like a generation ship. They extend the idea with VR and slowed subjective time, imagining a moving habitat that could carry people between star systems while keeping them entertained or comfortable. From there the

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AT: X is Cool!

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2022/05/25

Update time: Bryce’s LFG Marbles project is back on and he talks about opening a Patreon, diving right in from zero, and the anxiety of *not* doing it. Brian finally kicks off a project to hold business classes. The freeing feeling of talking to a smaller, select group. Business guru or business guru for sale? Andrew’s experiments with speed-reading inspired a new project for him. Can he solve reading? Expert business gurus and marbles guys say “yes!” Send your project questions/ideas to

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WT: Ed & Bed Buy a Hat

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2022/05/24

The episode opens with the hosts discussing Boeing's Starliner docking at the ISS and using it as a comparison point for NASA's commercial crew program, where SpaceX reached crewed spaceflight sooner and Boeing is still catching up after test-flight issues. That leads into a longer conversation about why SpaceX and Tesla often seem faster and more effective than traditional companies, with the hosts emphasizing engineering culture, vertical integration, and practical problem-solving over formal

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AT: Versatile Sweater

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2022/05/11

Slowing down and enjoying something or an international war crime? How is text being handled in a modern age and what could the next information delivery medium look like? Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.” Picks: Andrew: River Out of Eden from Richard Dawkins Justin: The Pentaverate Brian: Animal Jam Bryce: Knotwords

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WT: Blood Letting Is Back!

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2022/05/10

The episode opens with a long discussion about the human microbiome and the idea that bacteria in the gut, mouth, and skin are integral to human health. The hosts then focus on fecal transplants and related research, including mouse studies suggesting younger donor material may reduce inflammation and improve health, while older material can have negative effects; they also briefly connect this to blood donation and the possibility that regular donation may trigger the body to replenish blood in a

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AT: Learning Machine Learning

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2022/05/04

Listener Nate is fascinated by DALL-E 2, but doesn’t know where to start. How can you get into ML/neural net technology and what are good tricks for making the most of self-driven coding education? Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.” Picks: Andrew: Fireship on YouTube Brian: The Book of Niall from Barry Jones on Kickstarter Bryce: Things

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WT: Keep Traffic Thinking

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2022/05/03

The episode begins with a discussion of an Ars Technica piece about highway message signs, especially Texas signs that display the annual road death toll. The hosts weigh whether such alerts and clever roadside messages help or distract drivers, with some arguing that simple, practical information like travel times may be more useful and that overly complex messaging can pull attention away from the road. Later, the conversation moves through several science and psychology topics: a study about who

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