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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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20:38

When a Government Defies Its Own Supreme Court

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2026/07/06

On July 5, 2026, the Israeli government voted unanimously to defy a Supreme Court ruling ordering the reinstatement of the Second Authority Council for Television and Radio. This isn't just another political fight — it's what political scientists call a constitutional crisis. In this episode, we trace the concept from Carl Schmitt's "Political Theology" to Bruce Ackerman's distinction between constitutional moments and crises, and examine the specific mechanism at work: two branches of government,

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22:29

How Your Password Manager's 6-Digit Code Actually Works

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2026/07/06

Ever wonder how your authenticator app generates a new six-digit code every thirty seconds without ever contacting the server? The answer is more elegant than you'd expect. In this episode, we break down the TOTP algorithm — from the HMAC-based one-time password foundation to the dynamic truncation step that turns a cryptographic hash into a six-digit code. We explain why clock drift causes those panic-inducing moments when every code fails at once, and why SHA-1's known weaknesses don't actually

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21:31

Why That "Dry" Wine Tasted Like Flat Coke

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2026/07/06

Ever opened a bottle labeled "dry red" only to get a cloying, semi-sweet surprise? This episode unpacks the chemistry behind that betrayal. We break down residual sugar, acid, tannins, and alcohol — the four variables that determine whether a wine actually tastes dry — and reveal why the word "dry" on a label is nearly useless. Plus: which grape varieties and regions reliably deliver that bold, unapologetically dry experience for people who want their wine to stay in its lane.

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30:09

Managed vs Unmanaged Switches: What You Actually Need

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2026/07/06

Are you buying Ethernet switches based on port count and price, treating them like power strips? You're not alone. In this episode, we break down the real difference between managed and unmanaged switches — from the CPU and software stack that defines a managed switch to the killer features like VLANs, QoS, and link aggregation that actually matter. We explore the spectrum from $20 dumb switches to fully managed enterprise gear, and help you figure out where on that continuum your home network

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23:33

Who Becomes a Judge? Inside the Robe

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2026/07/06

Why are judges such a mystery? In this episode, we explore the human reality behind the bench — what drives a lawyer to become a judge, how the transition from advocate to arbiter rewires the mind, and what common threads run across different legal systems. We look at three very different selection processes: Israel's supermajority committee, the U.S.'s partisan cage match, and the U.K.'s deliberately boring merit system. And we ground it all in the current crisis in Israel, where every living

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25:57

Prompt Engineering Is a Misnomer — Managing Ambiguity...

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2026/07/06

For years we've called it "prompt engineering" — but what if that framing is fundamentally wrong? This episode explores a provocative idea: that the real skill in working with language models isn't precision, but the art of managing ambiguity. Drawing on hundreds of episodes of real-world prompting, we examine why over-specifying your prompts actually caps output quality, how voice dictation preserves crucial signals that typed text strips away, and why the most impressive AI results come when you

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33:01

How Precedent Rewrites the Law You Read

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2026/07/06

When does the law on the page stop being the law that applies to you? This episode unpacks the gap between statute and precedent across three common law systems. Using Israel's 1970 Tenants' Protection Law as a case study, we explore how decades of judicial interpretation can warp a statute beyond recognition — and why some countries cling to old language rather than lose settled precedent. We compare the UK's rare use of overruling, the US's willingness to wipe out decades of precedent (as with

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33:29

Where Does the Guest VLAN Actually Live?

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2026/07/06

If you're running OPNsense with a UniFi access point and want a proper guest network with captive portal, the VLAN needs to live in your firewall — not just checked in the UniFi controller. We walk through the topology, the order of operations, and the gotchas that turn a Saturday project into a Sunday debugging session. Plus, when UniFi's Network Isolation actually makes sense and when it falls apart.

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23:01

Wi-Fi Settings That Actually Matter

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2026/07/06

That Ubiquiti controller shows you channel scanners, power sliders, and band spacing toggles—but what do they actually do? This episode unpacks the three core parameters that separate prosumer Wi-Fi from plug-and-pray: channel optimization, transmission power, and channel width. You'll learn why maxing out power often makes performance worse, why the emptiest channel beats the strongest signal, and how to think about Wi-Fi as a crowded room conversation rather than a water pipe. Whether you're

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25:55

The Corporate Org Chart of Cybercrime

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2026/07/06

When listener George discovered someone had stolen his Social Security number and opened accounts in his name, he pictured a lone hacker in a basement. The reality was far more unsettling: a distributed criminal organization with departments, performance reviews, and a customer support ticketing system. In this episode, we explore why the lone genius narrative is dangerously outdated, how Cybercrime-as-a-Service works like legitimate SaaS, and what synthetic identity fraud reveals about the

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34:22

How Your SSN Became the Master Key to Everything

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2026/07/06

Your Social Security number was never designed to be a password — but that's exactly what it's become. In this episode, we trace the attack chain from the massive Social Insecurity breach (3.3 billion records exposed) through the TraceSecurity healthcare vendor breach to the USPS change-of-address scams that let criminals redirect your benefits. We explain why SSN theft is fundamentally different from credit card fraud, how physical and digital attacks are converging, and what you can actually do if

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28:09

KVM Over IP: Remote Server Access When SSH Dies

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2026/07/06

When your server's network stack collapses, SSH and RDP are useless. KVM over IP devices capture video output and inject keystrokes at the hardware level — they work when the OS is a smoking crater. This episode maps the market from PiKVM to enterprise Raritan units, explains USB Ethernet gadget mode that bypasses dead NICs, and tackles the architectural fork: do you isolate the KVM behind a bastion host or let it run Tailscale directly? A deep dive into out-of-band management for homelabbers and

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25:31

Computing's Hidden Price Surge: DRAM, NAND & GPUs

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2026/07/06

Is computing actually getting more expensive? We dig into the simultaneous surges in DRAM, NAND, and GPU prices — and why no single index tracks the real cost of a desktop or server over time. From Micron's $100 billion supply bet to TSMC's CoWoS bottleneck, this episode explores whether cheap computing is becoming a historical artifact and what that means for enthusiasts, small businesses, and hyperscalers alike.

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25:38

How a Tobacco Shop Becomes Your Mailman

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2026/07/06

Israel's postal service collapsed. Private courier Cheetah stepped in with a pickup-point model that now handles over a million parcels a month. This episode traces the money from a Shenzhen factory to a tobacco shop cash register in Tel Aviv, revealing the cross-subsidization, razor-thin margins, and unexpected economics that make free shipping on a $3 phone case actually work. We also explore how this system rewired an entire country's expectations for e-commerce — and why "slightly less terrible

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33:54

Locked Out of the Law Library

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2026/07/06

When you graduate from law school, your access to legal research tools like LexisNexis vanishes overnight. For citizens trying to understand their rights — whether it's a tenancy dispute or a contract issue — the legal system's knowledge is locked behind paywalls designed for billing clients at $400 an hour. And even if you could afford those databases, most lower court rulings never get published at all. In this episode, we explore the gap between "the law is public" and "actually finding the law

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25:03

When Your Server Won't Even Boot a Live USB

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2026/07/06

Your Ubuntu server won't boot. Not just the OS — you can't even get a live USB to come up. The screen stays black, fans spin, and you're staring at a hardware problem with no software tools to diagnose it. This episode breaks down what's actually happening when your server crosses from "software crash" into "silicon failure," and how to diagnose it using tools you probably already have: the BMC's IPMI interface, serial-over-LAN consoles, and a $30 POST card. Learn why SystemRescue 11.02 can't save

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23:12

Procurement for Your Apartment? Yes, It's a Thing

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2026/07/06

When listener Daniel moved into a new apartment, his industrial euro boxes worked so well he decided to replace every cardboard box in his life — and suddenly found himself running a procurement operation from his living room. This episode explores the surprising software gap between consumer shopping and full enterprise ERPs, and why a Google Drive folder system hits its limits fast. We break down the actual workflow — RFQs, quote comparison, expiry tracking, cost allocation — and look at

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24:16

Does Getting Things Done Actually Work?

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2026/07/05

Daniel read *Getting Things Done* and felt seen—but is the science behind David Allen’s "open loops" real, or just intuitively appealing? We stress-test the core claims against the Zeigarnik Effect, Cognitive Load Theory, and working memory research. What holds up, what doesn’t, and why the capture step alone might be making things worse. Essential listening for anyone who’s ever felt guilt over an unpurchased birthday gift.

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26:14

Nuns on AliExpress: Ancient Rules for Modern Tech

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2026/07/05

When a nun in full habit picks up an AliExpress package at a Jerusalem post office, it punctures our assumptions about monastic life. This episode explores how ancient religious communities — from Carmelites to Franciscans — manage their relationship with technology through centuries-old frameworks of selective withdrawal, attention management, and intentional design. What can the rest of us, drowning in dopamine-driven devices, learn from people who've been thinking about attention for 1,500

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24:58

How Screwdrivers Became a Museum of Bad Decisions

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2026/07/05

Ever wondered why your IKEA furniture requires three different screwdrivers? This episode traces the strange history of screw drives — from hand-filed iron screws in the 1760s to the battle between Robertson's brilliant square drive and Phillips's deliberately flawed cross design. Discover why Canada almost standardized the world's screws, how an assembly line problem created the Phillips head we all love to hate, and why the "better" screw lost to the one designed to fail at exactly the right

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