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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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25:47

Signs That Survive: Wind, Ice & Jet Wings

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2026/08/22

Most people never think about what holds a 40-foot highway sign over eight lanes of traffic, or how an airport sign is designed to snap off cleanly if a 747 wing hits it. This episode explores the hidden engineering behind signage in extreme conditions — from custom-engineered steel trusses and vortex shedding analysis on interstate gantries, to frangible couplings at airports, to ceramic-enamel composite signs that survive Arctic UV, -50°C cold, and ice abrasion at Thule Air Base. If you've ever

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24:48

Who Decides What a Stop Sign Looks Like?

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2026/08/22

Every day you pass hundreds of traffic signs without a second thought. But behind that red octagon and every speed limit marker lies a surprisingly complex world of optical engineering, federal standards, and a volunteer committee that meets twice a year. This episode breaks down the two questions nobody asks: how much do these signs actually cost, and who designs the visual language we all take for granted? From $15,000 retroreflectometers to the 1968 treaty the U.S. never signed, discover the

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21:33

Why Your Internet Speed Is Really a Shared Cap

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2026/08/20

Have you ever wondered why your fiber internet speed tiers look identical to cable or DSL, despite completely different technology? This episode pulls back the curtain on how consumer internet is actually provisioned. We explain the difference between speed and bandwidth, how GPON fiber is shared with up to 64 neighbors, why enterprise Dedicated Internet Access costs 10x more for the same number on paper, and whether the speed tiers on your bill are technical necessity or pure marketing. If you've

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25:59

How LLMs Actually Know When to Stop

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2026/08/20

Ever wondered why an AI model doesn't just keep generating text forever? The answer is surprisingly fragile. This episode breaks down the three layers that make LLMs stop: the probabilistic EOS token the model learns during training, the inference-engine stop sequences that can yank the plug mid-sentence, and the brute-force context window limit. We explore why base models ramble while fine-tuned models seem decisive, how sampling parameters like temperature can break the stop mechanism entirely,

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28:02

How Weather Prediction Became a Science

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2026/08/19

Weather prediction started as a physicist's dream in 1904, became a hand-computed nightmare in the 1920s, and finally worked on ENIAC in 1950. This episode traces the full arc: Bjerknes's equations, Richardson's forecast factory, the discovery of chaos, ensemble forecasting, and the billion-dollar decisions that depend on getting the forecast right — aviation fuel, shipping routes, agriculture, and grid balancing. Then we turn to what machine learning is doing in the space, the new learned global

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27:15

The Motion Test: Which Weird Peripherals Actually...

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2026/08/19

What separates a genuinely useful peripheral from an expensive desk ornament? We apply a brutal test: does the device remove a motion you make hundreds of times a day? Steno keyboards pass for transcriptionists but demand months of practice. The TourBox works for colourists but risks software rot. The SpaceMouse earns its port for CAD engineers after twenty years of support. And the Stream Deck? For most buyers, it's a shortcut discovery tool that adds visual search rather than eliminating movement

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26:09

Markdown vs Vectors for Agent Memory

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2026/08/19

What does "memory" even mean for a coding agent? This episode unpacks the two competing patterns for giving AI agents persistent project memory: lightweight markdown files in the repo vs. vector databases with semantic retrieval. We explore why both approaches are still alive, what each one genuinely can't do, and where hybrid solutions break down into conflicting sources of truth. For solo developers managing dozens of repos, we break down the real tradeoffs — including a clever third option that

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22:37

Bonding Wi-Fi and Cellular: Speedify's Catch for...

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2026/08/19

Can you really bond your phone's eSIM cellular with hotel Wi-Fi using no extra hardware? And does Speedify play nicely with Tailscale, or does it silently break your tailnet while ordinary browsing looks perfect? This episode digs into what Speedify actually does to your routing table, why the "no extra hardware" promise requires a USB cable, and how to fix the routing conflicts that can leave your tailnet unreachable. If you're running a tailnet and thinking about Speedify, you need to hear

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24:06

Host vs Router: The Real USB Bonding Trade-Off

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2026/08/19

You're one person with one Linux laptop. Why carry a separate travel router when you could just plug a USB cellular modem directly into your machine and bond it with hotel Wi-Fi? This episode cuts through the marketing to find out if the simpler path is real or a mirage. We survey the actual USB cellular modem market — Quectel, Fibocom, Huawei, and the generic dongles — and reveal which ones genuinely support Linux, which have real eSIM capability (spoiler: almost none), and which require kernel

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22:12

Bonding Layer Showdown: Speedify vs Self-Hosted

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2026/08/19

Daniel wants a verdict: should he use Speedify or a self-hosted solution like OpenMPTCProuter for bonding multiple internet connections on his travel router? This episode breaks down what a bonding layer actually does, why no commercial product offers the "own both ends" licensing model he imagined, and delivers a specific two-hop architecture recommendation. We cover Speedify's proprietary protocol and opaque infrastructure, OpenMPTCProuter's full control but real maintenance burden, and why the

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25:05

The Best Internet Bonding for Your Money

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2026/08/19

Tired of slow internet and unreliable connections? This episode is a buyer's map for link aggregation and connection bonding. We break down the real costs and tradeoffs of Speedify, Bondix S.A.N.E., Peplink SpeedFusion, and open-source OpenMPTCProuter. Discover if the middle ground exists—renting your own VPS as a bonding relay—and what it actually costs to get a fatter, more resilient internet pipe.Episode #459424 — open it directly at myweirdprompts.com/459424

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31:29

Bonding Internet Lines with OpenMPTCProuter

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2026/08/19

OpenMPTCProuter is the only serious open-source contender for bonding multiple internet connections into one fat pipe — but it's also a one-person project with no formal funding. We break down the architecture, VPS sizing, and the topology question that keeps coming up: does the intermediate node have to live on the public internet? Plus, how it compares to Peplink and Speedify, and why nothing else has emerged in this space. Episode #746527 — open it directly at myweirdprompts.com/746527

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26:42

Bonding Internet Connections with OpenMPTCProuter

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2026/08/19

OpenMPTCProuter (OMR) is the only open-source project that bonds multiple internet connections at the packet level using Multipath TCP. This episode breaks down what you actually need: a router running OMR's custom firmware with MPTCP in the kernel, and a KVM VPS that can run a custom kernel and handle your full combined bandwidth. We explain why OPNsense can't do real bonding, why cheap OpenVZ hosts won't work, and why the middle ground between DIY and Speedify doesn't exist. Episode #718177 —

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28:39

Bonding Hotel Wi-Fi: Travel Router eSIM Guide

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2026/08/19

Dodgy hotel Wi-Fi doesn't stand a chance. This episode breaks down the current hardware landscape for eSIM travel routers — GL.iNet Mudi models, Peplink, and the rest — then dives deep into the practical reality of connection bonding. We cover Speedify's per-packet bonding and forward error correction, the self-hosted VPS path with OpenMPTCProuter, and why there's still no turnkey rental service for a bonding endpoint. If you've ever lost a video call to a flaky connection, this one's for

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27:07

SSH MCP and Tailscale: Docker Migration Guide

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2026/08/19

Daniel built an SSH MCP server that uses Tailscale to connect his agent to remote VPS boxes. The setup works beautifully — until Docker containers need to reach services on other tailnet nodes. This episode walks through the three failure patterns that emerge when you try to migrate from public IPs to tailnet addresses: split DNS, name collisions, and the localhost bind problem. We cover the sidecar pattern for giving containers tailnet access, the real scope of work when migrating compose files,

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28:09

Running Your Own ISP: The Personal ASN Hobby

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2026/08/16

Ever wondered what it takes to go from being a consumer of internet connectivity to an actual participant in the global routing fabric? This episode breaks down the process of getting your own Autonomous System Number, acquiring IP address space, and establishing BGP peering — all as a single person running a network from home. We explore the regulatory hurdles at each Regional Internet Registry, the hardware and software options for running BGP, the growing hobbyist community of personal ASN

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27:19

Inside the Internet's Physical Junctions: IXPs and...

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2026/08/16

The cloud isn't a cloud — it's routers in buildings. This episode takes you inside Points of Presence and Internet Exchange Points, the physical infrastructure where networks actually interconnect. We trace a packet from Berlin to Frankfurt, explain why AMS-IX and DE-CIX are structured as non-profit associations, and break down the economics of peering vs. transit. If you've ever wondered how your data finds its way across the internet, this is the tour.Episode #400758 — open it directly at

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24:50

Running Networks Where Failure Means Lives Lost

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2026/08/16

What happens when the network going down means losing situational awareness, targeting data, or medical evacuation coordination? This episode explores the world of military network administration — from the US Army's Signal Corps and DISA's global operations to the IDF's conscript model. We examine air-gapped networks like SIPRNET and JWICS, the physical reality of sneakernets and cryptographic zeroization, and how redundancy extends to airborne relays and diverse routing paths. It's a job that

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27:04

Craft Hot Sauce: Heat, Flavor & Mouthfeel

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2026/08/16

The global hot sauce market is worth over four billion dollars, but the fastest-growing segment isn't Tabasco or Frank's RedHot — it's the premium craft tier. In this episode, we trace the arc from pepper mash to pantry staple, exploring what separates a great sauce from a Scoville bomb. We break down the chemistry of mouthfeel (why butter-based emulsions deliver heat differently than vinegar), the three forces that created the craft hot sauce boom between 2015 and 2017, and the brands — Melinda's,

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27:27

Hi-Vis Fashion: Workwear Trend or Safety Risk?

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2026/08/16

Fluorescent colors are popping up everywhere — from Carhartt work jackets to Fruit of the Loom pullovers. But is this a genuine shift toward durable, functional clothing, or just aesthetic appropriation without the safety standards? We break down the $3.2 billion hi-vis market, the brands leading the crossover (Carhartt, Dickies, Patagonia, Uniqlo), and what happens when fashion borrows from the job site. Plus: the sustainability argument, the risk of confusing decorative color with certified safety

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