Citizens Of Tech

Today on the show: global communications for adventurers, the very purest of laptops for tinfoil hat wearers, quantum wireless charging, the half-truths of Fisker, and underage smartphone use along with Content I Like and Today I Learned.

  Today we talk about potential uses for that spare mac mini you have sitting around, how much I hate to love my new phone, Solar roof sales are… through the roof (deal with it), Intel and AMD’s new CPU architectures, converting 80 years of film to HDR, I’m not a millionaire, two deathwatch discussions, Today I Learned and more - but we’ll lead off with your spare Mac Mini, Ethan. WHAT SHOULD ETHAN DO WITH A SPARE MAC MINI? 16GB, i7, 1TB Fusion drive. Home automation center? Is there such a thing? Media server such as Plex? VMware ESXi? Linux? ERIC HATES TO LOVE HIS NEW PHONE. Android vs. Apple discussion. SOLAR ROOF TILE UPDATE https://electrek.co/2017/05/31/tesla-solar-roof-tiles-permitting-installations/ https://electrek.co/2017/05/25/tesla-solar-roof-tiles-sold-out-2018/ Orders exceeded Tesla’s expectations. Pilot manufacturing in Fremont soon. Volume production in Buffalo soon after. Other slowdowns to installation will be installers. On the plus side, they’ve received the Underwriters Laboratories “Class A” roofing classification, which should help with permitting. Greasing the skids with local bodies that give building permits was the impression we got. INTEL X-SERIES I9 CPUS VS AMD “THREADRIPPER” https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/05/intels-new-high-end-desktop-platform-up-to-18-cores-36-threads-2000/ http://wccftech.com/amd-ryzen-threadripper-16-core-cpu-849-us-price-x399-motherboards/ This is all about HEDT - the “High End Desktop” market Kaby Lake X - different socket, Socket 2066 - clock speeds go up nominally compared to the non-X variety for similar price. Skylake is where things get more interesting… Based loosely on the Xeon architecture 1MB per core of dedicated L2 cache (4x improvement) Shared cache is actually reduced - which should net performance improvements, since latency of private cache is significantly less than shared - no scheduling, etc. Supports 4 memory channels

Tesla Solar Roofies, some solar blinds to augment that roof, Microsoft OSXing Windows 10, Fan made games, herd immunity requires… you know… the whole herd, Spotify Scan Codes, Conquering the world with stirrups, Tesla’s Model 3 will earn them money, CIL, TIL, and more! This is a jam-packed episode.

Today on the menu we’ve got: Net neutrality, Macrophage heart-throbs, Cassini’s crash and burn (for science), is EV market interest really as high as full size pickups?, renewable energy is more appealing in the long term than fossil fuels, CIL, TIL and other complete nonsense.

Departing from our normal format, we take a look back at tech of the past with this feature show on retro computing. Our guest is Paul Hagstrom. Blog: http://yesterbits.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/yesterbits Retrocomputing Roundtable: http://rcrpodcast.com Drop III Inches [Apple ///]: http://drop-iii-inches.com

Today on the show we have In-Car Edu-navi-tainment, The USA’s conspicuous lack of space travel, Microsoft Murdering Another of Ethan’s Beloved Apps, Credit cards with your fingerprints stored inside, Uber are a bunch of jerks, CIL and TIL!

Today on the show: Solar power, a new EV from Honda, Patent trolls, How Many FPS can the human eye actually see?, Haiku, Nintendo, Content I Like, and Today I Learned.

Citizens of Tech Episode 66 proves that, like Schrodinger’s cat, we can be both here and gone at the same time. Now that Eric and I have found compatible calendar space, we have cleverly cornered in canny cohesion the craftiest conversation starters we could connect with

Robots Wearing Your Skin - CoT 065

Robots wearing your skin (and other pieces!), 94 year old Goodenough battery tech, AMD Ryzen, Youtube TV, Nokia 3310 redux, Privacy Watch, Content I Like, and Today I Learned!

Episode 64 - Taking A Break But Seeking Your Feedback

The Citizens are taking a couple of weeks off to deal with travel and family. While we're gone, send us some feedback to let us know how we're doing. Thanks! citizensoftech@gmail.com http://reddit.com/r/citizensoftech @citizensoftech

Privacy Goes On Deathwatch - CoT 063

On this the 63rd episode of Citizens of Tech, the citizens have spoken. And what have they upvoted? By the light of the tent Enhance! Enhance! Enhance! Tesla’s new power distribution buddy Mesh backhaul and more!

Brain-Computer Interfaces For The Locked-In - Episode 62