Triangulation (Video HI)

Joel Spolsky is the CEO and founder of Stack Overflow, the premiere question and answer site about computer programming. He also founded Fog Creek Software, created Trello, and is the author of Joel on Software, one of the first (and best) computer programming blogs. Joel and Leo talk about Joel's history with Microsoft, Juno, and Fog Creek, as well as why Stack Overflow works so well, and Fog Creek's newest programming environment, Gomix. Host: Leo Laporte Guest: Joel Spolsky Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/triangulation.Thanks to CacheFly for the bandwidth for this show.

Jason Matheny is the Director of the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA). IARPA is the US intelligence community's "moon shot" department, similar to DARPA, but focused in intelligence. Jason discusses IARPA's research in data analysis, quantum computing, meme proliferation, and more. Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Marc Pelletier and Jason Matheney Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/triangulation.Thanks to CacheFly for the bandwidth for this show.

Cathy O'Neil went from being a Wall Street quant to a member of Occupy Wall Street when she saw the ways that Big Data were being used to affect the lives of people every day. In Weapons of Math Destruction, she explores the algorithms that control us, from the way teachers are evaluated, to how loans are granted (or denied). She argues that rather than the impartial arbiters these algorithms are touted to be, they are dangerously opaque and flawed. Host: Leo Laporte Guest: Cathy O'Neil Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/triangulation.Thanks to CacheFly for the bandwidth for this show.

Will Oremus has been covering Facebook since 2005, when he was the Editor in Chief of the Stanford Daily, and Mark Zuckerberg was known to the tiny user base of thefacebook.com simply as "The Creator." Megan Morrone, sitting in for Leo Laporte, talks with Will about Facebook's role in the 2016 election. Does Facebook have a responsibility to provide factual, balanced news to its users? How should its news algorithm work? What does a "like" mean? Host: Megan Morrone Guest: Will Oremus Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/triangulation.Thanks to CacheFly for the bandwidth for this show.

Dan Ackerman is a tech journalist who writes for CNET. His latest book, The Tetris Effect: The Game That Hypnotized the World, is an exploration of the tumultuous history of the game Tetris. This history is part startup tale, part Cold War thriller, and part courtroom drama. The story of Tetris, its global spread, and its effect on the worlds of culture and science make for a fascinating book. Host: Leo Laporte Guest: Dan Ackerman Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/triangulation.Thanks to CacheFly for the bandwidth for this show.

Mikkel Aaland is the author of The River in My Backyard, a combination memoir and photography book. He is also one of the earliest writers about digital photography, starting with the 1992 book Digital Photography. He talks with Leo about his history in digital photography, and the tragic events in his family's life that prompted him to write The River in My Backyard. Host: Leo Laporte Guest: Mikkel Aaland Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/triangulation.Thanks to CacheFly for the bandwidth for this show.

One week and one day before the 2016 US elections, Leo talks to verifiedvoting.org founders Ron Rivest and David Dill about the dangers of election fraud and how to design a "perfect" voting system. Ron Rivest is an Institute Professor at MIT, and the "R" in the RSA and RC2, RC4, RC5, and RC6 encryption algorithms. David Dill is a Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University, and an advocate for integrity and transparency in modern elections. Ron and David talk with Leo about the difference between the rare and relatively harmless retail voting fraud possible with traditional paper ballots, and the potentially devastating wholesale election fraud possible with electronic voting machines. They explain why the ideal voting system today relies on paper ballots, and why voting online is, and may never be, a secure system. Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Ron Rivest and David Dill Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/triangulation.Thanks to CacheFly for the bandwidth for this show.

Jerry Kaplan has been working on artificial intelligence since the 1950s. He explains to Leo the difference between general artificial intelligence, machine learning, and automation. He also explains why he thinks the idea of the Singularity is nonsense, that the real thing the Turing Test describes is trickery rather than intelligence, and that much of the current hype over the development of AI is just that: hype. He does think that the current growth of machine learning can and will transform the economy - many jobs will be replaced through automation, but many other opportunities will be created. Host: Leo Laporte Guest: Jerry Kaplan Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/triangulation.Thanks to CacheFly for the bandwidth for this show.

Andy Walker and Sean Carruthers co-hosted Call for Help in Toronto with Leo. Their new book, Super You: How Technology is Revolutionizing What it Means to Be Human, is about the very bodies with which we live. Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Andy Walker and Sean Carruthers Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/triangulation.Thanks to CacheFly for the bandwidth for this show.

Ben Wizner is the Director of the ACLU Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project, and primary legal advisor to Edward Snowden. Ben and Leo talk about Edward Snowden and the important role journalism plays as a balance to government intelligence agencies. They also discuss the ACLU's history fighting the Communications Decency Act, the Patriot Act, the secrecy behind the US No Fly List, and Apple's battle against the FBI. Host: Leo Laporte Guest: Ben Wizner Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/triangulation.Thanks to CacheFly for the bandwidth for this show.

Megan sits in for Leo and talks with Trisha Hershberger. Trisha got her start on SourceFed, and has gone on to create her own production company to make YouTube and Twitch shows. She talks about how making your own studio can be a lot more complicated than just pointing a camera at yourself. Also, the challenges of being a woman who loves tech and performing - how being a booth babe can be fun, but being treated like "just" a booth babe can be a drag. Host: Megan Morrone Guest: Trisha Hershberger Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/triangulation.Thanks to CacheFly for the bandwidth for this show.

Jason talks with Marques Brownlee, one of YouTube's best technology reviewers. Host: Jason Howell Guest: Marques Brownlee Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/triangulation.Thanks to CacheFly for the bandwidth for this show.

Megan Morrone fills in for Leo and talks to Tim Stevens, Editor-at-Large at CNET and Roadshow. Host: Megan Morrone Guest: Tim Stevens Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/triangulation.Thanks to CacheFly for the bandwidth for this show.

Mark McCahill is an American programmer who has been involved in developing and popularizing a number of Internet technologies since the late 1980s. Mark is best known for helping create the first popular Internet e-mail clients, POPmail, for the Macintosh (and later the PC). He also developed the gopher protocol, as well as coined the phrase "surfing the web". Host: Leo Laporte Guest: Mark McCahill Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/triangulation.Thanks to CacheFly for the bandwidth for this show.

Dane Jasper co-founded Sonic, an Internet and telecommunications company, in 1994, at a time when many people hadn't yet heard the terms Internet, email address, or World Wide Web. Today, Sonic is the largest independent Internet service provider in Northern California. Host: Leo Laporte Guest: Dane Jasper Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/triangulation.Thanks to CacheFly for the bandwidth for this show.