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Brent sits down with Tim Canham, Senior Software Engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. We explore topics including the hardware and software powering NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter; JPL's switch from Solaris to Linux; the open source projects, tools, and philosophy at JPL, ...and more.
Special Guest: Tim Canham.
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LINUX UnpluggedLINUX Unplugged - Tim CanhamTimothy Canham - People Profile - NASA MarsNASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) - Robotic Space ExplorationMars Helicopter - NASA MarsMars Perseverance Rover | NASACassini | NASACuriosity – NASA Mars ExplorationSun Microsystems - WikipediaOracle Solaris - WikipediaFry's Electronics - WikipediaMatplotlib — Visualization with PythonElasticsearch — The Official Distributed Search & Analytics EngineBBC World Service - 13 Minutes to the MoonBBC World Service - 13 Minutes to the Moon, Ep.05 The fourth astronaut — The computer that got us to the moon. The size of a briefcase, there had never been anything like it. Apollo 11 was “the first time software ran on the moon”.Impostor syndrome - WikipediaHow NASA Designed a Helicopter That Could Fly Autonomously on Mars - IEEE SpectrumGitHub - F´ - A Flight Software and Embedded Systems FrameworkF´ - A Flight Software and Embedded Systems FrameworkMeet the Open-Source Software Powering NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopterquickemu — Quickly create and run optimised Windows, macOS and Linux desktop virtual machines.MythTV, Open Source DVRBrent Gervais - @brentgervais on Twitter

Brent sits down with Dr Quentin Stafford-Fraser, computer scientist, serial-entrepreneur, inventor (perhaps) of the webcam, Augmented Reality Ph.D. who ran the very first web server at the University of Cambridge, among much more. We explore topics including computer science as an art-form, the origins of the Raspberry Pi and T9 predictive text, philosophies around innovation and invention, challenging the patent system, and more.
Special Guest: Quentin Stafford-Fraser.
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Quentin's Personal WebsiteQuentin's Blog - Status-QTelemarqSPARCstation - WikipediaRaspberry Pi FoundationRaspberry Pi — Computing for everybodyOpenStreetMap — a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open licenseT9 (predictive text) - WikipediaThe GNU General Public License v3.0 - GNU Project - Free Software FoundationMoore's law - WikipediaOne Laptop per Child - WikipediaNicholas Negroponte: One Laptop per Child, two years on - TED TalkSocial Warming: The Dangerous and Polarising Effects of Social Media by Charles ArthurDr Quentin Stafford-Fraser - @quentinsf on TwitterBrent Gervais - @brentgervais on Twitter

Chris's thoughts on Linux's NVIDIA conundrum, Elon's takeover of Twitter, MailChimp's insider hack, and the Google Drones taking off in Texas.
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Matthew Miller's Thread on Twitter — "Here's the conundrum with @Nvidia drivers on Linux, in a thread. I have a Fedora perspective, obviously, but I think it's a shared problem. (🧵 rant which I'm not going to bother to count or number.) #linux #nvidia #opensource #freesoftware"Elon Musk Buys 9.2% Twitter Shares in Passive Stake — Elon Musk took a 9.2% stake in Twitter Inc. to become the platform’s biggest shareholder, a week after hinting he might shake up the social media industry.Hackers breach MailChimp's internal tools to target crypto customers — Sunday morning, Twitter was abuzz with reports from owners of Trezor hardware cryptocurrency wallets who received phishing notifications claiming that the company suffered a data breach.Fortnite raised $144 million for Ukraine relief — The game raised $36 million in its first day alone, and today, Epic revealed the final total of $144 million. The funds are being put towards several aid groups, including Direct Relief, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Children’s Fund, and the World Food Programme.Alphabet's Wing will begin drone deliveries in Dallas-Fort Worth on April 7th — Alphabet's Wing division has announced that it's launching a drone delivery service in the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) metroplex on April 7th. "With this service, the DFW area will be the largest metro in the world, and the first in the United States, with access to on-demand drone delivery," a company spokesperson said in an emailed statement. 

The Unplugged team holds a live event with a special guest, your questions, and we give away a lot of Bitcoin sats!
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Brent's in the hot seat and plays to win 1000 Satoshis, while Wes adds a little color commentary.
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We react to Microsoft gobbling up yet another game studio, chat about Crypto.com's recent $15M hack, the massive failure YouTube just admitted, and a few personal crew stories.
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Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard — Microsoft will acquire Activision Blizzard for $95.00 per share, in an all-cash transaction valued at $68.7 billion, inclusive of Activision Blizzard’s net cash. When the transaction closes, Microsoft will become the world’s third-largest gaming company by revenue, behind Tencent and Sony. The planned acquisition includes iconic franchises from the Activision, Blizzard and King studios like “Warcraft,” “Diablo,” “Overwatch,” “Call of Duty” and “Candy Crush,” in addition to global eSports activities through Major League Gaming. The company has studios around the world with nearly 10,000 employees.

Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass service grows to 25 million subscribersCrypto.com Suffers Hack for At Least $15M in Ethereum — The crypto exchange has reportedly lost at least $15 million in Ethereum, and security experts believe the true losses could be much higher.Coinbase NFT Marketplace Will Enable Purchases With Mastercard — Crypto exchange Coinbase has announced a partnership with Mastercard to address the 'pain points' of purchasing NFTs.Intel to Unveil 'Ultra Low-Voltage Bitcoin Mining ASIC' in February — One of Intel's "highlighted chip releases" at the conference is entitled "Bonanza Mine: An Ultra-Low-Voltage Energy-Efficient Bitcoin Mining ASIC." The session is scheduled for Feb. 23.YouTube Shuts Down Original Content Group — “We will honor our commitment for already contracted shows in progress and creators who are involved with those shows should expect to hear from us directly in the coming days,” Kyncl wrote in the message posted to Twitter.Susanne Daniels Exits YouTube as Global Originals Head — Susanne Daniels is exiting YouTube after nearly seven years at the Google-owned global video-sharing company. The YouTube global head of original content will depart in March.Apple retakes top spot in global smartphone market in Q4 2021 — Apple accounted for 22% of worldwide smartphone shipments in Q4 2021, thanks to strong demand for the iPhone 13.