Control Structure #100: The One They Called 100

Tom Chris comes back for another episode with Steve and Andrew. They discuss an old space probe, RASPBERRY!, crisis design, Microsoft, IBM, WebGL, AMD, quitting your dream job, GPU memory, encryption, some listener feedback, and Steve's Atari repair.

Banter

• Fiery space debris that hit Earth in November likely from Moon rocket | Ars Technica

News

• This is What a 16 Raspberry Pi Zero Cluster Board Looks Like
• Designing for Crisis by Eric Meyer—An Event Apart video on Vimeo
• Adventure Series for CT – Accessories and Supplies – Products
• Cheap Flights, Cheap Hotels, and Travel Search | Hipmunk
• ChakraCore GitHub repository is now open | Microsoft Edge Dev Blog
• Microsoft/ChakraCore · GitHub
• Submitting a Pull Request to Node.js with ChakraCore | Microsoft Edge Dev Blog
• IBM Confirms Acquisition Of UStream, Forms New Cloud Video Unit | TechCrunch
• Server retired after 18 years and ten months – beat that, readers! • The Register
• WebGL Off the Main Thread ★ Mozilla Hacks – the Web developer blog
• Firefox — Notes (44.0) — Mozilla
• GPUOpen – GPUOpen
• Graphics cards with 1024GB/s bandwidth? Samsung begins HBM2 production | Ars Technica
• Why I Quit my Dream Job at Ubisoft | Gingear Studio
• GDDR5X Standard Finalized by JEDEC: New Graphics Memory up to 14 Gbps
• NSA Chief Stakes Out Pro-Encryption Position, in Contrast to FBI

Feats

• The Atari 600XL Personal Computer
• Atari: Game Over – Microsoft Store
• Atari:Game Over on Vimeo

Podcast Feedback

• Using the viewport meta tag to control layout on mobile browsers – Mozilla | MDN
• Google Starts Giving A Ranking Boost To Secure HTTPS/SSL Sites

Don’t forget

• International Backup Awareness Day

Music

• Bump Foot – Releases – foot132
• Music | Big Giant Circles
• BGC (@BigGiantCircles) | Twitter
• little things | C418
• [dma-sc music factory] works

This episode of Control Structure has a Fringe episode. You should really listen to The Fringe #363: CS #100 — Easy Mode Was Brutal!

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