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Control Structure

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Control Structure is a podcast about computer science, IT news, stories, opinions, tips, and tricks for programmers, testers, administrators of all types and more, for fun or for profit hosted by Andrew Bailey and guests. And also some other things, just because they are cool
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Control Structure #127: Hold The Light Still

Andrew buys parts for a new PC, and builds it, while Steven hangs around. You really should watch this in video format: Your browser does not support the video tag. Parts (these are affiliate links, so we make some money if you buy them) AMD RYZEN 7 1800X 8-Core 3.6 GHz (4.0 GHz Turbo) Socket AM4 95W YD180XBCAEWOF Desktop Processor Thermaltake Contac Silent 12 Universal CPU Cooler with 4 Direct Contact Heatpipes and 120 mm PWM Fan ASUS Prime X370-Pro AM4 AMD X370 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 USB 3.0 HDMI ...

May 12, 201759 min

Control Structure #126: GPS Hat, Where’s My Cat?

The same old guys (Andrew and Steve) go at it again with RASPBERRY!, Ubuntu, Electron, bash, Steam, and some other things they forgot. News Add GPS Time and Location to a Raspberry Pi Project From the Canyon Edge: ThankHN: A Thank-You Note to the HackerNews Community, from Ubuntu Growing Ubuntu for cloud and IoT, rather than phone and convergence | Ubuntu Insights Electron is flash for the desktop GitHub – dlang/dmd: dmd D Programming Language compiler D (programming language) – Wikipedia MathJa...

Apr 19, 201732 min

Control Structure #125: Hey, I Need Some Batteries

Andrew talks about how he got fired, then Steve jumps in, and they talk about XFCE, Orange Pi, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, AMD, Google, Ubuntu, and so much more. It's been a while! Banter Fallout 4 | the Andrew Bailey This Xfce Bug Is Wrecking Users’ Monitors – OMG! Ubuntu! News Raspberry Pi Zero W rival: New $10 Orange Pi 2G-IoT hooks into mobile networks | ZDNet Daring Fireball: The Mac Pro Lives Shutting down CodePlex | Brian Harry’s blog Microsoft · GitHub Windows Vista Support is ending – Win...

Apr 06, 201757 min

Control Structure #124: Mean People Screaming

After talking about Chris' scheduling, Andrew and Steve talk about RASPBERRY!, the tinker board, Amazon, Firefox, Cloudflare, Windows, AMD Ryzen, emoji, and MediaWiki. News New product! Raspberry Pi Zero W joins the family – Raspberry Pi Asus Tinker Board – YouTube Summary of the Amazon S3 Service Disruption in the Northern Virginia (US-EAST-1) Region AWS Service Health Dashboard – Mar 14, 2017 PDT Amazon Web Services on Twitter: “The dashboard not changing color is related to S3 issue. See the ...

Mar 15, 201742 min

Control Structure #123: Jinxed The Next Day

After mentioning what Trump is doing, Andrew and Steve talk about AMD Ryzen, benchmarks, web bloat, hardware extravagence, neural net colors, and PuTTY. Banter Trump Tracker Track Trump. The First 100 Days News AMD Ryzen 7 Launch Event!!! – YouTube AMD Ryzen 7 1800X 8 Core CPU Benchmarks Leaked – Giving Intel’s $1000+ 8-Cores A Run For Their Money AMD Ryzen CPUs, New Wraith RGB Coolers & Box Design Pictured Phoronix Test Suite – Linux Testing & Benchmarking Platform, Automated Testing, O...

Feb 24, 201733 min

Control Structure #122: Cat Sleeping on the Keyboard

After reminiscing about the cookout a fortnight ago, Steve and Andrew talk about how kids can't use computers, RASPBERRY!, Samsung, PC hardware, Mozilla, Linux, Google, and Microsoft. Banter Ringing in 2017 with updates to our Google Voice apps Kids can’t use computers… and this is why it should worry you Image: thinkdiffernt.jpg News Compute Module 3 out now! – The MagPi MagazineThe MagPi Magazine Asus takes on Raspberry Pi with 4K-capable Tinker Board | Ars Technica [Infographic] Galaxy Note7:...

Feb 08, 201756 min

Control Structure #121: They Had Stack Overflow In ’91?

People got things for Christmas! Well, probably. Andrew and Steve talk about annoying recruiters, LG, IoT, routers, Firefox, cameras, Microsoft, golang, Cyanogen, old kernels, and compiling (stand by). Banter Lockheed P-38 Lightning – 3DLabPrint Things I Send to Recruiters News Darren Cauthon on Twitter: “Family member’s tv is bricked by Android malware. #lg wont disclose factory reset. Avoid these “smart tvs” like the plague. https://t.co/kNz9T1kA0p” LG 50GA6400 Google TV unbricked! How to perf...

Jan 12, 201749 min

Control Structure #120: I Drove Over The Cat

In the middle of a snowstorm, Steve and Andrew discuss RASPBERRY!, AMD, Bitcoin, storage, Microsoft, web fonts, and a few more tidbits, like designing a rather graphic lawn mowing simulator. News How to Convert Old Film Reels With a Raspberry Pi – IEEE Spectrum AMD introduces Radeon Instinct: Accelerating Machine Intelligence AMD Ryzen news | PC Gamer New Horizon SSD Prices Skyrocket As NAND Shortage Deepens, HDD Shortage Looms As Components Become Scarce Insanity: BitCoin | the Andrew Bailey Mi...

Dec 15, 201650 min

Control Structure #119: Build Them and Bill Them

After a while of not podcasting, Andrew and Steve get back into action. They talk about building features, RASPBERRY!, Backblaze, AMD, Google, Microsoft, Oracle, and the new Andrew Bailey. Banter 12 Signs You’re Working in a Feature Factory – Hacker Noon Uploading to testpypi · Issue #153 · pypa/twine · GitHub News Raspberry Pi 3 snags LTE support with help of new add-on chip | PCWorld 2016 Hard Drive Failure Rates for 2TB – 8TB Drives AMD Zen 8 Core SR7 Flagship To Sell For $499, Boost To 3.5Gh...

Dec 01, 20161 hr

Control Structure #118: Shot Within Wi-Fi Range

Steve and Andrew catch up on Apple dissappoint, Microsoft, insecurity, HTML, Let's Encrypt, another Google fatality, blog plans, turkeys, and some other little things. News All the disappointments from Apple’s MacBook Pro event Requiem for the Mac Pro Microsoft Surface Studio | Powerful workstation designed for the creative process Untitled: http://hub.dyn.com/dyn-blog/dyn-analysis-summary-of-friday-october-21-attack DoS attack on major DNS provider brings Internet to morning crawl [Updated] | A...

Nov 03, 201644 min

Control Structure #117: Dial-up Voting

Our old friend Christopher joins Andrew and Steve to talk about some games, IoT, VeraCrypt, voting software, voting hardware, growing hardware, the LHC, doomed projects, CSP, and a few other tidbits. Banter Star Citizen: Full CitizenCon 2016 Presentation – YouTube The Elder Scrolls Official Site | Skyrim Special Edition Steam Community :: Group Announcements :: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition From the Composer of Skyrim – Soule Symphony No. 1 by Max Steiner Agency Inc. — Kickstarter ...

Oct 20, 201650 min

Control Structure #116: Posted By Not Firefox

After mentioning Google's new iPhone, Steven and Andrew talk about BLACKBERRY! (yes), RASPBERRY!, Microsoft, Dropbox, the internet of threats (IoT), SSL "marketshare", pgAdmin, NBASE-T, and metafactories. Banter Google’s Pixel and Pixel XL phones start at $649 and $769, pre-orders begin today | Ars Technica News Goodbye QWERTY: BlackBerry stops making hardware | Ars Technica Introducing PIXEL – Raspberry Pi 24-bit Color in the Windows Console! – Windows Command Line Tools For Developers How Drop...

Oct 06, 201646 min

Control Structure #115: Keysock Mode

After talking about a company picnic, Andrew and Steve talk about some RASPBERRY!, dead hard drives, Microsoft, LSB, Intel, Digital Homicide, file URIs, Netbeans, Payara, Oracle, and a few other tidbits that they thought was relevant at the time. Banter Uber’s First Self-Driving Fleet Arrives in Pittsburgh This Month – Bloomberg News RaspAnd has Android Marshmallow for your Raspberry Pi 3 – Android Community R-Pi Clock Radio – Zeroed! Warner Brothers reports own site as illegal – BBC News A Loud...

Sep 21, 201645 min

Control Structure #114: Babylon Is Conformist

After talking about happenings around town, Steve and Andrew talk about RASPBERRY!, GE, Microsoft, SSH, CSS, Linux, password breaches, and full server encryption. Banter Uber’s First Self-Driving Fleet Arrives in Pittsburgh This Month – Bloomberg Bridge Fire Burned To 1,200 Degrees, Contractor Taking Responsibility « CBS Pittsburgh News PiBakery – foolproof custom Raspbian setup – Raspberry Pi Microsoft’s new kit makes Raspberry Pi gadget development easier | PCWorld GE buys two 3D printing comp...

Sep 08, 201633 min

Control Structure #113: Silly Things Like Reality

After Steve has problems spelling "dual", he and Andrew talk about working, interviews, RASPBERRY, Microsoft, Mozilla, encryption, Inbox.com, KeePass plugins, and other tidbits. Banter Tearful mum thanks Pokémon Go for changing autistic boy’s life The ALS Association Syonyk’s Project Blog: Solar Shed Summary: My Off Grid Office Wanted: Ninja Rockstar Code Monkey Hacker Unicorn News Pi 3 booting part I: USB mass storage boot beta – Raspberry Pi Bringing ChakraCore to Linux and OS X | Microsoft Ed...

Aug 11, 201656 min

Control Structure #112: 3D Printer On The Moon

In the middle of summer, Andrew and Steve talk about old consoles, space, Microsoft, documentation, HTTPS, CSS, and time tables. Banter AtTheNexusTV – YouTube The quest to get a unique SNES CD-ROM prototype working again | Ars Technica Decades later, an external workaround for the Sega Saturn’s robust DRM | Ars Technica CommitStrip | The blog relating the daily life of web agency developers News Title Unavailable FREE! That’s Right, I’m Giving Away MILLIONS of FREE Microsoft eBooks again! Includ...

Jul 28, 201645 min

Control Structure #111: Internet Sound

Steve and Andrew catch up on a few things, like RASPBERRY!, .NET, Seafile, and Windows 10 (Andrew had an adventure!) Banter Gordon Food Service Distribution and Stores | GFS.com Ceratopogonidae – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia News Is Android coming to Raspberry Pi? Founder Eben Upton reveals the claims are ‘promising’ | WIRED UK Announcing .NET Core 1.0 | .NET Blog Introducing .NET Core Docs Important infos about app.seafile.de and licensing purchases through our web shops – Seafile PayPal Re...

Jun 30, 201642 min

Control Structure #110: They Told Me I Could Fly

After talking about cicadas and The Raphael Parable, Andrew and Steve talk about putting things on Github, Raspberry!, Firefox, Microsoft, ransomware, and headphones. Banter Periodical cicadas – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Noise of periodical 17-year cicadas – YouTube Dog-day cicada – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Delaware Annual Cicadas – YouTube Introducing: The Raphael Parable (Seriously! New level download!) :: The Stanley Parable General Discussions Feats GitHub – theandrewbailey/t-...

Jun 16, 201643 min

Control Structure #109: Had A Tong

On this short and sweet episode, Andrew talks about getting runner's high, Steve talks about printing and having a tong, then both discuss implications of Oracle vs Google. Banter Neurobiological effects of physical exercise – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Feats Dihedral (aeronautics) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Untitled: https://theandrewbailey.com/content/bibleOffline.html News Pi0drone • Hackaday.io GitHub – CRYTEK-CRYENGINE/CRYENGINE: CRYENGINE source code. Google beats Oracle—Andr...

Jun 02, 201620 min

Control Structure #108: Alamagator

It's Chris's birthday! Steve is amazed by infrared cameras, Andrew poses a hypothetical Apple scenario, then both talk about hard drives, IOT destruction, new hardware, Certbot, the NSA, Ubuntu, 3D printers, and a time table app. Banter Today is +Christopher Bauhof’s birthday. Thanks for all the good times. I hope… Artem vs. Predator News Apple Stole My Music. No, Seriously. | vellumatlanta Apple and James’ Excellent Adventure | vellumatlanta Apple Sent Two Men to My House. No, They Weren’t Assa...

May 19, 201655 min

Control Structure #107: Deadlines, Goals, and Gantt Charts

Andrew and Steve talk about 3D printers, cameras, Dell, Ubuntu, Lavabit, Backblaze, Bitcoin, Clapper, Comey, and the T. News New 8-megapixel camera board on sale at $25 – Raspberry Pi Dell rebrands Dell to Dell Technologies, Dell EMC, and Dell | Ars Technica VMware Confirms Layoffs In Earnings Statement As It Prepares For Dell Acquisition | TechCrunch Ubuntu became the most popular Linux distribution for web servers. Lavabit LLC · GitHub Open Source Storage Server: 60 Hard Drives 480TB Storage H...

May 05, 201642 min

Control Structure #106: Linux Subsystem For Linux

After briefly becoming the bike show, Steven and Andrew talk about gaming history, betas, Intel, Google, Paul Le Roo, IoT, and passwords. Banter Help save 17 years of PC game modding history | Ars Technica GameFront – Archiveteam News Environment – Answers – Apple Bash on Ubuntu on Windows – Download Now! | Windows Command Line Tools For Developers Leaving Beta, New Sponsors – Let’s Encrypt – Free SSL/TLS Certificates Gmail’s Storage Increases, 6 GB in January 2008 Intel Announces Restructuring ...

Apr 21, 201652 min

Control Structure #105: Bootstrapping Your Flash Drive

Andrew and Steve talk about the stuff that Microsoft announced at Build, how NodeJS broke everything, why IoT is a bad idea, ciphers, and broken iPhones. Banter Port Authority of Allegheny County > Rider Services > Rider Alerts Out Run – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia News The npm Blog — changes to npm’s unpublish policy How an irate developer briefly broke JavaScript | The Verge HoloLens, Age-guessing PC Offer Fun at Microsoft Build Conference | Re/code HoloLens, Age-guessing PC Offer F...

Apr 07, 201650 min

Control Structure #104: My Real Real Email Address

Steve and Andrew talk about old times, new places, RASPBERRY!, stolen databases, vulnerabilities, encryption, iPhones, offline webpages, and some philosophy. Banter Windows 10 rollout: Unwary small firms complain of unwanted upgrades – TechRepublic Andrew S. Grove 1936 – 2016 | Intel Newsroom PDF: diablo_pitch.pdf Diablo (1996)(Blizzard) : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive Randall Monroe Goes Back To High School News Western Digital US Online Store – Product Information Have I bee...

Mar 24, 20161 hr 3 min

Control Structure #103: Knowledge Is Really Heavy

Andrew tells Steve about moving in, then about Raspberry!, CHIP, SSDs, Microsoft, DROWN, Amazon, encryption, and some more web server optimizations. News Raspberry Pi 3 On Sale NTC Project: Upcycle Your Old Speakers with C.H.I.P. — Blog. by Next Thing SSD reliability in the real world: Google’s experience | ZDNet Microsoft wants to monopolise games development on PC. We must fight it | Technology | The Guardian Screen tearing – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Tim Sweeney is missing the point; t...

Mar 10, 201653 min

Control Structure #102: Housing-as-a-Service

Chris mostly sleeps on the couch while Steve and Andrew talk about bullets, Amazon, housing, encryption, Vulkan, Backblaze, the weather, and source control tools. Banter Amazon.com Help: Order with Free Shipping by Amazon Amazon.com : Hornady .308 160-Grain FTX 100-Round Flex Tip Rifle Bullets, 30-Caliber : Sports & Outdoors Why I don’t want stuff | Derek Sivers News Customer Letter – Apple Customer Letter – FAQ – Apple U.S. can’t ban encryption because it’s a global phenomenon, Harvard stud...

Feb 25, 201649 min

Control Structure #101: Obsolete Installers

After the Suberb Owl, Andrew and Steve talk about robots, Gmail, tooltips, VLC, HTTPS certificates, going dark, NSA breakins, Steam, and Andrew's blog. News Raspimower Dalek – The Magpi MagazineThe Magpi Magazine What time is the Superb Owl? | The Verge People are being super mean to Tim Cook about his blurry Super Bowl photo | The Verge Tim Cook deleted his blurry Super Bowl photo | The Verge Google – Secure Your Account Official Gmail Blog: Making email safer for you Hint.css – A tooltip libra...

Feb 11, 20161 hr 3 min

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 – ...

Jan 28, 20161 hr 6 min

Control Structure #99: Critical CPU Damage

Andrew and Steve talk briefly talk about what happened over New Year's, like watching transmissions, Skylake, Internet Explorer end of support, OpenSSL funding, Postgres, reponsive design, and Atari. Banter ¡Feliz Navidad! | the Andrew Bailey HOW IT WORKS: Car Transmissions (720p) – YouTube The Basic Parts of an Automatic Transmission (Part 1) – YouTube The Basic Parts of an Automatic Transmission (Part 2) – YouTube Manual Transmission Operation – YouTube News Intel Skylake bug causes PCs to fre...

Jan 14, 20161 hr 3 min

Control Structure #98: Farms Are Expensive

Twentieth Century boots into this show with Andrew and Steve talking about Christmas, RASPBERRY!, Google, Chrome, Firefox, Ubuntu, PCI compliance, backdoors, minigames, games, file formats, Wireshark, and Andrew's encrypted blog. Have a Merry Chrixmix! Banter Star Citizen Alpha 2.0 Available! – Roberts Space Industries Reverse the Verse: December 11th, 2015 – YouTube Chiron Beta Prime – YouTube News Raspberry Pi microSD card performance comparison – 2015 | Midwestern Mac, LLC Did Google Shut Dow...

Dec 24, 20151 hr 10 min
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