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Houjun Liu and Micah Robinson•podcasters.spotify.com

Internet. Technology. Innovation. Productivity. And, perhaps, the state of the world. Coming spontaneously from two GenZers.

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Lasik in your head

Jack and Micah discuss about Elon Musk's Neuralink Neuralink: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuralink Neuralink's Cool Website: https://neuralink.com/ The Demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVvmgjBL74w Text summary of the demo: https://www.sovereignmagazine.co.uk/2020/08/28/watch-the-neuralink-progress-update-summer-2020-as-it-happened/ Elon Musk (in case you have been living under a rock): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk Neuralink August Rumors: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Sep 23, 2020•23 min

The Racist Systems (ft. Technicality)

Jack and Micah discuss with Alex Nickel about systemic racism, the Black Lives Matter movement, and police brutality. Check out Alex's Channel Technicality: https://www.youtube.com/technicality George Floyd's Killing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_George_Floyd Dog-Whistle Politics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog-whistle_politics The Civil Rights Movement: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_rights_movement Jim Crow Laws: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Crow_laws "Racism is gettin...

Jun 28, 2020•50 min

America Has Launched

Crew Dragon Demo II Crew Demo 2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crew_Dragon_Demo-2 Crew Demo 2, The Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY96v0OIcK4 Tom Cruise on the ISS: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tom-cruise-nasa-international-space-station-movie/ SLAC (not Slack): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SLAC_National_Accelerator_Laboratory Jack Switches to Dvorak: https://anchor.fm/yappin/episodes/Keyboard-Weirdos-ee7169 ISS Post-2024 Transition: https://www.space.com/24208-international-space-stati...

Jun 09, 2020•17 min

Special: Taking Your Work Mobile

On this special episode of Quarantine productivity, Jack and Micah discuss a plan to use iPads and Laptops to get more flexibility in our work even if we're stuck inside.

May 20, 2020•5 min

Keyboard Weirdos

Keyboard Talk! Dvorak layout and mechanical keyboards. Jack and Micah Discuss: keyboard layouts, switching keyboards, and why Micah uses a mechanical keyboard Dvorak: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvorak_keyboard_layout Learn Dvorak: https://learn.dvorak.nl/ August Dvork: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Dvorak Mechanical Keyboards: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard_technology#Mechanical-switch_keyboard Cherry MX Keyswitches: https://www.cherrymx.de/en Putting Keyboards in the Dishwashe...

May 18, 2020•15 min

CollegeBoard? CoronaBoard.

Jack and Micah Discuss: the CollegeBoard during the pandemic The CollegeBoard: https://www.collegeboard.org/ COVID-19 vs. the CollegeBoard: https://pages.collegeboard.org/collegeboard-covid-19-updates The International Baccalaureate Organisation (IBs): https://www.ibo.org/ COVID-19 vs. the IBs: https://www.ibo.org/news/news-about-the-ib/covid-19-coronavirus-updates/ The ACT Organization: https://www.act.org/ Collegeboard's AP Email/Update: https://apcoronavirusupdates.collegeboard.org Hope every...

Apr 06, 2020•23 min

We're (Now) In This (Together)

Jack and Micah Discuss: The Coronavirus Influencing Our Lives COVID-19: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronavirus_disease_2019 The Pandemic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_coronavirus_pandemic CDC on COVID-19: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html Austin Cancels SXSWEDU Event: https://www.sxswedu.com/2020-event-update/...

Mar 22, 2020•18 min

Internet... Into Space!

Jack and Micah Discuss: SpaceX Starlink Starlink: https://www.starlink.com/ China and the Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_China

Mar 02, 2020•21 min

A Coronavirus, The Coronavirus

Jack and Micah Discuss: The WuHan Coronavirus Due to the constant changing nature of this event, this podcast is not representative of the currency of the event and should not be taken as such. (OLD INFO!) Data Sheet (From Johns Hopkins): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/1/d/1yZv9w9zRKwrGTaR-YzmAqMefw4wMlaXocejdxZaTs6w/htmlview?usp=sharing&sle=true Updated Data (From Johns Hopkins): https://github.com/CSSEGISandData/2019-nCoV Xenophobia and racism caused: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

Feb 16, 2020•25 min

Moonshot Electronics Flop-Show

Jack and Micah Discuss: The Consumer Electronics Show, Project NEON CES: https://www.ces.tech/ Amazon's Embarrassing Ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmhcPKKt7gw The Infamous Keyboard: https://support.apple.com/keyboard-service-program-for-mac-notebooks Project NEON: https://www.neon.life/ Underwhelming NEON Demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IPNOWilDOk Robots taking over hotels: https://www.hotelmanagement.net/operate/how-technology-and-robotics-are-changing-front-desk...

Feb 10, 2020•36 min

Setting Up Your Life

Jack and Micah discuss: The Mascot Project, The Monopoly that is Google, and Jack's RapidJournal TIDE Academy: https://www.tideacademy.org Argonauts: http://bit.ly/2m0wOxJ Argonaut (Mythical): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argonauts DataIsBeautiful: http://bit.ly/2kXUjXY ViewPure(Jack said ClearView): http://www.viewpure.com/ RapidJournal: https://bit.ly/2m8fdUh...

Feb 03, 2020•39 min

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