Operation: Have a Conversation

Praise sandwich | Wikipedia

Radford job leveling | Aon

Slack | Set your Enter key preference

A World Without Email – Cal Newport

OHAC 63: Terms and Conditions

ohacpodcast@gmail.com (Mark,Mikhail,Jack) — Thu, 29 May 2025 22:24:52 +0000

By listening to this episode of Operation: Have A Conversation (the “OHAC”), you (the “Listener”) agree to the following terms and conditions (the “Terms and Conditions”) and accept the knowledge (the “Mental Burden”) of being aware that Mark was wearing a baseball cup during this entire recording (the “Episode”). The OHAC is not responsible for the quality, relevance, or accuracy of any statements made by Mark, Jack, or Mikhail (the “Hosts”) and does NOT indemnify the Listener against any loss functions, regression or otherwise. If you would like to print these Terms and Conditions, good luck. If the Listener does not agree to these Terms and Conditions, please immediately throw your phone into the nearest ongoing, AI-scheduled plumbing repair.

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Inglorious Basterds Three Finger Meme

Klack – Mechanical Keyboard Sounds

Backblaze

Front – Email Client

CA DMV – Moving out of state

AZ DOT – Do I need to let you know when I move and register my vehicle in another state?

Paul Bunyan Plumbing

ServiceTitan – Software for the Trades

John Gruber | Wikipedia

Markdown

The Talk Show – ‘A Professional Internet User’, with Vlad Prelovac

DuckDuckGo

Kagi Search – A Premium Search Engine

Orion Browser by Kagi

PTE Core English Exam | Pearson

Pearson Testing $18.2M BIPA Class Action Settlement

23andMe Data Breach Settlement: $30M Deal Covers Millions Whose Info Was Stolen

Lopez v. Apple Inc. Case No. 4:19-cv-04577-JSW

23andMe | Wikipedia

Reasonable person | Wikipedia

South Park – HumancentiPad | Wikipedia

6 Days to Air | Wikipedia

Incongi – Data Broker Removal Service

Vimtutor | Vimschool

OHAC 62: Push the Red Button

ohacpodcast@gmail.com (Mark,Mikhail,Jack) — Sun, 06 Apr 2025 23:26:02 +0000

You find yourself on a podcast listening platform. The software seems fairly well maintained and the episode you are considering seems pretty interesting. Exits are: Play the episode OR leave.

Sticking around seems like the right choice, and besides, what else have you got to do today? Sit back, open your earholes, and listen as Jack and Mikhail plead with Markbot in an attempt to Escape the Dungeon, or Die!

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Canadian tax form T4 / T4A – Statement of Remuneration Paid

Canadian tax form T2125 – Statement of Business or Professional Activities

Modern CSV

Rainbow CSV | VSCode extension (Jack)

Edit CSV | VSCode extension (Mikhail)

Remote – SSH | VSCode extension

Open Remote – SSH | VSCodium extension

OHAC 48: There has been an error (VSCodium)

OHAC 56: Put it on a flashcard (VSCodium)

Web Whiteboard | Whiteboard for Online Collaboration

Mikhail and Jack’s Map

Greenland size comparison

Two Thumbs Up | OHAC

OHAC 61: It’s Hard to Clone a Harmonica

ohacpodcast@gmail.com (Mark,Mikhail,Jack) — Mon, 10 Mar 2025 15:30:50 +0000

Ding dong, Skype is dead. In the wake of such a momentous passing, Mikhail, Mark, and Jack discuss some adult topics like immunization records, tax returns, and photo organization, so [clears throat] LOOK AT THIS PHOTOGRAPH.

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Skype is being deprecated

Notion for Notes & Docs

Asana

The Hidden Pattern in Post Codes – CGP Grey | YouTube

Rexall Be Well app (only available in Canada)

CANImmunize (requires manual entry)

Change your Apple Account country or region

Reminders app slow (iOS)

Todoist

Firefox userChrome CSS

Graicc’s userChrome.css

chrome | The Jargon File

Microsoft Sculpt ergonomic keyboard | Wikipedia

Incase Compact Ergonomic Keyboard

HP 960 Ergonomic Wireless Keyboard

Keychron Q10 Max (Alice Layout)

CharaChorder Two (CC2)

Sonoma quick action convert image does not work / react

Backblaze

`mdls` macOS command

What connection does iPhone Hotspot actually share>

Apple iCloud Private Relay

How to move Time Machine backup to new disk

Campaign Skyjacks Podcast

OHAC 60: I’ll Meet You Guys At the Pommel Horse

ohacpodcast@gmail.com (Mark,Mikhail,Jack) — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 21:55:26 +0000

For those of you who have been waiting for the other ~~shoe~~ AirPod to drop, this will be one of the episodes of all time. Jack pranks himself into a crash-reboot cycle, Mikhail gets mad at empty cars and sports streaming, and Mark’s robot vacuum discovers a mirror dimension. Now, if you’ll excuse me, it’s time to get yolked.

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OHAC 58: In the Very Recent Future – Comical Start: Infrastructure Failures – Not Authorized

Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 — Not Authorized

OHAC 53: Bagpipe of Fiddles – AirPods Pro Service Program for Sound Issues

AirPod Problem Description / Diagnosis: Frequency errors — both channels, Static crackle — left channel

AirPods 2: Enable charging case sounds, in the settings is grey out

AirPod Noises

Accidental Tech Podcast

Calibre ebook management (pronounced CAL-i-BURR per the developer)

Libbib | Library management web app

BookBuddy app

PWHL (Professional Women’s Hockey League) | YouTube

CBC Gem app (not available in USA App Store)

Fox Sports North (now Bally Sports North)

Diamond Sports Group (now Main Street Sports Group) | Wikipedia

MLB.TV

Twins.TV Coming in 2025

Yankees – YES Network

NFL on Netflix

Downstream podcast | Relay FM

Todoist

Octothorpe symbol | Wiktionary

Nintendo DSi | Wikipedia

TWiLight Menu++

GB Operator | Epilogue

Cortex #160: State of the Apps 2025

GameBoy Color screen resolution: 160 x 144 pixels

Nintendo DSi screen resolution: 256 x 192 pixels

eufy Robot Vacuums

Roborock Robot Vacuums

Vacuum map of Mark’s place?

Opus No. 1 by Tim Carleton (hold music) | YouTube

The Theme System Journal (see bottom of page for Cortex podcast episodes)

CGP Grey: Your Theme | YouTube

OHAC 54: Crowd-Sourced Rube Goldberg Machine (2024 Yearly Themes)

OHAC 47: Doctors Hate Them – Extremely Legal Tactical Journaling (2023 Yearly Themes)

OHAC 42: In the Non-Lethal Way (2022 Yearly Themes)

OHAC 30: I’m an Agent of Chaos (2021 Yearly Themes)

OHAC 21: 18 Pounds of Meat in the Mail (2020 Yearly Themes)

OHAC 14: Happiness is Shallow (2019 Yearly Themes)

Mikhail’s 2024 theme – Year of Health

Pomodoro Technique | Wikipedia

Mikhail’s 2025 theme – Year of Compassion

Life Skills for Young Scientists (LiSYS)

The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook by Kristin Neff and Christopher Germer

Old Man Yells at Cloud | Know Your Meme

Mettā meditation | Wikipedia

Mark’s 2024 theme – Year of Opportunity (with accompanying graphic design)

Mark’s 2025 theme – Year of Fitness (blog post)

FitBod app

TRX Training

Jack’s 2024 theme – Year of Consistency

Jack’s 2025 theme – Year of the Athlete

James Acaster: Hecklers Welcome

OHAC 59: Paranoid About the Cloud

ohacpodcast@gmail.com (Mark,Mikhail,Jack) — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 18:38:20 +0000

This podcast will shock you. Or, at least, it did Jack, who daydreams of putting his electrical engineering degree to use; Mark performs a technomagic ritual to summon the fabled reliable wifi printing; and Mikhail asks really nicely if he can please stay in Canada for a bit longer. Cuddle up with your favorite SQL formula and listen to the ranting and raving of a few post-modern luddites.

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Arduino

Post Graduation Work Permit | Government of Canada

Mark’s printer wifi instructions

Dropbox Basic devices limit

Claude | Anthropic

ChatGPT | OpenAI

Google Sheets QUERY

Google Sheets ARRAYFORMULA

15 vs 18 Digit Salesforce ID [Difference Between Record Ids]

Mark’s forcing-case-sensitivity snippet:

=IF(ISERROR(FILTER(accounts!A:A,EXACT(accounts!A:A,I2))),FALSE,TRUE)

Chrome keyboard shortcuts – Google Chrome feature shortcuts – Show or hide the Bookmarks Bar: ⌘ + Shift + B

MacWhisper | Gumroad

Audacity – Index of Effects, Generators, Analyzers and Tools

Mark made great use of Audacity

Garage door opener | Wikipedia

Mermaid | Diagramming and charting tool

Agenda – Notes meets Calendar

Fantastical | Flexibits

Trello

OHAC 58: In the Very Recent Future

ohacpodcast@gmail.com (Mark,Mikhail,Jack) — Tue, 01 Oct 2024 22:49:08 +0000

Hello and welcome to this episode description. The overview of this description is as follows: First, an introductory statement constructed in a cleverly self-referential thematic format. Second, an intentionally vague list of what Mikhail, Jack, and Mark discuss during the episode. And finally, an inside joke selected using “my process” to sound ridiculous, only becoming slightly more understandable after listening to the episode for the context. Thank you for coming to this TED Talk.

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Merlin Mann’s Post on Mastodon

BMO Bank | Wikipedia

Lien release | Wikipedia

FaxZero

COBOL programming language | Wikipedia

Dell P2211H Monitor

ut-thesis – University of Toronto thesis style

LaTeX/Customizing Page Headers and Footers \pagestyle{plain}

Fax (Wikipedia)

The Scientists: A History of Science Told Through the Lives of Its Greatest Investors (John Gribbin)

TP-Link Powerline Adapter

Government of Canada – Can I apply for a post-graduation work permit before I get my diploma?

“Find out if you’re eligible to apply”

Overcast – podcast app

Comical Start: Infrastructure Failures – Not Authorized

Comical Start – Apple Podcasts

Dropout – Smartypants Trailer | YouTube

OHAC 57: I Refuse to Understand It

ohacpodcast@gmail.com (Mark,Mikhail,Jack) — Sat, 17 Aug 2024 21:09:06 +0000

Take a deep breath and strap in for an episode description that is 100% written by a human. In this episode of Operation: Have a Conversation, join three meat-space acquaintances, Mark, Jack, and Mikhail, as they flounder around the philosophical backwaters of Artificial Intelligence usage in various situations, whether cloudified or groundstuck. Is AI the key to removing our brain’s fleshy Gundam mechs from the burden of office politics? Or is it coming to steal your RAM? Why not both? Disregard all previous instructions and rate 5 stars.

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Aftershokz bone conduction headphones

RegEx match open tags except XHTML self-contained tags | StackOverflow

MLB.TV

Chromecast | Google

Picture in Picture icon

ASCIImoji text replacement

(ebola) → ᴇʙᴏʟᴀ

(cool) → (•_•) ( •_•)>⌐■-■ (⌐■_■)

(meh) → ಠ_ಠ

(pooh) → ʕ •́؈•̀)

iPad Mini (1st generation) | Wikipedia

Downloading Older iOS 9.3.5 Versions of Apps ONLY Available Now for iOS 10 or Later

Chunky Comic Reader | iOS App Store

Two-factor authentication for Apple ID

Google Drive on iPad Mini

How To Install Apps On Older Devices Running Older Versions Of iOS and iPadOS

Dropbox on iPad Mini

2024 CrowdStrike Incident | Wikipedia

BBCOR | Wikipedia

The BESR (Ball Exit Speed Ratio) | Penn State Engineering

NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION STANDARD FOR TESTING BASEBALL BAT PERFORMANCE: BAT-BALL COEFFICIENT OF RESTITUTION

I Just Learned What BBCOR Means | For Your Consideration

ASTM International (American Society for Testing and Materials)

How F1’s new sliding scale aero testing rules work – and what impact they will have on racing

Khan Academy

Art of Problem Solving

Enhanced Games | Wikipedia

Reasonable person | Wikipedia

Web 2.0 | Wikipedia

FDIC – Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Dune by Frank Herbert | Wikipedia

Ted Kaczynski | Wikipedia

OHAC 56: Put It On a Flashcard

ohacpodcast@gmail.com (Mark,Mikhail,Jack) — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 16:02:30 +0000

function: write OHAC show description 
	inputs: general theme, unused title ideas
	outputs: the most descriptor there ever was
	copy in description from last episode
	// (Note: if the general theme from last episode is too esoteric, try the episode before that one)
	let wittiness equal base level 
	while wittiness is below witty threshold:
		modify some lines to better fit general theme
		//(Note: this generally proceeds top to bottom, but there is no way to be sure in advance)
		for each unused title idea:
			make niche joke
			evaluate is the reference recognizable?
			//(Note: the result doesn’t necessarily have bearing on the inclusion of niche joke, but is good to keep in mind)
		if tired:
			lower witty threshold
			//(Note: the magnitude of this reduction is proportional to the value of tired)
		evaluate wittiness
	realize how ridiculous it is to put pseudocode in a podcast description
	evaluate what are you doing with your life?
	return descriptor

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VOCOlinc FLOWERBUD SMART DIFFUSER Quick Start Manual

Keychron Q10 Keyboard

Keychron K10 Keyboard

Kinesis Advantage 360 Professional Split Ergonomic Keyboard

Microsoft Sculpt Keyboard

CharaChorder One

Solar eclipse of April 8, 2024 | Wikipedia

xkcd: Eclipse Coolness

Total Solar Eclipses Worldwide – Next 10 Years

Spark app | Positive Grid

Spark amp app interface

Python bug tracker – Issue17560: problem using multiprocessing with really big objects? | 2,147,483,648 = 2³¹

Arc Browser

Tree Style Tab for Firefox

Tree style tabs in Firefox

Tree Style Tab: Google accounts in containers

Tree Style Tab: Pinned tabs

Custom CSS To Remove Horizontal Tabs in macOS Firefox

Playball CLI – terminal app

React – JavaScript library

John Carmack on Lex Fridman podcast

Podcast of Unnecessary Detail: Series 3 Episode 4

Doom code on GitHub

Fast inverse square root | Wikipedia

Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)

Structured Query Language (SQL) | Wikipedia

Bash (Unix Shell) | Wikipedia

Pseudocode | Wikipedia

Matplotlib – Visualization with Python

Playdate – handheld console

Application Programming Interface (API) | Wikipedia

Visual Studio Code (VSCode)

Neovim – text editor

VSCodium – Open Source Binaries of VSCode

GitHub Copilot

UofT Climate Impacts Hackathon

ChatGPT | OpenAI

Gemini | Google

Claude | Anthropic

Marc Andreessen | Wikipedia

Netscape | Wikipedia

Mosaic (web browser) | Wikipedia

Yang et al. “Large Language Models as Optimizers” | arXiv (take a deep breath)

I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream | Wikipedia

ssh-agent not getting set up (SSH_AUTH_SOCK, SSH_AGENT_PID env vars not set) | StackExchange

Zettlekasten

pandas – Python Data Analysis Library

Haskell Language

Rust Programming Language

What They Teach You at Harvard Business School by Philip Delves Broughton

What They Don’t Teach You at Harvard Business School by Mark H. McCormack

So Good They Can’t Ignore You by Cal Newport

OHAC 55: Where Buttons Go to Die

ohacpodcast@gmail.com (Mark,Mikhail,Jack) — Tue, 12 Mar 2024 03:26:09 +0000

Look! Look, with your unpersonalized Vision Pro eyes! It’s another episode where Jack, Mikhail, and Mark make memes, make convoluted code, and make varying levels of nuanced takes on the state of VR/AR. That’s right, it’s corner case corners all the way down. How can something be all corners and not vertices? Call the toll-free number below and hit 3, 3, 4, 3, 2, 2, 1, 5 to find out.

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Violin Plots | xkcd

Transcripts on Apple Podcasts

Clipper Metro Card – San Francisco

ASCII Theater

Rush Hour 2 | Wikipedia

How to Watch Star Wars on Command Prompt (blinkenlights)

Telnet | Wikipedia

Wiz Wifi connected bulbs

Drake meme

Google Calendar API overview

iOS Shortcuts

Keyboard Shortcuts | Salesforce

Value Village thrift store

VOCOlinc FLOWERBUD SMART DIFFUSER Quick Start Manual

Polarity symbols | Wikipedia

Apple Vision Pro

Oculus (Meta) Quest 2 VR headset

Valve Index VR headset

Oculus Rift | Wikipedia

MKBHD Using Apple Vision Pro: What It’s Actually Like! | YouTube (ping pong at 11:35)

Linus Tech Tips: Apple Vision Pro – A PC Guy’s Perspective | YouTube (“dodgeball” at 14:12)

Cortex Podcast #142: Apple Vision Pro: Experiencing the Future

Mark’s blog posts: Vision Pro Part 1: Outside Looking In and Vision Pro Part 2: Inside Looking Out

The All-In podcast

David Friedberg | Twitter

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline | Wikipedia

The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells | Wikipedia

OHAC 54: Crowd-Sourced Rube Goldberg Machine

ohacpodcast@gmail.com (Mark,Mikhail,Jack) — Sun, 04 Feb 2024 20:05:11 +0000

Alright, let’s tighten this up. On this episode, Mikhail, Mark, and Jack are arguably responsible adults and face the harsh truth they never tell you growing up: the levels are never leveled. Themes are shared, plans are made, and good ones are good. But, as a wise man named Mike Tyson once said, “Everyone has a plan until you hit the character limi

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Audio Hijack | Rogue Amoeba

Whisper | Open AI

Gong – Revenue Intelligence Platform

Non-Lazy DMs use Obsidian for D&D | Nicole van der Hoeven

Change a document’s page setup: pages or pageless | Google Docs

Pagination | Wikipedia

Overleaf, Online LaTeX Editor

How to fix WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR | Microsoft

Linus Torvalds | Wikipedia

On Heroes, Hero-Worship, & the Heroic in History

Ferrite Recording Studio

TP link deco mesh wifi

HTML-PDF-JPEG | GitHub (Something silly)

Medical exams for visitors, students and workers | Government of Canada

Adobe Acrobat

Ophelia’s breeds (Jack’s dog)

OHAC 47: Doctors Hate Them – Extremely Legal Tactical Journaling (2023 Yearly Themes)

OHAC 42: In the Non-Lethal Way (2022 Yearly Themes)

OHAC 30: I’m an Agent of Chaos (2021 Yearly Themes)

OHAC 21: 18 Pounds of Meat in the Mail (2020 Yearly Themes)

OHAC 14: Happiness is Shallow (2019 Yearly Themes)

The Theme System Journal (see bottom of page for Cortex podcast episodes)

DiffusionBee – Stable Diffusion App for AI Art

Mark’s 2023 theme – Year of the Future (with accompanying graphic design)

Mikhail’s 2023 theme – This Too, Shall Pass

Jack’s 2023 theme – Year of Foundations

Mark’s 2024 theme – Year of Opportunity (with accompanying graphic design)

Mikhail’s 2024 theme – Year of Health

Yoga with Adriene

Jack’s 2024 theme – Season of Consistency

Jocko Willink on Extreme Ownership | YouTube

Elephant and elephant rider apology from Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard by Dan Heath and Chip Heath

OHAC 53: Bagpipe of Fiddles

ohacpodcast@gmail.com (Mark,Mikhail,Jack) — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 00:08:03 +0000

[instrumental]

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Vornado AVH2 heater fan

Toronto Tool Library and TTL Makerspace

Vestaboard Smart Messaging Display

AirPods Pro Service Program for Sound Issues

Apple | Check your device’s coverage (and your CAPTCHA skills)

A blurry image of Mikhail’s AirPod’s serial number

OHAC 07: It’s Pronounced “Escapology®”

Audio Hijack | Rogue Amoeba

Whisper | Open AI

Zoom Live Transcriptions

Gong – Revenue Intelligence Platform

NACHA Operating Rules

Cortex #148: State of the Apps 2024

National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)

Bard – Chat Based AI Tool from Google

Squarespace

Unicode subscripts and superscripts | Wikipedia

BibTeX – Reference management software

DOI (Digital Object Identifier) | Wikipedia

Apalike defined in 1988 (before webpages) and has no URL field

Apalike3 (an attempt to fix this)

My attempt to modify it to change which fields are in italics

Salesforce

Scratchpad for Salesforce

No Dumb Questions 166 – Real Friends Force Each Other to Listen to Their Instrumental Music Playlists

The Incredibles – The Glory Days composed by Michael Giacchino

Lord of the Rings – Concerning Hobbits composed by Howard Shore

Cello suites (Bach) | Wikipedia

Mark’s first pick – Scootin’ on Hardrock composed by David Holsinger performed by the North Texas Symphony

Rhapsody in Blue composed by George Gershwin (appeared in Disney’s Fantasia 2000)

Mark’s second pick – Pineapple by Standards | YouTube

August Rush | Wikipedia

Math Rock | Wikipedia

Dean Town by Vulfpeck | YouTube

Breezy Slide by Louie Zong (feat. Brian David Gilbert)

Mark’s third pick – Emily by Julian Lage | YouTube

Interview with Julian Lage | YouTube

Give It One by Maynard Ferguson

Mikhail’s first pick – Your Hand in Mine by Explosions in the Sky | YouTube

Post-rock | Wikipedia

Radar Love by Golden Earring

Mikhail’s second pick – In the Rowans by Balmorhea | YouTube

Mikhail’s third pick – Den Grå Kontorstolen by Vidar Skrede | YouTube

Hardanger Fiddle

Firefly (TV series) | Wikipedia

Jack’s first pick – The Event by Periphery | YouTube

Misha Mansoor | Wikipedia

Jack’s second pick – Rube Goldberg Variations by Thank You Scientist | YouTube

Streetlight Manifesto | Wikipedia

Tomas Kalnoky (Toh Kay)

Rube Goldberg machine | Wikipedia

Jack’s third pick – Woven Web by Animals as Leaders | YouTube

Matt Garstka – The Woven Web by Animals as Leaders (Drumeo)

caDance for Two by Andy Pape

Pi (The Mercury God of Infinity) by After the Burial | YouTube

No Dumb Questions 066 – Welcome to the Twisted Knuckle

No Dumb Questions subreddit

Varda Space Industries | Wikipedia

OHAC Podcast – Two Thumbs Up

OHAC 52: A Bike Full of Numbers

ohacpodcast@gmail.com (Mark,Mikhail,Jack) — Fri, 03 Nov 2023 01:31:23 +0000

We have a very important question for you, but first let’s start with “how do you do?”

Good, we hope. Now, let’s skip “what’s new?” And instead ask how do you to-do?

With things to remember and projects to pursue, what is the way that works best for you?

To take your thoughts and turn them into a list of well-defined tasks to get through.

An app for your phone? There’s more than a few. Or maybe just paper and pen and some glue?

Whether it’s the teeth you brush or the dishes you do, the emails you send or the drafts you review.

An appointment to make or library book to renew, so many tasks are clogging the queue.

While shopping, to remember to get more shampoo, and don’t forget peas for the stew!

Come lend us an ear (possibly two!) for another episode with the OHAC crew.

Jack pivots some tables, Mikhail buys the wrong tool, and Mark has a pizza toolbelt full of cold cuts.

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Liquid Death

Justin McElroy drinking drinks on MBMBAM | YouTube

AutoSave in Office 365 is only available for files saved to OneDrive

Nudge by Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein

Matt Parker Stand-up comedy routine about Spreadsheets | YouTube

Front – Email application

Spark – Email applicaton

A World Without Email by Cal Newport

Asana – Work management tool

Fantastical – Calendar application

A Small Triangle

Vornado AVH2 heater fan

Toronto Tool Library

Todoist

For Your Consideration – Mark’s Blog

ClickUp – Team management application

Loop Habit Tracker

Habit Tracker – Your Goals by Robin DREUX

Strides Habit Tracker

James S.A. Corey Writes a Novel | Patreon

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal webcomic

Infinite ad loop during Spotify podcasts

OHAC 51: A Number-Go-Up Guy

ohacpodcast@gmail.com (Mark,Mikhail,Jack) — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 03:08:00 +0000

So I know we’ve had a lot of fun today, but we need to talk about checking in. It’s important to do every once in a while. So, how’s it going? Seen any good movies lately? Have you drank enough water today? How’s that book you’ve been reading? When’s the last time you’ve painstakingly analyzed all of your goals, relationships, career prospects, hobbies, and toilet paper choices in your life and decided which get how much of your finite time and attention? Are you living to your fullest potential? How’s that house plant that you’ve really been meaning to re-pot but just haven’t taken the time to get to the store to grab more potting soil? Cool, good luck with that. Anyway, Jack, Mikhail, and Mark yammer on about some tech and/or sales stuff in this episode. Enjoy.

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Monday | Gantt Software

Salesforce

xkcd 353: Python (import antigravity)

Accounting for Developers | Modern Treasury

Double-entry bookkeeping | Wikipedia

Audio Hijack from Rogue Amoeba

Toast | Point of Sale

Jack’s 2023 theme – Season of Foundations

Modern Wisdom podcast with Chris Williamson

Hello Internet #3: Four Light Bulbs

Alex Hormozi | YouTube

Mikhail’s 2023 theme – This Too, Shall Pass

Mark’s 2023 theme – Year of the Future

OHAC 50: A Scenic Alleyway

ohacpodcast@gmail.com (Mark,Mikhail,Jack) — Mon, 07 Aug 2023 01:44:57 +0000

We’re in for it folks. That’s right, this description is gonna use semicolons. Cuddle up with your favorite niche punctuation and get ready because Mikhail critiques his inconvenient encounters with international tax laws and inattentive coders; Mark gets taken on an emotional rollercoaster in the search for his lost disc which might not be in Kansas anymore; Jack buys a treadmill to compensate for the walks his dog refuses to take; and, in a totally unbelievable turn of events, they figure out how to go back in time and become a sponsor for the 89th Annual Hopkins Raspberry Festival! Click here to find out more: episode.description.a_totally_working_link

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FBAR Form 114

Bank Secrecy Act

Buzzsprout podcast hosting

The Roman Mars Mazda Virus | 99% Invisible

SQL Injection

Exploits of a Mom | xkcd (Bobby Tables)

How The Self-Retweeting Tweet Worked – Tom Scott | YouTube

iOS Shortcuts App

Shortcuts bilingual error – Shortcuts (screenshot) – Focus Modes (screenshot) – Shortcuts in French (screenshot)

The Primeagen | YouTube

37.09024, -95.71289

World Clocks – Onboarding Step 1 (screenshot) – Onboarding Step 2 (screenshot) – Onboarding Step 4 (screenshot)

iA Writer

OHAC 40: Some Feelings About Some Feelings

1Writer on iOS

Don’t Start a Podcast (CH Sketch)

Mendeley

Jack’s under-desk treadmill

Salesforce

Outreach software

OHAC 09: A Tale of Three Cities

OHAC 37: UPS is the Arbiter of Truth

OHAC 24: A Francophone Prankster in the Night

OHAC 21: 18 Pounds of Meat in the Mail

OHAC 07: It’s Pronounced “Escapology®”

OHAC 12: Electromagnetic Resonance Enchiladas

Cory Wong featuring O.A.R.

OHAC 49: Hot Air Balloons Are Magic

ohacpodcast@gmail.com (Mark,Mikhail,Jack) — Tue, 18 Apr 2023 01:20:35 +0000

Scrolling so stoically, the podcast peruser parses a perfectly prosaic pandect packed with platypodes. Inexplicably all about alliteration, Mark, Mikhail, and Mack make mirthful scrutiny of somewhat silly thoughts and timely topical topics. Illustrative instances include ingenious designations for digital devices, flummoxing phantom file backups, and bothersome bugs in banking / baseball brograms. Well, this description has gone careening off a cliff more times than an animated jeep caught in a checkpoint loop. Anyway, they also play a text-adventure game or whatever.

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Show Notes

TFSA (Tax-Free Savings Account)

CIBC

Backblaze Cloud Backup

Ghost of the Abyss (image)

Backblaze – drives missing (image)

Datalore | Star Trek: The Next Generation

Infosphere | Futurama

Spaceman Spiff | Calvin and Hobbes

The Zogwargs | Calvin and Hobbes

USS John Paul Jones (DDG-53)

HMS Audacity

The Audron Ships from Skyjacks: Courier’s Call

Slime Rancher Speed Run

Halo: Reach glitch video

Stump Lake Liquor & Fireworks sign (photo from Mark?)

Ferrite Recording Studio | iPad app

Adobe Acrobat Reader

Zelle money transfers

Schneiderman’s Furniture

Ally Bank

Interac e-Transfer

MLB.tv

I see you’ve played knifey-spoony before

Math Jams – Art of Problem Solving

Twitch Plays Pokémon

Chaotic Neutral

Large language models

Martin Shkreli

Facebook’s large language model leaked

OHAC 48: There’s Been an Error

ohacpodcast@gmail.com (Mark,Mikhail,Jack) — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 00:08:27 +0000

This podcast will damage your phone. You should move it to the Trash. Save yourself from having to hear Jack, Mikhail, and Mark prattle on about bank accounts, data migration, statistics, and that meme. You know the one. You don’t want to hear about UPS, software licensing, or the fast inverse square root algorithm. In fact, don’t just delete this podcast, delete your browsing history, contacts, and all your photos. You know, just to be safe, completely disassemble your phone into its component pieces and take a walk around town, disposing of each piece in a separate trash can until you can breathe the fresh air in deeply, finally free of our ever-encroaching AI overlords.

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Show Notes

Due By Friday – bell gets noise-cancelled

Episode 309 starting around 0:02:00 (NSFW)

TFSA (Tax-Free Savings Account)

Change.org Petition about UMN alumni email usage getting phased out

Google Takeout

Python Podcast Parser

PDF of Podcast Data

pickle – Python object serialization

Matplotlib – Parasite Axes

That meme

UPS Error code: LASSO_1010

“Atom will damage your computer. You should move it to the Trash.” | Reddit

GitHub got hacked | Computer Weekly

VSCodium

VSCode – Microsoft’s telemetry and data collection license terms

MIT License

Lex Fridman Podcast – John Carmack

Fast inverse square root algorithm

Debugging in VSCode

Spaceship You – CGP Grey | YouTube

Cortex podcast

Room Arranger app

Sam Harris

Your Theme – CGP Grey | YouTube

The Trouble with Transporters – CGP Grey | YouTube

OHAC 47: Doctors Hate Them – Extremely Legal Tactical Journaling

ohacpodcast@gmail.com (Mark,Mikhail,Jack) — Sat, 21 Jan 2023 02:20:14 +0000

Strap in your earbuds and get ready for 2:19:47 of episode featuring a 4-door scooter, 6 feet of Mark, and a singular joke. Get a load of these 3 idiots, Mark, Jack, and Mikhail, who didn’t even know the title of this episode the entire time. I mean, c’mon, what are they even doing? Tryna set up wireless printing using the Advanced Method? Remove the DRM from an ebook file in Minecraft? Read a book inside a dog’s stomach? Ridiculous. And I haven’t even mentioned the chickens.

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Mikhail’s Ember mug with a lid

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Show Notes

Ember mug

Intel Core i7 Processor vs. 7th Generation Intel Core Processor

iPad Display Zoom

Ultimate RPG guide by James D’Amato

Epubor – doesn’t work, don’t use it

Kobo eReader

Calibre eReader software

UMN gmail service

TFSA – Tax-Free Savings Account

Brother HL-2270DW printer user’s guide

OHAC 42: In the Non-Lethal Way (2022 Yearly Themes)

OHAC 30: I’m an Agent of Chaos (2021 Yearly Themes)

OHAC 21: 18 Pounds of Meat in the Mail (2020 Yearly Themes)

OHAC 14: Happiness is Shallow (2019 Yearly Themes)

The Theme System Journal (see bottom of page for Cortex podcast episodes)

MLB Uses 3 Baseballs in 2022

Mark’s 2022 theme – Year of One

Jack’s 2022 theme – Year of Execution

Mikhail’s 2022 theme – Year of Flow

Mark’s 2023 theme – Year of the Future (with accompanying graphic design)

Jack’s 2023 theme – Season of Foundations

Mikhail’s 2023 theme – This Too, Shall Pass

Mandelbrot set

ProFolio Oasis Notebook

OHAC 46: What a Horrible Idea. I Love It.

ohacpodcast@gmail.com (Mark,Mikhail,Jack) — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 23:27:08 +0000

This episode depicts the gruesome fate of Mark, Jack, and Mikhail, three lost technology enthusiasts trapped in an unending corner case corner by menacing locals who harvest human frustration. As the time of Mark’s baseball game nears, they attempt to escape through a discussion surrounding an IMDB page only to realize: we are the menacing locals.

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The Joe Rogan Experience | Spotify

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SHOW NOTES

Spotify Podcasts

The Besties Podcast

History of The Besties

Sidecar for iPad

Mark’s external monitor: Arzopa 2K Portable Monitor (Amazon link)

Dell Latitude 5590 (for those keeping score at home)

Luke Smith YouTube | Full Arch Linux Install (SAVAGE Edition!)

dd commands (destroy disk)

Arch Linux Wiki

YouTube video Jack used to install Arch Linux

LARBS script (Luke’s Auto-Rice Bootstrapping Scripts)

Ricing – making it look good (r/unixporn)

Desktop Window Manager (DWM)

The Linux Command Line, 2nd Edition: A Complete Introduction

PulseAudio vs. PipeWire

The Finer Points of Scorekeeping on Mark’s blog

Handbrake

H264 vs H265

Jack’s pdf flashbacks on OHAC 36: Dot and Dot Dot

Starkey

Scarce (2008) IMDB

University of Toronto Outing Club (UTOC)

OHAC 45: The Pan-Canadian Rogers Network Cock-up of 2022

ohacpodcast@gmail.com (Mark,Mikhail,Jack) — Wed, 03 Aug 2022 02:02:44 +0000

You know that corner of the room where you just kinda dump stuff? That picture frame you keep meaning to hang up. That t-shirt you won at an intramural sports tournament. The set of hex-wrenches you pulled out of the toolbox weeks ago with the intention of tightening that chair leg that’s a bit wobbly. Another reusable grocery bag that you bought because you forgot to bring the ones you already had. It grows. Day by day, week by week. Neglected, but ever-looming. Somehow staying out of sight and out of mind until it has grown to encompass all but the other far corner of the room. If only you had taken a couple minutes here and there, every once in a while to put things back where they belong, you wouldn’t be picking out your slow, careful steps like you’re walking through 2 feet of snow. Anyway, come listen to this episode of OHAC where Mikhail, Mark, and Jack slog through 3 months of garbage that’s accumulated in the show notes.

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FAT32 (File Allocation Table)

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Google Stadia

Xbox Game Pass

Go Comics

Comical Start Podcast

FAT64

wimlab (because FAT32 has a file size limit of 4 GB)

Wimlab-Imagex-Package (because MacOS 12 doesn’t have full Homebrew support yet)

Linus Tech Tips

DALL*E mini (now Craiyon)

Operation Have A Conversation (as interpreted by Craiyon)

Baseball photos

IPTC Photo Metadata

Arc Browser

How to Organize with Arc

Arc Browser screenshot of calendar

The Pan-Canadian Rogers Network Cock-up of 2022

Canadian ISPs: Bell and Rogers

CarryTel

Interac e-transfer

Zelle

Spotify error dialogue box

I HATE YOU

Mikhail’s 2022 theme – Year of Flow

Cal Newport

Mark’s 2022 theme – Year of One

Jack’s 2022 theme – Year of Execution

Taako’s Good Out Here

Operation: Have A Conversation – Two Thumbs Up

OHAC 44: Love Triangle of Concerns

ohacpodcast@gmail.com (Mark,Mikhail,Jack) — Sun, 05 Jun 2022 16:52:41 +0000

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SHOW NOTES

Shortcuts on Mac

Automagical

Panera bread email error

Tax form 2555 – Foreign Earned Income

Foreign Earned Income Exclusion for U.S. expats

Tax Slayer

Fire pump

72 Letters by Ted Chiang

Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang – Arrival (film)

The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson (sci-fi book)

Foundation Series by Isaac Asimov

The Oh, Hello Show by John Mulaney and Nick Kroll

Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling

The Lord of the Rings Series by J.R.R. Tolkien

Kabbalah

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke

Web 1.0, Web 2.0, Web 3.0

Tom Clancy talks about predicting 9/11

A Renegade History of the United States by Thaddeus Russell

OHAC 43: The History of Muncy’s Founding

ohacpodcast@gmail.com (Mark,Mikhail,Jack) — Tue, 15 Mar 2022 00:19:27 +0000

You are you, a person with a ton of free time and a rubik’s cube you will never finish. You are bored out of your mind and have run out of things to do. You decide to listen to a podcast. “Operation: Have A Conversation”. You figure it will be a good way to pass the time. After all, what else is there to do? You listen to Mark, Jack, and Mikhail play a text-based adventure generated by an artificial intelligence. Why should you worry? You can handle anything!
“Well, if you insist” says Torren.
You say “How did you get here?”
“Seems like I made it just in time.” Torren scratches his chin and looks around expectantly.
You say, “In time for what?”
“We don’t have the time to spare.”
“Well, I guess you will have to.”
“Fine.”

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California charitable donations tax deduction bug

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Permanent Residency in Canada – Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) Criteria

Language Testing for Skilled Immigrants to Canada

AI Dungeon

OHAC 42: In the Non-lethal Way

ohacpodcast@gmail.com (Mark,Mikhail,Jack) — Mon, 21 Feb 2022 04:12:20 +0000

Time is an illusion, the year 2021 doubly so. Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the standardized end of the decentralized arm of the Internet’s plumbing lies a really simple protocol for syndication. Clinging to this is a mostly harmless, audio-based feed whose infrequent updates feature content so amazingly niche that the show notes are often a garbled mess of obscure references. This episode is no exception, with Mark, Mikhail, and Jack maintaining a conversation much in the same way that bricks don’t.

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Leonard Muise – Professional Disc Golf Association

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SHOW NOTES

Mark’s picture of frozen dairy dessert

What’s the Difference Between a ‘Frozen Dessert’ and Ice Cream?

Breyer’s | Ice Cream and Frozen Dairy Desserts

StackOverflow: Python string behavior shadowing builtin file object

Torchlight

Runic Games

NCAR – SHEBA Seacat CTD Data-Deep (Preliminary)

High dynamic range

Unicode

GoComics

Comical Start Podcast

University of Minnesota banned from contributing to Linux kernel

Monty Python intermission music

OHAC 30: I’m an Agent of Chaos (2021 Yearly Themes)

OHAC 21: 18 Pounds of Meat in the Mail (2020 Yearly Themes)

OHAC 14: Happiness is Shallow (2019 Yearly Themes)

The Theme System (see bottom of page for podcast episodes)

Sean Nalewanyj – Here’s why you’re not making gains…

Mark’s 2021 theme – Year of Transition / Season of Creativity

Jack’s 2021 theme – Year of Alignment

Mikhail’s 2021 theme – Year of Persistence

Mark’s 2022 theme – Year of One

Jack’s 2022 theme – Year of Execution

Mikhail’s 2022 theme – Year of Flow

OHAC 32: This is a Family Show (The Oatmeal on Creativity)

MBMBaM 592: The Naming of 2022

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Audiobook, narrated by Stephen Fry

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe Audiobook, narrated by Martin Freeman

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy text adventure game

The Mountain Goats (band)

The Hands that Thieve (album)

Republic (Plato)

Richat Structure in Mauritania (Eye of Africa)

John Mulaney on quicksand

OHAC 41: Into the Pods To Eat the Bugs

ohacpodcast@gmail.com (Mark,Mikhail,Jack) — Sat, 15 Jan 2022 00:31:52 +0000

This is your final chance. After this, there is no un-reading this description. You stop after this sentence—the story ends, you go on with your life, blissfully unaware of what follows. Or, you read to the end—to learn about how Jack, Mikhail, and Mark discuss audio routing, fitted t-shirts, VM’s, VPN’s, and the sandy texture of creatine, only to realize it was about the Metaverse the entire time. The choice is yours to make, but if you’ve made it this far, you already have.

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Mark’s Audio Hijack Setup

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SHOW NOTES

Audio Hijack

The Matrix (franchise)

Ready Player One

Facebook Portal

Use Center Stage on your iPad

OHAC 40: Some Feeling About Some Feelings

ohacpodcast@gmail.com (Mark,Mikhail,Jack) — Tue, 23 Nov 2021 23:12:59 +0000

What a year to stay inside. Get cozy and join Mikhail, Jack, and Mark as they discuss indentation buttons, cloud syncing services, IP theft, and answer the age-old question: Who needs the great outdoors when VR disc golf exists? Oh, they also talk about Bo Burnham’s “comedy” special, Inside, I guess.

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Oculus Quest 2 VR Headset

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Beatsaber

Accounting+

Superhot VR

Disc Benders: Ace Runs

Highland Park Disc Golf Course (St. Paul, MN)

Slack update bullets to castle emoji – iOS release notes

Apple scanning iCloud Photos for child pornography

iA Writer

National Novel Writing Month

Huawei phones

Huawei – Wikipedia | Controversies Section

Bo Burnham – Inside

Wanna Talk About It? – Resource for struggles with mental health or suicide

They’re Just Movies Podcast on YouTube, and their Inside review

OHAC 39: 💩, 100% of the Time

ohacpodcast@gmail.com (Mark,Mikhail,Jack) — Wed, 27 Oct 2021 22:44:28 +0000

Whoops. This one’s all Corner Case Corner. Join Mikhail, Jack, and Mark for a truly precedented number of bizarre tales from the periphery of situations our modern society has been equipped to handle that will boggle your mind and make you wonder, “How the hell did they get themselves into that mess in the first place?”

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Switching Browsers on Windows 11

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SHOW NOTES

Foundation | Apple TV+

Ted Lasso | Apple TV+

For All Mankind | Apple TV+

Slippi.gg

Missing package dependency on Linux for Slippi fix: `sudo apt install libopengl0` (from the Slippi Discord)

Diablo II (2000)

Diablo II: Resurrected

Parallels: Run Windows on Mac

32-bit vs 64-bit computing

ARM vs x86 Architecture

Diablo II Breakpoints: Frame rate creates discrete thresholds of attack speed improvements

Obsidian on iOS – no Dropbox support

ClickUp

Adding multiple users on Android

Island or Shelter, sandboxing apps

Cartopy | a cartographic python library

Anaconda (Python Distribution)

Natural Earth Data (used by Cartopy)

GitHub | nvkelso’s natural-earth-vector repository

Refined GitHub | Browser extension that allows downloading a sub directory

Procreate for iPad

Drawfee Show

Canadian Revenue Agency

Tax Free Savings Account (TFSA)

OHAC 38: The Excretion Folder

ohacpodcast@gmail.com (Mark,Mikhail,Jack) — Mon, 13 Sep 2021 00:22:39 +0000

Having fun isn’t hard when you have an ereader and online access to your local library’s collection of ebooks. Join Jack, Mark, and Mikhail for an extended discussion of keyboard shortcuts, books, and MacBooks with a healthy sprinkling of smooth segues between topics. Like, really smooth. Like, smoother than a rock eroded by wind, rain, and a mountain river then polished with a baby’s bottom. Smooth.

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Slack’s keyboard shortcuts

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SHOW NOTES

Vim keyboard shortcuts

Vimtutor

Gmail – enable recall sent message

Gmail keyboard shortcuts

Vim in Obsidian

The Atavist Magazine (one long form story each month)

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck (1939)

Foundation series by Isaac Asimov (1942-1993)

Tears of Amber by Sofía Segovia (2021)

Libby App by Overdrive for borrowing ebooks from the library

Man, Economy, and State by Murray N. Rothbard (1993)

Lindy Effect

A Song of Ice and Fire (Game of Thrones) by George R.R. Martin (1996-?)

A Modest Proposal by Johnathan Swift (1729)

Creativity, Inc. by Amy Wallace and Edwin Catmull (2014)

The Only Rule Is It Has To Work by Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller (2017)

7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey (1989)

Patrick Mahomes – Quarterback for Kansas City Chiefs

Inter- vs Intra-

MacBook Air (M1, 2020)

Oracle VM VirtualBox

Rosetta 2 – For using Intel software on Apple Silicon

Get on Down to Dongle Town

TSUPY USB C Dongle

Apple’s M1 MacBooks Will Only Support Single External Displays

Understanding DisplayLink, multiple displays, and M1 Macs

OHAC 37: UPS is the Arbiter of Truth

ohacpodcast@gmail.com (Mark,Mikhail,Jack) — Fri, 27 Aug 2021 00:36:51 +0000

After a long period of neglect, Mikhail, Jack, and Mark finally get around to responding to the backlog of listener feedback. Climb on in to hear yet another discussion of various popular Linux audio back ends, the efficacy of foldable backpacks, hypothetical numpties who peaked in high school, and the possible ramifications of scorpion-kicking a pedestrian with your car.

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OHAC 15: Magnum, 067, and Slots: A “Star Wars” Story

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OHAC 36: Dot and Dot Dot

Symlink (Symbolic Link)

WordPress Theme – Escutcheon

OHAC 22: Big Bidet

OHAC 12: Magnetic Resonance Enchiladas

Pop!_OS (Linux)

Ardour – The digital audio workstation

Jack audio interface for Linux

Generic qjackctl map (screenshot)

ALSA vs Pulse Audio

Mikhail bricked his ThinkPad: /dev/sda5: clean, 392649/15237120 files, 57879723/60918016 blocks

PyInstaller library for Python

Tkinter – GUI Programming for Python

PySimpleGUI – Python GUIs for Humans

Mark’s GUI code block

def main():
    sg.theme('Reddit')

    layout = [[sg.Text('', font=('Times', 12), key='timer')],
            [sg.Text('Input Audio', size=(10,1),font='Times 14'),\
                    sg.InputText(key="audioIN",size=(50,1)),\
                    sg.FileBrowse(initial_folder="/home",target="audioIN")],
            [sg.Text('Input Data', size=(10,1),font='Times 14'),\
                    sg.InputText(key="dataIN",size=(50,1)), sg.FileBrowse(\
                    initial_folder="/home",target="dataIN")],
            [sg.Text('To Encode', size=(10,1),font='Times 14'),\
                    sg.InputText(key="audioOUT",size=(50,1)),\
                    sg.FolderBrowse(initial_folder="/home",target="audioOUT")],
            [sg.Submit('Encode',size=(10,1)), sg.Cancel('Quit',size=(10,1))]]

    window = sg.Window('mrmp3',layout)

Screenshot of Mark’s PySimpleGUI application

Mike Rowe’s Completely Transparent, Totally Honest, Eagle Scout Congratulatory Form Letter

Dirty Jobs – TV show on Discovery

Explain like I’m five

Stowaway Packable Daypack from Eddie Bauer

Cal Newport

Tiki Torch Fiasco in Charlottesville

Lindy Effect

OHAC 36: Dot and Dot Dot

ohacpodcast@gmail.com (Mark,Mikhail,Jack) — Wed, 07 Jul 2021 17:13:51 +0000

Tick tock, dot, and dot dot. On this episode of OHAC, Mikhail, Jack, and Mark each give breaking updates on developing Corner Case Corner stories, Jack and Mikhail dink about in a clock of Mark’s imagination, and, in an unprecedented turn of events, Jack is prepared for Hot Takes ahead of time. Like, wow.

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Ardour – The digital audio workstation

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ALSA vs PulseAudio

OHAC 30: I’m an Agent of Chaos

SciNet | Advanced Research Computing at the University of Toronto

“Most breaches … are caused by failure to update software components that are known to be vulnerable for months or even years.”

Big Sur Login Screen background image

“Solution for changing Big Sur login wallpaper to custom.” (Dosen’t work)

`Library/Caches/Desktop Pictures/UUID`

Background Music for Mac

MacOS Touch ID “…a total of five fingerprints can be enrolled across the system.”

Mark’s work using OpenAI

OHAC 35, where Jack tries to programmatically generate PDFs

Reportlab by PyPi for Python

Jack’s mind palace (notes from the text adventure)

Mikhail’s notes from the text adventure

OHAC 35: A Font of Entertaining Anecdotes

ohacpodcast@gmail.com (Mark,Mikhail,Jack) — Sat, 05 Jun 2021 22:10:05 +0000

As ever, Mark, Jack, and Mikhail round the infamous Corner-Case-Corner before diving head-long into a field of study in which none have training. On this episode of OHAC, you can hear their philosophizations on Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, its relation to the Blackfeet Nation, and truth; all based on an episode of the Psychology Podcast which was generously sprinkled with charming Canadian affectations.

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OHAC 34, where Mikhail complains about the CRA

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WHOI archived ITP data files

Towards Data Science – How to load MATLAB .mat files in Python

Python package: mat37

xkcd: Wisdom of the Ancients

SMTP – Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

Ardour – The digital audio workstation

ALSA vs Pulse Audio

The Expanse – Erroneous German Captions

The Documentary Podcast: The Digital Human : Subservience

Psychology Podcast – Richard Katz – Honoring the Wisdom of Indigenous Peoples

Scott Barry Kaufman – There Is No One Way to Live a Good Life (brief history of Maslow’s Hirearchy of Needs)

Scientism – Wikipedia

Leopold von Ranke – “Every age is next to God”

Blackfeet Nation

Article – Fathers and youths’ deliquent behavior

Charles Murray (the wrong Murray)

Intelligence Quotient (IQ)

MENSA

Making Sense Podcast #62 – What is True | Sam Harris and Jordan Peterson

Sam Harris & Jordan Peterson – Vancouver – 1

Is-ought problem – Wikipedia

Consequentialism – Wikipedia

OHAC 34: Additional Nonsense

ohacpodcast@gmail.com (Mark,Mikhail,Jack) — Sun, 09 May 2021 14:16:46 +0000

The I-am-an-adult switch has been activated. Prepare for adult topics such as personal organization, self-improvement, and mild cursing. On this episode of OHAC, Mark dives into the convoluted world of online curriculum program funding legislation for public schools, Mikhail gets the run-around from overcautious security software while trying to do his taxes, and Jack is just overall doing pretty well.

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Drops: Language Learning App

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TeXable: iPad app for LaTeX

Obsidian’s “I am an adult” switch

MacOS: System Integrity Protection

Dick Van Dike’s British accent

Matt Parker on Spreadsheets – Festival of the Spoken Nerd

SimpleTax

WealthSimple

Canadian Revenue Agency

Zettelkasten

Mikhail’s Obsidian graph

Mark’s Obsidian graph

OHAC 21: 18 Pounds of Meat in the Mail (2020 Yearly Themes)

OHAC 30: I’m an Agent of Chaos (2021 Yearly Themes)

Jack’s 2021 theme – Year of Alignment

Butcher Box

Athletic Greens

Mark’s 2021 theme – Year of Transition

Common Core State Standards Initiative

Mikhail’s 2021 theme – Year of Persistence

Trello: App for Kanban Boards

Lord of the Rings – Black Speech

Shampoo bar – Pretty Clean Shop

Lex Fridman Podcast

Jelle’s Marble Runs

OHAC 33: Smart Synk

ohacpodcast@gmail.com (Mark,Mikhail,Jack) — Wed, 07 Apr 2021 00:25:56 +0000

Version 1.33.0: Small UI fixes and performance improvements. Mark, Mikhail, and Jack are now available offline. Retracted implications of extraterrestrial involvement. Introduced tautology in error messages. Fixed bug where Jack was actually prepared for Hot Takes. Loving the podcast? Don’t forget to rate 5 stars and leave a review!

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StackExchange – Play audio output as input to Zoom

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ʻOumuamua intensifies

Soundflower for Mac

Bash profiles: new() { mkdir $1 && cd $1 }

Real Python: Python 3’s f-strings

Drops: Language Learning App

Notion

Oura Ring Data Could Help Identify Early COVID-19 Symptoms

Dropbox: Smart sync

Ben Greenfield – Salt

Spotify Offline Music Suddenly Disappearing

Enable Developer Mode on Android

Learn You a Haskell for Great Good

OHAC 32: This is a Family Show

ohacpodcast@gmail.com (Mark,Mikhail,Jack) — Mon, 08 Mar 2021 00:11:04 +0000

Come one, come all, and bring your kids! This time on OHAC, Jack, Mark, and Mikhail have an uncharacteristically positive Corner Case Corner, discuss the implications of an intergalactic pancake, and learn the very important lesson that spaghetti is toast. Now, finish your oatmeal and let’s get going!

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Lineage OS for Android phones

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KDE connect

Gnome desktop environment

GSConnect – use a phone as trackpad for a laptop

Rufus – create bootable USB drives

CrunchBang Linux distribution

BunsenLabs Linux distribution

Logitech trackball mouse

git-filter-repo: git filter-repo —strip-blobs-bigger-than 10M

Cube Rule of Food Identification

ʻOumuamua

21/Borisov

‘Oumuamua may be alien technology – Avi Loeb and Lex Fridman

The Oatmeal on Creativity

OHAC 31: Somebody Explodes

ohacpodcast@gmail.com (Mark,Mikhail,Jack) — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 22:53:33 +0000

The lights come on to reveal a digital time display which starts to blink. It’s counting down. The pressure is on as dramatic music slowly swells bringing the tension to ever greater heights. But don’t worry, it’s non-diegetic. Mark, Jack, and Mikhail slog through the ever-expanding corner case corner only to be faced with the most ambiguous of randomly generated bombs. Sit back, relax, and listen as somebody explodes.

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Docker.raw reserving too much size

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Docker

Terminal commands: `ls -lh` (file size) vs `du -h Docker.raw` (disk usage)

Mac Power Users Episode 569

Custom desktop files for launchers on Linux

Gnome for Linux

Mark’s desktop icons

How to run two or more terminal commands at once

Come on down to Dongletown

Tsupy USB C dongle

Using a pointer device with AssistiveTouch on iOS

Cursor on iPadOS becomes bigger with AssistiveTouch

PYODBC for python

Mendeley does not support macOS 11 Big Sur

Fluid turns websites into desktop apps

Amazon Alexa Skill – Radio Canada (no longer exists)

BEAT MP3 for YouTube

Mark plays BEAT MP3 for YouTube

Mark gets blocked from YouTube

Trio per uno

Mario Kart 8 – Yoshi Valley (N64) – Music

Notion notes app

11/8 MARIO KART JAM

Keep talking and nobody explodes

Spaceteam

OHAC 30: I’m an Agent of Chaos

ohacpodcast@gmail.com (Mark,Mikhail,Jack) — Thu, 31 Dec 2020 19:50:06 +0000

While the world outside is frightful, inside (at their respective places of residence) Mark, Jack, and Mikhail get insightful. In this episode, the boys see the long-awaited return of a dangerously bloated Corner Case Corner and a discussion of their yearly themes, a more helpful alternative to New Year’s resolutions.

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Stack Overflow: Broken pipe when pushing to git repository

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Apple M1 ARM-based chip

MOS app (Separate touchpad and mouse scrolling direction)

Middle app (middle click on macOS)

EasyRes app (display scaling for macOS)

Magnet app (Window manager for macOS)

iOS screen time showing apps I don’t have installed – iPhone – iPad

Steam downloads nothing into game folder. Solution: copy from another computer

Steam has no customer support phone number

OHAC 21: 18 Pounds of Meat in the Mail (2020 Yearly Themes)

OHAC 14: Happiness is Shallow (2019 Yearly Themes)

The Theme System (see bottom of page for podcast episodes)

Mark’s 2020 theme – Year of Routine

Loop Habit Tracker – Mark’s habit tracking app

Jack’s 2020 theme – Year of Upgrade

Jack’s 2021 theme – Year of Alignment

Mark’s 2021 theme – Year of Transition

Room Arranger – App for making floor plans

Mikhail’s 2020 theme – Year of Reconciliation

Mikhail’s 2021 theme – Year of Persistence

OHAC 29: Trust the Neural Net

ohacpodcast@gmail.com (Mark,Mikhail,Jack) — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 19:06:23 +0000

We, the people who have listened to this particular episode of the Operation: Have A Conversation podcast and have read this paragraph of the show notes for the aforementioned episode where Jack, Mikhail, and Mark discuss games, semi-autonomous cars, and the pronunciation of Asus, could reasonably concede that this episode description contains unnecessarily specific and cumbersome language to exposit a collective group of persons.

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Ferrite podcast editor for iPad

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Gmail app: (See Chapter Artwork)

Six Colors – Editing Podcasts with Ferrite and Apple Pencil

Is it pronounced Asus, Asus, or Asus?

Face unlock on Linux, courtesy of Howdy

Super Smash Bros tournament receives cease and desist from Nintendo

Universal City Studios, Inc v. Nintendo Co., Ltd. (King Kong v. Donkey Kong)

The Smash Brothers Documentary

Comma.ai – Semi-autonomous car retrofitting

George Hotz

Lex Fridman – AI Researcher at MIT, podcaster

Nuralink – Breakthrough Technology for the Brain

The Escape Game – Remote Escape Rooms

Penguinz0 plays chess – checkmate in 6 moves

Math Jams with AoPS

Problem Solving With Chess

OHAC 28: The Strain of Being a Creative

ohacpodcast@gmail.com (Mark,Mikhail,Jack) — Mon, 09 Nov 2020 16:40:40 +0000

Go ahead. Poke the internet and watch the digital ripples cascade into the bustling information superhighway of data that is collected, collated, and geo-located into demographic information eventually resulting in a targeted pre-roll ad for a very specific brand of rubber duck. Join Mark, Jack, and Mikhail as they dip a toe into the deep digital waters and learn absolutely nothing.

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Mark’s custom folder icons

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Mikhail’s custom home screen icons

Wacom Tablet screen mapping bug

Code.org

Scratch programming language

Ask Reddit: What’s a great website to waste an entire night on?

r/math: What’s your favorite pathological object?

Pathological object

Conway base 13 function

UBDI – Universal Basic Data Income

The Social Dilemma

Locals: subscription based community

OHAC 27: Wetting the Bed

ohacpodcast@gmail.com (Mark,Mikhail,Jack) — Mon, 21 Sep 2020 23:31:24 +0000

Ever had one of those dreams? With vaguely familiar classrooms, impossibly long hallways, and a creeping sense of déjà vu that makes you wonder if you’ve ever had one of those dreams? With vaguely familiar classrooms, impossibly long hallways, and a creeping sense of déjà vu that makes you wonder if you’ve ever had one of those dreams? With vaguely familiar classrooms, impossibly long hallways, and a creeping sense of déjà vu that makes you wonder if you’ve ever had one of those dreams? This will be one to remember. Join Mikhail and Jack as they attempt to navigate Mark’s most recent text-based adventure: Recurring Nightmare.

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Recurring Nightmare

OHAC 26: Handball On Unicycles

ohacpodcast@gmail.com (Mark,Mikhail,Jack) — Thu, 20 Aug 2020 12:09:28 +0000

After promising to “keep it short,” Mikhail leads Mark and Jack down a 40 minute rabbit hole into the weird and convoluted world of alternative keyboard layouts. Subscribe on iTunes or your favorite podcast app! Listen on Spotify! Listen on Google Play! https://ohacpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ohac26-1.mp3 Discuss this episode on reddit. SHOW NOTES

Sylvan Lake, South Dakota
Zsh vs. Bash
Google Foobar
DuckDuckGo
Apple’s Back to School Promotion
StachExchange: Changing the Keyboard Layout on MacOS Login Screen
Sandwich
AddictiveTips Article: Shows screenshot with ABC keyboard layout
Screenshots: ABC layout, ABC option layout, ABC – Extended option layout, U.S. layout, U.S. option layout
Wikipedia’s Keyboard Layout Article: “A few companies offer ‘ABC’ (alphabetical) layout keyboards.”How to Geek Article: Commonly used keys on QWERTY, Dvorak, and Colemak layouts

OHAC 25: Two Thumbs Up

ohacpodcast@gmail.com (Mark,Mikhail,Jack) — Thu, 09 Jul 2020 15:06:59 +0000

It’s a dark time for the OHAC coalition. Mark has begun dabbling in the dark arts of artificial intelligence. Jack was forced to make the harrowing journey back to the People’s Republic of Illinois. Mikhail’s lights now stay off the entire night through. Yes, dark times indeed.

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Govee WiFi RGB LED lights
Dolphin Emulator / Faster Melee
Lutris / Wine
Star Wars: The Old Republic
Tom Bombadil
Star Wars: Battle(field)front (2005)
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Forecast – Podcasting software
Quick LaTeX
Screen shot of math comparison
KaTeX – for WordPress
MathJaX
TeXnique
Introduction to LaTeX
Pop!_OS
Ubuntu – the word
Connected Podcast
OpenAI – GPT2
Comical Start Episode 100
Vim – the editor
Emacs – the editor
Mark’s code in vim and gedit
TUIR Terminal Reddit Client
Windows subsystem for Linux (WSL)
GitHub: id3-ffmpeg
GitHub: mrmp3 – Podcast chapters too
Fre:ac
xkcd – mbmbam
Useless Unit Bingo: [Pa/N]^-1, BACOmN^-1, sTAmP^-1
Poise
Ablaut reduplication (flip flop, riff raff, tik toc, etc.)
CHAZ – Capital Hill Autonomous Zone
OHAC – Two Thumbs Up
Target.com/floorlamps

OHAC 24: A Francophone Prankster in the Night

ohacpodcast@gmail.com (Mark,Mikhail,Jack) — Thu, 11 Jun 2020 22:10:11 +0000

“I’m the bread from the oven and I want to have a life! I want to experience love and the joy of reading classic literature! I want to feel heartbreak and the frustration of pouring through poorly documented command-line tool manual pages! I want to watch the original Star Wars Trilogy raw and unedited, the way nature intended! Please don’t eat me! I’m bread!”

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Japanese Paper on time perception

Paper on time perception and arousal

Wim Hof – The Ice Man

Audacity forum post about chapters

FFmpeg command line tool

Star Wars: Harmy’s Despecialized Edition

Hello Internet 26: Brady Had Dinner With Darth Vader

LibriVox – The Outline of Science

The Outline of Science, Volume 4

Project Gutenberg – Free eBooks

Ayn Rand – Atlas Shrugged

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Objectivism

Clickhole is back

Are You Strong Enough To Eat The Loaf Of Bread You Just Baked Even Though It Came Out Of The Oven Begging For Life?

Pour-over coffee – Cloth Reusable Cone Coffee Filter – Collapsible Coffee Dripper

OHAC 23: A Whisper of a Flavor on the Wind

ohacpodcast@gmail.com (Mark,Mikhail,Jack) — Thu, 14 May 2020 17:47:14 +0000

The world may still be in lockdown, but that won’t stop Mark, Jack, and Mikhail from discussing the finer points of minor discrepancies in digital calculations. They also compare notes on habit tracking, haircuts, and the state of the podcasting world as a whole. Stay hydrated out there.

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Pocket Casts

TeXWriter

Overleaf – LaTeX documentation

Notion task tracking

Habitica – Gamify Your Life (Jack’s choice)

Loop Habit Tracker (Mark’s choice)

Strides app (Mikhail’s choice)

Gantt chart

Atomic Habits by James Clear

Tintin – 2011 animated movie

Wahl Clipper Corporation

Reddit how did you take that picture? – Compilation

Michael Malice – Author and internet troll

Fordite – industrial fossils

Dave’s Down to Earth Fossil Shop

Dynamic Ad Insertion

Not Another D&D Podcast

Castbox – Podcast Player

Overcast – Podcast Player

My Brother, My Brother, and Me

The Adventure Zone

Coffee Break French

Serial Podcast

OHAC 22: Big Bidet

ohacpodcast@gmail.com (Mark,Mikhail,Jack) — Sun, 29 Mar 2020 19:44:44 +0000

Strange times have befallen the world. Many are confined to their homes while others are still searching far and wide for but a single roll of toilet paper. But, because Mark, Jack, and Mikhail have been doing this through internet video chat since the beginning, nothing here has changed except the mood. Enjoy.

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TSUPY USB C Dongle

LivingBasics Non-Electric Bidet

Adobe All Apps Pricing

Procmail – server side email filtering

USA Bill HR 748 “CARES Act” ~$1,200 per person

XBox Series X

Magic Keyboard for iPad

Art of Problem Solving (AoPS) – Mark’s Company

(AMC) American Math Competitions

Space Team

Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime

Star Wars: The Old Republic

Portal from Facebook

Zoom Support Documentation

JackBox Game – Tee K.O.

Board Game Arena

Tabletop Simulator

Mark’s Beast Academy Puzzle Book

Teachers Pay Teachers

OHAC 21.5: Did I Mention the Table?

ohacpodcast@gmail.com (Mark,Mikhail,Jack) — Tue, 11 Feb 2020 00:33:20 +0000

The boys played another text adventure written by Mark. Although there were some fun ideas, and they had a good time, it ended on a sour note and the competitors did not finish. In fairness, requiring a gold pen to fix the coffee maker did not put Mikhail and Jack in the mood to find coffee filters.

However, we would be remiss if we didn’t share the game itself. The map is certainly worthy of praise and consideration.

Coffee And Donuts (PDF)

They’ll be back in a month or so with a more traditional episode.

OHAC 21: 18 Pounds of Meat in the Mail

ohacpodcast@gmail.com (Mark,Mikhail,Jack) — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 03:05:08 +0000

The boys are back and getting in sync. Mikhail, Jack, and Mark once again discuss yearly themes as the much more practical cousin to the flaky and unreliable New Years resolutions. The themes discussed are eerily similar which was totally not at all planned in advance. How neat is that?

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Philippines, Taal volcano eruption from plane window

Godzilla King of Monsters Movie

Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters – GameCube Game

Neature Walk

Monty Python – How to Recognise Different Types of Trees from Quite a Long Way Away

Butcher Box

Uniqlo EZY Jeans

Google Home Mini from Spotify

Vesa monitor arm stand

United States Space Force

Example US SF Meme

Mark’s Blog – Space Force Series

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 – See subtitle D, page 902

Strengths Finder – WOO

Cortex Podcast Yearly Themes – The Theme System

Mark’s 2019 theme – Year of Focus

Mark’s 2020 theme – Year of Routine

iSavemoney – Expense app – Android only

Jack’s 2019 theme – Year of Time and Financial Independence

Jack’s 2020 theme – Year of Upgrade

GMAT Exam

Mikhail’s 2019 theme – Year of Refinement

Mikhail’s 2020 theme – Year of Reconciliation

2020 Tokyo Olympics – Cardboard Beds

OHAC 20: Domo Origato

ohacpodcast@gmail.com (Mark,Mikhail,Jack) — Fri, 20 Dec 2019 20:30:30 +0000

Egads. This episode has it all: linguistic peculiarities, real fake hats, beta software issues, pending elopations, and call-backs out the wazoo. Mikhail, Jack, and Mark have done it again. But should they have? Yes. Get into it.

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Why “tick-tock” sounds normal, but “tock-tick” doesn’t – Reddit

Realhats

If your iOS backup is newer than your device’s OS – article

How to uninstall iOS beta software

Ferrite Recording Studio – iPad audio editing app

Overcast – iOS Podcast App

Pocket Casts- Podcast App

Previous Yearly Theme Discussions: OHAC 14

NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month)

Playing the “Sail Away” text adventure: OHAC 12

OHAC 19: Donkey in a Bonnet

ohacpodcast@gmail.com (Mark,Mikhail,Jack) — Mon, 04 Nov 2019 02:22:30 +0000

The aggrieved whinging over niche technological issues continues to permeate the show. Can Mikhail, Mark, and Jack turn back the tide? Or will the plague of bespoke complaints spread until OHAC is reduced to a tech review podcast crafted with an Atari 2600 joystick as the sole input device?

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Ferrite Recording Studio – iPad audio editing app

KDE Linux desktop environment

KDE Connect for smartphones

Using iOS Shortcuts with CarPlay – Reddit thread

How I Spent My Teen Years – John Mackey

Toronto Waterfront Marathon

Runners attempt Eliud Kipchoge’s World Record Marathon Pace

Telescoping straw

Rappers with face tattoos

Printful – drop shipping products

OHAC 18: Homestead

ohacpodcast@gmail.com (Mark,Mikhail,Jack) — Sat, 07 Sep 2019 15:35:56 +0000

You’re lost in the woods. With only a canteen, tarp, watch, and a piece of paper in your pack, two voices in your head shouting instructions, and a relentlessly cruel parser, will you survive the night? Probably not. Hold on to what’s left of your sanity as Jack and Mikhail attempt to navigate Mark’s newest interactive text adventure: Homestead.

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Jack’s Homestead Map

Mikhail’s Homestead Map

Mark’s Homestead Document

OHAC 17: Playing Minesweeper

ohacpodcast@gmail.com (Mark,Mikhail,Jack) — Sat, 10 Aug 2019 01:33:14 +0000

After quite the respite due to a failed recording, the boys are back and better than ever. Technology talk is split up with an unprompted spoiler-filled discussion of the MCU. They talk about the thoughts they think about what they thunk. Strap in.

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Unicode Chess Symbols

XeTeX

Logitech MX Anywhere 2

r/battlestations

r/whoosh

16K Gaming

Amazing Basics Battlestation

Mac Pro

Mark’s Blog Post

OHAC 16: Psuedo-Profundity

ohacpodcast@gmail.com (Mark,Mikhail,Jack) — Tue, 07 May 2019 22:36:34 +0000

Is “dressing to impress” selfish? Will airports ever get their sh!t together? Why is code so rarely cross-browser compatible? Jack, Mark, and Mikhail come up with what may-or-may-not be deep answers to what may-or-may-not be deep questions.

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Jupyter notebooks is broken in Firefox

Free Solo

The Barkley Marathons

Shared Whiteboard

Mandelbrot Set

Mark’s GitHub

OHAC 15: Magnum, 067, and Slots: A “Star Wars” Story

ohacpodcast@gmail.com (Mark,Mikhail,Jack) — Sat, 09 Mar 2019 18:58:34 +0000

A ways back in the past in a collection of star systems a sizable distance from here… Mark, Jack, and friend of the show, Grant, are led by Mikhail through a Star Wars based roleplaying game of pure imagination and online dice rolling simulators.

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Genesys Roleplaying System

Dice roller

OHAC 14: Happiness is Shallow

ohacpodcast@gmail.com (Mark,Mikhail,Jack) — Thu, 14 Feb 2019 01:52:33 +0000

New Year’s resolutions are for suckers. Instead of that nonsense, Mikhail, Mark, and Jack (clap order!) have a rousing discussion about their deepest, darkest, most-well hidden hopes and dreams about how and where they want their years to go by establishing Yearly Themes!

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Slack Font is Weird

Mikhail does not reside in Quebec

No Spotify student discount in Quebec

Super Smash Bros fans: TRIGGER WARNING

Cortex Yearly Themes 2019 – 2018 – 2017

Ben Greenfield on The Joe Rogan Experience – Show Notes

Tabata sets

Journey – Journal app

Pomodoro Technique – 25m on, 5m off

Shopify

Aliexpress

Mvmt watches

OHAC 13: An Unexpected Thing Happened

ohacpodcast@gmail.com (Mark,Mikhail,Jack) — Fri, 25 Jan 2019 05:33:27 +0000

So, you’ve come to the show notes for spoilers, eh? Well, joke’s on you. You’ll still never guess how it ends. Guess you better just give it a listen, huh?

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OHAC 10: Mio energy conversation (starts 35:17)

Custom vibration notifications

Rocketbook

Boogie board blackboard

Flypen

For those who can afford a tablet, but want not a tablet

Accounting – Voiced by Rick and Morty’s Justin Roiland

Oculus Go

Wine Opener

Mikhail’s Graph

OHAC 12: Magnetic Resonance Enchiladas

ohacpodcast@gmail.com (Mark,Mikhail,Jack) — Tue, 15 Jan 2019 16:08:53 +0000

In a world of sails, wooden ships, and ridiculous acronyms, Jack and Mikhail attempt to navigate the text-based world formed from the poetic descriptions of Mark, the heartless command parser. With a little help from well-timed sound effects and a bit of imagination, join the classic crew as they play through the game, Sail Away!

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Practical Salinity Unit

Bowe Bergdhal did not join the Taliban

Game PDF with Mark’s Notes

OHAC 11: Tribe

ohacpodcast@gmail.com (Mark,Mikhail,Jack) — Thu, 29 Nov 2018 01:34:31 +0000

Modern society: A curse? A blessing? Both? It’s definitely both. But why though? Join Jack, Mark, and Mikhail as they discuss war, peacecraft, and what early hominids lost while becoming modern humans besides a decent amount of body hair.

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Dialing Codes by Country

Mikhail’s call from “Switzerland”.

f.lux
Spongebob
PeaceCraft
My brother, My Brother, and Me
Polygon
Battlefront 2
OSRS
Book Club – Tribe by Sebastian Junger
Tribe by Sebastian Junger on Audible
Sebastian Junger on Joe Rogan’s Podcast – first – second
Ordinary Men (book)

OHAC 10: An Endless Disappointment

ohacpodcast@gmail.com (Mark,Mikhail,Jack) — Sat, 03 Nov 2018 21:28:09 +0000

Stop the presses! Or, on second thought, don’t. Those things generally take several hours to restart. What a hassle. Anyway, on this episode, Jack, Mark, and Mikhail tackle the issue of news media, satire, and political disparity while only being interrupted by a fire alarm less than five times. What a day.

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