MWGIC-EP-110: This Virus Isn't In Your PC...Only - Hanging On To Life And Friends In The Era Of COVID-19

Watch Video On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGIhRxXN9ZQ

Show Notes:

Financial Mess:

Minnesota and Vermont Just Classified Grocery Clerks as Emergency Workers
https://www.motherjones.com/coronavirus-updates/2020/03/minnesota-and-vermont-just-classified-grocery-clerks-as-emergency-workers/


How the coronavirus pandemic exposed deficiencies in our economy - Video

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/how-the-coronavirus-pandemic-exposed-deficiencies-in-our-economy/


The economic fallout of coronavirus - Video

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/the-economic-fallout-of-coronavirus/


White House expresses support for immediate cash payments to Americans as part of coronavirus stimulus package

https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/03/17/trump-coronavirus-stimulus-package/


Federal Reserve cuts rates to zero and launches massive $700 billion quantitative easing program

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/15/federal-reserve-cuts-rates-to-zero-and-launches-massive-700-billion-quantitative-easing-program.html


All Disney Theme Parks, U.S. Universal Studios Closing Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

https://variety.com/2020/biz/news/disney-theme-park-closed-coronavirus-1203531795/


What History Books Left Out About Depression Era Co-ops

https://www.yesmagazine.org/issue/issues-5000-years-of-empire/2018/09/14/what-history-books-left-out-about-depression-era-co-ops/


Newsom signs executive order halting foreclosures, utility shutoffs

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/487945-newsom-signs-executive-order-halting-foreclosures-utility-shutoffs


Tax Day is now July 15. Here’s what that means.

https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/3/20/21188370/tax-day-moved-mnuchin-twitter-coronavirus


Musk the Virus Skeptic Makes Reluctant Ventilator Offer After GM
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-18/kudlow-says-gm-ceo-offered-to-make-ventilators-for-outbreak


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Lifestyle Changes That May Stick:

Inside California's Great Lockdown, Glimpse America's Stay-At-Home Future

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/03/22/california-coronavirus-lockdown/?arc404=true


The drive-in, relic of yesterday, finds itself suited to now

https://apnews.com/bd766ac42089fffaf45e2920e1cd33ed


The Tech Headaches of Working From Home and How to Remedy Them
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/18/technology/personaltech/working-from-home-problems-solutions.html


As More People Need To Work From Home, Companies Need To Ask Themselves If Their IT Managers Are Up To The Task

https://www.forbes.com/sites/enriquedans/2020/03/17/as-more-people-need-to-work-from-home-companies-need-to-ask-themselves-if-their-it-managers-are-up-to-thetask/

Eating alone, together: Virtual dinner parties are helping people fight isolation

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/voraciously/wp/2020/03/21/eating-alone-together-virtual-dinner-parties-are-helping-people-fight-isolation/

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Health Advice:

THIS, NOT HAND SANITIZER, WILL SAVE US FROM THE COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS

https://futurism.com/neoscope/soap-water-best-hand-sanitizer-coronavirus


No Song? 20-Second Count Made Easy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETQOmzZIpRg





CDC On Coronavirus: Frequently Asked Questions

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/faq.html

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Stess Relief:

Musicians At Home; Larkin-Poe To Sheryl Crow & Beyond

https://www.facebook.com/larkinpoe/

https://www.facebook.com/sherylcrow/


'A Kind of Triumph of Spirit': Locked Down Italians Singing From Balconies Inspire Hope Across World

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/03/16/kind-triumph-spirit-locked-down-italians-singing-balconies-inspire-hope-across-world


Jokes in the time of coronavirus - Chicago Reader

https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/covid-19-jokes/Content?oid=78640318

MWGIC-EP-000107: The Shadows Eating The Whispers Of The World

Watch Video On YouTube: https://youtu.be/zrIr-t47hf4

Show Notes:

"The dramatic insecurity of SMS text messaging, how unaware the general public is of this insecurity. What are some of the best secure SMS messaging clients out there, and a new credible threat from our government to encrypted messaging platforms of all types on the web that just came out today. You don't need encryption for nefarious purposes, you need it to protect yourself from bad actors with nefarious purposes."

Shadow Zone:

Chinese Hackers Just Gave Us All A Reason To Stop Sending SMS Messages

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2019/11/03/chinese-hackers-just-gave-us-all-a-reason-to-stop-sending-sms-messages/#1812722b78c1


Millions of SMS messages exposed in database security lapse

https://techcrunch.com/2019/12/01/millions-sms-messages-exposed/


A leaky database of SMS text messages exposed password resets and two-factor codes
https://techcrunch.com/2018/11/15/millions-sms-text-messages-leaked-two-factor-codes/


New Android Text Messaging Update ‘Exposes Most Users To Hacking’

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2019/11/30/new-android-security-threat-text-messaging-update-puts-most-mobile-users-at-risk/#4ef38d657598

* Sunlight Enters The Room *
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Shields Up, Captain:


The Best Encrypted Messaging Apps You Should Use Today [Updated 2019]
https://heimdalsecurity.com/blog/the-best-encrypted-messaging-apps/


Best encrypted messaging apps 2020 for Android

https://www.techradar.com/best/best-encrypted-messaging-app-android


The safest messaging apps

https://www.engadget.com/2019/08/28/the-best-encrypted-messaging-apps/


Signal Is Finally Bringing Its Secure Messaging to the Masses

https://www.wired.com/story/signal-encrypted-messaging-features-mainstream/

* Captain, We Have A Crack In The Dilithium Crystal Chamber! *
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The Sith And Their War Games:


Trump Administration Targets Your 'Warrant-Proof' Encrypted Messages

https://www.npr.org/2020/02/21/805032627/trump-administration-targets-your-warrant-proof-encrypted-messages


* Is It Down The Rabbit Hole, Or Down The Black Hole, I Forget? *

Signal (software) - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_(software)

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MWGIC-EP-000103: I Had A Cybertruck Dream - And A MASSIVE News Cycle This Week

Watch Video On YouTube: https://youtu.be/GqiKz1tOfM8

Show Notes...


Computing & Networking Tech Zone:

Best Google Chrome Extensions of 2020 | Tom's Guide

https://www.tomsguide.com/round-up/best-google-chrome-extensions


Everything new in Windows 10's next major update

https://www.windowslatest.com/2020/01/20/windows-10-version-2004-20h1-ultimate-changelog/


6 clever Gmail tricks to cut down on regret, frustration and spam -- and how to use them - CNET

https://www.cnet.com/how-to/clever-gmail-tricks-to-cut-down-on-regret-frustration-and-spam-and-how-to-use-them/


Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" Release Date And Upcoming Features - Fossbytes

https://fossbytes.com/ubuntu-20-04-lts-release-date-features/


How to Better Back Up Your Video Games - Gizmodo

https://gizmodo.com/you-should-hoard-physical-copies-of-the-video-games-you-1841164715



Space, The Final Frontier:

SpaceX is already launching more Starlink satellites: How to watch - CNET

https://www.cnet.com/how-to/spacex-is-already-launching-more-starlink-satellites-how-to-watch/


SpaceX successfully tests escape system on new spacecraft — while destroying a rocket - The Verge

https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/18/21070589/spacex-crew-dragon-in-flight-abort-test-falcon-9-watch-live


SpaceX Readies 2020 Satellite Broadband Launch and Amazon's Not Far Beyond | The Motley Fool

https://www.fool.com/investing/2020/01/24/spacex-readies-2020-satellite-broadband-launch-and.aspx


SpaceX's CEO discusses plan to place one million humans of the Red Planet - SyFy

https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/elon-musk-mars-colonization


'Terminator Tape' did its job in space-junk test — and it will be back | Space.com

https://www.space.com/space-junk-removal-terminator-tape-satellite-test.html


Trump Revealed the Logo for Space Force and It's Just the Star Trek Logo - VICE

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qjdk97/trump-revealed-the-logo-for-space-force-and-its-just-the-star-trek-logo


Energy Zone:

Near-Infinite-Lasting Power Sources Could Derive from Nuclear Waste - InfinitePower.com

https://interestingengineering.com/near-infinite-lasting-power-sources-could-derive-from-nuclear-waste


Health Zone:

Harnessing the immune system could treat ‘all cancers’ - Yahoo News

https://news.yahoo.com/harnessing-the-immune-system-to-fight-cancer-could-treat-all-forms-of-the-disease-115210272.html


UAB scientist studies aging through gray hair, says hair could be rejuvenated - al.com

https://www.al.com/news/birmingham/2020/01/uab-scientist-studies-aging-through-gray-hair-says-hair-could-be-rejuvenated.html


Economics Zone:

Papyrus files for bankruptcy, closes all of its stores - Business Insider

https://www.businessinsider.com/papyrus-files-for-bankruptcy-closes-all-of-its-stores-2020-1
{Compared to 70's reports of Soviet "bare store shelves."}


Tesla Zone:

Is Tesla A Step Closer To The 1 Million-Mile Battery? | CleanTechnica

https://cleantechnica.com/2020/01/17/is-tesla-a-step-closer-to-the-1-million-mile-battery/


Tesla Cybertruck is 'incredibly cheap' to bring to production, says manufacturing expert - Electrek

https://electrek.co/2020/01/20/tesla-cybertruck-cheap-production-manufacturing-expert/


Tesla's battery acquisitions are paying off in spades, and giving rivals a lot of pain - Teslarati

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-battery-acquisition-secret-weapon-vs-daimler/


I Had A Dream - About The Cyber Truck - Dan Stafford

"In my dream, the cybertruck was bigger on the inside than on the outside, like a TARDIS.

There was a living room, a couple of bedrooms, a bathroom, a basement, a bar, a utility closet, and a driver's compartment for four.

Elon Musk was driving, and he took us through mud pits and through a small town.

On the other side of town was a mountain, and it had a truck trail with a 70-degree slope.

We took the truck to the peak, and I watched the whole world around the mountain as an earthquake shook everything, including the mountain.

I woke up as the cyberhouse was crawlinging back down to Earth.

01/21/2020"

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Sci-Fi Fun Zone:

How to Make an Origami Star Wars X-Wing Starfighter

https://laughingsquid.com/origami-star-wars-x-wing-fighter/


This Star Trek Online Ship Is Slowly Breaking My Brain - Gizmodo iO9

https://io9.gizmodo.com/this-star-trek-online-ship-is-slowly-breaking-my-brain-1841116302


Interview: Moshe Kasher on Seth MacFarlane’s ‘The Orville’ - Vulture.com

https://www.vulture.com/2020/01/moshe-kasher-the-orville-interview.html


Future MWGIC Zone:

Up next week: Video Demo of Peppermint 10 Linux OS On Desktop


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MWGIC EP-00099: Supernovae And Crystal Balls

Watch Video On YouTube: https://youtu.be/PswW7TZUo1g

Show Notes:

Dan's holiday art:

Printed Electronics:

https://scitechdaily.com/printed-electronics-enables-electrified-tattoos-and-personalized-biosensors/

Betelgeuse Blow Up:

https://www.sciencealert.com/betelgeuse-looks-fainter-than-usual-and-we-re-all-hoping-this-star-is-about-to-pop

Powdered Fusion Reactors:

https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/physicists-discover-how-to-safely-create-star-power-on-earth?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1

Million-Mile Batteries?

https://electrek.co/2019/09/07/tesla-battery-cell-last-1-million-miles-robot-taxis/

https://electrek.co/2019/09/13/tesla-patent-battery-cell-better-performance-cheaper/

Dan's 2020 Crystal Ball:

I predict home desktop users will start using Linux over Windows in growing numbers over the next decade, and that satellite broadband will be a huge story by the end of 2020.

Happy New Year to everyone!

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MWGIC-EP-00098: Lightning Wheels And Getting Thirtied

MWGIC-EP-00098 - Lightning Wheels And Getting Thirtied - show notes:

"A truly iconic car gets factory electrification and retrofitting after decades on the road, and if you have one, you can get yours done too! Also, major stories coming out on fighting aging and human lifespan extension, and the possibility of living young for your entire life."

Reference Articles:

Volkswagen Preparing To Take Its Vehicles Electric Fast And Large:

https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/06/cars/volkswagen-electric-cars/index.html


Volkswagen To Begin Factory Electric Retrofit & Restoration of Classic Beetles:

https://jalopnik.com/volkswagen-will-now-convert-classic-beetles-to-electric-1837900039


Getting 30'd - Articles About Fighting Aging In Humans, and Stories of Humans Who Beat Aging:

https://getting30d.blogspot.com/


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MWGIC EP-00084: Goodbye 2018 And Happy New Year 2019 - Dan's Geek & Tech Predictions

Watch Video On YouTube: https://youtu.be/3kaBKICk1-s

Show Notes:

Geek Goodbyes In 2018:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Lee
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Allen
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Young_(astronaut)
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Bean
• https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/obituaries/notable-deaths-science-technology.html
• https://www.cnet.com/pictures/dead-tech-walking-casualties-of-2018-and-2019s-endangered-list/
• http://time.com/5252990/avengers-infinity-war-deaths/
• Sci-Fi stars that died in 2018: http://www.legacy.com/memorial-sites/science-fiction/

Dan's Geek & Tech Predictions For 2019:

• Multiple companies will launch Low-Earth-Orbit broadband internet satellites by the end of the year, and SpaceX will lead. It will be the beginning of an internet revolution as big as the change from dial-up to broadband,  resulting in ubiquitous cheap global gigabit internet access within ten years.
• Mobile 5G technology will begin rolling out in earnest, and by the end of the year large metro markets will have some coverage - and even a few phones that can use it.
• Cable internet provider companies will be talking about major rate reductions and trying to sugar-coat crappy customer service by the end of the year due to the above two stories. The level of dispicableness they have maintained for so long will see people eagerly awaiting leaving them for satellite and mobile competitors - but the competing networks will need about two additional years to really begin replacing cable internet in earnest.
• Carte-blanche virtual content marketplaces will begin and start proliferating.
• Empty big-box store buildings will become data center assets due to available power drops, large flat roofs ideal for solar power and cooling plant, ample room in empty garden centers for emergency generators, pre-existing loading docks, ample parking space for technicians and installers, and massive available floor space, and their location in areas with a low cost-of-living and low-cost real estate. Look to see dead Sears, Kmart, and Walmart stores filling up with co-location cages, servers, routers, fiber optics, and both mobile and satellite internet links.
• Someone in the Marvel Universe will fry Thanos, grab the Infinity Glove, and restore half the universe's Marvel characters. Probably Star Lord from Guardians of the Galaxy by a freak accident aided by the Norse God of sheer Dumb Luck.
• Processor power will begin increasing in earnest again toward the end of the year as stacked 10nm chips are combined with new materials that run cooler than existing silicon come on market.

Happy New Year, and welcome 2019!

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