Dave’s Garage: Shop Talk
By Dave Plummer and Glen Hodges
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Episodes: 95
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Dave Plummer, a retired operating systems engineer for Microsoft going back to the DOS and Windows 95 days, and his co-host Glen talk about technology and answer questions from his YouTube channels: Dave’s Garage and Dave’s Attic. Just 2 high school friends from 40 years ago hangin’ out, talkin’ tech and usually sharing some kind of prairie anecdotes from their youth growing up in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Dave is now in Seattle, WA and Glen is in Vancouver, BC.
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Software Doesn’t Need Sentience to Be Dangerous | Shop Talk #96
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Sep 18, 2026 |
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What’s Next for TMOG? Dave Responds to Your Ideas | Shop Talk #94
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Sep 12, 2026 |
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What’s New in Task Manager OG? Dave’s Latest Updates | Shop Talk #93
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Sep 04, 2026 |
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TMOG: Dave Answers Your Questions + Rates 23 Feature Requests | Shop Talk #92
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Aug 30, 2026 |
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Windows Task Manager’s Creator Rebuilt It 30 Years Later | Shop Talk #91
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Aug 29, 2026 |
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The Internet Still Runs on 40-Year-Old Ideas | Shop Talk #90
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Aug 20, 2026 |
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The Hidden Computer Network in Your Car | Shop Talk #89
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Aug 18, 2026 |
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Are Flock Cameras Public Safety or Public Surveillance? | Shop Talk #88
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Aug 02, 2026 |
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Why Does a 3K Notepad Use 502MB of RAM? | Shop Talk #87
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Jul 17, 2026 |
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Why Engineering Is Harder Than It Looks | Shop Talk #86
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Jul 04, 2026 |
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When Did We Stop Optimizing Software? | Shop Talk #85
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Jun 28, 2026 |
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Everything Is a File? | Shop Talk #84
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Jun 24, 2026 |
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Are We Teaching Programming Wrong? | Shop Talk #83
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Jun 05, 2026 |
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Windows: What's Really Happening Under the Hood? | Shop Talk #82
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Jun 03, 2026 |
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Why Is Windows Built Like This? | Shop Talk #81
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May 15, 2026 |
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Why Old Tech Feels More Trustworthy | Shop Talk #80
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May 10, 2026 |
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Will AI Flood the World With Security Vulnerabilities? | Shop Talk EP 79
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May 10, 2026 |
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AI Won’t Fix This (And Might Make It Worse) | Shop Talk #78
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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Will AI Fix This? (Why Software Keeps Getting Worse) | Shop Talk EP 77
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Apr 17, 2026 |
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Why Are We STILL Getting Hacked Like This?
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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Axios Hack… Can You Trust It? (And Why We Still Want Things That Make No Sense)
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Apr 06, 2026 |
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When Does “Working” Actually Mean Fixed?
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Mar 31, 2026 |
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When Do You Know It’s Actually Fixed? (Debugging Systems Like an Engineer)
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Mar 15, 2026 |
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What Happens After You Solve the Hardware Problem?
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Feb 28, 2026 |
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How Does a Password Cracker Know It’s Right? The Part Everyone Misses - ShopTalk!
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Feb 22, 2026 |
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Your TV does NOT work the way you THINK it does! ShopTalk!
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Feb 14, 2026 |
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Cracking UNIX DES Passwords with a Dual GPU Dell 7875 Workstation: ShopTalk!
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Feb 14, 2026 |
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ShopTalk: How to FIX the Latest Windows Update Madness!
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Feb 03, 2026 |
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Too Far for WiFi? The Ultimate 600ft PoE Camera Setup
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Jan 20, 2026 |
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ShopTalk - Blinkenlights on the PDP: How do they work? What do they do? Find out!
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Jan 11, 2026 |
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Why You Don’t Trust the Cloud (And Honestly, You’re Right) - Shop Talk!
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Jan 11, 2026 |
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Forcing AI to Self-Test and Debug Its Own Code – Epic Fails and Wins - ShopTalk!
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Dec 30, 2025 |
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Why do NEW computers feel slower than OLD computers used to? ShopTalk!
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Dec 20, 2025 |
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Will AI Replace Software Engineers? Should You Still Learn Computer Science? ShopTalk!
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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The $150 Box That Destroys Hotel & Airplane Internet Restrictions
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Dec 07, 2025 |
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Running the Old Windows Task Manager on the Current Windows! ShopTalk!
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Nov 29, 2025 |
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Fixing Windows:The XP SP2 Moment after the Blaster Worm - ShopTalk
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Nov 29, 2025 |
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Fixing Windows: How ANTI-CHEAT systems work, and why they shouldn't be in the Kernel!
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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Task Manager Bug: The Process that Refused to Die! - ShopTalk!
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Nov 09, 2025 |
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Another Web Outage: Why is it always DNS? ShopTalk!
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Nov 01, 2025 |
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Did they FIRE Bad Coders at Microsoft? Shop Talk EP 53
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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Gnarly Bugs! Two of the HARDEST Bugs I've Ever Fixed! ShopTalk!
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Oct 12, 2025 |
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How To Use Less Electricity when Using AI! ShopTalk!
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Oct 03, 2025 |
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You Asked: Can Windows be Made Crash-Proof?
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Sep 28, 2025 |
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Blame Me: Why are FAT Drives Limited to 32GB?
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Sep 20, 2025 |
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The WORST Windows Bug I Ever Shipped: in Windows Pinball!
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Sep 06, 2025 |
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Windows Update Causes Disk (SSD) Corruption! Do not install it before seeing this important info...Windows Update Causes Disk (SSD) Corruption! Do not install it before seeing this important info...
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Aug 23, 2025 |
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Windows Sandbox vs. VMs: Which Is Better for Testing Apps?
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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Two Mice, One PC: Is it Possible? ShopTalk!
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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Power Plant Cybersecurity Expert: What are the Attack Scenarios?
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Aug 03, 2025 |
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Is It Better to Leave Your PC ON or Shut It Down at Night? ShopTalk!
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Jul 26, 2025 |
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The Admin Time Bomb: What Every Windows User Should Know!
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Jul 12, 2025 |
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No More Windows Bluescreens! Find out Why!
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Jul 04, 2025 |
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Security Passkeys: What Are They and Should You be Using Them?
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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Should You Still Learn to Code in 2025? What about AI? SHOPTALK
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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Why Does Windows Still Use Drive Letters? Find Out!
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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Two Major Windows Open-Source Announcements: VS Code Copilot and WSL2
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May 28, 2025 |
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Task Manager Secrets: Top 5 Need to Know Tips! Pause, Bypass, and More!
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May 09, 2025 |
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MAJOR New Airborne Exploit: What You Need to Know
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May 03, 2025 |
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How Windows Product Activation Was Hacked!
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Apr 27, 2025 |
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The Real Reason why Microsoft REMOVES Features You Love!
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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The Real Reason You're Not Allowed to Move the Windows Taskbar!
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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The Real Reason there was no Windows 9
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Apr 05, 2025 |
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Live from the Garage: AI Gaming, Privacy, and Retro Tech Talk
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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Can AI follow NASA Coding Standards? - StopTalk!
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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The Craziest Retro Games You Can Play on a PDP-11
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Mar 16, 2025 |
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Vintage Hacks & AI Power-ups - ShopTalk!
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Mar 09, 2025 |
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Windows Avalon & Why Does Task Manager Show So Many Handles? - ShopTalk!
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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Why Do Mirrors Flip Things Horizontally but not Vertically? ShopTalk!
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Feb 22, 2025 |
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Quantum Computers, Bill Gates' Porsche 959, and is Dave Network Chuck's Dad? - ShopTalk!
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Feb 15, 2025 |
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From Microsoft to TikTok: Your Rude Questions Answered!
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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Hard Drive Resurrection Hacks: What They Don’t Want You to Know! ShopTalk!
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Jan 26, 2025 |
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Retro computing, cutting-edge AI, and essential cybersecurity insights!
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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New Google Chrome Exploits! Protect Your Browser Now! ShopTalk
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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The Windows Kernel vs the Linux Kernel: Which is Better? ShopTalk!
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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Blockchains, PDP-11 Stories, Unix Questions, and Debugging Woes
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Dec 29, 2024 |
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Retro Tech Adventures: Building the UNIX Kernel! ShopTalk
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Dec 21, 2024 |
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Microsoft Secrets: From Task Manager to the Missing Building 7 and Getting a Job at Microsoft
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Dec 15, 2024 |
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How did Microsoft Force Everyone to Run Windows? ShopTalk!
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Dec 15, 2024 |
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Space Fails, PDP-11 and LED Projects with Dave - ShopTalk!
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Dec 15, 2024 |
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Shop Talk: How does Microsoft discover Zero-Day Attacks?
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Dec 15, 2024 |
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Living Off-Grid: Portable PDP-11s, Generators, and DIY Survival Gear! SHOPTALK!
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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How I Made My Own AI Telemarketer Trap: ShopTalk!
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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Windows Secrets Revealed: Answering Your Burning Questions About Microsoft's OS
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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Female Developers and Other Tales
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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Should You Say "Please" and "Thank You" to ChatGPT?
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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Tesla Talk, Payphones, TRS-80s, Disneyland, Retro-Tech and More!
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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iPhone 16, Password Security, Facebook Censorship and PDP-11s
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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Linus Tech Tips Hacked + Ryzen Performance Solved
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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The HARDEST Bug I Ever Fixed!
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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Windows Recall: Can You Remove it?
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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How Old is Dave? Intel vs AMD! NPU vs GPU!
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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Autism vs Narcissism - What's the Difference?
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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Windows Recall: Can You Remove it?
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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How did Microsoft force everyone to use Windows?
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Nov 16, 2024 |