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Yandex Went Quiet. Did Your Comment Section?
Drones hit three Yandex data centers and automated traffic from its network collapsed. Bots vanishing worldwide is a bigger claim, and I’m curious what you noticed.
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A broadcast engineer's podcast on how radio really works — the signal chain, the gear, the industry that built him, and the AM/FM radio he got as a kid that started it all.
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Supra 89.7 thinks the atmosphere is out to get them
A low power FM station in Valdosta, Georgia has a real interference problem. Instead of accepting the engineering explanation, they decided to accuse broadcast engineers, large radio conglomerates, and apparently the atmosphere itself of running a coordinated campaign against them. I break down…
EP 45 23:15
Kids turned NPR's comment section into a secret group chat
Kids are not going to stop talking to each other just because you blocked an app. I get into the story of how a group of teenage girls turned NPR 's podcast comment section on Spotify into a full blown underground group chat, complete with its own routing system, and why they picked the most…
EP 44 16:57
Stop selling radio like a fire extinguisher
Radio loves patting itself on the back for showing up during hurricanes and tornadoes. I grew up in Florida watching cones of uncertainty aim at my house, so I get why that story feels good. But building your entire pitch around being useful only when everything else breaks is a terrible way to run…
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Introducing Podstudio: The Teleprompter That Listens
I'm building Podstudio, a free, open-source podcast studio that runs in your browser. The script scrolls as you speak, and it records lossless WAV on your own server.
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Voicemails play unedited. Texts get read out. Say your first name if you want credit.