Episode 32: On Our High Hobby Horse

Two Bit Geeks

Ped & Tom ride their hobby horses through some of their favorite topics; such as speeding and safe driving, dumping Facebook and shadow profiles, fitness tracking and smart devices, supervolcanoes and asteroid impacts, and being kind to one another. Plus, a salute to Professor Hawking.

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Safe Driving Followup [00:00]

• The Need for (Safe) Speed
• Relevant Massachusetts Law concerning blocking intersections
• One Way Japanese Drivers Are Polite

Dumping Facebook [22:35]

• Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data scandal
• How do I deactivate my account? (Facebook)
• Station 13 podcast
• Postcrossing.com

Smart Devices [45:03]

• Pomodoro Technique
• Fitbit Versa

End of the World Scenarios [52:05]

• Yellowstone Magma Plume
• Possible asteroid impactor 101955 Bennu
• Space probe OSIRIS-REx
• Gravitational keyhole
• The HAMMER

Egoisitic Altruism [1:03:36]

• A Selfish Argument for Making the World a Better Place (Kurzgesagt)
• Zero-sum world vs. Positive-sum world

Farewell to Stephen Hawking [1:16:30]

• Stephen Hawking (1942–2018)
• A Brief History of Time

Music by Lee Rosevere (CC by 4.0)