app03 Mon, 28 Sep 2026 20:09:54 +0000 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Shiny Podcast - Episodes Tagged with “Supreme Court” https://shinypodcast.fireside.fm/tags/supreme%20court Mon, 02 Jul 2018 00:00:00 -0400 The continuing adventures of two geeks, friends from birth, neck deep in shiny new and rusty ole with an eye to sky and all feet on the ground. Weekly. Mostly. Shiny Podcast: following the light and throwing a little shade on the newest and brightest in today’s gaming and technology... en-us episodic Following the light and casting a little shade... Shiny Podcast The continuing adventures of two geeks, friends from birth, neck deep in shiny new and rusty ole with an eye to sky and all feet on the ground. Weekly. Mostly. Shiny Podcast: following the light and throwing a little shade on the newest and brightest in today’s gaming and technology... yes technology, gaming, mac, windows, linux, ios, android, homelab, ubuntu, diy, right to repair, geek, Shiny Podcast casttheshine@gmail.com Episode 27: Geek Done Quick https://shinypodcast.fireside.fm/27 b0d77d79-63b4-4468-b346-b54474bc1ded Mon, 02 Jul 2018 00:00:00 -0400 Shiny Podcast full Shiny Podcast 1:32:34 yes <p>There's no splitting hairs here: we had to take a breather last week because the news was just so bleak in the tech world we couldn't bring ourselves to do an episode on it. This week we're back with a <em>very</em> quick overview of that news and then immediately a pickmeup from our dear friend John Grandi who swoops in to save us. We talk a lot about Games Done Quick and E3 and if you want more in depth analysis of the bad stuff we've included the links below. </p> <p>Theme of the week: Long live the monopoly and a big ol’ middle finger to net neutrality:<br> <a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/06/att-can-buy-time-warner-inc-judge-rules/" rel="nofollow noopener">https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/06/att-can-buy-time-warner-inc-judge-rules/</a><br> <a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/06/comcast-makes-65-billion-offer-for-fox-properties-including-hulu-stake/" rel="nofollow noopener">https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/06/comcast-makes-65-billion-offer-for-fox-properties-including-hulu-stake/</a><br> <a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/06/disney-outbids-comcast-in-escalating-bidding-war-for-21st-century-fox/" rel="nofollow noopener">https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/06/disney-outbids-comcast-in-escalating-bidding-war-for-21st-century-fox/</a><br> And with not a moment to spare:<br> <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/21/att-launches-a-low-cost-live-tv-streaming-service-watchtv/" rel="nofollow noopener">https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/21/att-launches-a-low-cost-live-tv-streaming-service-watchtv/</a><br> Oh, AND:<br> <a href="https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180620/12174040079/att-successfully-derails-californias-tough-new-net-neutrality-law.shtml" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180620/12174040079/att-successfully-derails-californias-tough-new-net-neutrality-law.shtml</a></p> <p>EU Parliament passes controversial Copyright Directive:<br> <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/20/17482554/eu-european-union-copyright-filter-article-11-13-passes-juri-vote" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/20/17482554/eu-european-union-copyright-filter-article-11-13-passes-juri-vote</a><br> <a href="https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180620/10063840078/eu-parliamentary-committee-votes-to-put-american-internet-giants-charge-what-speech-is-allowed-online.shtml" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180620/10063840078/eu-parliamentary-committee-votes-to-put-american-internet-giants-charge-what-speech-is-allowed-online.shtml</a></p> <p>Gamesdonequick.com</p> <p>Intel’s 28 core 5GHz CPU is a bust and their demo was a lie:<br> <a href="https://www.extremetech.com/computing/271211-intel-isnt-building-a-5ghz-all-core-28-core-cpu" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.extremetech.com/computing/271211-intel-isnt-building-a-5ghz-all-core-28-core-cpu</a></p> <p>WPA3 Wifi Encryption is here!<br> <a href="https://www.cnet.com/news/wpa3-wi-fi-is-here-and-its-harder-to-hack/?utm_source=reddit.com" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.cnet.com/news/wpa3-wi-fi-is-here-and-its-harder-to-hack/?utm_source=reddit.com</a></p> <p>Supreme Court says Must Have Warrant for wireless communication (PDF!)<br> <a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/17pdf/16-402_h315.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/17pdf/16-402_h315.pdf</a></p> <p>Post e3 ‘State of gaming’<br> Role Playing</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2etSAWJKTs" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2etSAWJKTs</a> <br> Special Guest: John Grandi.</p> There's no splitting hairs here: we had to take a breather last week because the news was just so bleak in the tech world we couldn't bring ourselves to do an episode on it. This week we're back with a very quick overview of that news and then immediately a pickmeup from our dear friend John Grandi who swoops in to save us. We talk a lot about Games Done Quick and E3 and if you want more in depth analysis of the bad stuff we've included the links below.

Theme of the week: Long live the monopoly and a big ol’ middle finger to net neutrality:
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/06/att-can-buy-time-warner-inc-judge-rules/
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/06/comcast-makes-65-billion-offer-for-fox-properties-including-hulu-stake/
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/06/disney-outbids-comcast-in-escalating-bidding-war-for-21st-century-fox/
And with not a moment to spare:
https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/21/att-launches-a-low-cost-live-tv-streaming-service-watchtv/
Oh, AND:
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180620/12174040079/att-successfully-derails-californias-tough-new-net-neutrality-law.shtml

EU Parliament passes controversial Copyright Directive:
https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/20/17482554/eu-european-union-copyright-filter-article-11-13-passes-juri-vote
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180620/10063840078/eu-parliamentary-committee-votes-to-put-american-internet-giants-charge-what-speech-is-allowed-online.shtml

Gamesdonequick.com

Intel’s 28 core 5GHz CPU is a bust and their demo was a lie:
https://www.extremetech.com/computing/271211-intel-isnt-building-a-5ghz-all-core-28-core-cpu

WPA3 Wifi Encryption is here!
https://www.cnet.com/news/wpa3-wi-fi-is-here-and-its-harder-to-hack/?utm_source=reddit.com

Supreme Court says Must Have Warrant for wireless communication (PDF!)
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/17pdf/16-402_h315.pdf

Post e3 ‘State of gaming’
Role Playing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2etSAWJKTs

Special Guest: John Grandi.

]]> There's no splitting hairs here: we had to take a breather last week because the news was just so bleak in the tech world we couldn't bring ourselves to do an episode on it. This week we're back with a very quick overview of that news and then immediately a pickmeup from our dear friend John Grandi who swoops in to save us. We talk a lot about Games Done Quick and E3 and if you want more in depth analysis of the bad stuff we've included the links below.

Theme of the week: Long live the monopoly and a big ol’ middle finger to net neutrality:
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/06/att-can-buy-time-warner-inc-judge-rules/
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/06/comcast-makes-65-billion-offer-for-fox-properties-including-hulu-stake/
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/06/disney-outbids-comcast-in-escalating-bidding-war-for-21st-century-fox/
And with not a moment to spare:
https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/21/att-launches-a-low-cost-live-tv-streaming-service-watchtv/
Oh, AND:
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180620/12174040079/att-successfully-derails-californias-tough-new-net-neutrality-law.shtml

EU Parliament passes controversial Copyright Directive:
https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/20/17482554/eu-european-union-copyright-filter-article-11-13-passes-juri-vote
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180620/10063840078/eu-parliamentary-committee-votes-to-put-american-internet-giants-charge-what-speech-is-allowed-online.shtml

Gamesdonequick.com

Intel’s 28 core 5GHz CPU is a bust and their demo was a lie:
https://www.extremetech.com/computing/271211-intel-isnt-building-a-5ghz-all-core-28-core-cpu

WPA3 Wifi Encryption is here!
https://www.cnet.com/news/wpa3-wi-fi-is-here-and-its-harder-to-hack/?utm_source=reddit.com

Supreme Court says Must Have Warrant for wireless communication (PDF!)
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/17pdf/16-402_h315.pdf

Post e3 ‘State of gaming’
Role Playing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2etSAWJKTs

Special Guest: John Grandi.

]]> Episode 18: Tiny Shiny 1 https://shinypodcast.fireside.fm/18 4834e450-2e0b-49e8-ad33-f2fecb79d22d Wed, 04 Apr 2018 00:00:00 -0400 Shiny Podcast full Shiny Podcast 42:14 yes <p>We went back to the drawing board on the title of these shorter episodes and like a blinding light bulb smacking us in the face we arrived at Tiny Shiny. Like, duh, guys. This week we spend some time with MyFitness Pal, AMD's recent news of vulnerabilities on their CPU's, Google's continuing battle with Oracle, and more! And then we (mostly) go rapid fire on some other interesting tidbits. </p> <p><a href="https://news.sky.com/story/scientist-stephen-hawking-has-died-aged-76-11289119" rel="nofollow noopener">https://news.sky.com/story/scientist-stephen-hawking-has-died-aged-76-11289119</a></p> <p>MyFitnessPal breach compromising 150 Million User accounts<br> <a href="https://threatpost.com/under-armour-reports-massive-breach-of-150-million-myfitnesspal-accounts/130863/" rel="nofollow noopener">https://threatpost.com/under-armour-reports-massive-breach-of-150-million-myfitnesspal-accounts/130863/</a></p> <p>AMD CPU vulnerabilities?! Say it ain't so!<br> <a href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/03/a-raft-of-flaws-in-amd-chips-make-bad-hacks-much-much-worse/" rel="nofollow noopener">https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/03/a-raft-of-flaws-in-amd-chips-make-bad-hacks-much-much-worse/</a><br> And the plot...<br> <a href="https://www.anandtech.com/show/12525/security-researchers-publish-ryzen-flaws-gave-amd-24-hours-to-respond" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.anandtech.com/show/12525/security-researchers-publish-ryzen-flaws-gave-amd-24-hours-to-respond</a><br> Thickens…<br> <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16577433" rel="nofollow noopener">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16577433</a><br> <a href="https://www.anandtech.com/show/12536/our-interesting-call-with-cts-labs" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.anandtech.com/show/12536/our-interesting-call-with-cts-labs</a></p> <p>Microsoft going Windowless?<br> <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/30/17179328/microsoft-windows-reorganization-future-2018" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/30/17179328/microsoft-windows-reorganization-future-2018</a></p> <p>Let's Encrypt wildcard certs go live<br> <a href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/03/lets-encrypt-takes-free-wildcard-certificates-live/" rel="nofollow noopener">https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/03/lets-encrypt-takes-free-wildcard-certificates-live/</a></p> <p>Oracle Vs Google Round 3? Could go all the way to supreme court<br> <a href="https://mashable.com/2018/03/30/google-vs-oracle-explainer/#4snSc6_KePqW" rel="nofollow noopener">https://mashable.com/2018/03/30/google-vs-oracle-explainer/#4snSc6_KePqW</a></p> <p>Microsoft to begin banning a variety of “obscenities” on multiple platforms:<br> <a href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/03/28/microsoft_services_agreement_bars_offensive_language/" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/03/28/microsoft_services_agreement_bars_offensive_language/</a></p> <p>First android go phone available in SU, $80<br> <a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/03/you-can-officially-buy-an-android-go-phone-in-the-us/" rel="nofollow noopener">https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/03/you-can-officially-buy-an-android-go-phone-in-the-us/</a></p> <p>Sierra Leone Just Ran the first Blockchain-based election<br> <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/14/sierra-leone-just-ran-the-first-blockchain-based-election/" rel="nofollow noopener">https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/14/sierra-leone-just-ran-the-first-blockchain-based-election/</a></p> <p>Generic AOSP image running on new Galaxy S9 thank ti Project Treble<br> <a href="https://www.xda-developers.com/samsung-galaxy-s9-aosp-android-oreo-project-treble/" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.xda-developers.com/samsung-galaxy-s9-aosp-android-oreo-project-treble/</a><br> More googs… New Fuschia OS goes all in on “instant apps”<br> <a href="https://9to5google.com/2018/02/16/fuchsia-friday-instant-apps/" rel="nofollow noopener">https://9to5google.com/2018/02/16/fuchsia-friday-instant-apps/</a></p> <p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/cars/2018/03/tesla-recalls-123000-model-s-electric-cars-for-faulty-power-steering-bolts/" rel="nofollow noopener">https://arstechnica.com/cars/2018/03/tesla-recalls-123000-model-s-electric-cars-for-faulty-power-steering-bolts/</a></p> <p>UK passes bill to create foundation for commercial space travel:<br> <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/29/as-uk-fires-up-private-space-industry-space-camp-accelerator-launches/" rel="nofollow noopener">https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/29/as-uk-fires-up-private-space-industry-space-camp-accelerator-launches/</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/3/30/17180042/macos-external-gpu-support-graphics-card" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/3/30/17180042/macos-external-gpu-support-graphics-card</a></p> We went back to the drawing board on the title of these shorter episodes and like a blinding light bulb smacking us in the face we arrived at Tiny Shiny. Like, duh, guys. This week we spend some time with MyFitness Pal, AMD's recent news of vulnerabilities on their CPU's, Google's continuing battle with Oracle, and more! And then we (mostly) go rapid fire on some other interesting tidbits.

https://news.sky.com/story/scientist-stephen-hawking-has-died-aged-76-11289119

MyFitnessPal breach compromising 150 Million User accounts
https://threatpost.com/under-armour-reports-massive-breach-of-150-million-myfitnesspal-accounts/130863/

AMD CPU vulnerabilities?! Say it ain't so!
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/03/a-raft-of-flaws-in-amd-chips-make-bad-hacks-much-much-worse/
And the plot...
https://www.anandtech.com/show/12525/security-researchers-publish-ryzen-flaws-gave-amd-24-hours-to-respond
Thickens…
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16577433
https://www.anandtech.com/show/12536/our-interesting-call-with-cts-labs

Microsoft going Windowless?
https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/30/17179328/microsoft-windows-reorganization-future-2018

Let's Encrypt wildcard certs go live
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/03/lets-encrypt-takes-free-wildcard-certificates-live/

Oracle Vs Google Round 3? Could go all the way to supreme court
https://mashable.com/2018/03/30/google-vs-oracle-explainer/#4snSc6_KePqW

Microsoft to begin banning a variety of “obscenities” on multiple platforms:
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/03/28/microsoft_services_agreement_bars_offensive_language/

First android go phone available in SU, $80
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/03/you-can-officially-buy-an-android-go-phone-in-the-us/

Sierra Leone Just Ran the first Blockchain-based election
https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/14/sierra-leone-just-ran-the-first-blockchain-based-election/

Generic AOSP image running on new Galaxy S9 thank ti Project Treble
https://www.xda-developers.com/samsung-galaxy-s9-aosp-android-oreo-project-treble/
More googs… New Fuschia OS goes all in on “instant apps”
https://9to5google.com/2018/02/16/fuchsia-friday-instant-apps/

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2018/03/tesla-recalls-123000-model-s-electric-cars-for-faulty-power-steering-bolts/

UK passes bill to create foundation for commercial space travel:
https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/29/as-uk-fires-up-private-space-industry-space-camp-accelerator-launches/

https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/3/30/17180042/macos-external-gpu-support-graphics-card

]]> We went back to the drawing board on the title of these shorter episodes and like a blinding light bulb smacking us in the face we arrived at Tiny Shiny. Like, duh, guys. This week we spend some time with MyFitness Pal, AMD's recent news of vulnerabilities on their CPU's, Google's continuing battle with Oracle, and more! And then we (mostly) go rapid fire on some other interesting tidbits.

https://news.sky.com/story/scientist-stephen-hawking-has-died-aged-76-11289119

MyFitnessPal breach compromising 150 Million User accounts
https://threatpost.com/under-armour-reports-massive-breach-of-150-million-myfitnesspal-accounts/130863/

AMD CPU vulnerabilities?! Say it ain't so!
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/03/a-raft-of-flaws-in-amd-chips-make-bad-hacks-much-much-worse/
And the plot...
https://www.anandtech.com/show/12525/security-researchers-publish-ryzen-flaws-gave-amd-24-hours-to-respond
Thickens…
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16577433
https://www.anandtech.com/show/12536/our-interesting-call-with-cts-labs

Microsoft going Windowless?
https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/30/17179328/microsoft-windows-reorganization-future-2018

Let's Encrypt wildcard certs go live
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/03/lets-encrypt-takes-free-wildcard-certificates-live/

Oracle Vs Google Round 3? Could go all the way to supreme court
https://mashable.com/2018/03/30/google-vs-oracle-explainer/#4snSc6_KePqW

Microsoft to begin banning a variety of “obscenities” on multiple platforms:
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/03/28/microsoft_services_agreement_bars_offensive_language/

First android go phone available in SU, $80
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/03/you-can-officially-buy-an-android-go-phone-in-the-us/

Sierra Leone Just Ran the first Blockchain-based election
https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/14/sierra-leone-just-ran-the-first-blockchain-based-election/

Generic AOSP image running on new Galaxy S9 thank ti Project Treble
https://www.xda-developers.com/samsung-galaxy-s9-aosp-android-oreo-project-treble/
More googs… New Fuschia OS goes all in on “instant apps”
https://9to5google.com/2018/02/16/fuchsia-friday-instant-apps/

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2018/03/tesla-recalls-123000-model-s-electric-cars-for-faulty-power-steering-bolts/

UK passes bill to create foundation for commercial space travel:
https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/29/as-uk-fires-up-private-space-industry-space-camp-accelerator-launches/

https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/3/30/17180042/macos-external-gpu-support-graphics-card

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