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- 07 / 08 / 2020 -

Slight trouble establishing the connection, Emmanuel can't see anyone, the HOPE conference is coming up in a couple of weeks, Alex is still holed up in his cabin, the show was preempted last week and won't be on next week, a report from the speaker committee of the HOPE conference on the huge amount of submissions received this year, the final two keynotes will be announced tomorrow, Kyle describes some of the technical coordination that's being put in place, the dire situation facing 2600 a couple of months ago, the keynotes so far, this will be the first conference to have nine keynote speakers, thanks to the people who saved the conference and the magazine, virtual 2600 meetings took place last Friday, the 2600 policy on gatherings, Trump is considering banning TikTok, concern over Chinese companies having access to app data, debating whether this is worse than American companies doing the same thing, a discussion on how hostile a nation China actually is, the CEO of TikTok is American, the investigation into BlueLeaks results in a server confiscation in Germany, how this is a futile effort in controlling what's already been released, Facebook is vehemently condemned in a report they commissioned themselves, Alex's solution to the Facebook situation.

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July 8
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- 07 / 22 / 2020 -

More trouble connecting results in an eight minute delay starting the show, problems with Skype, why this won't happen during the HOPE conference, a special deal for WBAI listeners, Kyle explains the technical issues that are ongoing tonight, how Kyle's phone almost exploded in the process, the show won't be on next week, how things are taking forever to get delivered due to the pandemic, all of the Spring 2020 issues of 2600 in Canada have been lost, Emmanuel questions Kyle over the procedures involved in connecting to the station, why offices don't have to look neat in order to work, what to look forward to at the upcoming HOPE conference, Rob and Gila are finally reached just in time to give out the station's phone number, establishing communications with Alex in Pennsylvania, the importance of WBAI, the increasing amount of activity as the conference draws closer, Alex recalls an omen that appeared on a fateful day at The Strand last year, one cool feature of the HOPE website, a message from Lexicon concerning the Cyberpunk Film Festival that will be taking place at this year's HOPE conference, the challenges involved in putting all of this together, the countdown clock for the conference may be wrong, Greg Newby joins the conversation from Ontario, Greg explains how communication will work at HOPE, Alex describes Greg's video that helped speakers record their talks, focusing on some of the keynote speakers who will be appearing at HOPE, how the virtual environment equals and exceeds previous physical ones, Greg gives a guide to the various activities at the conference and how to access them, how Internet Society has helped make this happen, some details on musical performances.

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July 22
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