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- 07 / 13 / 2022 -
The show wasn't on last week and won't be on next week, why this is preferable for Emmanuel, there won't be an "Overtime" this week, trying to improve Alex's audio, HOPE is in nine days, Rob and Gila both have COVID, everyone on-air has now gotten it, both vaccines and masks will be required at the conference, how things didn't work out so well COVID-wise at the recent RSA Conference, explaining the justification behind this, there won't be any HOPE tickets sold at the door, Elon Musk now no longer wants to buy Twitter, analyzing Twitter's reaction to this, a story of a hacked road sign, a phone's location data is used as evidence against a parking ticket, Alex relates a story from his Stony Brook days involving parking tickets, trying to define what constitutes hacking, Emmanuel and Kyle discuss Facebook's overreaction to security and also its laxness.
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July 13
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- 07 / 27 / 2022 -
It's a momentous night because of what has been accomplished with the HOPE conference, a recovery show, Greg Newby joins the conversation from an airport on his way back to the Yukon, Voltaire and Mitch Altman are also part of tonight's show, Liz Gorski also joins the show from Queens, this was the first-ever HOPE conference to be held in Queens, what was so appealing about St. John's University, the impossibility of finding a hotel in Manhattan to replace Hotel Pennsylvania, some of the imaginative suggestions for alternative locations, the importance of HOPE being volunteer-led, Kyle discusses the relationship that had already existed with the university from previous conferences, some of the unique possibilities that the campus was able to provide, the large amount of attendees who had never been to Queens before, Alex describes some of the after hours gatherings, why not having alcohol on campus was better for the conference, what was amazing about nearby Flushing, Voltaire's experience with workshops, positive reviews for the Sophie Zhang keynote, the timeline for getting the talks online, Mitch sums up the various workshops that were held over the weekend, how the conference was kept smaller this year, the simulcast of the Dutch hacker camp, Alex and Greg discuss their talks, Liz talks about what it was like to be behind the info desk for much of the conference, how the t-shirts were received, the virtual nature of some parts of the conference, why having resources from the university helped tremendously, how Greg got involved with HOPE, how the streaming came about, some of the intermission music composed by Cameron Glass, the late night performances, the YouTube incident that almost had Google shut down the entire stream, a dead end trying to investigate the situation, Greg is now on a plane, Liz emphasizes the importance of volunteering, Greg outlines how the values of the conference were embraced by attendees, it's Norman Lear's 100th birthday today, a closing theme in honor of Queens.
Overtime: Checking in on everyone, Voltaire reports on the nightlife at HOPE, Alex's story from the vendor area, a listener report on his experience at HOPE, what it was like to stay in a town house on campus, the high quality of the A/V setup, a rundown of the various tracks, the bad experience renting a truck that didn't have air conditioning during a heat wave, Liz discusses some of the nearby restaurant options, learning about Wardenclyffe, Alex describes how the mood of the conference seemed much more relaxed this year, how the location played a big part in this, Kyle reports on how the network did this year and how it compares to what was run at previous conferences, a call from Kirby in Ontario who tells of his experiences coming to the conference, Liz outlines how "Hackers Got Talent" went this year, the story of Johannes destroying a laptop on stage, addressing Google's accusations against HOPE, Alex explains why all of this should have been considered fair use, ways this policy can get even worse, Kirby reads an excerpt from "1984," the desire for food trucks at the conference next time, thoughts for new names for future conferences, how Alex was able to get to the conference from Manhattan really quickly, the minimal amount of Star Wars references.
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July 27
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Off The Hook Overtime
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Off The Hook Overtime is also available on the Channel2600 YouTube channel here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfzuGmc7EEI