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Found this nice channel featuring Neil deGrasse Tyson on YouTube: StarTalk - YouTube
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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Is the YouTube Channel new to you, or the show itself? 'cuz the show's been a fixture on National Geographic for 5 years now.
FWIW: Here's the RSS feed (which what all you really need, unless you insist on video): StarTalk Radio
I think they've recorded a lot more episodes (as audio only) than TV shows.
[Edit]
I knew this wasn't right either. It started as a podcast in 2009. The TV show is the spin-off.
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I did not knew anything about it! I found the channel this week. Thanks for information!
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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You've got a lot of catching up to do. 
If you have any interest at all in any branch of science, NdgT is a fun guy to listen to.
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He lost me a little the last time he was on Joe Rogan; super combative and strangely condescending.
"Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by stupidity."
- Hanlon's Razor
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I've never watched the show but NdgT doesn't seem to mind getting confrontational when faced with idiocy. In this overly PC world, I like that.
So what was Rogan saying?
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Yeah. that's not what I'm talking about. Rogan is good, because he has a good sense of what he doesn't know and is always curious. The level of snark Neil showed was weird, though.
Judge yourself: JRE #1347
"Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by stupidity."
- Hanlon's Razor
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Snark is what he does best.
Thanks for the link. Currently downloading and will watch later. I've bookmarked this comment to remember to follow up.
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It's been almost a month to the day, but I've finally got around to watching that Seth Rogan podcast with Neil deGrasse Tyson. And as promised--my thoughts regarding "the level of snark".
I'm guessing you're used to watching him on his Star Talk TV show and not the podcast by the same name...and I'm guessing the TV show on National Geographic gets a lot more editing than the podcast. Because I haven't really seen anything surprising on the podcast (Seth Rogan's, that is)--I thought it was all par for the course.
If someone disagrees with him, or he asks a question and he's not satisfied with the answer, or he's being asked a question that he feels is worded in such a way that he feels he's being cornered...he's not afraid to make his stand, and won't put up with things hosts on mainstream shows might ask or say to him. If he goes on the defensive, or even on the offensive, he'll tell the other person exactly why. I like that a lot, and I think this is when he's the most interesting. A lot of interviewers/interviewees avoid that.
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Honestly, I mostly know him from the old Daily Show (miss you Jon!) and from podcasts. I had never seen him act that passive-aggressively before this interview. I likely would have thought less of him from the outset if I had.
"Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by stupidity."
- Hanlon's Razor
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As I wrote...NdGT seems to not be afraid to confront anyone to make a point, and you just don't see that anymore in interviews. I remember him getting on Bill Maher's show once or twice, and him getting seemingly downright angry.
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That's very cool!
We're living the sci-fi 
On a side note, one sentence stood out for me "And he can control each of the arms, manoeuvring them in three-dimensional space"
In what other dimension would he move his arm?
Unless the exoskeleton crushed his arm and it's now 2D 
Or they've added a fourth and the arms (and only the arms) can now time travel 
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not knocking it as a good thing,
not saying it's easy
the signal reading equipment is way more sensitive and complicated but at the end of the day the concept is the same as training alexa to replace your remote controls, or teach a dog to sit on command.
so yeah, it reads your mind but not in a way that it understands, more it knows a certain set of signals means up, another set down.
And btw, alexa can still be a bit flaky,
OTOH some dogs are pretty good - can put up with the master having a sore throat or giving commands in different moods.
so yes they can develop this stuff to help people - some really benefit from it in very good ways,
but apart from not having to clean up poo they still havn't come close to the capabilities of a domesticated pet. still looking in the wrong place.
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Reading into it too much, don't our user cause enough problems with just a keyboard and mouse (touchscreen)? Just a byproduct of the tech to worry about.
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Any computer that tried to understand what my brain was thinking would probably melt or actively self-destruct. It wouldn't be pretty.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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I think you will find the computer requires consistent logical and clear thinking to read! Just saying...
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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Nobuo Uematsu - Clash On The Big Bridge[^]
Last week I ordered all Final Fantasy Distant Worlds CDs (which have orchestrated versions of Final Fantasy music).
I knew I, II and III, but I hadn't heard IV and V yet.
They have some of my favorite FF tracks of all time like Searching For Friends (FFVI), The Dalmasca Estersand (FFXII) and Clash On The Big Bridge (FFV & FFXII, but apparently it's featured in 16(!) FF games and spin-offs).
I've been playing FF music almost the entire week (that and Studio Ghibli music), but Clash On the Big Bridge is this week's favorite!
For those feeling nostalgic, this is how it all began: Final Fantasy V - Gilgamesh - YouTube[^]
There are so many amazing soundtracks and it's not always easy to get a hold of them, which is why I downloaded most FF music some 10-15 years ago and why I now have mostly bootleg versions of the CDs (incl. Distant Worlds I).
It's getting easier though and now I have all these original music releases!
Spread some soundtrack love so more studio's will release original music from their games worldwide! 
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Something different indeed, pretty sweet though
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Loosely could give large hint (6)
"We can't stop here - this is bat country" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Loosely
could give large L
hint IMPLY
LIMPLY
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Yep - I was beginning to think no one was doing it
"We can't stop here - this is bat country" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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No-one wants the blame for next Monday's theme!
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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Oh thank god it was solved then - not a fan of themes
"We can't stop here - this is bat country" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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