This is a feature cast.

The hacker word of the week this week is daemon.

The feature is an Inner Chapter on stretching yourself.

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This is a feature cast.

The hacker word of the week this week is crunch.

The feature is a new Inner Chapter on the practice of pulling your own weight.

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This is a feature cast.

In the intro a quick review of the card game, Infernal Contraption.

Also, a reminder that there will be no news cast this weekend as I will be at Farpoint. Listen to the last show for more details on my appearance there.

The hacker word of the week this week is crock.

The feature this week is a new Inner Chapter on the practice of debugging.

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This is a feature cast.

The hacker word of the week this week is crash.

The feature this week is a continuation of our discussion of programming paradigms.

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This is a feature cast.

Listener feedback this week is from Katy, Natalie and James.

The hacker word of the week this week is core.

The feature this week is the first of a connected series of Inner Chapters, all dealing with the topic of programming paradigms. This first one is fairly dense with material aimed at refreshing experienced hackers and helping to orient the ones just getting started.

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This is a feature cast.

I talk about this month’s DC CopyNight that I attended last night. Also, a reminder to get questions in to me for consideration as part of my interview with Professor Lessig. I will be talking with him tentatively on November 7th.

I will be taking a vacation this coming week so I do not plan on releasing a show for either Sunday the 28th or Wednesday the 31st. The next show will be a news cast on November the 4th.

The hacker word of the week this week is Conway’s Law.

The feature this week is an Inner Chapter on will.

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This is a feature cast.

The hacker word of the week this week is considered harmful.

The feature this week is an Inner Chapter on the risk or mis-practice of over-engineering.

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This is a feature cast.

In the intro, a quick review of the movie, Stardust.

The hacker word of the week this week is cokebottle.

The feature this week is a new Inner Chapter, on knocking the rust of your skills after a period of voluntary or forced disuse.

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This is a feature cast.

I received some listener feedback from Chris and Matt.

The hacker word of the week this week is yak shaving

The feature this week is a new Inner Chapter, on Yak Shaving, hacking and procrastination.

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This is a feature cast.

Happy Fair Use Day! I saw this both on Boing Boing and Ars Technica, the latter with some good information on the history of this third annual commemoration of our rights as consumers and users. Act if you can, but at least learn. Go to the Fair Use Network to educate yourself on your rights.

Carey sent in some more feedback, with some clarification on circuit and district courts based on my questions over the recent 6th and 9th circuit court rulings around privacy of email contents and addresses, respectively.

The hacker word of the week this week is COBOL. Legacy technology, like project estimates, is not what it seems.

The feature this week is a new Inner Chapter on the practice of estimation.

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This episode is a feature cast.

The hacker word of the week this week is Classic C

The feature is a new Inner Chapter on empathy.

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Not only do I have the customary Balticon (May 25th to 28th) reminder, but Paul Fischer sent me a promo. Not for the con, per se, but for its podcast, The Balticon Podcast. I have another treat, at the very end of the show, also thanks to Paul Fischer and another local friend, Phil Rossi–Pod Aid covers First of May. And I chat for a bit about the last CopyNight. WARNING: some may find the subject of this song objectional, refers to sexual and adult situations.

The Hacker Word of the Week this week is chase pointers.

The feature this week is a new Inner Chapter on Vision.

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