The Command Line

This is a feature cast.
The hacker word of the week this week is de-rezz.
Listener feedback is an email from Christopher.
The feature is a new Hacking 101 exploring the concept of complexity.
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In case you missed it, a reminder to check your feed for the special edition to commemorate the launch of Cory Doctorow’s latest novel, Little Brother. Also, here’s my interview for the Future and You which was recorded this past weekend at RavenCon.
The hacker word of the week this week [...]

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Don’t forget, no news show this Sunday as I will be at Penguicon 6.0.
The hacker word of the week this week is dangling pointer.
Listener feedback is a voice mail from Jed with a few observations on scripting languages.
The feature is a monologue revisiting social spaces which I last talked about on [...]

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The hacker word of the week this week is daemon.
The feature is an Inner Chapter on stretching yourself.
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The hacker word of the week this week is cycle.
A large amount of listener feedback, almost all with links. Here is the audio of the NPR show that [Si] dragon mentioned. And here’s the NRK news story Tor sent in. And here is the paper that Jon mentioned [...]

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In the intro, a brief remark on the passing of Arthur C. Clarke.
The hacker word of the week this week is cyberpunk.
The feature is a new Hacking 101 segment on parallel computing and programming.
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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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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 [...]

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In the intro a quick review of the video game, No More Heroes, for the Nintendo Wii game console.
The hacker word of the week this week is crippleware, creeping featurism and creeping featuritis.
The feature this week is the next installment of Hacking 101, a discussion of aspected oriented programming.
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This is a feature cast.
The hacker words of the week this week are creeping elegance, creeping featurism and creeping featuritis.
The feature this week is the next installment of what started as a set of related Inner Chapters but now I am going to publish as Hacking 101. The topic this time is static vs. [...]