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Listen on Spotify We are back. In this episode we look into the web in the 1990’s, how that web gave birth to Google and how the algorithm that powers Google works. Sound effect attribution: https://freesound.org/people/TheGoodstuff2048/sounds/656116/

Listen to this episode Hollywood has many ideas about how to hack computers. But, unfortunately, those are mostly not related to reality. So how do you actually hack a computer? In this episode, we will look at some of the ways nefarious neverdowells have hacked computers in the past and see if we can learn…

You dealt with it. You may have wondered how it could possibly work. In this episode we do a deep dive on the zip format, what the idea is and how compression works.Listen to this episode on Anchor A couple notes on the recording: I didn’t want you to wait any longer, but unfortunately my…

Back when this podcast didn’t exist yet, Bitcoin was one of the first things I tried to explain to anybody. I partially based the script on the ideas in that presentation, readapted for an audio media. I have changed how I record podcast episodes, so hopefully it will be easier to record for me in…

Advertisements for VPN services are everywhere, but does a VPN actually protect you? And from what? And how does it work?All of this on this episode of Tech with Tommy Listen to the episode here

In late 2020, Apple did something that many thought couldn’t be done, and changed how computers operated. This episode looks at how we got here, what they did and offer some thoughts for the future. Disclaimer: I hold some Apple stock, but I didn’t create this episode because of that, I brought the stock because…

What is it with the cookie popup? What are cookies and show you accept that cookie? Listen to the episode Notes https://backlinko.com/facebook-users https://www.oberlo.com/statistics/how-many-people-use-internet

Listen to the episode All things must end, and so must the second counter inside your computer. But what happens when, literally, the clock runs out of time?

A computer is a calculator on steroids. But how can we make a calculator play sound? And how can we fit the collected works of the greatest artists ever inside storage that is smaller than your nail? Listen to the episode Links The copyright free music recorded in 1901 https://archive.org/details/DieMusikKommtLeonhardt42395 But what is the Fourier…

You spend half or more of your waking life staring into them, but what are they, how do they work and just how different are they? Listen to the episode Links An explanation of the North Korean mass games: https://www.koryogroup.com/travel-guide/travel-guide-north-korea-mass-games A 25 inch e-ink monitor: https://goodereader.com/blog/electronic-readers/onyx-boox-mira-pro-is-a-25-inch-e-ink-monitor Holographic display: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EA2FQXs4dw