I migliori Bi Weekly podcast (2024)

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Episode 70 - Using CFD to the max with Gordon Johnson, Subzero Engineering 30:50

11h ago30:50

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Computational Fluid Dynamics has a very important role to play in data centers, but how does it work? In this episode, we break down CFD with Subzero Engineering’s Gordon Johnson - the factors that need to be considered, its role in the data center, and the science behind it.

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#240: POSSESSION - STARSPINATOR 2:12:12

12d ago2:12:12

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Join ⅔ of your APDC turkeys plus special guest pro wrestler Maurice as they review the episode “Possession,” from the 1997 classic animated series, Beast Wars: Transformers! The ol’ Popeye windup!!! Back with the Beast, howling with Greg!!! Wrestling Trivia and Q&A!! Bad News and worse news!! Lightning!! Waspinator possessed by Starscream’s spark!!…

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Episode 69 - Diamonds are for semiconductors with Diamond Quanta CEO and founder Adam Khan 33:06

15d ago33:06

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While silicon is still the semiconductor king, alternative chip materials are increasingly being sought in order to find their successor and address some of the biggest challenges facing the chips of today. In today’s episode of Zero Downtime, CEO and founder of Diamond Quanta, Adam Khan, discusses the benefits of diamond semiconductor technology, …

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#239: JOEPISODE: THE WRONG STUFF - I AM MR. C 1:50:29

26d ago1:50:29

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Join your fresh astronaut trainees of the APDC as they review “The Wrong Stuff,” from the classic 1985 animated series G.I. Joe! Joepisode!!! Which NKOTB are you?! Don't make us butt-chug beers!! What's a five letter word for cubic decimeter?! Don’t trust anybody…I could be your neighbor!!! We're not apologizing for Hitler's generals!! Tom Hardy is…

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Episode 68 - How cryogenic CMOS could solve the AI energy challenge, with Synopsys' Jamil Kawa and William Ruby 42:08

29d ago42:08

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Earlier this year, Synopsys' R&D team developed a new model that allows design teams to create and test circuits at cryogenic temperatures. In this episode, Jamil Kawa and William Ruby from Synopsys talk about the cryogenic CMOS (complementary metal-oxide-semiconductors) research project and how it could support the development of low-power chips t…

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Episode 67 - Adapting to change, with Mark Kidd, Iron Mountain 30:36

1M ago30:36

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Iron Mountain was originally founded by a mushroom farmer in the 1950s. However, in the pivot of the century, the company launched a paper records storage service using the very mine that once housed mushrooms As the world around them digitized, Iron Mountain had to adapt to change and eventually became the data center company we know today. Howeve…

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#238: THE TRIGGER PT2 - THE LADY RIDES THE TIGER 1:32:41

1M ago1:32:41

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Join your birthday celebration boys of the APDC as they review season 1, episode 17, “The Trigger part 2” of the 1996 classic animated series Beast Wars: Transformers! Commander Wilhelm Riker!! Presents! Killdozer!!! Once, a man!! Pistols at Dawn!!! The Washington cube! Casey returns!! Weirdo mummy groans! Bob Backward - Goodbye!!! Rattrap ball-bus…

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#237: THE TRIGGER PT1 - LET'S GO! 1:20:29

2M ago1:20:29

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Join your lost continent lads of the APDC as they review the season 1, episode 16, “The Trigger Pt 1” from the 1996 classic animated series Beast Wars: Transformers! Standing on the shoulders of giants!!! Cold, dead eyes!! You don’t have a goth dentist?! Caleb is so brave!! Gummi Bears vs Teddy Grahams!! Big ol' jeans!!! Masonic domination!!! The c…

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Episode 66 - Making a mark on India, with Surajit Chatterjee, CapitaLand Investment 32:19

2M ago32:19

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India’s data center industry is rapidly growing, and companies are taking notice. Singapore-based CapitaLand Investment is currently developing major data centers throughout the country in Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, and Bangalore. While these developments are running smoothly, building large data center campuses in any location is never simple. We…

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#236: THE SPARK - WHAT'S NEW, PUSSYCAT? 1:55:04

2M ago1:55:04

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Join your falconers of the APDC plus special guest Ant from TFU as they review S1 Ep15 “The Spark,” from the 1996 animated classic series Transformers: Beast Wars! A Sisyphean task!!! Guestisode with TFU’s Anthony Brucale!!! Falcon Trivia: Hawk-Too-Ah, Sit on that Thang!! Stasis pod!! Blackarachnia’s cyber-venom!! Cheetor’s vision: The Spark!!! Hel…

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Episode 65 - Connecting the land, the sea, and AI, with Gil Santaliz, CEO of NJFX 28:34

2M ago28:34

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When Gil Santaliz first founded NJFX, he saw an opportunity to create an environment where data centers and cable landing stations could co-exist on the same campus. But even he could not predict how the emergence of AI and Edge technology has changed and developed conventional cable landing stations for the better. We talk to NJFX about the histor…

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#235: DOUBLE DINOBOT - AARON SHEEPLE 1:06:51

3M ago1:06:51

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Join the clone army of the APDC as they review the season 1 episode, “Double Dinobot,” from the 1996 classic animated series, Beast Wars: Transformers! Clone Alone!!! These sheep are slappin’!!! Don’t poison the well!!! Terrorsaur and Waspinator screamin’!! Will somebody please kill Cheetor?!? Rattrap is trapped!! Script Deviations! In the Real Wor…

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Episode 64 - Iceotope's David Craig on retirement and life after data centers 53:45

3M ago53:45

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Iceotope's David Craig returns to DCD Zero Downtime as he prepares to hand in his badge and gun. We talk what's next for Craig, and how he has seen the industry change and mature during his lengthy run.

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BONUS EP: WRATH OF THE JUNKIONS 1:13:09

3M ago1:13:09

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It's a bonus episode! Y’all just got surprised! We recorded this with our friend and yours Josh Powell, a.k.a. J Soops, discussing an animated project from creator Keyan Carlile, "Transformers Combaticons: Wrath of the Junkions." Josh provided the voice acting for the characters Onslaught and Wreck-Gar, and the entire project, while unfinished, is …

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#234: VICTORY - THAT'S A GOOD GIRL 1:07:58

3M ago1:07:58

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Join your 6-Degree Dudes of the APDC as they review S1, Ep13, “Victory,” from the 1996 classic animated series, Beast Wars: Transformers! Dog days, y’all!! Shoe-horner!!! Awesome, in a horrible way!! Afros of all ethnicities!! The Nemesis explodes like it always does!! Have the Maximals won the Beast Wars?! Dinobot will rule the trees!! Tarantulas …

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Episode 63 - Growing the workforce with Nabeel Mahmood, Nomad Futurist 35:04

3M ago35:04

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We are all acutely aware that the data center industry has an aging, and thus thinning, workforce. But what can we do about it? In this episode, we talk to Nabeel Mahmood, managing director of Nomad Futurist - a non-profit dedicated to increasing awareness about the world of digital infrastructure - about how we can bring more people into the indus…

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#233: DARK DESIGNS - MACHO MANDELA

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Join your shadowy, saucy schmucks of the APDC plus special guest Alpha Magnus as they review S1 Ep13, “Dark Designs,” from the 1996 classic animated series, Beast Wars: Transformers! I just want boring times!! Alpha Magnus: The King of Machomashups!! Beasties!!! Death in the Afternoon!! The classic absinthe drip!!! Shakey-cam!! Rhinox turned into a…

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Episode 62 - Using data center heat to grow algae with Linda Lescuyer, Data4 30:35

4M ago30:35

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Data center operators are getting serious about waste heat and, more specifically, what to do with it. While the solution for many is to pump it back into nearby district heating systems, other companies are getting more creative and using warmth from servers to heat aquafarms and greenhouses. European operator Data4 has joined a project which aims…

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#232: JOEPISODE: THE GAMESMASTER - GREASY SOFA 1:51:23

4M ago1:51:23

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Join your Olympic oratory officials of the APDC as they review S1 Ep26, “The Gamesmaster,” Joepisode from the 1985 classic animated series, G.I. Joe! Bryan’s Dough for Joe!! Kevin’s Hideaway!!! Unexpected clown! This end up!!! Women be shoppin’!! I smell candy!!! Australian swamp culture! It’s a real ho-ho, Coco!!! Choke me, anything but that!! Rus…

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Episode 61 - Data centers down under with David Hirst, Macquarie Data Centres 26:53

4M ago26:53

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Data center markets vary wildly by location, and in this episode we head "down under" to the wonderful land of Australia. With the AI boom in full across the globe, Australia is no different and experiencing increased demand. We talk to David Hirst, who heads up Australia's Macquarie Data Centers, about the trends he is seeing in the country, how M…

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#231: GORILLA WARFARE - THEN PERISH 1:27:06

5M ago1:27:06

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Join your guerrillas of the APDC as they review the S1 Ep11 episode, “Gorilla Warfare,” from the 1996 classic animated series, Beast Wars: Transformers! Ryan is the herpes. Leaving Las Rugrats!! Do you like payoff?! Dumb rabies!!! Fridge-talk!! Thwizz virus!! Cock rocket!!! Spikey seedling!! Scorponok is incompetent!! Optimus Primal: Murder Machine…

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Episode 60 - Verizon on preparing its network for natural disasters, with Mark Paff and Cory Davis 38:30

5M ago38:30

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During a natural disaster, networks often go down. This can massively impact rescue missions in some cases. The importance of network operators and the role they play in responding to unpredictable moments is something that should be highlighted. We spoke to Verizon to see how it prepares its response to hurricanes and tornados, and find out the le…

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Episode 59 - Entering the cloud market as a new player, with Cory Hawkvelt, CTO of NexGen Cloud 35:03

5M ago35:03

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With the cloud market already over-saturated, it is hard to imagine how a new company can make its mark. NexGen Cloud is seeking to do just that, with plans to build a sustainable cloud specializing in HPC and GPU infrastructure called "super cloud." We talk about how NexGen is going to achieve this, the steps taken thus far and why the company thi…

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#230: THE PROBE - LADY SKEET 1:36:46

5M ago1:36:46

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Join your probe pod pals of the APDC plus special guest hater Chest Rockwell as they cover S1 Ep10 “The Probe,” from the 1996 classic animated series, Beast Wars: Transformers! Hawk tuah!!! Pot smokin’, skateboardin’ aliens!! Chest Rockwell visits!! Space quiz!!! Deviant dolphin work!!! Deprivation tanks!! LSD! Technotronic landscapes!! Temporal pr…

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#229: A BETTER MOUSETRAP - CYBERTRON GOATSE 1:15:11

6M ago1:15:11

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Join your Sentinel security victims of the APDC as they review the S1 Ep9, “A Better Mousetrap,” from the 1996 classic animated series, Beast Wars: Transformers! Euthanasia coaster!!! Caleb doesn’t care about the show...Aaron doesn’t care about your life!!! Tumbler kids!! Dick Van Dyke...relevant!! F$ck you yankee blue jeans!!! Sonic emitter!!! The…

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Episode 58 - Smarter energy and the future of Ireland’s power grid with Michael Phelan, GridBeyond 26:25

6M ago26:25

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Sourcing adequate amounts of power to run new facilities is a problem that keeps even the most seasoned data center operators awake at night. Many are looking at new technologies such as battery storage to help meet their power demands, but ensuring these assets operate efficiently can be a challenge. Dublin-based GridBeyond thinks it can help by p…

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#228: POWER SURGE - DAD'S DAY INDIGO BLOW

6M ago

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Join your APDC Snow Bunnies as they review “Power Surge,” the S1 E8 of the 1996 classic animated series, Beast Wars: Transformers! Happy Father’s Day!!! Freebase facts!!! Trivia!! New Patron Bruticus87!!! The eruption of Mount St Springfield!!! Craveable!!! Bring your own kayak!!! Frostbite Fizz!!! Terrorsaur killed that bird!!! Sky Island!!! Megat…

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Episode 57 - Precision cooling and political optimism, with David Craig, Iceotope 43:42

6M ago43:42

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With AI dramatically driving up density, data center cooling is getting much more interesting. Iceotope is one of the companies exploring the most efficient and sustainable way to cool down data centers - and their solution is precision cooling. On the face of it, precision cooling resembles immersion cooling - viscous liquid? Check. Bathtub-like c…

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#227: JOEPISODE: WORLDS WITHOUT END pt2 - THE JIMMY CARTER ONE 2:15:32

6M ago2:15:32

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Join your Dough for Joe gents of the APDC as they review S1 Ep37, “Worlds Without End part 2,” of the classic 1985 animated series, G.I. Joe! Who did it first, TF or Joe?! Steam room peepshow!!! Transmuter? Could’a KILLED her!! Dreadcops! McDestro’s!!! Washington BBC! The style of Mussolini & the competence of Hitler!!! My boy Airtight! Steeler’s C…

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Episode 56 - Mushroom recycling with Joanne Rodriguez, Mycocycle 33:42

7M ago33:42

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Mushrooms can be used to build more than just toad-stools. In this episode, Joanne Rodriguez, CEO at Mycocycle, talks about using mycelium to break down data center construction waste and make new construction materials. Listen in to this fung-guide to the future of waste management.

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#226: JOEPISODE: WORLDS WITHOUT END pt1 - I ONLY ACCEPT COBRA CASH! 1:46:15

7M ago1:46:15

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Bones for Dough!! Old News by Now! Succulent Chinese Meal of Infotainment!!! Want some lemongrass?! Evicting the Keebler Elves!!! Transmuter? I just met her!! Throwing drama from the train! Entomological adventures!!! Steeler’s crazy wheel!!! IReal World! Script Deviations! Iconic Joement! ONLY ACCEPT COBRA CASH!!! OLD NEWS BY NOW - 9:10 SHOUT OUTS…

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Episode 55 - The half-life of nuclear data centers with Chris Lohse, Idaho National Laboratory 44:52

7M ago44:52

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Nuclear power may have its detractors, but amid a growing capacity crunch data center operators are becoming increasingly interested in whether atoms can provide the electrons needed to power tomorrow's high-density facilities. In this episode, Chris Lohse of the Idaho National Laboratory, talks about the recent innovations around nuclear power, th…

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#225: DOUBLE JEOPARDY - MAXINATURE VS. PREDANURTURE

7M ago

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A juvenile state!!! Discount Freight & Grocery!!! Trinidad Sour!! A real stasis pod!! Rattrap...the Traitor?! Blackarachnia's shitty intro!!! 8-D chess!! Servo-circuit destabilizer!!! Voice actors! Iconic moments!! In the Real World!!! Script Deviations!! Adrenochrome!! SHOUT OUTS - 7:00 COCKTAIL - 8:00 REVIEW - 18:10 REAL WORLD - 1:08:30 SCRIPT DE…

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Episode 54 - Industry-wide sustainability with John Booth, Carbon3IT 1:00:34

8M ago1:00:34

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Sustainability needs to be applied at all levels of the data center industry, and we are not doing enough, says John Booth of Carbon3IT. In this episode of Zero Downtime, we sit down with sustainability consultant John Booth to talk about how he got where he is in his career, and the fundamental sustainability issues that he is seeing in the data c…

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#224: CHAIN OF COMMAND - MENTAL FOR LENTILS 1:58:00

8M ago1:58:00

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Join your rock-itecture trio of the APDC plus special guest host Alphamagnus as they review the season one episode, “Chain of Command,” from the 1996 classic animated series, Beast Wars: Transformers! Make the Federation Great Again!!! You had me at Hulk Hogan sex tape!! An Amos to your Andy!! Precious Moments!! Alpha Magnus Returns!! TFCon LA Reca…

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Episode 53 - The UK data center market with Luisa Cardani, TechUK 35:52

8M ago35:52

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Bringing the L to FLAP-D, the UK has a prominent data center market. But like all other tier-one markets, London is struggling with space and power capacity. Because of this, the UK's data center industry will have to diversify, all while meeting increasingly regimented regulations. In this episode, we talk to trade association TechUK's Luisa Carda…

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#223: VAULT MINISODE 216 - APDC HOLIDAY EXTRAS! 46:10

8M ago46:10

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We had a scheduling snafoo, so we're releasing a former Patreon-exclusive Minisode from the vault! We say "minisode," but it clocks in at over 45 minutes, and we hope you enjoy it. We return with our regularly scheduled programming on April 21st! That's right, friends and neighbors, it's the Minisode from our 2023 Holiday Spectacular! Join the boys…

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Episode 52 - Why Oxide rebuilt the rack from scratch 1:04:15

8M ago1:04:15

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Oxide Computer has been rebuilding the rack. In this podcast, CTO Bryan Cantrill tells us why. The data center industry has been building its own infrastructure for years, with the wrong components. Servers weren't designed to be operated in data centers, and the 1U rack unit is the wrong size, because of simple science. Part of the success of the …

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#222: FALLEN COMRADES - NOT RIGHT MEOW

9M ago

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Rave to the Protoform!!! Everyman and the Dirty Old Man!! The Wu-Tang Review!!! Thanks, Cuba!!! More railroad stories!! Hallucinations are real!! Ice bridge!! Bloppity-clicks and mega-floors!!! Rattrap’s not a buffoon!!! Rhinox chain-gun!!! Primal’s floating monkey head!!! Tigatron, maximize right meow!!! In the real world!! Iconic Moment!! Script …

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Episode 51 - Make way for bigger hard drives with B S Teh, CCO of Seagate 28:36

9M ago28:36

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Think hard drives have hit their storage limits, and should be replaced by solid-state units? You could be wrong. Hard drives have been holding our data for nearly 70 years since IBM created the 350, which stored something like 4 Mbyte on dozens of spinning disks in a unit the size of a washing machine. Today's devices are orders of magnitude bette…

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#221: EQUAL MEASURES - YA' LAMERS! 1:20:17

9M ago1:20:17

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You can’t kill me, I’m Beezlebob!!! Food Beast!! Quick-ass quizzes!! This is a weird world!! Do you love storms?! Chester Cheetor!! Terrorsaur teleports!! Dinobot breaks his alliance!! In the Real World! Script Deviations!! Iconic Moment!! Frown Town, you lamers!!! SHOUT OUTS - 12:54 COCKTAIL - 14:30 ELECTRICITY QUIZ - 19:20 REVIEW - 30:15 IN THE R…

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#220: THE WEB - THE OL' HOT BOX 1:04:18

10M ago1:04:18

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Join your cocaine cowboys of the APDC as they review the season one episode “The Web” from the classic animated series Transformers: Beast Wars! A folksy good time!! Non-action is action!!! Zingers and zappers!! Prototype?! Cheetor…annoying?! Intestines gun!!! The animators are having a laugh!! There are…nine…eyes!!! Just two bears.. mauling each o…

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Episode 50 - The fundamentals of quantum computing with Yuval Boger, QuEra 29:01

10M ago29:01

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In this episode of Zero Downtime, we break down the fundamentals of quantum computing - the different approaches out there, the challenges to bringing it into a widespread commercial reality, and the potential use cases that quantum may help with. To help divulge this, we speak to QuEra's Yuval Boger who shares a little about the company's experien…

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#219: GI JOE: 20 QUESTIONS - BOOZE DIXON 1:16:49

10M ago1:16:49

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Join your APDC Committee on Basic Reduction of Armies recruits as we review the episode “Twenty Questions” from the 1985 classic animated series, G.I. Joe! Happy Super Bowl LVIII to those who celebrate! Doin’ a Joe!!! Football sports!! Booze Dixon!! That a-hole, Hector Ramirez!!! Shipwreck: Party-boy!!! Flint backed the wrong pony!! Falcon hand-pla…

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Episode 49 - How CDNs quietly took over the Internet, with Mark de Jong, CDN Alliance 39:45

10M ago39:45

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25 years ago, the first content delivery networks (CDNs) emerged, to solve a specific problem - how to make web pages load faster. More than two decades later, 72 percent of Internet content is delivered through CDNs. But the companies involved are still almost invisible - until something goes wrong. In 2021, in a series of outages, large numbers o…

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#218: BEAST WARS PT2 - DIARRHE-IZE 1:37:51

11M ago1:37:51

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Flying flippies!!! Smart phones? Dumb phones!!! Bundaberg!!! TFCon LA is booked!!! Brass Monkey? Brass Rhino!!! Bing bang boom!!! Optimus and Dinobot face off on the bridge!!! An optimal solution!! Megatron: horny for energon!!! Rattrap: bootin’ up cold!! Voice actors! In the Real World!! Script Deviations!! Delicious toes in my mouth!!! SHOUT-OUTS…

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Episode 48 - How to face up to regulations, with Venessa Moffat, EkkoSense 31:25

11M ago31:25

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Europe has an Energy Efficiency Directive, Germany has an Energy Efficiency Act, and operators there can be fined for inefficiency. Meanwhile, Amsterdam has declared war on sleeping servers, and set limits on where facilities can be built. Across Europe, in response to congested electric grids and shortages of land, local governments are stepping i…

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#217: BEAST WARS PT1 - DAD, MAXIMIZE! 1:49:21

11M ago1:49:21

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It’s an all new era, friends! Join your APDC animals as they review the PREMIER episode “Beast Wars Part 1” of the 1996 classic animated series, Transformers: Beast Wars! That’s just Prime!!! Welcome to the 90’s!!! A journey of discovery!! Soupy Sales!! Macarena! Johnny Car-Ride!! Lightning Lanes!! Fats is back!!! Crushing it Canadian-style!!! Pred…

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Episode 47 - Hydrogen data centers get real, with Yuval Bachar, ECL 37:29

11M ago37:29

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At the start of 2023, Yuval Bachar told us about his latest project - to build off-grid, hydrogen-powered data centers. As 2023 came to an end, he was back to tell us he'd done it. He's got 1MW of capacity fed by hydrogen in Mountain View California, and he's telling potential customers he can build the same thing anywhere you can get hydrogen ship…

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#216.5: JAPANESE G1 SERIES - THE HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZA 2023 - Pt 2 1:16:42

12M ago1:16:42

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Join your holiday ho-ho-hoes of the APDC as they review the classic Japanese animated Transformers series Victory and Zone! Plus more from Lonely Shockwave and a cameo by Alphamagnus! Victory!!! Jack Shack!!! There’s a lot going on here!? A lack of research and experience!! Zone!! So many capes!!! Tinker toy Predaking! Human heart power source!!! S…

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