Gregarious Mammal
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 195:30:55
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Synopsis
Gregarious Mammal is a regular ramble that covers topics such as technology, robots, coding, IoT, current affairs, travels, writing and so much more.Show notes can be found at - gregariousmammal.com/podcast
Episodes
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AI-powered code reuse with Crowdbotics
03/10/2024 Duration: 31minCorey from Crowdbotics joins me in the Tech Lounge to talk about their six year journey in creating an AI-powered code reuse platform, long before others jumped on the bandwagon. For show notes and an interactive transcript, visit chrischinchilla.com/podcast/To reach out and say hello, visit chrischinchilla.com/contact/To support the show for ad-free listening and extra content, visit chrischinchilla.com/support/
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WASM at KubeCon EU 2024
20/09/2024 Duration: 30minThis episode is all about WASM at KubeCon EU 2024 way back in March. I speak with WASMEdge and Cosmonic to find out what they bring and their thoughts on WASM. For show notes and an interactive transcript, visit chrischinchilla.com/podcast/To reach out and say hello, visit chrischinchilla.com/contact/To support the show for ad-free listening and extra content, visit chrischinchilla.com/support/
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Alternative meats and what actually is AI?
12/09/2024 Duration: 49minIt's a discussion episode! And this time, Cate Lawrence from Tech.eu joins me to talk about alternative meats and proteins, and I ask in a sea of jargon and hype, what really is artificial intelligence? For show notes and an interactive transcript, visit chrischinchilla.com/podcast/To reach out and say hello, visit chrischinchilla.com/contact/To support the show for ad-free listening and extra content, visit chrischinchilla.com/support/
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Sustainable infrastructure and AI powered IDEs
05/09/2024 Duration: 51minIn the tech lounge this episode, I have Leonard Pahlke talking about bringing sustainability to infrastructure and the work of the CNCF sustainability TAG and Dedy Kredo from Codium AI talking about their AI-powered IDE and text editor extension. For show notes and an interactive transcript, visit chrischinchilla.com/podcast/To reach out and say hello, visit chrischinchilla.com/contact/To support the show for ad-free listening and extra content, visit chrischinchilla.com/support/
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Programming update
08/08/2024 Duration: 02minNo real episode, but rather a small update on some changes coming to the show.
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1st August: Classic crunch crawl
01/08/2024 Duration: 12min00:00 Introduction and Welcome01:33 AI Crawlers and Content Scraping04:17 TechCrunch and the State of Tech Journalism06:12 Retro Tech: Classic Mac OS and Image Formats08:25 Web Browsing Privacy Enhancements10:08 Sleep Tracking and Orthosomnia11:05 Sign OffLike what you’re reading?It’s a tough time for content creators right now. If you enjoy what you read, then consider a contribution. Here are the ways you can help me out.Or please share or review the newsletter!Thanks :)AI crawlers need to be more respectfulabout.readthedocs.comThere’s a growing backlash against AI crawlers consuming websites, videos, and other content with little respect for robots.txt, copyright issues, or the spikes of traffic that hosts have to pay for. Now, more people are talking about the impact.Apple Nvidia Anthropic Used Thousands of Swiped YouTube Videos to Train AIwired.comSee above…Tech Crunched: How the go-to site for startup news lost its waykeepgoingpod.comThis honestly feels like a summation of the trials and tribulations o
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Kubecon: Docker Build Cloud and Aiven
25/07/2024 Duration: 42minI am literally powered by Magic Mind right now. It’s helping me focus and keep going in some tough weeks of poor sleep and too much to do.If you also need that helping hand, head over to magicmind.com/chinchillasqueaks and use the code “CHINCHILLASQUEAKS20” for 48% of subscriptions or 20% off one-time purchases.More interviews from KubeCon Paris. This time, Matt Wilson, a colleague from Docker Build Cloud, and Sebastian Blanc of Aiven.00:00 Introduction and Podcast Overview01:42 Docker Build Cloud Explained03:22 Challenges in Docker Image Building04:33 BuildCloud Features and Benefits06:22 User Experience and Feedback18:50 Future Plans and Roadmap20:34 Aiven - Exploring Data Management Solutions22:17 Aiven - Open Source Commitment and Contributions25:23 Aiven - Competing in the Cloud Market31:39 Aiven - Developer Experience and Tools36:24 Aiven - Future Directions and Innovations40:57 Conclusion and Final Thoughts
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18th July: A verbiage-filled delve
18/07/2024 Duration: 14minI am literally powered by Magic Mind right now. It’s helping me focus and keep going in some tough weeks of poor sleep and too much to do.If you also need that helping hand, head over to magicmind.com/chinchillasqueaks and use the code “CHINCHILLASQUEAKS20” for 48% of subscriptions or 20% off one-time purchases.Like what you’re listening to?It’s a tough time for content creators right now. If you enjoy what you read, then consider a contribution. Here are the ways you can help me out.Or please share or review the show!Thanks :)Peering Into The Black Box Of Large Language Modelshackaday.comHow do LLMs *actually* work? A surprisingly small amount of people know, or bother to find out. But slowly, their creators are starting to ask questions about their creations, like any good creator really should.A revolution in your hand: Happy 45th birthday to the Sony Walkmanmusicradar.comI had a depressing conversation with a 22 year old recently where they had no idea what ripping or burning CDs was. Imagine if I’d told
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Kubecon 2: CIVO and the Open infrastructure foundation
12/07/2024 Duration: 50minIn this episode, more interviews from KubeCon Paris.I speak with Dinesh from CIVO, a European cloud-native hosting company, and Thierry of the Open Infrastructure Foundation, whose projects typically power data centres.This episode is powered by magic mind, a little green bottle of goodness that helps your focus and energy. Head over to magicmind.com/chinchillasqueaks and use the code "CHINCHILLASQUEAKS20" for 48% of subscriptions or 20% off one-time purchases.Want to come see me do sounds and lights for a play in Berlin?https://www.eventbrite.de/e/the-house-of-bernarda-alba-tickets-920747038177
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5th July: Sim Life, AI vs Music, and after cloud comes?
05/07/2024 Duration: 32minI am literally powered by Magic Mind right now. It's helping me focus and keep going in some tough weeks of poor sleep and too much to do. If you also need that helping hand, head over to magicmind.com/chinchillasqueaks and use the code "CHINCHILLASQUEAKS20" for 48% of subscriptions or 20% off one time purchases.Like what you’re reading?It’s a tough time for content creators right now. If you enjoy what you read, then consider a contribution. Here’s the ways you can help me out.Or please share or review the newsletter!Thanks :)‘The first few nights were punishing’: how sleep restriction cured my lifelong insomniatheguardian.comI am an on/off long-suffering poor sleeper. The middle-of-the-night insomnia is better than it used to be, but I still find it hard to stay in a deep sleep and wake up too early most of the time. I have also been trying to stay up later, hoping it might mean I wake up later, but it’s not working especially in summer. I am not sure I want to push things to this extreme, but maybe it’s wo
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Voices from UK tech: Lorna Mitchel and Amanda Brock
27/06/2024 Duration: 46minTwo of my interviews from the State of Open Con in London back in February. Featuring Lorna Mitchell, VP of developer experience at Redocly and Amanda Brock, CEO of open UK.Lorna and I cover open source developer experience and with Amanda, we discuss the unique role the UK can take in open tech in the world.
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20th June: WWDC, Streaming vs Music, and Chinese keyboards
20/06/2024 Duration: 12minPrivate Cloud Compute: A new frontier for AI privacy in the cloudsecurity.apple.comDepending on who you speak with and how much attention they actually paid to the event, WWDC was either one of the best or worst events Apple has ever done. Personally, I was excited by a lot of the user and developer-facing announcements and can't wait to try them. Among all the announcements was this detailed post on how Apple intends to keep its new AI cloud services private and secure. It is a fascinating insight from a company that isn't typically so forthcoming with details.Smartphones May Affect Sleepbut Not Because of Blue Lightwired.comFor years, I, like many others, have tried to reduce screen time before bed due to it and the infamous "blue light" effect on my sleep. It turns out that many of the reports we based this belief on were not as accurate as we maybe thought and that, as always, "it depends".13 Inventors Killed By Their Own Inventionsgetpocket.comGrim, but I am always a fan of hearing of those who, well, er
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Make Synthetic Data a reality with Datacebo
13/06/2024 Duration: 30minI spoke with Kalyan of Datacebo, a company that creates open-source and enterprise tools for generating synthetic data for testing, load testing, and more.
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Enterprise-level knowledge bases with Saravana Kumar of Document 360
30/05/2024 Duration: 33minI speak with Saravana Kumar of Document 360 about their enterprise-level solution for documentation and knowledge management and what AI could mean for the industry.00:00 Introduction to the Podcast00:50 Interview with Saravana Kumar Begins01:11 Document360: Use Cases and Benefits02:18 The Origin Story of Document36006:52 Customization and Integration Options15:21 AI and the Future of Document36022:50 Wrapping Up the Interview31:37 Chris's Latest Updates and Sign-Off
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25th May: Batten down the hatches, AI is here
24/05/2024 Duration: 13minMac Power Users #745: “Inventing the Future” with John Buck — Relay FMrelay.fmAnother MPU recommendation from me and a trip down Apple memory lane. John Buck published a book covering the “Apple Technology Group,” a division within Apple that operated back in the 1980s and 1990s and experimented with many forward-looking bits of technology that we take for granted today.Stack Overflow suspends user for editing posts in OpenAI protestbleepingcomputer.comIt was a matter of time before Stack Overflow admitted defeat in their own AI efforts and asked Open AI for a big pile of money to access their data instead. However, as an almost entirely user-generated content site, the people who write said content aren’t happy, and unsurprisingly, Stack Overflow isn’t handling this well.Dell turns 40: How a teenager transformed $1000 worth of PC parts into a tech giantzdnet.comLess noisy than other long-lasting competitors, Dell have been there longer than most, quietly in the background making a big pile of money in varyin
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KubeCon EU 2024: Humanitec, Dagger, Scalr
16/05/2024 Duration: 01h02minIn the first round-up of interviews from KubeCon EU 2024 in Paris, I focus on developer platform-related tools and productivity. The episode features interviews with Luca Galante of Humanitec, Sebastian Stadil of Scalr, and Lev Lazinskiy of Dagger.0:00 Intro02:26 Humanitec17:23 Scalr and OpenTofu40:27 Dagger01:01:23 Outro
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10th May: Music is hard for humans and AI
10/05/2024 Duration: 09minIn this episode of Chinchilla Squeaks, I delve into two main topics. First, a series of articles on how AI, specifically GPT-4 and other models, struggle to understand and generate sheet music, highlighting issues with tempo, dynamics, and basic music theory.Second, the financial hardships faced by touring musicians today, with insights into the low profitability and high costs of touring, even for bands with significant chart success. I also shares updates, including recent work on writing for robots and a demo of the cloud-native security tool Falco.Can AI read music? By Yennie Jun‘The working class can’t afford it’: the shocking truth about the money bands make on tour by Daniel Dylan WrayWriting for robotsCloud-native threat detection with Falco00:00 Welcome to Chinchilla Squeaks!00:38 Exploring AI's Understanding of Sheet Music03:37 The High Cost of Touring for Musicians06:46 Personal Updates and Engagements08:04 Looking Ahead: KubeCon Coverage and More
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Generative Infrastructure as code with AppCD
02/05/2024 Duration: 31minI speak with Asif Awan of AppCD about their generative AI tool that creates the infrastructure as code configuration you need based on application code.
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News 25th April: A vice-like grip
25/04/2024 Duration: 19minIn this episode I feature the following:https://writingcooperative.com/the-ai-revolution-and-the-economy-have-killed-my-highly-skilled-job-4795551399behttps://www.vox.com/culture/24127542/alcohol-alternatives-kava-shrooms-weed-sleepygirl-mocktailhttps://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/can-we-get-kids-off-smartphoneshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KoIzOu_8io&t=64shttps://www.relay.fm/mpu/740https://barti-maeus.itch.io/every-wednesday-we-roll-volume-2
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Real-time analytics at cloud scale with Rocket
17/04/2024 Duration: 33minI have Venkat from Rockset back to discuss their search and analytics database built for the cloud, with real-time indexing and full-featured SQL on JSON, time series, geospatial and vector data.