Mostly Security

  Carl talks meltdown/spectre from the trenches. Jon fawns over the Falcon Heavy launch. Eric yaps about Right to Repair and Hacking John Deere tractors. Carl wants an alarm clock, buys an Alexa - its all downhill from there, and it is Cedric's fault. Links: Netflix Repokid - https://medium.com/netflix-techblog/introducing-aardvark-and-repokid-53b081bf3a7e Transaction Synchronization Extension - https://software.intel.com/en-us/node/524022 Falcon Heavy Launch - https://www.space.com/39632-spacex-falcon-heavy-launch-whats-next.html Tesla added to US satellite catalog - https://twitter.com/AFSpace/status/961371676582797313 Right to Repair - https://repair.org/ Hacking Tractors - https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/xykkkd/why-american-farmers-are-hacking-their-tractors-with-ukrainian-firmware Carl buys an Echo Spot - https://www.amazon.com/Amazon-VN94DQ-Echo-Spot-Black/dp/B073SQYXTW/