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Archives for January 2018

America’s Health Care Crisis Spells Big Money for Crowd Funding Companies

January 31, 2018 by Rogue Sphere Leave a Comment

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We all recognize that we have a health care crisis in America. But did you realize what has stepped up to try and fill the void, all the while continuing on the tradition of making a profit on the needy?

Crowd funding sites. Is this the fault of the sites and services themselves? Probably not, but it does paint a very unflattering picture of the American Health Care landscape.
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WGR Episode 8: We’ll Do It Live!

January 27, 2018 by Rogue Sphere Leave a Comment

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In this episode that’s heavy in video game and smartphone news:  are music downloads dead; Facebook invents a new measurement of time (maybe spend more of that time working on fake news?); Facebook challenges Twitch with an eSports deal AND they are allowing fans of game streamers to give them money (the streamers, not Facebook -er, well, we know Facebook will get *some* of the money); big brother blizzard (thanks, Donovan) scoping out Overwatch videos for “bad actors”; more iPhone and Samsung news for 2018; a female Col. Sanders; Overwatch League; reboots abound and Burger King’s take on net neutrality.
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Episode 100 (1/23/18)

January 26, 2018 by Rogue Sphere Leave a Comment

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Possible tsunami after 7.9 earthquake struck the Gulf of Alaska; Vermont legalizes marijuana; Hawaiian mayor couldn’t alert anyone of the fake missile message because he didn’t know his Twitter password; Trump’s infrastructure plan leaks.
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WGR Episode 7: The Show Must Go On

January 20, 2018 by Rogue Sphere

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After another brief hiatus (Sam was under the weather last week), Sam and Donovan are back to talk about some tech news, TV shows, video games and more.  From CES, LiFi — secure WiFi style connections from LEDS; Western Digital NAS drives have a backdoor, so patch them!  Snapchat’s not doing so well; would you ride in a car that had no steering wheel or petals?  Hawaii’s misguided missile alert (and why hasn’t this happened before?); more spectre/meltdown news from Google, AMD and Intel; Skype is testing encrypted one on one communications; chromecast or Google home could be screwing up your WiFi; the history of Age of Empires; Nintendo’s strange direct message and what’s coming next; the history of the Internet’s first “viral” video; Donovan talks Travelers and Sam talks The Greatest Showman!

Resources

  • https://www.engadget.com/2018/01/08/lifi-lamp-mylifi-led-internet-broadband/
  • https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/backdoor-account-removed-from-western-digital-nas-hard-drives/
  • https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/09/the-ever-ending-story/
  • https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gm-is-dropping-the-steering-wheel-pedals-in-autonomous-cars/
  • https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2018/01/14/hawaii-missile-alert-how-one-employee-pushed-the-wrong-button-and-caused-a-wave-of-panic/?utm_term=.c5c7a60ac73b
  • http://www.zdnet.com/article/google-our-brilliant-spectre-fix-dodges-performance-hit-so-you-should-all-use-it/
  • http://www.techtimes.com/articles/218592/20180112/its-official-skype-is-getting-end-to-end-encryption.htm
  • http://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/11/cisco_sniff_malware_inside_encrypted_traffic/
  • https://gizmodo.com/your-chromecast-or-google-home-might-be-screwing-up-you-1822112926
  • https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/01/good-newsbad-news-in-quest-to-get-meltdown-and-spectre-patched/
  • https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/01/the-age-of-age-of-empires-as-told-by-the-devs-who-built-it/?mbid=synd_digg&utm_source=digg&utm_medium=email
  • https://kotaku.com/well-that-was-a-weird-way-to-do-a-nintendo-direct-1821993207
  • https://www.gamespot.com/articles/nintendo-switch-port-of-donkey-kong-country-tropic/1100-6456037/
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travelers_(TV_series)
  • https://www.wired.com/story/history-of-the-first-viral-video?mbid=synd_digg&utm_source=digg&utm_medium=email
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Greatest_Showman

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Episode 99 (1/17/18)

January 20, 2018 by Rogue Sphere

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Wintery weather in the deep South; Trump’s Fake News Awards; meteor in Michigan; advisory board members quit; Trump’s health; Trump’s approval numbers with black Americans; YouTube kills the hopes of small creators.
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Episode 98 (1/16/18)

January 19, 2018 by Rogue Sphere

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Japan’s warning mishap; more Americans without health insurance; 39 year old father of 2 deported; Trump’s first year report card.
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Episode 97: Searching For Utopia

January 18, 2018 by Rogue Sphere

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Discussing MLK Day and getting to utopia.
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Episode 96: The Case of Marijuana Legalization

January 17, 2018 by Rogue Sphere

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Donovan provides statistics on how alcohol and smoking stack up against marijuana and exactly how marijuana became the hotly contested drug that it is today.  From the banning of opium dens in San Francisco, to targeting segments of the American population, marijuana has gone from a  drug that helps people to being used as a tool that incarcerates people.

It’s time to legalize marijuana nationwide and time for Jeff Sessions to go.
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Special Episode: Housekeeping for January 10, 2018

January 10, 2018 by Rogue Sphere

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Some housekeeping information that was initially shared at the beginning of episode 96, but some slight changes were made and it needed to get into the public RSS feed before episode 96 is made available to the general public.
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Special Episode: Joe Arpaio

January 10, 2018 by Rogue Sphere

This is a supporter episode until January 17, 2018.  If you wish to listen to it now, please support us by visiting https://patreon.com/roguespherestudios

Donovan talks about the many skeletons in former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, especially now that he’s decided to run for Senate.
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