Technology
Hardware, software, networking, and development
#405: What Your Power Supply's Efficiency Rating Actually Means
Is your power supply killing your PC? Herman and Corn dive into the hidden world of PSUs, efficiency ratings, and server reliability.
#404: Beyond the Screenshot: Proving Your Digital Evidence
Can a thumbs-up be a binding contract? Learn how to authenticate digital messages and protect your legal rights in the age of AI forgeries.
#403: Wireless Fiber: The Hidden Tech Powering Our Cities
Discover why the internet travels faster through air than glass and how microwave technology is solving the urban connectivity crisis.
#402: Powering the Abyss: The Secret High-Voltage Undersea Web
Discover the incredible engineering behind subsea cables, from 18,000-volt circuits to using the Earth itself as a giant return wire.
#401: Why Your Home Will Stay Hybrid
Is Ethernet dying? Herman and Corn explore why copper still reigns supreme for power, while fiber optics conquer the network backbone.
#397: Who Trains the Boss if AI Does All the Junior Work?
As AI moves from talking to acting, entry-level roles are vanishing. Corn and Herman discuss the "hollowing out" of the global workforce.
#390: The Hidden Price of a Click
Herman and Corn dive into the hidden environmental and ethical price of ultra-cheap global shipping and the dilemma of the modern consumer.
#389: Minimizing the Blast Radius: Why Your Smart Home Needs Distributed Hardware
When a single home server fails, the whole house goes dark. Learn how to shrink your "blast radius" by moving to a distributed hardware grid.
#388: Navigating the Chinese New Year Industrial Blackout
Discover how the world's largest human migration brings global manufacturing to a standstill and how businesses survive the month-long blackout.
#386: Beyond Blue Light: The Real Science of Display Eye Strain
Is blue light the real enemy? Herman and Corn dive into the physics of eye strain, PWM flicker, and the dream of the e-ink desktop monitor.
#385: The Unkillable Workstation: Building for Total Redundancy
Can you build a PC that never dies? Herman and Corn explore redundant power, memory mirroring, and high-availability clusters for home servers.
#370: Bunkers and Bytes: The Secret World of Gov Clouds
How do you host the nation's secrets on the same tech that runs Netflix? Corn and Herman explore the high-stakes world of air-gapped government clo...
#368: The Geometry of Secrets: How SSH Keys Protect the Web
Ever wonder why your SSH keys are so secure? Herman and Corn dive into the "trapdoor" math and elliptic curves powering the modern web.
#367: Escaping the Chat Bubble Trap
Stop hunting through bookmarks. Learn how to turn hundreds of scattered AI assistants into a cohesive, professional productivity suite.
#363: Is Your Inhaler Lying? The Science of Smart Asthma Tech
Why do some inhalers lack dose counters? Herman and Corn dive into the physics of MDIs, smart sensors, and how to DIY your own dose tracker.
#352: When Your Lens Defines Your Authority
Are bulky news cameras history? Herman and Corn explore how smartphones and AI are redefining professional journalism in 2026.
#349: The Hidden Gatekeepers of Digital Signatures
Think a digital signature is just a picture of your name? Think again. Herman and Corn dive into the math and hardware behind secure PDFs.
#347: Bridging the Workspace-GCP Divide
Discover how to use Google Cloud buckets and Vertex AI to turn a cluttered Drive into a scalable, AI-powered knowledge base.
#346: GPU Scaling: The "Go Wide or Go Tall" Dilemma
Should you use a fleet of cheap GPUs or one powerhouse? Learn the math behind serverless GPU costs, cold starts, and batching efficiency.
#341: The Operating System That Watches You
Explore the walled garden of North Korea’s intranet, from the Mac-inspired Red Star OS to hardware that screenshots your every move.