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Linh Pham
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Wait Wait Stats Person, SW Release Engineer, AI Pessimist

#StarTrek #DoctorWho #Python #TBTLTen #Fedora #NoBridge

https://stats.wwdt.me | https://linhpham.org

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HP and Dell disable HEVC support built into their laptops’ CPUs
HEVC licensing gets more expensive in January.
arstechnica.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson's office said Seattle-Tacoma International Airport could run low on jet fuel by Saturday evening.

Emergency declared as Northwest’s main oil pipeline shuts down again
The pipeline carries gasoline, diesel and jet fuel from four refineries on the shores of Puget Sound to Vancouver, Washington, and Portland.
www.opb.org
November 20, 2025 at 3:00 AM
I mean, Windows is already adware and spyware, so why not make it complete and add malware to that?

#SayNoToAI #SayNoToWindows
Microsoft warns Windows 11 agentic OS may face Xpia malware risks
Microsoft is pushing ahead with its plan to add agentic capabilities to Windows 11, but issued a security warning for anyone who is interested in trying it out.
www.windowscentral.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Hoping that Subaru only jumped the gun on releasing the new Trailseeker video and marked it as unlisted and not canceling the vehicle outright...
Tracking | Subaru Trailseeker EV Dog Tested TV Commercial
YouTube video by Subaru
www.youtube.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Heck to the yes for Emma Thompson on telling AI to go f**k off!

#NoAI #SayNoToAISlop
Emma Thompson On Getting Paid To Be Funny, And Feeling “Intense Irritation” Over A.I.
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
www.youtube.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Woke up this morning, opened up my laptop and started to watch a video and the audio was sent out to a set of my AirPlay-enabled speakers at 100% volume. 🤬

Not the way I wanted to start the day.

#Fedora #Linux #F43
November 13, 2025 at 3:17 PM
On the topic of the 50th anniversary of "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald", the @tbtl.net drop of @walsh.bsky.social saying "It's just too boring and long" was in reference to that song.

#TBTL
Clip Info: Andrew and Luke: "'The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald' is just... I mean, I know that's what he's most famous for; but... I can't do that song... It's just too boring or too long? It's just...
search.marsupialgurgle.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Gotta love dealership sales people who fail at properly sending out templated e-mails with placeholders that aren't filled out 😜
November 11, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Photos of Anna Tivel from Saturday's #LiveWireRadio x #PortlandBookFestival show from the Alberta Rose Theatre have been published over on Flickr

#Portland #PDX #Oregon
08 Nov 2025 Live Wire with Luke Burbank
Photos from a live taping at the Alberta Rose Theatre in Portland, Oregon
www.flickr.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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Hyundai AutoEver America is notifying individuals that hackers breached the company's IT environment and gained access to personal information.
Hyundai AutoEver America data breach exposes SSNs, drivers licenses
Hyundai AutoEver America is notifying individuals that hackers breached the company's IT environment and gained access to personal information.
www.bleepingcomputer.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:19 PM
If you a listener to #LiveWireRadio and haven't had a chance to support the show, now is an incredibly important time to do so. The show lost a significant amount of funding due to the federal government's defunding of public radio.

#Portland #PDX #Oregon
Fully Charged Campaign — Live Wire Radio
www.livewireradio.org
November 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
It's kind of a strange feeling riding MAX past Providence Park when there's a Thorns game on 😶
November 9, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I kind of need something like a jump starter or portable battery pack to start reviving my completely drained social battery tonight.
November 9, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Migrating Umami Analytics data from MySQL to PostgreSQL was an absolute mess and their migration guide definitely has a lot of holes that people can get snagged by.

They *really* have to create a migration script for folks who self-host as version 3 no longer supports MySQL!

Fscking hell!
November 8, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Three weeks in a row where all three choices for the third Not My Job question were correct.

🤔

#WaitWaitDontTellMe #WaitWaitStats
November 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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New episode from Live Wire with Luke Burbank: Maria Bamford, Brandi Brown, and The Reasonable Doubts

Comedian Maria Bamford riffs on money troubles... and why Instacart might be to blame; comic and cro...

Episode Download
November 7, 2025 at 8:06 PM
This Saturday's #LiveWireRadio show that is done in partnership with the Portland Book Festival is also sold out, but tickets for the live stream are available for purchse:

#Portland #PDX #PortlandBookFestival #Oregon
November 7, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Top 5 things Luke gets wrong on @tbtl.net? One of them probably has to be the show number 😂

#TBTL
November 6, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Profits from scammy slop funneled to generate AI slop. Sounds about right for any company at this point, but even more so for Meta.
Bombshell report exposes how Meta relied on scam ad profits to fund AI
Meta goosed its revenue by targeting users likely to click on scam ads, docs show.
arstechnica.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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New episode from Text Me Back! with Lindy West and Meagan Hatcher-Mays: Lindy and Meagan Become the Joe Rogan of the Left with Jeff Merkley

ONE STEP CLOSER TO BECOMING THE JOE ROGAN OF THE LEFT. That's what they're saying!

Hello and welcome back to...

Episode Download
November 6, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Apropos to today's @tbtl.net: Here's Johnny!

Background: The @lukeburbank.bsky.social and @walsh.bsky.social dolls that were part of a previous TBTL-a-Thon swag were nicknamed Bobo and Johnny respectively.

#TBTL
November 6, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Not only do we have to deal with junk and slop that AI generates down here, but now they want to launch and create more space junk all for more AI.

#Google #AI
If you want to satiate AI’s hunger for power, Google suggests going to space
Google engineers think they already have all the pieces needed to build a data center in orbit.
arstechnica.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:34 AM
@lukeburbank.bsky.social @walsh.bsky.social The best practice for storing passwords for website authentication is to only store a hashed value of the password rather than the password itself.

Choosing to store passwords in clear text or using a shared encryption key...

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November 5, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Just a short blog post with updates to the Wait Wait Graphs and Wait Wait Reports Sites to fix an issue where shows with an all men panel were not getting counted correctly.

I found the issue after entering information for this week's #WaitWaitDontTellMe 🤦

#WaitWaitStats
Wait Wait Stats Updates: November 2025
The Wait Wait… Don't Tell Me! that aired on November 1, 2025 was the very first show that had a panel consisting of three men: Adam Burke, Alonzo Bodden and Josh Gondelman. This happened a little over...
linhpham.org
November 1, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Whoa! This is the very first time the show has had an all men panel!

Here's the report of the panel mix before this week's show: reports.wwdt.me/shows/panel-...

#WaitWaitDontTellMe
November 1, 2025 at 12:12 PM