TechZing is an informal bi-weekly chat show aimed at entreprenures and hackers interested in creating their own web app startup. The show is both educational (with practical advice) and conversational.
391: TZ Discussion - Rogue AI
Justin and Jason discuss Justin's new weight-loss coaching service, why Jason got a coronary heart scan and his experience so far with the ATG program, the series Welcome to Wrexham, why Justin is wary of Sam Altman not least of which because of World Coin, a recap of the recent Open AI coup and counter-coup, and some speculation around Q*, the coming battle between swarms of good and bad AI agents, Justin's recent progress on Lightwave, Jason's opinion on the recent respiratory outbreak in China, the second season of Invincible, the new series Gen V, and the movie Napolean, and finally the idea of building a critic-matching service and a "pandering critic" detector using ChatGPT 4. Artwork by https://sonsofcrypto.com. Join our Discord, chat with us and fellow listeners! https://discord.gg/2EbBwdHHx8
390: TZ Discussion - Into the Lightwave
Justin and Jason discuss Justin's progress on Lightwave (nee List) and the near-term development roadmap, why Jason thinks Justin would benefit from a diet coach, and why he believes the hype around Hoka running shoes is entirely justified, the latest with Math Academy including the prospect of building a distraction detector, and the shows Generation V, Welcome to Wrexham, and the Yogi Berra documentary It Ain't Over.. Artwork by https://sonsofcrypto.com. Join our Discord, chat with us and fellow listeners! https://discord.gg/2EbBwdHHx8
389: TZ Discussion - The Struggle Sessions
Justin and Jason discuss how Justin has been listening to The Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy audiobook, their respective project superhero updates and the latest with Lightwave and Math Academy, the problem with mobile-first web development, what makes a great student, and the movies Donny Darko and Friday Night at Freddy's. Artwork by https://sonsofcrypto.com. Join our Discord, chat with us and fellow listeners! https://discord.gg/2EbBwdHHx8
388: TZ Discussion - Fighting the Madness
Justin and Jason discuss how emotion fuels Justin's process and why that may ultimately be to the detriment of long-term progress, Justin's thoughts on the Steve Job biography, the latest with Lightwave, project superhero updates, why Jason believes de-optimizing our lives could lead to better health, Math Academy's upcoming Methods of Proof course and how to build a cheat-detection system, the audiobooks Control Freak and Sid Meiers Memoir, and the shows Star Trek: Lower Decks, and Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty. Artwork by https://sonsofcrypto.com. Join our Discord, chat with us and fellow listeners! https://discord.gg/2EbBwdHHx8
387: TZ Discussion - Who's Afraid of Elon Musk?
Justin and Jason discuss Jason's birthday, reactions and takeaways from the Elon Musk biography, the new Ray- Ban smart glasses, Lex Friedman's metaverse interview of Musk Zuckerberg, the latest project superhero updates, how Justin got excited about List again, and John Romero's Doom Guy.. Artwork by https://sonsofcrypto.com. Join our Discord, chat with us and fellow listeners! https://discord.gg/2EbBwdHHx8
386: TZ Discussion - Going Tribal
Justin and Jason discuss walking as a weight-loss strategy and Justin's health-journey hiccups, Isaacson's Elon Musk biography, why Justin changed his Discord photo, the latest with Math Academy, why Justin hasn't been working on List/Nitro and whether he's planning to continue with the project, Balaji's latest Gray Tribe ideas, what Colby accomplished over the summer with Galactic Conquerors and how he's been preparing to take some advanced, for-credit math exams, and Apple's streaming Foundation Series. Artwork by https://sonsofcrypto.com. Join our Discord, chat with us and fellow listeners! https://discord.gg/2EbBwdHHx8
385: TZ Discussion - Flipping the Switch
Justin and Jason discuss Justin's new morning walk/run, Jason's college track career, Justin's diet regime, and Jason's new focus on lowering fructose intake and uric acid, the latest with Galatic Conquerors, and technical limitations of a web-based game, and how struggle is an integral part of the learning process, the prospect of the emergence of human-level AGI within 3 to 7 years, how the LK99 team is not giving up, Elon's plan to strip headlines and other metadata from Twitter/X posts, the image preprocessing library that will prevent AI mimicry and the power of AI image generation with tools like Midjourney, Eric Weinstein's criticism of String Theory, the latest with Math Academy, including locale-based courses, and the growth firm they're working with, the rom-com When In Rome and the sci-fi movie Zoe about the synthetic humans, the book Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties, how untrustworthy the mainstream news has become, how their viewership has plummeted as a result, and why this is driving the push for censorship. Artwork by https://sonsofcrypto.com. Join our Discord, chat with us and fellow listeners! https://discord.gg/2EbBwdHHx8
384: TZ Discussion - The Breakthrough That Wasn't
Justin and Jason discuss Justin's plan to integrate daily physical exercise, how excess fructose could be the primary driver for elevated levels of uric acid and metabolic diseases generally, the million-dollar prize for a solution to the Riemann hypothesis, Justin's idea for a website called AmISheeple.com, the non-replication of the room-temperature superconductor, whether AI is a solution in search of a problem or the exact opposite, Elon Musk's response to the anti-Tesla ETF closing its doors, his decisions to change the name of Twitter to X and to get rid of the bock functionality, and how he's paid more taxes than anyone in history, why a wealth tax is unworkable, how Justin has absolutely, positively not given up on NitroNote, Math Academy's free-response functionality, whether Jason's approach to automated testing has changed, and the upcoming marketing push, how Justin once brought down his company's entire network (by accident), Colby's work on his game's tech tree and how his play testing is working out, the movie The Godfather and the Hulu series The Bear. Artwork by https://sonsofcrypto.com. Join our Discord, chat with us and fellow listeners! https://discord.gg/2EbBwdHHx8
383: TZ Discussion - Welcome to the Doom Loop
Justin and Jason discuss the rise in criminal activity and related factors that have led to the reduction in commercial activity and the general downward spiral of San Francisco, whether there's an agenda to end remote work, why people are avoiding the news, and how subscription-news outlets are eventually captured by their audience, thoughts on the TechZing Discord, what Justin and Jason do and don't enjoy about their work, thoughts on marketing Math Academy, various lifting strategies and what they're supposed to achieve, Justin's glucose charts, Project Superhero updates, why Justin loves Korean romantic comedies, and the movies Grand Toursimo and Barbie. Artwork by https://sonsofcrypto.com. Join our Discord, chat with us and fellow listeners! https://discord.gg/2EbBwdHHx8
382: TZ Discussion - Layering on Success
Justin and Jason discuss Justin's multi-pronged approach to getting healthy, Jason's surf lesson and back injury, Math Academy's Twitter strategy, new screencast help system, and legal counsel, how Colby helped Justin solve a tricky technical problem and how building a multiplayer video game has leveled-up his coding skills, Justin's plan to implement NitroNote's real-time collaboration using Elixir, and the shows Mark Cavendish: Never Enough, Star Trek: Lower Decks, My Name, and Cyberpunk Edgerunners.. Artwork by https://sonsofcrypto.com. Join our Discord, chat with us and fellow listeners! https://discord.gg/2EbBwdHHx8
381: TZ Discussion - K-Pop as Death Cult
Justin and Jason discuss the idea of using List for show notes and thoughts on how to build in real-time collaboration, why working for a FANG would probably suck, the challenge that kids present at different ages, the potential progress on age reversing chemicals, and the tech founder who is trying to reverse his own aging process, why Justin thinks hiring a personal chef is a super hack, how extended lifespans could help balance out the dropping replacement rates, the theory that K-pop stars are causing South Korea's low replacement rate, Justin's continued streak of alcohol/coffee abstinence and his plan to better manage his blood sugar, whether and where to do another TZ Summit, Math Academy's seasonality, and growth and plans to create a series of number-sense games, the shows Strange New Worlds, White House Plumbers, The Big Door Prize, and Silo, the movies Extraction and Extraction II, and the YouTube show Pitch Meeting. Artwork by https://sonsofcrypto.com. Join our Discord, chat with us and fellow listeners! https://discord.gg/2EbBwdHHx8
380: TZ Discussion - Alien Injection
Justin and Jason discuss Jason's recent trip to Utah, the molecular biologist who claimed he worked on exo-biospheric organisms, whether "disclosure" is happening soon, Justin's zero-beer hack, Jason and Colby's experience racing high-performance cars at Speed Vegas, the weirdness of The Weekend concert and why it makes Justin worry about the future, the latest with List/Nitro, why Jason doesn't comment on some HN math discussions, what he learned from Colby's Linear Algebra diagnostic, and why he's excited about Colby's game, why taking venture capital will likely kill your company, why Justin loves the game Paper Mario, and Jason's thoughts on Wes Anderson's latest movie Asteroid City. Artwork by https://sonsofcrypto.com. Join our Discord, chat with us and fellow listeners! https://discord.gg/2EbBwdHHx8
379: TZ Discussion - Detoxification
Justin and Jason discuss why Justin is trying to give up coffee and alcohol, the odd side effects he experiences when drinking (and not drinking) coffee, how Jason hit a wall with his weight loss, Justin's progress with List/NitroNote, the latest with Colby's game and how his first year at college went, why large companies can't innovate, more on the Musk/Zuckerberg cage match, recent progress in cryopreservation, Jason's thoughts on the possibility of an AI future, the shows SAS Rogue Heroes and Silo, and the Tetris documentary. Artwork by https://sonsofcrypto.com. Join our Discord, chat with us and fellow listeners! https://discord.gg/2EbBwdHHx8
378: TZ Discussion - Toaster Lovers Anonymous
Justin and Jason discuss Jason's trip to Palo Alto, the prospect of a Zuckerberg/Musk cage match, the TITAN submarine tragedy, the new direction of List/NitroNote and how implementing dark mode has reignited Justin's enthusiasm for the project, the release of the Math Academy proof editor, why Justin can no longer talk to Georgie about his projects, the Reddit kerfuffle and the fundamental misalignment between commercial social networks and their users, why solving imaginary problems is so common in technology, whether life was better before the Internet, and finally why Justin enjoys Ted Lasso and Jason doesn't. Artwork by https://sonsofcrypto.com. Join our Discord, chat with us and fellow listeners! https://discord.gg/2EbBwdHHx8
377: TZ Discussion - Predicting the Unpredictable
Justin and Jason discuss Justin's short-lived List/Nitro Notes partnership, his plans moving forward and a new brand concept, reactions to some of the predictions made on the Discord channel including what numbers Jason thinks Math Academy will hit by this time next year, the likely fallout of a full or partial UFO/UAP disclosure, the latest project superhero updates, the compounding evidence in favor of the Lab Leak hypothesis and why Jason thinks the story is so important, the shows Fubar, Manifest, and Schmigadoon, and the documentaries Arnold and Tour de France: Unchained. Artwork by https://sonsofcrypto.com. Join our Discord, chat with us and fellow listeners! https://discord.gg/2EbBwdHHx8