{"id":1033,"date":"2012-04-16T12:32:44","date_gmt":"2012-04-16T17:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techzinglive.com\/?p=1033"},"modified":"2012-04-16T12:32:44","modified_gmt":"2012-04-16T17:32:44","slug":"180-tz-discussion-simulating-the-zombie-apocalypse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techzinglive.com\/page\/1033\/180-tz-discussion-simulating-the-zombie-apocalypse","title":{"rendered":"180: TZ Discussion &#8211; Simulating the Zombie Apocalypse"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8353\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1033-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/techzinglive.com\/mp3\/techzing-180.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/techzinglive.com\/mp3\/techzing-180.mp3\">http:\/\/techzinglive.com\/mp3\/techzing-180.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/techzinglive.com\/mp3\/techzing-180.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/techzinglive.com\/?powerpress_pinw=1033-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/techzinglive.com\/mp3\/techzing-180.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"techzing-180.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"itpc:\/\/techzinglive.com\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" title=\"Subscribe on iTunes\" rel=\"nofollow\">iTunes<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribeonandroid.com\/techzinglive.com\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_android\" title=\"Subscribe on Android\" rel=\"nofollow\">Android<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/techzinglive.com\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p>Justin and Jason discuss why Justin is moving back to LA,\u00a0how he was swindled by a moving company and why the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/05\/22\/your-money\/22haggler.html\" target=\"_blank\">Yelp review system<\/a> is partly to blame,\u00a0how people are able to <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rationalization_%28making_excuses%29\" target=\"_blank\">rationalize<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ethicsscoreboard.com\/rb_fallacies.html\" target=\"_blank\">bad behavior<\/a> by the creation of false narratives,\u00a0how the <a href=\"http:\/\/boingboing.net\/2011\/03\/17\/us-military-launches.html\" target=\"_blank\">US<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/commentisfree\/2009\/jan\/09\/israel-foreign-ministry-media\" target=\"_blank\">Israel<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.techdirt.com\/articles\/20110209\/23523213036\/russia-looking-to-mimic-china-crowdsourcing-internet-censorship.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">Russia<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.techdirt.com\/articles\/20080714\/2117091679.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">China<\/a> are influencing social networks with the help of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.infosecisland.com\/blogview\/12250-HBGary-Federal-Document-on-Manipulating-Social-Media.html\" target=\"_blank\">tools<\/a> like <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.echelon2.org\/wiki\/Persona_Development\" target=\"_blank\">persona management<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rawstory.com\/rs\/2011\/02\/18\/revealed-air-force-ordered-software-to-manage-army-of-fake-virtual-people\/\" target=\"_blank\">platforms<\/a>,\u00a0why Justin thinks <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Breaking_Bad\" target=\"_blank\">Breaking Bad<\/a> is the best drama series ever made,\u00a0the awesome <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sftuxbvGwiU\" target=\"_blank\">Prometheus<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=N0WUpsErUBA\" target=\"_blank\">trailers<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Tvx1xr88qfM\" target=\"_blank\">viral TED Talk<\/a>,\u00a0how Justin improved Pluggio&#8217;s performance and the <a href=\"http:\/\/justinvincent.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">lessons he learned along the way<\/a>,\u00a0the homogenization of blog engines and how it aids and hinders creativity,\u00a0the awesomeness of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chris-granger.com\/2012\/04\/12\/light-table---a-new-ide-concept\/\" target=\"_blank\">Light Table<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meteor.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Meteor<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.firebase.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Firebase<\/a>,\u00a0the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/business\/money\/la-fi-mo-venture-capital-20120409,0,5597095.story\" target=\"_blank\">recent down-tick in VC funding<\/a>,\u00a0the technology behind <a href=\"http:\/\/www.codusoperandi.com\/posts\/how-i-screwed-up-my-google-acquisition\" target=\"_blank\">Preezo<\/a> and the idea of writing an article about it, why <a href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/news\/2012\/04\/netflix-never-used-its-1-million-algorithm-due-to-engineering-costs.ars\" target=\"_blank\">Netflix decided not to implement its prize-winning algorithm<\/a>, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2012\/04\/11\/max_planck_quantum_network\/\" target=\"_blank\">science and technology<\/a> behind a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/196394\/quantum_internet_may_become_a_reality.html\" target=\"_blank\">quantum Internet<\/a>,\u00a0the <a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/blogs\/sideshow\/next-great-depression-mit-researchers-predict-global-economic-190352944.html\" target=\"_blank\">MIT study\u00a0predicting\u00a0global economic collapse by 2030<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/science\/news\/2012\/03\/hot-crowded-and-running-out-of-fuel-earth-of-2050-a-scary-place.ars\" target=\"_blank\">the OECD report pinning it at 2050<\/a>,\u00a0the subject of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/System_dynamics\" target=\"_blank\">System Dynamics<\/a> and the concept of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stock_and_flow\" target=\"_blank\">stock and flows<\/a>, thoughts on <a href=\"http:\/\/appadvice.com\/appnn\/2012\/04\/quickadvice-outbreaksimulator\" target=\"_blank\">simulating<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zombiecommand.com\/news\/zombie-outbreak-simulator\/\" target=\"_blank\">the<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/geekdad\/2012\/01\/organ-trail-zombie-kickstarter\/\" target=\"_blank\">zombie<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/kevan.org\/proce55ing\/zombies\/\" target=\"_blank\">apocalypse<\/a>,\u00a0creating a massively distributed P2P dispatching network and\u00a0how someone other than Justin wrote the <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/jv2222\/ezSQL\/pull\/3\" target=\"_blank\">new version<\/a>\u00a0of <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/jv2222\/ezSQL\" target=\"_blank\">ezSQL<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Justin and Jason discuss why Justin is moving back to LA,\u00a0how he was swindled by a moving company and why the Yelp review system is partly to blame,\u00a0how people are able to rationalize bad behavior by the creation of false narratives,\u00a0how the US, Israel, Russia and China are influencing social networks with the help of 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