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181: TZ Discussion - When a Model is Just a Model Apr 24, 2012

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Justin's upcoming post about the Yelp review filtering system, the new version of Pluggio, looking forward to MicroConf, Freeman Dyson and his global warming heresy, a La Critique of RootBuzz, more thoughts on simulating the zombie apocalypse, island economics and the danger of extreme wealth inequality, TBTF banks and thoughts on the MF Global fiasco, Matt Tiabbi's coverage of Wall Street's endemic corruption and why William Black thinks the American JOBS Act will introduce fraud, $10 million loans for everyone, how Iran is reverse engineering a downed U.S. drone, why CENTCOM's Operation Earnest Voice will ultimately be turned inward like the NSA's Operation Stellar Wind and completing the AnyFu payout cycle.

180: TZ Discussion - Simulating the Zombie Apocalypse Apr 16, 2012

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Justin and Jason discuss why Justin is moving back to LA, how he was swindled by a moving company and why the Yelp review system is partly to blame, how people are able to rationalize bad behavior by the creation of false narratives, how the US, Israel and China are influencing social networks with the help of tools like persona management platforms, why Justin thinks Breaking Bad is the best drama series ever made, the awesome Prometheus trailers and viral TED Talk, how Justin improved Pluggio's performance and the lessons he learned along the way, the homogenization of blog engines and how it aids and hinders creativity, the awesomeness of Light Table, Meteor and Firebase, the recent down-tick in VC funding, the technology behind Preezo and the idea of writing an article about it, why Netflix decided not to implement the prize-winning algorithm the science and technology behind a quantum Internet, the MIT study predicting global economic collapse by 2030 and the OECD report pinning it at 2050, the subject of System Dynamics and the concept of stock and flows, thought's on simulating the zombie apocalypse, creating a massively distributed P2P dispatching network and how someone other than Justin wrote the new version of ezSQL.

179: TZ Interview – Gabriel Weinberg / Blowing Up DuckDuckGo Apr 11, 2012

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Justin & Jason talk in depth with Gabriel Weinberg about how he raised $3m venture capital for DuckDuckGo.

178: TZ Discussion - The Hacker News Slap Apr 09, 2012

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Justin and Jason discuss balancing time when bootstrapping, the categories and costs of context switching, strategies for recruiting AnyFu experts, the status of the AnyFu payout system, what was learned from the first five AnyFu sessions, the DNA of the perfect AnyFu expert, whether or not we're in a startup bubble, when it makes sense to bootstrap and when it makes sense to raise money, vaccinating yourself against customer feedback, Helmut's document signing demo, the Hacker News slap, why Jason believes the "donate to charity" business model won't work for AnyFu, the importance of keeping your message simple, the PhantomJS web stack, why writing business plans are a waste of time for web and mobile startups, the new Node.js profiler, how Justin got into business with Uri Geller, the story of MashAPI, and the scam of automatic traffic ticketing.

177: TZ Interview - Dan Southworth / Divergence Apr 05, 2012

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Justin and Jason speak with actor / producer / stunt-man, Dan Southworth about life as the Quantum Ranger and how he bootstrapped the sci-fi / action web series Divergence.

176: TZ Discussion - Why Favors Don't Scale Apr 02, 2012

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Justin and Jason discuss some big donations from the Australian contingent, the story of Spent - an expense tracking iPhone app, the importance of momentum, how Ben Boyter got a raise, Justin's new life in Savannah, building an NDA signing service, the customer development being done for AnyFu, whether life is easier as a funded or bootstrapped startup, the maven versus the consultant, quality over quantity, drafting an LLC agreement, traveling to MicroConf, developing a payout system, bringing Preezo back from the dead and why Jason and Justin love their accountant.

175: TZ Interview - William Saito Mar 23, 2012

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Justin and Jason talk to William Saito author of "An Unprogrammed Life: Adventures of an Incurable Entrepreneur"

174: TZ Discussion - It's Alive! Mar 20, 2012

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Justin and Jason discuss Justin's drive to Savannah, the recent iTunes review surge, the success of the first AnyFu transaction and the lessons learned, whether or not AnyFu qualifies as a "Lean Startup", the new TZ comment policy, what happened to _why, why Jason is excited about Colby's renewed interest in soccer, different types of memories, whether Fringe is going to be renewed for a fifth season and why Justin likes teenage dramas, MySQL replication, the NSA's domestic spying technology, how Kevin Rose is closing down Milk and joining Google, why Jason is paring back his Appignite ambition, the latest on Koz's job hunt, why Justin thinks Google+ is dying and the science behind the 8-hour work day.

173: TZ Discussion - It's Not That I'm Rude, It's Just That I'm American Mar 12, 2012

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Justin and Jason discuss how Rackspace went down for 7 hours and took Pluggio down with it, some ideas for implementing a robust failover solution, the latest on AnyFu and some feedback from the first two users, why Justin is moving to Savannah, GA and what makes him think he's actually going to get work done on the drive there, what James Dyson wants to do to improve the Brittish economy, how Jason ghost wrote the "Help a hacker out" post on Hacker News, what happened when David Wasmer increased his "luck surface area", what to do about the asteroid that's headed directly at earth, why we're underestimating the risk of human extinction and the three propositions of the ancestor simulation hypothesis, how you can double your brain power through "transcranial direct-current stimulation" and for only $99, what's been learned from the hacking of Stratfor, why kids born later in the year are more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD, Jason's idea for a real-word "like" system, the difference between grinds and princes, an Appignite update, and why YOU need to review us on iTunes.

172: TZ Interview – Baron Schwartz / Cutting Edge MySQL Feb 24, 2012

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Justin and Jason speak with Baron Schwartz, Chief Performance Architect at Percona and lead author of the O'Reilly book, High Performance MySQL.

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