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• AI Discourse with Steve Klabnik

  Last week, our colleague (and frequent Oxide and Friends guest) Steve Klabnik made some new friends on the Internet with a blog entry on AI discourse. Bryan and Adam were joined by Steve to try to de-polarize the discussion a little.In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, we were joined by special guest, Steve Klabnik, and valued listener, Julian Giamblanco (aka "Oatmealdealer").Some of the topics we hit on, in the order that we hit them:Steve's blog post: I am disappointed in the AI discourseOxF: A Baseball Startup with Paul Freedman and Bryan Carmel (The Ballers)OxF: Adversarial Machine Learning with Nicholas CarliniOxF: Hiring Processes with Gergely Orosz ("the RFD 3 podcast episode")OxF: AI Disruption: DeepSeek and CerebrasOxF: Reflecting on Founder Mode ("ego con")If we got something wrong or missed something, please file a PR! Our next show will likely be on Monday at 5p Pacific Time on our Discord server; stay tuned to our Mastodon feeds for details, or subscribe to this calendar. We'd love to have you join us, as we always love to hear from new speakers!

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• AI, Materials, and Fraud with Ben Shindel

  Late in 2024, an economics paper captured the attention of the world. AI, it claimed, had a tremendous impact on materials research, disproportionally benefitted the most productive, and--sadly--reduced job statisfaction. It now appears that the results are entirely fabricated! Ben Shindel joins Bryan and Adam to discuss.In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, we were joined by special guest Ben Shindel.Some of the topics we hit on, in the order that we hit them:Ben's blog: AI, Materials, and Fraud, Oh My!OxF: Theranos, Silicon Valley, and the March Madness of Tech FraudTopic[@M:SS](link into recording) Leventhal's ConundrumPRs needed!If we got something wrong or missed something, please file a PR! Our next show will likely be on Monday at 5p Pacific Time on our Discord server; stay tuned to our Mastodon feeds for details, or subscribe to this calendar. We'd love to have you join us, as we always love to hear from new speakers!

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• RIP USENIX ATC

  Bryan and Adam discuss the recent announcement of the discontinuation of the USENIX Annual Technical Conference (ATC), reminiscing about their own visits to the ATC and the impact of the conference. Long-time Oxide Friend, Tom Lyon, joined to dial the reminiscence back a couple more decades!In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, we were joined by Tom Lyon.Some of the topics we hit on, in the order that we hit them:Bryan's blog 2025: RIP USENIX ATCOxF s1e13: Put the OS back in OSDIBryan's Lisa 2011 talk: Fork Yeah! The Rise and Development of illumosBryan's USENIX 2016 talk: A Wardrobe for the EmperorUSENIX 2004Gnutella not NutellaUSENIX DTrace paperUSENIX Summer 1994Slab AllocatorNFSv3WSJ 2006 Technology Innovation Awards0xF s1e18: Dijkstra's TweetstormMeeting Dennis RitchieBoF sessionBirds of a feather flock togetherFreenix20032004Rik Farrow ;login: editorial on USENIX 2016Bryan's blog 2004: Wither USENIX?blog comments from Werner VogelsSystems We LoveAdam's blog 2004: nohup -pillumos sourceOxF s1e4: from /proc to proc_macroThings that don't work as advertisedDiffracting treesCold FusionAdam's blog 2009: Triple-Parity RAID-ZRob Pike 2000: Systems Software Research is IrrelevantZFS paperLiving Computer Museum (now-dead)SDFAll the Chips that Fit by Tom LyonOxF s2e22: RIP OptaneHistory of Programming Languages ConferenceIf we got something wrong or missed something, please file a PR! Our next show will likely be on Monday at 5p Pacific Time on our Discord server; stay tuned to our Mastodon feeds for details, or subscribe to this calendar. We'd love to have you join us, as we always love to hear from new speakers!

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• Solutions Software Engineering with Matthew Sanabria

  Matthew Sanabria joins Bryan and Adam to talk about his role at Oxide--Solutions Software Engineer--and how it fits in with engineering, sales, support and marketing. It takes everyone in Busytown! Sound good? Apply!In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, we were joined by Oxide colleague, Matthew Sanabria.Some of the topics we hit on, in the order that we hit them:Solutiuons Software Engineer applicationOxF: the "squeezefish" episodeThe Fallthrough podcastBusytownIf we got something wrong or missed something, please file a PR! Our next show will likely be on Monday at 5p Pacific Time on our Discord server; stay tuned to our Mastodon feeds for details, or subscribe to this calendar. We'd love to have you join us, as we always love to hear from new speakers!

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• Shootout at the CNCF Corral

  Last week the kerfuffle between Synadia and CNCF, tussling over the ownership and futures of NATS, bled into the public. The outcome may cast a long shadow for open source and for the CNCF. Bryan and Adam were joined by Rachel Stephens and Adam Jacob to discuss how we got here and possible outcomes.In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, we were joined by Rachel Stephens Adam Jacob, and Eliza Weisman.Some of the topics we hit on, in the order that we hit them:Goats in sweatersCNCF Slide: Why You Should Host Your Project at CNCFCNCF NATS documentsNATS GitHub discussionThe uncashed $10k checkCNCF landscapeCNCF blog on NATS / SynadiaSynadia response to the CNCFPostscript:The CNCF updated its blog with proof that the ACH transfer of $10,000 was completed [still very funny! -ahl].Derek Collison--as reported by Runtime News--has agreed to transfer the NATS trademark to the CNCF "because we just feel that the damage to the ecosystem and the ugliness is not worth it for anyone."If we got something wrong or missed something, please file a PR! Our next show will likely be on Monday at 5p Pacific Time on our Discord server; stay tuned to our Mastodon feeds for details, or subscribe to this calendar. We'd love to have you join us, as we always love to hear from new speakers!

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