168: TZ Interview - Patrick Collison / Stripe

Justin and Jason talk to Patrick Collison, co-fou…

Justin and Jason talk to Patrick Collison, co-founder of the online payment processing startup, Stripe

167: TZ Discussion – How Darth Vader Got Screwed

Justin and Jason discuss the latest in brain boos…

Justin and Jason discuss the latest in brain boosting, why to-do lists don't work, the ethics of deleting a user's data after they've closed their account, the upcoming MicroConf 2012 conference, getting more iTunes reviews, Jason's idea for applying a points system to Masterminding, the latest progress on AnyFu, the painful process of acquiring an SSL Extended Validation certificate and why Jason opposed the idea of purchasing an SSL certificate from GoDaddy, encrypting social security numbers, how one of the founders of TheGlobe is applying the Angel List model to Hollywood, why the actor who played Darth Vader still isn't getting paid residuals, some ideas on how to disrupt Hollywood, why ACTA is the new SOPA, the new show segment known as the Doom and Gloom Report, how the oldest ship in the navy, the USS Enterprise, AKA the "Mobile Chernobyl", is heading straight to the Strait of Hormuz, why India is going to pay gold for Iranian oil, how the LAPD coordinated with the CIA on terrorism (which is a big no-no) and Jason's prediction for the evolution of AnyFu.

166: TZ Interview - Anthony Goldbloom & Jeremy Howard / Kaggle

Justin & Jason talk to Anthony Goldblooma and Jer…

Justin & Jason talk to Anthony Goldblooma and Jeremy Howard co-founders of Kaggle a platform for predictive modeling competitions.

165: TZ Interview - Rob Walling / HitTail

Justin & Jason talk with Rob Walling about the ac…

Justin & Jason talk with Rob Walling about the acquisition and release of his new site Hittail.

164: TZ Discussion - War, the Price of Oil and You

Justin and Jason discuss Justin's recent post abo…

Justin and Jason discuss Justin's recent post about converting his site from PayPal to Stripe, Jason's idea for a mathematical equation describing the tyranny of choice, the latest on Pluggio, AnyFu and Appignite, why Jason believes war with Iran is likely and how the price of oil will skyrocket if it happens, the story of how Jason's attempt to sell his house before the market crashed in 2007, 3D printing, RepRap and MakerBot, Colby's awesome new RC helicopter, the DC taxi commissioner who's trying to stop Uber, what kind of jobs belong to the 1%, Jason's idea for crowd-sourcing the identification of logical fallacies in news columns and opinion pieces, whether journalists should be truth vigilantes, how Jason and Guyon built a profiler for Node.js, NASA's discovery that there are 1,500 earth-sized planets within 50 light-years of earth, upcoming interviews and Jason's idea for creating a synthetic university education.

163: TZ Discussion - Shadow Hoppers

Justin and Jason discuss: The Decline and Fall of…

Justin and Jason discuss: The Decline and Fall of the American Empire, How in-flight entertainment systems are architected, Irish ATM's weird defaults, How Moore's Law may work for years to come due to quantum anomaly, Justin's idea of flipping a house, and much more.

162: TZ Discussion - Happy Christmas

Justin & Jason talk about all sorts of tech and s…

Justin & Jason talk about all sorts of tech and startup stuff on Christmas Eve. 2011.

161: TZ Discussion - The Cycle of Life

Justin and Jason discuss why Peter and Alex were …

Justin and Jason discuss why Peter and Alex were asked to fill in for Jason on last week's show, why our brains seem to get slower over time, Justin's struggle to remain productive while on his six week "work-cation", why Jason accepted a full-time consulting contract with Uber, whether it's worth entering the LAUNCH startup competition if you're not planning on raising money, the process of setting up the AnyFu bank account, switching some of Uber's infrastructure from MongoDB to Redis, comparing Uber's rocket-ship growth rate to it's humble beginnings, the success of Louis C.K.'s DVD experiment, Jason's one-dollar Christmas moment, capturing light at a trillion frames per second, the latest breakthrough in solar panel efficiency, why long vacations and retirement are boring, the only real way to stop SOPA, the indefinite detention provision of the NDAA and the FBI's abuse of National Security Letters, and how Jason's kids helped him get through his mother's death.

160: TZ Panel - The British Invasion

Justin, Alex Gemmell & Peter Cooper talk about va…

Justin, Alex Gemmell & Peter Cooper talk about various Hacker News stories including The Unintended Effects of Driverless Cars, What really happened aboard Air France 447, More Paypal nonsense, Don't Be A Free User, Why we ditched PayPal for Stripe, 17-year-old wins 100k for creating cancer-killing nanoparticle , Zendesk CEO calls Freshdesk a freaking rip off - Freshdesk responds.

159: TZ Discussion - A Little Too Clever By Half

Justin and Jason discuss Jason Cohen's WP Engine,…

Justin and Jason discuss Jason Cohen's WP Engine, the idea for a Kickstarter-like site that would allow customers to prepay for a pre-launched service, getting AnyFu out the door and lessons learned so far, the man-made super flu that could kill half of humanity, why musicians and other creatives seem to get progressively worse over time, 17 Jedi mind tricks for persuading people, understanding the Hype Cycle, selling brand name training shoes in India, and the latest on Justin's juice diet.
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