Episode 17: Rainbows
In episode 17, Shane and Dave explain the surprising science of rainbows. Can you touch one? Does everyone else see the same rainbow that you see?
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This podcast explains how things work, from the minds of two engineers. Our promise is we will only present topics we know well. No faking!
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Episodes
Episode 16: ChatGPT
In episode 16, Shane and Dave explain how GPTs work. GPTs are a type of large language model, and the most famous is ChatGPT.
Episode 15: DNS on the Internet
In episode 15, Shane and Dave explain the Domain Name Service, which is how your web browser figures out the IP addresses to use for domain names like google.com
Episode 14: Alexa
In episode 14, Shane and Dave explain how Alexa works. Alexa is the most popular household voice assistant. Find out how Alexa works on the inside!
Episode 13: Telecommunications part 5, reliable communication with TCP
In episode 13, Shane and Dave explain how the internet ensures that data is delivered between computers reliably and in order.
Episode 12: Telecommunications Part 4, the internet!
In episode 12, Shane and Dave continue explaining the saga of telecommunications. Computer networks! How the technologies work that power the internet.
Episode 11: Explaining Computers Part 2
In episode 11, Shane and Dave continue explaining computers. This is the 2nd part in a to-be-determined-length saga.
Episode 10: Explaining Computers Part 1
In episode 10, Shane and Dave start to explain how computers work, from the very bottom: transistors, digital logic, binary, math, and much more. This will be the first part of an awesome saga!
Episode 9: Eclipses Part 2, an Addendum!
In episode 9, Shane and Dave correct some errors from episode 8 about eclipses, and add even more explaining!
Episode 8: Eclipses
What makes eclipses happen. Learn about the physics that causes the spectacular phenomena that turns day into night and the moon into blood.