Episodes
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Z: Zzzz
In the final episode of season two, Lisa and Venkat sleepily discuss all things sleep, bedtimes and the tracked self.
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Y: Yeti
Venkat digs up Tin-Tin and the Yeti; Lisa asks Venkat if the yeti is an anti-particle.
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X: Unknowns
Lisa discovers Weird Sun Twitter; Venkat gets his 2nd vaccine shot and ends up quoted in a book.
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V: Victory
This week on Scorpio Season, Lisa and Venkat talk accidental vs earned victories. Venkat reminisces about his gold medal swimming feats; Lisa wins so hard they change the rules.
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U: Universal
Lisa and Venkat talk about universals. Lisa designs a study to figure out if bitcoin is a universal currency; Venkat talks standards
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T: Thinking
Lisa and Venkat share some thoughts on thinking. Venkat wanders into the arena of aphantasia; Lisa describes some dreams.
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S: Selling Out
Venkat and Lisa talk about what it means to sell out; Venkat vehemently denies every being a sell out, Lisa confesses she's up for a cash conversion.
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R: Risk
Lisa and Venkat talk risks of home ownership and retirement.
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Q: Quality
Lisa tries to distill 'quality' from kitchen sink faucet ad copy; Venkat contrasts Japanese vs American 80's car ads.
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P: Probability
Lisa explains the difference between probability and potentiality; Venkat also talks. Includes six predictions about the next ten years.
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O: Big 'O' Notation
Venkat and Lisa go down the complexity rabbit hole and try to answer the question: are market price movements computationally complex?
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N: NFTs
Lisa explains the power troubles in Texas in February, Venkat finds out about NFTs. Find us on twitter: https://www.twitter.com/niftynei https://www.twitter.com/vgr Thanks to our Sponsor! Smokin Screws https://smokinscrews.com
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M: Mars Rover
Venkat fills us in on details about the latest Mars rover landing and the Yak Collective's rover project; Lisa talks Texan about the chilly weather. Find us on twitter: https://www.twitter.com/niftynei https://www.twitter.com/vgr Thanks to our Sponsors! Art of the Gig http://artofgig.com...
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L: Losers
Lisa rambles on about Gamestop and other financial loser shenanigans; Venkat gloats about his latest credential. Find us on twitter: https://www.twitter.com/niftynei https://www.twitter.com/vgr Thanks to our Sponsors! Art of the Gig http://artofgig.com Smokin Screws https://smokinscrews.com
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K: Kills
Lisa and Venkat talk COVID crematorium emissions, Keystone pipeline, and bitcoin dumpster diving. Find us on twitter: https://www.twitter.com/niftynei https://www.twitter.com/vgr Thanks to our Sponsors! Art of the Gig http://artofgig.com Smokin Screws https://smokinscrews.com
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J: Joints
Lisa and Venkat talk about the Parler deplatforming, database joins, and "joint accounts" on Bitcoin, aka multisigs. Find us on twitter: https://www.twitter.com/niftynei https://www.twitter.com/vgr Thanks to our Sponsors! Art of the Gig http://artofgig.com Smokin Screws https://smokinscrews.com
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I: Initial Conditions
Lisa and Venkat talk new year's resolutions, rituals for resetting, and inbox bankruptcy. Find us on twitter: https://www.twitter.com/niftynei https://www.twitter.com/vgr Thanks to our Sponsors! Art of the Gig http://artofgig.com Smokin Screws https://smokinscrews.com
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H: Home with Galen Wolfe-Pauly
@niftynei sits down with Galen, co-founder of Tlon an Urbit-system company, to talk about digital spaces and homes. Find us on twitter: Galen: https://www.twitter.com/galenwolfepauly Lisa : https://www.twitter.com/niftynei Venkat: https://www.twitter.com/vgr Thanks to our Sponsors! Art of the Gig...
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G: Git with Jordan Orelli
Lisa and Venkat welcome Jordan Orelli (@jordanorelli) on to Scorpio Season to talk about git and games. Jordan's a Principal Engineer at Jackbox Games, and current MFA candidate. Venkat reminisces about his time in the Unix trenches; Jordan talks about the time he shared files on a train. Find us...
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F: Form Factors
In this episode of Scorpio Season, Lisa shows off some seating options; Venkat talks writing forms. Find us on twitter: https://www.twitter.com/niftynei https://www.twitter.com/vgr Thanks to our Sponsors! Art of the Gig http://artofgig.com Smokin Screws https://smokinscrews.com
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E: Electronics with Ryan Hume
Lisa + Venkat welcome Ryan Hume onto this episode of Scorpio Season TV to talk all things 'electronic'. Ryan talks trends in electronic music production; Venkat puts a multimeter on a slide; Lisa waves around some dev boards. Check out Ryan's work for yourself at https://acidraintechnology.com/...
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D: Drivetrains
Lisa and Venkat scour their houses for drivetrains. Lisa shows off her Mazda Miata and a in-progress windmill, Venkat makes an electoral analogy. Find us on twitter: https://www.twitter.com/niftynei https://www.twitter.com/vgr Thanks to our Sponsors! Art of the Gig http://artofgig.com Smokin…
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C: Clocks
In this third edition of season two of Scorpio Season, Lisa and Venkat pick up the pace with some clock shenanigans. Lisa tears down a Moon Clock. Venkat lets a spring run wild. Find us on twitter: https://www.twitter.com/niftynei https://www.twitter.com/vgr Thanks to our Sponsors! Art of the Gig...
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B: Bitcoin
Venkat shows off a Barlow lens, Lisa talks about bitcoin hardware wallets, her book project, and the VISA payment network. Find us on twitter: https://www.twitter.com/niftynei https://www.twitter.com/vgr Thanks to our Sponsors! Art of the Gig http://artofgig.com Smokin Screws...
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A: Air Quality
Welcome back to season 2 of Scorpio Season, with your favorite co-hosts @niftynei and @vgr. In this season opener, we interview Ellen Kaye-Cheveldayoff (@strangeattracto) about air quality and our sense of smell. Find us on twitter: https://twitter.com/strangeattracto...
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Scorpio Season "z" - S01 Ep26
lisa + venkat wrap up season 1 of scorpio season with a chat on the zeitgeist, zemblanity, zen koans and a walk back through a few choice topics from the season. Find us on twitter: https://www.twitter.com/niftynei https://www.twitter.com/vgr Thanks to our Sponsors! Art of the Gig...
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Scorpio Season "y" - S01 Ep25
lisa and venkat discuss lisa's favorite juxtapositional word, yuxtaposición, Y-combinators the math function, Y-Combinator the institution, and the Yak Collective. lisa attempts some eugenical theorizing; venkat calls YC a "closed historical chapter" Find us on twitter:...
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Scorpio Season "x" - S01 Ep24
lisa and venkat talk about venkat's time at the first billion dollar company, Xerox, sweetners like xylitol, xylophones, xeriscaping, and "x" unknowns. Find us on Twitter! venkat https://twitter.com/vgr lisa https://twitter.com/niftynei Thanks to our Sponsors! Art of the Gig http://artofgig.com...
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Scorpio Season "w" - S01 Ep23
lisa + venkat talk white glove moving services, white shoe consulting, the wandering line of wokeness, writing do's and don'ts, and briefly toss out their 'wisest book' recommendations. Find us on Twitter: @vgr https://twitter.com/vgr + @niftynei https://twitter.com/niftynei Thanks to our…
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Scorpio Season "v" - S01 Ep22
lisa + venkat ramble through vaudeville, VR, values, and vaults. Find us on twitter: https://www.twitter.com/niftynei https://www.twitter.com/vgr Thanks to our sponsors!! Art of Gig at http://artofgig.com Smokin' Screws https://smokinscrews.com
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Scorpio Season "u" - S01 Ep21
lisa and venkat discuss underworlds, uncanny, universes and unboxing Find us on twitter: https://www.twitter.com/niftynei https://www.twitter.com/vgr Thanks to our sponsors!! Art of Gig at http://artofgig.com Smokin' Screws https://smokinscrews.com
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Scorpio Season "t" - S01 Ep20
lisa and venkat talk about Thielism, trauma, TV, Texas and taxes. Find us on Twitter! venkat https://twitter.com/vgr lisa https://twitter.com/niftynei Thanks to our Sponsors! Art of the Gig http://artofgig.com Smokin Screws https://smokinscrews.com
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Scorpio Season "s" - S01 Ep19
lisa + venkat welcome their first guest: Sonya Mann! topics we cover this week: salons, sonya, salience, schools, and spot prices Want to find out more about Sonya's zines? Find out how to get them delivered directly to your door on her zine membership page...
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Scorpio Season "r" - S01 Ep18
lisa + venkat discuss red pills, ressentiment, Rightness, return on investments, and real-world repairs Find us on twitter: https://www.twitter.com/niftynei https://www.twitter.com/vgr Thanks to our sponsors!! Art of Gig at http://artofgig.com Smokin' Screws https://smokinscrews.com
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Scorpio Season "q" - S01 Ep17
lisa + venkat talk about quantum in USA culture, questions, quitting, quixoticism, quests, quarantine, and queens Find us on twitter: https://www.twitter.com/niftynei https://www.twitter.com/vgr Thanks to our sponsors!! Art of Gig at http://artofgig.com Smokin' Screws https://smokinscrews.com
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Scorpio Season "p" - S01 Ep16
lisa + venkat discuss programming, progressivism, probability, post-rationalism, and portents. Find us on twitter: https://www.twitter.com/niftynei https://www.twitter.com/vgr Thanks to our sponsors!! Art of Gig at artofgig.com Smokin' Screws smokinscrews.com
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Scorpio Season "o" - S01 Ep15
lisa + venkat talk about 'o fey' (Richard Feynman), opera, open plan offices, and the Yak Collective's latest long form project: the (new) old home. Find us on twitter: https://www.twitter.com/niftynei https://www.twitter.com/vgr Thanks to our sponsors!! Art of Gig at http://artofgig.com Smokin'...
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Scorpio Season "n" - S01 Ep14
lisa (@niftynei) + venkat (@vgr) talk networking, niftyness, and neighbors Find us on twitter: https://www.twitter.com/niftynei https://www.twitter.com/vgr Thanks to our sponsors!! Art of Gig at artofgig.com Smokin' Screws smokinscrews.com
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Scorpio Season "m" - S01 Ep13
lisa (@niftynei) + venkat (@vgr) talk money and mansions Find us on twitter: https://www.twitter.com/niftynei https://www.twitter.com/vgr Thanks to our sponsors!! Art of Gig at artofgig.com Smokin' Screws smokinscrews.com
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Scorpio Season "L" S01 Ep12
lisa (@niftynei) + venkat (@vgr) talk legibility, legal systems and LARPing Find us on twitter: https://www.twitter.com/niftynei https://www.twitter.com/vgr Thanks to our sponsors!! Art of Gig at artofgig.com Smokin' Screws smokinscrews.com
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Scorpio Season - "k" S01 Ep11
lisa + venkat do a 'fast round' of K's, including kakistocracy, klingon, killjoys, karate, and k-pop. Find us on twitter: https://www.twitter.com/niftynei https://www.twitter.com/vgr Thanks to our sponsors!! Art of Gig at artofgig.com Smokin' Screws smokinscrews.com
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Scorpio Season - "j" S01 Ep10
lisa + venkat talk some J's -- Jane Jacobs and jokes, with a long detour into talking about high modernist city planning, the legacy of Robert Moses, the origin of eminent domain and more! Find us on twitter: https://www.twitter.com/niftynei https://www.twitter.com/vgr Thanks to our sponsors!!…
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Scorpio Season - "i" S01 Ep09
lisa + venkat talk through the I's -- IQ, insight, innocence, igloos, indoors, independence. Find us on twitter: https://www.twitter.com/niftynei https://www.twitter.com/vgr Thanks to our sponsors!! Art of Gig at artofgig.com Smokin' Screws smokinscrews.com
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Scorpio Season - "h" S01 Ep08
lisa + venkat talk through the H's: Hannah Arendt, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, hair, halfway points and the bitcoin halvening Find us on twitter: https://www.twitter.com/niftynei https://www.twitter.com/vgr Thanks to our sponsors!! Art of Gig at artofgig.com Smokin' Screws smokinscrews.com
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Scorpio Season - "g" S01 Ep07
lisa + venkat talk through the G's: graphs, gas, gossip, guns + godheads Find us on twitter: https://www.twitter.com/niftynei https://www.twitter.com/vgr Thanks to our sponsors!! Art of Gig at artofgig.com Smokin' Screws smokinscrews.com
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Scorpio Season - "f" S01 Ep06
lisa + venkat talk through the F's: feminism, fluency, faraday cages, food banks, fiction, faster than light communication.j Find us on twitter: https://www.twitter.com/niftynei https://www.twitter.com/vgr Thanks to our sponsors!! Art of Gig at artofgig.com + Smokin' Screws smokinscrews.com
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Scorpio Season - "e" S01 Ep05
In this episode of Scorpio Season, lisa + venkat talk about energy, eigenstates, entropy, environment, emergencies, and evilness. Find us on twitter: https://www.twitter.com/niftynei https://www.twitter.com/vgr Thanks to our sponsors!! Art of Gig at artofgig.com + Smokin' Screws smokinscrews.com
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Scorpio Season - "d" S01 Ep04
In this episode of Scorpio Season TV, lisa + venkat talk about David Deutsch, Doja Cat and Dark Ages, with a very long digression into pop culture. Find us on twitter: https://www.twitter.com/niftynei https://www.twitter.com/vgr Thanks to our sponsors!! Art of Gig at artofgig.com + Smokin' Screws...
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Scorpio Season - "c" S01 Ep03
lisa + venkat talk about cartoons, contagions, and cleaning Find us on twitter: https://www.twitter.com/niftynei https://www.twitter.com/vgr Thanks to our sponsors!! Art of Gig at artofgig.com + Smokin' Screws smokinscrews.com
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lisa + venkat, perhaps better known as @niftynei and @vgr, hang out and talk their way through the alphabet.
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