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Dave’s Garage: Shop Talk — 81 episodes

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Why Is Windows Built Like This? | Shop Talk #81

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Why Old Tech Feels More Trustworthy | Shop Talk #80

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Will AI Flood the World With Security Vulnerabilities? | Shop Talk EP 79

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AI Won’t Fix This (And Might Make It Worse) | Shop Talk #78

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Will AI Fix This? (Why Software Keeps Getting Worse) | Shop Talk EP 77

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Why Are We STILL Getting Hacked Like This?

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Axios Hack… Can You Trust It? (And Why We Still Want Things That Make No Sense)

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When Does “Working” Actually Mean Fixed?

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When Do You Know It’s Actually Fixed? (Debugging Systems Like an Engineer)

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What Happens After You Solve the Hardware Problem?

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How Does a Password Cracker Know It’s Right? The Part Everyone Misses - ShopTalk!

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Your TV does NOT work the way you THINK it does! ShopTalk!

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Cracking UNIX DES Passwords with a Dual GPU Dell 7875 Workstation: ShopTalk!

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ShopTalk: How to FIX the Latest Windows Update Madness!

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Too Far for WiFi? The Ultimate 600ft PoE Camera Setup

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ShopTalk - Blinkenlights on the PDP: How do they work? What do they do? Find out!

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Why You Don’t Trust the Cloud (And Honestly, You’re Right) - Shop Talk!

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Forcing AI to Self-Test and Debug Its Own Code – Epic Fails and Wins - ShopTalk!

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Why do NEW computers feel slower than OLD computers used to? ShopTalk!

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Will AI Replace Software Engineers? Should You Still Learn Computer Science? ShopTalk!

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The $150 Box That Destroys Hotel & Airplane Internet Restrictions

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Running the Old Windows Task Manager on the Current Windows! ShopTalk!

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Fixing Windows:The XP SP2 Moment after the Blaster Worm - ShopTalk

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Fixing Windows: How ANTI-CHEAT systems work, and why they shouldn't be in the Kernel!

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Task Manager Bug: The Process that Refused to Die! - ShopTalk!

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Another Web Outage: Why is it always DNS? ShopTalk!

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Did they FIRE Bad Coders at Microsoft? Shop Talk EP 53

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Gnarly Bugs! Two of the HARDEST Bugs I've Ever Fixed! ShopTalk!

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How To Use Less Electricity when Using AI! ShopTalk!

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You Asked: Can Windows be Made Crash-Proof?

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Blame Me: Why are FAT Drives Limited to 32GB?

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The WORST Windows Bug I Ever Shipped: in Windows Pinball!

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Windows Update Causes Disk (SSD) Corruption! Do not install it before seeing this important info...Windows Update Causes Disk (SSD) Corruption! Do not install it before seeing this important info...

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Windows Sandbox vs. VMs: Which Is Better for Testing Apps?

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Two Mice, One PC: Is it Possible? ShopTalk!

36

Power Plant Cybersecurity Expert: What are the Attack Scenarios?

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Is It Better to Leave Your PC ON or Shut It Down at Night? ShopTalk!

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The Admin Time Bomb: What Every Windows User Should Know!

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No More Windows Bluescreens! Find out Why!

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Security Passkeys: What Are They and Should You be Using Them?

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Should You Still Learn to Code in 2025? What about AI? SHOPTALK

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Why Does Windows Still Use Drive Letters? Find Out!

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Two Major Windows Open-Source Announcements: VS Code Copilot and WSL2

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Task Manager Secrets: Top 5 Need to Know Tips! Pause, Bypass, and More!

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MAJOR New Airborne Exploit: What You Need to Know

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How Windows Product Activation Was Hacked!

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The Real Reason why Microsoft REMOVES Features You Love!

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The Real Reason You're Not Allowed to Move the Windows Taskbar!

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The Real Reason there was no Windows 9

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Live from the Garage: AI Gaming, Privacy, and Retro Tech Talk

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Can AI follow NASA Coding Standards? - StopTalk!

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The Craziest Retro Games You Can Play on a PDP-11

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Vintage Hacks & AI Power-ups - ShopTalk!

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Windows Avalon & Why Does Task Manager Show So Many Handles? - ShopTalk!

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Why Do Mirrors Flip Things Horizontally but not Vertically? ShopTalk!

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Quantum Computers, Bill Gates' Porsche 959, and is Dave Network Chuck's Dad? - ShopTalk!

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From Microsoft to TikTok: Your Rude Questions Answered!

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Hard Drive Resurrection Hacks: What They Don’t Want You to Know! ShopTalk!

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Retro computing, cutting-edge AI, and essential cybersecurity insights!

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New Google Chrome Exploits! Protect Your Browser Now! ShopTalk

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The Windows Kernel vs the Linux Kernel: Which is Better? ShopTalk!

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Blockchains, PDP-11 Stories, Unix Questions, and Debugging Woes

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Retro Tech Adventures: Building the UNIX Kernel! ShopTalk

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Microsoft Secrets: From Task Manager to the Missing Building 7 and Getting a Job at Microsoft

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How did Microsoft Force Everyone to Run Windows? ShopTalk!

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Space Fails, PDP-11 and LED Projects with Dave - ShopTalk!

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Shop Talk: How does Microsoft discover Zero-Day Attacks?

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Living Off-Grid: Portable PDP-11s, Generators, and DIY Survival Gear! SHOPTALK!

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How I Made My Own AI Telemarketer Trap: ShopTalk!

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Windows Secrets Revealed: Answering Your Burning Questions About Microsoft's OS

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Female Developers and Other Tales

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Should You Say "Please" and "Thank You" to ChatGPT?

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Tesla Talk, Payphones, TRS-80s, Disneyland, Retro-Tech and More!

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iPhone 16, Password Security, Facebook Censorship and PDP-11s

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Linus Tech Tips Hacked + Ryzen Performance Solved

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The HARDEST Bug I Ever Fixed!

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Windows Recall: Can You Remove it?

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How Old is Dave? Intel vs AMD! NPU vs GPU!

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Autism vs Narcissism - What's the Difference?

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Windows Recall: Can You Remove it?

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How did Microsoft force everyone to use Windows?