The Aspiring STEM Geek

In this episode I talk with Dr. Damian Handzy. In theepisode we talk about physics, finance and how the two disciplines are intertwined. We talk about how Damian became interested in science and math as a child, how he became interested in physics as an undergraduate in University of Pennsylvania, Damian’s PhD thesis in experimental nuclear physics, pivoting from nuclear physics to finance, financial risk and how behavioral economicsaffects the markets and the economy. Towards the end we discuss complex systems and the difficulty in generalizing complex systems such as the financial markets. I hope you enjoy! Damian’s PhD Thesis: https://d.lib.msu.edu/etd/29876 ARTICLES:Young’s Double Split Experiment Explanation from KhanAcademy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk6s2OlKzKQDOE Explains...The Strong Force: https://www.energy.gov/science/doe-explainsthe-strong-forceDiscovery of the electron and nucleus from Khan Academy: https://www.khanacademy.org/science/class-9-chemistry/a/discovery-of-the-electron-and-nucleusWhat is a Credit Rating? from S&P Global: https://www.spglobal.com/ratings/en/credit-ratings/about/understanding-credit-ratingsAn Econometric Model of Serial Correlation and Illiquidityin Hedge Fund Returns by Andrew Lo, Mila Getmansky and Igor Makarov: https://ideas.repec.org/p/mit/sloanp/1838.htmlCredit Spread: What It Means for Bonds and Options Strategyfrom Investopedia: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/creditspread.aspUnderstanding Value at Risk (VaR): Explanation andCalculation Methods from Investopedia: https://www.investopedia.com/articles/04/092904.aspBlack-Scholes Model: What It Is, How It Works, and OptionsFormula from Investopedia: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/blackscholes.aspIs the Flurry of Circular AI Deals a Win-Win—or Sign of aBubble? from the Wall Street Journal: https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/is-the-flurry-of-circular-ai-deals-a-win-winor-sign-of-a-bubble-8a2d70c5BOOKS:Skin in the Game by Nassim Nicholas TalebFlash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt by Michael LewisScale: The Universal Laws of Growth, Innovation,Sustainability, and the Pace of Life in Organisms, Cities, Economies, andCompanies by Geoffrey WestThe Mind of the Market: Compassionate Apes, CompetitiveHumans, and Other Tales from Evolutionary Economics by Michael ShermerAgainst the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk by Peter L.BernsteinThe Origin of Wealth by Eric BeinhockerThe Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas TalebThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanHow to Decide: Simple Tools for Making Better Choices byAnnie DukeCONNECT: LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrian-dolinay-frm-96a289106/ GitHub: https://github.com/ad17171717 X:https://twitter.com/DolinayG Odysee: https://odysee.com/@adriandolinay:0 Medium: https://medium.com/@adriandolinay PODCAST: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1765996824Audible: https://www.audible.com/pd/B0DC73S9SNiHeart Radio: https://iheart.com/podcast/202676097/ Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/60dPNJbDPaPw7ru8g5btxV |-Video Chapters-|0:00 – Intro1:41 – The beginning of Damian’s interest in STEM5:14 – Damian shifting from pre-med to physics and math9:31 – Studying nuclear physics11:09 – Summer research internship at Indiana University Bloomington14:18 – Choosing Michigan State over MIT for a PhD16:29 – How nuclear was perceived in the late 20th century19:37 – Damian’s Experimental Nuclear Physics PhD thesis34:19 – The importance of fundamental STEM research38:56 – Damian’s pivot from nuclear physics to finance41:36 – Defining risk in finance56:21 – Working in the finance industry during the Great Financial Crisis of2008-091:02:36 – The origins of the Black Scholes Merton Model1:08:06 – Potential financial risks in 2025 and beyond1:26:35 – Damian’s advice to aspiring financiers and physicists1:32:53 – Book Recommendations1:37:00 – Conclusion

In this episode I talk with Anthony Palmiotto of OpenStax. The episode focuses on Open Educational Resources (OER). Open Educational Resources include open-source textbooks that are free to students and instructors. In the episode we talk about how OpenStax develops open-source textbooks, how different universities are utilizing open educational resources, the experts who contribute to open-source textbooks and comparing open educational resources to proprietary textbook publishers.I want to thank the OpenStax organization for all their work. It is impactful to provide textbooks to students, instructors and schools that are struggling financially. I also want to thank all the experts that have contributed to open-source textbooks. If you are a student or instructor, please share this with your administration and hopefully we can get more free educational resources into the hands of people who need it. Thank you and I hope you enjoy the conversation!For any instructors that want to contribute to OER here is the form to contact OpenStax admin: https://openstax.org/contact/Open-Source Textbooks available from OpenStax: https://openstax.org/subjectsOpenStax Assignable: https://openstax.org/assignableOpenStax for K-12 Teachers: https://openstax.org/k12ARTICLES:What are open educational resources (OER)? from OpenStax: https://openstax.org/blog/what-are-oerUConn Leading State’s Open Textbook Initiative from UConn Today: https://today.uconn.edu/2016/02/uconn-leading-states-open-textbook-initiative/About CC Licenses from creativecommons.org: https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/cclicenses/Rubin Observatory basks in galactic glow from Space.com: https://www.space.com/astronomy/rubin-observatory-basks-in-galactic-glow-space-photo-of-the-day-for-nov-3-2025OpenStax and Microsoft partner for AI-enhanced learning in the classroom: https://openstax.org/blog/press-release-openstax-and-microsoft-partner-for-ai-enhanced-learning-in-the-classroomNational survey shows higher education faculty embracing digital and open educational resources (OER) from Bay View Analytics: https://www.bayviewanalytics.com/oer.htmlCONNECT: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrian-dolinay-frm-96a289106/ GitHub: https://github.com/ad17171717 X: https://twitter.com/DolinayG Odysee: https://odysee.com/@adriandolinay:0 Medium: https://medium.com/@adriandolinayPODCAST: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-aspiring-stem-geek/id1765996824 Audible: https://www.audible.com/podcast/The-Aspiring-STEM-Geek/B0DC73S9SN?source_code=ASSGB149080119000H&share_location=pdp iHeart Radio: https://iheart.com/podcast/202676097/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/60dPNJbDPaPw7ru8g5btxV?si=26e034e416f446d8|-Video Chapters-| 0:00 – Intro 2:11 – Defining Open Educational Resources (OER) 6:45 – The mission of OpenStax 12:32 – The process of creating a OER textbook 15:38 – Remixing OER Textbooks 20:17 – Creating Common Licenses used for the textbooks 21:49 – Adoption rates by colleges and universities 27:07 – Creating textbooks in different languages 32:12 – How OpenStax finds contributors for its textbooks 37:41 – The OER Landscape 40:43 – Cross promotion between OER providers 44:46 – Prestigious Contributors in OER 48:30 – Private sector contributions to OER 53:01 – Critiques of OER 58:48 – Open Source vs Proprietary 1:05:14 – What makes a student’s journey a success 1:06:28 – Why some instructors hesitate to adopt OER 1:09:50 – The tradeoff to adopting new material 1:13:00 – OpenStax and developing OER for new fields 1:16:00 – Anthony’s Journey into OER 1:19:43 – If you want to contribute to OER reach out! 1:21:55 – Conclusion

In this episode we have a repeat guest, Shawn Dutill. Shawn is a Systems Engineer and programmer. In the episode we talk about the latest trends and news in tech including the newly released iPhone Air, digital content consumption, Microsoft ending support for Windows 10, open source versus proprietary technology, data centers, music we are listening to and more. I hope you enjoy!The articles cited are listed in the PDF posted on GitHub: https://github.com/ad17171717/YouTube-Tutorials/tree/main/Tech%20TalksCONNECT: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrian-dolinay-frm-96a289106/ GitHub: https://github.com/ad17171717 X: https://twitter.com/DolinayG Odysee: https://odysee.com/@adriandolinay:0 Medium: https://medium.com/@adriandolinayPODCAST: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-aspiring-stem-geek/id1765996824 Audible: https://www.audible.com/podcast/The-Aspiring-STEM-Geek/B0DC73S9SN?source_code=ASSGB149080119000H&share_location=pdp iHeart Radio: https://iheart.com/podcast/202676097/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/60dPNJbDPaPw7ru8g5btxV?si=26e034e416f446d8|-Video Chapters-|0:00 – Intro1:06 – Adrian’s favorite podcast ep so far3:16 – Apple’s iPhone Air6:11 – Digital content consumption19:00 – Downsides of the iPhone Air20:36 – AI in camera photo processing22:34 – Windows 10 End of Support27:57 – Microsoft Recall and privacy37:09 – Open Source vs Proprietary software46:38 – Technology Certifications1:00:11 – Large Language Models (LLMs)1:23:48 – Data Centers1:50:51 – Science Fiction Books1:56:16 – Podcast and YouTube Tech Recommendations1:58:49 – Music2:09:30 – Conclusion

In this episode I talk to Yaroslav Stanchak. Yaroslav is a mechanical engineer with over 40 years of experience. In the episode we talk about how Yaroslav and his family immigrated to the U.S. after World War 2, how he became interested in science fiction and mechanics as a kid, attending Northeastern University for his mechanical engineering degree, working at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center in Rhode Island, then moving onto a storied career in snow making where he invented the legendary K-3000 snow gun. Unfortunately halfway through the episode the audio cut, but this is still an amazing conversation worth checking out. I hope you enjoy!ARTICLES:Displaced Persons Camps in Post-World War II Germany from Museums Victoria: https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/articles/13619Mark 48 Wire Guided Torpedo from the Smithsonian: https://americanhistory.si.edu/subs/weapons/armament/torpedoes/index.html#Wet Bulb Temperature from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet-bulb_temperatureFinding the Right Words (Snow Quality Article) by Yaroslav Stanchak: https://www.saminfo.com/images/magimages/Archive_PDFs/FindingTheRightWords.pdfTribute: K-3000 Snowgun from 4241′ Magazine: https://www.davidyoungphoto.com/portfolios/tribute-k3000-snowgun/ Jon Kuehn VIDEOS:Gunrunners from Jackson Hole Mountain Resort: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXW_lA1qYUg&ab_channel=JacksonHoleMountainResortCONNECT: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrian-dolinay-frm-96a289106/ GitHub: https://github.com/ad17171717 X: https://twitter.com/DolinayG Odysee: https://odysee.com/@adriandolinay:0 Medium: https://medium.com/@adriandolinayPODCAST: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-aspiring-stem-geek/id1765996824 Audible: https://www.audible.com/podcast/The-Aspiring-STEM-Geek/B0DC73S9SN?source_code=ASSGB149080119000H&share_location=pdp iHeart Radio: https://iheart.com/podcast/202676097/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/60dPNJbDPaPw7ru8g5btxV?si=26e034e416f446d8|-Video Chapters-|0:00 – Intro

In this episode I talk with Bradley Knutson and BrittanyHuber. Both Bradley and Brittney work in tech; Bradley is a full stack developer and Brittany is a support engineer. In the episode we talk about the coding bootcamp Bradley and Brittany attended, breaking into the tech field,full stack development, debugging complex systems, AI’s potential disruption in the job market, nerd pop culture and we finish off with Bradley taste testing ghost pepper sauce. I hope you enjoy!ARTICLES:‘Diablo IV’ developers work long hours, bracing for impending release from TheWashington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2022/12/08/diablo-iv-release-date-crunch/What is Full Stack Development? from AWS: https://aws.amazon.com/what-is/full-stack-development/What is Git? From git-scm: https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Getting-Started-What-is-Git%3FThe Future of Jobs Report 2025 from the World Economic Forum : https://www.weforum.org/publications/the-future-of-jobs-report-2025/Louis Slotin and the criticality accident in Los Alamos from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Slotin#Criticality_accidentLouis Slotin And 'The Invisible Killer' by Martin Zeilig: https://web.archive.org/web/20080516101332/http://www.mphpa.org/classic/FH/LA/Louis_Slotin_1.htmTEXTBOOK:Learn Python the Hard Way by Zed Shaw: https://www.amazon.com/Learn-Python-Hard-Way-Introduction/dp/0321884914CONNECT: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrian-dolinay-frm-96a289106/ GitHub: https://github.com/ad17171717 X: https://twitter.com/DolinayG Odysee: https://odysee.com/@adriandolinay:0 Medium: https://medium.com/@adriandolinayPODCAST: Apple Podcasts:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-aspiring-stem-geek/id1765996824 Audible:https://www.audible.com/podcast/The-Aspiring-STEM-Geek/B0DC73S9SN?source_code=ASSGB149080119000H&share_location=pdpiHeart Radio: https://iheart.com/podcast/202676097/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/60dPNJbDPaPw7ru8g5btxV?si=26e034e416f446d8|-Video Chapters-|0:00 – Intro1:44 – Getting introduced to tech3:45 – The dreams and realities of video game development6:47 – Attending a coding bootcamp8:14 – Tutorial hell14:40 – Learning full stack development at the coding bootcamp22:23 – Group projects and version control (Git, GitHub)27:10 – Is a university education or coding bootcamp worth it in an age of AI?31:57 – Working as a Teaching Assistant36:15 – Working with your sibling in the same company38:26 – Managing and troubleshooting email systems41:15 – Backend development47:04 – Louis Slotin and the Criticality accident during the Manhattan Project49:06 – Animal fun fact51:05 – If you could study something different in school what would it be?54:41 – Travel and trying new things1:00:00 – Which anime character would you cosplay?1:02:15 – Brittany’s travels1:03:49 – Exotic foods1:05:54 – Marvel, Toad and Pokémon1:08:27 – Pokémon cards are an investment in the 21st century…1:13:07 – Labubu1:14:57 – Hot One’s copycat1:14:57 – Conclusion

In this episode I talk to Carl Denis. Carl is a Cybersecurity Engineer. In the episode we talk about Carl’s experience growing up in Haiti, moving to the United States, joining the US Army, working as a helicopter repairer & crew chief, cloud computing, programming, cybersecurity and music recommendations. I hope you enjoy!Haitian Non-Profit P4H Global: https://p4hglobal.org/ARTICLES:POWER OF AI: Wild predictions of power demand from AI put industry on edge: https://www.spglobal.com/commodity-insights/en/news-research/latest-news/electric-power/101623-power-of-ai-wild-predictions-of-power-demand-from-ai-put-industry-on-edgeZero Trust Security Explained: Principles of the Zero Trust Model: https://www.crowdstrike.com/en-us/cybersecurity-101/zero-trust-security/The Attack on Colonial Pipeline: What We’ve Learned & What We’ve Done Over the Past Two Years: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/news/attack-colonial-pipeline-what-weve-learned-what-weve-done-over-past-two-yearsThe vast and sophisticated global enterprise that is Scam Inc (Pig butchering):https://www.economist.com/leaders/2025/02/06/the-vast-and-sophisticated-global-enterprise-that-is-scam-incGoogle Voice for VOIP: https://workspace.google.com/products/voice/ODIE on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/odiexyz/?hl=enODIE on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5aMIbwZQvP2MHPMVC5zCGjAfrobeats playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1EQqFPe2ux3rbjCONNECT: LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrian-dolinay-frm-96a289106/ GitHub: https://github.com/ad17171717 X:https://twitter.com/DolinayG Odysee: https://odysee.com/@adriandolinay:0 Medium: https://medium.com/@adriandolinayPODCAST: Apple Podcasts:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-aspiring-stem-geek/id1765996824 Audible:https://www.audible.com/podcast/The-Aspiring-STEM-Geek/B0DC73S9SN?source_code=ASSGB149080119000H&share_location=pdpiHeart Radio: https://iheart.com/podcast/202676097/ Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/60dPNJbDPaPw7ru8g5btxV?si=26e034e416f446d8|-Video Chapters-|0:00 – Intro1:15 – Growing up in Haiti5:24 – The 2010 earthquake in Haiti12:10 – Non-Profit in Haiti13:35 – Moving to the United States19:20 – Haitian Creole and Louisiana Creole26:50 – Carl’s decision to join the US Army35:01 – Carl’s experience working with helicopters38:06 – The crew chief and pilot relationship41:00 – The heaviest object Carl tied to a Black Hawk42:46 – Being a door gunner46:19 – Dealing with stressful flights54:38 – Going to Arizona State University for IT & cyber security56:24 – Carl joining the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC)1:00:49 – Carl working on his first app1:04:35 – Learning and using AI/ML1:07:27 – Adrian’s app idea1:10:05 – Cloud computing1:15:37 – Services provided by cloud companies1:17:31 – Zero Trust, a cyber security concept1:19:02 – Common cloud compute misconfigurations1:21:05 – Colonial pipeline hack1:24:38 – Pig butchering and other cyber scams1:28:15 – Entertaining the scammers1:30:47 – Voice over IP (VOIP) is worth it1:31:48 – The coolest places Carl visited while with the Army1:35:07 – Music recommendations1:39:17 – Conclusion

In this episode I talk to Jeffin Johnykutty who is a graduate student studying Computer Science at Temple University. In the episode we talk about Jeffin got into programming, sports analytics, WWE, holding a leadership position at University and an AI paper Jeffin and his colleagues wrote at Temple University. I hope you enjoy!Jeffin’s AI Paper - "All Roads Lead to ChatGPT": How Generative AI is Eroding Social Interactions and Student Learning Communities: https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.09779CONNECT: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrian-dolinay-frm-96a289106/ GitHub: https://github.com/ad17171717 X: https://twitter.com/DolinayG Odysee: https://odysee.com/@adriandolinay:0 Medium: https://medium.com/@adriandolinay PODCAST: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-aspiring-stem-geek/id1765996824 Audible: https://www.audible.com/podcast/The-Aspiring-STEM-Geek/B0DC73S9SN?source_code=ASSGB149080119000H&share_location=pdp iHeart Radio: https://iheart.com/podcast/202676097/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/60dPNJbDPaPw7ru8g5btxV?si=26e034e416f446d8|-Video Chapters-|0:00 – Intro0:54 – Jeffin’s introduction to tech & computers6:18 – Declaring a computer science major at Temple University8:53 – Jeffin’s favorite comp sci class at University14:47 – Building Blastpad, a handheld gaming and coding computer23:29 – Joining TUDev, a comp sci club27:35 – Holding a leadership position at University33:05 – American Football & Sports Analytics38:16 – Gambling and sports44:44 – Eagles winning the Superbowl in 201847:29 – Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)55:47 – Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and LLMs1:11:37 – Human Computer Interaction1:14:30 – Jeffin’s AI paper (linked above)1:34:50 – Jeffin’s current work as an IT Admin1:39:20 – The non-technical aspect of tech1:42:52 – Video Games1:52:25 – Hobbies

In this episode I talk with Shawn Dutill who is a Systems Engineer and a programmer. In the episode we talk about how we navigated community college, how we were introduced to programming, meeting at a computer science club at Temple University, dealing with work stressors, DevOps, virtualization, video games and much more. I hope you enjoy!INTRO/OUTRO SONG: Big Stepper by BigXthaPlugCONNECT: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrian-dolinay-frm-96a289106/ GitHub: https://github.com/ad17171717 X: https://twitter.com/DolinayG Odysee: https://odysee.com/@adriandolinay:0 Medium: https://medium.com/@adriandolinayPODCAST:Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-aspiring-stem-geek/id1765996824Audible: https://www.audible.com/podcast/The-Aspiring-STEM-Geek/B0DC73S9SN?source_code=ASSGB149080119000H&share_location=pdpiHeart Radio: https://iheart.com/podcast/202676097/Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/60dPNJbDPaPw7ru8g5btxV?si=26e034e416f446d8|-Video Chapters-|0:00 - Intro0:58 - Adrian talks about teaching2:07 - Creating long form YouTube tutorials6:15 - Probably the most useful thing Adrian will teach: "CTRL + F"7:22 - Windows shortcuts & transitioning full time to Linux10:20 - Video games Shawn played growing up11:57 - League of Legends (LoL)15:12 - Single-player video games19:00 - Old school programmers22:22 - Programming classes at University27:19 - Trying to learn C++ by modeling financial derivatives30:06 - Working a HVAC job in Philadelphia31:45 - Adrian's Community College experiences34:40 - Don't buy a purple Camaro...36:46 - Why Adrian started learning to program41:56 - Shawn's learning about lower level programming43:40 - Spacewar! The first video game on a computer44:25 - Abstractions in the electronic & physical world47:02 - Shawn's favorite experience with TUDev (a comp sci club)49:45 - Trying to figure out what to study in college57:59 - Shawn's work at Lockheed Martin1:04:52 - Transitioning from Community College to a 4 year university1:08:00 - Finding people that are passionate about learning1:13:25 - Shawn's Web Development internship1:23:34 - Shawn's current System Engineering role1:45:29 - Dealing with work stressors1:48:32 - Dungeons & Dragons1:53:14 - Ideal features for a social media platforms1:55:51 - Discord & Discord Bots1:57:20 - Pokémon Cards, Meme Coins and NFTs2:00:13 - Reddit, Millennials probably suck now2:04:13 - Normies vs. techies2:05:44 - Big tech companies will eventually get disrupted2:10:04 - Video games Adrian & Shawn are currently playing2:17:40 - Conclusion

In this episode I talk with Matthew Taylor. Matt is a portfolio manager with over 20 years of experience in the financial industry. We discuss how Matt became interested in finance & economics, Bell Labs, Matt's time as a consultant in the Utilities industry, investing during the Russian default & Asian currency crisis, private equity, hedge funds, the business of AI and book recommendations. Hope you enjoy!CONNECT:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrian-dolinay-frm-96a289106/GitHub: https://github.com/ad17171717X: https://twitter.com/DolinayGOdysee: https://odysee.com/@adriandolinay:0Medium: https://medium.com/@adriandolinayPODCAST:Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-aspiring-stem-geek/id1765996824Audible: https://www.audible.com/podcast/The-Aspiring-STEM-Geek/B0DC73S9SN?source_code=ASSGB149080119000H&share_location=pdpiHeart Radio: https://iheart.com/podcast/202676097/Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/60dPNJbDPaPw7ru8g5btxV?si=26e034e416f446d8BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS:From Third World to First: The Singapore StoryThe Idea Factory by Jon GertnerStuck by Yoni AppelbaumThe Autobiography of Malcolm X|-Video Chapters-|0:00 - Intro1:34 - Growing up in an Academic family2:48 - Bell Labs6:02 - Matt's initial interest in Finance & Economics11:05 - Studying Economics in Swarthmore College12:25 - Philadelphia's Rise & eventual struggles with deindustrialization15:04 - Matt's time in the Electric Utility industry19:04 - The financial/economic regime during the 1990's23:30 - China's Manufacturing Sector26:40 - Software as the driver of manufacturing28:04 - Value investing during the Dot Com Bubble bust31:37 - Portfolio Management35:45 - Finance from different perspectives38:38 - Innovation in South East Asia40:03 - Private equity, hedge funds, venture capital50:55 - The new buzz word in finance52:25 - The Business of AI57:41 - Natural gas and other energy sources1:03:35 - Real estate1:06:45 - Interest rates and manager performance1:10:50 - The GameStop Episode1:17:13 - Financial market shock of April 20251:20:40 - Automation in manufacturing1:22:58 - China exports of electric vehicles1:24:20 - Matt's trip to the Galápagos Islands1:26: 45 - Matt & Adrian's Book recommendations1:32:20 - Matt & Adrian's news source recommendations1:34:03 - Conclusion

In this episode I talk to Jacob Snarr who is a software engineer. In the episode we talk about learning programming languages at a young age, Jacob’s experience with programming robots, computer science, software engineering, the challenges of remote learning, 3d printing, retro electronics, and as always video games. I hope you enjoy!Little Horse GitHub Repo: https://github.com/littlehorse-enterprises/littlehorseARTICLES:Implementation of Fuzzy Control Algorithm in Two-Wheeled Differential Drive Platform: https://blog.nus.edu.sg/chenguoyi/implementation-of-fuzzy-control-algorithm-in-two-wheeled-differential-drive-platform/ OpenAI Cuts Off Engineer Who Used API to Create Voice-Controlled Gun from PCMag: https://www.pcmag.com/news/openai-cuts-off-engineer-who-used-api-to-create-voice-controlled-gun Don’t Even Try Paying Cash in China from the New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/27/technology/alipay-china.html Java Virtual Threads from Oracle:https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/21/core/virtual-threads.html What is Prompt Engineering? from MSU Denverhttp://msudenver.edu/ai/prompt-engineering-guide/ Entropy from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropy Introduction to Hypothesis Testing from Penn State’s Eberly College of Science: https://online.stat.psu.edu/stat500/lesson/6a/6a.1 The basics of the array data structure from Emory College of Arts and Sciences: https://www.cs.emory.edu/~cheung/Courses/170/Syllabus/09/basics.html Steam now explicitly states you don’t own the digital games you’re buying from PCWorld: https://www.pcworld.com/article/2487761/steam-now-explicitly-states-you-dont-own-the-digital-games-youre-buying.html Space Marine 2's free 4K texture pack takes up more space than the entire base game from PCGamer: https://www.pcgamer.com/games/third-person-shooter/space-marine-2s-free-4k-texture-pack-takes-up-more-space-than-the-entire-base-game-and-youre-gonna-need-some-serious-hardware-to-run-it/ VIDEOS:OpenAI Shuts Down Developer Who Made AI-Powered Gun Turret! from AI panorama - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mykcYrpNq_U CONNECT:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrian-dolinay-frm-96a289106/GitHub: https://github.com/ad17171717X: https://twitter.com/DolinayGOdysee: https://odysee.com/@adriandolinay:0Medium: https://medium.com/@adriandolinayPODCAST:Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-aspiring-stem-geek/id1765996824Audible: https://www.audible.com/podcast/The-Aspiring-STEM-Geek/B0DC73S9SN?source_code=ASSGB149080119000H&share_location=pdpiHeart Radio: https://iheart.com/podcast/202676097/Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/60dPNJbDPaPw7ru8g5btxV?si=26e034e416f446d8|-Video Chapters-|0:00 – Intro1:08 – Learning to program at a young age5:09 – Developing Discord Bots6:45 – Call of Duty and Super Smash Bros 649:38 – Jacob’s experience with Robotics17:08 – Boston Dynamics type Robots from China19:38 – ChatGPT Powered Gun 21:51 – Jacob Competing in a robotics competition in China27:13 – Technological innovation in China32:15 – Learning Java for programming34:53 – Zoom University39:26 – ChatGPT and learning43:11 – Prompt Engineering 44:36 – Kids these days and desktops…46:16 – Adrian complaining about macOS GUIs49:34 – Jacob’s favorite computer science courses at university52:17 – Jacob’s Hackathon Project59:01 – Tutoring students in computer science1:06:02 – Teaching programming with Lua and Roblox1:09:41 – Minecraft Servers1:10:14 – Jacob’s current work as an open source maintainer1:16:00 – The curly braces are giving me double vision1:17:21 – Data Science vs Software Engineering1:20:15 – AlphaGo1:22:16 – Jacob's work trip to Ecuador1:24:02 – High elevation can take your breath away1:25:07 – Adrian's trip to Brazil1:26:26 – Jellyfish urban myth?1:27:19 – Video games1:34:49 – 3D printing1:41:06 – Jacob's retro electronics collection1:46:14 – Conclusion

In this video I talk with Nate Wooding who runs the channel,  @themcbobgorge . We talk about how Nate got into creating YouTube videos,  economics, MrBeast's leaked memo, the YouTube algorithm, hiking, exploring new locations and much more. I hope you enjoy! CONNECT WITH NATE: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@themcbobgorge X: https://x.com/barstoolsyria?lang=en Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@barstoolsyria?lang=en NATE'S VIDEOS: The Most Depressing City on Earth: https://youtu.be/EIQse6od6oQ?si=mVqkqJxXyCczly6H The Least Populated Part of the US: https://youtu.be/v6e-cjzuvrg?si=FjWBZcWP8e8F0f6n The Weirdest Airport on Earth: https://youtu.be/NdZEUw3xgDA?si=ogKeWB2Wc9zBUmCo The Shadiest Nonprofit in America: https://youtu.be/nMK4_O9y1f8?si=vD_zqqCexMdfQf6z I Went to a Random Location in New Jersey: https://youtu.be/rsC9T8Tx-KY?si=IB-PqHEzUlf2iTEn I Went to a Random Location in Maryland: https://youtu.be/KOt4YeJQZUY?si=0wVYfs8AOpmJQS34 MRBEAST LEAKED MEMO: https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6623bf84e83241ec49b548e4/66edaa19db6e9359bb92931f_How-To-Succeed-At-MrBeast-Production%20(2).pdf SONG INTRO/OUTRO: Hills Of Mexico by Roscoe Holcomb - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qG0fvN7N2aY&ab_channel=RoscoeHolcomb-Topic CONNECT WITH ADRIAN: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrian-dolinay-frm-96a289106/ GitHub: https://github.com/ad17171717 X: https://twitter.com/DolinayG Odysee: https://odysee.com/@adriandolinay:0 Medium: https://medium.com/@adriandolinay PODCAST: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-aspiring-stem-geek/id1765996824 Audible: https://www.amazon.com/The-Aspiring-STEM-Geek/dp/B0DC72RKR5 iHeart Radio: https://iheart.com/podcast/202676097/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/60dPNJbDPaPw7ru8g5btxV?si=26e034e416f446d8 |-Video Chapters-| 0:00 - Intro 0:59 - Growing up in New Hampshire 2:13 - Creating YouTube videos as a kid 6:25 - Kids these days want to be content creators 8:20 - Important concepts from economics 15:52 - We are "Content Creators" 17:36 - Origin of the name "themcbobgorge" 19:39 - How we generate ideas for videos 29:55 - Podcasts are awesome 31:38 - The leaked MrBeast memo 35:15 - Beast Philanthropy 37:00 - MrBeast's tips on making a video viral 38:39 - Challenges of filming outside 41:26 - Hiking 45:24 - YouTube metrics MrBeast focuses on 47:22 - Making the first minute of a YouTube video compelling 51:32 - Expanding your YouTube audience 56:36 - Music is the most popular genre on YouTube 57:57 - So many videos, so little time 1:00:31 - Short format videos (Tik Tok, YouTube Shorts) 1:08:25 - The open mouth thumbnail 1:10:06 - Nate's take on what makes a video great 1:13:23 - Nate's recording equipment 1:17:55 - Exploring locations in the United States 1:19:17 - Why we make YouTube videos 1:22:39 - Nate's favorite video he made 1:26:25 - Disappointing locations Nate's visited 1:27:36 - The country Nate most wants to visit a random location in 1:30:00 - If Nate could collab with MrBeast 1:31:10 - Conclusion

In this episode I talk with Ronald Anderson. Ron was the Dean of the Fox School of Business at Temple University, taught finance for over 20 years and worked as an engineer and project manager at a Fortune 500 Company. We discuss a variety of topics including: pursuing a degree in engineering, innovation in the energy industry, the pivot to alternative energy, project management, Ron's research into family led companies and AI disrupting teaching. Hope you enjoy! ARTICLES: Pandemic Learning Loss and COVID-19: Education Impacts from the Annie E. Casey Foundation: https://www.aecf.org/blog/pandemic-learning-loss-impacting-young-peoples-futures Reports Of Cheating At Colleges Soar During The Pandemic from NPR.org: https://www.npr.org/2021/08/27/1031255390/reports-of-cheating-at-colleges-soar-during-the-pandemic Visualizing the History of U.S. Inflation Over 100 Years from Visual Capitalist: https://advisor.visualcapitalist.com/inflation-over-last-100-years/ The Defining Series: Basic Well Log Interpretation from Schlumberger: https://www.slb.com/resource-library/oilfield-review/defining-series/defining-log-interpretation Geology of petroleum from the University of Kansas: https://www.kgs.ku.edu/Publications/Oil/primer03.html Electric power sector CO2 emissions drop as generation mix shifts from coal to natural gas from the US Energy Information Administration: https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=48296 How has energy use changed throughout U.S. history? from the US Energy Information Administration: https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=62444 Vogtle’s troubles bring US nuclear challenge into focus from Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/vogtles-troubles-bring-us-nuclear-challenge-into-focus-2023-08-24/ An Empirical Examination of the Role of the CEO and the Compensation Committee in Structuring Executive Pay by Ronald Anderson and John Bizjak: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=220851 Two Walmart Heirs Top $100 Billion Wealth for the First Time from Bloomberg:https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-16/two-walmart-heirs-each-top-100-billion-wealth-for-first-time Founding-Family Ownership and Firm Performance: Evidence from the S&P 500 by Ronald Anderson and David Reeb: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/4992644_FoundingFamily_Ownership_and_Firm_Performance_Evidence_from_the_SP_500 One Culprit in Rising College Costs: Administrative Expenses from US News: https://www.usnews.com/education/articles/one-culprit-in-rising-college-costs Infographic: Who’s The Highest-Paid Public Employee In Your State? From Fast Company: https://www.fastcompany.com/1672861/infographic-whos-your-states-highest-paid-public-employee CONNECT: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrian-dolinay-frm-96a289106/ GitHub: https://github.com/ad17171717 X: https://twitter.com/DolinayG Chapters 0:00 - Intro 1:06 - Growing up in rural Pennsylvania 4:25 - Maintaining friendships over time 5:59 - Importance of education 7:20 - Learning loss during the pandemic 11:23 - Studying geological engineering at the University of Pittsburgh 14:20 - The Great Inflation of the 1970's/80's 14:55 - Pursuing an education & career in an industry you enjoy 17:15 - Working as an engineer at Schlumberger 21:02 - The difficulty of an engineering degree 22:24 - Value of statistics 26:47 - Shifting to Project Management and working across the world 34:32 - Innovations in horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing 38:54 - Natural Gas as a bridge energy 41:56 - Nuclear energy 44:48 - Pursuing a PhD in Finance 48:36 - Researching family led companies 52:55 - Teaching at American University 54:08 - Research and Teaching at a University 56:21 - Chair of the Finance Department at Temple University 57:34 - Rising administrative costs at Universities 1:00:05 - Sports at Universities 1:01:30 - Favorite country to travel to 1:02:45 - Future travel plans 1:04:37 - Advice to aspiring engineers & a warning to future PhDs

In this episode I talk with Evan McIntyre and Chris Krochak, the founding members of the band Torn Boots. In the episode we talk about the instruments and equipment the band uses, software programs to edit songs and how to prep a venue for a live event, the music writing process and the artists, albums and songs we love. Music videos were spliced in throughout the podcast, we hope you enjoy the discussion and the music from the episode!   TORN BOOTS: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TornBoots Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tornbootsmusic/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/70G4Owh8pn8I4uzuMLMLue Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/torn-boots/1273269389 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpWUZbEcZLfZwz9EzArMgCw   MUSIC FROM THE EPISODE: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzj-vuiuluGaweiHyKhVTCJh1TNvEBpBc   PODCAST ALSO AVAILABLE ON: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-aspiring-stem-geek/id1765996824 Audible: https://www.audible.com/pd/B0DC719SJQ?action_code=ASSGB149080119000H&share_location=pdp iHeart Radio: https://iheart.com/podcast/202676097/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/60dPNJbDPaPw7ru8g5btxV?si=26e034e416f446d8   CONNECT: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrian-dolinay-frm-96a289106/ GitHub: https://github.com/ad17171717 X: https://twitter.com/DolinayG Odysee: https://odysee.com/@adriandolinay:0 Medium: https://medium.com/@adriandolinay   |-Video Chapters-| 0:00 - Intro 1:12 - Wearing our favorite band’s/artist’s shirt 2:07 - Forming the band 5:20 - First instruments 8:19 - Opening for Twenty One Pilots 10:15 - The band’s equipment and instrument set up 20:22 - Software for song editing 21:42 - Studio sessions 25:54 - Speaker systems Evan/Chris have at their places 27:10 - The band’s favorite Torn Boot’s songs 31:00 - Chris’ wine song 32:27 - Favorite genres 41:25 - Best guitarist 49:27 - Favorite bands 57:00 - Aliens comes down from space, what albums do you give them? 1:03:25 - Best concerts 1:10:31 - Advice for up-and-coming musicians 1:15:48 - Enthusiastic Aussie and UK fans 1:18:30 - Favorite songs to cover 1:23:05 - Conclusion

In this episode I talk with Ben Kofman, a Offensive Security Engineer. We talk about Ben's introduction to Cybersecurity, offensive vs. defensive cyber, cybersecurity tools every aspiring analyst should know, an exploit Ben found at a tech company and some good EDM artists to study to. Hope you enjoy! CYBERSECURITY READING: Recursive Amplification Attacks: Botnet-as-a-Service (Ben’s Article): https://www.praetorian.com/blog/recursive-amplification-attacks-botnet-as-a-service/ An Unprecedented Look at Stuxnet, the World's First Digital Weapon from Wired: https://www.wired.com/2014/11/countdown-to-zero-day-stuxnet/ Everything You Need for a Career as a SOC Analyst in 2024 from the Dynamic Search Solutions Blog: https://dynamicsearch.co.uk/career-tips/soc-analyst-career/ How Did Thousands of Pagers Used by Hezbollah Explode at the Same Time? from the Wall Street Journal: https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/hezbollah-pager-explosion-explained-ed4274f3 How Do APIs Work? from Akami: https://www.akamai.com/glossary/how-do-apis-work How to become a cybersecurity engineer: ultimate career guide from Hack the Box: https://www.hackthebox.com/blog/how-to-become-a-cybersecurity-engineer-career-guide Red Team vs Blue Team Defined from Crowdstrike: https://www.crowdstrike.com/en-us/cybersecurity-101/advisory-services/red-team-vs-blue-team/ Security architecture design from Microsoft: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/guide/security/security-start-here SolarWinds Hack Victims: From Tech Companies to a Hospital and University from the Wall Street Journal: https://www.wsj.com/articles/solarwinds-hack-victims-from-tech-companies-to-a-hospital-and-university-11608548402 The Untold Story of the Boldest Supply-Chain Hack Ever from Wired: https://www.wired.com/story/the-untold-story-of-solarwinds-the-boldest-supply-chain-hack-ever/ What Is an Incident Response Analyst? From Kingsland University: https://kingslanduniversity.com/incident-response-analyst-become What is Phishing from Fortinet: https://www.fortinet.com/de/resources/cyberglossary/phishing CYBERSECURITY TRAINING: Hack The Box: https://www.hackthebox.com/ Port Swigger Academy: https://portswigger.net/web-security TryHackMe: https://tryhackme.com/ OffSec Proving Grounds: https://www.offsec.com/labs/enterprise/ Sans Net Wars: https://www.sans.org/cyber-ranges/tournament-of-champions/ PODCASTS: Darknet Diaries - NotPetya: https://darknetdiaries.com/transcript/54/ Darknet Diaries – Shadow Brokers: https://darknetdiaries.com/transcript/53/ Darknet Diaries - Stuxnet: https://darknetdiaries.com/transcript/29/ PROGRAMS MENTIONED: Burp Suite: https://portswigger.net/burp Caido: https://caido.io/ Docker: https://www.docker.com/ Kali Linux OS: https://www.kali.org/ VMWare Workstation: https://www.vmware.com/products/desktop-hypervisor/workstation-and-fusion Oracle VirtualBox: https://www.virtualbox.org/ SONG INTRO/OUTRO: One More Time by Daft Punk |-Video Chapters-| 0:00 - Intro 0:57 - Deciding on a major in university 3:04 - Ben's internship experience 4:54 - University majors with optionality 5:23 - Ben’s introduction to Cybersecurity 7:36 - The unusual paths to tech 8:26 - Certifications in Cybersecurity 11:36 - Capture the Flag (CTF) challenges 14:42 - Building an app to handle data processing and search 18:40 - Adrian’s attempt at full stack dev 21:05 - Offensive vs defensive Cybersecurity 24:09 - Social engineering and getting phished 27:29 - A vulnerability Ben found in a company’s application 34:49 - The most technically skilled cyber hacks of our time 42:15 - Cool names for Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) groups 44:50 - How to prepare for a job in Cybersecurity 48:06 - Tools and programs to learn that are useful in Cybersecurity 56:40 - Ben's favorite EDM artists 58:20 - Lofi and synthwave for studying 59:55 - Favorite EDM concerts 1:01:37 - apes.io 1:03:03 - Conclusion

In this episode I talk with Taziamoma Abraham, a software engineer and cloud developer at Amazon Web Services (AWS). We talk about how Taz got into tech, AI's disruptive power in industries, Roblox servers with AAA quality games, wild crypto bets, Taz's experience with an unruly professor and cloud services amongst many other topics. Hope you enjoy! FROM THE PODCAST: phpBB Forum: https://www.phpbb.com/ MyBB Forum: https://mybb.com/ Roblox 101: How to Make Money From Your Video Games from PC Mag: https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/roblox-101-how-to-make-real-money-from-your-video-games Roblox Games Are Better Than AAA Games Now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPHrLI_DYD4&ab_channel=Optimus Vercel Website: https://vercel.com/ OpenAI Introducing the Realtime API: https://openai.com/index/introducing-the-realtime-api/ Number of Documents by Language: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Number-of-documents-by-language_fig2_309465000 Hungry for Energy, Amazon, Google and Microsoft Turn to Nuclear Power: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/16/business/energy-environment/amazon-google-microsoft-nuclear-energy.html Google signs deal to use small modular nuclear reactors to power AI data centers: https://thehill.com/policy/technology/4934027-google-signs-deal-to-use-small-modular-nuclear-reactors-to-power-ai-data-centers/ Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) Miner: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/a/asic.asp ‘Dumb Money’ Is on GameStop, and It’s Beating Wall Street at Its Own Game: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/27/business/gamestop-wall-street-bets.html How does AWS lambda work behind the scenes?: https://blog.bytebytego.com/p/how-does-aws-lambda-work-behind-the What is MLOps?: https://aws.amazon.com/what-is/mlops/ How Much Longer Can Computing Power Drive Artificial Intelligence Progress? CSET Issue Brief: https://cset.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/AI-and-Compute-How-Much-Longer-Can-Computing-Power-Drive-Artificial-Intelligence-Progress.pdf OpenAI searches for an answer to its copyright problems: https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/30/24230975/openai-publisher-deals-web-search SONG INTRO/OUTRO: No Problem by Chance the Rapper PODCAST ALSO AVAILABLE ON Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-aspiring-stem-geek/id1765996824 Audible: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/21fcafdd-2286-4369-8d70-c1329bee55f5/the-aspiring-stem-geek iHeart Radio: https://iheart.com/podcast/202676097/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/60dPNJbDPaPw7ru8g5btxV?si=26e034e416f446d8 CONNECT LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrian-dolinay-frm-96a289106/ GitHub: https://github.com/ad17171717 X: https://twitter.com/DolinayG Odysee: https://odysee.com/@adriandolinay:0 Medium: https://medium.com/@adriandolinay |-Video Chapters-| 0:00 - Intro 1:05 - Getting into tech as a kid 3:02 - Video games 5:20 - Roblox servers 6:10 - ChatGPT powered apps 10:29 - AI near real time voice translation 11:45 - Adapting to an AI world 12:58 - Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) 13:51 - AI energy consumption 17:05 - Purpose built chips 18:42 - Cryptocurrencies 24:13 - My ill fated GameStop bet 27:40 - Sam Houston State University 29:09 - Dr. Dirtbag 35:26 - Potentially teaching 41:55 - Issues with remote teaching 44:02 - Cloud services 51:56 - Opportunities in AI/ML 54:04 - Legal issues of data scraping 56:20 - AI Master's Degree 1:01:35 - Itaewon in Seoul, party city 1:03:35 - Double meaning of "Karaoke" 1:06:46 - Taz's favorite anime 1:09:14 - Taz's sword collection 1:10:10 - Conclusion

In this episode Adrian goes over recent tech new including: the release of Black Myth Wukong & Space Marines 2, Spatial Intelligence in AI Systems, AI companies becoming unicorns, OpenAI becoming a for profit company, Microsoft's deal for energy generation and the Rust/C debate in Linux Kernel development. Hope you enjoy! VIDEO GAME REVIEWS: Black Myth: Wukong - Before You Buy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLnywm2XgJg&ab_channel=gameranx Black Myth Wukong - All Headless Singer Cutscenes (4K): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLnywm2XgJg&ab_channel=gameranx Space Marine 2 - Before You Buy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLnywm2XgJg&ab_channel=gameranx A16Z PODCAST: “The Future of AI is Here” — Fei-Fei Li Unveils the Next Frontier of AI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIXfYFB7aBI&ab_channel=a16z AI UNICORNS: AI Leads New Unicorn Creation As Ranks Of $1B Startups Swells: https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/unicorn-board-ye-december-2023-ai/ OPENAI ARTICLE: Governance of superintelligence: https://openai.com/index/governance-of-superintelligence/ MICROSOFT ENERGY DEAL: Constellation to Launch Crane Clean Energy Center: https://www.constellationenergy.com/newsroom/2024/Constellation-to-Launch-Crane-Clean-Energy-Center-Restoring-Jobs-and-Carbon-Free-Power-to-The-Grid.html THREE MILE ISLAND INFORMATION: Three Mile Island: The Inside Story: https://americanhistory.si.edu/tmi/ LINUX KERNEL: Linux now dominates Azure: https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-now-dominates-azure/ what is wrong with rust and linux???? by ThePrimeTime: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2OKdv4SPdQ&ab_channel=ThePrimeTime Linus Torvalds: Speaks on the Rust vs C Linux Divide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bb3-bjgf88&ab_channel=SavvyNik SONG INTRO/OUTRO: The Glory by Kanye West PODCAST ALSO AVAILABLE ON Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-aspiring-stem-geek/id1765996824 Audible: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/21fcafdd-2286-4369-8d70-c1329bee55f5/the-aspiring-stem-geek iHeart Radio: https://iheart.com/podcast/202676097/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/60dPNJbDPaPw7ru8g5btxV?si=26e034e416f446d8 CONNECT LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrian-dolinay-frm-96a289106/ GitHub: https://github.com/ad17171717 X: https://twitter.com/DolinayG Odysee: https://odysee.com/@adriandolinay:0 Medium: https://medium.com/@adriandolinay |-Video Chapters-| 0:00 - Intro 0:35 - Black Myth Wukong 1:52 - Space Marines 2 3:32 - Spatial Intelligence with AI Systems 5:54 - AI Unicorns 6:45 - OpenAI's for-profit restructuring 8:13 - AI energy consumption 9:16 - Microsoft's deal for nuclear power generation 10:47 - Rust vs C in Linux Kernel Development 12:32 - Importance of Linux distributions 13:37 - Conclusion

In this episode I talk with Damian Kozak who has worked in the robotics field for over 6 years. We discuss his introduction to robotics at Northeastern University, robots Damian has worked with at Amazon, the challenges of automating warehouses, our wild running competition and more. Hope you enjoy our conversation! GOFUNDME DONATION LINK: https://gofund.me/c9411590 FROM THE PODCAST: Amazon Robotics Research: https://www.amazon.science/research-areas/robotics Article - How Amazon deploys collaborative robots in its operations to benefit employees and customers: https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/operations/how-amazon-deploys-robots-in-its-operations-facilities Backyard Ultra Marathon Documentary - JUST ONE MORE LAP : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRXKZSqvtrw Song Intro/Outro: Work by Gang Starr PODCAST ALSO AVAILABLE ON: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-aspiring-stem-geek/id1765996824 Audible: https://www.audible.com/pd/B0DC719SJQ?action_code=ASSGB149080119000H&share_location=pdp iHeart Radio: https://iheart.com/podcast/202676097/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/60dPNJbDPaPw7ru8g5btxV?si=26e034e416f446d8 CONNECT: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrian-dolinay-frm-96a289106/ GitHub: https://github.com/ad17171717 X: https://twitter.com/DolinayG Odysee: https://odysee.com/@adriandolinay:0 Medium: https://medium.com/@adriandolinay |-Video Chapters-| 0:00 - Intro 1:55 - Mechanical Engineering at Northeastern 4:15 - Robotics course at Northeastern 7:30 - Internship at Reiser 10:45 - Work life balance 14:00 - ChatGPT 17:07 - History of Amazon Robotics 20:20 - Robin robot 23:18 - The most impressive robot 25:45 - Data collection from robots 28:52 - Interacting with robots on the warehouse floor 32:26 - Automation levels of warehouses 34:19 - Marathon running 37:32 - Our running challenge 39:58 - Our favorite running environments 43:58 - Ultramarathons 47:51 - The factors that affect your running 52:16 - David Goggins 4x4x48 Challenge 54:58 - Competing against yourself 55:56 - Scuba diving 59:41 - Advice for aspiring mechanical engineers 1:01:12 - Damian's Fundraiser 1:02:32 - Outro

Welcome to the first episode! Here I talk with my friend Matthew Handzy a Data Engineer about a variety of topics including his internship at Bell Labs, a Wordle solver he programmed, video games we enjoy, building computers in Minecraft, speed running LeetCode and our dogs. Hope you enjoy! FROM THE PODCAST: Matt's Wordle Program on GitHub: https://github.com/mhdzy/wordle Solving Wordle using information theory by 3Blue1Brown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v68zYyaEmEA&ab_channel=3Blue1Brown Cosine: The exact moment Jeff Bezos decided not to become a physicist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFnV6EM-wzY&t=27s&ab_channel=TidefallCapital Song Intro/Outro: Bumpy Knuckles Baby by Bumpy Knuckles PODCAST ALSO AVAILABLE ON: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-aspiring-stem-geek/id1765996824 Audible: https://www.audible.com/pd/B0DC719SJQ?action_code=ASSGB149080119000H&share_location=pdp iHeart Radio: https://iheart.com/podcast/202676097/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/60dPNJbDPaPw7ru8g5btxV?si=26e034e416f446d8 CONNECT: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrian-dolinay-frm-96a289106/ GitHub: https://github.com/ad17171717 X: https://twitter.com/DolinayG Odysee: https://odysee.com/@adriandolinay:0 Medium: https://medium.com/@adriandolinay |-Video Chapters-| 0:00 - Intro 0:40 - Welcome to the Podcast! 1:16 - Internship at Bell Labs 4:28 - Matt's Wordle Program 10:11 - Speed running LeetCode 13:40 - Containers and Docker 15:33 - Video games 25:15 - Building computers in Minecraft 27:20 - Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) 30:37 - Tabs vs spaces 32:40 - What is Nuclear Physics? 33:51 - Business vs Academia 36:33 - Our dogs 42:57 - Pump fake 43:41 - Calling myself a "Scientist" and "Engineer" lol 44:31 - Contemplating your limitations 46:30 - Use your time wisely... 47:35 - Prompting ChatGPT for the best answers 50:20 - Outro