Best Seagate Podcasts (2025)

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Seagate CHRO Patricia Frost: Leave No One Behind 26:47

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Patricia Frost, EVP and CHRO of Seagate, is one of the most fascinating and highest-performing CHROs we’ve met. Patricia has decades of experience as a US Army military leader, most recently as Director of Cyber, Electronic Warfare and Information Operations. How does her extensive military, warfare, and leadership experience pay off? As you’ll hea…

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2.5 Admins 271: Dead Internet 27:54

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Why you should keep your Baseboard Management Controller off the network, ZFS is hard to defeat with a zip bomb, how bad the Internet bot problem probably is, and building a small home server cluster. Plug Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Discussion Supermicro server motherboards can be infected with u…

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AI Agents: Not Always Right But Seldom In Doubt 22:11

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This week I discuss the latest BBC study on AI answer quality from public data sources. As I discuss, the BBC and EBU found that 45% of news queries produce erroneous answers, so the reality has set in: public domain AI engines are neither “superintelligent” nor are they perfect. Yet they are very self-confident. So we, as users, need to be careful…

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Why Lenovo TruScale Is Changing IT Forever with Tim Freeth 29:41

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What if your IT infrastructure could scale as fast as your business grows? In this episode of Smarter Strategic Thinking, we sit down with Tim, Lenovo’s TruScale Channel Sales Lead, to uncover how TruScale is reshaping the future of enterprise IT through flexible as-a-service models — from GPU as a Service to AI infrastructure. If you’re an MSP, CT…

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5 Ways Leaders Can Reverse Quiet Quitting in Today's Workplace (3 of 3) 12:51

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In this episode, Bernie Borges zooms out to explore quiet quitting through the lens of workplace culture. Here are three key discussion points you won’t want to miss: 1. The State of Employee Engagement: According to Gallup, global employee engagement dropped from 23% to 21% in 2024. That means nearly 79% of workers worldwide are disengaged, costin…

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Why 45% Of AI Answers Are Incorrect: Thinking Skills You Need To Stay Safe 17:22

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In this podcast I discuss the risky business models AI labs are considering for their products and why accuracy, trust, and information quality is so so important (and difficult to ascertain). And that leads to a question we’re all asking: what are the real skills you need to flourish from AI and how does AI possibly change our mode of thinking? Af…

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2.5 Admins 270: Storage Shortage 27:46

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It looks like the storage companies aren’t betting on the AI bubble lasting much longer, the arguments against self-hosting, and setting up a server for virtualization and containers. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes ZFS Performance Tuning in the Real World: ARC, L2ARC, and SLOG Discussion Expect…

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Is AI About To Bite Us? Debunking The Three Fears About AI. 13:24

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This week I met with dozens of HR leaders in Europe and there were many discussions about the risks of AI. AI is going to take all our jobs away. AI is going to get out of control and ruin our lives. AI is going to become smarter than humans and overtake us. AI is going to make us all more stupid because we won’t have to think. In this podcast I de…

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The Rise Of The Supermanager 18:40

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In this week’s podcast I describe the new role of manager in the age of AI. No, managers are not going away and managers are not going to be managing agents as people. Rather a new Supermanager role has emerged: the leader who can drive transformation, lead AI innovation, and learn the details of AI to create change. AI transformation is very much …

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Tips for Leaders and Employees to Overcome Quiet Quitting (2 of 3) 13:48

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On the second of three episodes on quiet quitting, host Bernie Borges dives deep into why fulfillment matters and how it’s connected to the growing issue of quiet quitting. Whether you’re an employee feeling disengaged or a leader trying to inspire your team, there are practical steps you can take today to bring meaning back to your work life. Here…

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2.5 Admins 269: End of 10? 25:27

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Windows 10 is officially end of life but Microsoft extends free updates for Windows 10 in Europe, it gets even harder to use a local account in Windows 11, and whether repurposing old server hardware is worth it. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes What the Future Brings – ZFS Features, Roadmap, and…

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Technical Expert to Founder | The EuroNAS Story with Tvrtko Fritz 32:04

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From Founder's Vision to Software Innovation — The Complete EuroNAS & eEVOS Story with Tvrtko Fritz! We dive deep into: Tvrtko's founding journey and the specific problem that sparked EuroNAS creation. How EuroNAS has navigated the tech landscape for over a decade with core values intact. What sets EuroNAS apart from other software virtualisation c…

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Quiet Quitting and the Fulfillment Gap at Work (1 of 3) 15:23

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This week on the Life Fulfilled podcast, host Bernie Borges kicks off a three-part series all about quiet quitting. He explains what it really is, why it matters, and what you can do if you realize you’re in the middle of it. Bernie opens with the tough question: How do you show up at work? Are you still motivated, or are you just going through the…

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Are Layoffs The Only Way To Make AI Transformation Happen? 15:28

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This week I discuss this ongoing trend of layoff announcements, typically coupled to “AI.” And as you’ll hear, this is quite a complex topic which gets into company culture, labor relations, and ultimately long term business strategy. A new article in The Economist claims that “Europe Crushes Innovation” because of its old-fashioned labor rules. Th…

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2.5 Admins 268: The Salter Philosophy 23:27

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A Red Hat breach leads to a leak of lots of sensitive customer data, Synology backs down on allowing third-party drives but they are removing features, and managing ZFS properties during replication. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Optimizing ZFS for High-Throughput Storage Workloads News Red Ha…

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SAP Jumps Ahead In AI Agents With Joule, HCM Features, And More 10:43

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This week I discuss SAP’s massive launch of AI agents throughout the suite, and the growing importance of Joule, SAP’s business agent for all employees. The architecture is now well built out and I explain how AI is permeating the ERP and HCM space. I also discuss our new Galileo – Joule agent-to-agent integration and how MCP and a2a protocols are …

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OpenAI Just Dropped A Bomb On The Learning Market 7:11

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Is Tape Dead? Insurgo with Iain Hamilton 43:21

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Explore the truth behind tape storage with Insurgo’s Iain Hamilton! We dive deep into: How Insurgo became a global leader in tape management. Innovations in secure, sustainable data destruction. Why tape is still relevant for modern, secure, and cost-effective data strategies. Environmental and compliance challenges, and how to solve them smartly. …

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Claiming Career Fulfillment by Embracing Mental Health and Self-Worth 27:21

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This week, host Bernie Borges speaks with Chief People Officer Shamayne Braman, a fellow speaker at the upcoming HR Wellness and Executive Summit. They explore what it really means to experience career fulfillment, moving beyond titles, compensation, and prestige. Here are three powerful takeaways from their conversation: 1️⃣ Redefining Failure and…

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AI Is Messing With The Job Market In Ways We Didn't Anticipate 25:20

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Listen, I’m very positive on the potential for AI to reinvent our jobs, careers, and companies. But making us all Superworkers is much trickier than we think. This week I discuss the far-reaching implications of AI on jobs and careers, and explain why and how the new world of “no job growth” with “massive job reinvention” gives us a mandate and cle…

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2.5 Admins 267: Hoarding Cache 26:11

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The weird errors you see when your root partition is full, TikTok uses a lot of bandwidth by preloading videos, and dealing with a ZFS pool that won’t import. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Keeping Data Safe with OpenZFS: Security, Encryption, and Delegation News/discussion Dark patterns killed…

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How Japan's Culture Of Business Teaches Us About AI Transformation 16:56

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This week I’ve been in Asia and in this podcast I describe how Japan’s economic history teaches us about AI transformation in our careers and our companies. I also describe my experience using Galileo on my 7 hour flight from Japan to Singapore. Takeaways Why has Japan’s economy has stagnated since the mid-80s. The aging population poses significan…

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How Inspiration Drives Fulfillment, Performance, and Purpose 29:25

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This week, executive coach and author Danielle Baldwin joins us for an eye-opening conversation about the transformative power of inspiration. Danielle shares why inspiration isn't just an emotional spark, but the force behind greater fulfillment, peak performance, and a deeper sense of purpose in both life and work. Three impactful insights from o…

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Performance Management In Age of AI. Why Culture Matters More Than Ever 19:15

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This week I discuss the broad topic of “how do we manage individual performance” while employees become superpowered by AI? Do we need a different or new process? Should we push deliver metrics higher? Or do we change the model? As I explain in this discussion, the big change in work is how everyone is “super-charged,” enabling all of us to get mor…

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2.5 Admins 266: Jiggawatts of Hallucinations 31:17

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Intel and Nvidia are teaming up for multiple reasons, Open AI are planning to build data centers and use a ludicrous amount of power, LLM hallucinations aren’t going away, and how long we keep servers and hard drives in production. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Troubleshooting ZFS – Common Iss…

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Living In A Continuous Earthquake: Why Supermanagers Matter 20:23

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Today, broadcasting from Asia, I discuss the wide range of disrupting change hitting our companies, employees, and leaders and the implications on management. As you’ll hear, AI is only one of many things changing our landscape, and we, as leaders, have to rethink our role. I introduce the idea of a Supermanager, and I explain how in today’s enviro…

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Julia Stiglitz On The Revolution in Online Learning 24:27

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I have had the pleasure of knowing Julia Stiglitz, one of the founders of Coursera, for years. Her latest venture, Uplimit, is an AI-native corporate learning platform and it is one of the revolutionary systems in the market (complimentary to Galileo Learn, by the way). Julia and I had the opportunity to talk about how online learning has changed, …

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You Have More Control Than You Think Even in Crisis 31:25

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Episode 253 features Heather A. Campbell, an entrepreneur, author, and founder of Ready, Set, Recover. If you’ve ever faced a surgical procedure with a sense of dread, this conversation will change your approach. Here’s a quick recap of our three key discussion points: 1️⃣ Turning Anxiety into Empowerment: When Heather faced surgery herself, she fo…

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What Happens In Vegas, Stays In Vegas - HR Tech 2025-6 13:59

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Here’s my quick recap of HR Technology 2025, which was jam-packed with vendors like never before. The HR traffic was down but the vendor traffic was higher than I’ve seen in years. Why? Well $800 billion has been invested in AI infrastructure this year and many of these software companies are taking advantage of it. There are probably too many tool…

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2.5 Admins 265: Storage Lies 27:53

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Joe set up a FreeBSD box to serve as a replication target and it was surprisingly straightforward, if rather different from Linux. Plus the lies that storage tells us. Plug Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes See our contact page for ways to get in touch.By The Late Night Linux Family

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How Sana Transforms Workday's Learning Platform, And Much More 30:59

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Today, only a few weeks after acquiring Paradox and Flowise, Workday announced the acquisition of another AI company: Sana Labs. Sana, the company that we partner with for Galileo and Galileo Learn, is a pioneering AI-native platform designed for learning, knowledge management, and agentic applications. The Sana Agent and Sana Learning platforms gi…

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Seagate Technology's Rebound Story through Connection, Trust and Transparency 28:55

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This episode features Kristin Pascual, VP of Communications, Culture, and Community at Seagate Technology. Kristin shares the story of how Seagate faced a massive market downturn, losing 50% of revenue and 35% of its workforce, yet emerged stronger, with a renewed sense of purpose and record-high employee engagement. Here are 3 key takeaways from o…

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The AI Revolution in Talent Acquisition, and Perspectives On Tech and M&A 27:23

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Preview of my big HR Tech keynote! This week I give you in-depth perspectives on the massive AI tech bubble, the massive revolution in talent acquisition systems, and what to expect from M&A in the future. We’re in a whole new world of HR Technology and vendors are scrambling to buy, build, or invest to keep up. I’ll be keynoting many events this F…

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2.5 Admins 264: A Question of Trust 30:27

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Matrix shows how painful enormous databases can be to restore, why the certificate authority system doesn’t seem to make sense in 2025, a hosting provider thinks they are better than Cloudflare at blocking malicious traffic, a viral app turns out to be written by an enthusiastic dev who doesn’t understand best practices, and using S3 object storage…

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Building a Culture of Trust as the Foundation for Workplace Fulfillment 28:26

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This week features the leadership and organizational development experts from Global Ascent Consulting Corporation (GACC). This episode explores the powerful synergy shared between GACC and the host's Fulfilled@Work Academy in bringing best practices and solutions for cultivating fulfillment in the workplace. Joined by CEO and Founder Fredrick Smit…

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The Job Market Crash, Open AI's Job Strategy, And My Experience With Learning Agents 26:24

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This week I summarize some massive news about the job market, job creation, and OpenAI’s move to enter the world of AI skills development and talent matching. Please read the detailed article for more details. In addition to diving into these topics, I also tell you my story of “learning agents” and why self-development and AI-powered learning is g…

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2.5 Admins 263: Seagate RAID 28:41

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McDonald’s IT systems seem to be riddled with 90s-style coding errors, we finally know where the fraudulent hard drives came from, when IT workers go rogue, and ZFS on root without using FreeBSD or Ubuntu. Plug Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes News/discussion How I Hacked McDonald’s Seagate Uncovers Gl…

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Taylor Stockton, Chief Innovation Officer for US Dept. of Labor 26:21

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This week I’m excited to share my interview with Taylor Stockton, Chief Innovation Officer for the US Department of Labor. You will learn about the American AI Action Plan and the detailed America’s Talent Strategy: Building the Workforce for the Golden Age, two strategy documents which describe how the Federal Government is investing in AI technol…

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Engaged Employees Drive Higher Performance through Purpose and Fulfillment 24:26

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This episode features Myriam Vidalon, SVP of Culture & Workforce Transformation and Chief Diversity Officer at NielsenIQ. We discussed how NIQ is embedding purpose into their culture, resulting in fulfilled, engaged teams with strong performance. 🗝️ Three key takeaways: 1️⃣ DEI is evolving, not disappearing. Performative DEI, where organizations ju…

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Labor Day Arrives: How AI Changes Everything For Workers 27:56

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US Labor Day is always a time to celebrate workers. Well this year, unlike years before, the entire labor market is changed. Not only are many front-line workers in high demand, white-collar workers are experiencing a hiring slowdown and automation is impacting everyone. And for the first time in my career, the BLS expects very little job growth in…

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2.5 Admins 262: It’s About Control 28:51

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Google is planning to assert even more control over which Android apps can be installed, the US government takes a 10% stake in Intel, and minimum networking speeds in homes and offices. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes ZFS Basecamp Launch: A Panel with the People Behind ZFS News/discussion A new…

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Will AI Obsolete Employee Surveys? Perceptyx Says AI Can Do Much More. 31:33

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In this podcast Kathi Enderes interviews Joe Freed, Chief Product officer at Perceptyx, explains the company’s strategy to extend its employee engagement platform to provide nudges, manager tools, and in-depth analysis of employee needs. While the employee survey is not dead yet, you’ll see where things are going. Perceptyx is a well-known survey a…

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Relationship Skills You Never Learned but Desperately Need 30:40

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This week, we're featuring Adele Currin, a relationship and communication coach, for a transformative conversation about the real skills we need for thriving, fulfilling relationships. Adele opens up about her own journey through the ups and downs of marriage, and how those experiences inspired her to help others navigate their own relationship cha…

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Is Superintelligence Nonsense? Why The AI Market Stumbled. 20:23

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The AI market boom took a pause last week when GPT-5 and some new research from MIT appeared. As you’ll hear, the expectations for AI are extraordinarily high and that causes a lot of bubble effects. Today I explain this bubble and where it’s going. I also discuss our latest experiences with AI transformation in business, and why “task automation” …

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Workday Acquires Paradox, A Bigger Deal Than You Think 22:02

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This week I discuss Workday’s acquisition of Paradox, the pioneer in AI-powered conversational recruiting. As I describe in detail, this is a big deal – and it goes beyond Workday’s ability to now offer high-volume, conversational recruitment. Talent Acquisition itself is about to radically change with AI, and this moves Workday into a leading posi…

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2.5 Admins 261: Worms and Baskets 24:01

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Why you can’t rely on a single cloud provider, Jim discovers AI that spreads itself like a worm, and configuring all-flash arrays. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes FreeBSD Summer Roundup: Guide to Lock-In Free Infrastructure News/discussion AWS deleted my 10-year account and all data without warn…

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Finding Your Purpose & Redefining Success for a Life Fulfilled 1:12:33

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This is a group episode featuring nine individuals who share authentic perspectives about the meaning of fulfillment in their lives. Host Bernie Borges emphasizes that fulfillment is deeper than happiness, connected to achievement or purpose, and "nearly always immutable." 🗝️ Three key takeaways: 1️⃣ Redefining Success and Fulfillment for Personal …

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White Hot AI Dev Tool Market: Workday Acquires Flowise And More 14:06

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The new battle for AI supremacy is now moving to the application development space, or IDE (Integrated Development Environments). These companies, like Cursor, Windsurf, Github Copilot, Replit, Google AI Studio, and Microsoft Power tools, are exploding with growth. Why? Because in the world of AI, we’re all application developers! (Listen to “We’re…

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2.5 Admins 260: Watery Email 26:36

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AMD’s recent mobile-class processors impress us with their power to performance ratio, the UK government suggests a preposterous way to save water, setting up verified boot with snapshots, and the best way to configure ZFS to run VMs. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes ZFS Summer Roundup: Smart Har…

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The Amazing Story of Workhuman, Recognition Market Leader 37:36

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In this podcast I interview Eric Mosley, the Founder and CEO of Workhuman, a $Billion dollar company that pioneered the market for employee recognition. Today Workhuman has more than 7.7 million users and is widely used by many of the largest companies in the world. What does Workhuman do? Well they help you build a corporate wide program for emplo…