{"id":6936,"date":"2025-10-01T14:58:46","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T19:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/?p=6936"},"modified":"2025-11-05T12:38:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T17:38:04","slug":"episode-784-the-great-algorithm-bake-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2025\/10\/01\/episode-784-the-great-algorithm-bake-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 784: The Great Algorithm Bake-Off"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Episode 784\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7DuAED2reVk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Listen below with the audio player or <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pe53l-1NS\">Click Here<\/a> for complete show notes and video from the show.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7479\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6936-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep784_250929.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep784_250929.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep784_250929.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep784_250929.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Tech_Ep784_250929.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Feedback<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>QOTW: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo?fbid=1342273014570150&amp;set=a.740221581441966\">What&#8217;s the most useless\/obsolete piece of technology you own, and why haven&#8217;t you thrown it away yet?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>On This Day In History for October 1, 2025<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the 274th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 91 days remaining in 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It was on this date in 1890, that Yosemite National Park was established by the U.S. Congress.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>That same date in 1891, Stanford University opened its doors in California, United States.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>On October 1, 1903, Baseball: The Boston Americans played the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>That same date in 1908, Ford Model T automobiles were offered for sale at a price of US$825.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The George Washington Bridge in the United States was opened, linking New Jersey and New York on this date in 1931.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It was also this date in 1940 that the Pennsylvania Turnpike, often considered the first superhighway in the United States, opened to traffic.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It was on this date in 1947, that The North American F-86 Sabre flew for the first time.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>67 years ago today, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics was replaced by NASA.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>October 1, 1961, The CTV Television Network, Canada&#8217;s first private television network, was launched.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It was 56 years ago today that Concorde broke the sound barrier for the first time.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Also on October 1, 1971, Walt Disney World opened near Orlando, Florida.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Also today in 1971, The first practical CT scanner was used to diagnose a patient.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It was also this date in 1982 that Sony and Phillips launched the compact disc in Japan; on the same day, Sony released the model CDP-101 compact disc player, the first player of its kind.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It was 43 years ago today, that EPCOT Center (Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow) opened at Walt Disney World in Florida.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>24 years ago today, 3G wireless technology first became available when it was adopted by Japanese telecommunications company NTT Docomo.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>On October 1, 2003, the popular and controversial English-language imageboard 4chan was launched.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Happy birthday goes out on this date to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>American engineer and businessman who founded the Boeing Company, William Boeing, born on this date in 1881.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Edgar Krahn, Estonian mathematician and academic was born on that same date in 1894.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Austrian-English physicist and academic, Otto Robert Frisch, born on this date in 1904.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jos\u00e9 Enrique Moyal, Australian physicist and engineer was born on that same date in 1910.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>English mathematician, astronomer, and politician, Lord Mayor of Manchester, Kathleen Ollerenshaw was born 113 years ago today.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Also born on that same date in 1922,&nbsp; Chinese-American physicist, academic, and Nobel Prize laureate, Chen-Ning Yang.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>American game designer, co-created Dungeons &amp; Dragons, Dave Arneson was born 78 years ago today.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Born October 1, 1950, Russian physician and astronaut Boris Morukov.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hungarian mathematician and educator, \u00c9va Tardos is 68 today.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Also born on that same date in 1960,&nbsp; American scientist, Doppler on Wheels inventor, and storm chaser, Joshua Wurman.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Listener Birthdays<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1 &#8211; 10\/1 = 101 &amp; Stephen Wesche (From Saint Louis Missouri) (Pronounced Like the first part of the word &#8220;Wet&#8221; and the word &#8220;She&#8221;)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 &#8211; Adam Rumpke<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>6 &#8211; John Deurholt (Jo Dho)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>And that\u2019s the way it was, on this day in history for October 1, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the <a href=\"https:\/\/chuckchat.com\/birthday\">Birthday Calendar<\/a> link.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>News<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africaninspace.com\/news\/nasa-announces-voyager-1s-remarkable-new-discovery-at-the-edge-of-our-solar-system-49185\/\">NASA announces Voyager 1\u2019s remarkable new discovery at the edge of our solar system &#8211; African In Space<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thedebrief.org\/unusual-new-3i-atlas-discovery-suggests-the-interstellar-comet-is-anomalously-massive\/\">Unusual New 3I\/ATLAS Discovery Suggests the Interstellar Comet is \u201cAnomalously Massive\u201d &#8211; The Debrief<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/astronomy\/dwarf-planets\/this-dwarf-planet-has-gas-makemakes-methane-surprises-scientists\">This dwarf planet has gas: Makemake&#8217;s methane surprises scientists | Space<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Hacks &amp; Strange Stories<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomshardware.com\/networking\/enthusiasts-bond-twelve-56k-dial-up-modems-together-to-set-dial-up-broadband-records-a-dozen-screeching-boxes-achieve-record-668-kbps-download-speeds\">Enthusiasts bond twelve 56K modems together to set dial-up broadband records \u2014 a dozen screeching boxes achieve record 668 kbps download speeds | Tom&#8217;s Hardware<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Shout out to the chat room<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch us live every Sunday night at 8:30PM ET on Facebook. 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We\u2019ve got various levels of donations and in return we have various patron packages including a special \u201cafter show\u201d we record just for the patrons!<a href=\"https:\/\/patreon.com\/technoramapodcast\"> <em>patreon.com\/technoramapodcast<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Pass me the remote<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Chuck\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Infinitum: Subject Unknown (YouTube)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cunk on Life (Netflix)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (Netflix)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adolescence (Netflix)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kreg\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Star Trek: Kahn<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Only Murders in the Building &#8211; Hulu<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Question of the week<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If you had to permanently give up one category of modern technology, which one would you ditch and why?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>End of Show Stuff<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>We appreciate your support. 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