4 chapters across the catalog
Family Response and Show Continuity During Medical Emergency
Adam Curry recounts how John C. Dvorak's family, including his wife Mimi and daughter Jay, managed the crisis. The family attempted to access Dvorak's computers for show business, leading to difficulties with two-factor authentication and passwords. Dvorak's son JC and guest host Horowitz are credited for maintaining the podcast schedule during the recovery period.
No Agenda Social User Purge, Password Recovery Debate
The hosts discuss an upcoming purge of approximately 3,000 inactive accounts on the No Agenda Social Mastodon instance. A disagreement ensues regarding the functionality of the platform's password recovery system and whether technical failures have contributed to the loss of active users.
Hollywood producer Dana Brunetti reportedly has an inactive account on No Agenda Social, leading to a discussion about the platform's lack of a functional password recovery system. The hosts joke that the system's difficulty keeps certain people away. The segment concludes with the discovery that the domain "opensourcemeat.io" is currently held by a broker.
A technical failure with Skype delayed the podcast stream by one hour, leading to a discussion about Microsoft's difficult password recovery process. The narrative explores how users often provide fake birthdates, such as January 1, 1901, to bypass privacy concerns, which inadvertently skews demographic data for internet services.
