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Pre-Chat: The Solution to the Alignment Problem

Mike and Ting talk about friction maxxing and AI emotions.

NOTE: this is the pre-episode warm up chat for TR-49.

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Can 'friction-maxxing' fix your focus? - BBC Future

Butlerian Jihad | Dune Wiki

WALL·E (2008) - IMDb

Soul (2020) - IMDb

The promise and warning of Truth Terminal, the AI bot that secured $50,000 in bitcoin from Marc Andreessen | TechCrunch

Emotion concepts and their function in a large language model \ Anthropic

“Just give me the f***ing links!”—Cursing disables Google’s AI overviews - Ars Technica

OpenAI could reportedly run out of cash by mid-2027 — analyst paints grim picture after examining the company's finances | Tom's Hardware

OpenAI closes Sora video-making app and cancels $1bn Disney deal

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Pre-Chat: Judy Hopps Will Return In Avengers: Doomsday

Mike and Ting talk about the latest Avatar, Disclosure Day and Avengers: Doomsday.

NOTE: this is the pre-episode warm up chat for 2026 Look Forward.

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Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) - IMDb

‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ Surpasses $1 Billion at the Global Box Office | The Walt Disney Company

James Cameron Explains Why 'Avatar 4 and 5' Are Still Not Sure Things

LucasFilm Tells Darth Vader That Return Of The Jedi Hasn't Made A Profit!? - SlashFilm

Disclosure Day | Official Teaser (YouTube)

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) - IMDb

Super 8 (2011) - IMDb

'Avengers: Doomsday' Proved "Superhero Fatigue" Is a Myth in Just 1 Day

The X-Men Will Return | Avengers: Doomsday in Theaters December 18, 2026 (YouTube)

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Pre-Chat: Spotify Wrapped Revisited, Windows 11 Refused

Mike and Ting comment on each other's top Spotify tracks.

NOTE: this is the pre-episode warm up chat for 2025 Wrap Up - Part 2.

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FURFAG - song and lyrics by Pent Up Pup | Spotify

PITS - song and lyrics by Pent Up Pup | Spotify

Already Done - song and lyrics by Free Worship | Spotify

Never Meant to Know - song and lyrics by Tally Hall | Spotify

Intel Ultra 7 258V vs i7-6650U

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Pre-Chat: There's No Pod Like Horse Pod

Mike and Ting talk about their extremely cursed Spotify Wrappeds and YouTube Recaps.

NOTE: this is the pre-episode warm up chat for 2025 Wrap Up.

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Mike’s 2025 Spotify Wrapped

Ting’s 2025 Spotify Wrapped

Mike’s 2025 YouTube Recap

Ting’s 2025 YouTube Recap

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Pre-Chat: The Last One…?

Mike and Ting are taking a break.

NOTE: this is the pre-episode warm up chat for Deltarune.

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Why I think the podcast ended : r/HelloInternet

Somehow Palpatine Returned (YouTube)

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Pre-Chat: Project Vend and Puzzmo

Mike and Ting talk about Anthropic's Project Vend and being a tryhard at Puzzmo.

NOTE: this is the pre-episode warm up chat for Now Playing 2025.

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Project Vend: Can Claude run a small shop? (And why does that matter?) \ Anthropic

Sam Altman says Meta offered $100 million bonuses to OpenAI employees | Reuters

Why Anthropic’s Claude still hasn’t beaten Pokémon - Ars Technica

ClaudePlaysPokemon - Twitch

World fertility rates in 'unprecedented decline', UN says

"Computer Says No..." | Little Britain | Lucas & Walliams (YouTube)

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025) - IMDb

Today's Puzzmo

GD Column 17: Water Finds a Crack | DESIGNER NOTES

TED Tumblewords Mobile Game: Everything You Need To Know About - Netflix Tudum

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Pre-Chat: The Schwartz Awakens

Mike and Ting talk about Spaceballs 2.

NOTE: this is the pre-episode warm up chat for Blue Prince.

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Spaceballs 2 | Announcement (YouTube)

"Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money" (YouTube)

Mel Brooks explains why George Lucas signed off on Spaceballs — with one giant caveat

"Weird Al" Yankovic - Fat (HD Version) (YouTube)

The A.I. Apocalypse - Beyond the Black Void (YouTube)

Austin Powers - fook me and fook yu (YouTube)

I Love Gold! (YouTube)

When 900 years old you reach… (YouTube)

Steve Martin - Wikipedia

Martin Shaw - Wikipedia

How to chat with Meta AI in an individual or group chat | WhatsApp Help Center

"No, I’m Singaporean": TikTok CEO Chew Shou Zi responds to US Senator’s questions about China ties (YouTube)

Play A Mind Forever Voyaging Online - My Abandonware

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Pre-Chat: Please and Thanks

Mike and Ting talk about being polite to AIs and Mike's latest holiday.

NOTE: this is the pre-episode warm up chat for Slay the Spire.

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Sam Altman Admits That Saying "Please" and "Thank You" to ChatGPT Is Wasting Millions of Dollars in Computing Power

Update that made ChatGPT 'dangerously' sycophantic pulled

How to enjoy Japanese hot springs - Onsen

Blue Prince

What Time You Should Go to Bed by Wake-Up Time and Age

Nintendo Is (Kinda) Returning To Region-Locking With A Cheaper Japanese Switch 2

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