328: Shared Resources, Shared Problems
From Brad & Will Made a Tech Pod. by Brad Shoemaker, Will Smith
March 1, 2026 · 1h 20m · Episode 328
About this episode
The episode features a Q&A session addressing various listener questions on technology and consumer electronics.
It's another glorious bounty of listener questions for the monthly Q&A, touching on a bunch of subjects like modern HDMI switchers, enormous turn-of-the-century TVs, MikroTik network gear, Pluribus, why the PCIe retaining clip exists (and how to defeat it), Unix on the desktop, our wishlist ESP32 projects, and the exact moment when cell phones became widespread -- and whether phone numbers are increasingly useless, at least in the US.
People in this episode
Hosts: Brad Shoemaker, Will Smith
Topics covered
- listener questions
- technology
- networking
- telecommunications
- consumer electronics
- Unix
- project ideas
Keywords
- HDMI switchers
- MikroTik
- Unix
- ESP32
- cell phones
- PCIe
- turn-of-the-century TVs
Mentioned in this episode
Products: HDMI switchers, turn-of-the-century TVs, MikroTik network gear, Pluribus, PCIe retaining clip, Unix, ESP32
Places: US
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