Select By ID - A Podcast by Ibrahim Diallo
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S2E32 Communication is Surveillance by Design
While Hollywood films often portray digital tracking as a slow, dramatic countdown, real-world communication technology logs user data instantaneously through metadata and connection records. Every…
S2E31 My experience with Hallucination
According to his biography, Steve Jobs try to get high by depriving himself from sleep. I did the same, although it wasn't intentional. I was a brand new father of twin boys. They cried back to back…
S2E30 Why experts never give a Yes or No answer
Earlier in my career, I found it really annoying when people gave the answer "It depends".I wanted a straight answer I could apply right away. But overtime, I've come to recognize my frustration was…
S2E29 Where did you think the AI training data was coming from?
When the news broke that Meta's AI glasses users were getting their videos uploaded to the company's servers without consent, I wasn't shocked. Facebook is known for using customer data, so what was…
S2E28 Cracks in the AI industry
We are starting to see cracks in the AI industry. Nvidia is backtracking its investment commitment, OpenAI is experimenting with ads, and the promises of AGI are even grandeur. AI is a useful tool…
S2E27 Read the Source Code
As a developer, a lost skill is the ability to read the source code of your favorite library and frameworks. The language is free, the tools are free, and open source gifts you with the source code…
S2E26 Why we are loyal to platforms.
Platforms are designed to obscure the vendor names when you are purchasing a product. On Amazon, all products appear to be amazon products. They take in all the success. But when the product fails,…
S2E25 Mo Samuels wrote this. Or an AI did.
Mo Samuels is the free lancer who wrote all of Seth Godin books for just $10,000 a piece. But then again, it's very possible that he doesn't exist. Join me as I explore why people hate articles…
S2E24 Who is Stealing from OpenAI
OpenAI is accusing Chinese companies from stealing from them to build their own smaller cheaper model. Last I checked, I never gave OpenAI to scrape my website and train on my content. Yet they did…
S2E23 Factional Drifts
There is a rich ecosystem the grows in the comment section of any popular article. It starts with people expressing their opinion in support or against the article. But this doesn't last very long.…
S2E22 Thinking Improves Thinking
The more you think, the better you get at it. But the opposite is also true. The mind is a muscle, and leave it unstrained and it will atrophy.
S2E21 Programming tools are forever free
New programmers are facing a new reality. It's now pay to play. Every bootcamp or certificate requires you pay for some tools to learn the very basic. I'm here to tell you the free tools I've used in…
S2E20 Misemployment: The 40 million dollars job
It's easy to spot bullshit jobs. You just work in exchange for a paycheck even if you know your employer doesn't really need you. It's not so different them misemployment. However, there are other…
S2E19 Open Molten Claw
Years ago, I discovered a single line of code on our company's WordPress server that gave attackers complete control for three years. We patched it, learned our lesson, and moved on.Today, developers…
S2E18 Last year all my friends were making apps.
Now all the apps are nowhere to be found. They discovered that the AI app builders are great at making a brochure like app that likes shiny and polished. But when you want it to do anything useful,…
S2E17 Why our software suck!
We all make shitty software with bugs. The differentiator is how much we are willing to stick around and improve it when the excitement has faded.
S2E16 The Power of Oracle is Great Salesmenship
Oracle is not a giant of tech because it makes great software. Instead, it's because they have great salesmen who can lock you into a contract for 10 years. No ingenuity can help you escape.
S2E15 Vibe Knowing
Have you ever watched an educational video like Veritasium and felt super smart? But then, when you want to explain the concept from the video, you brain falters? Very often, we feel smart because we…
S2E14 Microsoft Hostile Windows Update
Microsoft is in a campaign to alienate their most loyal users. I've been using multiple OS on a regular basis, but they are making it harder for me to work. It's time to ditch them for good.
S2E13 Phone number required.
When you go to a store, they ask you for your phone number casually. As if it is required to perform any transactions. This is data collection in disguise. Just remember, you don't have to share any…
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Select By ID - A Podcast by Ibrahim Diallo has published 103 episodes since July 2025, covering topics in Technology.
Select By ID - A Podcast by Ibrahim Diallo is currently sporadic with new episodes every few days. Average episode length is 11m.
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