Episode 375: Ask Noah Show 365 | Ajit Pai

Ajit Pai, the former Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission joins Noah and Steve to discuss regulation at the federal level and how we best frame our laws to promote innovation and the freedom of the internet.

-- During The Show --

00:58 Noah Helps Son's Friend

• Buys bits at a time
• Went Linux vs $200 Windows
• Walked him through all the steps
• Made a recovery script

03:20 Glenn From The Geek Lab

• Switched away from Mail in a Box
• Went to Mailcow
• Your experience with blacklists?

04:48 Penguin From The Geek Lab

• Bunny CDN?
• Open Source going strong
• Open source friendly options
• Why you may need a CDN

06:27 Mobile Operating Systems

• Many devices still need android drivers
• Sailfish OS
• Incremental improvements still being made

07:50 Inventree

• Inventree
• Divides purchasing and selling
• Manage Suppliers
• BOM Management

08:58 News Wire

• GNU C Library 2.39 - Source Ware

• Helium OS Public Alpha - Helium OS

• OnlyOffice - Only Office

• LibreOffice 24.2 - Document Foundation

• Scribus 1.6 - Scribus

• Mesa 24.0 - Freedesktop.org

• Ubuntu 24.04 & Linux 6.8 - OMG Ubuntu

• KaOS Linux 2024.01 - 9 to 5 Linux

• Nitrux 3.3 - NXOS

• SUDO on Windows Server - Bleeping Computer

• PKL Programing Language - Tech Radar

• Glibc Flaw - The Hacker News

• GNU C v2.39 - Source Ware

• AI2 Full Open Source LLM - Axios.com

• Protect AI Integrates LLM Guard - csoonline.com

• Hugging Face AI Assistant Maker - Venture Beat

• Mistral CEO Confirms Leak - Venture Beat

10:50 Ajit Pai Interview

• What was your big picture of the FCC when you were appointed?
• Why advocate for less regulations and what were the results?
• Where does the line fall between FCC and elected officials?
• Does regulation stifle innovation?
• What are you views on net neutrality?
• Where is the line between giving authority to state and local government vs the FCC?
• Internet/last mile providers and internet backbone
• ICS in prisons
• Is there any reason why internet couldn't facilitate low cost communications in prisons?
• Can you see a time where the federal government puts in internet infrastructure?
• AI and robo calls and texts
• What can you speculate about the FCC and frameworks for licensing space stations engaged in in-space servicing, assembly, and manufacturing (ISAM)
• Where do you see the future of ham radio?
• FCC.gov
• NY Times
• Ars Technica
• FCC PDF

Events coming up

• Texas Linux Fest
• Linux Fest North West
• Scale
• SELF

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