# Ep 254: AI, Hijack Guy, and Water Rockets Fly

- Show: [Hackaday Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast)
- Published: 2024-01-26
- Length: 1h 04m
- Episode: 254
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-01-26-ep-254-ai-hijack-guy-and-water-rockets-fly
- Listen: https://hackaday.libsyn.com/ep-254-ai-hijack-guy-and-water-rockets-fly

## Summary

Hackaday editors Elliot Williams and Al Williams discuss the legal dispute between Haier and a Home Assistant developer over API usage, noting Haier's retreat to dialogue. They analyze a C programming quiz that tests knowledge of obscure language behaviors, debating its value in hiring. The episode also covers Wen Ting Jong's reverse engineering of an Apple Touch Bar display, a 3D-printed screw compressor, and a large-scale water rocket project by ARRO Rockets.

## Chapters

- [0:01](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-01-26-ep-254-ai-hijack-guy-and-water-rockets-fly#t=1) Introduction and Hope 15 Conference
- [2:14](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-01-26-ep-254-ai-hijack-guy-and-water-rockets-fly#t=134) Haier vs. Home Assistant API Dispute
- [11:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-01-26-ep-254-ai-hijack-guy-and-water-rockets-fly#t=660) C Programming Quiz and Language Quirks
- [18:02](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-01-26-ep-254-ai-hijack-guy-and-water-rockets-fly#t=1082) Reverse Engineering Apple Touch Bar
- [23:10](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-01-26-ep-254-ai-hijack-guy-and-water-rockets-fly#t=1390) 3D Printed Screw Compressor
- [28:30](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-01-26-ep-254-ai-hijack-guy-and-water-rockets-fly#t=1710) ARRO Rockets Water Rocket
- [35:16](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-01-26-ep-254-ai-hijack-guy-and-water-rockets-fly#t=2116) DOS Extenders and Extended Memory
- [45:04](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-01-26-ep-254-ai-hijack-guy-and-water-rockets-fly#t=2704) Detecting AI-Generated Text
- [58:44](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-01-26-ep-254-ai-hijack-guy-and-water-rockets-fly#t=3524) DB Cooper Case and Particle Evidence

## Topics

- [Connected products & IoT](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/connected-products-and-iot)
- [Embedded firmware](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/embedded-firmware)
- [PCB design & layout](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/pcb-design)
- [Prototyping & iteration](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/prototyping)
- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)
- [Debugging & failure analysis](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/debugging-and-failure-analysis)

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

## Mentioned

- Haier (company)
- Home Assistant (product)
- Apple (company)
- ARRO Rockets (company)
- DB Cooper (other)

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