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 My friend Howard Chalfin and I had a chat today about the #Dollar, #BRICS and the Future and he wanted to say hi to all his Linked In friends and say he will return after a bit of a sabbatical.And he is the first in a new podcast within my Nikos Show Podcast called Rapid Fire 

Chris is the cofounder of Couchbase, Chief Architect of Mobile, and President & CFO during the Membase/CouchOne merger. Recently he created Fireproof: a cloudless database I almost recorded this episode in McDonalds - but common sense prevailed SUPPORT THE SHOW Open to discussion with four companies who like my show and want to lock in a sponsorship deal at a flat yearly rate for both the next 12 and 24 months GUEST'S LINKS: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jchris/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jchris Fireproof: https://fireproof.storage/ TIMELINE: 0:00 Why do we need a new cloudless database 2:10 Can we use a Fireproof database for a banking 5:40 This could take away billions from AWS, Microsoft and Google 11:20 What could we replace some of our #postgres databases with, with Fireproof

Adam is a Self-Defense Expert, Creator of Smart Safe Defense LLC and Creator of “The Get Real Self Defense Podcast” SUPPORT THE SHOW Open to discussion with four companies who like my show and want to lock in a sponsorship deal at a flat yearly rate for both the next 12 and 24 months GUEST'S LINKS: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-joll... Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/5cpUHRm... TIMELINE: 0:00 Most people don't have a clue how to self defend 2:04 Adams real-life examples of self-defence 9:07 Self-defence lifestyle 16:35 Personal self-defence insurance policy 25:53 Women self-defence 33:52 Sherlock Holmes 39:25 Collaborating with an adversary 47:30 Nikos’ walking stick of wrath 55:54 Social posturing 1:02:45 Krav maga 1:13:00 Uncontrollable situations SHOW LINKS: iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2dBlXua... Website: https://show.nikoskatsikanis.com/

Steve Longi is a veteran feature film and television producer based in Los Angeles, California. With over twenty years of experience, Mr. Longi has developed and produced numerous projects including the critically acclaimed "Hacksaw Ridge GUEST'S LINKS: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0519347/?... https://longitudeentertainment.com/ TIMELINE: 0:00 Intro and reacting positively in life 4:35 Living through crazy times and speaking positively to yourself 14:40 why do you go for challenging scripts? 17:20 Directing versus producing 19:00 Hacksaw Ridge 27:35 The pressure of making movies 41:05 Classic film preference 43:00 Authentic films 47:40 The secret of movies is audience engagement SUPPORT THE SHOW In the absence of sponsors, a little shopping for anything from my Amazon affiliate link helps loads: https://amzn.to/3YUXUV0 SHOW LINKS: iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2dBlXua... Website: https://show.nikoskatsikanis.com/ 

Kevin has been working in the tech industry since 2012. He saw the infancy stages of the tech boom and currently works within data and data science.TIMELINE:0:00 Intro and paradigm shifts6:58 AI passing USMLE exams12:40 AI writes 50% of Nikos’ code25:34 Why learn Python29:29 Connecting General AI to the internet36:01 Big Tech layoffs38:50 UBI

Tom is a former British Parachute Regiment soldier and Pathfinder. He served for 33 years, including seven operational tours of duty. SUPPORT THE SHOW In the absence of sponsors, a little shopping for anything from my Amazon affiliate link helps loads: https://amzn.to/3YUXUV0 SHOW LINKS: Tom's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PreparedPath... TIMELINE: 0:00 Intro 2:26 British Pathfinders 7:15 Bushcraft 11:03 Nikos tries to impress Tom 13:52: worst case scenarios 22:28 survival apathy 23:25 Medical trauma 30:55 Afghanistan 32:35 Ukraine 41:25 Future wars will use only robots

Marijn is an AI Lead, Managing Data Scientist and Public Speaker SUPPORT THE SHOW In the absence of sponsors, a little shopping for anything from my Amazon affiliate link helps loads: https://amzn.to/3YUXUV0  SHOW LINKS: Marijn LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marijnmar... TIMELINE: 0:00 Nikos gets fired because of ChatGPT 7:27 ChatGPT killing jobs 18:00 Netflix 19:25 Digital art is gone? 22:20 UBI & lack of legislation protecting us against AI 28:37 Bias & ideology 30:10 Ukraine 38:58 International Criminal Court 46:40 PTSD in Ukraine 56:50 Ukraine projections for 2023 59:53 Who is responsible for this war? 1:04:56 Learned helplessness in russia 1:08:38 German repentance vs russian  

Oli is a 30 year old manchild, Speedrunner and lover of SEGA. SUPPORT THE SHOW In the absence of sponsors, a little shopping for anything from my Amazon affiliate link helps loads: https://amzn.to/3YUXUV0 SHOW LINKS: Bradyo YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQeiDG9vin6tVFU3YOTYwag Bradyo Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/bradyo Sonic 2 glitches: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Fsz8Dc9feo TIMELINE: 0:00 Intro 0:37 Heart rate of 163 - World Record 3:22 Twitch attention tips 9:28 Caught red-handed 9:51 Speedrun optimisation 18:10 How do we time speed runs? 21:12 Niches 36:56 Deep squats 39:10 Money 47:45 Steaming energy 59:55 10,000 hours to get competitive

Full video interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJWsjEboJ_ICol. Joseph Peterburs was an ‘Ace’ pilot of 49 missions and 269 combat hours flying the P-51 during the Second World War. 0:00 Intro1:06 Survival skills in WW2 pilot training3:18 Between WW2 and The Korean War5:35 1951 Fighter pilot in Korea8:14 Korea close air support footage22:33 Black segregation before 194729:45 Being part of the 1954 atomic bomb tests in Nevada40:48 Ejecting from a jet57:30 Time at NORAD1:07:03 Vietnam1:47:09 Post-retirement 1979

Roman is a Professor of Economics at CWRU, Co-Chair at UA House and Founding Member of the Global Ukraine Foundation SPONSORS: please get in touch with me if you want to support the show Visit Roman's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roman-she... OUTLINE: 0:00 Intro 3:18 President Zelenskyy 7:45 Unprecedented times 15:12 Getting involved in Ukraine 19:30 Silence in the face of evil 25:10 Propaganda 33:30 NATO 39:00 Faith and the antichrist 46:09 Romans Ukraine rebuilding efforts 49:55 Rebuilding Ukraine with new technology 55:30 Prayer time

Edward Ford is a former Marnie Core infantryman Alan Chiasson is a former U.S. Navy corpsmen Outline: 0:00 Intro 1:48 How does military contracting work in the US? 4:50 What do military contractors invoices look like? 7:50 The business side of war 14:38 PSD vs Convoy work 19:40 Friends for life when in the military or contracting 21:06 What was PSD like? 26:17 How do you burn a vehicle reliably? 29:06 Dragon skin armour makes you shorter 35:56 Cross- decking 48:25 How contracting has changed Show links: Their book site: https://postcardsthroughhell.com/

Steve Keen is an economist and author. Outline:0:00 Intro1:22 How would you approach a new Marshall Plan for Ukraine2:22 Lend-lease vs grants4:40 Media apathy on Ukraine6:17 Other countries maintaining support for Ukraine while keeping their populations happy11:15 The Gulf stream is weakening; 20% since 201520:00 Global warming and Ozone layer22:33 Echo Chambers in the Climate Change debate24:20 Green social credit system31:42 Herd immunity34:25 Economic versus violence36:30 Steve's software projects Show links:Steve's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ProfSteveKeenSteve's Twitter: https://twitter.com/profstevekeen

Robin is a Former SAS Soldier. Writer, Veterans Campaigner and Public Speaker. Operations Nimrod and Mikado.

Jay Edward Smith is an intelligent, hard working and ethical investor and entrepreneur.He comes from a gaming and streaming background but rose to fame during 2017 during the crypto and social investing boom. He is now one of the most prolific popular investors on eToro with almost two million followers and over 20,000 people copying his investments. He needs no introduction for users of eToro: https://www.etoro.com/people/jaynemesisJay and I were debating ethical investing and oil while watching him playing the game "Democracy 4" and the conversation evolved into morality and existence of God, and I thought it would be interesting to record with everybody's permission. Later on other people we know from the investment world joined in to contribute the debate.0:00 Intro2:16 Does God have the right to judge the things he has made?7:35 Nikos is 99.999% atheist according to Jay, and how do I know my God is the correct one?12:55 Is all sin equally as bad?14:48 How do you know your God is the correct one?17:00 Ath

Watch the video with slides at: https://youtu.be/y3lYUARfw-sAn in-depth look at recent research papers on the environmental consequences of nuclear war and some survival mitigations. This was pretty depressing work to make this.TimestampsIntro: 0:00Relations can degrade quickly: 2:14First impactful major nuclear winter study 1983: 3:56Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty in December 1987: 4:26Nobody wants nuclear war - Treaties 4:55The thermonuclear bomb: 7:57Have you heard of Gnomon and Sundial nuclear devices (gigaton)?: 11:12Terragrams: 16:30Limited Nuclear War Research (India versus Pakistan): 19:00Full-scale nuclear war research (2008 paper): 25:32Full-scale nuclear war research (2019 paper): 39:26Some brief talk about prepping: 52:02Topics I want to look at future videos 1:03:0080s paper on Nuclear Winter: Global Consequences of Multiple Nuclear Explosions:https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.222.4630.1283Joint Statement of the Leaders of the Five Nuclear-Weapon States on Preventing Nuc

Watch this first: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RgyLDVlAg4&ab_channel=MarijnPoelsFormer London banker Alexander Pohl worked for years for one of the world's greenest banks. Idealistically driven he financed big wind and solar farms genuinely convinced he was making the world a better place.Recently he snuck into a https://twitter.com/StockholmPlus50 conference and met Greta again.Timestamp0:00 Intro3:00 His experience after sneaking into the Stockholm +50 meeting13:50 Waiting 7 hours to be rejected as a press agent at the UN meeting16:25 Greta25:30 Is Sweden the centre of the deep state?36:55 The state now prevents starvation due to city living vs subsistence living43:26 Will most people not care about the WEF saying you "will own nothing" cause they already don't?1:11:13 How we both got banned on linkedin1:17:45 The spiritual aspect of suicide

Colin D. Heaton is a professor of history, military history, and sociology at the American Military University and the author of three books and numerous articles on World War II. He lives in Southport, NC.0:00 Intro & Putin overextended himself4:00 All conflicts in human history have an economic necessity, including Putins war14:37 President of Afghanistan fled while Zelenskyy stayed18:25 Colins upcoming fiction book on the man eating tiger based on true stories58:30 What war crimes Putin could be charged with: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkT5VcRmL7E1:24:30 Big tech about to face legal issues due to their censorship