Foundation Friday Q&A - Sept 6th -

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00:00 Intro
00:41 xAI has launched Colossus, the most powerful AI training system globally, utilizing 100,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs. The system, developed in just 122 days, is set to double in size to 200,000 GPUs in the coming months. Comment.
02:30 Cooler Master’s MasterHUB looks amazing but can it really live up to the hype
06:24 I think most would agree that poor audio and/or video quality reduces credibility and intelligibility. But are there any studies to prove this? Thanks!
13:57 Have any of you mixed released projects through room-modeling monitoring systems like Slate VSX? I have it and it has been wonderful for me (living in an apartment I can't treat.) ([link])
15:18 I was trying to use a Behringer Xenyx1202 with a 4 channel headphone amplifier plugged into the headphone jack of the mixer. Should I be using a mono plug out of the 1202?
16:10 I'm slowly moving over to Blackmagic for almost every video component in my workflow, including using the Decklink Duo card. I havent used them in about 1 year, any new issues I should be aware of?
19:26 I have some silk fabric. If I wanted to build my own diffusion frame, what's an inexpensive way to do it and what materials would you use?
26:34 Apple is opening up the iPhone NFC chip to third party apps. Will this degrade or benefit the user experience? ([link])
32:48 I found this 10500mAh backup battery from SmallRig. I plan on getting this for Atomos Ninja V and for a Sony PXW-Z150. Has anyone used this before? Could this damage my current devices?
34:17 Alex, have you seen this video? It talks about the crushed blacks and whites issue that sometimes you mention with the ATEMs. What is your opinion on that?
36:54 I've been doing my redundant recording via OBS, that we stream through. We lost the OBS audio last week so our backup was unusable.
What is a more secure way to make a backup. The ATEM is going into OBS as a camera?
39:42 Are you going to do a special on the Olympics and Paralympics coverage? I always enjoy your specials on sporting events
40:31 What should we be on the lookout for with new Apple products this Fall?
50:07 If you were given an unlimited budget, how would you produce a sports press conference, pre and post game? They seem to be just afterthoughts but couldn't they be much better? [link]
56:18 I am getting sudden dropouts with my audio interface. they last about 6 seconds. Upon discussing with a top level rep, it seems that it is an apple usb issue with silicon laptops. Has anyone else experienced this? M3 with RME, current drivers and OS