holsters

Circle T Leatherworks in Cabot, Arkansas makes all sorts of leather items - from harnesses to holsters to cosplay items. Working with various leathers, Circle T is able to bring your leather ideas to life - and put the finishing touch on it with Laser Engraving!

Join us in listening to the professional story of Scott O'Brien, he took a job at 18 and now, 50 years later, still has it...Not only has Safariland become the number one supplier/manufacturer in the USA of police armor, holsters and supplies they also have the saves club that highlights the law enforcement personnel that Safarilands products have saved.

This week Dave (https://twitter.com/davidegts) and Gunnar (http://atechnologyjobisnoexcuse.com/about) talk about AI vs. AI, people vs. AI vs. people, AI vs. people, and people vs. people (in that order) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (https://www.redhat.com/en/enterprise-linux-8) Dark (https://www.netflix.com/title/80100172) Camping towels (https://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-packable-camp-towels/) Researchers Fool ReCAPTCHA With Google’s Own Speech-To-Text Service (https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/pa55z8/researchers-fool-recaptcha-with-googles-own-speech-to-text-service) One year later, restaurants are still confused by Google Duplex (https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/9/18538194/google-duplex-ai-restaurants-experiences-review-robocalls) Hey Alexa, Why Is Voice Shopping So Lousy? (https://www.wired.com/story/why-is-voice-shopping-bad/) Google launches CallJoy, a virtual customer service phone agent for small businesses (https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/01/google-launches-calljoy-a-virtual-customer-service-phone-agent-for-small-businesses/) Uber’s premium customers can now push a button to tell their drivers to be quiet (https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/5/15/18624906/uber-black-quiet-mode-luxury-feature-lyft-zen) Quake III Arena is the latest game to see AI top humans (https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/05/googles-ai-group-moves-on-from-go-tackles-quake-iii-arena/) Capture the Flag: the emergence of complex cooperative agents (https://deepmind.com/blog/capture-the-flag-science/) Centaur: How combined human and computer intelligence will redefine jobs (https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/01/how-combined-human-and-computer-intelligence-will-redefine-jobs/) Princesses need pockets: A plea for jeans that fit our lives and our waistlines (https://www.androidcentral.com/princesses-need-pockets) Articles of Interest #3: Pockets (https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/pockets-articles-of-interest-3/) Tyranny of Structurelessness (https://www.jofreeman.com/joreen/tyranny.htm) by Jo Freeman Cutting Room Floor * Even more secret Telegrams (https://medium.com/@labunskya/secret-telegrams-bdd2035b6e84): how to do a private covert channel over users blocking each other on Telegram * For less than $10, anyone can make an AI write a fake UN speech (https://techcrunch.com/2019/06/07/for-less-than-10-anyone-can-make-an-ai-write-a-fake-un-speech/) * User Inyerface (https://userinyerface.com/game.html) We Give Thanks * The D&G Show Slack Clubhouse for the discussion topics!

What started as a hobby to blow off some steam after his night shifts as a law enforcement officer turned into a full kydex holster business operation for Adam Weber in a fairly short period of time. Jimmy and Reuben sat down with Adam at SHOT show this year to talk about his story - From attempting to make his first holster using boat foam and an upside down bench grinder from a salvage store to his newest holsters employing science-backed design and manufacture for ultimate reliability and functionality in competitive shooting as well as duty use for our LEO’s. If you’ve been kicking around the idea of starting your own business venture or are just curious how much blood, sweat and tears it takes to get into making kydex holsters on a large scale, tune into this episode and you won’t be disappointed!

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