347: Meh ¯\(ツ)/¯
Grumpy Old Geeks
Jason DeFillippo & Brian Schulmeister with Dave Bittner
4.9 • 6.1K Ratings
🗓️ 25 May 2019
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Facebook removes billions of fake accounts; CrossFit leaves FB & IG; Apple privacy-preserving ads; Amazon investors reject all that's good and holy; gamifying work; security fatigue; how is GDPR doing; Snapchat's SnapLion; tracking on the tube; delivery robots; disrupting dining; $800 million pizzas; Dave's got trouble, right here in River City.
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| 0:12.5 | Grumpy old geeks, a weekly talk show hosted by Brian Schultmeister |
| 0:18.8 | and Jason DeFilippo discussing the finer points of what went |
| 0:21.8 | wrong on the internet and who's to blame. |
| 0:24.0 | Welcome to Grumpy old geeks, I'm Jason DeFilippo. |
| 0:31.0 | And I'm Brian Schultmeister. |
| 0:32.6 | It's been a week since the Game of Thrones finale aired |
| 0:35.9 | and the internet has roundly basically determined it |
| 0:39.7 | to be a pile of crap. |
| 0:41.3 | Seems to be, seems to be. |
| 0:43.2 | It seems to be, I was okay with it, like I mentioned. |
| 0:45.9 | It was what it was. |
| 0:46.7 | It's fine. |
| 0:47.9 | But since the internet has determined that it is a horrible finale, |
| 0:51.1 | this guy over at Slate by the name of Sam Adams decided |
| 0:54.4 | to interview somebody familiar with that feeling. |
| 0:57.4 | In an article entitled, what it's like to write a finale, |
| 0:59.7 | your fans hate. |
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