516: Says the Billionaire...
Grumpy Old Geeks
Jason DeFillippo & Brian Schulmeister with Dave Bittner
4.8 • 6.1K Ratings
🗓️ 28 July 2021
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Here we COVID again; FAA rules for being an astronaut; YouTuber's blow anti-tax plot; genetic screening promises; FTC approves right-to-repair; Snapchat doing well; Facebook to become a quasi-religious meta-verse, whatever that is; Jack Dorsey wants BitCoin to make him money, oh sorry, bring world peace; space wants to kill you; the Moon slows down a Tesla; sci-fi trailers; Ted Lasso; more privacy-centric social networks; long-duration batteries; behind the attraction; facial recognition is everywhere; everything is tracked.
Show notes at https://gog.show/516
FOLLOW UP
Anthony Bourdain’s Voice Isn’t the Only Thing the New Documentary Faked
Companies that make people return to the office will lose employees
The FAA Brings Jeff Bezos Back Down to Earth
IN THE NEWS
The YouTubers who blew the whistle on an anti-vax plot
A New Kind of Embryo Genetics Screening Makes Big Promises on Little Evidence
The FTC Votes Unanimously to Enforce Right to Repair
Snapchat just announced its largest user growth in years
Facebook’s Next Target: The Religious Experience
Jack Dorsey hopes bitcoin can bring about world peace
The Moon Tricks Tesla's Full Self-Driving Feature Into Thinking It's a Yellow Light
MEDIA CANDY
‘Star Trek: Prodigy’ trailer is a treat for ‘Voyager’ fans
Dexter Revival Reveals First Trailer at Comic-Con 2021
Watch Your Local Broadcast TV For Free!
APPS & DOODADS
Startup Claims Breakthrough in Long-Duration Batteries
SECURITY HAH!
From Macy’s to Albertsons, facial recognition is already everywhere
A Defunct Video Hosting Site Is Flooding Normal Websites With Hardcore Porn
Catholic priest quits after “anonymized” data revealed alleged use of Grindr
QR Codes Are Here to Stay. So Is the Tracking They Allow.
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| 0:00.0 | Grumpy old geeks, a weekly talk show hosted by Brian Schultmeister and Jason |
| 0:06.8 | DeFilippo discussing the finer points of what went wrong on the internet and who's to blame. |
| 0:11.4 | Welcome to Grumpy Old Geeks, I'm Jason DeFilippo. |
| 0:19.0 | And I'm Brian Schultmeister. |
| 0:20.4 | Brian, we got a one-star review over an Apple podcast from Jalalalala. |
| 0:25.0 | All right. |
| 0:26.0 | It said, didn't give it a chance. |
| 0:27.2 | I wouldn't take this review too seriously. |
| 0:29.0 | I have the show eight minutes. |
| 0:30.4 | I have the show eight minutes. |
| 0:31.8 | Okay. |
| 0:32.8 | Good for you. |
| 0:33.8 | And there were too many political jabs was looking for a tech show, not another political |
| 0:36.7 | show. |
| 0:37.7 | And I am guessing that he was talking about us talking about vaccines, which was a technical |
| 0:42.4 | issue on the last episode because we were talking about Facebook and disinformation. |
| 0:46.8 | Right? |
| 0:47.8 | Yep. |
| 0:48.8 | Okay. |
| 0:49.8 | And I'm also, I'm so done arguing that there's no distinction between tech and politics |
| 0:52.4 | these days. |
| 0:53.4 | There's no, there's no, there's no. |
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