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Grumpy Old Geeks

531: WTF Putin?

Grumpy Old Geeks

Jason DeFillippo & Brian Schulmeister with Dave Bittner

News, Facebook, Elon, Vibe Coding, Crypto, Elon Musk, Spacex, Nfts, Cyber, Tesla, Apple, Meta, Bitcoin, Kanye, Google, Movies, Ai, Palantir, News Commentary, Security, Web, Internet, Tech News, Tech, Comedy, Scams, Entertainment, Music, Lifestyle, Social, Code, Business, Society & Culture, Technology, Engineering

4.86.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2021

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Timbiebs; Uber, still horrible; Telsla full self-crashing beta; Russians blow up a satellite or two; US government bans some NFTs; science proves NFTs are mostly worthless; Facebook exodus; bitcoin rehab, hodl hodl hodl; Brave browser; sites that track you the most; share a pet, don't plant a tree; Another Life; Foundation; You; Bond; Face to Face & Sting; Jason's Mac Stack; Spotify trolls; Obi-Wan, rollerblading & air fryers in Security; FBI hack; microchip implants; Facebook just won't quit you.

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FOLLOW UP

Tim Hortons teams up with Justin Bieber to launch Timbit flavours called 'Timbiebs'

It's time for freshly cracked eggs in Tim Hortons kitchens: Restaurants across Canada now proudly serving 100% Canadian freshly cracked eggs in all breakfast sandwiches

Uber discriminates against passengers with disabilities by charging them wait fees, a Department of Justice lawsuit alleges

Tesla vehicle in ‘Full Self-Driving’ beta mode ‘severely damaged’ after crash in California


IN THE NEWS

NASA Administrator Statement on Russian ASAT Test

Russia may have just shot down its own satellite, creating a huge debris cloud

Russian anti-satellite missile test draws condemnation

The US Government Made It Illegal to Buy These NFTs

Science proves it: Most NFTs are worthless

Tech recruiters struggled for years to get people to leave Facebook. Now they say there's an exodus building, and the company is having more trouble recruiting, too.

Removing Certain Ad Targeting Options and Expanding Our Ad Controls

Meta’s ban on ‘sensitive’ ad categories doesn’t spell the end for microtargeting on Facebook

Mt. Gox Trustee announces approval of 150,000 BTC Rehabilitation Plan.

Basic Attention Token Up 25% Following Brave's Solana Integration

The 10 Websites That Track You the Most

Share a pet photo, plant a tree? Check before you join a trend, experts say

Portugal makes it illegal for your boss to text you after work in 'game changer' remote work law


MEDIA CANDY

The Orville (season 3)

Another Life (Season 2)

You

Three Body Problem TV Show Trailer by Tencent

No Time To Die

No Way out but Through by Face to Face

Sting: Rushing Water

In a new documentary, Alanis Morissette makes multiple allegations of statutory rape. But she won’t attend the movie’s premiere.


APPS & DOODADS

iOS 15.2 Beta 2 Lets Your Family Access Your Data If You Pass Away

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Spotify finally lets you block other users


SECURITY HAH!

The CyberWire

Dave Bittner

Hacking Humans

Caveat

Recorded Future

Here's our first look at the 'Obi-Wan Kenobi' series

Why Rollerblading Died

You Should Know: The First Kidney-Shaped Pool (1939)

Wirecutter - The Best Air Fryer

FBI email servers were hacked to target a security researcher

“Deleted” doesn’t mean deleted, at least not with Facebok

Inside an Online Community of People With Microchip Implants

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Grumpy old geeks, a weekly talk show hosted by Brian Schultmeister and Jason

0:06.7

DeFilippo discussing the finer points of what went wrong on the internet and

0:10.3

who's to blame.

0:16.2

Welcome to Grumpy Old Geeks, I'm Jason DeFilippo and I'm Brian Schultmeister. I

0:20.8

want to start the show with a big shout out to all the single or solo

0:25.3

parents out there. I've been doing it three days and I want to die. You say that

0:30.5

every time you're stuck with the kid. It's different when they're older man.

0:34.0

It's different. It's in some ways it's easier, you know, can really like play with

0:39.0

them and all that sort of stuff and in other ways my god putting together the

0:43.0

lunches and the snacks and the bedtime and the bath and the oh my god I'm gonna

0:47.9

die. So what needs a nanny? Get that man a nanny. I need a manny. That's right.

0:54.5

So sorry to hear that Brian. It's alright. I'm surviving and the wife is coming

0:58.6

home shortly so I do not live in this all time but for those of you that do I

1:03.2

salute you. Man it's art. Okay so when I went with you up to the fire, was it

1:10.8

fire? No it wasn't fireside. Was it? Fireside chat or fireside conference or

1:15.2

whatever, you know, not the stupid app. Not the stupid app yes. You took me to

1:20.4

Tim Horton's and I got my first breakfast sandwich there and I thought it was

1:23.6

delicious and now I now I'm very upset because they have partnered with Justin

1:28.9

Bieber. Yes. To make the Tim Bebes and I just what have you done Brian I leave

1:35.1

you up there for what four months and you're doing this yet? Come on. It gets

1:39.7

worse. Okay. It gets worse because in a push to up up their game and and

1:46.4

seem like more of a premiere product Tim Horton's has decided to replace their

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