554: Dicky Do
Grumpy Old Geeks
Jason DeFillippo & Brian Schulmeister with Dave Bittner
4.8 • 6.1K Ratings
🗓️ 20 May 2022
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Summary
Eggs redux; work from home debate, the Great Whiplash; Hotel Suicide; Twitter sale on hold, over Musk's antics; Youtube isn't a website according to Texas; adtech RTB breach; CityCoins crash; tempests in teapots at Apple; Grubhub's bad promo; Netflix layoffs; HBO app issues; Slower Horses; Kids in the Hall return; Barry; Naked Lunch; back on Brave; social media breaks & violent content on Facebook; AI characters, Artbreeder & title tags; Star Wars excitement; tracking period apps; pay with a smile; Dave's Favorite Things returns.
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FOLLOW UP
Plant-based 'whole' eggs could be served in US restaurants this year
Apple softens its stance on remote work amid return-to-office delays
Apple exec who left the company due to in-person work policy now returning to Google
IN THE NEWS
With Twitter deal on hold, Musk says a lower sale price isn't 'out of the question’
A court just blew up internet law because it thinks YouTube isn’t a website
Report spotlights vast scale of adtech’s ‘biggest data breach’
Miami’s mayor backed MiamiCoin crypto—then its price dropped 95%
Apple will allow some apps to automatically charge you higher subscription prices
Grubhub’s free lunch offer in NYC crashed its website and app
Netflix lays off 150 mostly US-based staff
AI Can Predict People's Race From X-Ray Images, And Scientists Are Concerned
MEDIA CANDY
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
New Kids in the Hall on Amazon Prime
APPS & DOODADS
Brave web browser for iOS updated with new ‘Privacy Hub’
DJI Mini 3 Pro - 51 Things You Should Know Before Buying!
Taking a Break from Social Media Makes you Happier and Less Anxious by Cal Newport
Meta has nearly doubled the amount of violent content removed from Facebook
SECURITY HAH!
Star Wars: The Rebellion Will Be Televised
Data Marketplace Selling Info About Who Uses Period Tracking Apps
Mastercard's pay-with-a-smile test is bound to rile privacy advocates
How To Clear Out Your Zombie Apps and Online Accounts
5K iMac monitor conversion project underway
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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 |
| 0:06.8 | 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. |
| 0:18.9 | And I'm Brian Schultmeister. |
| 0:20.7 | How are you doing this week? |
| 0:22.0 | I'm alright. |
| 0:23.0 | Hopefully we'll have issues solved as I have a second-euro pro six setup. |
| 0:27.7 | So we'll see how this whole mesh thing works out. |
| 0:30.4 | Didn't work out well for you. |
| 0:31.8 | We'll find out. |
| 0:32.8 | No, no, well, I overmashed. |
| 0:34.9 | That was my problem. |
| 0:35.9 | Yes, you did overmesh. |
| 0:36.9 | Which we didn't know was a thing until we knew it was a thing. |
| 0:39.9 | Yes. |
| 0:40.9 | We did get a little follow-up from Lawn who says, just want to let you know that I'm the |
| 0:43.2 | one person who found Grumpy old geeks via the mention on TechMeme ride home. |
| 0:46.7 | Well, welcome, Lawn. |
| 0:48.2 | Well, thank you. |
| 0:49.5 | Well, something we do here Lawn is we discuss eggs a lot just because it's become funny. |
| 0:54.8 | We do eggs are good news when we get it. |
| 0:56.9 | Eggs are bad for us news when we get it. |
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