557: Vanna Screwed Up
Grumpy Old Geeks
Jason DeFillippo & Brian Schulmeister with Dave Bittner
4.8 • 6.1K Ratings
🗓️ 11 June 2022
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
Pamping the Twetch redesign; NFTs are dead; more crypto lawsuits & investigations; Starbucks shuts down unionized location; Amazon VP pushes sellers to oppose bill good for Amazon; Microsoft cleans up their policies; Apple gets in on Pay Later; Reply All is kaput; Strange New Worlds continues a good run; Rat in the Kitchen; The Orville pivots; Sandman causes uninformed internet to have a cow; Jason gears up new studio; two IKEA turntables & a Marshall stack; Feeting Woices; the Leia show; Tim Horton's app tracking & hockey lawsuits, hoser!
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FOLLOW UP
Facebook's algorithm change in 2018 benefitted Republican groups, researchers say
Introducing Twetch Market 3.0!
Praise for Uvalde shooter and call for copycats is growing online, Homeland Security warns
IN THE NEWS
Winkelvoss twins' crypto exchange faces lawsuit over $36 million theft
SEC is investigating Binance over its BNB token
The First Starbucks Location That Voted to Unionize Is Being Shut Down
Amazon VP tries to convince sellers to oppose antitrust bill
Microsoft drops non-compete clauses and NDAs from employee settlements
Apple Pay Later doesn't worry us, says CEO of buy now, pay later unicorn Affirm
MEDIA CANDY
Yvonne Orji: Momma, I Made It!
APPS & DOODADS
RØDE Professional Headphones, Black (NTH-100)
Sennheiser Professional MKH 416-P48U3 Short Shotgun Interference Tube Microphone
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IKEA teamed up with Swedish House Mafia on a turntable
Marshall widens the soundstage on its new home speaker lineup
A "Solar Tsunami" Could Entirely Wipe Out The Internet Within A Decade, Suggests Study
EU agrees single mobile charging port in blow to Apple
Feeting.app - Your hands-free, audio-only walking meeting platform
SECURITY HAH!
Your Tim Hortons Coffee App Knew Where You Were at All Times
CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS
RIP David Lynch music contributor Julee Cruise
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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 DeFilippo |
| 0:07.5 | discussing the finer points of what went wrong on the internet and who's to blame. |
| 0:16.5 | Welcome to Grumpy Old Geeks, I'm Jason DeFilippo. |
| 0:19.4 | And I'm Brian Schultmeister. |
| 0:20.8 | So you've got some follow up here. |
| 0:22.8 | This comes from Michelle who says, Hi Jason, is a follow up to the latest podcast and |
| 0:26.4 | your confusion about uphold, I believe it was through the brave browser that their bat |
| 0:31.1 | nonsense are and their bat nonsense. |
| 0:33.6 | I have several emails saved from upload from when I first installed brave in April of |
| 0:37.5 | 2020. |
| 0:38.5 | I recall being excited about the bat perk. |
| 0:40.6 | And then as soon as uphold wanted me to verify my ID, I bailed. |
| 0:44.0 | That was actually the same spot I bailed at, which is why I got the email saying, do |
| 0:48.2 | your identity. |
| 0:49.2 | I got you. |
| 0:50.2 | I've continued to use brave, but have the whole bat thing hidden last week. |
| 0:54.2 | I received another email from uphold stating that they need me to verify my ID by June 14. |
| 0:58.8 | Their account will be restricted. |
| 1:00.1 | If you didn't already solve this mystery, I hope this helps that exactly solved the mystery. |
| 1:05.3 | So it's the case of the missing bats. |
| 1:08.4 | There you go. |
| 1:09.4 | Yep. |
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