575: Regretted Attrition
Grumpy Old Geeks
Jason DeFillippo & Brian Schulmeister with Dave Bittner
4.8 • 6.1K Ratings
🗓️ 22 October 2022
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Automated-tech vehicle deaths; Twitter tumbles as Musk deals reviewed; Amazon's bad news week - unions, attrition costs & lawsuits; Bird migrating out of markets; in Uber ads are coming; Microsoft layoffs; Reddit NFTs booming; Kanye & Parler; Metaverse attrition; Meta has to sell Giphy; Unstoppable Domains stopped; Keanu returning to franchises; She-Hulk gets too meta; Nope is a yep; WB launches LOTR NFTs; Netflix "extra user" fees; Directed by David Lynch; TikTok adult-only livestreams; DuckDuck No Thank You; Discmaster; Apple & Adobe updates; the Forever War; the Walk of Life; Flash, ahhhaaaa!
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FOLLOW UP
11 more crash deaths are linked to automated-tech vehicles
IN THE NEWS
Twitter Tumbles as US Weighs Security Reviews for Musk Deals
Amazon warehouse in Albany votes against unionization
Amazon’s attrition costs $8 billion annually according to leaked documents. And it gets worse.
Amazon faces $1 billion lawsuit over claims it 'tricks' UK customers into paying more
Bird exits Germany, Sweden, Norway and ‘several dozen’ US, EMEA markets
Uber Plans to Advertise to You At Every Stage of Your Ride, Using Your Own Data
Microsoft lays off hundreds of employees
Redditors have created millions of crypto wallets to buy NFT avatars
Kanye West to acquire ‘uncancelable’ social media platform Parler
Leak: Most Facebook Metaverse Users Have Quit in a Month
Meta will have to sell Giphy after losing UK appeal
"Why we’re no longer offering .coin"
MEDIA CANDY
Weed Is Coming to Circle K Gas Stations in US Next Year
Warner Bros. teams up with Web3 startup Eluvio to launch ‘Lord of the Rings’ NFTs
Netflix will begin charging 'extra user' fees early next year
Netflix Returns to Growth, Saying the Worst of Slowdown Is Over
First look at 'Ralphie' star Peter Billingsley's returns for 'A Christmas Story' sequel
"Directed by David Lynch" stickers reveal the true nature of our reality
TikTok is raising the age requirement for TikTok Live, adding adult-only livestreams
TikTok appears to be preparing to launch a podcast app
Queen unearths 'lost' 1988 track 'Face it Alone' featuring Freddie Mercury
APPS & DOODADS
DuckDuckGo for Mac moves to public beta with cookie pop-up handling, ‘Duck Player,’ more
Apple will release iPadOS 16 and macOS Ventura on October 24
Apple’s new M2 iPad Pro arrives October 26
Adobe Photoshop update adds refined selections and AI photo restoration
AT THE LIBRARY
The Forever War, Book 1 by Joe Haldeman
Forever Peace: The Forever War, Book 2 by Joe Haldeman
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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. |
| 0:16.2 | Welcome to Grumpy old geeks, I'm Jason DeFilippo. |
| 0:18.8 | And I'm Brian Schultmeister. |
| 0:19.8 | Brian, you sent me a tweet yesterday that Shane McGowan actually liked and retweeted |
| 0:23.8 | one of your tweets from Grumpy old geeks. |
| 0:26.4 | Yes. |
| 0:27.4 | I said, hey, it's a really good day when Shane McGowan retweets your little podcast. |
| 0:33.1 | And then he reads, he liked that tweet. |
| 0:35.2 | He's been required to that. |
| 0:36.3 | So I think he's like happy Jason, but it's nice to see. |
| 0:40.0 | It's nice to see one of the posts that I put so much time and effort into actually get |
| 0:43.4 | a little response. |
| 0:44.4 | Exactly. |
| 0:45.4 | No. |
| 0:46.4 | Well, on you. |
| 0:47.4 | Well done, job. |
| 0:48.4 | Well done, job. |
| 0:49.4 | Well done, job. |
| 0:50.4 | It's been a long morning already. |
| 0:51.6 | My God. |
| 0:52.6 | Oh, Jesus. |
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