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Grumpy Old Geeks

642: Nerd Plumage

Grumpy Old Geeks

Jason DeFillippo & Brian Schulmeister with Dave Bittner

News, Security, Web, Internet, Tech News, Tech, Comedy, Scams, Entertainment, Music, Lifestyle, Social, Code, Business, Society & Culture, Technology, Engineering

4.86.1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2024

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

Apple Vision Pro in the wild; everyone hates Sam; META's Project: Ghostbusters; getting device-blocked on Facebook; Meta & Google restricting reproductive health ads; anti-trans hate widespread on META properties; X testing NSFW communities, caught selling data to government while complaining about surveillance; FTC might sue TikTok; school boards suing social media giants; Truth Social stock; Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire; 3 Body Problem; Constellation; Heathers is 35 years old; the future of Star Trek needs to not be old and white; Adobe subscription shenanigans; YouTube Shorts; MacWhisper; Whoa API; why AI sucks; the Anxious Generation; german politeness; Keys to the Kingdom; What Went Wrong; keeping your mouth shut; being a pedandick.

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FOLLOW UP

Apple launches first ever Immersive Video sports film for Apple Vision Pro

Sam Bankman-Fried just got sentenced to 25 years in prison


IN THE NEWS

Project Ghostbusters: Facebook Accused of Using Your Phone to Wiretap Snapchat

Facebook Allegedly Killed Its Own Streaming Service to Help Sell Netflix Ads

Meta and Google face claims of restricting reproductive health ads and fueling misinformation

Anti-trans hate is ‘widespread’ on Facebook, Instagram and Threads, report warns

X is testing NSFW adult communities, according to screenshots

Twitter Caught Selling Data to Government Spies While Complaining About Surveillance

The FTC might sue TikTok over its handling of users’ privacy and security

Ontario school boards sue Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok

Uber Eats courier's fight against AI bias shows justice under UK law is hard won

Like Elon Musk And Twitter Before Them, Investors In Trump's Newly Public Social Media Company Will Lose Millions

DJT stock hits turbulence: More volatility ahead for Trump's high-flying Truth Social


MEDIA CANDY

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

The 3 Body Problem

The Gentlemen

Better Call Saul

Constellation

Fred Durst and Billy Corgan to Host Shows on Bill Maher’s New Podcast Network

Schmactors with James Marsters and Mark Devine

It’s almost time for T-Mobile customers to claim their free year of MLB.TV

35 Years Later, Heathers Has Been Often Imitated, Never Duplicated

The Future of ‘Star Trek’: From ‘Starfleet Academy’ to New Movies and Michelle Yeoh, How the 58-Year-Old Franchise Is Planning for the Next Generation of Fans


APPS & DOODADS

Google says Apple is bringing RCS to the iPhone in ‘fall of 2024’

YouTube says over 25% of its creator partners now monetize via Shorts

MacWhisper

The Keanu Reeves Whoa API

This Website Plays Every Keanu Reeves 'Whoa' in Movie History

Can an A.I. Make Plans? | The New Yorker

Biden orders every US agency to appoint a chief AI officer

Disillusioned Businesses Discovering That AI Kind of Sucks


AT THE LIBRARY

The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt

The Bezzle by Cory Doctorow


THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE

The CyberWire

Dave Bittner

Hacking Humans

Caveat

Control Loop

Keys to the Kingdom

What Went Wrong

'This Is a Sputnik Moment': NYC Is Adding AI Metal Detectors to the Subway

A Data Broker Reportedly Tracked Visitors to Jeffrey Epstein’s Island

First Day - A Star Wars Short Film Made with Unreal Engine 5


CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

Louis Gossett Jr., 1st Black man to win supporting actor Oscar, dies at 87

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Transcript

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0:00.0

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

0:06.7

de Philippo discussing with finer points of what went wrong on the internet and

0:10.5

who's to blame. Welcome to grumpy old geeks, I'm Jason de Philipo.

0:19.0

And I'm Brian Schilbaster.

0:21.0

Well, Jason, we're, uh, it's been two months since the groundbreaking changing our lives Apple Vision Pro was released.

0:29.0

Okay.

0:30.0

Haven't heard much about it.

0:32.0

Oh, really? I've heard a lot.

0:34.0

I haven't heard anything. There's not a lot going on and we don't have a lot of stories about it.

0:39.0

Nothing. I did finally see one in the wild and I mean, I know we made a lot of fun of the Google

0:44.9

glasses when they came out but you look like you came off a Milan runway in

0:49.1

those compared to wearing one of these things The sky looked like a total moron. Okay. It's I'm just look I love

0:58.6

Apple I I get look trust me I get the Apple Vision Pro is a completely different device with different

1:04.5

usages than Google Glass, like it's a different thing completely, but, uh, whoa.

1:11.0

I can see myself, you know, I talked about like version two, version three, maybe I would get one and I could

1:18.6

see myself using it in a work situation in an office with all the blinds drawn and the doors closed because you do not want to see you don't want anybody seeing you wearing this thing.

1:28.6

I mean still it's just like an Oculus you don't want to be wearing one of those. Yeah same. It's just you know it's just you know it's just it's just like an oculus you don't want to be wearing one of those

1:32.8

yeah same it's just you know it's the apple is not known for having devices that if you

1:38.0

wear them I mean I hate to say it you know uh Galloway's right this thing is a is a very good system to retain your

1:46.8

virginity

1:48.0

see the thing is i think that's a self-selecting sample you know i think you're

1:51.6

going to be i think the people that are you want to mate with are probably going to be attracted to you. It's like plumage. It is nerd plumage. Look at it that way. And, you know, think about Airpods.

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