Computer Talk Radio Broadcast 06-01-2024

Computer Talk Radio

Benjamin Rockwell

Hobbies, News, Technology, Tech News, Leisure

4.7 • 11 Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2024

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

This week's full broadcast of Computer Talk Radio includes: - 00:00 - News of the nerd world - Amazon, Grubhub, Ticketmaster, Christies, hearing, Apple - 11:00 - Cashless society concerns - Benjamin rails against government required digital currencies - 22:00 - Reusing old Mac hardware - Keith and Benjamin discuss using old Mac hardware differently - 31:00 - Marty Winston's Wisdom - Marty talks OWC Envoy Pro Mini, Gourmia Espresso Maker - 39:00 - Scam Series - Venmo mistakes - Benjamin cautions not to refund accidental credits on Venmo - 44:00 - Keske on synthetic diamonds - Steve and Benjamin discuss some properties of fake diamonds - 56:00 - LinkedIn is important - Roy asks about smaller tech things we might want to have - 1:07:00 - Professional IT Series - 279 - Benjamin urges a friend to adopt and make use of LinkedIn - 1:16:00 - Professional IT Series - 279 - A shifting workplace needs some thought on all sides - 1:24:00 - Listener Q&A - Slow tech - Rick asks Benjamin if tech companies intentionally slow tech

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0:00.0	Gigabyte, kilobyte, kilobyte, megabyte, all this stuff makes my brain megahertz.
0:21.6	Fortunately, someone is available to explain all this techno babble.
0:25.5	Translating techno babble to English, your translation expert Benjamin Rockwell is here with Computer Talk Radio.
0:32.9	This week's show has all kinds of stuff.
0:35.7	Steve's going to talk about CVD synthetic diamonds and the tech
0:40.6	implications there. Keith is going to talk about using older Mac hardware in new ways. Marty is going
0:47.3	to cover the OWC Envoy Pro Mini and the Gormia espresso maker. On the IT Pro series, a shifting workplace needs some thought
0:57.8	on all sides. We'll cover more of that a little bit later. And do not return accidental
1:03.0	Venmos. That's in our scam series. We also have, let's see here, do tech companies intentionally
1:09.3	slow down their old tech?
1:12.3	I urge a friend to make use of LinkedIn.
1:16.2	Roy asks, what are some of the smaller things we need to have for our tech world?
1:21.4	And I'm going to cover my concerns of a cashless society.
1:28.0	If you miss any of those items, please do check out the podcast at
1:32.0	Computertalkradio.com.
1:34.4	Computer talk radio.
1:35.9	com.
1:37.1	Of course, if you want to reach out to us, again, use that website, but you can also
1:40.6	phone us at 888 Nerd 888. That's 888 637388. We do answer questions all week long.
1:53.2	Email is probably the best route if you do it during the middle of the week. But yes, you can phone us any time.
2:00.5	So when you hear us right now or maybe, you know, some evening, who knows?
2:06.7	As for now, let's dive into the news from the past week.
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