674: Welcome to DOGE! The Department of Grumpy Entertainment
Grumpy Old Geeks16 Marras 2024

674: Welcome to DOGE! The Department of Grumpy Entertainment

In this episode of Grumpy Old Geeks, we break down the latest chaos in tech, pop culture, and humanity’s never-ending quest to out-stupid itself. Hackers are raiding Ticketmaster accounts (again), and Chegg is circling the drain after ChatGPT obliterated its business model. Meanwhile, Amazon is hawking boner pills that tanked Hims’ stock, 23andMe is laying off nearly half its staff, and Bluesky is quietly stealing users who’ve had it with Elon’s dumpster fire over at X.

Driverless Waymo cars take over LA, nuclear safety gets outsourced to AI, and Apple wants to track your luggage with AirTags (but only on planes they like). Oh, and let’s not forget Mark Zuckerberg’s bizarre karaoke moment with Get Low.

On the pop culture front, The Penguin finale cements it as TV’s best comic book adaptation, Moana smashes Disney streaming records, and The Beatles are back—kind of—thanks to AI. Plus, Mattel accidentally linked kids’ toys to a porn site, and some genius in a bear costume is faking car accidents for insurance money. It’s all as dumb, messy, and oddly entertaining as you’d expect. Tune in for the snark, stay for the schadenfreude!


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FOLLOW UP

Hackers Keep Stealing Tickets From People’s Ticketmaster Accounts

Trump Media Execs Dumped Millions in Stock After the Election

Study Finds Eggs Might Protect Brain Health And Lower Cholesterol


IN THE NEWS

FTX bankruptcy estate sues Anthony Scaramucci, FWD.us, others

Chegg Is On Its Last Legs After ChatGPT Sent Its Stock Down 99%

AI travel influencers are here. Human travelers hate it.

Bluesky reaches 15 million users; people look for alternatives to X

Jason on Bluesky

Brian on Bluesky

Graysky

Bluesky scoops up the developer of popular third-party app, Graysky

23andMe is laying off 40 percent of its staff

Amazon Gets Into the Boner Pill Business, Hims Stock Goes Limp

Waymo's driverless cars in LA County are now available to everyone

Telecom Builds AI ‘Grandmother’ Bot to Talk to Phone Scammers and Waste Their Time

Anthropic, feds test whether AI will share sensitive nuclear info

New artificial intelligence search solution deployed at Diablo Canyon Power Plant

The Manhattan Project (1986)

AI Expert Warns Crash Is Imminent As AI Improvements Hit Brick Wall

'Hawk Tuah' girl launches Pookie Tool, an AI-powered dating advice app, and it's fine?

The Onion Purchases Alex Jones’ InfoWars in Bankruptcy Auction


MEDIA CANDY

Countdown: Paul vs. Tyson

Paul vs. Tyson

Super League: The War for Football

Shrinking

Nobody Wants This

Silo Season Two

Moana is Disney’s Biggest Movie on Streaming Ever

The Penguin Finale Cemented It as One of the Best Comic Book Shows Ever

The Beatles are nominated for two Grammys thanks to AI

Gates McFadden InvestiGates: Who do you think you are?

ERIC SAYS

The story of Love And Rockets, the former Bauhaus members who helped sell goth to America

Mark Zuckerberg Just Released a Cover of Lil Jon's "Get Low" and Yes, He Says the Line About Balls

Spotify’s Plans For AI Generated Music, Podcasts, and Recommendations, According To Its Co-President, CTO, and CPO Gustav Söderström


APPS & DOODADS

Good News: Instagram Chief Says App Won’t Refresh Right When You Open It Anymore

Meta Will Get Its Unwanted Day in Antitrust Court

Apple Has Begun Selling iPhone 16 Replacement Parts

Apple teams up with airlines for new ‘Share Item Location’ AirTags feature in iOS 18.2

"Wicked" toys from Mattel featuring link to porn site pulled from shelves, now available on eBay

Sound Studio 4

Redact

Tangle News


AT THE LIBRARY

This photography book shows people just standing in front of Danzig's house

Beacon 23: The Complete Novel by Hugh Howey


THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE

Dave Bittner

The CyberWire

Hacking Humans

Caveat

Control Loop

Only Malware in the Building

Andor Will Gloriously Rebel Once More in April 2025

Andor Season 2 Will Pit Your Favorite Miserable Imperials Against Each Other

How to migrate from X to Bluesky without losing your followers

Person dressed in bear costume to fake attacks on cars for insurance payout, California officials say.


CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

Tony Todd, ‘Candyman’ and ‘Final Destination’ Actor, Dead at 69

Tony Todd Made One of Deep Space Nine‘s Greatest Episodes Shine

Happy Birthday Gigi Edgley!

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10: Who checks the lady boys?

10: Who checks the lady boys?

Joey Rabier a.k.a. Joey the Intern from TechTV/G4/Revision3 joins Jason and Brian this week for some serious inappropriateness that's guaranteed to offend the entire family. I'm just going to leave this episode here and you do with it what you will. We'll be returning to our regularly scheduled programming next week unless Jason dies in a ball of flames from his cross country air travels. Subscribe to the Grumpy Old Geeks on iTunes and give us a five star rating. You know you want to! Shownotes: Our guest this week is Joey the Intern Revision3 TechTV Kent's Tshirt The Newsroom Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip And Not a Single Fuck Was Given That Day Pigeon, handling life like a boss Crypteks on Kickstarter People complaining about not getting their Crypteks stuff Why Kickstarter 'can't' and won't protect backers once a project is funded Bitcoin Mining Has An Absurd Environmental Impact Cannes: Zach Braff's Kickstarter Film Lands Full Financing   Amy's Baking Company - This Is The Most Epic Brand Meltdown On Facebook Ever Amy's Baking Company on Yelp Abercrombie and Fitch CEO Backlash Sees Greg Karber Hand Out Clothes To The Homeless The Jenna Marbles Paradox: Why Are YouTube Videos So Terrible? It's Getting Harder to Make Money on YouTube The Purge Movie Smitten teen girls stir up #FreeJahar mania for Boston Marathon bombings suspect Suicide Club Meet an Inmate GoDaddy.com CEO Bob Parsons' Elephant Hunt Sparks Outrage PETA Kills Animals Penn and Teller - P.E.T.A. (Full Episode) Sea Shepherd's Idiotic Antics Cost Australian Taxpayers "Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars" Paul Watson, Sea Shepherd Founder, Vows To Continue Work While On The Run Paul Watson: out of jail, but still in trouble Japanese whalers run over Sea Shepherd boat Alternate view of crash Scrimshaw Pilsner - North Coast Brewing Co. US government: zero-day vulnerabilities wanted - we pay bitcoins Bang With Friends Isn't Actually That Anonymous Writer Evan Ratliff Tried to Vanish: Here’s What Happened Secret photos KYMS Free: Hide and lock photos, videos, documents See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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09: Tend your own garden

09: Tend your own garden

Jason realizes he's a whiny brat and starts to eat his own dogfood. A conversation ensues about the dangers of giving up your content to so many sites that you don't own and Brian tries to make his brain grow. Subscribe to the Grumpy Old Geeks on iTunes and give us a five star rating. You know you want to! Shownotes: Oh shit, him again? Melissa Joan Hart's Kickstarter Campaign Canceled After Project Falls Extremely Short Of Goal Lefsetz Letter Asahi Super Dry No More Sharecropping! After Instagram controversy, a watchdog site tracks shifting Terms of Service Rocket Arena Quake Live Lumosity See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

21 Touko 201341min

08: I'll bet you think this podcast is about you. Don't you?

08: I'll bet you think this podcast is about you. Don't you?

Brian returns from Hawaii, Snapchat is busted hardcore, and Kickstarter is kicked in the nuts. Again. Jason reveals his tips on interviewing for tech jobs, his addiction for hardcore gaming, and love for quality television. Brian talks about his love of trivia and his unjustified hatred for Farscape. Subscribe to the Grumpy Old Geeks on iTunes and give us a five star rating. You know you want to! Shownotes: I won't give Zach Braff one dime by Ken Levine Zane Lamprey OMG, "Deleted" Snapchat Sexts Can Actually Be Recovered For $300, a Utah Company Can Recover Vanished Snapchats Newcastle Brown Ale: "Ocean" Dots Trivie Sci-Fi Becomes Syfy: Why? Defiance Friday the 13th: The Series See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

13 Touko 201355min

07: Must learn balance Daniel-san!

07: Must learn balance Daniel-san!

In this episode the geeks talk about how they've gotten screwed by bad business practices and dish out some serious wisdom on how you can avoid the same fate. Subscribe to the Grumpy Old Geeks in iTunes and give us a five star rating. You know you want to...' Shownotes: Rackspace Derek Powazek Pegging Jason Schupp Irish Music Cruise iPhone waterproofing LoseIt Fuck You. Pay Me Coachella Muji Moleskine Pattern Recognition Markus Pierson Fab.com Brian's Bottle Opener See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

6 Touko 201355min

06: Yeah, that sounds expensive.

06: Yeah, that sounds expensive.

We have our first guest! Rudy Jahchan of Timey Wimey TV and Galacticast fame kindly joined us this week for an awesome conversation about coding, getting old, and how Hollywood works. There is a bit of problem with the audio on this episode and we apologize and hope you still dig it. Just pretend we're dropping the bass. Subscribe to the Grumpy Old Geeks in iTunes and give us a five star rating. You know you want to...' Shownotes: Squarespace Rudy Jahchan Galacticast A Comicbook Orange Timey Wimey TV Wordpress Update WP Super Cache and W3TC Immediately – Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Disclosed Yahoo snags exclusive rights to Saturday Night Live's archives WISH I WAS HERE by Zach Braff Are Hollywood Millionaires Ruining Kickstarter? Let's Ask the Internet Carbon Five 35 in Hex The Social Network Work-life Balance Entropy Java Ray Tracing Quake Ruby Python Grok Coffee Script Node.js Liz Shannon Miller Liz tells Frank... Casey McKinnon Star Wars: Machete Order ( Fuck it, go 4, 5, 3, 6 ) Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series) J. J. Abrams Simon Pegg Quantum of Solace Casino Royale See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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05: We're all screwed...

05: We're all screwed...

How Facebook is screwing up their privacy initiative, what you need to get started with security and some awesome sci-fi books! Subscribe to the Grumpy Old Geeks in iTunes and give us a five star rating. You know you want to...' Sponsors: Burner - Download the app and use the code GRUMPY to get 3 free credits. Open to the first 50 listeners who download the app. Shownotes:: Short Circuit App.net Don't call it San Fran Apple Spaceship Apple iBook Coldplay Ebook Penetration Test Sexting Firestone Union Jack Antivirus No, You Can't Have My Social Security Number Visual Basic Hotmail URL Redirection Phishing Botnet master gets 30-month prison term for renting out infected PCs Denial of Service Attacks Little Snitch LastPass 1Password XKCD Password Strength Rainbow Tables Social Engineering and Pretexting Metasploit Social Engineering Toolkit Facebook: What's secure browsing (https)? How do I turn it on? Please Rob Me Twitter: Keeping your account secure What to do with $175,000 in weed found in your back yard Mammoth Kindle App Cyberstorm Daemon Freedom(tm) See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

22 Huhti 201358min

04: How we got our groove

04: How we got our groove

This week the guys talk about free online education, how free software can bite you in the ass, and wonky design. Subscribe to the Grumpy Old Geeks in iTunes and give us a five star rating. You know you want to... Sponsors: Burner - Download the app and use the code GRUMPY to get 3 free credits. Open to the first 50 listeners who download the app. Shownotes:: Grumpy Old Geeks on Twitter Grumpy Old Geeks on Facebook Russ Meyer Goo Goo Dolls LiveJournal FitBit Radiohead Appcelerator Amazon Web Services Stella Artois Blink Tag IBM XT Pascal Autodidacticism Concurrent Versions System FutureSplash Animator Codeacademy ExpressionEngine Drupal Lynda Stack Overflow Graceful Degradation PHP Scalability Load balancing MySQL Facebook At 13 Million Queries Per Second Recommends: Minimize Request Variance Technorati Google Shipping Container Data Centers Explore a Google data center with Street View College of DuPage Photography Program History of Photography Podcast UCLA Extension udemy MOOCs: Top 10 Sites for Free Education With Elite Universities Downcast Instacast 3 Endgame by Rise Against Tumblr Wordpress See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

16 Huhti 201356min

03: You just gotta hump it!

03: You just gotta hump it!

In this episode the guys talk about how modern mobile computing has taken the romance out of the music and the yellow pages, more tips on how to make money doing something you dig, Brian gushes both good and bad about Arianna Huffington, and Jason expounds on his anti-love for Bill Maher. ​ Subscribe to the Grumpy Old Geeks in iTunes and give us a five star rating. You know you want to...   See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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