546: Jrumpy Old Jeeps
Grumpy Old Geeks25 Mar 2022

546: Jrumpy Old Jeeps

We're back to normal; reflections on nostalgia; Vimeo is sorry; how to commit fraud properly; open-source developer burnout, sabotage; US data collection transparency bill; Bored Apes Yuga Labs ridiculous valuation; Andreessen's crypto obsession; regulating Musk's tweets; de-platforming doesn't always work; which Trek is most Star Trek; Upload; drunk on a plane movie reviews; TV shows keeping Jason sane; Dropbox drops a bomb; Amp; Citizen; iPad annoyances; RIP, it's pronounced JIF.

Show notes at https://gog.show/546

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IN THE NEWS

A former Apple employee has been charged with defrauding the company out of more than $10 million

Open-source developers are burning out, quitting, and even sabotaging their own projects — and it's putting the entire internet at risk

Sabotage: Code added to popular NPM package wiped files in Russia and Belarus

Bipartisan bill would expand US data collection transparency requirements

‘Bored Apes’ NFT startup Yuga Labs raises at monster $4B valuation

Biggest Bored Ape Whales Move Their APE to Exchanges

Worldcoin to Raise $100M at $3B Token Valuation: Report

US regulators say someone really needs to monitor Elon Musk’s tweets

Demonetizing ‘problematic’ YouTubers isn’t effective, researchers say


MEDIA CANDY

Star Trek: Discovery

Star Trek: Picard

Upload Season 2

Friday the 13th The Series

The Andy Warhol Diaries

Tournament of Champions 3

The Julia Child Challenge

Guys Grocery Games

Alex vs. America

Tiny Food Fight

Killing Eve the Final Season

Barry

The Boys

The Umbrella Academy

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the 10 Rings

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

Star Wars: The Last Jedi (revisited)

Legoland: California


APPS & DOODADS

Amp

The saga of Punkin’ Donuts

Citizen may test an on-demand private security service in Chicago

iPadOS now lets any iPad match the new iPad mini volume button orientation feature

Apple iPadAir with M1

Sonos One SL

Twitter for iOS now lets you easily create GIFs using your iPhone camera

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CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

Stephen Wilhite, creator of the GIF, has died

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