679: Set Sanity to Zero

More crypto & NFT fails; proper gambling with class action cash; Uber won, we lose; Amazon delivery partners accident-prone; Starlink for RVs; Adam Neumann is back with a new scam; Meta sharing data with researchers; Walmart drones; Kids in the Hall; George Carlin; Ricky Gervais; Westworld; The Bad Guys; Sirius XM picks up Team Coco; time zones; Sennheiser; Magic Leap; gaming consolidation; the Sims; we Google it for you; USB SuperDrives; 5k iMac project; Top Gun; finding orphaned accounts; ClearView AI fined; delete versus erase; GoodWill, Hunted.Show notes: https://gog.show/555/Sponsors:ButcherBox - Sign up at butcherbox.com/GOG to receive a FREE Grilling Bundle in your first order.M365 Masterclass - Head over to m365masterclass.com and enter code GOG at checkout for 20% off your subscription for life.FOLLOW UPThe Most Famous Nft Artist Got Hacked, Ripping Off His FollowersCoinbase reportedly pauses hiring amid plummeting crypto marketIN THE NEWSUber Is Ready to Accept Failure, Sort OfThe Decade of Cheap Rides Is OverInjury rates of Amazon’s delivery contractors climbed 40 percent last year, new report claimsStarlink launches satellite internet for RVs that costs $25 moreAdam Neumann-backed climate tech venture Flowcarbon raises $70 mlnMeta will share Facebook's political ad targeting data with researchersWalmart is expanding its drone delivery service across six statesMEDIA CANDYThe Kids in the Hall: Comedy PunksGeorge Carlin's American DreamRicky Gervais: SuperNature on NetflixRicky Gervais: SuperNature | Official Clip | NetflixSomebody Feed Phil Season 5Westworld | Season 4 Official Teaser | HBOThe Bad GuysSiriusXM buys Conan O'Brien's podcast and media companyAPPS & DOODADSEvery Time Zone4PCS Hand Therapy Finger Stretcher, 4 Levels Hand Resistance Bands, Hand Therapy for Arthritis, Carpal Tunnel & Post-Surgery Recovery, Finger Exerciser for Guitar and Rock ClimbingSennheiser HD 650 - Audiophile Hi-Res Open Back Dynamic HeadphoneMagic Leap is Selling Its First AR Headset for Just $550Take-Two's $12.7 billion purchase of Zynga is complete'The Sims 4' players can now customize their characters' pronounsBackground App Refresh keeps your iPhone and iPad running smoothly, but takes up battery life — here's how to turn it offWhy You Shouldn't Constantly Close Apps on Your iPhoneSECURITY HAH!The CyberWireDave BittnerHacking HumansCaveatApple USB SuperDriveMineClearview AI fined £7.5 million and told to delete all UK facial recognition dataDelete vs erase: Do you know the difference?New ransomware demands victims to donate to poorCLOSING SHOUT-OUTSJordan Harbinger LiveSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

27 Maj 20221h 15min

Eggs redux; work from home debate, the Great Whiplash; Hotel Suicide; Twitter sale on hold, over Musk's antics; Youtube isn't a website according to Texas; adtech RTB breach; CityCoins crash; tempests in teapots at Apple; Grubhub's bad promo; Netflix layoffs; HBO app issues; Slower Horses; Kids in the Hall return; Barry; Naked Lunch; back on Brave; social media breaks & violent content on Facebook; AI characters, Artbreeder & title tags; Star Wars excitement; tracking period apps; pay with a smile; Dave's Favorite Things returns.Show notes at https://gog.show/554/Sponsors:Kolide - Visit kolide.com/gog Enter your email when prompted to receive your free Kolide Gift Bundle after trial activation.M365 Masterclass - Head over to m365masterclass.com and enter code GOG at checkout for 20% off your subscription for life.FOLLOW UPPlant-based 'whole' eggs could be served in US restaurants this yearApple softens its stance on remote work amid return-to-office delaysApple exec who left the company due to in-person work policy now returning to GoogleSee what it's like to live in one of the compact sleep pods that allow 14 residents to share a single home in CaliforniaIN THE NEWSWith Twitter deal on hold, Musk says a lower sale price isn't 'out of the question’A court just blew up internet law because it thinks YouTube isn’t a websiteReport spotlights vast scale of adtech’s ‘biggest data breach’Miami’s mayor backed MiamiCoin crypto—then its price dropped 95%Apple will allow some apps to automatically charge you higher subscription pricesGrubhub’s free lunch offer in NYC crashed its website and appNetflix lays off 150 mostly US-based staffAI Can Predict People's Race From X-Ray Images, And Scientists Are ConcernedMEDIA CANDYLast Week Tonight with John OliverSlow Horses on Apple TV+New Kids in the Hall on Amazon PrimeBarry on HBONaked LunchAPPS & DOODADSBrave web browser for iOS updated with new ‘Privacy Hub’DJI Mini 3 Pro - 51 Things You Should Know Before Buying!DJI Mini 3 ProTaking a Break from Social Media Makes you Happier and Less Anxious by Cal NewportTaking a One-Week Break from Social Media Improves Well-Being, Depression, and Anxiety: A Randomized Controlled TrialMeta has nearly doubled the amount of violent content removed from FacebookWe Used AI To Show What "Twilight" Characters Would Look Like In Real Life Based On The Books, And Emmett Looks Incredibly HuggableArtbreederSECURITY HAH!The CyberWireDave BittnerHacking HumansCaveatStar Wars: The Rebellion Will Be TelevisedData Marketplace Selling Info About Who Uses Period Tracking AppsMastercard's pay-with-a-smile test is bound to rile privacy advocatesHow To Clear Out Your Zombie Apps and Online AccountsOWC Thunderbolt 4 Dock5K iMac monitor conversion project underwayApple Magic KeyboardSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

20 Maj 20221h 16min

Humanity stuck in hold my beer mode; returning to work entitlement; many meta verses; crypto crashing, fraud everywhere; affordable connectivity & WIFI before seatbelts on buses; Musk's plan for Twitter; Cameo lays off the Fameo; Peleton's post-covid crunch; Clearview AI banned from direct sales to state agencies; Star Trek hopes; Severance; Avatar & Downton Abbey; iPhone cases; Apple discontinues the iPod; tandem showers; wheelbarrows; crypto muggings; more your phone is listening to you nonsense; healthcare, hospice & grief.Show notes at https://gog.show/553/Sponsors:Kolide - Visit kolide.com/gog Enter your email when prompted to receive your free Kolide Gift Bundle after trial activation.M365 Masterclass - Head over to m365masterclass.com and enter code GOG at checkout for 20% off your subscription for life.FOLLOW UPThe Craft of Forecasting Our Possible Futures: A Conversation with Jane McGonigalImaginable by Jane McGonigalBlasting out Earth’s location with the hope of reaching aliens is a controversial idea – two teams of scientists are doing it anywayIN THE NEWSApple loses director of machine learning over its office return policyInsider's Guide to the MetaverseMining Capital Coin CEO indicted for $62 million investment fraud schemeCEO of Mining Capital Coin Indicted in $62 Million Cryptocurrency Fraud SchemeThe Biden administration is capping the cost of internet for low-income AmericansAffordable Connectivity ProgramFCC proposes funding Wi-Fi on school busesInside Elon Musk’s Big Plans for TwitterElon Musk says he would ‘reverse’ Donald Trump’s Twitter banCameo insiders pull back the curtain on its brutal layoffs, revealing slowing growth, internal dissent, and concerns about overspendingPeloton's huge loss highlights how hard it'll be to turn things aroundControversial facial recognition company Clearview AI banned from selling face database to private US businessesMEDIA CANDYStar Trek: PicardStar Trek: Strange New WorldsOzarkMcMillion$HaloSeveranceAvatar: The Way of Water | Official Teaser TrailerHouse of the Dragon: Sneak PeekDownton Abbey: A New EraGeorge Carlin: Life is Worth LosingAPPS & DOODADSPeel Super Thin iPhone 13 Pro Case - Clear SoftPeel Super Thin iPhone 13 Pro Case - Sierra Blue1Password 8 for Mac: An upgrade, after allApple discontinues its last iPodThe music lives onPhotoshop for iPad shifts closer to feature parity with desktop app in latest updateTandem Shower by BoonaAEROCART 8-IN-1 YARD CART / WHEELBARROW / DOLLYSNAPCHAT’S FLYING CAMERADJI Mini Pro 3I Got An AI To Autocomplete Famous NovelsSECURITY HAH!The CyberWireDave BittnerHacking HumansCaveatYour Product Sucks — Apple Music macOS reviewWave of Crypto Muggings Hits London's Financial DistrictSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

13 Maj 20221h 17min

Music for TikTok; NFTs flatlining, still; WAGMI, bro; MyPillow guy re-banned from Twitter; Google fires more AI researchers; Meta's "laptop for the face"; Wikimedia won't take your crypto; Russians steal farm vehicles, they get bricked; the fragility of the blockchain; electioneering on OnlyFans; Grumpy Young Men; Weird Al; George Carlin; Grace & Frankie; Star Trek falters, Star Wars shines; NASA ring tones; Wristcam; Wordle's NYT bump; terms of service; cable testing; Circle K from Bill & Ted closing, bogus dude!Show notes at https://gog.show/552Sponsors:Kolide - Visit kolide.com/gog Enter your email when prompted to receive your free Kolide Gift Bundle after trial activation.M365 Masterclass - Head over to m365masterclass.com and enter code GOG at checkout for 20% off your subscription for life.Hover - Go to Hover now and grab your very own domain or a few of them at hover.com/gog and get 10% off your first purchase.FOLLOW UPDoes TikTok Pay You For Your Music | Do Artists Get Royalties From TikTokNFT Sales Are FlatliningCrypto’s CSI: How Molly White Became an ‘Absolute Nightmare’ for Web3 EvangelistsThe Tragic True Story Behind ‘WAGMI,’ Crypto's Most Positive CatchphraseIN THE NEWSMyPillow CEO Mike Lindell was re-banned from Twitter 3 hours after returning to the platform since his initial ban in 2021Google fires another AI researcher who reportedly challenged findingsMeta's Project Cambria VR headset likened to 'a laptop for the face'The Wikimedia Foundation won't accept crypto donations anymoreRussians plunder $5M farm vehicles from Ukraine — to find they've been remotely disabledYuga Labs’ Metaverse Land Sale Underscores Pressure on EthereumA 29-year-old progressive running for Congress thinks her honesty — and her OnlyFans — could help her winAlexandra M. Hunt on OnlyFansMEDIA CANDYQueen of the SouthOzarkBetter Call SaulGrumpy Young MenWeird: The Al Yankovic Story | Teaser Trailer | The Roku ChannelGeorge Carlin's American Dream | Official Trailer | HBOGrace & FrankieNetflix cancels 'Space Force' after two seasons'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' has promise, and the usual frustrationsNASA Audio and RingtonesTotally bogus! 'Bill & Ted' Circle K in Tempe is closingAPPS & DOODADSGet 1Password!1Password 8 for Mac is here!WristcamShot on Apple Watch AwardsNeutron and Visual Mixer Now Available Natively on Apple siliconWordle brought 'tens of millions' of users to The New York TimesMela appSECURITY HAH!CyberWire launches CISA Cybersecurity Alerts: A first-of-its-kind public service audio feed for urgent threat advisories.Obi-Wan Kenobi | Official Trailer | Disney+Star Wars on Disney+How to watch the Star Wars movies in order: Every order from chronological timeline to release dateTerms of Service; Didn't ReadUSB-C Cable Tester Quickly Indicates Which Type of Cable You HaveC2C caberQU - USB C cable tester KickstarterCLOSING SHOUT-OUTS103 Bits of Advice I Wish I Had KnownTechmeme Ride HomeHow the Internet Happened: From Netscape to the iPhoneSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

6 Maj 202248min

The Brimley/Cocoon Line; Elon Musk & the Twitter buyout; Truth Social's masterplan; Meta is a money pit; Ford's electric F-150; NFT phishing scams; virtual homes in the metaverse; taking off your Google Pixel Watch to eat; Discovery+; the Batman; Our Flag Means Death (of comedy); Supergirl; Danny Elfman; Severance; bitcoin got boring; when tech delights; Apple Self Service Repair; eero Pro; Sonos Roam; useful websites; the Sandman Omnibus; regret; the Art of Impossible; Milk Street & cook books on Kindle.Show notes at https://gog.show/551/Sponsored by Kolide - Try Kolide with all its features on an unlimited number of devices for free for 14 days; no credit card required at kolide.com/gog FOLLOW UPThe Brimley/Cocoon Line CalculatorIN THE NEWSElon Musk to buy Twitter for $44 billionJack Dorsey set to pocket $978M if Elon Musk’s Twitter acquisition closesNo one knows what Musk's Twitter takeover means for the companyTrump will not return to Twitter even as Elon Musk purchases platform, will begin using his own TRUTH SocialMeta says its metaverse biz lost another $3B… but the 2030s will be ‘exciting’Ford says it has produced 2,000 electric F-150 pickup trucks.I drove an $18,500, 3-wheeled electric car with 1 seat and big dreamsBored Ape Yacht Club's Instagram compromised in $2.4 million NFT phishing scamVirtual home developer pairs up with Beverly Hills real-estate agentSomeone left a prototype Google Pixel Watch at a restaurantWhy the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid - It’s not just a phase. By Jonathan HaidtMEDIA CANDYThe BatmanTHE BATMAN, but with Goofy BatmanOur Flag Means DeathSupergirlSeveranceDanny Elfman - Only A Lad (Coachella Festival, Indio CA 4/16/2022 -Week 1)The Real-Life Diet of Danny Elfman, Who Played Coachella Shirtless at 68Bridget Fonda seen for first time in 12 years on 58th birthdayAPPS & DOODADSiOS 15: How to Use Live Text to Copy and Paste Text From PhotosUniversal Control: Use a single keyboard and mouse between Mac and iPadApple’s Self Service Repair now availableApple Self Service RepairAmazon eero Pro 6 tri-band mesh Wi-Fi 6 system with built-in Zigbee smart home hub (3-pack)Sonos RoamMeta will open its first physical store May 9thInsanely Useful WebsitesAT THE LIBRARYThe Sandman OmnibusThe Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us ForwardThe Art of Impossible - A Peak Performance Primer - By Steven KotlerMilk Street Fast and Slow: Instant Pot Cooking at the Speed You Need by Christopher KimballCLOSING SHOUT-OUTSFort Worth to become first city to mine BitcoinSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

29 Apr 202258min

Coachella & Revolve; becoming a Gigillionaire; masks off; web scraping is legal; unionization is in the air, but $30 an hour for retail; Netflix stock drop, taking a page from Spotify; quantum computing and Rydberg polaritons; Romancing the Stone & Ghostbusters; the Batman; Picard disappointments; #Adulting; sexy backpacks; label created is not shipped; Honey; salt, salt, salt; the Broken Room; Roland; CNN+ shutting down; hot cable talk; revisiting smart home problems; DNS options; cyber security advisory; the wolf of Crypto; Elon Musk is back in MOTW; Binance's unfortunate branded hashtag.Show notes at https://gog.show/550/Sponsored by ButcherBox! Sign up at ButcherBox.com/GOG and get 2 lbs of ground beef free in every order for the life of your membership.FOLLOW UPRevolve Festival likened to “Fyre Fest 2.0” by influencers “stranded” for hoursIN THE NEWSUber and Lyft drop mask requirements for US drivers and passengersWeb scraping is legal, US appeals court reaffirmsInstagram enables product tagging for everyone in the USApple workers at New York store call for minimum wage of $30 per hourNetflix plans to offer cheaper ad-supported subscription tiersAn Ancient Namibian Stone Could Hold The Key to Unlocking Quantum ComputersMEDIA CANDYThe BatmanObamas to Leave Spotify, Seek Podcast Deal ElsewhereStar Trek Picard - No More Reviews, I'm OutBill Maher: #AdultingAPPS & DOODADSPGYTECH OneGo 18L Camera and Drone Backpack for Men and Women, 16" Laptop Backpack for Street City Urban PhotographerPGYTECH OneMo Camera Backpack 25L with Shoulder Bag for DJI Air 2S, DJI FPV, Sony, Canon, Nikon, Drone, DJI Mavic Mini 2/Air 2, OSMO Action/Pocket, DSLR/SLR Mirrorless, Camera TripodFEZIBO L-Shaped Electric Standing Desk, 55 Inch Height Adjustable Stand up Table, Sit Stand Desk with Splice Board, Black Frame/Black TopHEMUDU Dual Monitor Articulating Desk Mount Arm Stand - Vertical Stack Screen Supports Two 13 to 34 Inch Computer Monitors with C ClampElgato Wave Mic Arm LPHoneyDropbox PasswordsThe lickable-TV guy created electric chopsticks to make food taste saltierAT THE LIBRARYThe Broken Room by Peter ClinesRoland celebrates 50 years of music gear with glossy new bookPUSH: J. Grant Brittain - ‘80s Skateboarding PhotographySECURITY HAH!The CyberWireDave BittnerHacking HumansCaveatCNN+ Is Shutting Down Just Weeks After It LaunchedWhat is 1.1.1.1?Quad9OpenDNS5 Eyes issues joint cyber security advisoryMORON OF THE WEEK'Wolf of Wall Street' inspiration Jordan Belfort reportedly charged $40,000 for a 2-day crypto workshop at his Miami estate — three years after he called Bitcoin a 'mass delusion'The Wolf of CryptoIf Wolf of Wall Street were about cryptoevery NFT projects be like...[Exclusive] Elon Musk: A future worth getting excited about | TED | Tesla Gigafactory interviewBinance adds a branded hashtag to Twitter that closely resembles a swastikaCLOSING SHOUT-OUTSMundy CeramicsSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

22 Apr 20221h 21min

Boldly going; Kmart collapse; Elon Musk, Chaos Muppet; what to do with deleted tweets; dark personality traits & crypto; beastmode for kids; Etsy seller strike; Meta & its Oversight Board; autonomous Cruise makes a run for it; Moonfall, revisited; two thumbs up; Upload; Picard; Billions; Queen of the South; the Outlaws; Tony Hawk (or is it); Warner Bros, Discovery & CNN+; Twemex; PIP; DuckDuckGo browser; vigilante apps; evolution of self help; Peter Clines; data brokers; RaidForums bust; trackers all the way down.Show notes at https://gog.show/549SponsorsTry Kolide with all its features on an unlimited number of devices for free for 14 days; no credit card required at kolide.com/gog.Go to Hover now and grab your very own domain or a few of them at hover.com/gog and get 10% off your first purchase.FOLLOW UPStar Trek's first NFTs lean heavily on incentivesThe Worst Part of Working From Home Is Now Haunting Reopened OfficesOnce a retail giant, Kmart nears extinction after closureChoro-Q aka Penny RacersZoids‘Jack Dorsey’s First Tweet’ NFT Went on Sale for $48M. It Ended With a Top Bid of Just $280IN THE NEWSElon Musk and the disappearing board seat: all of the updates about Twitter’s largest shareholderTwitter reverses change that turned embeds of deleted tweets into blank boxes"Impulsive Psychopaths Like Crypto": Research Shows How "Dark" Personality Traits Affect Bitcoin EnthusiasmThe growing, lightly controversial industry teaching kids cryptoOver 14,000 Etsy sellers are going on strike to protest increased transaction feesMeta announces huge new tech hub in Toronto with plans for 2,500 jobsMeta will close a loophole in its doxxing policy in response to the Oversight BoardAn autonomous Cruise vehicle left police confused when they tried to pull it overThe first all-civilian space crew has docked with the ISSMEDIA CANDYMoonfallNetflix adds a ‘Two Thumbs Up’ button in effort to learn what users love, not just likeUploadPicardFirst ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ season three trailer teases a starship hijackingBillionsTony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall OffTony Hawk on the Oscars, Fatherhood and Taking RisksQueen of the SouthThe OutlawsMisfits (TV series)The Warner Bros.-Discovery deal has officially closedFox Sports will stream every match of the 2022 World CupCNN+ struggles to lure viewers in its early days, drawing fewer than 10,000 daily usersBig cuts coming for CNN+ after slow startAPPS & DOODADSSonos bought a startup that made a light-powered Bluetooth speakerTwemexYouTube says picture-in-picture will hit all iOS 15 devices in the coming days (updated)Exclusive: iOS 16 notification updates will include expanded Focus mode configurations for more controlEpic Games and Lego team up to build a kid-friendly metaverseDuckDuckGo’s Privacy Browser Finally Lands on DesktopNEW SPEEDCAM APP LETS ANYONE, ANYWHERE SUBMIT EVIDENCE OF DRIVERS SPEEDINGAT THE LIBRARYAnthony Robbins' Personal Power II: The Driving Force!The Broken Room by Peter ClinesSteelheart (The Reckoners) by Brandon SandersonPeter Clines OfficialBrandon Sanderson OfficialSECURITY HAH!The CyberWireDave BittnerHacking HumansCaveatData Brokers: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)Ukrainians use 'Find My iPhone' to see where Russians took their stolen Apple devicesDuckDuckGo’s Privacy Browser Finally Lands on DesktopRaidForums hacking forum seized by police, owner arrestedCLOSING SHOUT-OUTSGILBERT GOTTFRIED DEAD AT 67See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

15 Apr 20221h 13min

Jason's new office; Facebook's misinformation fail; Amazon union; TikTok's scraping "growth hack"; Pinterest calls itself bold & brave; Elon buys stake in Twitter, gets on board; Jack misses the world he destroyed; Moonfall is unbearably bad; Star Trek seems to be moving in the right direction except for that NFT stuff; Somebody Feed Phil returns; Wyze security debacle; Cash App breach; FBI removes malware without asking; DOJ, German dark-web takedowns; Google bans data-harvesting software with government ties; it's Opening Day, Orioles fans!Show notes at https://gog.show/548This episode of Grumpy Old Geeks is brought to you by:Kolide - You can try Kolide with all its features on an unlimited number of devices for free for 14 days; no credit card required! Try it out at kolide.com/gog1Password - Get a great deal on the only password manager recommended by Grumpy Old Geeks! gog.show/1passwordFOLLOW UPA FACEBOOK BUG LED TO INCREASED VIEWS OF HARMFUL CONTENT OVER SIX MONTHSIN THE NEWSAmerica finally gets an Amazon unionAmazon's planned worker chat app would reportedly ban words like 'union'Two key tech execs quit Truth Social after troubled app launchTikTok owner ByteDance scraped content from Instagram and others to push predecessor appPinterest bans all climate change misinformation on its platformElon Musk now owns a 9.2 percent stake in TwitterElon Musk will join Twitter's board of directorsTwitter confirms it will test an edit buttonTwitter is wiping embeds of deleted tweets from the webIndieWebJack Dorsey regrets his role in creating a centralized internetMEDIA CANDYMoonfallThe entire ‘Next Generation’ cast will appear in 'Star Trek: Picard' season threeThe latest ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ trailer promises a return to formFFS. "Star Trek gets into NFTs"'Somebody Feed Phil' Season 5 Release Date Announced at NetflixSECURITY HAH!The CyberWireDave BittnerHacking HumansCaveatI’m done with WyzeCash App breach impacted over 8 million usersCompanies were slow to remove Russian spies’ malware, so FBI did it for themDOJ seizes $34 million of crypto from the dark web sellerGermany seizes the world's largest, longest-serving dark web marketGoogle Bans Apps With Hidden Data-Harvesting SoftwareSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

8 Apr 20221h