Grumpy Old Geeks2 Juli 2022

560: Wankpuffin

Fun with compound pejoratives; TLDR; the layoffs are coming; old-timey Uber problems; Airbnb parties no more; space travel & the environment; limiting sales of Plan B; Facebook seems to be able to moderate abortion pills posts but not much else; cryptocurrency still a joke, massive losses of money; Apple exec busted for insider trading; HBOMax app issues; Roadrunner & revisiting Bourdain; Westward; the Orville; charging cables; Snapchat+ lets you pay to beta test; Opal C1; Disneyland; TikTok; what to do about privacy data; Things Dave Likes.

Show notes at https://gog.show/560

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IN THE NEWS

Tesla reportedly lays off 200 Autopilot employees in latest jobs cut

Uber’s Blast from the Past

Airbnb is banning party houses permanently

Space Travel Will Absolutely Gut the Environment, Scientists Warn

Amazon to limit purchases of Plan B and other emergency contraceptive pills

Facebook Is Banning People Who Say They Will Mail Abortion Pills

Swedish Radio created fake pharmacy - reveals how Facebook stored sensitive information

‘Axie Infinity’ is back open for business following $625 million hack

Former Apple exec tasked with enforcing insider trading rules admits to insider trading

MEDIA CANDY

Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain

How Do You Tell the Story of Anthony Bourdain?

Westworld

The Orville: Scrapped Season 3 Episode to Be Released as Novella

The Nevers Season 2 Release Date – HBO’s Sci-Fi Drama Is On The Way!

Cinerama Dome Returning With New Name, Plans for Two Bars and Restaurant

APPS & DOODADS

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Snapchat+ is a new $4 monthly subscription service for 'passionate' users

NOAA triples its supercomputing capacity for improved storm modeling

Opal C1

AT THE LIBRARY

The Year Under the Machine by Peter Danielsson

SECURITY HAH!

Disneyland guest says they were evacuated from Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance three times in one day

FCC Commissioner urges Google and Apple to ban TikTok

TikTok can’t stop users from doxxing the Supreme Court

The post-Roe data privacy nightmare is way bigger than period tracking apps

NFT giant OpenSea reports major email data breach

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