Grumpy Old Geeks

Grumpy Old Geeks

We dissect the tech news train wrecks of the week, calling out what went wrong and who’s to blame. Think of this podcast as if Kurt Cobain threw down with Tom from MySpace, Elon Musk, and Mark Zuckerberg in a back alley brawl. No mercy, no filter—if tech had a walk of shame, this would be it.

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541: Apologetic Beavers

541: Apologetic Beavers

Crypto simulations; Cent CEO points out fundamental problems with Web3; Moviepass wants your eyeballs; Facebook/Meta lawsuits & settlements; Metamates; BlockFi settlement; Akamai acquires Linode; Virg...

18 Feb 202255min

540: Viscerally Revolting

540: Viscerally Revolting

The tide seems to be turning on NFTs, Web3 & crypto; Bored Ape Yacht Club founders doxxed, but I thought the blockchain was anonymous; couple charged with laundering billions in stolen bitcoin, bad ra...

11 Feb 202257min

539: Apology Not Accepted

539: Apology Not Accepted

Meta stock plummets due to reduced growth, generally being Meta; HitPiece "starts a conversation" about blatant theft; we're really, really over "nefts"; Wordle gets bought by the NYT, nothing changes...

4 Feb 20221h 14min

538: Bookmark and Forget

538: Bookmark and Forget

NFTs, destroyed; FCC & ISP choice; Bitcoin is just a tech stock now; Diem dissolved; Elon's brain implants; autonomous cars & legal responsibility; TikTok's creator fund; Neil Young tells Spotify, Rog...

28 Jan 20221h 4min

537: I’m a Fahrenheit Boy

537: I’m a Fahrenheit Boy

Government makes usable website; Apple & Google oppose antitrust efforts; sad NFTs; non-smart non-contracts; we don't talk about crypto, no no no; Microsoft buying Activision Blizzard; Instagram close...

21 Jan 20221h 1min

536: The Rational Prepper

536: The Rational Prepper

Web3, NFTs, cryptocurrencies & other grifts; Uber CEO admits they could afford labor protections; shoddy coding; why Tesla is good & why Tesla is bad; Mozilla backtracks; gamifying the law; The Matrix...

14 Jan 20221h 7min

535: Consider Your Risk Appetite

535: Consider Your Risk Appetite

2022, here we go again; the case against crypto; feels like a sea change against crypto & NFTs; the metaverse still doesn't exist; decentralized Web3 is, you guessed it, centralized; DoorDash requires...

4 Jan 20221h 10min

534: Fat Finger Financial Foibles

534: Fat Finger Financial Foibles

Christmas is cancelled; Bezos gets his wings; subscription models; AWS outage; centralized exchanges; Buzzfeed headlines; Twitter Spaces lack moderation; Vegans and NFT'ers; some smart NFT moves; fat ...

15 Dec 20211h 4min

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