

Grumpy Old Geeks
Jason DeFillippo & Brian Schulmeister with Dave Bittner
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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May 13, 2016 • 53min
159: The Text Pistols
Austin takes a stand against Uber, Lyft, Apple invests in Didi Chuxing; Parsey McParseface; Web brutalism; Facebook news curation; Twitter & Dataminr spy but not for the government; Rule 41; The Grand Tour; Peachy Printer building houses; Drink ’Murica! Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/159
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May 6, 2016 • 1h 2min
158: It's Neat!
The grumps are back in the saddle; bots in the wild; Uber, Airbnb, Lyft, Tinder & Facebook shenanigans; Apple Music steals music, Reznor to the rescue; OpenAI; BeautifulPeople hacked; Tilt Brush; ResetPlug; Twin Peaks cast; Star Trek is back; Oldchella! Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/158
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Apr 22, 2016 • 51min
157: U.S.S. Irony
Dig if you will, this podcast; big GOG news; drone attack; science replication crisis; suing Kanye; get to know your new cash; Comcast kills the box; Alphabet rewards negative realities; Twilight Zone returns as a choose your own adventure; black holes! Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/157
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Apr 15, 2016 • 1h 14min
156: I Can't Believe It's Not Buddha
Bots, bots & bots; Tesla's real innovation; Apple ends allowances; augmented reality caffeine environments; no texting in AMC; Homeland Security hates Quicktime; blocklisting Sweden; the IllumiBowl; Star Wars history; the worst Kickstarter, ever; BEES! Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/156
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Apr 8, 2016 • 1h 10min
155: Let Them Eat Cake
Panama Papers & Wordpress security; AirBnb's revisionist history; NFL no longer tax exempt; buy a failing business; the 1099 economy; the singularity is not near; 3d printing coolness; robot naughty bits; bots, bots & more bots; spies in the skies! Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/155
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Apr 1, 2016 • 1h 3min
154: Fool Free Zone
Google's April Fool's joke; Gig economy falters; millennials love Facebook; Spotify pivoting to video, because money; Messenger becoming a platform; hospitals need security, badly; FBI opening more phones; not so smooth drone operators; the Rift is here. Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/154
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Mar 25, 2016 • 1h 12min
153: We Face a Shining Future
It's our 3rd anniversary show & there were drinks; we meander through biocoding, universal basic income, VR, death of Moore's Law, Apple is 40, basic security (again!), drones, things we're sick of there even being a debate about & Bad Santa 2. Or 3. Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/153
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Mar 18, 2016 • 1h 1min
152: Don't Kick Our Robot Overlords!
Modern life is rubbish; fast food moves to robots; Uber gets disrupted; Alzheimer's breakthrough; DARPA derps; Feds find Fappening phisher; Amazon Echo; funded fan films; sponsored content kills journalism, internet; LSD microdoses for internet addiction. Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/152
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Mar 11, 2016 • 57min
151: There IS a Spoon
Social media can be good, really; music startup fails; brain pain via dyslexia & FBI; McAfee & idiots; drones in the USA; 8k/VR Olympics; Darth Maul; old school spying; printing Wikipedia; the trouble w/ popular music & transporters; Rugmpy Dlo Eegks FTW! Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/151
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Mar 4, 2016 • 1h 12min
150: The Truth is On Hiatus
Financial & emotional repercussions of social media; app bubble burst; big data & Banksy; Yahoo & Linkedin WTFs; McAfee, show your work; do not use 23andMe; active listening; X-Files; 3-Body Problems; no science on Sci; good & bad casting; listener love! Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/150
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