Grumpy Old Geeks

Ep 553: Grumpio Frumpio - Ad Free (Patreon)

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2022-05-13 04:21:10

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2026-06

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Content

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/

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