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Ep 724: Sam Altman's Boutique
DOGE is dead, Apple and HP blame AI for layoffs, teens are lonely (talking to bots!), rich tech bros pour millions into fighting state AI regulations. Welcome to tech, where nothing is a scam until the money runs out. Also, an ASMR spa? We need a drink.
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DOGE is dead, Apple and HP blame AI for layoffs, teens are lonely (talking to bots!), rich tech bros pour millions into fighting state AI regulations. Welcome to tech, where nothing is a scam until the money runs out. Also, an ASMR spa? We need a drink.
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724: Sam Altman’s Boutique
After surviving Thanksgiving and the subsequent biting cold, we jumped into the FOLLOW UP with news that Malaysia is joining the trend by taking steps to ban social…
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November 29, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Ep 724: Sam Altman's Boutique
DOGE is dead, Apple and HP blame AI for layoffs, teens are lonely (talking to bots!), rich tech bros pour millions into fighting state AI regulations. Welcome to tech, where nothing is a scam until the money runs out. Also, an ASMR spa? We need a drink.
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DOGE is dead, Apple and HP blame AI for layoffs, teens are lonely (talking to bots!), rich tech bros pour millions into fighting state AI regulations. Welcome to tech, where nothing is a scam until the money runs out. Also, an ASMR spa? We need a drink.
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Hey internet stop serving me ads for Stranger Things I gave up on that show two seasons ago k thx bye
November 27, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Hey internet stop serving me ads for Stranger Things I gave up on that show two seasons ago k thx bye
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From Larry Summers fleeing the OpenAI board to Nvidia tanking, Bitcoin crashing, Grok praising Elon, and a Tesla robotaxi driver asleep at the wheel, yeah, tech is weird. New trailers, open-sourced Zork, broken keyboards, and Björk turning 60. It’s a packed episode!
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723: Don’t Want No Samsung
We open by tracking our video money and mocking the chef who quit Elon’s "epic" bacon diner, before diving into the IN THE NEWS segment where plummeting crypto and …
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November 22, 2025 at 12:08 AM
From Larry Summers fleeing the OpenAI board to Nvidia tanking, Bitcoin crashing, Grok praising Elon, and a Tesla robotaxi driver asleep at the wheel, yeah, tech is weird. New trailers, open-sourced Zork, broken keyboards, and Björk turning 60. It’s a packed episode!
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Ep 722: Does a Podcaster Sh*t in the Woods?
On the pod: sports betting ruins baseball, Facebook buys us off for four bucks, teens discover notes, Polaroids, Tesla chaos, Waymo freeway mayhem, OpenAI/Meta face-plant, billionaires designer babies & Joyce Carol Oates roasts Elon alive.
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On the pod: sports betting ruins baseball, Facebook buys us off for four bucks, teens discover notes, Polaroids, Tesla chaos, Waymo freeway mayhem, OpenAI/Meta face-plant, billionaires designer babies & Joyce Carol Oates roasts Elon alive.
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722: Does a Podcaster Shit in the Woods?
The inevitable decline of civilization takes center stage as the show kicks off with the miserable results of the FACEBOOK SETTLEMENT, confirming Brian's $4.01 payo…
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November 15, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Ep 722: Does a Podcaster Sh*t in the Woods?
On the pod: sports betting ruins baseball, Facebook buys us off for four bucks, teens discover notes, Polaroids, Tesla chaos, Waymo freeway mayhem, OpenAI/Meta face-plant, billionaires designer babies & Joyce Carol Oates roasts Elon alive.
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On the pod: sports betting ruins baseball, Facebook buys us off for four bucks, teens discover notes, Polaroids, Tesla chaos, Waymo freeway mayhem, OpenAI/Meta face-plant, billionaires designer babies & Joyce Carol Oates roasts Elon alive.
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Oh god yet another life situation in which my freakish near encyclopedic knowledge of 80s and 90s alternative music is of no use whatsoever
November 9, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Oh god yet another life situation in which my freakish near encyclopedic knowledge of 80s and 90s alternative music is of no use whatsoever
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Ep 721: Pixel Predators
This week we unpack the worst tech layoffs in decades, Burry shorting AI, Elon’s golden dome and flying car delusions, Zuck’s illegal school, and Meta’s sketchy stash... then recover with The Diplomat, Lego Star Trek, and yes, sprouts.
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This week we unpack the worst tech layoffs in decades, Burry shorting AI, Elon’s golden dome and flying car delusions, Zuck’s illegal school, and Meta’s sketchy stash... then recover with The Diplomat, Lego Star Trek, and yes, sprouts.
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721: Pixel Predators
This episode proves that nothing gold can stay, especially your 401k, as we kick things off with the revelation that October saw the worst tech layoffs since 2003, …
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November 8, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Ep 721: Pixel Predators
This week we unpack the worst tech layoffs in decades, Burry shorting AI, Elon’s golden dome and flying car delusions, Zuck’s illegal school, and Meta’s sketchy stash... then recover with The Diplomat, Lego Star Trek, and yes, sprouts.
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This week we unpack the worst tech layoffs in decades, Burry shorting AI, Elon’s golden dome and flying car delusions, Zuck’s illegal school, and Meta’s sketchy stash... then recover with The Diplomat, Lego Star Trek, and yes, sprouts.
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Ep 720: Sad Max Mode
Amazon “embraces AI” by axing 14K jobs, Meta torches cash, and Elon invents new ways to break the internet. We unpack the week’s corporate chaos - existential angst and ghost in the machine included. 😮💨 👻
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Amazon “embraces AI” by axing 14K jobs, Meta torches cash, and Elon invents new ways to break the internet. We unpack the week’s corporate chaos - existential angst and ghost in the machine included. 😮💨 👻
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720: Sad Max Mode
This week’s episode started with the usual existential sigh before tumbling straight into the corporate bloodbath. Amazon chopped 14,000 jobs under the noble banner…
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November 1, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Ep 720: Sad Max Mode
Amazon “embraces AI” by axing 14K jobs, Meta torches cash, and Elon invents new ways to break the internet. We unpack the week’s corporate chaos - existential angst and ghost in the machine included. 😮💨 👻
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Amazon “embraces AI” by axing 14K jobs, Meta torches cash, and Elon invents new ways to break the internet. We unpack the week’s corporate chaos - existential angst and ghost in the machine included. 😮💨 👻
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Ep 719: Uniquely Devoid of Feeling
From AWS outages to AI twins of Suzanne Somers, the future’s feeling fragile. Musk, Meta, and Amazon keep automating while Tron flops and Ticketmaster keeps lying. We unpack the chaos, mourn The Kitchen, and debate fake vacations and spy glasses!
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From AWS outages to AI twins of Suzanne Somers, the future’s feeling fragile. Musk, Meta, and Amazon keep automating while Tron flops and Ticketmaster keeps lying. We unpack the chaos, mourn The Kitchen, and debate fake vacations and spy glasses!
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Grumpy Old Geeks
A few professional Gen X geeks 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 Coba…
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October 24, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Ep 719: Uniquely Devoid of Feeling
From AWS outages to AI twins of Suzanne Somers, the future’s feeling fragile. Musk, Meta, and Amazon keep automating while Tron flops and Ticketmaster keeps lying. We unpack the chaos, mourn The Kitchen, and debate fake vacations and spy glasses!
gog.show/719/
From AWS outages to AI twins of Suzanne Somers, the future’s feeling fragile. Musk, Meta, and Amazon keep automating while Tron flops and Ticketmaster keeps lying. We unpack the chaos, mourn The Kitchen, and debate fake vacations and spy glasses!
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Ep 717: Quantum of Nope
Apple bans an anti-ICE app, Florida teens ask ChatGPT how to murder friends, and OpenAI can’t stop tripping over itself. Also: loud ads banned, guns removed from Bond posters, and Meta accidentally does something good. New ep is live! 🔥
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Apple bans an anti-ICE app, Florida teens ask ChatGPT how to murder friends, and OpenAI can’t stop tripping over itself. Also: loud ads banned, guns removed from Bond posters, and Meta accidentally does something good. New ep is live! 🔥
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717: Quantum of Nope
The Dutch courts finally did something useful: they told Meta to quit force-feeding algorithmic slop to everyone, so Facebook and Instagram users might actually see…
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October 11, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Ep 717: Quantum of Nope
Apple bans an anti-ICE app, Florida teens ask ChatGPT how to murder friends, and OpenAI can’t stop tripping over itself. Also: loud ads banned, guns removed from Bond posters, and Meta accidentally does something good. New ep is live! 🔥
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Apple bans an anti-ICE app, Florida teens ask ChatGPT how to murder friends, and OpenAI can’t stop tripping over itself. Also: loud ads banned, guns removed from Bond posters, and Meta accidentally does something good. New ep is live! 🔥
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Ep 716: Release the CrackerBot!
AI’s eating the internet, bots faked outrage over Cracker Barrel, Disney’s suing everyone, an “AI actress” and the Nirvana Baby lost his case again. The world’s on fire, but at least Logitech made a keyboard that charges in the light from the flames.
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AI’s eating the internet, bots faked outrage over Cracker Barrel, Disney’s suing everyone, an “AI actress” and the Nirvana Baby lost his case again. The world’s on fire, but at least Logitech made a keyboard that charges in the light from the flames.
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Grumpy Old Geeks
A few professional Gen X geeks 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 Coba…
gog.show
October 3, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Ep 716: Release the CrackerBot!
AI’s eating the internet, bots faked outrage over Cracker Barrel, Disney’s suing everyone, an “AI actress” and the Nirvana Baby lost his case again. The world’s on fire, but at least Logitech made a keyboard that charges in the light from the flames.
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AI’s eating the internet, bots faked outrage over Cracker Barrel, Disney’s suing everyone, an “AI actress” and the Nirvana Baby lost his case again. The world’s on fire, but at least Logitech made a keyboard that charges in the light from the flames.
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Ep 715: Our Wizard Lies
TikTok's still a hot potato, DOGE wrecked the feds, crypto bros monetize death, and Palantir sells $99 drone strike gym shorts. Oh, and furries on the DC Metro. Just another week in tech hell. GOG 715 is live. 🎧🔥
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#grumpyoldgeeks #podcast #technology
TikTok's still a hot potato, DOGE wrecked the feds, crypto bros monetize death, and Palantir sells $99 drone strike gym shorts. Oh, and furries on the DC Metro. Just another week in tech hell. GOG 715 is live. 🎧🔥
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#grumpyoldgeeks #podcast #technology
715: Our Wizard Lies
Grumpy Old Geeks is back with another round of righteous griping and eyebrow-raising headlines in Episode 715: Our Wizard Lies . We kick things off in FOLLOW UP, wh…
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September 26, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Ep 715: Our Wizard Lies
TikTok's still a hot potato, DOGE wrecked the feds, crypto bros monetize death, and Palantir sells $99 drone strike gym shorts. Oh, and furries on the DC Metro. Just another week in tech hell. GOG 715 is live. 🎧🔥
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#grumpyoldgeeks #podcast #technology
TikTok's still a hot potato, DOGE wrecked the feds, crypto bros monetize death, and Palantir sells $99 drone strike gym shorts. Oh, and furries on the DC Metro. Just another week in tech hell. GOG 715 is live. 🎧🔥
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#grumpyoldgeeks #podcast #technology
So I don’t have to cancel Disney plus now right?
September 22, 2025 at 8:22 PM
So I don’t have to cancel Disney plus now right?
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Ep 714: Crossfade This
TikTok might get sold, LimeWire bought Fyre Fest, nudists are mad at SpaceX, AI bros are laying people off & ChatGPT is now a life coach. Always take the lump sum, Tesla’s doors are on fire (again), and The Witcher recast? We’re calling it the Dick Switch. 🎧🔥
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TikTok might get sold, LimeWire bought Fyre Fest, nudists are mad at SpaceX, AI bros are laying people off & ChatGPT is now a life coach. Always take the lump sum, Tesla’s doors are on fire (again), and The Witcher recast? We’re calling it the Dick Switch. 🎧🔥
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September 19, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Ep 714: Crossfade This
TikTok might get sold, LimeWire bought Fyre Fest, nudists are mad at SpaceX, AI bros are laying people off & ChatGPT is now a life coach. Always take the lump sum, Tesla’s doors are on fire (again), and The Witcher recast? We’re calling it the Dick Switch. 🎧🔥
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TikTok might get sold, LimeWire bought Fyre Fest, nudists are mad at SpaceX, AI bros are laying people off & ChatGPT is now a life coach. Always take the lump sum, Tesla’s doors are on fire (again), and The Witcher recast? We’re calling it the Dick Switch. 🎧🔥
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Whether it's Joe Biden condemning the killing of Charlie Kirk in 2025 or Charlie Kirk calling for the killing of Joe Biden in 2024, both men have issued strong words about the other's killing.
September 15, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Whether it's Joe Biden condemning the killing of Charlie Kirk in 2025 or Charlie Kirk calling for the killing of Joe Biden in 2024, both men have issued strong words about the other's killing.
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Ep 713: Ourovibeos
Elon dethroned, AI stealing books, Google gaslighting the web, and Taika Waititi’s making a Fyre Fest musical. Also: Zuck grovels to Trump, and MTV thinks 56 is "youth." Buy the R2D2 & watch the Princess Bride. This week’s chaos is live. 🎧🔥
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Elon dethroned, AI stealing books, Google gaslighting the web, and Taika Waititi’s making a Fyre Fest musical. Also: Zuck grovels to Trump, and MTV thinks 56 is "youth." Buy the R2D2 & watch the Princess Bride. This week’s chaos is live. 🎧🔥
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713: Ourovibeos
This week on Grumpy Old Geeks, we're diving headfirst into the digital dumpster fire, starting with follow-up that will make you wonder if the rich are finally gett…
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September 12, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Ep 713: Ourovibeos
Elon dethroned, AI stealing books, Google gaslighting the web, and Taika Waititi’s making a Fyre Fest musical. Also: Zuck grovels to Trump, and MTV thinks 56 is "youth." Buy the R2D2 & watch the Princess Bride. This week’s chaos is live. 🎧🔥
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Elon dethroned, AI stealing books, Google gaslighting the web, and Taika Waititi’s making a Fyre Fest musical. Also: Zuck grovels to Trump, and MTV thinks 56 is "youth." Buy the R2D2 & watch the Princess Bride. This week’s chaos is live. 🎧🔥
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Ep 712: Preparation WTF
AI’s gone rogue, Tesla’s getting sued, FIFA’s price gouging fans, and Intel got a CHIPS cheat code. Also: celeb chatbots are flirty, Musk wants a trillion, and your butt needs a screen break. Tech's fine. Totally fine. 🙃
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AI’s gone rogue, Tesla’s getting sued, FIFA’s price gouging fans, and Intel got a CHIPS cheat code. Also: celeb chatbots are flirty, Musk wants a trillion, and your butt needs a screen break. Tech's fine. Totally fine. 🙃
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712: Preparation WTF
The internet's still broken, folks, and apparently, AI's here to make it more awkward. Intel caught a break from Uncle Sam's CHIPS Act, cool for them, not so much f…
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September 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Ep 712: Preparation WTF
AI’s gone rogue, Tesla’s getting sued, FIFA’s price gouging fans, and Intel got a CHIPS cheat code. Also: celeb chatbots are flirty, Musk wants a trillion, and your butt needs a screen break. Tech's fine. Totally fine. 🙃
gog.show/712/
AI’s gone rogue, Tesla’s getting sued, FIFA’s price gouging fans, and Intel got a CHIPS cheat code. Also: celeb chatbots are flirty, Musk wants a trillion, and your butt needs a screen break. Tech's fine. Totally fine. 🙃
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The reason the Trump admin keeps losing in court is because everything they're doing is illegal. That's pretty much it. No conspiracies.
September 3, 2025 at 9:25 PM
The reason the Trump admin keeps losing in court is because everything they're doing is illegal. That's pretty much it. No conspiracies.
I’m not saying he’s dead but doesn’t seem like anyone’s saying he’s not.
September 1, 2025 at 10:28 PM
I’m not saying he’s dead but doesn’t seem like anyone’s saying he’s not.
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Ep 711: Oh Thank Heaven
AI was supposed to change the world, now it just writes bad crime alerts & gets sued for encouraging suicide. Meanwhile, Apple raised prices, Chipotle flies burritos, and the government bought Intel. Dexter got un-renewed. Chaos is free, but streaming isn’t.
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AI was supposed to change the world, now it just writes bad crime alerts & gets sued for encouraging suicide. Meanwhile, Apple raised prices, Chipotle flies burritos, and the government bought Intel. Dexter got un-renewed. Chaos is free, but streaming isn’t.
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711: Oh Thank Heaven
Remember when we thought AI was going to bring about utopia or Skynet? Turns out, it's mostly just a bunch of fancy spreadsheets, a potential bubble ready to burst …
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August 29, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Ep 711: Oh Thank Heaven
AI was supposed to change the world, now it just writes bad crime alerts & gets sued for encouraging suicide. Meanwhile, Apple raised prices, Chipotle flies burritos, and the government bought Intel. Dexter got un-renewed. Chaos is free, but streaming isn’t.
gog.show/711/
AI was supposed to change the world, now it just writes bad crime alerts & gets sued for encouraging suicide. Meanwhile, Apple raised prices, Chipotle flies burritos, and the government bought Intel. Dexter got un-renewed. Chaos is free, but streaming isn’t.
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Ep 710: Mass Delusion Event
95% of AI pilots are crashing, Meta's chatbots need fossil fuel, and Robinhood rebrands gambling as "investing." Silicon Valley’s new motto? “Fail harder.” We break it all down on this week’s episode. 🔥
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95% of AI pilots are crashing, Meta's chatbots need fossil fuel, and Robinhood rebrands gambling as "investing." Silicon Valley’s new motto? “Fail harder.” We break it all down on this week’s episode. 🔥
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710: Mass Delusion Events
Remember all that "AI is gonna change everything" nonsense the kids were screaming about just a few months ago? Yeah, about that. It turns out 95% of corporate gene…
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August 22, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Ep 710: Mass Delusion Event
95% of AI pilots are crashing, Meta's chatbots need fossil fuel, and Robinhood rebrands gambling as "investing." Silicon Valley’s new motto? “Fail harder.” We break it all down on this week’s episode. 🔥
gog.show/710/
95% of AI pilots are crashing, Meta's chatbots need fossil fuel, and Robinhood rebrands gambling as "investing." Silicon Valley’s new motto? “Fail harder.” We break it all down on this week’s episode. 🔥
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Carter had to sell his fucking peanut farm
August 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Carter had to sell his fucking peanut farm
Ordered some stuff for my wife's birthday, unfortunately only available in the US but ships to Canada. Can personally confirm that we do, indeed, pay the tariffs.
August 18, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Ordered some stuff for my wife's birthday, unfortunately only available in the US but ships to Canada. Can personally confirm that we do, indeed, pay the tariffs.
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Ep 709: Grumpy Old Gardeners
Tesla’s diner flops, DOGE is crap at math, GPT-5 melts minds (not in a good way), billionaires prep bunkers, and Meta’s bots get gross. Plus: RIP AOL dial-up, hello Death Star hot tubs. Tech is unhinged—again. 🎙️ This week’s show breaks it all down.
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Tesla’s diner flops, DOGE is crap at math, GPT-5 melts minds (not in a good way), billionaires prep bunkers, and Meta’s bots get gross. Plus: RIP AOL dial-up, hello Death Star hot tubs. Tech is unhinged—again. 🎙️ This week’s show breaks it all down.
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709: Grumpy Old Gardeners
Well, strap in, because this week the tech world decided to set itself on fire just for kicks. First up, Elon Musk’s much-hyped Tesla Diner in Los Angeles is alread…
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August 15, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Ep 709: Grumpy Old Gardeners
Tesla’s diner flops, DOGE is crap at math, GPT-5 melts minds (not in a good way), billionaires prep bunkers, and Meta’s bots get gross. Plus: RIP AOL dial-up, hello Death Star hot tubs. Tech is unhinged—again. 🎙️ This week’s show breaks it all down.
gog.show/709/
Tesla’s diner flops, DOGE is crap at math, GPT-5 melts minds (not in a good way), billionaires prep bunkers, and Meta’s bots get gross. Plus: RIP AOL dial-up, hello Death Star hot tubs. Tech is unhinged—again. 🎙️ This week’s show breaks it all down.
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This is the only kind of content that keeps me on these connected tubes of shit.
This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.
August 13, 2025 at 6:19 PM
This is the only kind of content that keeps me on these connected tubes of shit.