Episode 564: Privacy vs. Convenience

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss cars, vacuums, and humidifiers spying on you and your home, along with the continued use of discontinued Windows and schools combined with "back in my day..."

Direct Download: https://traffic.libsyn.com/geekingafterdark/Geeking_After_Dark_Episode_564.mp3

Show Notes:

• The leak is from the dehumidifier, so we have a new dehumidifier with built-in spy capabilities via network connection
• Mice are a-holes
• Indirectly using Windows
• Biden is sick
• Majority speaker says Congress needs insider trading because they're poor
• iRobot collecting data via Roomba
• Robot vacuums remotely hacked to chase pets, swear at owners
• Discussing privacy and car data collection
• Privacy4Cars - see what data your car may be collecting on you 
• School board candidate interviews/article 
• Brooklyn Bridge vs. Boat

Episode 563: The Conclave Concluded

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss floppies in airports, Trump's still bad, the conclave has concluded and Last of Us is a good show. Also, Farscape is a good show, but Norma hates it because she doesn't appreciate good shows.

Direct Download: https://traffic.libsyn.com/geekingafterdark/Geeking_After_Dark_Episode_563.mp3

Show Notes:

• Leaving Frontier for Hughes Net satellite Internet then back to Frontier for the fiber
• Newark ATC outages causing flight problems...
• India and Pakistan are unhappy with each other. Still.
• Where floppies are still used for data transfers
• "Can't make paint that looks like gold!" - an orange moron
• Trump definitely-not-wannabe-dictator looking forward to new personal "Airforce One" flying golden bathroom from Qatar
• Highlights of Bill Gates interview on CBS
• Pope conclave information in charts
• Employee training video: Cardinals watch Conclave movie for insight on what they're supposed to do
  
• Active underwater eruption observed for the first time
• Definitely don't look up mechanophilia 
• And most definitely don't read about Edward Smith
• Newark mayor arrested, MAGA rejoices, but mostly fabricates what they celebrate 
• More details on arrest - Legal Eagle
• Last of Us (show) discussion
• Ben Browder's actual daughter played John Crichton's daughter on Farscape 
• Class action lawsuit against Apple for Siri spying

Episode 562: Conservatives: "Let's Deport Cancer Kids"

Bart and Norma discuss pay for sportsball players vs. actual people doing work for society as a whole, Thunderbolts is released, remember Mike Lindell? He's still apparently an idiot, this time in legal circles. Well, again in legal circles. Republicans refuse to agree that it's bad to deport American children with cancer. Trump wants to be Pope. We now all live in an Onion article.

Direct Download: https://traffic.libsyn.com/geekingafterdark/Geeking_After_Dark_Episode_562.mp3

Show Notes:

• Baseball pay
• Thunderbolts discussion
•  MyPillow founder and Trump buddy hired a lawyer that filed 30+ errors in court filing due to using ChatGPT to do the work for them. This is what could go wrong...
• Lo'la on Farscape
•  PA: Do I Need a Real ID?
• Trump memecoin dinner raising millions using blatant corruption to self-enrich  
• Republicans think it's fine to deport kids being treated for cancer
•  Trump wants to be Pope
• May the 4th stuffs
• Met Gala time 
• Trump wants to redefine Veteran's Day as Victory Day. I wonder why.

Episode 561: Arkansas Told "No"

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss JD Vance's alleged murder spree, coal isn't "clean", language models lie because artificial intelligences aren't, and life brings giggles when storms get a "red state" to beg for money they condemn others for trying to get...and are finally told "no".

Direct Download: https://traffic.libsyn.com/geekingafterdark/Geeking_After_Dark_Episode_561.mp3

Show Notes:

• JD killed the Pope?
• Did MASH have a terrible ending?
• Trump doesn't know what coal is because he's a demented bungling idiot
• Redefining words because words have no meaning, apparently
• Conservatives still hate gays
• Language models running locally vs. A/UX
• Trump-loving Huckabee-Sanders reduced to begging Trump for government financial help after disasters, but finally has to practice what they preach for anti-FEMA sentiment
• Trump-loving pillow huckster files court brief with fabricated material via language model because of course he did. Idiot.
• "No, Trump did not legalize corporal punishment in schools..."
  

Episode 560: Trump Is In PERFECT HEALTH

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss Jurassic Wolves, MAGA firebugs, Elon still can't play games online, kids in school need A1 for the secret sauce of success, the White House is lying about Trump being supernaturally healthy and more anti-US travel advisory and anti-immigrant news...land of the free!

Direct Download: https://traffic.libsyn.com/geekingafterdark/Geeking_After_Dark_Episode_560.mp3

Show Notes:

• What is "caprice"
• Dire Wolves
• What's a (Shakespearean) tragedy?
•  Great shows that stumbled the ending
•  Child pornography sting nabs 6
•  PA governor targeted by loon (Bart thinks he's MAGA)
•  Elon "Destroy People's Lives" Musk Trolled While Pretending He Can Play a Game
•  Genius Secretary of Education Can't Tell Steak Sauce From Artificial Intelligence
•  Binghamton University now has people being targeted by government anti-immigrant sentiment
•  White House dabbles in writing fantasy novels with release of Trump health report
• Warrants aren't always warrants...know your rights 
• Check out Droobiee the Marshmallow
• Feli from Germany - Travel Advisory Against USA
  

Episode 559: Somewhat Almost Quiet Week

Bart and Norma discuss tax day (a still looming dark cloud), more celebrity deaths, Trump hates his portrait which for some reason he has an odd fixation against, we mentioned in passing the Maitland Ward and Danielle Fishel "feud" (if there is one), and there were protests against President Musk and VP Trump over the weekend that seemed to go pretty well...

Direct Download: https://traffic.libsyn.com/geekingafterdark/Geeking_After_Dark_Episode_559.mp3

Show Notes:

• Tax day cometh
• Val Kilmer passed away at 65
• Someone forced RFK to say measles shot would maybe kind of stopped some child deaths...
• Jay North passed away
• Painter of Trump portrait that Trump has weird fascination with says presidential whining has threatened her business...surprise. 
• The Orville may be returning, probably not, but maybe? 
• Maitland Ward vs Danielle Fishel
•  Idaho afraid of boobs and truck nuts, because there's nothing of higher priority to do?
• April 5th anti-Trump anti-Musk protests...success? 
• Stock market continues plummet into financial hell

 

Episode 558: The Turd Reich Marches Forth Over COBOL

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss airbags for old people, the continuing adventures of the Turd Reich, Broligarch and fake brogrammer Elon Musk and his Doggies want to rewrite the ENTIRE BACKEND OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION in a matter of months because apparently he's a slow learner, Tesla is sketchy (surprise), and Kat Abughazaleh is running for Congress...can she win? Also, our RIP our old NYC grocery cart...hello our new GROCERY WAGON!

Direct Download: https://traffic.libsyn.com/geekingafterdark/Geeking_After_Dark_Episode_558.mp3

Show Notes:

• Mythbusters used dead pigs in concrete in part of an episode to look for Jimmy Hoffa. I miss that show.
•  Airbag vests for motorcyclists, old people, etc.
•  Der Turd Führer wants a third term
•  "Capitalism killed the movie start"
•  Ivermectin over-the-counter in Arkansas because they're idiots
• Our take: it's fine when idiots let Darwinism win
•  Doggy wants to rewrite the entire back-end of Social Security; if they do this, SSA will most likely collapse
• Looking at getting rid of our old car. 
• Tesla vehicles turn off Autopilot moments before a crash, not at all suspicious
•  Florida child labor fun
•  Kat Abughazaleh for Congress
• Want to learn about German expat process? Feli from Germany 
• "The Furred Reich" ... furry Republicans?
• Note: the book in the article has since been pulled and title changed on Amazon. 
• The entire Conservative party in the USA is based on a platform of targeting and hurting someone. Some group, some person, some party, always hurt "them" and followers assume they are the exception, one of the "good ones." Then they're shocked when they're not in that exception club. Screw those people, you knew what you signed up for.
• Doggy hates Pinchy the Arm Extender