Nerd Stalker

Cheap NAS, Smart Gimp, Flying Cars and Cheap Rent

August 05, 2020 16:45 - 30 minutes - 27.3 MB

Stories of the week: Trump says he will ban TikTok in the US https://buff.ly/2D1CKzo Here's a recap of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' congressional testimony https://youtu.be/84C1-NiWvQE Big Tech’s big week: Historic antitrust hearing and record profits put industry giants in spotlight https://buff.ly/30f2lNZ Data isn't just being collected from your phone. It's being used to score you. https://buff.ly/3169Iqh Why people should stop designing prosthetics that look realistic—and start designing ...

Pentagon Admits to Having UFO's and Why Your Manager May Suck

July 30, 2020 16:52 - 23 minutes - 21.8 MB

Stories of the week: Pentagon Has 'A Lot More' Classified UFO Videos, Ex Head of https://buff.ly/3g4mCLK Source code leaked from exposed repos of many companies, including Nintendo, Microsoft, Adobe, Lenovo, AMD, Qualcomm; it's unclear how much of it is proprietary https://buff.ly/30SL9g6 Face masks are thwarting even the best facial recognition algorithms, study finds https://buff.ly/2X1quFI Some people might already be immune to coronavirus thanks to the common cold https://buff.l...

Fk It Let's Move To Barbados and Work Remote

July 19, 2020 02:24 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MB

Stories of the week: Russian spies 'target coronavirus vaccine' https://buff.ly/2DJcFot Bill Gates and Elon Musk Didn’t Get Hacked—Twitter Did by https://www.reviewgeek.com/47803/bill-gates-and-elon-musk-didnt-get-hacked-twitter-did/ Attorney General Barr accuses Hollywood, Big Tech of collaborating with China https://buff.ly/32lZcgR A San Francisco Exec Is Building a City-Wide Surveillance Network https://buff.ly/3fAQTBG Thanks to subscriber Tom Pinkowski for this “Speed” Round: How t...

The Scumbag Episode

July 13, 2020 10:00 - 25 minutes - 24 MB

Stories of the week Michael Lofthouse of Solid8 is a piece of sh1t https://buff.ly/2Zd3vZE The Micromobility Revolution: How Bikes And Scooters Are Shaking Up Urban Transport Worldwide” https://buff.ly/2ZbrR6c Elon Musk says a Neuralink update is coming in August https://buff.ly/2W488DA Microsoft’s solution to Zoom fatigue is to trick your brain https://buff.ly/38SpHfb Feds give Ghislaine Maxwell paper clothes due to fear she might kill herself https://buff.ly/3iP7G5E “Speed” Round: I...

Dropping Dropbox Then Going To A Walmart Drive-In

July 06, 2020 09:00 - 29 minutes - 27.7 MB

Stories of the week Walmart will soon open drive-in movie theaters https://buff.ly/38mCtSB What America Asks of Working Parents Is Impossible https://buff.ly/2NEdUHo by @jpinsk via @TheAtlantic I just canceled my Dropbox subscription. What the Dutch can teach the world about remote work https://bbc.in/2D4iJI2 by @WhatKatieBWrote via @BBC_Worklife “Speed” Round: UFC Confirmed To Host 9 Events In Las Vegas In August https://buff.ly/3ipYIf5 Update. California University Pays Million-Doll...

Breaking Leases, All The Kids Are Doing It

June 29, 2020 18:13 - 17 minutes - 15.9 MB

Stories of the week San Francisco Tenants Break Leases At Alarming Rates https://buff.ly/2NuIymn TikTok Users, K-Pop Fans Take Credit for Inflating Expectations to Trump Tulsa Rally https://buff.ly/2Ys3lNU Work-life balance was never going to work https://buff.ly/2B1HdBa Where Will We Pee When We're Out in Our Half-Reopened States? https://buff.ly/2BxXSMy “Speed” Round: Quora goes permanently remote-first Link Olympus is giving up on camera https://buff.ly/2VuJSub Robot actress to st...

The Nerd Stalker Rage Cage

June 22, 2020 17:03 - 28 minutes - 26.8 MB

Stories of the week I sent an email to IDEO about the long-standing racism in the design industry and they wrote me back. eBay Execs Thought Sending Dead Pigs, Live Spiders To Small News Website Was A Good Idea https://buff.ly/2YIEtQC Tech company Buffer is adopting a 4-day workweek https://buff.ly/3dcSZ8O In defense on working at the office https://t.co/qJlZefNbo5?amp=1 “Speed” Round: The FBI used a Philly protester’s Etsy profile, LinkedIn, and other internet history to charge her wi...

Military vs Bitcoin and Underwater WiFi

June 15, 2020 13:58 - 21 minutes - 20.2 MB

Stories of the week Pentagon Documents Reveal The U.S. Has Planned For A Bitcoin Rebellion https://buff.ly/3fiVDLF IBM is exiting the face recognition business https://buff.ly/37bJ5Tg and so is Amazon Electric Blockaloo: Minecraft's virtual music festival with Deadmau5 and Steve Aoki is going to be utterly bonkers https://buff.ly/3dVnrFk Would You Enjoy Having Your Own Enclosed Office “Cubicle” Pod with AirPurifier? “Pods each have automatic doors that operate with FacialRecognition, so ...

The State of Things, Chaos and Empathy

June 07, 2020 06:11 - 34 minutes - 32.2 MB

Sponsor/Partners/Events: Check out our new Patreon page at patreon.com/nerdstalker PayPal donations to https://paypal.me/foronda Stories of the week The current state of things. Amazon gave TV stations coronavirus propaganda, and some aired it https://buff.ly/2B6079x Revolut staff claim they’ve been told to quit their jobs or be fired https://t.co/v0gwZ9YKz3 “There has never been a better time to quit Facebook” https://buff.ly/36Xz8ca “Speed” Round: Low omega-3 and children https:/...

Minecraft, Rockers & Funerals In Space

June 02, 2020 16:06 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MB

Sponsor/Partners/Events: Check out our new Patreon page at patreon.com/nerdstalker PayPal donations to https://paypal.me/foronda Stories of the week Minecraft Dungeons is the low-stress family hackathon we need right now https://buff.ly/3guyK9i Twitter's Fact-Checking Failures Reveal Serious Shortcomings https://buff.ly/2XaLKJv Apple reportedly nabs Scorsese film starring DiCaprio and De Niro https://buff.ly/3dhw0u8 How Can You Become a 10xer? https://buff.ly/2Wy9TJI “Speed” Round: ...

Joe Rogan Drowns In Spotify Money

May 24, 2020 04:56 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MB

Sponsor/Partners/Events: Check out our new Patreon page at patreon.com/nerdstalker PayPal donations to https://paypal.me/foronda Stories of the week Spotify acquires Joe Rogan Podcast https://buff.ly/3bQa9bt DoorDash 'Pizza Arbitrage' Shows the FUBAR Economics of Delivery Apps https://buff.ly/2zMZy3K Tesla quietly adds bidirectional charging capability for game-changing new features - Electrek https://buff.ly/3bHoR4p 5 Tips to Reduce Screen Time While You’re WFH https://buff.ly/2LwUSl...

The Workplace Has Been Upended

May 17, 2020 17:04 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MB

Sponsor/Partners/Events: Check out our new Patreon page at patreon.com/nerdstalker PayPal donations to https://paypal.me/foronda Stories of the week The Office Is Dead, Get ready for the commercial real estate apocalypse https://buff.ly/3cofVSR How to Keep Remote Employees on Task Without Spying On Them https://buff.ly/2WK2KoB Zoom, but in VR: Spatial https://buff.ly/2Lr9hPW Ask Adolfo: 10 Most Important Work Skills to List in a Resume https://buff.ly/2Wvk8NO “Speed” Round: Self-hos...

We Have A Drive In Movies Addiction

May 08, 2020 22:49 - 21 minutes - 19.7 MB

Sponsor/Partners/Events: Check out our new Patreon page at patreon.com/nerdstalker Stories of the week Companies are turning to intrusive monitoring of work-from-home employees https://buff.ly/3bUDqT6 Nearly half (47%) of Americans working from home aren’t always wearing pants https://bit.ly/2YKOezA Drive-in movie theaters reopen in Bay Area with new rules amid coronavirus pandemic https://buff.ly/3biZXYY What things do you miss? https://bit.ly/35GqEW5 “Speed” Round: Swapabee https:/...

G Meet not G Meat

May 01, 2020 15:20 - 18 minutes - 17.2 MB

Sponsor/Partners/Events: Check out our new Patreon page at patreon.com/nerdstalker Stories of the week Restaurants Across the US Turn Parking Lots Into Drive-In Movie Theaters https://is.gd/ae2Vq9 A novel solution to curb phone use by drivers https://buff.ly/2YhECwb Microsoft will narrow its focus to software developers at this year's virtual Build conference https://buff.ly/3d6Y4zP 20 Easy Home Office Organization Ideas to Boost Your Productivity https://buff.ly/3cQLjt0 “Speed” Round...

Robots Robots Robots

April 24, 2020 23:29 - 22 minutes - 20.8 MB

Sponsor/Partners/Events: Check out our new Patreon page at patreon.com/nerdstalker Stories of the week Send Packages with Uber connect. https://is.gd/pOFEY5 Is this the tipping point for delivery by robot? https://buff.ly/3bA5Ku9 by @gcnichs via @ZDNet #Robotics Boston Dynamics Spot robot dog helps doctors assess coronavirus patients https://is.gd/ykdEhE 7 Tips To Getting Rid Of A Creative Block https://buff.ly/3aqhm1g by @bitrebels “Speed” Round: Nextdoor and Walmart partner on a n...

Cobol Never Dies It Just Multiplies Unlike Colleges and Open Offices

April 18, 2020 17:05 - 29 minutes - 27.5 MB

Check out our new Patreon page at patreon.com/nerdstalker Stories of the week Weekly Recap & Cobol never dies it just multiplies, Gov Tech sucks. We Need a New CCC for Recovery — the Civic Response Corps buff.ly/2UWdW0w by @dalepd via @make Death to the Open Office https://www.fastcompany.com/90488060/our-offices-will-never-be-the-same-after-covid-19-heres-what-they-could-look-like Jazz musician Daniel Bennett: This virus will die, but our cultural renaissance has just begun! buff.ly/2K...

Brain Sharpening Needed

April 10, 2020 03:15 - 24 minutes - 23 MB

Sponsor/Partners/Events: Check out our new Patreon page at patreon.com/nerdstalker Stories of the week Car Insurance does it still make sense? https://is.gd/5HdCoI When Can We Lift the Coronavirus Pandemic Restrictions? Not Before Taking These Steps https://buff.ly/3aP1FS7 via @sciam What i’m watching/listening to: Kevin Rose Show https://podcast.kevinrose.com/, Making Sense with Sam Harris https://samharris.org/podcast/, Meta-Cast https://www.meta-cast.com/. RT @jobhuntorg: RT @jacobs...

Preppers, Trains and Hobbies in Quarantine

April 03, 2020 16:29 - 26 minutes - 24.4 MB

FOR MORE NERD STALKER: http://www.nerdstalker.com Including our podcast Twitter http://www.twitter.com/nerdstalker Facebook https://www.facebook.com/NerdStalker/ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Stories of the week Guy derails train https://youtu.be/n63ckV17cHw Format announces a Photographer Fund to help those impacted by COVID-19 by Jose Antunes - ProVideo Coalition https://buff.ly/2xGqpgE Preppers - City Prepping https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmb2... Canadian Prepper - https:/...

Nerd Stalker Coronavirus Episode 1

March 28, 2020 02:34 - 31 minutes - 29.3 MB

We are back with our first coverage and thoughts on the coronavirus Covid-19 situation and how it is impacting us and others. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nerd-stalker/support

All the feels

February 14, 2020 20:05 - 16 minutes - 15.3 MB

In this episode ADOLFO talks about all the great shows he’s watching on Netflix and CBS, the books he’s currently reading, three great tips and all the good self-improvement you need. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nerd-stalker/support

Dictation on Catalina is awesome.

October 11, 2019 18:49 - 5 minutes - 4.71 MB

In this episode we talk all things Catalina the best features things to watch out for and more. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nerd-stalker/support

Work Life Balance and Open Offices

April 05, 2019 20:14 - 13 minutes - 12.6 MB

In this episode Adolfo discusses: Work Life Balance or Integration? Dark Mode failed Open Offices are dead, again. What I'm watching Gratitude --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nerd-stalker/support

Job Searching for Merit

March 15, 2019 02:29 - 14 minutes - 13.8 MB

Beto is running but I still like Yang. Looking for a new job is interesting, one world under LinkedIn .01% bribe so their kids get into college, so much for the merit argument What were watching Grateful --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nerd-stalker/support

AI The Flood Is Within Site For Jobs

February 27, 2019 21:07 - 16 minutes - 15.5 MB

In this episode of Nerd Stalker we discuss: Andrew Yang for president. Andrew Yang on Joe Rogan discussing AI it's impact on jobs and the freedom dividend for all. Elon Musk’s AI company created a fake news generator it’s too scared to make public https://buff.ly/2SEwap9 Dry.io AI that codes Etsy accidentally charged a number of seller accounts for hundreds, sometimes thousands of dollars https://buff.ly/2TTQBeh Should you sign that NDA? Lifehacker McQueen the movie on Amazon Prime Vi...

Spotify Eats The World

February 08, 2019 18:18 - 24 minutes - 22.6 MB

In this episode I discuss: The Spotify acquisition of Gimlet and Anchor.fm Car tech accessories still suck Evernote needs to pull an Instagram Made up sale days ProdCon What i'm listening to and watching Gratitude --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nerd-stalker/support

Expertise Destroys Creativity

February 04, 2019 20:00 - 24 minutes - 22.4 MB

Items discussed in this episode: Jonah Sachs talk on "Unsafe Thinking". Moringa Powder The need for checklists Todoist Templates What we are watching/Entertainment Gratitude --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nerd-stalker/support

The Hardest Working Podcast

January 23, 2019 03:25 - 14 minutes - 13.2 MB

Topics discussed: The Supersuckers IO on Netflix Whaa I didn't tap to an Arm Bar Slobby's World on Netflix The Spider-verse Todoist and my half assed GTD M. Night Glass Gratitude --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nerd-stalker/support

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