GeekNights Monday - Science and Technology

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider how to not suck at buying a new smartphone. Android or Apple, you actually do have a choice, and there are some basic things to think about. In the news, you can't park there, this program is illegally packaged in 14 distributions, BeReal is pretty cool, this is why schools are banning smartphones, and the lack of transparency in algorithmic CSAM detection is causing harm.Related LinksForum ThreadGeekNights Monday - How to Not Suck at Getting a New SmartphoneThings of the DayRym - How Sake Was Made in 1850Scott - I turned my 80s typewriter into a Linux terminal

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the humble vacuum cleaner.You definitely don't want to be in a situation where a shop vac would be the solution to your problem and you do not have a shop vac. Also these are "not a scam." In the news, necrobotic spiders are a thing, Amazon continues to rush toward being a full-on dystopian megacorb, and Netflix has 90 seconds to get your attention.Related LinksForum ThreadGeekNights Monday - Vacuum CleanersThings of the DayRym - Pixel Inferno (FTL)Scott - Live Cultivation in China

Tonight on GeekNights we discuss Software as a Service (SaaS). This is one of the most lucrative, important, and enduring ways software is created and sold. In the news, a chess robot attacked a kid, Amazon buys One Medical as we edge ever closer to cyber-capitalist dystopia, Minecraft (rightly) bans blockchain (and nothing of value was lost), and warming rivers due to human-caused climate change threaten the nuclear power that is crucial to transition us off of fossil fuels.Related LinksForum ThreadGeekNights Monday - Software as a ServiceThings of the DayRym - The Brighton SeasideScott - Efficient Dehumidifier

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider refrigeration. In the news, the illegitimate Supreme Court of the United States has taken away basic human rights, Google Hangouts is shutting down, and Google is merging Meet and Duo.Related LinksForum ThreadGeekNights Monday - RefrigerationThings of the DayRym - 15th century German bathhouseScott - Modern reproductions of vintage sound cards

Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss the Google engineer who thinks the AI has come to life. It's a LaMDA, and one Blake Lemoine has made some extraordinary claims. In the news, the Rangers had a good run, Meet Web Push for Safari, New York wins a right to repair, and everybody is having fun with DALL E.Related LinksForum ThreadGeekNights Monday - The Chatbot isn't SentientThings of the DayRym - Star Trek: Voyager: The Animated SeriesScott - Open Circuits

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider scanners. Ancient devices used to convert paper documents and photos into files on computers, often using something called TWAIN. For many consumers, they have been replaced by "smart phones." In the news, NVIDIA releases open source GPU drivers, hell has frozen over, Russia appears to have lost custody of a relatively intact Krasukha-4.Related LinksForum ThreadGeekNights Monday - ScannersThings of the DayRym - Supersymmetry, explained visuallyScott - The Most Egregious Referee Failure in NHL History

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider tech debt. Where it comes from, what it means, and what you can do about it. Rym's made a career of owning and addressing the tech debt of legacy systems, and there aren't really "correct" answers here. In the news, Microsoft is offering an Edge VPN, Ukrainian drones are shockingly effective against the Russian Navy, and you should check your home to see if it has any of these strange old holes.Also don't forget that the GeekNights Book Club is a thing!Related LinksForum ThreadGeekNights Monday - Tech DebtThings of the DayRym - How Electricity Actually WorksScott - Sweet, Garlicky & Crunchy Doritos Furikake

Tonight on GeekNights, we talk about display cables. The standards can be confusing, S-Video was not that common, VGA was king for a long long time, and we grew up in the days of RF. In the news, web scraping is perfectly legal, the bad man is trying (and failing) to buy Twitter, and Rym got a 3080Ti.Related LinksForum ThreadGeekNights Monday - Video CablesThings of the DayRym - You can only BORROW this gameScott - 2022 /r/place Atlas

Tonight on GeekNights, we revisit the topic of hosting we last covered in 2006. From simple web hosting to SaaS (Software as a Service), PaaS (Platform as a Service) and even Iaas (Infrastructure as a Service), a lot has changed. Amazon EC2 didn't even exist when we did that first episode. In the news, Vimeo moves further into B2B, Twitch pauses its "porn on the front page" feature, Amazon is reportedly censoring interesting words like "union" in its new internal app.Related LinksForum ThreadGeekNights Monday - Hosting in 2022Things of the DayRym - Drop Mario into BlenderScott - Infinite Mac

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the concept of lock-in in technology. From platforms to software, app stores to physical connectors, it's actually a fairly complex topic. In the news, reason 499 not to buy a Tesla, Facebook collapses in the manner we have always expected, and Facebook is in trouble in Europe.Related LinksForum ThreadGeekNights Monday - Technological Lock-InThings of the DayRym - RIP to MagawaScott - PROOF! drawing a SWORD from your BACK and why you would want to

Tonight on GeekNights, we talk about package managers. We've covered Linux package management specifically in the ancient past. In the news, Rym's gonna do the Tunnel Run once it's safe to travel again, Europe has better vaccination policies than the US, Canon reminds you that the chips in their printer ink cartridges are unnecessary, Zynga was worth $12.7 BB, a nefarious developer set off a logic bomb in two popular NPM packages, and the James Webb Space Telescope is extremely important.Related LinksForum ThreadGeekNights Monday - Package ManagersThings of the DayRym - Seinfeld: Hello, Newman (but Disney Furry)Scott - The world's worst video card?

Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss software libraries. Most of you are probably too old to remember DLL Hell, but you probably don't want to be proving how square roots are calculated just to calculate them in your program. In the news, Amazon has had multiple outages, the log4j zero-day is a nightmare, and VR is edging into the mainstream with its first real consumer maturity milestone.Related LinksForum ThreadGeekNights Monday - Software LibrariesThings of the DayRym - Fruit, by their Appearances in Mario GamesRym - The physics debateScott - I bought 1000 meters of wire to settle a physics debate

Tonight on GeekNights, we present our 2021 GeekNights holiday technology gift guide! You can refer to our recent gaming gift guide as a companion to this. In the news, COVID vaccine boosters are fantastic, take heed as the Omicron variant poses a "very high" global risk, Streamlabs agrees to rename SLOBS after public outcry, we're running out of quarters, and we're running out of Twitter CEOs.Related LinksForum ThreadGeekNights Monday - Tech Gift Guide 2021Things of the DayRym - Why you don’t hear about the ozone layer anymoreScott - Bald eagle swoops in to steal Florida man's shark

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider Home HVAC: Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning. We've previously covered server room cooling, and the show is interrupted at the end by a classic. In the news, New York is taking some action on robocalls (though it's honestly too late at this point), people are upset that Microsoft is forcing Edge on Start Menu web search results, and Unity acquires Weta Digital.Related LinksForum ThreadGeekNights Monday - Home HVAC: Heating, Ventilation, and Air ConditioningThings of the DayRym - Fish Finder CRTScott - Lady Gaga - Just Dance (Live at MNET Countdown)

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider documentation. Client documentation, user guides, service runbooks, developer notes, and the like. We've previously covered Documentation Systems, as well as in a game design lecture on game rules. In the news, Rym finally dressed up as Zed from Zardoz, Facebook's name change to "Meta" isn't fooling anyone, a theoretical unicode-based attack on compilers is being patched, Roblox had a massive outage, and the LIRR is now able to run trains into Grand Central Terminal, a feat of engineering in the making since 1963.This is also the 16th anniversary episode of GeekNights! We started on October 31 2005, and we made "beta" episodes well before that!Related LinksForum ThreadGeekNights Monday - DocumentationThings of the DayRym - ORBIS: Google Maps for Ancient RomeScott - Famicom Party: Making NES Games in Assembly

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider upgrades of and migrations between Operating Systems. We may need to consider that the concept of an Operating System has changed and continues to evolve as computer technology matures. In the news, Apple Day told us about new MacBook Pros and AirPods (plus how people apparently aren't actually using Siri), and a kid accidentally shot himself immediately after assembling a 3D printed gun.Related LinksForum ThreadGeekNights Monday - Operating System Upgrades and MigrationsThings of the DayRym - Don't Touch: The Story of the U-ForceScott - Unicode Calendar Generator

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the Leopard that is social media. It is difficult to summarize the myriad ways that social media has materially harmed society despite its great promise. From Orkut to Facebook to Twitter, it's been a destabilizing force. In the (possibly too on-the-nose) news, Facebook had a major global outage today (see our episode on outages), Facebook has a whistleblower revealing terrible revelations about the harm Facebook causes, a new tool can reveal who actually owns companies, and Europe is looking to (rightly) standardize on USB-C for charging electronic devices (much to Apple's discomfort).Related LinksForum ThreadGeekNights Monday - Social MediaThings of the DayRym - Skull ToiletsScott - The Funniest Sudoku Of All Time

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the archaic "computer magazine" that you may have heard old people talking about. From PC Gamer to Maximum PC to Computer Shopper, the pre-Internet was a wild time. In the news, Western Digital "My Book" users had all their data deleted in a convoluted story, Western Digital tried to trick people into buying inferior drives, Google's internal dysfunction led briefly to Google News failing for all Google Workspaces users, and Sir Clive Sinclair has passed away at 81. Also Rym was nearly attacked by a crazy driver biking from Poughkeepsie to Queens on Sunday.Related LinksForum ThreadGeekNights Monday - Computer MagazinesThings of the DayRym - DOOM Version 1.9 SHAREWARE VERSION PLEASE DISTRIBUTE!!Scott - Computist Magazine

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider Apple, CSAM, and Privacy. Apple is under fire for its solution here, some have warned of its dangers, and other companies already do similar things. (It's worth noting that Apple is already doing this on iCloud Mail).In the news, OnlyFans sells out its core user base, though the situation is more complex than it appears and other similar entities have complied with the rules that they ran afoul of. Meanwhile, Twitch is doing essentially nothing to curtail a massive wave of targeted attacks on minority and marginalized streamers, leaving them to use inadequate tools to solve a problem that Twitch is 100% responsible for. Join the boycott of Twitch on September 1st!Related LinksForum ThreadGeekNights Monday - Apple, CSAM, and PrivacyThings of the DayRym - Tiny Simpsons TVScott - How Plywood Is Made In Factories?

Tonight on GeekNights, we accidentally do a June tech news roundup. So, in that news, US carries share vertical location data for 911 calls, Apple adds additional safety measures to AirTags (though there are still workarounds), Facetime is (sort of) coming to the web, and there's a ton of WWDC news.Related LinksForum ThreadGeekNights Monday - Tech News Roundup - June 2021Things of the DayRym - Lift 5 (1992) - Yanis FreyzhasScott - VGA ROM Fonts

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the video camera. In the news, there is drama at Freenode, Audacity won't gather telemetry data, Spotify is getting podcast transcription, and Samsung seems to have given up on upcycling.Related LinksForum ThreadGeekNights Monday - Video CamerasThings of the DayRym - Eminem - Lose Yourself But It's Mr. Blue Sky by Electric Light OrchestraScott - NES Assembly on an Apple II: 'Hello World' with Merlin

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the humble remote control. We are some of the youngest people who remember having screens and other devices without remote controls, and they changed things in more ways than you might have expected. In the news, Apple is going after Itch.io in its ongoing fight with Epic, Steam rejects some games but not others without clear rules, Facebook rejects adaptive clothing ads, Microsoft changes its old icons, and a major US fuel pipeline was shut down by ransomware.Related LinksForum ThreadGeekNights Monday - Remote ControlsThings of the DayRym - DMX Meets David BowieScott - Theme Park Brochures

Tonight on GeekNights, we bring you a technology news roundup for April 2021. Apple announces several things, Apple must face a lawsuit over whether or not people "buy" things, early results show promise for a new malaria vaccine, capitalism is keeping the COVID vaccines from widespread global use, Honda will stop selling combustion engines by 2040, Fujitsu software wrongly sent people to prison, Elon Musk's tunnel is worthless garbage, chip shortages are getting worse, Signal pwn3d Cellebrite, the University of Minnesota is now banned from contributing to the Linux kernel (their apology was not accepted), a driverless Tesla killed two people and burned so bardly firefighters couldn't put it out, Roku and Google are beefing (another reason why the HTPC is superior to all other streaming devices), this streaming device points a camera at you to literally spy on you, and lab-grown salmon meat is a real possibility!Related LinksForum ThreadGeekNights Monday - Tech News Roundup - April 2021Things of the DayRym - Jingle Bells 2Scott - BLDC Motor (Open Loop)

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the current world of laptops and tablets. The world is changing, and laptops are increasingly becoming desktop replacements or niche devices. Don't take our advice from how to buy a laptop in 2008, and internalize how long ago 2012 was. (This was Rym's first laptop). In the news, Yahoo Answers shuts down forever, destroying a treasure trove, LG exits the smartphone business, and Nvidia unveils a server-room ARM CPU.Related LinksForum ThreadGeekNights Tuesday - Laptops and TabletsThings of the DayRym - Momijigari (1899)Scott - SE/30 logicboard recreation

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider how multi-factor authentication works. We've previously talked about single Signon, biometrics, the levels of security & privacy, and the like, but we've never actually talked about how TOTP and other multi-factor authentication schemes work.In the news, the ship is no longer stuck, New York opens up vaccines to everybody, fake ai-generated and fake stolen-profile-photo twitter accounts are spreading Amazon's anti-union propaganda, and the Free Software Foundation has ruined its reputation by bringing Richard Stallman back on board, with many others joining the denouncement. Also note that there is a vulnerability in 2FA keys that allows cloning them.Related LinksForum ThreadGeekNights Monday - Multi-factor AuthenticationThings of the DayRym - Compositing Kowloon Walled City Cross SectionsScott - Why a Hass Avocado Seed Does Not Give Us a Hass Avocado Tree

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider cable management. From inside your computer to... outside your computer. Rack & stack to mounting a TV, cable management is more important than you might realize. In the news, maybe we can end the terror of Daylight Saving Time, Twitter banned Memphis, there's malware in your browser extensions, and Apple pulls the plug on the HomePod. Also LG is putting ads directly into your television.Related LinksForum ThreadGeekNights Monday - Cable ManagementThings of the DayRym - Why Snatch Blocks are AWESOME (How Pulleys Work)Scott - Welcome to picoCAD!

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the evils of cryptocurrencies. In the news, the worst social network on Earth got hacked, Fry's is no more, Twitter almost has a business model, and you can't get better at biking.Related LinksForum ThreadGeekNights Monday - CryptocurrenciesThings of the DayRym - GamestonkTerminalScott - The lamps you're not allowed to have.

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the Environmental Cost of Computing. In the news, Nintendo is replacing its multiplayer server, Sony appears to be reviving small Android phones, and Tesla has a recall problem.Related LinksForum ThreadGeekNights Monday - The Environmental Cost of ComputingThings of the DayRym - 1939 Ski Jumping competitionScott - How to Photograph Squirrels Without Photoshop

Tonight on GeekNights, apropos of nothing in particular, we talk about outages. In the news, Slack started the new year with a major outage, Google employees are unionizing, and Scott found Turbo Vision. Welcome to 2021!Related LinksForum ThreadGeekNights Monday - OutagesThings of the DayRym - 19th century "ASCII" advertisementsRym - Solving a Century-Old Typographical MysteryScott - Making an unpickable lock. Calling locksmiths

Tonight on GeekNights, at the end of the year they'll write songs about and the end of a decade, we consider what's changed in the last ten years. We'll be doing this for all four nights of GeekNights in the coming two weeks.In the news, GitHub removes that annoying cookie banner in the best way possible, and the supply-chain hack of SolarWinds is a historic mess.Related LinksForum ThreadGeekNights Monday - The last 10 years of Technology (2010-2020)Things of the DayRym - Playing an RPG for the first timeScott - The first trilobite

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the longevity of technology. From computers to bikes, proper maintenance can greatly extend the life the right tool, though some more easily than others. We've talked about computer maintenance specifically before in 2006 and then in 2020.In the news, Apple may be working on a 32-core processor, Pornhub runs into trouble with its payment processing, the Arecibo Telescope is sadly no more, and the devil cars sell their self-driving unit. Also don't forget to check out the Advent of Code this year! Scott's doing it!Related LinksForum ThreadGeekNights Monday - Technology LongevityThings of the DayRym - How I Made a Self-Quoting TweetScott - jump onto raw eggs

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider displays. LCDs, OLEDs, "Smart" TVs, and the current state of the art. We haven't talked about this since 2006, and a lot has changed in 14 years!In the news, we've migrated our 2-Factor Auth to NFC Yubikeys, Comcast is enforcing data caps nationally, the Apple M1 is revolutionary, Fleets are here I guess, and the GIMP is 25 years old and not much better than it was 20 years ago.Related LinksForum ThreadGeekNights Monday - DisplaysThings of the DayRym - How the Turbines in the Kölnbrein Dam are 92% EfficientScott - Ocean Photographer of the Year 2020

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the ever-present Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP). Originating in the era of the World Wide Web as envisioned by Ted Nelson and Tim Berners-Lee, it is surprisingly simple. In the news, Slingbox is discontinued, and there is a better way to multiply.Related LinksForum ThreadGeekNights Monday - The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)Things of the DayRym - My Job is to Open and Close DoorsScott - 【TVPP】Lee Jung Hyun (AVA) - Crazy, 이정현 - 미쳐

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the usage, potential, and ethical concerns of Facial Recognition Technology. Police are abusing it, but activists are (rightly) using it right back on them. In the news, there's water on the moon, the RIAA attacks open source software, and you absolutely have to vote for Joe Biden if you are eligible to vote in the American election.Related LinksForum ThreadGeekNights Monday - Facial Recognition TechnologyThings of the DayRym - Surface of a CometScott - Dylan Johnson

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider when devices get bricked. In the news, someone temporarily bricked their Ferrari, Spotify is working the hold your customers' data hostage angle, and SpaceX is developing military transport rockets.Related LinksForum ThreadGeekNights Monday - Bricked DevicesThings of the DayRym - Gates Wildlife ControlScott - Skeleton Prank

Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss what really happens with source code leaks. In the news, troubleshooting audio can be moderately complex, you'll die without the new Apple watch, we were correct that Firefox Send is gone forever, there are problems with the 3080s, you should learn what a "founder's edition" of a video card actually is, and IFTTT goes pro.Related LinksForum ThreadGeekNights Monday - Source Code LeaksThings of the DayRym - Wired Sound for Wired People (warning: flashing lights)Scott - I wrote Task Manager and I just remembered something...

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the humble software update, from both a developer/publisher standpoint and a user/client standpoint. In the news, Nvidia buys Arm Holdings in a move that will shake up the global computing ecosystem, the American date format is terrible, and Mozilla suspended Firefox Send over malware concerns (but claims it will return one day).Related LinksForum ThreadGeekNights Monday - Software UpdatesThings of the DayRym - Morena - Witch BunnyScott - Jared Mauch - Getting Fiber To My Town

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider biometrics. Biometrics bring great power, as well as great danger, and aren't just for authentication credentials.In the War of the Apple Store news, Apple backs down against Wordpress after a "misunderstanding," Facebook isn't allowed to tell people that Apple takes a cut, and no one can download Fortnite or Infinity Blade on an Apple device. In the non-Apple news, a clever Chromium feature to detect evil DNS servers had unforeseen consequences, and don't let a late capitalist megacorporation install hardware in your brain.Related LinksForum ThreadGeekNights Monday - BiometricsThings of the DayRym - The Case of the Top Secret iPodScott - Lord of the Manor

Tonight on GeekNights, we revisit a topic we covered once in 2007 to update it for current times: removable media. USB sticks and such. Rym spent some $20 for a 2GB USB stick in 2007. Times have changed. In the news, Epic Games has kicked off a massive legal battle with Apple and Google, as things continue to escalate.Related LinksForum ThreadGeekNights Monday - Removable Media in 2020Things of the DayRym - Only in New York #16Scott - Pure Skill Minesweeper

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the (largely unwise) idea of bug bounties, as well as the questions and concerns around responsible disclosure of bugs and exploits in software and services. We did talk about this once back in 2009, but times have changed.In the news, Twitter was hacked for a bitcoin scam, Deep Fakes are getting dangerous quickly, and there are a lot of reasons you should avoid using TikTok. Related LinksForum ThreadGeekNights Monday - Bug Bounties and Responsible DisclosureThings of the DayRym - In the event of a moon disasterScott - SOUL IN THE HORN

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider what it means to truly be obsolete technology. In the news, the Pixii camera is a ridiculous waste of money, Olympus exits the camera business, and the Supreme Court upholds the 1991 law that bars robocalls to cellphones.Related LinksForum ThreadGeekNights Monday - "Obsolete" TechnologyThings of the DayRym - Why is the Ace of Spades Fancy?Scott - logic.ly

Tonight on GeekNights, we talk about CI/CD. Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (or sometimes Continuous Deployment). In the news, everyone hates Bill de Blasio, Vote tomorrow if you're in New York, the T-Mobile outage was not a big deal, Apple is switching to ARM (among other announcements at Apple WWDC), and Microsoft kills Mixer.Related LinksForum ThreadGeekNights Monday - CI/CDThings of the DayRym - Surfin' K.K. CoverScott - How a File Format Led to a Crossword Scandal

Tonight on GeekNights, we talk about our computer maintenance schedules and procedures. We talked about this once back in 2006, but a lot has changed in 14 years.In the news, Black Lives Matter. That should go without saying, but we're saying it again. Help any way you can. If nothing else consider a donation to the cause or call your local, state, and federal representatives. The protests are working, bit by bit, but we all have to keep the pressure up.In other news, Google Currents (not the original Currents) replaces Google Plus for G Suite users, and SMITE developer Hi-Rez Studios did a full review of their chatlogs and banned over 5,000 racists. This is easy to do, and more companies should enact this kind of retroactive banning rather than relying on their communities to have to flag and report. The Internet Archive is also in danger due to lawsuits by book publishers.Related LinksForum ThreadGeekNights Monday - Computer Maintenance in 2020Things of the DayRym - 1284X FTWScott - The Marion Stokes ProjectScott - Indie Lens Pop-Up Presents: RECORDER: THE MARION STOKES PROJECT

Tonight on GeekNights, because we are in our late 30s, we talk about kitchen appliances. Stoves, cooktops, refrigerators, and dishwashers. In the news, Windows 10's May update has some stuff in it, twitter plans to fail to stop misinformation from spreading with their same old tricks, Apple is reported to use 12-core 5nm ARM in their coming Macs (we'll see how that goes), and cable TV is dying even faster without sports. We don't talk about washing machines or dryers or the like because we did a show on laundry a while back.Related LinksForum ThreadGeekNights Monday - Kitchen AppliancesThings of the DayRym - Incredible Sonovox - Kay KyserScott - World Sports Masters RaceScott - World Sports Masters (1982-07-12)

Tonight on GeekNights, we talk about our RTMP streaming setup. It involves an nginx server, three OBS instances, but not this pile of garbage. In the news, beware poor performing SMR hard drives, which shouldn't be used in NAS/SAN solutions. Be sure to check any drive you may be thinking of buying. Scott bought a $300 keyboard. It's pretty good.Our review of No Return is on youtube! We did talk about live streaming back in 2013, and again in 2018, but in this episode we're looking at a specific setup.Related LinksForum ThreadGeekNights Monday - RTMP Streaming SetupThings of the DayRym - The Insane Engineering of the SR-71 BlackbirdScott - How containers work!

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider PostgreSQL, the open-source relational database. It's basically the one to use. Most people just call it "postgres." If you're not sure what we're on about, check out our previous episode about relational databases. In the news, new laws mean new COBOL code, John Conway was taken from us, there's a gravity clock (sort of), and Discord is adding group video chat so you can replace Zoom. Also, Brian Swords of York has been rediscovered.Related LinksForum ThreadGeekNights Monday - PostgreSQLThings of the DayRym - Apollo 13 in Real TimeScott - Hack your Nintendo Switch

Tonight on GeekNights, we have a Tech News Roundup! In the news:Jupyter nNotebooks are pretty coolChromium Edge is getting some featuresBroadband should be a nationalized utilityThe tech-enabled gig economy is an exploitative lieSony Electronics lives again?Update your SSD's firmwareSafari blocks third party cookies by defaultThe Supreme Court ruled states can't be sued for copyright infringement5G may use 20% more power than 4GPorn takes down the LA City CouncilZoom's privacy policy is bad newsRelated LinksForum ThreadGeekNights Monday - Tech News Roundup - March 2020Things of the DayRym - The Virtually-Unkillable Virus That Makes Itself a NucleusScott - MAGFest 2020: Classic Japanese PC GamingScott - PC-98 Bot

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider how to enjoy a social life during times of social distancing, when the only two tools we have are the bad screen and the good screen. In the news, GrubHub is suspending commission fees for independent restaurants, it's soon, but not yet, time for a Tech News Roundup, SETI@home is going into hibernation ending an era, and WireGuard is coming to Linux. Also, some awesome people are already doing what we keep threatening to do, but haven't really actually done! And you should donate blood if you can! Like, soon!Related LinksForum ThreadGeekNights Monday - Not-Working From HomeThings of the DayRym - Why Pipes Move UndergroundScott - "Rabbit Habit Cartoon" (1975)

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the Microphone. In the news, Netflix is reportedly adding a (likely-to-be-abused) 1.5x mode, Adobe got permission to continue to support the people of Venezuela, new AirPods are coming, and algorithms can definitely be racist.Related LinksForum ThreadGeekNights Monday - MicrophonesThings of the DayRym - HELLveticaScott - The Five Cowardly Hitmen

Tonight on GeekNights, we talk about low power modes. In the news, Facebook should be broken up for having destroyed Internet media, San Francisco explores regulating emerging technology, you probably don't care about AMP or OpenJS, and we hope you remember these things.Related LinksForum ThreadGeekNights Monday - Low Power ModesThings of the DayRym - peak video editingScott - Thomas Train StuntsScott - Thomas Train Stunts with Biggie