GeekNights Mondays: Science Technology Computing

Age Verification on the Internet

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:43:00 +0000

Tonight on GeekNights, we talk about the dangers of trying to mandate age verification on the Internet. In the news, Discord embarks on a disastrous age verification scheme, Anthropic is mad that other "AI" companies are using their product, and Goldman Sachs launches an AI-free index.

Webcams

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 01:41:00 +0000

Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss webcams. In the news, ICE murdered another person in broad daylight with video and witnesses, and Senate Democrats are willing to shut the government down over continued funding of ICE. Call your senators today. No funds for ICE: abolish, dismantle, and prosecute.

In other news, Europe may ban Elon Musk's nonconsensual porn machine and France is planning to build a video conferencing tool to reduce dependence on American technology.

Tech Bubbles

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 00:50:00 +0000

Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss tech bubbles like the Dot-com bubble. Unrelatedly here's a video by Hank Green titled The State of the AI Industry is Freaking Me Out, and a video by Adam Conover titled Sora Proves the AI Bubble Is Going to Burst So Hard. In the news, nearly 7 million Americans marched in defense of democracy, Amazon AWS went down Sunday night reminding us how fragile the Internet has become, and the end of Windows 10 shouldn't be ignored.

Fitness Tech

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 01:15:00 +0000

Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss fitness tech like heart rate monitors and Strava and Dance Dance Revolution. In the news, Tik Tok has a dubious deal to keep operating in the US and the regime has plans for the algorithm. Also go see Perfect Blue remastered while you can. And read The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay.

Specific Mice

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 01:12:00 +0000

Tonight on GeekNights, we talk about specific mice. Mice we've used over the years, since the days of balls. In the news, Google dodges consequences in the US but not in the EU, Google is sued yet again for their advertising monopoly, and Google is looking to flood the phone lines of tiny businesses.

Video Chat and Teleconferencing

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 01:06:00 +0000

Tonight on GeekNights, we talk about the modern marvel that is video chat. In the news, Perplexity is using undeclared crawlers to scrape content, Samsung has a crazy Micro LED TV, real life ad block is possible, and Trump is forming the American SS.

The next GeekNights Book Club book will be The Running Man, by Richard Backman, who you may know better as Stephen King.

Computer Audio Interfaces

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 00:11:00 +0000

Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss audio interfaces. Rym uses a PreSonus Studio 1810c to record GeekNights, and as his general purpose "sound card" in the studio.

In the news, the CEO of GitHub steps down, you can consider Forgejo if that worries you, Reddit will block the Internet Archive, and Trump illegally forces the National Guard to deploy to the streets of Washington DC.

Why there's no big tech news

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 00:50:00 +0000

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider why there, broadly, aren't major consumer technology developments lately. In the news, Debian reduces support for i386 and Chrome OS is combining with Android. Also we'll be live at PAX West!

Blinky Lights

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 00:10:00 +0000

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the blinky lights and LEDs the kids are putting on everything including their computers. In the news, Windows 10 has extended security support, Broadcom is desperate to monetize VMware, and the EU forced Apple to comply, at least in the EU.

Toilets and Bidets and Washlets

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 24 Jun 2025 01:38:00 +0000

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider toilets, washlets, and bidets. (Oh my). In the news, some context on the current Iran conflict, and Apple WWDC25 was mostly uneventful other than keeping old devices going for a while yet.

Capacity Management

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 20 May 2025 01:40:00 +0000

Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss capacity management. It's changed a lot over the years. In the news, evil people are trying to accelerate climate change, and a silly camera is coming.

The Discoverability Problem

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:34:00 +0000

Tonight on GeekNights, we muse a bit on the problem of discoverability. Nearly all experience is mediated, and this includes deciding what web site to look at. In the news, Rym is back from Zenkaikon, Moon Zooz is continuing to rock it, the cosmological constant might not be, niri is a scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor, and US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is a dangerous idiot.

MIDI

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 11 Mar 2025 01:07:00 +0000

Tonight on GeekNights, we talk about MIDI. The Musical Instrument Digital Interface, which is still in use today. In the news, Donkey Kong ‘94 is re-released on Switch, Youtube adds translated dubbing, and Ontario (rightly) taxes Americans using their energy.

Windows 11

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 01:20:00 +0000

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider Windows 11 and the fools who refuse to upgrade. In the news, the iPhone 16e arrives, Gmail is (correctly) dropping SMS two-factor, Twitch is capping uploads for 0.5% of streamers, and Germany represents a profound realignment of global politics.

Electronic Payments

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 00:58:00 +0000

Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss electronic payments. We grew up in a world where credit cards were imprinted on carbon paper and cheques were on physical paper. In the news, the Baltics have disconnected from the Russian power grid, Football Manager 25 will be skipped, and there's one weird trick to stop Google's terrible AI summaries.

Ways to Sell Software

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 01:09:00 +0000

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider all the ways to sell software. From shareware to software-as-a-service to "just buying it" it's evolved quite a bit over the years. In the news, CES happened, Republicans killed net neutrality, and Pornhub is blocked in the entire US south. Also we will be live at MAGFest, which is imminently about to sell out.

Terminals

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 31 Dec 2024 01:26:00 +0000

Tonight on GeekNights, we talk about Terminals. From the VT100 to any modern Terminal Emulator, they are still a part of the computing world and are worth knowing about. In the news, Jimmy Carter has died at 100, Chinese state-sponsored hackers attacked the US Treasury, and a hero has defeated a fake Nintendo lawyer.

Drones

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 17 Dec 2024 02:43:00 +0000

Tonight on GeekNights, we talk about drones. In the news, the common clay of the New West think they're seeing nefarious drones everywhere and we have WordPress vs WP Engine.

Blogs

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 00:38:00 +0000

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider blogging. In the news, Roblox is making a closed ecosystem Discord competitor, the US gave Intel a pile of money, and Intel's CEO hit the bricks. Rym has also consolidated all of his social media into rym.social and talks about how he set up cross-posting across microblog, Mastodon, and Bluesky.

Widgets

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 01:16:00 +0000

Tonight on GeekNights, we talk about widgets. Mostly status and telemetry widgets that people like to put on their desktops or their phones. They have their uses, but are usually useless. In the news, Cloudplane is shutting down in December, Adobe's Project Turntable is stunning, and Tesla's robots were (obviously) fake.

If you are able to vote in the United States, make a plan to vote. You can't sit this one out. You can't vote for a "third party." It's frankly unethical to do anything but vote straight ticket for Democrats.

There are two power-seeking coalitions in America. Choose the one that you want setting the rules for the next election. The Democrats are the literal best option we have. Do the right thing.

Multicore Multiprocess Concurrency and Such

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 02:01:00 +0000

Tonight on GeekNights, we talk about cores and concurrency and threads and such. Also Rym and Emily fought a bear. In the news, Intel's chip instability saga has concluded, and Python 3.13.0 is pretty good.

Web Trackers and Analytics

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 00:53:00 +0000

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the evils of web trackers and analytics. They are used almost exclusively to feed the ad industry and you should block them wherever possible. Rym has installed the microcode patch for some Intel chips and you should too if you have one of them.

In the news, Microsoft is moving to a security-first posture, nostalgia accounts on social media are making up nonsense, and chatbots are intruding into and slowly ruining online social spaces.

Car Dashboard Tech

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 02 Jul 2024 00:32:00 +0000

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the sad state of the technology creeping into car dashboards. In the news, the US Supreme Court has disastrously ruled that the president is above the law in extreme and shocking complicity with authoritarian takeover. In other news, some good Python development practices and Apple cramming AI into their largely failed Vision Pro.

Tech News Roundup Summer 2024

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 18 Jun 2024 02:47:00 +0000

Tonight on GeekNights, it's a Tech News Roundup! Mouse movers are getting people fired but are also a sign of late stage capitalism, social media is messing up the kids, don't operate your i9 at turbo voltages when it's overheating, Adobe is mostly wrong here but also read what you buy, this is a good car that will never reach the US, data breaches are getting worse as people care less and less that they happen, Wine patches bug 7955 after 17 years, the Pentax 17 is bad, Apple cancels Apple Pay Later, New York gets digital IDs (sort of), Microsoft slow rolls Recall after backlash, and Voyager 1 still lives!

Tech Predictions for 2025, 2029, and 2034

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 04 Jun 2024 02:38:00 +0000

Tonight on GeekNights, we make some technology predictions for one, five, and ten years into the future. We did this once back in 2010. In the news, Ticketmaster and Santander have massive data breaches, Google accidentally published its secret search sauce, Twitter adds pornography, and Rubin is the next generation AI chip.

Markup Languages

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 21 May 2024 00:01:00 +0000

Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss markup languages like Markdown. In the news, Rym posted an analysis of strange noises in Sportsnet NHL streams, the ship that broke Baltimore Harbor has been removed, you can read a paper exploring The consequences of generative AI for online knowledge communities, and there are new iPads.

Technology Failures

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 07 May 2024 00:47:00 +0000

Tonight on GeekNights we talk about when technology fails. Dead PSUs, dead hard drives, and the like. In the news, there is a vulnerability in practically all VPNs and Tesla is firing everybody after they fired a bunch of people.

A New TV in 2024

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 23:11:00 +0000

Tonight on GeekNights we consider what A New TV in 2024 looks like. In the news, the Stanley Cup Playoffs are underway, GameCube and Wii emulators won't work on iOS due to Apple's ban on just-in-time compilation, and Meta really makes money from all the data they collect about you.

Moderation, Section 230, and Free Speech

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 27 Feb 2024 01:56:00 +0000

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the ramifications of a ridiculous Texas law being argued before the Supreme Court, and its ramifications for the imperfect but valuable Section 230. In the news, A lot of Redditors hate the Reddit IPO, Reddit is selling your data to Google for AI training, and Reddit admitted that your moderator protests are working. Also Rym has some notes on his new workstation.

Scott Switches to Mac

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 01:30:00 +0000

Tonight on GeekNights, 18 years after Rym tried to switch to Mac, Scott switches to Mac. (Except for gaming). In the news, Rym is building a new primary workstation,, Tim Sweeney calls out Apple's "malicious compliance" in light of The Digital Markets Act, and the Superb Owl went to overtime.

The Smartphone Upgrade Cycle

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 19 Dec 2023 02:20:00 +0000

Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss the vicious smartphone upgrade cycle. Try to use your phone for more than a year or two at least. In the news, Apple has to halt new Apple Watch sales, Adobe gives up on buying Figma, and Scott had fun on the Star Wars ride at Disneyland.

Remote Access

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 24 Oct 2023 01:57:00 +0000

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the the idea of remote access. In the news, here's a list of all the tech layoffs so far in 2023, and Twitch changes its simulcasting guidelines.

Search Engines (suck now)

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the current state of search engines and why Google increasingly doesn't work anymore. In the news, iOS has multiple zero-day zero-interaction vulnerabilities (update your devices immediately) and Reddit is trying to embrace the worst parts of phpBB. 12 years ago we gave two short talks about how game mechanics (and UX design) literally make the communities that use them.

Blocking

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 29 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Tonight on GeekNights, in light of Twitter's dying husk removing the ability to block people, we consider the concept of "blocking" in social platforms. The root problem is, as always, the twin evils of advertising and capitalism. In the news, the inability to warn the residents of Maui to the rapidly escalating wildfires requires significant government technology investment, and Dolby Atmos FlexConnect might prove interesting for home theatre setups.

Upgrading Your Tech

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss when, how, and if you should upgrade your technology. From phones to cameras to TVs to skis, it comes mostly down to what problem you're trying to solve. In the news, Web Environment Integrity is a potentially worrying but not yet apocalyptic threat to the World Wide Web, the BBC has launched its own journalism Mastodon, and the US has a new nuclear reactor.

Throttling and Rate Limiting

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 04 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the surprising challenges of throttling and rate limiting. In the news, Twitter rate-limiting reading twitter and broke Tweetdeck while also blocking non-logged-in views , Norway has 100 years of phosphate rock deposits, and the US Supreme Court is wholly illegitimate.

The Line of Technology Adoption

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Tonight on GeekNights, we briefly consider when and why to adopt a new technology. In the news, Apple WWDC 2023 brings a $3,500 AR/VR headset in 2024 (we've talked about AR (Augmented Reality) before), and Reddit is pulling a Twitter and possibly destroying the best third party app it has.

Computer Noise

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 09 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Tonight on GeekNights, we talk about the noise that computers make. It used to be a lot worse, but most of you are probably too young to have experienced this era. In the news, Rym went to a Star Trek convention, Google supports passkeys, actually read this article and not just the headline, and Rym is running in the New York Marathon in November!

Computer Fonts

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 11 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider computer fonts. In the news, the world lost a legend with the passing of Al Jaffee, why "trucks" have taken over America, and Mac sales are down 40%.

Archiving the Internet

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the immense challenge of archiving the Internet. This is a critical era of human history, and historians centuries from now will be desperate to know things we all think are "common knowledge" today. In the news, the Internet Archive flew too close to the sun, the emerging geopolitical blocs will likely end TikTok in America, and Nvidia (correctly) says cryptocurrencies do not "bring anything useful for society"

E-Waste and Worthless Tech

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider what to do about E-Waste and worthless old technology. Old cables, old smartphones, 500MB hard drives, and the like. It's OK to get rid of it (and you probably should), but don't just throw it in the garbage unless you're a bad person. In the news, new open gangway subway cars debut on the A train in New York, and Silicon Valley Bank collapsed.

GPT-3 and Autoregressive Language Models

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 28 Feb 2023 01:00:00 +0000

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the technology and ramifications of Generative Pre-trained Transformer 3 (GPT-3) and autoregressive language models in general. We further explore other similar machine learning tools and their short and long-term ramifications for humans. In the news, Discord Stages have low bitrate limits, the US Department of Energy concludes with low confidence that COVID-19 emerged from a lab leak in China, the UK wasn't content with ruining its economy with Brexit and is also considering ruining its technology with the Online Safety Bill, and a terrifying toxic new Dust Bowl is descending on Utah.

Online Advertising and Adtech

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 01:00:00 +0000

Tonight on GeekNights, Rym is back from his ski trip, so we resume our regularly scheduled shows with a review of online advertising and adtech. In the news, the Department of Justice is seeking to break up Google in some trust busting over online advertising and tech layoffs foretell difficult times ahead.

Microsoft Windows

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 03 Jan 2023 01:00:00 +0000

Tonight on GeekNights, we talk about everybody's favorite operating system: Microsoft Windows. In the news, Youtube contracts NFL Sunday Ticket, America is subsidizing a road at $1 Billion per mile, and it's 2023.

Zero Trust Security

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 20 Dec 2022 01:00:00 +0000

Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss the concept of Zero Trust Security. It's a pain, and it's not necessary in all environments, but it's something you should understand. In the news, a company is suing to put profits over preventing harm to children, disgraced former president Donald Trump has been referred for criminal prosecution over his coup attempt, Apple introduces Advanced Data Protection, and Google introduces client-side encryption to paid gmail.

Federated Architecture

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 22 Nov 2022 01:00:00 +0000

Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss Federated Architecture in light of the collapse of Twitter. Federation is how most of the Internet works, and you should understand the ramifications of it before you dive into platforms like Mastodon. From XMPP (formerly Jabber) to ActivityPub, even the nature of an email address, federation is how the Internet was intended to be used.

In the news, the FCC has a more accurate broadband map, and the rail unions are (rightly) threatening to strike over intolerable working conditions.

The POSSE Model and The End of Twitter

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 08 Nov 2022 01:00:00 +0000

Tonight on GeekNights, in the shadow of Twitter's collapse at the hands of a narcissistic failure of a man, we discuss the best way to protect yourself from the inevitable collapse of every platform: the POSSE model. Publish (on your) Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere.

How to Not Suck at Smartphone Security

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Tonight on GeekNights, we reveal the secrets of How to Not Suck at Smartphone Security. There is a lot of drama that can arise from mishandling your smartphone. Tonight we'll walk you through a simple set of rules that, if you follow them, will nearly guarantee such drama does not befall you.

In the news, KakaoTalk loses millions of users after a massive outage not only cuts people off from their primary means of communication but reveals sensitive personal information related to multiple profiles. This is on the heels of Google taking their cut and has now led to calls for a monopoly probe. Also Leica has a new camera for a lot of money and Scott has written about it in the forum.

Web Scraping

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 11 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Tonight on GeekNights, after a surprisingly long hiatus between Rym going to Europe for work and Rym & Emily biking 480 miles across the state of New York, we talk a bunch about IPv6 woes with Intel NICs, and happenings in the street before we get to the news that companies shouldn't spy on their employees, and the GTX 4090 is coming. Eventually, we talk a bit about web scraping and why it is noble and just.

How to Not Suck at Getting a New Smartphone

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 23 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000

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.

Vacuum Cleaners

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 09 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000

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.

Software as a Service

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 26 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000

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.

Refrigeration

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 28 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000

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.

The Chatbot isn't Sentient

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 14 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000

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.

Scanners

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 17 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000

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.

Tech Debt

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 03 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000

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!

Video Cables

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 19 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000

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.

Hosting in 2022

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 05 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000

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.

Technological Lock-In

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 08 Feb 2022 01:00:00 +0000

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.

Package Managers

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 11 Jan 2022 01:00:00 +0000

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.

Software Libraries

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 28 Dec 2021 01:00:00 +0000

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.

Tech Gift Guide 2021

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 01:00:00 +0000

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.

Home HVAC: Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 16 Nov 2021 01:00:00 +0000

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.

Documentation

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 02 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000

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!

Operating System Upgrades and Migrations

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 19 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000

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.

Social Media

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000

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).

Computer Magazines

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 21 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0000

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.

Apple, CSAM, and Privacy

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 24 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000

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!

Tech News Roundup - June 2021

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 08 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0000

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.

Video Cameras

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 25 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000

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.

Remote Controls

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 11 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000

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.

Tech News Roundup - April 2021

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

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!

Laptops and Tablets

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 13 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

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.

Multi-factor Authentication

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 30 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000

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.

Cable Management

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000

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.

Cryptocurrencies

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 01:00:00 +0000

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.

The Environmental Cost of Computing

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 02 Feb 2021 01:00:00 +0000

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.

Outages

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 05 Jan 2021 01:00:00 +0000

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!

The last 10 years of Technology (2010-2020)

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 01:00:00 +0000

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.

Technology Longevity

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 08 Dec 2020 01:00:00 +0000

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!

Displays

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 24 Nov 2020 01:00:00 +0000

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.

The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 10 Nov 2020 01:00:00 +0000

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.

Facial Recognition Technology

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000

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.

Bricked Devices

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 13 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000

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.

Source Code Leaks

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 29 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000

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.

Software Updates

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 15 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000

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).

Biometrics

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000

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.

Removable Media in 2020

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000

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.

Bug Bounties and Responsible Disclosure

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 21 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000

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.

"Obsolete" Technology

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 07 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000

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.

CI/CD

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000

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.

Computer Maintenance in 2020

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 09 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000

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.

Kitchen Appliances

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 12 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000

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.

RTMP Streaming Setup

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 28 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000

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.

PostgreSQL

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 14 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000

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.

Tech News Roundup - March 2020

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Wed, 01 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Tonight on GeekNights, we have a Tech News Roundup! In the news:

Jupyter nNotebooks are pretty cool
Chromium Edge is getting some features
Broadband should be a nationalized utility
The tech-enabled gig economy is an exploitative lie
Sony Electronics lives again?
Update your SSD's firmware
Safari blocks third party cookies by default
The Supreme Court ruled states can't be sued for copyright infringement
5G may use 20% more power than 4G
Porn takes down the LA City Council
Zoom's privacy policy is bad news

Not-Working From Home

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 17 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000

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!

Microphones

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 29 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0000

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.

Low Power Modes

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 15 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0000

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.

GPS

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Tue, 01 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Tonight on GeekNights, returning from our hiatus for-real this time, we consider the wonder that is the Global Positioning System. In the news, the corrupt and treasonous president of the United States is being impeached, Richard Stallman has rightfully, finally, been pushed out of the open source movement, and you shouldn't vape any of that vape juice until it's properly regulated.

Check out our new Main Bits feed on Patreon and GeekNights Anime Reviews on youtube! We'll see you next at PAX Unplugged!

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