Weekly Ramblecast 171: The Dad Who Got Mad
Added 2024-09-17 12:00:09 +0000 UTCVinny returns from [REDACTED] with tales about... stuff we can't discuss yet, but also talk about paper boarding passes, aisle seat etiquette, angry-dad revenge movies, modern scammer sophistication, and more.
CHAPTERS
(00:00:00) Start of show
(00:00:34) It's time to activate your core
(00:02:09) It's also time to get scheduling
(00:07:15) Thanks for the last-minute edit, unnamed publisher!
(00:08:11) Should you take paper to the airport?
(00:12:01) Can we get some experts to plan out this plane-boarding business?
(00:20:44) The all-important window-seat etiquette
(00:24:47) The in-flight movie review
(00:28:51) Movies about dads who get mad
(00:31:43) Scammers might have it coming
(00:39:10) Talking about Kim Dotcom for some reason?
(00:40:53) Vinny needs a new phone stat
(00:43:36) Farewell to the home button, for real this time
(00:47:19) The phone is most people's computer now
(00:51:25) THEY'RE LISTENING
(00:58:32) Content and bye!
Comments
A few years ago, my laptop died and I went 6+ months without a computer. No issues with life at all, and it was kind of a nice break. Eventually got a new one for music production, but it has to be a laptop. Can't imagine being tethered to one spot.
csl316
2024-09-30 19:26:09 +0000 UTCThe nice thing about being military is I just fly Space A on a C-130 or C-17. I only go on commercial flights if I am ordered to or someone is dying. Commercial flights are so miserable nowadays. I use to love flying in the 90’s.
swiftdraw
2024-09-19 13:15:19 +0000 UTCGrey Fox is “hurt me more” guy. The Pain is the bee guy who talked about pain. Not that I need to add fuel to the fire with this, but scams are really sophisticated and messed up. People can easily spoof calls, alter voices, mimic sites, and register an endless amount of domains that look like the site. Also many scams are run by organized crime and have used slave labor (like imprisoning people, taking their passports, and bribing cops to look the other way stuff), so the realities of how these operations run are really fucked up. So even with those “lol I hacked the scammers” videos you may see on YouTube could involve people who are forced to carry out those scams. Biggest way to protect yourself is never click on links, give info over the phone, reply back to texts with info, or talk to random people you don’t know. You’re never going to be asked to immediately pay something or else, or do things like confirm your email / password or else you’ll lose your account. If an investment is too good to be true, it probably is. As Brad mentioned, a lot of organizations just don’t call or email you. You’ll get a letter and it will be a drawn out process to have a meeting in person with somebody. Always go to the official website and look up the customer support number. Don’t use the point of contact in a random email or text, since that can be a fake number.
Michael
2024-09-19 05:00:51 +0000 UTCGrey Fox. Hurt me Snake.
Russell Robinson
2024-09-18 14:51:26 +0000 UTCPretty sure that's who Brad was thinking of.
Michael Jacobson
2024-09-17 16:39:30 +0000 UTCI'll say that I was slow to trusting tickets with barcodes being scannable off my phone (usually for conventions), but have embraced them in the past 5 years. That being said, there is a fundraiser 1.5 mile walk event around the Tucson Reid Park Zoo this weekend and their system is saying "you can try to scan off your phone but sometimes that doesn't work for some screens so we suggest printing this ticket instead"
Michael Jacobson
2024-09-17 16:37:28 +0000 UTCWas it Grey Fox in mgs1?
neuroflare
2024-09-17 15:51:31 +0000 UTCADHD.
Knights_of_old
2024-09-17 15:45:55 +0000 UTC
