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TEH 155: Ranting on spam, Return to Streaming Music, and NFTs

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In This Episode: Ranting on spam, Return to Streaming Music, and NFTs


This week the TEH Podcast is hosted by Leo Notenboom, the “Chief Question Answerer” at Ask Leo!, and Gary Rosenzweig, the host and producer of MacMost, and mobile game developer at Clever Media.

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  • 0:57 GR: Predictions playing out (love statistics).
  • 5:15 LN: I need to rant a little (re spam). SO MANY problems with respect to email all boil down to spam and, more correctly, efforts to mitigate spam.
    • Moving from server to server.
    • 10:20 IMAGINE THE COST (and frustration!) of spam to everyone!
    • 16:12 What it would take to control it.
    • 20:00 Charge for emails?
    • 23:10 What domain owners can do.
    • 26:00 Google Apps/Workspace going pay-only
    • 31:00 one domain serviced by protonmail.com
    • 32:45 LN: Re: Spotify.
      • YouTube Music turned out to be a surprise contender for me. (incl w/ YouTube Premium)
      • 34:50 Family plan
      • 39:40 GR: The ap, how ads work… creators still get paid. Premium better than adblocker.
      • 42:37 GR: Follow-Up on NFTs (‘NFTs are a scam,’ says indie game store Itch.io.)
        • Read on The Verge or The Atlantic
        • 45:15: Buying stuff in a game.
        • 49:00 LN: Like collecting Beanie Babies
        • 51:00 Explain it like I’m five… Not!
        • 51:39 LN: Winter Olympics
          • 52:00 Peacock
          • 55: 20 Lag and camera angles, different focus
          • 57:00 Streaming confusion creating reduced audience
          • 59:40 GR: Streaming differences create “spoilers.” Movies, TV series, Olympics… Superbowl
            • Ain’t it Cool
            • 1:04:10 LN: Reading: “Termination Shock” by Neal Stephenson
              • 1:06:06 TV: Reacher & Raised by Wolves.
              • 1:07:40 GR: TV Time loop series: Reset (Search “Reset YoYo” on YouTube)
                • 1:12:02 Apple TV+: movie CODA gets Oscar nomination
                • Don’t Look Up: Netflix gets Oscar nomination.
                • 1:12:40 LN: Amazon Oscar nominations. Being the Ricardos.
                  • BSP: Blatant Self-Promotion
                  • 1:14:39 LN: Someone Is in My Computer, Controlling it. What Can I Do?
                  • 1:15:30 GR: 25 Tips For Using Notes On a Mac
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