2025.01.07: Bad Patterns

Burnie and Ashley discuss Revenge of the Nerds, CES, Samsung’s Ballie, robot motivations, sick strategies, is patriotism American, Royal Mail, Apple’s post-Jobs hits, Apple Watch, charging woes, videogames we never delete, NVIDIAs $2000 video card, Trudeau resigns, and another monkey on the lam. This episode is extended on Patreon.
  
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Movies That Aged… Poorly

• Revenge of the Nerds – Wikipedia
• Porky’s – Wikipedia
• Bachelor Party (1984) – IMDb

CES News

• Samsung’s home robot is a large talking tennis ball with a projector
• CES 2025 Live Blog: News, Photos, and Videos From Tech’s Big Show | WIRED
• CES 2025: The big announcements and tech news
• NVIDIA launches GeForce RTX 50 “Blackwell” series: RTX 5090 costs $1,999 – VideoCardz.com
• Nvidia CUDA Cores Explained: How are they different?

Innovating Apple

• AirPods – Wikipedia
• Apple Watch – Wikipedia
• Apple Vision Pro May Now Be Out of Production – MacRumors
• Steve Jobs – Wikipedia
• Apple Car: Apple’s Now-Canceled Car Project: What We Know

Virtual Walls

• iRobot 4469425 Dual Virtual Wall (1 unit) Mode, Plastic : Amazon.co.uk: Home & Kitchen
• How To Use a Virtual Wall Lighthouse | Roomba® 800 series | iRobot®

More Game Movies

• Sony Announces Helldivers 2 Film in Production – IGN
• Horizon Zero Dawn Film Confirmed – IGN
• 10 Epic Connections Between Helldivers 2 & Starship Troopers

Major World News

• Zendaya sparks engagement speculation with sparkling ring at Golden Globes | AP News
• Canada: Liberals look for Trudeau’s replacement as Trump threatens tariffs | AP News
• Monkey in a tutu escapes from a home. Missouri sheriff’s office says the capture was ‘bananas’ | AP News