2025.01.28: Declining Relevancy

Burnie and Ashley discuss the symbiotic growth of paypal and eBay, virtual credit card numbers, passkeys, cloning phones, cloning sheep, quantum identities, backyard genetics, Sundance, declining relevancy, PAX, Wil Wheaton’s Tabletop, other people’s clothes, planking, and never setting one’s self on fire.
  
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Tech Talk

• PayPal – Wikipedia
• Virtual Credit Card Numbers: The Complete Guide – Forbes Advisor
• What Is Two-Factor Authentication (2FA)? | Microsoft Security
• What are passkeys? Everything you need to know about the death of passwords | Tom’s Guide

Quantum Beings

• Dolly (sheep) – Wikipedia
• Montana man gets 6 months in prison for cloning giant sheep, breeding it | AP News

Sundance

• Sundance 2025: Best Reviews, Highlights, and Interviews
• At Sundance, ‘If I Had Legs I’d Kick You’ was the hottest ticket in town | AP News
• Sundance Sets Three Cities as Finalists for Future Home of Film Festival

PAX

• PAX Unplugged 2024 Celebrates Sold Out Attendance for 20th Anniversary Year
• PAX (event) – Wikipedia

TableTop

• Wil Wheaton’s TableTop – YouTube
• TableTop – Wikipedia
• Tabletop Season 3 – With Wil Wheaton! | Indiegogo
• Wil Wheaton’s ‘Tabletop’ Sets Crowdfunding Record With $1.4 Million Haul

The Cost of Looking Good

• Zendaya’s Armor Body Suit At ‘Dune: Part Two’ Premiere – Red Carpet Photos
• Dua Lipa Struggles to Sit Down in Dress at the Golden Globes: Video
• DUA LIPA | Thank you @goldenglobes for such a beautiful night last night… | Instagram

Planking

• Planking (fad) – Wikipedia
• ‘Planking’ death puts spotlight on bizarre Web craze – CNN
• Australian dies after ‘planking’ on balcony, police say – BBC News