2025.03.17: Tech Crab Bucket

Burnie and Ashley discuss McDonald’s hangovers, portion sizes, awful recipe sites, I Love Bees, viral marketing, sharing the misery of a tech problem, crab bucket, known but unsolved issues, Finn’s computer adventures, FTL, iPhone 16’s big promises, the dismal weekend box office, if A24 made a Looney Tunes movies, The Day The Earth Blew Up, and All You Need Is Kill.
  
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McDonalds

• Iceland livestreams 10-year-old McDonald’s cheeseburger – BBC News
• McDonald’s French Fries – Copycat Recipe – The Cozy Cook
• How McDonald’s portion sizes changed over time | City Magazine
• Shamrock Shake – Wikipedia

Where in the World are Butch and Suni

• Astronaut crew docks with space station to replace ‘Butch and Suni’ | Reuters

I Love Bees

• I Love Bees – Wikipedia

Apple Problems

• Apple’s (AAPL) Siri Chief Calls AI Delays Ugly and Embarrassing, Promises Fixes – Bloomberg
• iPhone (1st generation) – Wikipedia
• Verizon raises red flag about concerning customer behavior – TheStreet
• Million Dollars, But… The Game Announcement | Rooster Teeth
• Crab mentality – Wikipedia

OneDrive Bug

• Folders Shared with me are syncing as internet shortcut in OneDrive on – Microsoft Community
• Microsoft finally has update on OneDrive shared folders turning to internet shortcut links – Neowin

FTL

Slow Box Office

• ‘Novocaine’ leads numbingly slow weekend at domestic box office | AP News
• Black Bag – Box Office Mojo
• BLACK BAG – Official Trailer [HD] – Only in Theaters March 14
• ⭐️ NEW ⭐️ Looney Tunes Movie | The Day The Earth Blew Up | TEASER TRAILER | @wbkids​
• The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie (2024) – Ratings – IMDb
• The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie | Rotten Tomatoes

All You Need is Kill

• 【特報】ALL YOU NEED IS KILL ティザーPV／“ALL YOU NEED IS KILL” 1st teaser trailer

Electric State

• The Electric State | Rotten Tomatoes
• The Electric State: Savage reviews but Netflix’s $320m blockbuster is a hit – BBC News
• The Electric State | Official Trailer | Netflix
• How The Electric State Perfectly Recreates the Graphic Novel’s Haunting World – Nerdtropolis
• The Electric State (2025) – Ratings – IMDb

Green River

• Chicago dyes its river bright green for St. Patrick’s Day | AP News