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	Podcast:		Coder Radio
	Episode:		536: Grindr-in-Chief
	Category:		Technology
	Duration:		00:42:47
	Publish Date:		2023-09-20 10:00:00
	Description:		The painful side of making video games, Grinder's big problems, and Google's sneakiest trojan horse. Sponsored By: Tailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Support Coder Radio Links: Alby: Your Boost companion for the web — Create an Alby Account to get a lightning wallet for payments wherever you go. Coder Radio on the Podcastindex.org — Boost from the Web. Once you have Alby topped off, you can Boost from our page on the Podcast Index. Why isn’t dotnet core popular among startups? — Is there any specific reason why startups, at least here in India, don’t tend to use dotnet for backend especially now dotnet is also open source and cross-platform. Almost Half of Grindr’s Employees Quit — Grindr seems to have played itself by giving its employees a return-to-office ultimatum — and nearly half of those employees responded by quitting. Santiago on X: "I fired somebody cheating" — Around that time, I stumbled upon the idea of overemployment. A whole movement dedicated to helping people work several full-time jobs at once. Google gets its way, bakes a user-tracking ad platform directly — Chrome now directly tracks users, generates a "topic" list it shares with advertisers. Google Chrome pushes browser history-based ad targeting The Privacy Sandbox — Billions of people around the world rely on access to information on sites and apps. To provide this free resource without relying on intrusive tracking, publishers and developers need privacy-preserving alternatives for their key business needs, including serving relevant content and ads. Major programming faults discovered in Starfield's code by VKD3D dev - performance issues are not the result of non-upgraded hardware — What really grinds my gears is the fact that the open source community has figured out and came up with workarounds to try to make this game run better. Starfield Is Great—Unless You're on Nvidia or Intel Venn on X — While it may not be optimized for PC, it will be optimized for #Linux. Todd Howard Tells Starfield Players To Upgrade Their PCs Artificial intelligence technology behind ChatGPT was built in Iowa — with a lot of water — In a paper due to be published later this year, Ren’s team estimates ChatGPT gulps up 500 milliliters of water (close to what’s in a 16-ounce water bottle) every time you ask it a series of between 5 to 50 prompts or questions. The range varies depending on where its servers are located and the season. The estimate includes indirect water usage that the companies don’t measure — such as to cool power plants that supply the data centers with electricity. Nissan, Kia 'collect data about drivers' sexual activity' — The foundation said most car companies can comb through a variety of sources to glean personal information about drivers after they pair their smartphones with a vehicle’s connected services.
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