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The Computer Exorcist Podcast

Marc-Anthony Arena

We're increasingly dependent on technology. Our business and personal lives rely on it, but as you've probably noticed, it's unreliable. They promise it'll get better, but it usually gets worse. Our computers are slow, so we end up squinting at smartphones. We live in constant fear that something's going to happen to our personal data. So we're scared into paying for fake protection that proves useless when disaster strikes.The jokers we pay to fix our stuff have no clue what

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30 Dispelling Myths

The Computer Exorcist Podcast ·

2023/07/12

It's been a while since we've had a one-on-one episode with just you and me, dear listener, so here it is.First, I answer a fan mail asking about the Wallace Memorial Microphone.I then discuss Chrome Extensions and the Chrome Web App Extension Store - offering both illegal and legal extensions that HARVEST YOUR DATA. Nobody should use any of them. Also, App Stores claim to protect you from rogue publishers, but they fail to do so.Next, I get another post card from the power company begging

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29 Making Reality Great Again with Marc Winn - 1 hr...

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2023/07/03

It's a veritably flurry of brilliant ideas tonight with special guest and TEDx veteran Marc Winn.Big governments, businesses, and tech firms tower over us all. Their respective broad-sweeping rules, massive scale, and micro-management fail to consider our unique individual humanity. Isolation, disconnection, disillusionment, and POLARIZATION leave people feeling abandoned. The tall towers are unstable. It's. Just. Not. Scalable.So, why don't we just do the opposite?That's the idea of

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28 Convenience vs Privacy w Bob McIntosh

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2023/06/26

Inspirational speaker and podcaster Bob McIntosh joins us tonight.He wrote a book about the concept that "awesome" or "excellent" is better than "perfect", which is unattainable.Yes we all want to put in effort and succeed, but it turns out that there IS such a thing as trying too hard. You end up getting nowhere.I've relaxed my grip on life and it's amazing how far it got me.Our first article discusses the "fungibility", or replaceability of an item. Dollar

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27 How Amazon Crushes Its Rivals - and Sellers - Pt 2

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2023/06/19

Today we finish up the expose on Amazon's business practices.When they set their sights on Diapers.com, Amazon decided to sell competing diapers at a huge loss. Of course consumers fell for it in droves, because if you're a parent trying to buy diapers, you'll buy the cheapest ones possible. Inevitably, Diapers.com could not compete, and Amazon convinced them to sell out to them.They didn't have the time or money to fight back, but luckily others did.Their "Goodthreads" line

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26 How Amazon Crushes Its Rivals - and Sellers - Pt 1

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2023/06/10

Today we analyze the cutthroat practices of Amazon - a pugnacious company that still views itself as a startup (think fightin'-Irish pose).This is a story about choking out competitors, and backstabbing your own sellers. If a third-party seller's product becomes remotely successful, they might accuse the seller of being a fraud, which forces them to prove themselves by revealing the contract manufacturer. They'd then approach the manufacturer itself and commission an identical

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25 Ricky Ricardo Calls a Scammer

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2023/06/05

It's another scammer episode!This time I got a lot of calls from people claiming to be my cable company. Scammers are taking advantage of the fact that people are furious about cable/Internet rates. They apologized for all the high rates, and offered to give me a refund. They're hoping you give them your cable account number, your bank account number, or credit card number.One lady couldn't remember if she was impersonating Spectrum or Verizon. One guy called me (answering as Foghorn

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24 Shaking Up Rochester

The Computer Exorcist Podcast ·

2023/05/30

This is the recording of my guest appearance on the Shaking Up Rochester radio show last week! Thanks to Larana Love for having me on the show. The other folks she interviewed that night were great too.I do my usual explanation of The Four New Threats, so it's a great way for a new audience to get to know me. If one of your friends doesn't know what I'm all about, have them listen to this episode.Unfortunately the two-hour episode was cut off at 37 minutes because the station relies on a

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23 The Bottom Line Isn't Everything

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2023/05/23

Today we introduce another special guest, Anthony, who works with Catholic solopreneurs.We discuss how focusing on the bottom line and neglecting the other aspects of your work or personal life affects your family. We then compare it to a factory manager who went above and beyond to take care of his workers."Greed can take on different names to match whatever our insecurity is."We discuss the example of the monks who make Chartreuse, and the people who make Subarus. Rather than expand to

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22 The Internet Plumber

The Computer Exorcist Podcast ·

2023/05/17

Today we introduce a new special guest, Jim the Internet Plumber. He knows a lot about the pipes of the Internet and discusses how people keep the flow of information as safe as they can.We start out discussing small business and protecting them from Big Tech prying and expensive overkill services. We then discuss Marc's new suspicion that the industry is ruled by a handful of in-bred monopolies because "computer dudes" give knee-jerk recommendations and don't stop to think of

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21 Some Privacy-Focused Alternatives

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2023/04/25

This morning Angry Marc flies solo!I discuss the hype behind AI: Contributing to the destruction of humanity, all because you were too lazy to write a paragraph for yourself.I then praise a little-known book called Why Software Sucks. It reveals how adding more and more and more features makes a program more and more and more unreliable. While written in 2007, it is increasingly relevant. Grab a copy on eBay or wherever you can.We spend the rest of the episode discussing privacy-focused alternatives

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20 Garbage Plates and Scammers

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2023/04/18

Dr. Mike returns to inform us that in the short span of 50 years, we went from teaching people how to change their own tires, to warning people not to eat laundry soap.We then plot his "spinoff sitcom", which will be all about Rochester's favorite food: The Garbage Plate. (It's called The Flyover Plates Podcast and it's now available!)Then, we dial up some scammers and see who answers.One long-standing scammer is QBProHelpDesk.com - They lead victims to believe they are Intuit,

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19 Godzilla vs Mothra vs Cara Jean

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2023/04/12

Whenever I watch two big, bad companies slug it out like Godzilla and Mothra, all I can think of is, "They're both bad. I want both of them to lose." Such is the case on today's episode where we watch the industry's biggest and baddest duke it out.Roku's desire to wet its beak caused a feud with Spectrum, and Facebook's desire to monitor EVERY THING YOU EVER DO EVER caused Apple to unleash an update attack torpedo onto iPhones to stop them. We the little ants look up and

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18 It's a leadership problem

The Computer Exorcist Podcast ·

2023/04/06

Today we introduce another new special guest, Cara Jean from Taking Cara Business (clever, right?).In contrast to the world of coaches who pile tons of homework on your already chaotic life, she is a leadership coach who has removed the scrambling from my workday and helped me stay focused on my mission.We discuss SolarWinds, which is yet another monopoly in the IT field. I explain the fact that it's a monopoly means its products are homogeneous and ubiquitous and therefore easy to breach

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17 Cousin Joey's Garage

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2023/03/29

Tonight we have a new friend of the show: Cousin Joey. He's basically the cast of GoodFellas all rolled into one guy.He's an experienced mechanic who's here to teach us about the auto industry. We discuss saving thousands on repairs by using junkyard and aftermarket parts. We then explain drive-by-wire and brake-by-wire, and finish it all off by discussing EVs made by mom-and-pop firms that use stylish 1960s body shells.Bada bing! Hopefully he'll join us again soon.

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16 Savings or Chicken Account?

The Computer Exorcist Podcast ·

2023/03/15

It's another Torment a Scammer episode!!Tonight, a "Law Enforcement Officer" by the name of "David James" calls me to inform me that my bank accounts were hacked and used to promote drug trafficking. He then hangs up on me and has his colleague "David Miller" call me, and I get him really fired up. It was a joy to perform and will hopefully be a joy to behold.Next a "Scottish" scammer calls me and claims to work for ALL my credit card companies. He claims I'm

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15 Hitting Mailboxes with Baseball Bats

The Computer Exorcist Podcast ·

2023/03/10

Today Marc calls out and shames legal companies that in reality are diabolical scams. In one of them, a company mails you a letter asking for $125 to fill out a simple $9 government form. In another, a company asks $289 for domain hosting, which is normally $14 ... oh yeah, and they also end up controlling your website name as an added bonus.Not illegal, but still evil.It's like driving around with a baseball bat sticking out of your car. Nothing illegal about that alone, but we know the

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14 AI and the demise of Reason Pt 2

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2023/03/04

Tonight we continue our very special episode recorded in conjunction with Tone from RocToneDef Podcast! We explain:How regulation results in complexity, hassle, and barriers to entry for new contenders.A 2016 article where Microsoft's "Tay" AI chatbot is convinced to be a Nazi within 16 hours. MS apologized and said they'd learn from it and it'd never happen again. The outrageous part: MS considered this a "specific vulnerability", rather than realizing it lacks reason -

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13 AI and the demise of Reason - Pt 1

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2023/02/26

We've got something very special for y'all tonight: A joint episode between Marc from The Computer Exorcist Podcast and brilliant Tone from the RocToneDef Podcast! We discuss:How any kind of intelligence, natural or artificial, requires reason and judgement, otherwise it's pointless.Cultural lag, which describes the disparity between the few developing cutting edge technology and the many who are lagging far behind, lacking basic things.A rudimentary BASIC program that asks for your name

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12 It's the designers yelling at you

The Computer Exorcist Podcast ·

2023/02/21

Today we discuss the continued decline of automotive design. First up is a Porsche that uses microphones to detect if you're driving on slick roads (okay fine) but then nags and chastises you the entire time. What dawned on me is that it's not the tech necessarily - it's the designers who are yelling at you! This is why old cars are worth more - they're simple, reliable, and don't berate you.We then reveal Ford's claim that they'd have robotaxis by 2021, GM's claim

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11 Bimmers and Cloud Key Anti-Features

The Computer Exorcist Podcast ·

2023/02/13

Today we read a satirical article about new car anti-features that are dangerously close to reality (like a car that gets impatient with you and drives itself to the dealer for maintenance).We then discuss Apple's new CarKey anti-feature that allows you to use your iPhone as a car key. You know, that iPhone that's always low on battery? Controlled by that iCloud whose password you can never remember? Yeah, that's gonna make your life a lot easier!Finally, we learn how "stress levels

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