The Beer and Broadband Podcast

Season 09 Epsiode 12 Sour Economy (July 4th)

Show Synopsis: In Season 09 Episode 12, we discuss the jobpocalypse. Working from home. What we are drinking: Legion Friends and Beer Supernova Passionfruit Orange Guava Sour Ale 4.7% ABV Happy July 4th The jobpocalypse is upon us article [https://www.fierce-network.com/broadband/2026-layoff-tracker]     We have a twitter @BeerandBroad [https://twitter.com/BeerandBroad]  Get 25 dollars in credit at Ting [https://zs72pi6pnak.ting.com/]. https://playmusic.app.goo.gl/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&isi=691797987&ius=googleplaymusic&link=https://play.google.com/music/m/Ictuql34pwbsjcr7dchikdupmle?t%3DThe_Beer_and_Broadband_Podcast%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16 This Episode of Beer and Broadband is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License   Creative Commons License [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/]

Season 09 Episode 11 Hard Socialist Speeches

Show Synopsis: In Season 09 Episode 11, we discuss CEO taxes and Commencement speeches. Working from home. What we are drinking: Appalachian Mountain Cidery Southern Apple Hard Cider 5% ABV CEO tax being equated with socialism by Google Founder article [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/google-co-founder-sergey-brin-donates-500000-to-california-group-leading-the-campaign-against-/amp_articleshow/131243511.cms] Commencement speeches met with boos over AI topics except one article1 [https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/21/new-graduates-booing-commencement-speakers-ai.html] article2 [https://www.businessinsider.com/steve-wozniak-apple-ai-graduation-speech-2026-5]     We have a twitter @BeerandBroad [https://twitter.com/BeerandBroad]  Get 25 dollars in credit at Ting [https://zs72pi6pnak.ting.com/]. https://playmusic.app.goo.gl/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&isi=691797987&ius=googleplaymusic&link=https://play.google.com/music/m/Ictuql34pwbsjcr7dchikdupmle?t%3DThe_Beer_and_Broadband_Podcast%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16 This Episode of Beer and Broadband is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License   Creative Commons License [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/]

Season 09 Episode 10 Venti IPv8 with a splash of Ram

Show Synopsis: In Season 09 Episode 10, we discuss Starbucks AI woes, RTX 3080s, and South East Linux Fest 2026. Working from home. What we are drinking: Lindeman's D'or Tropical Fruit Beer 8% ABV South East Linux Fest 2026 RTX 3080 has either 10gigs or 12 gigs of VRAM and the 3080ti has 12gigi VRAM Starbucks gets rid of AI inventory tool article [https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/technology/articles/starbucks-scraps-ai-inventory-tool-165449189.html]     We have a twitter @BeerandBroad [https://twitter.com/BeerandBroad]  Get 25 dollars in credit at Ting [https://zs72pi6pnak.ting.com/]. https://playmusic.app.goo.gl/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&isi=691797987&ius=googleplaymusic&link=https://play.google.com/music/m/Ictuql34pwbsjcr7dchikdupmle?t%3DThe_Beer_and_Broadband_Podcast%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16 This Episode of Beer and Broadband is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License   Creative Commons License [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/]

Season 09 Episode 09 Malicious Hard CIDR

Show Synopsis: In Season 09 Episode 09, we discuss brewing a good basic apple cider, openclaw, and malware. Working from home. What we are drinking: Jo's CIDR 7% abv Local LLM with openclaw Reputable Malware Article 1 [https://www.pcmag.com/news/kash-patels-apparel-site-is-trying-to-trick-visitors-into-installing-malware] Article 2 [https://www.pcgamesn.com/valorant/vanguard-update-bricking-pcs-riot-response]       We have a twitter @BeerandBroad [https://twitter.com/BeerandBroad]  Get 25 dollars in credit at Ting [https://zs72pi6pnak.ting.com/]. https://playmusic.app.goo.gl/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&isi=691797987&ius=googleplaymusic&link=https://play.google.com/music/m/Ictuql34pwbsjcr7dchikdupmle?t%3DThe_Beer_and_Broadband_Podcast%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16 This Episode of Beer and Broadband is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License   Creative Commons License [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/]

Season 09 Episode 08 Efficiently Cooled Datacenters

Show Synopsis: In Season 09 Episode 09, we discuss using solar power to create ice and data center power usage. Working from home. What we are drinking: Southern Tier Holiday Cran Cran 7% ABV Solar options for storing energy and cooling off grid homes/ campers instead of batteries. ICE! article [https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/solar-powered-air-conditioning-system] Data centers are eating up power on the east cost of the US. Power prices in many areas rose by almost double per megawatt hour. article [https://gizmodo.com/power-prices-in-eastern-u-s-spike-76-thanks-to-ai-data-centers-2000759230]     We have a twitter @BeerandBroad [https://twitter.com/BeerandBroad]  Get 25 dollars in credit at Ting [https://zs72pi6pnak.ting.com/]. https://playmusic.app.goo.gl/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&isi=691797987&ius=googleplaymusic&link=https://play.google.com/music/m/Ictuql34pwbsjcr7dchikdupmle?t%3DThe_Beer_and_Broadband_Podcast%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16 This Episode of Beer and Broadband is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License   Creative Commons License [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/]