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Adolfo and Greg talk about Kids Breaking Leases, Pee stops not available during COVID-19 and High Wire Above Manhattan Sponsor/Partners/Events: Check out our new Patreon page at patreon.com/nerdstalker PayPal donations to https://paypal.me/foronda Stories of the week San Francisco Tenants Break Leases At Alarming Rates https://buff.ly/2NuIymn TikTok Users, K-Pop Fans Take Credit for Inflating Expectations to Trump Tulsa Rally https://buff.ly/2Ys3lNU Work-life balance was never going to work https://buff.ly/2B1HdBa Where Will We Pee When We're Out in Our Half-Reopened States? https://buff.ly/2BxXSMy “Speed” Round : Quora goes permanently remote-first Link Olympus is giving up on camera https://buff.ly/2VuJSub via @engadget Robot actress to star in big-budget sci-fi movie https://buff.ly/3g0mCvA There’s a Wire Above Manhattan That You’ve Probably Never Noticed https://buff.ly/2VgGy5z Tips of the Week: Keep...

Adolfo and Greg talk about the IDEO diversity, the Compassion of Buffer and Spot for Sale Sponsor/Partners/Events: Check out our new Patreon page at patreon.com/nerdstalker PayPal donations to https://paypal.me/foronda Stories of the week I sent an email to IDEO about the long-standing racism in the design industry and they wrote me back. eBay Execs Thought Sending Dead Pigs, Live Spiders To Small News Website Was A Good Idea https://buff.ly/2YIEtQC Tech company Buffer is adopting a 4-day workweek https://buff.ly/3dcSZ8O In defense on working at the office https://t.co/qJlZefNbo5?amp=1 “Speed” Round : The FBI used a Philly protester’s Etsy profile, LinkedIn, and other internet history to charge her with setting police cars ablaze https://buff.ly/2YIzM9z Now any US business can buy Boston Dynamics’ Spot robot for $74,500 https://buff.ly/3foihlE Colin Kaepernick joins board of Medium https://buff.ly/30UFCrl Silicon V...

Adolfo and Greg talk Drive-in Addiction, Work From Home Challenge and Pants Missing? Sponsor/Partners/Events: Check out our new Patreon page at patreon.com/nerdstalker Stories of the week Companies are turning to intrusive monitoring of work-from-home employees https://buff.ly/3bUDqT6 Nearly half (47%) of Americans working from home aren’t always wearing pants https://bit.ly/2YKOezA   Drive-in movie theaters reopen in Bay Area with new rules amid coronavirus pandemic https://buff.ly/3biZXYY What things do you miss? https://bit.ly/35GqEW5 “Speed” Round : Swapabee https://buff.ly/2YyAXtK IKEA Releases Free Design For Garden Sphere That Feeds Entire Neighborhood. https://is.gd/zBURyH What’s trending: understanding rising consumer interests https://buff.ly/2LfvmAB The more new and unexpected things we experience, the more memories we form. https://is.gd/qUViy8 Tips of the Week: How to connect multiple Amazon accounts on the same Ech...

WhistleOut survey shows weak Internet ails 35% of employees and students   When you think of the digital divide you think more about the underserved communities and usually in places where resources are slim. The most popular and real being the income earner disparity in connectivity. Lower income earners usually are most hard hit when it comes to access especially in these unique times. The digital divide has many facets it turns out. In a recent survey from WhistleOut , a search engine designed to find services, it affects the "haves" as well in different ways. They asked 386 adults who recently transitioned to working and learning from home all about their Internet situation. Key findings include: More than ⅓ (35%) of people working or schooling from home say that  weak Internet has prevented them from doing their work  at some point during the Coronavirus crisis 83% say they  need the Internet to be productive,  indicating  th...