app01 Fri, 19 Jun 2026 21:17:57 +0000 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) HACKS | a tech podcast - Episodes Tagged with “Tech” https://www.hacks.fm/tags/tech Thu, 18 Oct 2018 18:00:00 -0400 here at the HACKS Initiative we ask the questions everyone else is too shook to: what is technology? why is everything so bad? what's my passphrase again? how do I get the header image to work? is the NSA agent watching me through my webcam my friend? en-us episodic doggedly zeroing in on the intersection of technology, politics, and culture simon/maral/robert/rosemary here at the HACKS Initiative we ask the questions everyone else is too shook to: what is technology? why is everything so bad? what's my passphrase again? how do I get the header image to work? is the NSA agent watching me through my webcam my friend? yes technology, politics, leftism, cats, pop culture, dumbasses, cryptocurrency simon/maral/robert/rosemary suckerblues@gmail.com episode 009: blaze it pal, the weed episode 420 hell yeah bro https://www.hacks.fm/episode-009-the-weed-special-blaze-it-420 78461042-3c24-493a-a825-ed81ce207b3c Thu, 18 Oct 2018 18:00:00 -0400 simon/maral/robert/rosemary full simon/maral/robert/rosemary in honor of pot legalization (in canada), the gang takes a sightly supersized look at the the new law's implications, as well as the culture of microdosing in tech 57:00 yes <p>bro!!!! have you heard that pot is legal in canada??? we ponder the rollout and the ramifications, before moving onto our main topic: the still-illegal drugs! specifically, we dive into microdosing in tech and its class dimensions, as well as the broader phenomenon of "consciousness hacking" among the CEO class. and some more things.</p> <p>song at the end: jolie holland, "old fashion morphine" </p> weed, weed, weed, weed, weed, pot, weed, lsd, nicotine, valium, vicodin, marijuana, ecstasy, alcohol, podcast, tech bro!!!! have you heard that pot is legal in canada??? we ponder the rollout and the ramifications, before moving onto our main topic: the still-illegal drugs! specifically, we dive into microdosing in tech and its class dimensions, as well as the broader phenomenon of "consciousness hacking" among the CEO class. and some more things.

song at the end: jolie holland, "old fashion morphine"

]]> bro!!!! have you heard that pot is legal in canada??? we ponder the rollout and the ramifications, before moving onto our main topic: the still-illegal drugs! specifically, we dive into microdosing in tech and its class dimensions, as well as the broader phenomenon of "consciousness hacking" among the CEO class. and some more things.

song at the end: jolie holland, "old fashion morphine"

]]> episode 008: lightweight jammin' https://www.hacks.fm/episode-008-culture-jamming f471246f-0046-45a6-8a9a-8331f83332fe Thu, 11 Oct 2018 04:00:00 -0400 simon/maral/robert/rosemary full simon/maral/robert/rosemary In a very scattered but hopefully not altogether unenlightening episode, the gang ponders the properties of modern attempts at cultural disruption. 45:12 yes <p>using a silly McDonald's prank as our starting point, the hacks ensemble goes off on a lot of freewheeling tangents concerning the somehow-still-running "culture jamming" outlet Adbusters, the alt-right, incels, what it means to try to effect change on the internet or IRL, and how mad can simon get at the west coast??</p> <p>the song at the end is Tropical Fuck Storm, "The Happiest Guy Around" </p> culture jamming, tech, politics, adbusters, telephone poles, podcast using a silly McDonald's prank as our starting point, the hacks ensemble goes off on a lot of freewheeling tangents concerning the somehow-still-running "culture jamming" outlet Adbusters, the alt-right, incels, what it means to try to effect change on the internet or IRL, and how mad can simon get at the west coast??

the song at the end is Tropical Fuck Storm, "The Happiest Guy Around"

]]> using a silly McDonald's prank as our starting point, the hacks ensemble goes off on a lot of freewheeling tangents concerning the somehow-still-running "culture jamming" outlet Adbusters, the alt-right, incels, what it means to try to effect change on the internet or IRL, and how mad can simon get at the west coast??

the song at the end is Tropical Fuck Storm, "The Happiest Guy Around"

]]> episode 007: a touch too much https://www.hacks.fm/episode-007-touch-too-much 140a4bca-7ca4-42a3-bdfe-06331187a810 Thu, 04 Oct 2018 21:00:00 -0400 simon/maral/robert/rosemary full simon/maral/robert/rosemary we touch on some of the peculiarities of the internet pr0n industry, before taking a deep dive into a (very) wide variety of niche dating apps. 45:29 yes <p>the gang is all back, and with a topic we have not even remotely touched on before: sex! sex! sex! in the first (and briefer) segment, we spend a little time pondering the vagaries of the internet pr0n industry and its resurgent role in the montreal economy, then move onto the main event: rob has assembled a huge lineup of "niche" dating apps. listen to us review this lineup with a mix of amusement and horror.</p> <p>song at the end: NoMeansNo, "Sex Mad" </p> dating apps, podcast, tech, politics, ethics, realdolls the gang is all back, and with a topic we have not even remotely touched on before: sex! sex! sex! in the first (and briefer) segment, we spend a little time pondering the vagaries of the internet pr0n industry and its resurgent role in the montreal economy, then move onto the main event: rob has assembled a huge lineup of "niche" dating apps. listen to us review this lineup with a mix of amusement and horror.

song at the end: NoMeansNo, "Sex Mad"

]]> the gang is all back, and with a topic we have not even remotely touched on before: sex! sex! sex! in the first (and briefer) segment, we spend a little time pondering the vagaries of the internet pr0n industry and its resurgent role in the montreal economy, then move onto the main event: rob has assembled a huge lineup of "niche" dating apps. listen to us review this lineup with a mix of amusement and horror.

song at the end: NoMeansNo, "Sex Mad"

]]> minisode 001: eine klein nachtmusik https://www.hacks.fm/minisode-001 90d5b0fd-f454-4c24-9bc7-3dc0531d7691 Thu, 27 Sep 2018 07:00:00 -0400 simon/maral/robert/rosemary full simon/maral/robert/rosemary On a quick stopgap episode, we ponder "tech centrism" aka "solutionism" and the myth of Silicon Valley as the land of solutions. 19:57 yes <p>We didn't have time to do a full court press this week, so a slightly diminished gang quickly assembled to dive deep on a narrowed topic (or at least that was the plan). On our first "minisode", Rob, Simon and Rosemary tackle the polite centrism of Ezra Klein and the "solutionism" a specific tweet of his describes. We touch on labour laws/organizing, Nike's image rehabilitation, union busting, and more. </p> silicon valley, tech, podcast, politics We didn't have time to do a full court press this week, so a slightly diminished gang quickly assembled to dive deep on a narrowed topic (or at least that was the plan). On our first "minisode", Rob, Simon and Rosemary tackle the polite centrism of Ezra Klein and the "solutionism" a specific tweet of his describes. We touch on labour laws/organizing, Nike's image rehabilitation, union busting, and more.

]]> We didn't have time to do a full court press this week, so a slightly diminished gang quickly assembled to dive deep on a narrowed topic (or at least that was the plan). On our first "minisode", Rob, Simon and Rosemary tackle the polite centrism of Ezra Klein and the "solutionism" a specific tweet of his describes. We touch on labour laws/organizing, Nike's image rehabilitation, union busting, and more.

]]> episode 005: disorder of the triad https://www.hacks.fm/musk-holmes-mcafee-danger-zone b3fc82cf-0b8d-452a-84f5-9dc98544cb97 Thu, 13 Sep 2018 16:00:00 -0400 simon/maral/robert/rosemary full simon/maral/robert/rosemary once again we debase ourselves, this time by engaging with tech celebrities in the dim hopes of piggybacking off of their notoriety. look, it's a hustle out there 47:11 yes <p>with the hacks shorthanded for the first time, they decide to once again go after low-hanging fruit in search of sweet, sweet #content - this time by investing a trio of embattled tech giants. Rosemary brings us the tale of Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos, Rob braves the entire Joe Rogan/Elon Musk encounter (and emerges a changed man), while Simon chronicles the (alleged) crimes of antivirus pioneer and Libertarian presidential hopeful John Mcafee. and then we try to decide what, if anything, we've learned.</p> <p>song: Liflike/Popular Computer: "Getting High" (Remix)<br> clips from <em>Mad Money</em>, <em>Gringo</em> and <em>The Joe Rogan Brosperience</em> </p> elon musk, joe rogan, theranos, elizabeth holmes, tesla, john mcafee, tech, podcast with the hacks shorthanded for the first time, they decide to once again go after low-hanging fruit in search of sweet, sweet #content - this time by investing a trio of embattled tech giants. Rosemary brings us the tale of Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos, Rob braves the entire Joe Rogan/Elon Musk encounter (and emerges a changed man), while Simon chronicles the (alleged) crimes of antivirus pioneer and Libertarian presidential hopeful John Mcafee. and then we try to decide what, if anything, we've learned.

song: Liflike/Popular Computer: "Getting High" (Remix)
clips from Mad Money, Gringo and The Joe Rogan Brosperience

]]> with the hacks shorthanded for the first time, they decide to once again go after low-hanging fruit in search of sweet, sweet #content - this time by investing a trio of embattled tech giants. Rosemary brings us the tale of Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos, Rob braves the entire Joe Rogan/Elon Musk encounter (and emerges a changed man), while Simon chronicles the (alleged) crimes of antivirus pioneer and Libertarian presidential hopeful John Mcafee. and then we try to decide what, if anything, we've learned.

song: Liflike/Popular Computer: "Getting High" (Remix)
clips from Mad Money, Gringo and The Joe Rogan Brosperience

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