Pre-show: Windows woes and the challenges of loading modern trucks
- TPM
- yt-dlp
- DeCSS
- SGX
- FairPlay
- Pirated movie release types
Follow-up:
- Printer Murder Rooms
  - John Tsombakos
  - Richard Smith
- LG UltraFine 5K Repair Video (via Brian Almeida)
Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion
- Wall Street Journal
- Activision Blizzard’s abhorrent culture
- Prior acquisitions (via Jon Erlichman)
  - Activision Blizzard: $68.7b
  - LinkedIn: $26.2b
  - Nuance: $19.7b
  - Skype: $8.5b
  - ZeniMax: $7.5b
  - GitHub: $7.5b
  - Nokia (phone unit): $7.2b
  - aQuantive: $6.3b
  - Mojang (Minecraft): $2.5b
- Perfect Dark
Green bubbles ruin everything 🙄
#askatp:
- Will macOS last another 20 years? (via Daniel Begqvist)
- What game system for a casual gamer who hasn’t had a console in ten years?
- Do programming languages cause problems for people with hyphenated last names?
Post-show: Marco’s Jerk-Store Moment
- L’esprit de l’escalier

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