# Account Suspenders

URL: /show/coder-radio/462/
> We get a bit gleeful over some choice tech monopoly hypocrisy and then spicy with our 18-month outlook.

- Show: [Coder Radio](/show/coder-radio/)
- Episode: 462
- Date: 2022-04-20
- Hosts: chris, michael
- Duration: 00:51:54
- Audio: https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/b44de5fa-47c1-4e94-bf9e-c72f8d1c8f5d/fdd0b16f-a7f6-4356-9e90-8ca995e4a855.mp3
- YouTube: https://youtu.be/q4yUWFhXCNM



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### Episode Links

  * [Tesla accelerator stuck going 83 mph ](https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Tesla-stuck-going-83-mph-17084202.php "Tesla accelerator stuck going 83 mph ") — Javier Rodriguez, a resident of Irvine, told KABC in Los Angeles that his Tesla Model 3’s computer froze up while driving on Interstate 10 — rendering the Tesla’s central touchscreen useless, but also causing the turn signals, hazard lights and other standard car features to malfunction.
  * [ENCODYA on Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1137450/ENCODYA/ "ENCODYA on Steam") — Neo Berlin 2062. Tina – a nine-year-old orphan – lives with SAM-53 – her big clumsy robot guardian –in a rooftop makeshift shelter in Neo-Berlin, a dark megalopolis controlled by corporations.
  * [LUP LUG Mumble Server Info](https://linuxunplugged.com/mumble "LUP LUG Mumble Server Info") — JB Mumble Server Info 
  * [Jupiter Broadcasting Meetup](https://www.meetup.com/jupiterbroadcasting/ "Jupiter Broadcasting Meetup") — Jupiter Broadcasting regularly provides community events, talks, meet and greets and special hang-out dinners while attending fests and conferences.
  * [Office Hours.Hair](https://www.officehours.hair/ "Office Hours.Hair") — Join ChrisLAS for an update on all things Jupiter Broadcasting 
  * [Apple Says Plan for Nearly 50% Commission on Metaverse Purchases 'Lays Bare Meta's Hypocrisy'](https://www.macrumors.com/2022/04/14/apple-says-meta-plan-is-hypocritical/ "Apple Says Plan for Nearly 50% Commission on Metaverse Purchases 'Lays Bare Meta's Hypocrisy'") — Yesterday, it was revealed that Meta, more commonly known as Facebook, plans to take a steep 47.5% commission for digital asset purchases made inside the so-called "metaverse."
  * [Meta Platforms is Struggling to Develop Its Own Device Chips](https://www.theinformation.com/articles/meta-platforms-is-struggling-to-develop-its-own-device-chips "Meta Platforms is Struggling to Develop Its Own Device Chips") — In late 2021, a team of Meta Platforms employees building a key chip for the second version of Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses was notified that the company had decided to go with an alternative chip from Qualcomm
  * [Meta to let Horizon Worlds creators sell virtual items](https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/11/23020684/meta-horizon-worlds-test-creators-sell-virtual-items-monetization "Meta to let Horizon Worlds creators sell virtual items")
  * [Moxie Marlinspike >> Blog >> My first impressions of web3](https://moxie.org/2022/01/07/web3-first-impressions.html "Moxie Marlinspike >> Blog >> My first impressions of web3")
  * [‘Jack Dorsey’s First Tweet’ NFT Went on Sale for $48M. It Ended With a Top Bid of Just $280](https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/04/13/jack-dorseys-first-tweet-nft-went-on-sale-for-48m-it-ended-with-a-top-bid-of-just-280/ "‘Jack Dorsey’s First Tweet’ NFT Went on Sale for $48M. It Ended With a Top Bid of Just $280") — Crypto entrepreneur Sina Estavi bought Twitter founder Jack Dorsey’s first-ever tweet as an NFT for $2.9 million last year. He listed the NFT for sale again at $48 million last week.
  * [Would-be home buyers may be forced to rent the American dream, rather than buy it - 60 Minutes - CBS News](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rising-rent-prices-60-minutes-2022-03-20/ "Would-be home buyers may be forced to rent the American dream, rather than buy it - 60 Minutes - CBS News") — Tricon is trying to buy 800 houses a month and there are companies even bigger. Invitation Homes owns more than 80,000 rental houses, American Homes 4 Rent close to 60,000. Some of the all stars of finance – Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Blackstone - have put hundreds of millions of dollars into these companies. They all offer rental homes online, and all focus on the sunbelt.