# Edge of Disaster

URL: /show/coder-radio/510/
> Microsoft's moonshot is turning into a crapshoot.

- Show: [Coder Radio](/show/coder-radio/)
- Episode: 510
- Date: 2023-03-22
- Hosts: chris, michael
- Duration: 00:49:25
- Audio: https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/b44de5fa-47c1-4e94-bf9e-c72f8d1c8f5d/c88785c7-d7ef-4432-8845-8eadb8deeb56.mp3



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### Episode Links

  * [Berlin Meet Up, Fri, Mar 24, 2023](https://www.meetup.com/jupiterbroadcasting/events/292343727/ "Berlin Meet Up, Fri, Mar 24, 2023") — Join Brent for an impromptu, short-notice, Nextcloud-esque meetup in Berlin!
  * [Berlin Buddies Matrix Chatroom](https://bit.ly/berlinbuds "Berlin Buddies Matrix Chatroom") — A room to organize Jupiter Broadcasting fans in Berlin.
  * [LinuxFest Northwest Matrix Chatroom](https://bit.ly/lfnwchat "LinuxFest Northwest Matrix Chatroom") — A chat community built around LinuxFest Northwest
  * [Jobs chatroom on Matrix](https://bit.ly/jupiterjobs "Jobs chatroom on Matrix") — Hiring? Looking for work? Make a Matrix Connection! 
  * [Ken Thompson - SCaLE 20x - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaandEt_pKw&t=3471s "Ken Thompson - SCaLE 20x - YouTube") — We're honored to have Ken Thompson joining us for our closing keynote at SCALE 20x. Ken Co-created Unix, UTF-8, Go and a number of other technologies that are foundational to our community.
  * [UNIX co-creator Ken Thompson is… <em>a what user</em>?](https://www.theregister.com/2023/03/17/ken_thompson_is_a_maccie/ "UNIX co-creator Ken Thompson is… <em>a what user</em>?")
  * [Microsoft is testing a built-in crypto wallet in Microsoft Edge](https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-is-testing-a-built-in-crypto-wallet-in-microsoft-edge/ "Microsoft is testing a built-in crypto wallet in Microsoft Edge") — Microsoft sleuth Albacore who first spotted the new Edge Crypto Wallet tweeted some screenshots and expressed his puzzlement about the possibility of it ending up as a new Microsoft Edge feature.
  * [Albacore on Twitter](https://twitter.com/thebookisclosed/status/1636759487829917698 "Albacore on Twitter") — Newest in the gauntlet of questionable upcoming Microsoft Edge features, a crypto wallet 💸
  * [Microsoft Edge now has a Bing AI chatbot sidebar](https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/14/23639375/microsoft-edge-bing-ai-sidebar-chatbot-feature "Microsoft Edge now has a Bing AI chatbot sidebar") — The new sidebar appears as a big Bing button at the top left of Edge,
  * [Amazon CEO Andy Jassy Announces an Additional 9,000 Layoffs](https://gizmodo.com/amazon-amazon-web-services-layoffs-twitch-1850243262 "Amazon CEO Andy Jassy Announces an Additional 9,000 Layoffs") — This recent round of layoffs will affect departments like Amazon Web Services, human resources, advertising, and Twitch live streaming.
  * [SVB employees blame remote work for bank failure](https://www.axios.com/2023/03/17/svb-employees-blame-remote-work-for-bank-failure "SVB employees blame remote work for bank failure") — SVB included remote work as a risk to its business in its 2022 annual report — in part because of the IT issues posed when employees are dispersed around the country, but also for productivity reasons.
  * [Mark Zuckerberg says engineers who joined Meta in-person perform better than those who joined remotely](https://techcrunch.com/2023/03/14/mark-zuckerberg-says-engineers-who-joined-meta-in-person-perform-better-than-those-who-joined-remotely/ "Mark Zuckerberg says engineers who joined Meta in-person perform better than those who joined remotely") — Pointing to “early analysis” of internal performance data, Zuckerberg said that engineers who started out at Meta in a fully in-person capacity before transitioning to a remote role, as well as those who have remained in an in-person role, “performed better on average than people who joined remotely.”
  * [It's time for open-source users to open their wallets](https://www.zdnet.com/article/its-time-for-open-source-users-to-open-their-wallets/ "It's time for open-source users to open their wallets")
  * [Age of Easy Money (full documentary) | FRONTLINE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpMLAQbSYAw "Age of Easy Money \(full documentary\) | FRONTLINE") — High inflation. Fear of recession. Disruptions, like the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank. How did the U.S. economy get here? A two-hour documentary special traces the road to this moment, and the role of the Federal Reserve, the country’s central bank.
  * [Fed Panics, Announces "Coordinated" Daily US Dollar Swap Lines To Ease Banking Crisis | ZeroHedge](https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/fed-panics-announces-coordinated-daily-us-dollar-swap-lines-ease-banking-crisis "Fed Panics, Announces "Coordinated" Daily US Dollar Swap Lines To Ease Banking Crisis | ZeroHedge") — Sunday 5 pm the Fed announced "coordinated central bank action to enhance the provision of U.S. dollar liquidity" by opening daily Dollar Swap lines with all major central banks, in a carbon copy repeat of the Fed's panicked post-covid crisis policy response playbook.
  * [Alby — Lightning for your Browser!](https://getalby.com/ "Alby — Lightning for your Browser!") — Alby brings Boosts to the web.
  * [Coder Radio on the Podcastindex.org](https://podcastindex.org/podcast/487548 "Coder Radio on the Podcastindex.org") — Send a Boost into the show via the web. First, top-up Alby, then head over to our entry on the Podcast Index.