The Beer and Broadband Podcast

In Season 09 Episode 10, we discuss Starbucks AI woes, RTX 3080s, and South East Linux Fest 2026. What we are drinking: Lindeman’s D’or Tropical Fruit Beer 8% ABV South East Linux Fest 2026 RTX 3080 has either 10gigs or 12 gigs of VRAM and the 3080ti has 12gigi VRAM Starbucks gets rid of AI inventory tool article

In Season 09 Episode 09, we discuss brewing a good basic apple cider, openclaw, and malware. What we are drinking: Jo’s CIDR 7% abv Local LLM with openclaw Reputable Malware Article 1 Article 2

In Season 09 Episode 09, we discuss using solar power to create ice and data center power usage. What we are drinking: Southern Tier Holiday Cran Cran 7% ABV Solar options for storing energy and cooling off grid homes/ campers instead of batteries. ICE! article Data centers are eating up power on the east cost of the US. Power prices in many areas rose by almost double per megawatt hour. article

In Season 09 Episode 07, we discuss AI coding in production and moving to Linux as an OS. What we are drinking: Southern Tier Rope Swing Sipper 5% abv AI coding in a production environment. Are we sacrificing quality and stability for quantity and speed? article Another reason to move to some form of Linux. Microsoft is now starting to auto launch edge when users login to windows. article

In Season 06 Episode 06, we discuss Chat bots leaking personal info and private networks. What we are drinking: 1911 Orange Creamsicle Hard Cider 6.9% LLM backed Chatbots handing out personal info. article Christian only mobile network will be available soon. article