Topic: Hercules

The hosts discuss the lack of exciting new developments in technology, dismissing the Apple Vision Pro and the "GPT store" as underwhelming. Dvorak reminisces about the early days of microcomputing, the S-100 bus, and the Hercules graphics card, noting that early tech pioneers often cashed out and retired early. They suggest the current era is one of stagnation where big tech companies dominate through data and GPU ownership.

Joe Biden shared a story about seeing two men kiss in Wilmington as a high school senior, which he claims was his "epiphany" regarding marriage equality. Fact-checkers note that the buildings mentioned in the story, the DuPont and Hercules buildings, are miles apart and the timeline is inconsistent with his previous anti-gay marriage voting record. The anecdote is dismissed as a fabricated political tale.

Police in Hercules, California, reported that a father found a baggie of methamphetamine in his 8-year-old daughter's Halloween candy stash. The hosts discuss the evolution of Halloween "scare stories" from razor blades in apples to modern drug contamination. They joke about the "Joke Brothers" being behind the marketing of "meth Pixie Stix."