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In This Episode: Solving Server Headaches With AI, Age Verification Dilemmas, and the Software Subscription fight.This week the TEH Podcast is hosted by Leo Notenboom, the “Chief Question Answerer” at Ask Leo!, and Gary Rosenzweig, the host and producer of MacMost, and mobile game developer at Clever Media.(You’ll find longer Bios on the Hosts page.)Top StoriesLN: More Claude trickshttps://leo.notenboom.org/my-writing-journey/ 21:00 LN: Age verification & Discord?https://www.techradar.com/computing/software/what-a-great-way-to-kill-your-community-discord-users-are-furious-about-its-new-age-verification-checks-and-are-now-hunting-for-alternatives24:00 GR: Protecting children vs protecting privacy: https://9to5mac.com/2026/02/24/reddit-and-discord-are-both-in-trouble-over-controversial-age-verification-service/ To protect kids: age verificationBut then that violates privacy as you have to confirm your IDAnother aspect: blocking kids from social media makes it harder for them to have a political voice (organize for protests, etc)49:00 GR: Software subscriptions (again)You don’t “own” your softwareSoftware needs updating, it isn’t a consumable or physical productAin’t it Cool1:09:00 GR: Knight Of the Seven Kingdoms1:10:00 LN: sameBSP: Blatant Self-Promotion1:11:00 GR: Using Text Files As a Productivity Tool1:12:00 LN: The Nirvana Fallacy https://askleo.com/179344Transcriptteh_261Videohttps://youtu.be/rqqqs9D96ZY