{"id":9111,"date":"2017-03-06T14:50:46","date_gmt":"2017-03-06T18:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nccomputertech.com\/?p=9111"},"modified":"2017-03-06T14:50:46","modified_gmt":"2017-03-06T18:50:46","slug":"this-week-in-tech-604-flabby-flaccid-and-flatulent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nccomputertech.com\/techtalk\/2017\/03\/06\/this-week-in-tech-604-flabby-flaccid-and-flatulent\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in Tech 604: Flabby, Flaccid, and Flatulent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xf-jVGiq9as?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Snapchat has a huge IPO -and makes one high school $24 million. 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