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Accidental Tech Podcast

Marco Arment

Technology

4.42.4K Ratings

🗓️ 4 January 2025

⏱️ 107 minutes

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0:00.0

We've been out of town for, I think about 12 days.

0:04.0

I just got back last night.

0:06.3

Everything in my life is a mess as a result of this.

0:11.1

Like, obviously, first of all, like, my schedule is a mess.

0:14.6

Like, that's a given.

0:16.1

Like, when you take 12 days away from town, when you get back, everything has to be crammed

0:20.6

before and

0:21.5

after that so hence why we were recording at a weird time sorry my fault uh my house is a mess like

0:27.8

there's boxes everywhere because this is our big like christmas and new year's trip and there was a

0:32.7

bunch of family events that we went to while we were gone for different reasons and so we had all

0:37.3

sorts of

0:37.7

prep, you know, to prepare for this trip plus Christmas stuff. So there's boxes everywhere.

0:43.4

There's a couple of returns stacked up. There's a ton of like unpacking on launderedies.

0:47.6

We just got back last night. My car, a mess also, like covered in dirt and mud and, you know,

0:53.3

the windshield washer fluids empty. Like everything, you know, that's a mess. I personally in dirt and mud and you know the wind-shel washer fluids empty like

0:54.6

everything that's a mess i personally like my body is a mess like i not only have i eaten

0:59.9

mostly cookies for the last two weeks um but like like it's the point where like i don't know if

1:05.7

either of you have a smart scale but you know one of the great things about a smart scale is that

1:09.2

it records you know all your entries over you can see them over time one of the bad things about a smart scale is that it records, you know, all your entries over, and you can see them over time.

1:12.0

One of the bad things about a smart scale is that it records, all your entries, and you

1:15.8

can see them over time. And so this creates an incentive where if you've just had a really

1:20.6

indulgent week and you get home and you step on the scale for the first time. It can cross a certain point where you're like, and you jump off.

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