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Roderick on the Line

Ep. 384: "Original Shame"

Roderick on the Line

Merlin Mann

Johnroderick, Society & Culture, Philosophy, Thelongwinters, Merlinmann

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2020

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

A science-based life.

The Problem: John rarely pushes a minister.

(Recorded on Monday, May 25, 2020.)


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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello?

0:07.0

Hi, John.

0:08.0

Hi John.

0:09.0

Hi, Merlin.

0:11.0

How are you?

0:12.0

Good. I liked that we started the show with a little bit of...

0:15.0

Ah, I have... Okay. This is the keyboard I use all the time. Hang on, listen.

0:24.0

Oh, I hear it.

0:26.0

Okay. And so then this is the keyboard I have to connect every time I do a podcast.

0:30.0

A little better?

0:32.0

A much, much more silent error. A little bit better.

0:32.5

Much, much more silenter.

0:38.4

But you like the click-ed-e clack of the old IBM Selectric.

0:41.7

Oh yeah, love my selectric. You want a little clack? I like a little bit of clack and I like a little bit of key travel. Yeah, key travel. Oh, that's what's missing. Love the key travel and the Cherry switches and also this keyboard has a large volume

0:56.4

knob on it that I use a lot.

0:58.5

Does it have a daisy wheel?

1:00.1

A daisy wheel.

1:01.1

It's got a daisy chain, it's got a Daisy Cutter.

1:03.0

A Daisy Cutter.

1:04.0

No, Daisy Duke, no, no, no, no.

1:06.0

No, I wish.

1:08.0

But yeah, that's, that's where I am.

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