Episode 301: Not on My Timeline
Back to Work
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4.7 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 6 December 2016
⏱️ 101 minutes
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Summary
TOPIC: Vaio Life!
This week, Dan and Merlin respond to listener feedback and talk about the tightrope walk of caffeine consumption.
Merlin suggests a new AudioDharma talk, which leads to a discussion of whether you have to be an X to learn about Y. Spoiler Alert: you don't.
Dan updates us on his son's hot new gaming PC, and your hosts can't stop themselves from ruminating (again, again) on why Apple's hardware choices feel be so frustrating…and disappointing.
Links for this episode:
- Anxiety Worry and Fear — Audio Dharma — Overcast
(New talk)
- Andrea Fella: Anxiety Worry and Fear
(Old talk)
- Most Days (2016-12-05) on Vimeo
- Amazon.com : RUNA Clean Energy, Traditional Guayusa Tea, 16-Count Tea Bags : Black Teas : Grocery & Gourmet Food
- Audio Dharma - Welcome to Audio Dharma
- 090 - Reality - Donald Hoffman — You Are Not So Smart — Overcast
- Donald Hoffman: Do we see reality as it is? | TED Talk | TED.com
- Apple’s Support Gap — Pixel Envy
This seems like a pretty significant gap. Of all the things that may have changed about Apple in the past fifteen years, the ability to walk into one with your gear and get personalized service hasn’t wavered. Whenever I ask someone why they stick with Apple over time, one of the reasons I almost always hear is the retail and support experience. I sincerely hope that this gets resolved soon.
- Alienware Aurora Gaming Desktop | Dell
- Cafeteria Catholicism - Wikipedia
- Vaio - Wikipedia
- Kremlinology - Wikipedia
- Michael Tsai - Blog - Apple’s Support Gap
- Advance-fee scam - Wikipedia
- Caffeine Pharmacology
- Audio Dharma — Overcast
- Reconcilable Differences #40: Slippery Slope to Dr. Manhattan - Relay FM
- Accidental Tech Podcast: 196: Roasting Your Own Beans
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello. |
| 0:02.0 | Hey, Merlin. |
| 0:03.0 | Good afternoon, Dan. |
| 0:04.0 | How are you? |
| 0:05.0 | Good. Sorry, I'm a minute late. |
| 0:06.0 | I got, uh, I was watching this vlog that a friend of mine does now. |
| 0:09.0 | Why would I need to forgive you for being a minute late? |
| 0:11.0 | I won't be late, you know. |
| 0:12.0 | I got caught up in this vlog. |
| 0:14.0 | Yeah. |
| 0:15.0 | I was looking for that email you sent me. |
| 0:18.0 | It was so good. |
| 0:20.0 | Which I got going to read this. |
| 0:21.0 | Yeah, I know the one you talked about. |
| 0:23.0 | Okay. |
| 0:25.0 | Hey, Dan. |
| 0:26.0 | At this point, I'm going to assume that I'm going to be a minute late. |
| 0:29.0 | I'm going to assume I'm proving your podcast post production is not on your timeline for this year. |
| 0:36.0 | Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions about post production. |
| 0:41.0 | Or need help with any other aspects of your podcast. |
| 0:44.0 | Thanks. |
| 0:45.0 | Sort of downtrodden, isn't it? |
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