Episode 446: Charm Offensive
Back to Work
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4.7 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 8 October 2019
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
This week, Dan and Merlin talk about living in a world of hardware choices.
How do you decide which device is best suited to a given task? Which ones do you find yourself preferring to use because they're friction-free—or just fun?
And, in what ways do our previous behaviors, habits, and expectations end up unconsciously coloring our future decisions?
Links for this episode:
- Spotify rolls out Siri support and new Apple TV app - The Verge
- SmartSockets® Table Top Surge Protector with USB | Surge Protector & Power Strips | Smartsockets® - Kensington | Kensington
- THE CHURCH | The Blurred Crusade | Live Concert 1982 - YouTube
- The Church - Almost With You (Video) - YouTube
- KLOE4 Outlet eu - Koogeek.com
- Amazon.com: VOCOlinc Smart Wi-Fi Power Strip Multi Outlet, Surge Protector, USB Charging, Timers, Works with HomeKit, Alexa and Google Assistant, No Hub Required, 2.4GHz Wi-Fi, PM2E: Electronics
- Amazon.com : Wyze Cam Pan 1080p Pan/Tilt/Zoom Wi-Fi Indoor Smart Home Camera with Night Vision, 2-Way Audio, Person Detection, Works with Alexa & the Google Assistant : Electronics
- Amazon.com : Wyze Cam 1080p HD Indoor Wireless Smart Home Camera with Night Vision, 2-Way Audio, Person Detection, Works with Alexa & the Google Assistant : Electronics
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Check. |
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| 0:06.0 | We are good to go. |
| 0:07.0 | We are good to go. |
| 0:08.0 | Check. |
| 0:09.0 | How are you? |
| 0:10.0 | That's a Texas size 10-4. |
| 0:11.0 | Hey. |
| 0:12.0 | Roger, Roger. |
| 0:13.0 | Good morning. |
| 0:14.0 | Good morning. |
| 0:15.0 | That was a little unconventional. |
| 0:16.0 | What was going on there? |
| 0:17.0 | I was just had to re-plug in something and that's all set. |
| 0:20.0 | It's good. |
| 0:21.0 | You're plugged? |
| 0:22.0 | Yes. |
| 0:23.0 | Okay. |
| 0:24.0 | We'll wrap it up. |
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