Episode 46: Not Counting the Mezzanine

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🗓️ 20 December 2011

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

Topic: The Meta-Distractions of "Minimalism"

This week, Merlin and Dan get all "Zen" about bias and minimalism. Your background won't get any blacker, so stop burning cycles arguing on the internet or worrying about what other people think or how minimal you are. It's not about the bird skeletons, lion skins or barefoot girls. Unless that's what works. Just make sure it really works.

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0:00.0	Hello.
0:02.0	Hi, Merlin, man.
0:04.0	Hi, Dan. How are you?
0:06.0	I'm fine.
0:08.0	Are you well?
0:10.0	Yeah, everything's going okay.
0:12.0	You sound good. You sound better.
0:14.0	Yeah, you sound good.
0:16.0	Thank you. I know I did.
0:18.0	What'd you do a little?
0:20.0	I asked you a question. Do I sound a little less hot?
0:22.0	You sound really hot to me.
0:24.0	I'll turn down my sound volume.
0:26.0	No, I mean, I hope all over drive less now.
0:28.0	I'm going to try and talk quietly.
0:30.0	Yeah.
0:32.0	When I buttoned it up.
0:34.0	Yeah.
0:36.0	So, yeah, you called me Merlin.
0:38.0	You know my barber.
0:40.0	My barber's been calling me that for eight years.
0:42.0	My daughter thinks that's hilarious.
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