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Episode 485: Travis County, P.I.

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Business, Society & Culture, Barriers, Dan Benjamin, Careers, Communication, Merlin Mann, Creativity, Work, Productivity, Constraints, Technology

4.72.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2020

⏱️ 75 minutes

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DISCUSSED: Merlin has flies in his bathroom; Dan's town is really going through some times; there's some COVID talk, duh; Merlin solved a very strange iOS beta bug; main topic involves some thoughts on the Apple betas and the tantalizing future that they imply; Dan has a new keyboard and an accompanying conspiracy theory; leathers men are discussed; and, finally, Merlin needs to use the bathroom—provided the flies will allow it.

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0:00.0

Hello.

0:02.0

Oh hi, Merlin.

0:03.0

Good morning, Dan. How are you?

0:04.5

I'm good. How are you doing?

0:06.0

Ah, ah, Dan. I'm always down in the count, buddy.

0:09.0

You complained, but who would listen?

0:11.0

I always think I'm gonna get in front of this and then life.

0:16.0

It keeps throwing obstacles at me. I have flies.

0:20.0

Ooh.

0:21.0

Yeah, my coffee's still dripping.

0:24.0

And this morning, you know, you don't, you know, that's me honest.

0:29.0

You're aware of the suffering of others, but then it eventually really hits you.

0:33.0

And now it's my problem.

0:35.0

You know, there's gonna be, there's the CO2 shortage.

0:38.0

You know about this?

0:39.0

Like in the atmosphere or?

0:41.0

Well, technically, I mean, everything's atmosphere.

0:45.0

Yeah.

0:46.0

I mean, kind, kind, yeah. I mean, yeah.

0:49.0

So, yeah, I heard this on the NPR this morning.

0:53.0

Yeah, cause this is, yeah, yeah. Here's one on Marketplace.

0:56.0

Craft brewers cut down carbon dioxide pollution during the, that's not the one. God damn it.

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