Episode 495: Even the Mammals
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4.7 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 15 September 2020
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
DISCUSSED: Merlin is reporting live from the show floor; remember to photograph your kid's room; some bearded dragon updates; some thoughts on pets; Merlin's grandfather was a reluctant dog obsessive; Dan wants to read you a label; Merlin met a fellow cadet; check out Dan's videos; Merlin is loving iOS 14, especially the smarter Siri suggestions; speculation on how machines learn; your hosts still want Macs to be Macs; Big Sur notifications are basically a Bop It; are we getting diminishing returns from theoretical Mac improvements?; Dan has a really good analogy involving wrist watches; there's a reason normal people don't like their apps to change; Merlin puts review requests on blast; an edit button would still be nice; Merlin finds himself with an unusual opportunity to field test some disused home tech; and, finally, it is hoped that Frasier will leave of his own volition.
Links for this episode:
- Cataract surgery - Mayo Clinic
- Dan Benjamin - YouTube
- Amazon.com: Craftsman 9-31794 Slotted Phillips Screwdriver Set, 17 Piece: Home Improvement
- Merlin Mann on Twitter: "No new @RoderickOn this week, but I did make something new with something old, mostly for my own amusement. "In a world…" https://t.co/6UicdysnES" / Twitter
Merlin made a trailer for the "Supertrain" episode of Roderick on the Line.
- Bop It - Wikipedia
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello. |
| 0:01.0 | Hello, Marilyn. |
| 0:02.0 | Good morning, Dan. |
| 0:03.0 | How are you? |
| 0:04.0 | I'm doing well. |
| 0:05.0 | How are you? |
| 0:06.0 | Very well. |
| 0:07.0 | Very well. |
| 0:08.0 | Good morning, live from the show. |
| 0:10.0 | Yes, that's right. |
| 0:12.0 | You're there just, you know, we're starting a little early, but you know, we wanted to make |
| 0:16.1 | sure to get out of the way so you could do your coverage. |
| 0:19.0 | I should actually, I should probably be quiet. |
| 0:21.0 | Yeah. |
| 0:22.0 | They're flake-off. |
| 0:24.0 | Tim is shirtless. |
| 0:27.0 | Oh. |
| 0:28.0 | He's doing some kind of a Latin American dance. |
| 0:32.6 | And Craig is, wow. |
| 0:36.1 | Yeah, Craig is sitting and rocking. |
| 0:38.3 | He looked dizzy, look good, or? |
| 0:40.4 | He's looking and he looks great. |
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