Episode 536: Fonzie Slap

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4.8 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2021

⏱️ 81 minutes

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DISCUSSED: Merlin and his wife realize the moment they crossed a line; in Follow-Up, your hosts celebrate the late great Fred Willard; in further Follow-Up, the state of the union in smart voice devices is considered; and, finally, the long arc of calendar talk starts to wind down with some hard talk on disambiguation and actually really getting real.

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0:00.0	Hello.
0:01.4	Hello, Marilyn.
0:03.0	How are you today?
0:04.5	I'm fine, Dan.
0:06.0	How are you?
0:06.9	Pretty good.
0:07.7	I'm a screw nut.
0:08.7	Too loud.
0:09.8	Too loud.
0:12.3	I wish it was just one simple thing.
0:13.9	I have to open with simple planning.
0:17.2	Yes.
0:18.1	I'm frustrated.
0:20.0	I'm all the levels, but they're wrong in different ways.
0:22.3	And it's different every time.
0:24.2	I should get one set aside thing for doing music.
0:26.6	And another set aside thing for Skype.
0:29.1	And another set aside thing for Zoom.
0:31.0	But then also for each person I talked to who's always different volume.
0:34.5	I might need six audio interfaces.
0:38.0	I'm okay.
0:39.0	Eight.
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