Episode 64: 64: You Will Die Instantly!
Hypercritical
5by5
4.9 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 20 April 2012
⏱️ 100 minutes
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Summary
John Siracusa and Dan Benjamin revisit software updates (paid or otherwise), then discuss various screen size possibilities for the next iPhone, the historical and ongoing dilution of the concept of a "gamer" (and Apple's role in that phenomenon), and the extremely unlikely possibility of any sort partnership between Valve and Apple.
Links for this episode:
- Apple Cinema Display ADC - Technical Specifications
- Apple Cinema Display ADC (22-Inch) picture and specs - EveryMac.com
- The 4-inch iPhone - The Russians Used a Pencil
- 4-inch iPhone mockup - 9to5Mac
- How Apple Could Make a 4-Inch iPhone - Daring Fireball
- The 4 inch iPhone 5 - The Verge
- Time Management for System Administrators - O'Reilly Media
- The "talking to the bear" quote from the Time Management book
- Back to Work #63: Bold with the Scissors
- Tim Cook didn’t come here, says Valve’s Gabe Newell
- Valve’s Gabe Newell talks wearable computers, why consoles should open up, and game ownership - The PA Report
- Valve: How I Got Here, What It’s Like, and What I’m Doing - Michael Abrash
- Michael Abrash - Wikipedia
- When Upgrading is not a Choice - Jim Cloudman
- RGB High/Low on the Apple TV - Christopher G. Herbert
- Penny Arcade comic about the dilution of gaming culture
- The Conversation #16: iValve - 5by5
- Journey
- Limbo
- Braid
- Passage
- Valve Handbook for New Employees (PDF)
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is hypercritical a weekly talk show ruminating on exactly what is wrong in the world of Apple and related technologies and businesses. |
| 0:08.6 | Nothing is so perfect that it can't be complained about by my co-host John Syracuse. |
| 0:14.8 | I'm Dan Benjamin. This is 5 by 5. It's episode number 64 for Friday, April 20, 2012, or 2012. |
| 0:25.0 | I want to say thanks very much to our sponsors, |
| 0:27.7 | Fresh Books.com, hover.com, and one more thing com. dot a you that silence must mean you're there John I am |
| 0:40.1 | here the stream was behind. |
| 0:43.0 | Oh yeah. |
| 0:44.0 | I'm assuming you got through with the intro. |
| 0:47.0 | Yeah, it's done. |
| 0:48.0 | Sounds perfect. |
| 0:49.0 | Okay. |
| 0:50.0 | Best intro I've ever done. |
| 0:52.0 | That's good. All right, ready to go? |
| 0:55.0 | Yeah, we're going. |
| 0:56.0 | How are you, John? |
| 0:57.0 | I'm doing fine. |
| 0:58.0 | Good. |
| 1:00.0 | Got a smattering of follow-up today. |
| 1:02.0 | I'd love to hear it. |
| 1:05.0 | First item is a throwback to two shows ago, |
| 1:09.0 | or maybe one show ago, |
| 1:10.0 | where I talked about PlayStation Network Gift Cards. |
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