226: A Weak Button

Jan 19, 2024

The hosts discuss topics such as news consumption, UNIX, secret weird things people do, favorite anime, computer basics, and the significance of learning the Unix command line. They also touch on random thoughts, 3D printing experiences, language misinterpretations, cereal preferences, and the significance of Roman numerals and call sign of a UHF station.

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Introduction

00:00 • 2min

Apple News, Google News, and the Definition of Technology

01:57 • 8min

Buttons and the Illusion of Tailored Content

10:13 • 3min

Choosing Your Favorite Anime

13:41 • 11min

Aftershow Chapter Marker and Listener Support

24:17 • 5min

Learning and Labeling the Parts of a Computer

29:22 • 15min

The Importance of Understanding the Unix Command Line

44:47 • 12min

Random Thoughts and Kill Bill

57:16 • 5min

3D Printing Experiences and Memories of Safari

01:02:10 • 2min

Language and Misinterpretations

01:04:17 • 15min

Cereal preferences and household dynamics

01:18:47 • 8min

Significance of Roman Numerals and Call Sign of UHF Station

01:26:38 • 4min

Subtitle: John thinks Merlin was overkissed.

John shares some updates on "Secret Weird Things [Other] People Do,"

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John thinks Merlin is wasting his time trying to tune his news consumption, and Merlin reveals that he knows more than you'd probably think about women's fashion.

In Follow-Up, a listener has questions about applying BFF to anime, and John offers a response that Merlin finds almost useful. Merlin shares some FU on both his late father and chapter markers.

Merlin is struggling in a shell, and John thinks a lot of people could probably benefit from learning UNIX from the bottom-up.

John shares a quick update on the Britishisms that are crossing the pond—even in the world of reality TV.

Next, up John has some updates on "Secret Weird Things People Do," collecting a few links to threads that, to varying degrees of credulity, address similar secret weird things.

Your hosts are both reminded of a memorable All in the Family scene that pretty definitely counts as one of the SWTPD. Because footwear has an order of operations you never notice until someone else does it weird.

For this month's members-only bonus show, John interrogates Merlin's new sobriety.

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(Recorded on Tuesday, January 9, 2024)

Credits

Audio Editor: Jim Metzendorf
Admin Assistance: Kerry Provenzano
Music: Merlin Mann
The Suits: Stephen Hackett, Myke Hurley

226: A Weak Button

Subtitle: John thinks Merlin was overkissed.

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