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#255: The Illusion of a Shared Experience

Merlin is pretty sure Jason Mantzoukas is the voice of the booger.

February 28th, 2025 · 105 minutes

The main topic this week was almost The Big Game.

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The main topic this week was almost The Big Game.

(Recorded on Tuesday, February 11, 2025)


Credits

Harrison Ford on Conan O'Brien's podcast - YouTube
Salesforce Is Using A Hallucination To Sell AI - Defector
Merlin's article about binaries
"allballs" in PostgreSQL
The (possible) origin of "allballs"
Acorn - Mac graphics editor by Flying Meat
Roderick on the Line #567: A High Teen

This is the episode where John Roderick talks about taking a father and kid on a “rock tour” of Seattle.

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Searchlight - Wikipedia

Searchlights were used extensively in defense against nighttime bomber raids during the Second World War. Controlled by sound locators and radars, searchlights could track bombers, indicating targets to anti-aircraft guns and night fighters and dazzling crews.

WW2 Search Lights - YouTube
Nibble - Wikipedia
The State, Season 4 Episode 4: Leonard Harris Show

“No, it’s not in braille. It’s in English, the language of the U-S-A!”

Acorn 8 | Full Featured Photo Editor for the Mac

Acorn is an image editor for macOS 14 Sonoma or later, including macOS 15 Sequoia.Universal binary for Apple Silicon Macs. One of a kind, no subscriptions, no hassle.

Bob Uecker Miller Lite commercials: Best ads of all time
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When the commercial that Louise scripted proves to be terrible, they get football star Sandy "Can-Can" Frye to star in their commercial with the catch phrase "Burgers go great with Frye"

"Cotton: The Fabric of Our Lives" (1992) - YouTube