DISCUSSED: Dan explains what the photos he sends mean; Merlin encourages Dan to air a beef, and Dan kindly assents; Oh, boy, Windows! My old nemesis…Windows!; the Mac's interoperability glory days were amazing; it really sucks to watch a computer start up and start up and start up; ports confuse Merlin, who is now officially an old; Dan and Merlin talk about a few things they enjoyed watching on YouTube; Merlin has a recommendation for downloading internet videos (purely for educational reasons); Merlin also recommends a really good podcast episode about "data-driven parenting"; then, Merlin kinda pops off a little; hey, listen: you can rarely have benefits without risks (and kinda vice-versa); Dan's watching Deadwood again, and Merlin gets kinda excitable again and does lots of quotes for some reason; and, finally, Merlin has a super-tip about improving your results in Apple Health.

Links for this episode:

• Manage Health data on your iPhone, iPod touch, or Apple Watch - Apple Support
• 376. The Data-Driven Guide to Sane Parenting — Freakonomics Radio — Overcast
• The Data-Driven Guide to Sane Parenting (Ep. 376) - Freakonomics FreakonomicsHumans have been having kids forever, so why are modern parents so bewildered? The economist Emily Oster marshals the evidence on the most contentious topics — breastfeeding and sleep training, vaccines and screen time — and tells her fellow parents to calm the heck down.
• Universal Audio | Audio Interfaces | UAD Plug-Ins
• Downie - YouTube Video Downloader for macOS - Charlie Monroe Software
• org.github.io/youtube-dl/" class="link">youtube-dl
• Target Disk Mode - Wikipedia
• 19 useful Mac startup key combinations you should familiarize yourself with
• How to use disk mode on your iPod - Apple Support
• WWF - Mankind vs The Undertaker (Hell in a Cell) - video dailymotion
• 5by5 | After Dark #530: After Back to Work 424
• Dr. John Ioannidis Exposes the Bad Science of Colleagues - The Atlantic

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