Episode 628: Beating Yourself Up at Scale

An important discussion about aging as examined and explained through the lens of James Howlett. 

Merlin thinks LLMs have raised the bar for voice assistants in general and Siri in particular. Dan and his kid watch the excellent HBO series, Chernobyl. Merlin’s weird, truncated contexts in Things. 

<ul> <li>Follow-up: <ul> <li>YouTube API weirdness (via Christian Selig)</li> <li>John’s [latest] Photoshop complaint</li> <li>€0.50 is “50 cents”</li> <li>Prescription lens pairing</li> <li ...  Show more

For a special Vergecast holiday episode, The Verge’s Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, and Chris Welch talk to three industry experts about the new HDMI 2.1 standard: Polygon's front page editor Samit Sarkar, Vizio CTO Bill Baxter, and HDMI Forum president David Glen. The Vergecast crew ...  Show more

This episode touches on evil eye and what it is, and the ways it can manifest into - as well as some real life stories of it.

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In a digital age dominated by screens, genuine eye contact has become a rarity. But did you know that it is key to enhancing memory, emotional closeness, and immediate attraction? Dr. Lewandowski and I explore the science behind eye contact and offer practical insights to help ...