Episode 288: History is Not Made for Horses

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TOPIC: Find My Mac. Please.

With Apple's big iPhone event coming tomorrow, Dan and Merlin discuss what makes this particular day such a black box in Apple's history. This is likely to be the last day for some time when we will know SO very little about where Apple is heading.

Also, there's some discussion of which kinds of technology we're most resistant to and maybe why that is.

Links for this episode:

• Amazon.com: 100 Gram Pack of 10 "Dry&dry" Silica Gel Packets Desiccant Dehumidifiers: Home & Kitchen
  
• iPhone 6s best-selling smartphone both in U.S. & worldwide, iPhone SE #3 in U.S. | 9to5Mac
  
• ‘Epic’: Hillary suffers 2 violent coughing fits
  
• The Worst Yet! Hillary Clinton Suffers Serious Coughing Fit In Cleveland - Breitbart
  
• Childhood's End - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Arrival (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Humans Need Not Apply - YouTube
  
• The Simple Solution to Traffic - YouTube
  
• 1982 Aamco "Wait for an Appointment" Commercial - YouTube
  
• The Mind of an Architect - 99% Invisible
  
• Upton Sinclair - Wikiquote
  "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it!"
  
• Reconcilable Differences #20: Stove Vigilance - Relay FM
  The main topic is trust your mechanic. How to survive working with the experts who diagnose and fix your problems. John's not a Dead Kennedys fan, and Merlin's just so irrationally mad about the state of his oven.
  
• Apple’s evolving PR boilerplate – 512 Pixels
  For ages, at the bottom of press releases, Apple has included a statement about its business, and over the years, this boilerplate statement has changed numerous times.
  
• Chip Card Nightmares? Help Is on the Way - WSJ
  
• Hook and loop fastener - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• The Talk Show ?: Ep. 166, With Special Guest Rene Ritchie
  
• Facing a Holocaust Denier | JewishBoston
  

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