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Feb 19, 2013, 05:26 PM
 
God Dvorak sucks.
     
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Feb 19, 2013, 05:49 PM
 
Whatever the case, we don't need him twice in a row.
     
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Feb 19, 2013, 05:52 PM
 
He had a master troll of a line in this one: (paraphrased) "The Tesla's a good car, why would Broder even want to take a dig at it?" – as in Broder wouldn't have motivation to fake a negative reviews.
     
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Feb 26, 2013, 12:30 PM
 
Details are still up in the air, but the Padre convinced his superiors the best thing for his ministry would be to move to San Francisco and become a podcaster.

To quote my ex, "is he a real priest?"
     
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I realized Milian looks like Aaron Swartz. Creeped me out.
     
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Mar 10, 2013, 07:38 PM
 
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Mar 11, 2013, 03:27 PM
 
Originally Posted by The Final Dakar View Post
God Dvorak sucks.
Better than O'Dell. What's up with that wig she is wearing this week?
     
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Mar 12, 2013, 11:08 AM
 
She calls a NYT writer emo and then defends DST. She really is femDvorak
     
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Mar 12, 2013, 11:51 AM
 
She called herself a "turd burglar" pre-show, which slightly endeared me to her.
     
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Mar 18, 2013, 12:35 PM
 
I missed this one, but Leo was already drunk during the preshow. I'm sad I missed Molly get to bang on Samsung.

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Mar 20, 2013, 02:21 PM
 
Great lineup.

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Mar 20, 2013, 02:35 PM
 
Yeah. I'm a full-on fan of both Molly and Nilay.
     
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Mar 20, 2013, 02:38 PM
 
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Mar 20, 2013, 03:11 PM
 
Joanna Stern isn't of the same pedigree, but I also like her.

She was always great on "This Is My Next".

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Mar 20, 2013, 03:21 PM
 
I felt weird writing that, like I was taking a backhanded shot at Joanna.

"Pedigree" is a good way to put it. I was a fan of both Molly and Nilay even before TWiT. It's Molly's fault I listen. I used to listen to Gadgettes and they had a "Good Bye to Tom Merritt" show. I liked him, so I checked out his then brand new show on TWiT.
     
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Mar 25, 2013, 01:16 AM
 
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Mar 25, 2013, 09:52 AM
 
Sounds like a snore.
     
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Mar 26, 2013, 05:37 PM
 
Of late I find when Dvorak's on, I more often than not don't finish listening to it. Sometimes there's a combination of him and other guests that make me turn it off at the announcement of who's on. Sorry Dvorak... yer just not my cup of tea.
     
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Apr 1, 2013, 01:14 AM
 
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Apr 1, 2013, 03:01 PM
 
Speaking of TWiT in another thread, that was almost too good of an episode. They needed Dvorak if only to cut down on Skype lag.
     
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Apr 1, 2013, 03:06 PM
 
You shut your whore mouth.
     
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Apr 1, 2013, 03:10 PM
 
I know that's an out there suggestion, but the Skype crosstalk was excessively bad on this show.
     
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Apr 1, 2013, 03:14 PM
 
Your cure is worse than the disease, and I whole heartedly mean that.

The guy is on too much as it is.
     
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Apr 1, 2013, 03:19 PM
 
I'm thinking he could learn a thing or two.
     
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Apr 2, 2013, 11:05 AM
 
No he couldn't. I'm still bitter over him stepping all over the punchline to the Groupon resignation Millan was reading that Leo set him up to do.
     
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Apr 2, 2013, 12:51 PM
 
I missed that part.
     
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Apr 2, 2013, 12:55 PM
 
You missed typical Dvorak blowhardedness.
     
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Apr 7, 2013, 11:22 PM
 
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Apr 16, 2013, 09:19 AM
 
That was a weird-ass show.

ProTip: don't casually toss out "******".
     
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Apr 18, 2013, 06:11 PM
 
The Padre has become an official multi-show contributor, and is moving to SF.

Why he's the most awsome priest ever: reason 416.

He put green tape on his clerical collar so they could chroma key Adventure Time over it.
     
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Apr 28, 2013, 06:15 PM
 
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Two out of three ain't bad.
     
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May 5, 2013, 08:20 PM
 
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Two out of three with Glass.
     
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May 6, 2013, 09:38 AM
 
Hopefully Stevens and his magnificent beard can counteract the Scoble.
     
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May 6, 2013, 01:27 PM
 
Too ginger.
     
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May 27, 2013, 11:53 AM
 
Boy did that technology vs man/kids feel like it had serious political underpinnings.
     
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May 27, 2013, 12:47 PM
 
I was busy through most of the show, so I only got bits and pieces.

The only thing which jumped out at me were the repeated exchanges in this format:

Leo: Xbox One is like... A, B, and C.
Guest: It's really like P, D, and Q.
Leo: Yeah, it's like P, D, and Q.
     
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Jun 9, 2013, 04:11 PM
 
Details are thin, but Apple has been giving Andy Ihnatko a hassle about getting press credentials for WWDC.

Reading between the lines, I'd say Leo thinks it's revenge for the Tim Cook puppet.
     
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Jun 9, 2013, 10:17 PM
 
NSA Follies.

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Jun 19, 2013, 03:12 PM
 
Leo really has soured on Apple in the last year or so hasn't he?

I don't have a problem with people giving them the business, but his criticisms come off sounding really lame. He's pulling from all of the super tired and intellectually lazy android fan talking points and making really weird sweeping judgements, like (paraphrasing) "Apple has really lost it since Steve Jobs left, they're just all over the place and directionless... just like in the 90s" without making any sort of attempt to explain what that means exactly.
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Jun 19, 2013, 05:01 PM
 
The thing is, I'm sorta with him on that.

Steve would engineer it so at the end of his keynotes he could (metaphorically) stick out his arm, drop the mic, and walk off stage.

Now, for all the (accurate) accusations of the reality distortion field, even that boils down to a point made by a spiritual companion of Steve's: P.T. Barnum. He said (and I'm paraphrasing), "you can't sell a steak... what you sell is the sizzle, the smell. The thing is, after you've done that you have to actually give them a steak."

Steve could sell these things as well as he could, and distort reality as well as he could, because he really knew he had a spectacular steak. He knew it in his bones.

At best, all the steaks at WWDC were half-cooked, and it seems likely there may be a few cuts from the old dairy cow which disappeared. There wasn't anything good enough for them to ****ing own it, if you know what I'm saying.

The sole exception was all their battery/power stuff, though that's about the most boring thing you could knock it out of the park on.
     
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Jun 19, 2013, 05:10 PM
 
"Steve" quality iOS would have Sir Jony making an unprecedented appearance at WWDC. He'd only talk for two minutes, and would start by saying he can't stand doing these sort of presentations, buuuut...

"We worked so hard on iOS 7 it kicks every arse off a cliff from Google on down. Thank you, good night"

[drops the mic]

I don't care how nervous the guy gets in front of a crowd. If he believed iOS 7 was that good, he'd get over it.

He hasn't, because it's just not.
     
 
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