Ben Thompson returns to the show and there’s no sports talk because there’s no sports. Instead: temperature scales, Joe Rogan and Spotify, and Dithering.
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<li><a href="https://dithering.fm/">Dithering</a>.</li>
<li>Ben at Stratechery: “<a href="https://stratechery.com/2020/dithering-and-the-open-web/">Dithering and Open Versus Free</a>.”</li>
<li>Me at DF: “<a href="https://daringfireball.net/2020/05/dithering">Dithering</a>” and “<a href="https://daringfireball.net/2020/05/more_on_dithering">More on Dithering</a>”.</li>
<li>Me at Macworld back in 2010: “<a href="https://www.macworld.com/article/1156153/macofthefuturegruber.html">It’s the heaviness of the Mac that allows iOS to remain light.</a>”</li>
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This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.

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