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Jan 2015
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17: Somewhere on The Monorail

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This week Jason and Myke discuss Apple's software quality issues and the difficulty in diagnosing problems from outside an organization, why Family Sharing is a problematic feature, and what's good and bad about CES. Plus, Jason listens to Hello Internet and Myke listens to The Flop House.

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Agile Blog | Toward Better Master Passwords
The Talk Show ✪: Ep. 106, With Guests John Siracusa and Guy English
Accidental Tech Podcast: 98: Landmines, Pitfalls, and Bottomless Pits
Why Overcast doesn’t support chapters – Marco.org
Debug 32: John Siracusa on Copland 2014 | iMore
Total Party Kill - a podcast from The Incomparable
Episode #133 – Bullet to the Head The Flop House
The Flop House | Maximum Fun
H.I. #16: The Worst Topic for a Podcast — Hello Internet
Flags of the U.S. states - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Maryland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
H.I. #17: Mister Phoenix — Hello Internet
CGP Grey - YouTube
Apple has lost the functional high ground – Marco.org
Six Colors: Apple and software quality
Accidental Tech Podcast: 90: Speculative Abandonware
'Former OS X developer here' | Hacker News
Quitting Family Sharing — MacSparky
Six Colors: CES 2015: What to Look For
Dish's new Sling TV Internet-TV service starts at $20, features ESPN, Disney Channel, CNN, TNT, and other channels - CNET
This Week in Tech 491 | TWiT.TV
The Talk Show ✪: Ep. 105, With Guest Jason Snell
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