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Episode 266: European Bachelor


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TOPIC: Wow, times change.

This week, Dan and Merlin talk about the challenges and opportunities of subscription-based payment models. When do they work (or not) and how quickly does autopay fatigue kick in?

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    The biggest changes to TextExpander on the Mac and iOS are not the apps themselves, but the new service that ties them together.
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  • Dim your screen further than Control Center allows (and other cool iOS 8 tricks) | iMore
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  • Das Keyboard - The Ultimate Mechanical Keyboard Experience for Badasses
  • Daniel Bryan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  • Rorschach (comics) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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  • Xuxa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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  • Larry David: A Pretty Good Tribute - YouTube
  • Eclipse desktop & web IDEs
  • Atom
  • Ruby on Rails IDE :: JetBrains RubyMine
  • Squarespace - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  • TextExpander Dev | Simply Indispensable
  • Shareware - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  • Kagi — Home
  • Bare Bones Software | BBEdit 11
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  • Who the F*@% is Frank Zappa (Save the Vault, Tell the Story) by Alex Winter — Kickstarter
  • Lotteries: America's $70 Billion Shame - The Atlantic
  • Xuxa - "trampoline" episode (Part 1) - YouTube
  • The Dalrymple Report: Episode 28: Rat on a Stick
    Jim and Merlin talk about the highlights from NAMM, Sherlocking, and the blues.
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