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DISCUSSED: Dan's fighting his computer and explores font corruption; Merlin hates pebbles in his shoe; Dan has an anecdote about massages; Merlin has an anecdote about the FaceTime exploit; this leads to discussion about how big companies deal with huge-scale, unexpected problems; some thoughts on The Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect; the problem with journalism about stuff we actually know about; remembering Michael Crichton; Heartbeeps!; a clever way to reduce damage from careless delivery; is there a new Browser War underway?; and answering a question from Listener Stephen about life after Editorial. Links for this episode:Gell-Mann amnesia effect - WikipediaWhy This Bike Company Put a TV on Its BoxMicrosoft exec riles Firefox faithful by telling Mozilla to embrace Chrome - CNETRunaway (1984 American film) - WikipediaDuracel Plastic Family & Creepy Parrot - YouTubeThe Hudsucker Proxy - Wikipedia5by5 | Back to Work #372: Hole That RabbitDrafts: How Merlin uses it and what Greg's doing next | iMoreDrafts is