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• Pre-show: Windows woes and the challenges of loading modern trucks\n\n
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  • TPM
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  • yt-dlp
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  • DeCSS
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  • SGX
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  • FairPlay
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  • Pirated movie release types
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• Follow-up: \n\n
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  • Printer Murder Rooms\n\n
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    • John Tsombakos
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    • Richard Smith
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  • LG UltraFine 5K Repair Video (via Brian Almeida)
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• Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion\n\n
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  • Wall Street Journal
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  • Activision Blizzard’s abhorrent culture
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  • Prior acquisitions (via Jon Erlichman)\n\n
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    • Activision Blizzard: $68.7b
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    • LinkedIn: $26.2b
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    • Nuance: $19.7b
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    • Skype: $8.5b
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    • ZeniMax: $7.5b
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    • GitHub: $7.5b
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    • Nokia (phone unit): $7.2b
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    • aQuantive: $6.3b
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    • Mojang (Minecraft): $2.5b
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  • Perfect Dark
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• Green bubbles ruin everything \U0001f644\n\n
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  • RCS
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  • Dithering
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  • Snell on iMessage
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  • Google/Android interpreting tapbacks
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• #askatp:\n\n
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  • Will macOS last another 20 years? (via Daniel Begqvist)\n\n
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    • Copland 2010 Revisited
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    • POSIX
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    • Mach
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    • Real-Time Operating System
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  • What game system for a casual gamer who hasn’t had a console in ten years?
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  • Do programming languages cause problems for people with hyphenated last names?
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• Post-show: Marco’s Jerk-Store Moment\n\n
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  • L’esprit de l’escalier
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