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Dave Plummer: Programming, Autism, and Old-School Microsoft Stories | Lex Fridman Podcast #479

Dave Plummer is a programmer, former Microsoft software engineer (Windows 95, NT, XP), creator of Task Manager, author of two books on autism, and host of the Dave's Garage YouTube channel, where he shares stories from his career, insights on software development, and deep dives into technology.
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*OUTLINE:*
0:00 - Introduction
1:22 - First computer
7:00 - Dropping out of high-school
14:41 - Joining Microsoft
16:53 - MS-DOS
20:05 - Windows 95
26:52 - The man behind Windows
31:48 - Debugging
37:05 - Task Manager
42:14 - 3D Pinball: Space Cadet
47:13 - Start menu and taskbar
58:12 - Blue Screen of Death
1:00:21 - Best programmers
1:08:22 - Scariest time of Dave's life
1:15:50 - Best Windows version
1:17:40 - Slot machines
1:21:23 - Autism and ADHD
1:40:43 - Fastest programming language
1:44:48 - Future of programming

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Dave Hone: T-Rex, Dinosaurs, Extinction, Evolution, and Jurassic Park | Lex Fridman Podcast #480

Dave Hone is a paleontologist, expert on dinosaurs, co-host of the Terrible Lizards podcast, and author of numerous scientific papers and books on the behavior and ecology of dinosaurs. He lectures at Queen Mary University of London on topics of Ecology, Zoology, Biology, and Evolution.
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*OUTLINE:*
0:00 - Episode highlight
1:23 - Introduction
1:56 - T-Rex's size & biomechanics
25:38 - T-Rex's hunting strategies
38:45 - History of dinosaurs on Earth
59:17 - $31.8 million T-Rex fossil
1:12:22 - T-Rex's skull and bone-crushing bite force
1:31:12 - What Jurassic Park got wrong
1:49:31 - Evolution and sexual selection
2:10:05 - Spinosaurus
2:20:40 - What Jurassic Park got right
2:28:14 - T-Rex's intelligence
2:38:12 - Cannibalism among T-Rex
2:43:44 - Extinction of the dinosaurs
3:00:54 - Dragons
3:17:17 - Birds are dinosaurs
3:28:02 - Future of paleontology

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