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#define: a game of fake definitions

Jerod gathers a group of friends for our first game show experiment here on Changelog & Friends! This is a game of obscure jargon, fake definitions & expert tomfoolery. Our contestants checked their imposter syndrome at the door, because they either know what these words mean or they fake it ’til they make their peers think they do.

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Timestamps:

(00:00) - Let's play!
(00:37) - Game show & Friends
(03:57) - How to play
(06:16) - Round 1: Megger
(14:32) - Round 2: Rubber Sheet Model
(21:45) - Round 3: Zeigarnik Effect
(28:57) - Sponsor: Passbolt
(33:16) - Round 4: NMR
(42:49) - Round 5: Riemann Hypothesis
(51:07) - Round 6: Zitterbewegung
(1:01:12) - Round 7: Give it a GOOG
(1:09:09) - Sponsor: Statsig
(1:12:52) - Round 8: Caisson
(1:18:10) - Round 9: How do you do?
(1:27:28) - Round 10: Petechiae
(1:36:58) - And the winner is...
(1:37:29) - Winner's circle
(1:39:06) - Game feedback
(1:43:03) - Coming up next

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