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Ian and Aaron discuss pricing for Outro.fm, what kind of sponsors Aaron should have on Database School, trips vs. vacations, GPT-5, and so much more.

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(00:00) - Trip vs. Vacation

(05:46) - First Real School

(12:23) - An Update on Satisficing

(14:00) - Polls in Outro.fm

(23:11) - Outro.fm Pricing

(42:44) - GPT-5

(59:10) - Sponsors for Database School?

(01:09:40) - Ian's Getting Organized

(01:23:15) - LifeOS Update

Links:AWD vs. 4WD - https://www.caranddriver.com/features/a27630736/awd-vs-4wd/ Call Screening in iOS 26 - https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/say-goodbye-to-spam-calls-with-call-screening-in-ios-26/ Parkinson's Law - https://asana.com/resources/parkinsons-law Justin Jackson on Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/justinjackson.ca Tatami - email monitoring & alerting - https://x.com/jessethanley/status/1953929260806328409 GPT-5 is here - https://openai.com/gpt-5/ Sam Altman's tweet showing the Death Star - https://x.com/sama/status/1953264193890861114 NotebookLM - https://notebooklm.google Bear.app - https://bear.app Database School - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLI72dgeNJtzqElnNB6sQoAn2R-F3Vqm15 Obsidian - https://obsidian.md Notion Calendar - https://www.notion.com/product/calendar