Coffee With Scott Adams — Knowledge Archive July 10, 2026
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The whole world falls apart. Well, I better put on my microphone. That'll make a difference. Remember I told you that one of my secrets for success is simplicity. And while many of you have been saying, "Scott, can you improve the quality of your live stream?" I've always said the same thing: yes, I can improve it at the risk of it crapping out every time like this.

As soon as I added a second stream with a second audio setup and a few more buttons, I guaranteed that 25 percent of my live streams would be a technical failure. Just with one little extra element of complexity, which is remembering to put on two microphones instead of one. Probably a 25 percent failure rate if y

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ou do it yourself. I suppose if I hired an engineer I could do better. All right. But the important thing is what's new. And have you done the simultaneous sip lately? If you haven't, well my God, what you've missed. If you have, you've heard of it. It's called the simultaneous sip. It's better than at least two of the three major vaccinations for preventing COVID. A lot of people don't know that…

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