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Accidental Tech Podcast

Marco Arment, Casey Liss, John Siracusa

Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters.

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02:06:34

478: No Bum Cores

Accidental Tech Podcast ·

2022/04/12

The ATP Store is live until 30 April at 8 PM New York time. Order now, or Casey will haunt your dreams! 👻 Pre-show: Marco has questionable media choices Severance The Dropout WeCrashed Silicon Valley Antitrust Pirates of Silicon Valley Follow-up: Tragic Original Gravity news (via Ari Badgers) Good Karma The etymology of “decibel” (via Matt Rigby) Don’t forget the iPhone 12/13 mini (via Carl Rozas) An aside about House of Prime Rib Anthony Bourdain’s experience

01:59:34

477: In the Metal

Accidental Tech Podcast ·

2022/04/06

Pre-show: Marco played himself Would there be a “Studio Display Max” within two years? 22” Cinema Display 23” Cinema Display 27” Cinema Display 27” Thunderbolt Display Marco’s Studio Display impressions NuShelf Dual Mount for Mac mini New Peripherals Black Keyboard Black Trackpad Squat TouchID Keyboard Lenovo Go Wireless Split Keyboard Fingerprint security Stephen Hackett on Apple color mark-up Follow-up: Marc Edwards from Bjango has a follow-up

02:20:16

476: Plausibly Viable

Accidental Tech Podcast ·

2022/03/31

Follow-up: Resolution independence 10.4 Tiger 10.5 Leopard 10.7 Lion Steve Jobs’s Retina Diagram Retina Display announcement Joe Lion explains why silicon wafers are round Video Explanation Jonathan Ragan-Kelley explains EMIB and LSI Regarding Mac Studio fan noise The fans cool the power supply too notes Phil Stollery Twitter thread from “OnlyMe” Graph Feedback from acoustician Andrew Wade Apple’s official noise ratings (via Renfred) Mac Pro: 11dB Mac Studio:

02:00:55

475: Shove It Out the Back

Accidental Tech Podcast ·

2022/03/24

Pre-show: We’ve got 99 problems and Apple Music is… most of them. On the Mac Studio’s extra SSD slot 512 Pixels Ars Technica Hector Martin Asahi Linux John’s heart shatters into a million pieces (Mac Studio cooling and 😱 fan noise 😱) Jason Snell’s review Max Tech’s Teardown Max Tech’s Thermal Throttling TG Pro Quinn Nelson’s thoughts QuietMac Why 5K? Casey’s 2021 Retina Monitor Sitrep Casey’s 2017 Retina Monitor Sitrep Apple

01:55:22

474: That's Where the Magic Happens

Accidental Tech Podcast ·

2022/03/17

Follow-up: iPad Air does have stereo speakers Mac Studio HDMI is still 2.0 HDMI 2.1 27” Studio Display Pro coming soon? “Five-head” Origins The Flop House #94: Conan the Barbarian @ 29:46 Victor Borge’s Inflationary Language 20 Fenchurch Street The A7III does have animal eye detection (via Alec Pulianas) Base Mac Pro gets a spec bump MaskerAid Updates Photo library access Method Swizzling ARM Mac Pro worst-case scenarios Max Tech: Apple M2 Duo? Patent: Systems

02:44:46

473: Fanboats and Coattails

Accidental Tech Podcast ·

2022/03/10

Apple’s “Peek Performance” Event New Apple Watch band collection Beanie Babies 🇺🇦 Tim Cook 🇺🇦 Apple TV+ Luck (TV Series) Luck (Film) Apple + Baseball Jason’s recap An aside about transportation woes Gibbs Aquada Duck Boat Fan/Air boat iPhone SE 3 iPad Air Clockwise #441: Talk Talk Music M1 Ultra Gurman’s original article (18 May 2021) John’s diagram (21 May 2021) John’s warning in ATP #453 @ 32:34 (Overcast timestamp link) Hector

02:18:00

472: File a Casey Radar

Accidental Tech Podcast ·

2022/03/03

Pre-show: 🇺🇦 ATP Stands with Ukraine 🇺🇦 Washington Post coverage Jason Snell on Apple vs. 🇷🇺 & 🇨🇳 Follow-up: There definitely is not a “cure” for celiac disease Conquering shared contacts with a shared iCloud account Several fascinating pieces of accessibility-related feedback Casey’s new app, MaskerAid Announcement blog post Analog(ue) #199: A Little Bit of Personal News Example image SF Symbols Apple’s Spring Event predictions Post-show: Marco

01:58:11

471: My Fiber Situation Is Fine

Accidental Tech Podcast ·

2022/02/24

Pre-show: Casey messes with Marco during his very difficult day Celiac Important follow-up: in short, actual celiac disease cannot be cured, so the people in question most likely had other forms of gluten intolerance Colostrum (the pills Marco got — ask a doctor, YMMV) Thera Cane Reconcilable Differences #176: The Curse of Convenience It’s All Too Much NIMBY Follow-up: Getting an older car to always play Maps’ directions over Bluetooth (via Paul Violante) Settings → Maps →

02:12:18

470: Computers Can Do Things

Accidental Tech Podcast ·

2022/02/17

Follow-up: Jump-starting an ICE using a Tesla (via Jesper Weltz) Another video (via Jameson) James May’s Model S’s catastrohpic failure Porsche Taycan Mercedes-Benz EQS AirTags anti-tracking update The Downeaster “Alexa” Amsterdam’s transformation from car-centric to people-centric Paris’s car-free zone announced for 2024 John has thoughts on streaming apps Channels does a victory lap TV Everywhere XBMC/Kodi Dilbert Strip (yes, Scott Adams

02:14:49

469: Tiny Toastie

Accidental Tech Podcast ·

2022/02/10

Pre-show: The newest member of Marco’s family The originating member Siracusa’s history Siracusa’s thoughts The new member Prior experiences with the new member of the family Follow-up: Casey replaces his FiOS set-top box Casey’s new UPS TechSee AlDente Casey’s Email Woes Gmail “funnel solution” Google Workspace Email Storage (via Ashish Gandhi) Running your own mail server (via Daniel Nelson) Recommended solution Fastmail’s referral fees

02:13:13

468: You Got Your Non-Money's Worth

Accidental Tech Podcast ·

2022/02/03

Pre-show: Marco enters winter luxury Marco’s “Slippers” John’s Slippers Marco’s Rug Marco’s Rug Heater Reminder: Celsius is stupid for ambient air temperatures Robot or Not: Sundays Follow-up: Google ships tapback parsing Regarding “Screeners” Xbox Game Pass PC Game Pass Game Pass Ultimate Xbox Cloud Gaming Stratechery Interview with Phil Spencer Apple and the Netherlands New beta bits Face ID unlock and glasses from Ryan Booker Notes on

02:07:25

467: The Strain Provider

Accidental Tech Podcast ·

2022/01/28

Pre-show: Marco’s Baking Hangover Follow-up: Casey’s Desk Update Casey’s Thunderbolt 4 Hub / “Breakout Box” Simon Webster on QD-OLED and Blue LEDs Jon Mason on how big Sony is Xbox Gamepass and Series S Neil Young & Spotify Horse Armor Scorched Earth iMessage and SMS (via Olivier Ruoy) Adium Piracy, Warez, and The Scene (via Colin Weir) Widevine Netherlands Tells Apple “lol nope” Macrumors Coverage ACM’s Statement Dropbox and

01:47:49

466: There's Probably a Wizard for It

Accidental Tech Podcast ·

2022/01/20

Pre-show: Windows woes and the challenges of loading modern trucks TPM yt-dlp DeCSS SGX FairPlay Pirated movie release types Follow-up: Printer Murder Rooms John Tsombakos Richard Smith LG UltraFine 5K Repair Video (via Brian Almeida) Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion Wall Street Journal Activision Blizzard’s abhorrent culture Prior acquisitions (via Jon Erlichman) Activision Blizzard: $68.7b LinkedIn: $26.2b Nuance: $19.7b Skype: $8.5b ZeniMax:

02:11:03

465: Lasers Are Great

Accidental Tech Podcast ·

2022/01/13

Follow-up: Fi dog-collar pronunciation Discount code ATP100 for $100 off (not a sponsor) New Ford Mustangs will be available in 2023–2024 Sony did show PSVR2 controllers Mirrorless advantages and the longevity of Canon DSLRs (from Justin Krohn) TV technology WRGB OLEDs do have white backlights QD-OLEDs have RGB “filters”/diffusers Samsung’s 2019 $11 billion investment in QD-OLED Micro-LED On “Weird & Complicated” Analog TV (via Moe

02:28:21

464: Monks at Drafting Tables

Accidental Tech Podcast ·

2022/01/06

Follow-up: Stuart Hay on chroma sub-sampling, 4:2:2, 4:1:1, 4:2:0 Hyper Thunderbolt 4 Dock Hyper USB-C Media Hub A not-too-short aside about iPad connectivity and expandability Loopback David Smith’s tweet Audio Hijack Audiobus Drafting table Xcode and setting up for Apple Watch development (via Andy Norman) Slideshow App Recommendations Fotomagico Adobe Premiere Rush Canon’s flagship DSLR line will end… eventually. Single-lens reflex CES: QD-OLED TVs from

02:08:04

463: No Indication of Progress

Accidental Tech Podcast ·

2021/12/30

Pre-show: Marco’s desk situation Casey’s desk situation VESA stand …an uglier one …yet uglier still …stand and arm Follow-up: Jonathan Dietz Comes Through Glenwing’s page and calculator and forum post Chroma Subsampling USB4/TB4 bandwidth (via Dimitri Bouniol) Marco’s Christmas-movie Adventure iLife iDVD Gang of Four UXKit discoveryd and mDNSResponder Holiday tech we love Casey joins 2019 and gets AirPods Pro HiFiMAN HE-6 Beyerdynamic DT

01:59:54

462: Xcode X

Accidental Tech Podcast ·

2021/12/22

Pre-show: “Web3” Follow-up: Thank you, ATP members Casey has changed up his setup yet again Ian Fuchs at Cult of Mac Alogic Thunderbolt 4 Blaze Hub OWC Thunderbolt Hub CalDigit Element Hub CalDigit TS3+ Team Arment on Twitch Elgato HD60 S+ C13 plug “☝️ Well, actually ☝️”s on Marco’s Synology J-series Synology devices cannot use btrfs (via Squozen) 64TB maximum limit (via Matt Sullivan) Marco’s jugs Capillary action Apple Silicon in forthcoming LG

02:07:51

461: Re-tend That Garden

Accidental Tech Podcast ·

2021/12/16

Pre-show: Why would one deliberately launch TextEdit‽ The flood 😱 Cable Matters 2.5” drive enclosure Synology DS1813+ Synology 620Slim Synology DS420j RAID 0 Backblaze B2 Follow-up: Andrew shares a Consumer Reports link regarding lithium batteries in smoke detectors LG Screen Manager (App Store Link) now supports M1 Macs (via Dave Stachowiak) Casey’s LG UltraFine adventures continue LG non-UltraFine 4K and 60Hz HDMI 24UD58-B 24” IPS Monitor with Freesync, Black Menu →

02:04:59

460: Desktop Laptop

Accidental Tech Podcast ·

2021/12/09

Pre-show: Christmas Conundrums Charlie Brown Tree Follow-up: Ubiquiti’s breach was from the inside Casey’s UltraFine 5K seems to be UltraDead Idan Warsawski’s explanation & more Casey’s borrowed monitor Casey’s blog post about Apple’s monitor situation John’s snarky quote-tweet Some wish-casting and predictions about the Mac lineup in 2022 Apple Announces Self-Service Repair Louis Rossmann’s video #askatp: How come the TouchBar

02:01:15

459: The Bluetooth Adds Warmth

Accidental Tech Podcast ·

2021/12/02

Shocking revelations: Marco’s wrist Casey’s desk The myth of digital audio producing stair-step sound waves Casey’s Double Density appearance Xiph explainer video DAC Nyquist level Apple’s monitor-pricing conundrum Luna Display updates Follow-up: Junior vs. Senior Developers (via Nick Matsakis) Peter principle Mac Mini rumors and renderings #askatp: Which company would we love to see Apple buy & integrate? (via Ryan) The Talk Show #330:

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