Accidental Tech Podcast

443: A Storm of Asterisks

08.12.2021 - By Marco Arment, Casey Liss, John SiracusaPlay

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Pre-show: Marco files a verbal Radar for Apple Music

God Shuffled His Feet

A Worm’s Life

The Joshua Tree

Illusion is Now

Follow-up:

Why is there no weather/Calculator iPad app? (via Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)

AMD W6xxx video cards are “workstation” cards

Why Apple can’t pay bananas bug bounties (via Adrian)

Apple’s New Child Safety Features

Apple’s FAQ

Gruber’s explanation

Matt Panzarino’s interview with Apple’s Head of Privacy

Decoder with Nilay Patel on Apple’s Child Safety features

2015 San Bernardino Attack

Fourth American Amendment

Law & Order: SVU

Pinboard’s Thread

#askatp

What’s our current thoughts on accelerating the heat death of the universe cryptocurrency (via Lalo Vargas)

Pyramid scheme

Ponzi scheme

Proof of work

Proof of stake

ATP #424: Ethernet Squid

But how does Bitcoin actually work?

Is there any way to limit Messages’ size on disk? (via Richie Aharonian)

What camera/lens should I rent for a Disney World trip? (via Andrew Nelson)

Moment Lenses

Fuji X100V

Leica Q2

Sony A6600 camera

Sony A6600 rental

Tamron 17-70mm lens

Tamron 17-70mm lens rental

Sony 16-55mm lens

Sony 16-55mm lens rental

Sony A7C camera

Sony A7C camera rental

Post-show: Some more camera banter

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