Accidental Tech Podcast

By Marco Arment, Casey Liss, John Siracusa

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

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February 24, 2022471: My Fiber Situation Is Fine
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 → Spoken Directions → Directions on Radio
Some interesting feedback on brake-by-wire systems
Marc Barrowclift’s Fourth Annual iOS Music Player Showcase (via Aidan Trager)
Casey attempts a victory lap around John
Reconcilable Differences #176: The Curse of Convenience
Note the relevant section was in the members’ only after-show
Feedback received on John’s Streaming App Spec
The NVIDIA/Arm deal has been scuttled
Previously: Doubts about the NVIDIA/Arm deal
Announced 20 September 2020 (!)
Apparently .NET Core can trace its roots to Silverlight (!)
Developer deliberately corrupts popular open-source packages
Previous NPM disaster covered on ATP
Semantic Versioning
Log4j vulnerability
xkcd #2347: Dependency
Tech companies called to the principal’s office
Discourse tries to lead by an $82,500 example
#askatp:
Two-fer from Omri Arbiv:
What’s Marco’s current coffee setup?
James Hoffmann’s Aeropress technique
Ratio Eight
Baratza Virtuoso
YES PLZ
Trade Coffee
Intelligentsia
Is John still subscribed to cable?
Do we have a good system for maintaining family contacts? (via Paul Walker)
Post-show Robot or Not:
Bonus #askatp: Do we say we’re “in front of” or “behind” the computer? (via Niek van de Pas)
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1h 59min
February 17, 2022470: Computers Can Do Things
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 sucks)
Akamai is buying Linode
Stratechery (paid) post
#askatp:
Why do cars always steal Bluetooth connections? (via Chris Gleim)
Is using Reduced Security okay for the purpose of audio capture? (via Chritopher Ward)
Audio Hijack
The 🤬 nuts installation procedure Apple requires on M1 Macs
What’s the best “dumb” TV? (via Ava)
Casey’s dumb TV
Pi-Hole
Casey’s discovered Smart TV Block List
Post-show Neutral: Toyota’s Faux Manual Transmission Patent
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2h 13min
February 10, 2022469: Tiny Toastie
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 can be paid out! 💰
Video evidence for Wi-Fi ↔ Cellular Universal Control (via Carlos Carpio García)
Are phones being stolen to steal bank information? (via Gui Rambo)
Siri attempts at music playback by year
Jonathan Coulton’s Some Guys
Apple’s attempt at “compliance” with the Netherlands dating app rules
Chargeback
Dutch response
Upgrade #393: Nothing Is So Perfect™
John in 2020: “The Art of the Possible”
Microsoft’s “A Principled Approach to App Stores”
#askatp:
Why doesn’t anyone use Wi-Fi for audio playback? (via Steven J. Stutz)
Do we use color calibration tools for our monitors? (via Chris Koerner)
Datacolor Spyder
How do we prevent keyboards damaging screens on laptops? (via Priyansh Singh)
Post-show: Marco’s car problems
Which Car Jump Starter is Best? (via Michael Panzer)
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2h 15min
February 03, 2022468: You Got Your Non-Money’s Worth
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 Universal Control from Carlos Carpio Carcía
Sony buys Bungie for $3.6B
FAQ
Sony hints at More Acquisitions
Google tells legacy Gmail account holders to “pay up”
Ars Technica’s coverage
Google information
Amazon Simple Email Service
Using a custom domain with iCloud email
Mimestream
Fastmail (former sponsor)
Hey (former sponsor)
Zimbra
#askatp:
How do we back up shared photo albums? (via Carlos Moffat)
How do we manage power (and battery) for desktop laptops? (via Anirudh Coontoor)
Settings → Battery → Battery (in sidebar) → Optimized battery charging
What security steps do we take for family devices? (via Lars Bekkema)
Post-show:
Supercap jump-starter
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2h 14min
January 28, 2022467: The Strain Provider
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 OneDrive kexts no longer supported in macOS 12.3 beta
User space
Universal Control Mac → iPad in 12.3 & 15.4 betas
Viticci’s tweet/video
OBS Studio
Developer-Ecosystem-Engineering
OB Studio Pull Request
iOS 15.4 beta supports FaceID unlock with mask without an Apple Watch
USB Garbage from Amazon
Do By Friday
Wristies
Post-show:
Web time capsules
John’s automotive plans
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2h 8min
January 20, 2022466: There’s Probably a Wizard for It
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: $7.5b
GitHub: $7.5b
Nokia (phone unit): $7.2b
aQuantive: $6.3b
Mojang (Minecraft): $2.5b
Perfect Dark
Green bubbles ruin everything 🙄
RCS
Dithering
Snell on iMessage
Google/Android interpreting tapbacks
#askatp:
Will macOS last another 20 years? (via Daniel Begqvist)
Copland 2010 Revisited
POSIX
Mach
Real-Time Operating System
What game system for a casual gamer who hasn’t had a console in ten years?
Do programming languages cause problems for people with hyphenated last names?
Post-show: Marco’s Jerk-Store Moment
L’esprit de l’escalier
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1h 48min
January 13, 2022465: Lasers Are Great
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 Rubenzahl)
Technology Connections on Analog TV
Apple will Allow Alternate Payment Systems in the App Store in 🇰🇷, with a catch
StoreKit 2
RevenueCat Getting Started
Apple wants 30% of Uber/Lyft’s membership revenue
American laws don’t reflect Americans’ desires
John’s gross printer
Theranos
John’s printer
Casey’s printer
Marco’s laser all-in-one with the buggy networking
Marco’s beloved giant printer (price is currently inflated; it cost $449 in 2016)
Marco’s 11x17 inkjet all-in-one (also currently overpriced; it cost $249 in 2018)
#askatp:
What do we think about React/React Native? (via Asajz)
Divorce leads children to the worst places
Vue.js
Angular
Note: Not AngularJS
How can there be a huge ∆ between data in Photos and the actual Photos Library on disk? (via Todd Vaziri)
SQLite VACUUM
Post-show: Some responses to our health/veganism/leather discussion last week
Slow Boring: Is Healthy Food Actually More Expensive?
BBC: Climate Change: Which vegan milk is best?
iMore: Apple should ditch leather (not mentioned, but meant to)
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2h 12min
January 06, 2022464: Monks at Drafting Tables
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 Sony
OLED explained
Quantum dots explained
Interview with Gary Geaves, VP of Acoustics at Apple
MaxTech video
Regarding latency
About the UWB spectrum
An aside about Apple TV interruptions
Settings → Remotes and Devices → Bluetooth → Suggest Nearby AirPods
#askatp:
How much do we sleep? (via Nathaniel Gori)
An aside about dog tracking collars
Fi smart dog collar — Use the code NEWYEARS100 for $100 off. Not a sponsor. Promise.
Update: Fi actually made a discount code just for us: ATP100. They’re still not a sponsor, though.
Post-show:
Should Apple stop using leather?
Thoughts on meat alternatives
Late-episode follow-up:
Fun Fact #52: We’re off Track
Congratulations to David Sparks!
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2h 29min
December 30, 2021463: No Indication of Progress
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 770 Pro (250-ohm)
Marco’s new Switch
Tina’s new iPhone car mount
#askatp:
Would we rock a full-on iMac as an external monitor if Target Display Mode still existed? (via Jeff Fowler)
Does Apple like the drama and rumors around it? (via Erik Neu)
Do we close all our apps before rebooting our computers? (via AdamMHead)
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2h 9min
December 22, 2021462: Xcode X
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 displays
Chroma subsampling
Thunderbolt Display
ADC
Clarifications on attention-aware features (via Gui Rambo)
Marco’s New iPhone Case (via Oliver Ames)
macOS 12.2 beta
Improved scrolling in Safari with ProMotion
Apple is rebuilding Apple Music as a “full native app”
:::✊🏻::: Kids these days :::✊🏻:::
PICO-8
Swift Playgrounds 4
Post-show #askatp:
When did Corvettes start looking so different? (via Rob Knight)
C8 Corvette
What vaporware would we love to see Apple work on? (via Juno Orion)
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1h 60min

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