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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October 14, 2021452: It’s Totally Leashed
Pre-show: Apple Watch preorders
Follow-up:
Dutch watchdog finds Apple App Store payment rules anti-competitive
Microsoft store to allow third-party app stores
Matryoshka doll-720p-RiP.mkv
Yo dawg
MTV’s Pimp My Ride
Thomas Q Brady’s adventures with his iPhone 13 Pro
Man + River
IP Code
Regarding bugs in your pasta (It’s not about the pasta!) (via Sharon Linne Faulk)
What bugs/larvae/eggs can you eat?
Apple’s “Unleashed.” Event
Joz’s tweet
Marco’s new Dropbox setup
Maestral
inotify
FSEvents
kqueue
#askatp:
Why are progress bars so hard? (via Derek Aldridge)
What’s a good automotive blog? (via Tom Jacob)
NetNewsWire
Jalopnik
YouTube Channels:
Doug DeMuro
Straight Pipes
Savage Geese
Regular Car Reviews
Alex on Autos
MotorWeek
M539 Restorations
Does John maintain his old hardware? (via Sean Cohen)
Post-show:
The search for John’s backup winter hat
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1h 47min
October 07, 2021451: A Series of Terrible Magic Tricks
Pre-show:
Facebook’s outage
BGP is a thing. Who knew? (John did.)
Understanding How Facebook Disappeared from the Internet
Explanation from Facebook
Thank you to Hsiang-Ling Jennifer Lin’s parents!
We’ve opened an on-demand ATP store!
Quinn Nelson’s YouTube channel
Follow-up:
Anandtech on the A15
MacRumors’ summary
On RAW data rates (via Brian Petersen)
Understanding ProRAW
John’s motion sickness and gaming
Marco’s updates
Kühl pants
Apple Silicone Case
Peel Cases
Nudient Cases
ProClipUSA Magafe Car Mount
🚨 SPOILER ALERT 🚨 Marco’s deposit
Tesla ends leases as well as they build cars
Possible 14” and 16” MacBook Pro rumors
Display resolutions
What do we expect? What would we be surprised by?
#askatp:
Would/should Apple make ergonomic accessories? (via Johnny Oliver)
Surface Arc Mouse
Can the This website is using significant energy notices be stopped? (via Michael Hagan)
When will we get CarPlay from watchOS? (via Yoni)
Post-show: Apple Watch Series 7 buying plans
Apple Developer: Supporting Multiple Watch Sizes
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2h 14min
September 30, 2021450: Distending My Wardrobe
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Pre-show: Some navel-gazing (much like Episode 400)
Sporkful’s Cascatelli
Flying Spaghetti Monster
Follow-up:
Returns
John Halter returns Surface Pros
Bernd Kilga returns an Elite Series 2 controller
Damian Shaw returns Surface Headphones
Christopher Dillon returns a Logitech MX Master
Ricky Wilson returns a Google Home Mini
Brian Donovan returns an iPad Smart Keyboard
Shiro Wilde returns an Apple TV 4K remote
Mike Bollich-Ziegler makes an interesting observation about the iPad Mini
Michał Goc does some digging about tennis serve speed
SwingVision
Regarding fast pre-ordering from TJ Luoma
Harrison Krebs has updates on eSIMs
KBase article
Bastian Inuk points out there are many raw formats for video
Marco’s security camera update
On Dock auto-hide delay (via Danny Tsang)
Intel: defaults write com.apple.dock autohide-delay -float 0 && killall Dock
Apple: defaults write com.apple.dock autohide-delay -float 0 && defaults write com.apple.dock autohide-time-modifier -float 0.4 && killall Dock
iPhones 13 Pro Impressions
Setup experiences
Apple Watch unlock bug
Colors & Size
MackWeldon Ace Sweatshort
Apple Silicone Case
Casey/Marco’s Cases: Nudient Thin V3
MKBHD on the MagSafe Duo
Camera System
Post-show #askatp: On an ∞ timescale, when do we get neat under-screen tricks? (via Alex Murrell)
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2h 8min
September 23, 2021449: An Unclean Mouse
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Pre-show: A little bit more about Electron and 1Password 8
Tauri
Garmin InReach
Iridium satellites
iPhone
“Thick iPhone is thicc” 🤣
Ryan Jones’ camera bump chart
An aside about how optics works
John’s “Portrait Mode” Example
Cameras and Lenses
Internal Combustion Engines
iPhone [Reprise]
Adrian Weckler’s 13 Pro vs. 12 Pro
Halide on the evolution of iPhone cameras
Geoff Hackworth notes safe areas are the same size
On using iPhones for filming movies
The Verge on battery sizes
Gruber’s review (with streaming battery life information)
LPTO screens
Dual eSIMs
1× ↔ 3× macro transition
On A15 performance
More from SemiAnalysis
More from Ben Bajarin
Gokhan Avkarogullari notes there is a A15 GPU Tech Talk
Snell’s thoughts
MacRumors’ story
DHH on the iPad mini
Photographic styles
Fonzie
Marco’s iPhones
Casey’s forthcoming case
John’s case
Snell has new info on the iPhone Leather Wallet
iPad
Power cables
iPad Mini doesn’t support mmWave 5G
iPad Mini is downclocked?
Apple Watch Series 7
Golf swing & tennis serve speed
On faster charging & satellite navigation
Steve Troughton-Smith on the SoC
iOS 15 will not be a compulsory upgrade
Post-show: John’s bad mouse pad [Reprise]
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2h 9min
September 15, 2021448: Next Year, Which Is Now
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Apple Event
Apple TV+
iPad
iPad Mini
Apple Watch Series 7
Ressence Oil-Filled Watches
Marco’s Sinn
CSS error
iPhone 13
Thinner but taller notch?
Rack focus
iPhone 13 Pro
Unsane
Red Cameras
Post-show: iPhone 12 exit interview
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2h 30min
September 09, 2021447: Lunchbox on Your Face
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Pre-show:
Casey’s very big day
Robert E. Lee Statue removed from Richmond’s Monument Avenue
What is a Hokie?
Teaching Marco geography
Fire Island
Follow-up:
Australians: Get your shot!
More arguing about geography
Long Island
Boroughs of New York City
Apple delays CSAM protection features
HomeKit camera TV PiP can be enabled/disabled per camera
HomePods announce faces too!
App Store lawsuit is only for iOS apps?
John’s “bad mouse pad” update
Simpsons Chili Cook-Off
John’s favorite percentage: 9.6%
Google Drive for Desktop
Forcing Photos.app to download all your photos
Photos → Library → All Photos
⌘A
File → Play Slideshow
Apple Event
MacBook Pros? :(
Apple Watch Series 7 (renders based on rumors)
Airstream
Apple Pippin
Half-Life: Alyx
HoloLens
Oculus Quest
Post-show #askatp: Will the iPhone ever drop the number? (via Doug McArthur)
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2h 13min
September 02, 2021446: Dead From Fraud
Please donate to St. Jude. Cancer sucks, and childhood cancer sucks a lot. Please donate any amount of money, if you can.
Follow-up:
Wirecutter moves behind a paywall
Neven’s tweet
Best blender is not a wasteland… sometimes.
Cryptographic hashes vs. Apple’s CSAM Neural Hash
What happens if governments get involved with CSAM detection?
Reflections on Trusting Trust (PDF link)
More Apple PR own-goals: Apple bans a pay equity Slack channel
Music metadata
MusicBrainz’s schema
Marco has a request: how do you get a 9-year-old coding?
Swift Playgrounds
Hopscotch
Roblox
Video about how they rip off kids
QBasic
Web-based BASIC
DOSBox
Playdate
How the Playdate Pulp IDE works
Scratch
Processing.js
Apple’s class-action settlement with “app developers”
Bloomberg
Under the Radar #225: The Fragmented Future
📣 BREAKING 📣 Apple will allow “reader” apps with their own purchase systems to link out (details to be determined later)
Apple’s definition of “reader” apps
Korea: Apple & Google must allow developers to use other payment systems
Home security cameras and HomeKit Secure Video
Logitech Circle View
Eufy Solo Indoor Cam C24
Eufy SoloCam L20
Synology Surveillance Station
Post-show: Casey’s Dock experiments
Connected #358: Roast My Dock
SwitchGlass
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2h 5min
August 26, 2021445: Best Blender Is a Wasteland
Please donate to St. Jude. Cancer sucks, and childhood cancer sucks a lot. Please donate any amount of money, if you can.
Follow-up:
Follow-up from Hypercritical #31 on 24 August 2011 (via Philip Spedding)
Overcast timestamp link
Casey apologizes to Collin Donnell
Brent Simmons’ blog post
Regarding 1Password and Electron
What about the dependencies? (via KingOlegOne)
is-odd
Roustem Karimov’s response
Craft
CSAM Neural Hash algorithm extracted?
Example collision 1
More examples
Apple’s Response
Safari 15 Updates
iOS 15β6
Federico’s coverage
Stephen Hackett’s take
Upgrade #367: My Experience with the Floating Lozenges
A quick aside about battery health
Apple’s PR war against itself
Thursday, 15 July: Apple cracks down on remote work
Wednesday, 4 August: Apple places female EPM on leave after tweeting about sexism in the office
Ashley M. Gjøvik’s tweets 1 2
Thursday, 5 August: Apple’s CSAM roll-out
Monday, 9 August: Apple shuts down employee-run surveys on pay
Cher Scarlett’s Survey
Monday, 16 August: Apple forces FlickType for Watch out of the App Store
FlickType’s statement
Miguel de Icaza’s take
Monday, 23 August: #AppleToo
The Verge’s coverage
#askatp
How does one manage a large library of photos? (via Colin)
How does one search for specific tech problems? (via Sam)
Rubber duck debugging
Is there any point in updating Java anymore? (via Mark Slutsky)
Post-show: Marco went to a Phish concert!
Phish at Atlantic City Beach, 2021-08-15
Official video of a song that night
Aerial video of the beach venue
Dave Matthews Band also played somewhere on 2021-08-07 (But you can’t listen to it, apparently. Probably for the best. –ed.)
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2h 4min
August 17, 2021444: It Should Definitely Bother Apple
Follow-up:
Disney PhotoPass (via Ryan D)
Bug bounties (via Dan Chandler)
Cryptocurrency and failed monetary systems
CSAM
Security Threat Model Rview of Apple’s Child Safety Features
Joanna Stern’s interview with Craig Federighi
Patriot Act
Digital Millennium Copyright Act
1Password 8: The Story So Far
Electron
iCloud for Windows
Dave Teare’s Medium Post
Casey’s Twitter rant
Mac-assed Mac Apps
1Password’s funding
On cross-platform UI frameworks
Rust
Snell’s take
Rhapsody
Carbon
ATP #280: Extinction-Level Event
Post-show: Marco’s stolen bike
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2h 23min
August 12, 2021443: A Storm of Asterisks
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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2h 53min

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