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TEH 256: Geeky Milestones: Mini PCs. Smart Glasses, and False Consensus in Tech

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In This Episode: Geeky Milestones: Mini PCs and Smart Glasses, and False Consensus in Tech


This week the TEH Podcast is hosted by Leo Notenboom, the “Chief Question Answerer” at Ask Leo!, and Gary Rosenzweig, the host and producer of MacMost, and mobile game developer at Clever Media.

(You’ll find longer Bios on the Hosts page.)

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  • 0:00 LN: Milestone episode! (Episode 100000000!)
  • 1:30 LN: Mini PCs (https://www.apple.com/mac-mini/ of course, but also now assorted like: https://go.askleo.com/ama/B0F2MCQ8XQ of which I now own two)
    • 09:40 GR: Apple’s A vs. M Processors
    • 16:33 Apple’s Shared Code
    • 17:30 Standardized Apps Across Apple Device
    • 20:42 GR: Privacy Concerns with Recording Glasses
      • Ugly!
      • 21:04 Privacy concerns
      • 22:00 Bad cameras
      • 30:00 GR: False consensus effect.
        • Seems to suddenly be happening a lot in terms of tech support questions. “Looks like iOS 26 broke such-and-such!” but no it didn’t for most people.
        • 35:00 LN: Recall
        • 37:00 LN: When updates break something (for real), my most common advice is … (Had one just a few moments ago)
          • Ain’t it Cool
          • 42:00 LN: “Ain’t it lukewarm” -> Witcher season 4. But not for the reasons everyone seems to pile on about.
          • GR: Nothing
            • BSP: Blatant Self-Promotion
            • 47:00 GR: Quickly Check a Web Site Without Using Your Browser  
              • https://macmost.com/quickly-check-a-web-site-without-using-your-browser.html
              • 48:00 LN: Still Another Way to Install Windows 11 With Only a Local Account – https://askleo.com/185914 (A risky post?)
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