The Context Machine

GM is dropping Apple CarPlay support in its upcoming electric vehicles, so Jeff takes full advantage of the situation to trigger Bryan. They also talk about Rivian’s lack of CarPlay support, Ford’s ongoing commitment, and what impact each automaker’s decision may have on car sales.

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There’s a lot of hype around Artificial Intelligence right now, so Bryan and Jeff jump in to share their thoughts on the current state of AI, where they see issues, how they’d like to see these platforms improve, and what they can do to improve productivity.

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Bryan and Jeff get all worked up about streaming TV services thanks to YouTube TV’s price increase. They also talk about Apple TV+ movies and the new titles they’re looking forward to, like ghosted and Tetris, and even find some time to talk about Tim Cook and Apple’s current leadership team.

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This week, Bryan and Jeff talk about the current state of sci-fi on TV, in movies, and in books. Considering the topic, they’re pretty much honor bound to discuss the new seasons of The Mandalorian and Star Trek: Picard, too.

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Bryan recently reviewed some espresso machine gear, which got him and Jeff talking about tinkering and our processes for the things we enjoy. Jeff also shares a cool IFTTT trick he found for automating crossposting to Mastodon from other social media platforms.

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Bryan and Jeff talk about Justified and the upcoming Justified: City Primeval follow up series. Bryan wants to know what Jeff thinks of DC’s Black Adam movie, plus they look at new reports about Apple’s efforts in making a non-invasive blood glucose monitor. They also respond to a listener’s thoughts on touch screen Macs.

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Bryan and Jeff take on the future of Augmented Reality inspired by a discussion from Bryan’s recent CapMac presentation. They also share their spoiler-free thoughts on the first episode from Star Trek: Picard season 3, which takes them to several other Star Trek properties, the Knives Out movies, and a gold mystery in Utah.

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Bryan has been reading the Slow Horses book series, and Jeff wants to know if he should start reading them. That takes sends them into a discussion about adapting books and video games into TV shows and movies with a side trip into The Last of Us. They also talk about how annoyed Bryan is with reports saying Apple is falling behind in the AI and car markets because the company doesn’t talk about unannounced products and projects.

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Bryan and Jeff talk about Jeff’s experience setting up his new M2 Pro MacBook Pro. They look at what went smoothly, where he had problems, and the untimely demise of his Wacom graphics tablet. They also use friend of the show John Kheit’s hunt for a new color laser printer as an excuse to talk about inkjet versus laser, dots per inch, and more.

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Bryan and Jeff talk about how Bryan could use Apple’s Freeform app, plus they look at the new M2 Pro and M2 Max processors, and how the M2 Mac mini fits in Apple’s lineup. Listeners say which Mac Jeff should buy, and share some show feedback, too.

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