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**Accidental Tech Podcast**

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

Latest Episodes:

332: Fuzzy Muppet Felt Jun 27, 2019

Show notes

Pre-show: Marco's new beach toy
Follow-up:
- Ricky Mondello on Sign In with Apple
- macOS app-removal bets: #287: Open-Faced Compliment Sandwich (Overcast timestamp link)
Marco's spirit walk
Rumored 16" MacBook Pro
#askatp:
- Would Apple re-implement Target Display Mode on the 5K iMac? (via Jack Frydai)
  - Target Disk Mode
- What software does Marco use to manage servers? (via Chris Hubbard)
- What do we think about people listening at higher speeds than 1x? (via Jospeh Dijkstra)
Post-show: 🚨 Do not install the betas! 🚨

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331: The Technical Burden of Users Jun 20, 2019

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Follow-up:
iOS 13 Bluetooth permission dialogs
- Marco's tweets 1 2 3
- Benjamin Herrin's findings
- application(_:didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:)
- UIDevice
Mac Pro
Pro Display XDR
Sign in With Apple
- An aside about Overcast and user data
#askatp:
- What do we think about mouse pads? (via Andy Beyer-Bowden)
  - MUG
  - HardOCP (it was the Ratpadz GS)
  - CS Hyde C4-NGen
- Buying an old-generation MacBook Air as new today? (via Jon Schwenn)
- How were the WWDC box lunches this year? (via many, including Tim Schmitz)
Post-show: Marco's anticipated summer of fun

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330: A Rotation You Can’t Complete Jun 13, 2019

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Pre-show: root's wheel group (more)
Marco comes to terms with Swift
John's preposterous Safari Extension
Follow-up:
- ASCII art apps
  - Mac: Monodraw
  - Web: ASCII Flow
- Blending stump is a lasso tool
  - "Sim" game series
  - Transport Tycoon
- 100 WWDC features that may have gone unnoticed
- WWDC favorites a week on
APFS and Catalina
- Casey's SSD
Mac Pro
- Pegasus enclosures
- Tim/Jony hole/lattice design conversation
  - G4 Cube
Userspace drivers
- AppStories #114: Craig Federighi: The AppStories Interview
- FUSE
#askatp:
- How to choose a macro lens? (via Colton Belfils)
  - The Digital Picture
- What should one do to protect old computers? (via James Andrews)
- How does Marco treat Tesla's "Autopilot"? (via Krystian)

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329: Mac Pro Day Jun 04, 2019

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Our live show from WWDC 2019!

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328: The Pixel Stump May 30, 2019

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Follow-up:
macOS 10.15's System Partition
- System Integrity Protection
New iPod touch
Guilherme Rambo's Screenshot Leaks
- iOS 13
  - Blending Stump
- macOS 10.15
Apple Pro Display
Pontificating about the Mac Pro
...oh yeah and some other WWDC stuff.
Post-show: What's owning a 10-year computer really like?

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327: Better Late Than Wrong May 23, 2019

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Follow-up:
- "Interactive version control" comic
- "Preview for video"
  - Videoloupe (via Matthew Schaffer)
  - LumaFX
  - Perfect Horizon (via Jan Östlund)
  - Telestream Switch+
Vignette (App Store Link)
Marco's AirPlay 2 "Greycation"
- AVSampleBufferRenderSynchronizer
- Castro
Playdate
Apple's Refreshed MacBook Pros
- Gruber's take
Post-show:
- Marco's editing suite

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326: Blow Your Redo Stack May 16, 2019

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Pre-show: Bug-out bags and disaster planning
Follow-up:
- THANK YOU for buying T-Shirts!
- John's "Frame Game"
Apple's fix for the new ZombieLoad Intel CPU exploit
- HeartBleed
Steve T-S on macOS 10.15 house-cleaning
#askatp:
- Are comments in code a "code smell"? (via Alex White)
  - SE-0004: Remove ++ and -- operators
- How does John rate movies? (via Dan Provost)
  - John's Letterboxd
- What's our WWDC EDC? (via M Roselius)
  - Chase Reeves' BagWorks and YouTube channel
  - Peak Design Everyday Backpack
  - Tom Bihn Synapse 25 and 19
  - Nomatic Travel Pack
  - Arktype Dashpack
  - Casey's Go Pack
  - Swift Cup Coffee
  - Tom Bihn Organizer Pouch
  - RAVPower 45W GaN USB-C charger (Marco's favorite)
  - Anker 30W GaN USB-C charger or 2-port 60W
  - Aukey 18W USB-C charger (the 30W GaN version disappeared recently for some reason; if it comes back, get it instead)
  - Apple USB-C to USB-C charge cable
  - Apple USB-C to Lightning cable
Post-show:
- John's Letterboxd statistics
- Casey's forthcoming app
- Independence

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325: Relive Your Calculator-Watch Dreams May 09, 2019

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Follow-up:
- MDM parental-control conspiracy theory
- Jury-duty technology
  - iPod Nano 5th-gen had a video camera
  - Nintendo Play-Yan
Bloomberg's WWDC round-up
- AvantGo
- Gboard (App Store link)
- Due
- The Law of Leaky Abstractions
- BestPhotos
- California dial
  - Nomos Club Campus
  - Panerai Radiomir California
#askatp:
- What do we listen to when we code? (via Thom Bullock)
- How do we configure Macs used by other family members? (via Nick)
- What resources help us be... slightly less ignorant white dudes? (via Brie Macnish)
Post-show: Marco at the Movies: Ronin

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324: Automatic Kicking Machine May 03, 2019

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Follow-up:
- Australia Post's website link guidelines (via Robb McAlavey)
- How could one leverage copyright to block podcasts in clients?
Clip sharing with Overcast
- AVAssetExportSession
- animationTool
Overcast for macOS
New York Times on Apple "cracking down" on MDM apps
- Apple response
- Secondary Schiller response
#askatp:
- What naming convention do we use for stuff on our Macs? (via Keegan Sands)
- Why does Apple bother with AWS? (via Patrick)
- What are our favorite sports cars? (via Paul Wood III)
Post-show: Marco gets summoned to jury duty

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323: A Slightly Smaller Thumb Apr 25, 2019

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Our thanks to The Iconfactory for helping us out with the T-Shirt designs this year.

Pre-show: Amazing refrigerator episode of Reconcilable Differences
ATP Store
- Iconfactory Patreon
- Iconfactory apps
Follow-up on Intel exiting the cellular-modem business:
- Thoughts from anonymous Intel tipsters
- Thoughts from an IP lawyer
Luminary's missteps
- The Pen Addict
More from Gui Rambo
Post-show: Quarterbacking WWDC
- 2013 Mac Pro announcement
- The Case for a True Mac Pro Successor

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