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**Accidental Tech Podcast**

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

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312: Fashion Phase Feb 07, 2019

Show notes

Pre-show: Marco's hideous audio code
- Accelerate vDSP framework
Follow-up:
- Google's enterprise certificate was revoked
- Facebook's was reinstated
- Apple apologizes for FaceTime bug and takes a field trip
- John's "MagSafe" MacBook Air
- Marco's USB-C light-up cable
- Marco's iPad screen protector
Angela Ahrendts leaving Apple
#askatp
- What external drives do we recommend? (via Steve Lowe)
- How does Reopen windows when logging back in work? (via Michael Haren)
  - The state of Mac web browsing
- What does Marco think about Spotify's acquisition of Gimlet? (via Alex Kadis)
  - Marco on Lex's show
  - Hello Internet #117: Bandersnatch
Post-show: John's gas station was updated
- Speedpass

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311: Mutually Assured Destruction Jan 31, 2019

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Follow-up:
- 👴🏻👴🏻👴🏻 screwed up "finsta"
- Debate over the prevalence of the stage lighting problem
- Silence of Siri and other IoT info
- Wireless Accessory Config
Does anyone doubt that Facebook is straight garbage?
Apple's FaceTime bug
Bloomberg/Gurman iPhone Scoop
#askatp
- Is it worth cleaning dust out of MacBooks? (via Oliver Dejon)
- Is it worth upgrading the CPU on a family iMac? (via Jeremy Kenison)
  - Geekbench Browser
- Is tweeting a good idea? (via Andrew)
Post-show:
- John is very angry at WeRateDogs
- Overcast Instant Search
- Casey's CR-V Review

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310: Apple Playstore Jan 24, 2019

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Follow-up:
- The Terminator saga continues
- "Apple One" feedback
Instagram, friendstagrams, and spam accounts
- Google+ Circles
John's Internet of Things
Casey's [Broader] Internet of Things
MacBook Pro "stage light" fault and iterative development
- American Original
#askatp
- What happens to projects like homebrew if the ARM transition happens? (via Andrew Jaffe)
- How do we avoid crapping on future tech that we don't inherently understand? (via John Wilander)
- How do we handle snark? Why is it so prevalent in tech? (via Mike McPhaden)
  - Analog(ue)
Post-show: What would you say it is you do here, Casey?

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309: Do Not Expect Five Nines From My Plex Jan 18, 2019

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Pre-show: Affluent bezelles (Overcast: bezelle, correction)
Follow-up: Casey's WAF-F20 waffle maker 🤤
John's Terminator woes
- Apple's universal subscription-management URL
- Movies Anywhere
iPhone Smart Battery Cases
Apple's 2019: what do we want, and what will affect Apple the most?
- iPad Mini and/or iPod Touch?
- iPhone Upgrade Program
#askatp
- Why didn't John buy a 2013 Mac Pro? (via Wojtek Pietrusiewicz)
- Do we all play Super Smash Brothers? (via Marco Silva)
Post-show: Three middle-aged men explain Instagram to each other
- Casey on Instagram

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308: Left-Handed Streaming Service Jan 10, 2019

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Pre-show: What is a jam band, mannnnn?
Follow-up:
- Unshaky
- China is an equal-opportunity financial disappointment for everyone
Firefox is still a thing
Apple is putting iTunes and/or AirPlay 2 in various TVs
MicroLED
#askatp
- What Siri Shortcuts do we use? (via FoTS Todd Vaziri)
  - Casey's old "on my way home" workflow
- How does one preserve podcasts? (via Fred McCann)
  - Cool URIs don't change
- Apparently something Destiny-related. Your show notes author tuned out. Thanks a lot, Graham Wetzler.
Post-show: Is today Mac Pro day?

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307: Casey Apple Pencil Jan 04, 2019

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Happy new year!
John reviews the Tesla Model 3
John reviews Casey's Volvo XC90
John reviews Casey's iPad Pro
- Casey's sticker situation
Casey reviews his Apple Pencil
- SketchParty TV
Marco reviews Linea
- Linea blog post
Screen protector update
Apple's financial news
- Gruber's take
- Ben Thompson's warning in 2017
Is falling stock price going to cause a retention problem?
- Gruber on retention in 2013
- RSU
#askatp
- What does John think about the Nintendo Switch controller? (via Josh A.)
  - Reconcilable Differences
  - Hypercritical #49: Pinching the Harmonica
- How will the new AirPods charge? (via Ankur Oberoi)
- What's up with Apple putting Beats stereos in Volkswagens? (via NEN)
Post show
- More on Beats
  - Beats partnerships
  - VW Jetta
- HomeKit
  - Wemo plug

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305: An Uneasy Peace Dec 18, 2018

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Follow-up:
Apple Music sunsets Connect
Microsoft Edge is coming to macOS
- ATP #8: Hold Me!
- Hacker News post
NPR's Remote Audio Data (RAD) spec
#askatp
- What's important for a new TV? (via Kapila Wimalaratne)
- How does one compress a ripped Blu-ray? (via Iván)
- How do I learn the command line? (via Brian Edwards)
  - man page
  - Unix Power Tools

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304: Island of Shortcuts Dec 13, 2018

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Marco's lost video
Casey reviews a product that Marco loves
- Patagonia Micro-Puff Hoody
Accidental Trunk Podcast
- An update on Marco's Tesla problems
  - What is the mystery box in the trunk?
- i3 frunk is not weather-sealed
- Casey's superior cars
- Porsche Panamera
- Audi A7
- BMW 3-series GT
- Porsche Taycan
The power of macOS
- Virtual output device for simultaneous multi-Bluetooth-headphone listening via Audio MIDI Setup
- Descent and Thrustmaster Joysticks
  - QWOP
  - Colony
    - Walkthrough video 1 & video 2
Fixing a tricky Overcast crashing bug
- How does Marco manage bugs?
  - TaskPaper
  - Things
Shortcuts vs. the command line
- Script Debugger
#askatp
- Why not use Dropbox or equivalent for everything? (via Drew Shannon)
- What kind of hardware should one get to run a Plex server? (via Justin Winchester)
  - NVIDIA Shield
  - Limitations when running Plex Media Server on NVIDIA SHIELD
- How do we balance work and play? (via Eric Wagner)
Post show Neutral: Electric cars
- Audi e-tron GT concept
- Honda Insight

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303: Your Mahogany World Dec 06, 2018

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Follow-up:
- Another iSH and youtube-dl update
  - Unknown encoder 'copy'
  - Github issue
Maybe 8K is all about @3x?
- PenTile
More theories on Apple price increases
- Comparing modern devices against their premiere versions
- What about tariffs? (via Andy Hansen)
Is Apple's prioritization of profit over marketshare the right approach?
- Upgrade #222: That's Not a Plan
Marco flies next to a Microsoft commercial
- Apple's other operating system
#askatp
- Do we have opinions about endianness? (via Matt Christensen)
  - Two's complement
- Are "real" cameras really better than the really good iPhone cameras? (via David Beck)
  - Casey's camera
  - Marco's camera
- What's the highest value food item, quality vs. effort? (via Brent Traut)
  - Marco's cashews
  - Briermere Farms
Post show: Marco's Tesla robbery
- Early lease rumors

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