Accidental Tech Podcast

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**Accidental Tech Podcast**

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

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232: You’ve Exceeded Some Limit Jul 25, 2017

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The A10X is 10nm as per AnandTech
- Source & Drain
- Larrabee
Netflix credits skipping
- John's original complaint
Community management
- Disney may have wanted to buy Twitter... a long time ago
- Player Unknown's Battlegrounds
Odd Overcast crash
Post-show: Mongoose Californian
- Alternative image
- Storming Mortal #15: Apple Kool-Aid and the Mongoose (dated 18 June 2014)
- John realizes his full potential
- Pee Wee's bike
- Huffy White Heat

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231: I Am Not a Salad Power User Jul 20, 2017

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Follow-up:
- Calibrating a TV
  - Rtings TV Settings
  - Chopt or SaladWorks
  - Smart Signage
  - Samsung Frame TV
  - THX Tune-Up app
    - Lightning Digital AV Adapter
    - Panic's surprise
  - Sony / 7669
- Marco's discontinued small speaker amp: NuForce Dia. Some alternatives Marco has considered (but not tested!):
  - Grace Digital GDI-BTAR513, $110
  - SMSL Q5, $140
  - NuForce DDA-120, $300
  - Teac AI-301DA, $350
  - NAD D 3020, $400
- Type-C Personality
- OLED image retention
  - Marco's image retention test
- Apple's silence on Net Neutrality
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1Password kerfuffle
- Their blog post
- TextExpander
Overcast UI Dilemma
- Under the Radar #87: Old Code vs. New APIs
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
Post-show: Neutral: Casey's latest impulse buy
- The family

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230: Auto, Dynamic, Fresh, Dank Jul 14, 2017

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Follow-up:
- Windows Hello
- mDNSResponder
- On rewriting dyld
- Mac IIfx
  - F/X
  - Movie Magic
Marco's latest impulse buy
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann (a brief return of the Summer 2014 remix)
Post-show:
- Double Dare
  - Let People Enjoy Things
  - Oral History of Double Dare
- Net Neutrality

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229: Just Smush the Screen Somewhere Jul 06, 2017

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Follow-up:
- DragonDrop replacement: Yoink (App Store)
- Mac stuff for 👵🏻👴🏻 (including Stephen Hackett)
- dyld vs. dyldd vs. closured
- App launch time thanks to dyld
  - Relevant WWDC 2016 talk
- Encoding/decoding new formats on old hardware
  - Sorenson
- WebRTC and Opus
iOS 11 Multitasking
- Connected with Federico Viticci, Myke Hurley, Stephen Hackett
- Canvas with Fraser Speirs and Federico Viticci
- Cortex with CGP Grey and Myke Hurley
- Upgrade with Jason Snell and Myke Hurley
- WIMP
New iPhone Rumors
- Connected #149: Caramel
- Sneakers
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
Post-show: LG UltraFine 5K Display

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228: I Never Cancel a Drag Jun 29, 2017

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Follow-up:
- MacBook Adorable
  - Example multi-use hub
  - Casey's Review
- Keyboard "shim kit"
- USB-C hubs
  - Belkin hub
- HomePod's "screen"
  - Marco's favorite follow-up ever in Analog(ue) #10
Echo Show
iOS Drag and Drop
- Dr. Wave
- DragonDrop
dyld 3
- App Startup Time: Past, Present, Future
Marco gets his VBR wish
- Original ATP discussion (Overcast timestamp link)
- This episode, for example:
  - Official CBR version, 80 MB
  - VBR version, 56 MB
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
Post-show:
- PC Convertible
- Spaaaaacccccceeeeeee

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227: Typing on Pillows Jun 22, 2017

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Follow-up:
- Serenity Caldwell on the new iPad
- Ryan Jones makes some observations
  - New lock & power off behavior
  - "Offload"ing unused apps
    - Springboard treatment
- Steve Troughton-Smith makes some observations
  - Spaces persistence
    - Spatial Finder
  - Document-based apps' launch UI
- FaceTime capture of Live Photos
- ADAs and default apps
- HEIF is good! is good
- 32-bit support "sunset" in macOS
  - Non-fragile ivars
- High Sierra Format
  - CD caddy
- APFS is good!
- iMac Pro price comparison
- Oddities between iMac Tiers
- HomeKit is available to all
- Apps can allow "programming environments"
- App Store reviews don't have to reset on update
- Keynote presentation diversity
- Siracusa reviews Goodfellas
Casey got a MacBook Adorable
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
Post-show:
- WWDC doughnuts
- TitleCase.com

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226: Smooth Scrolling Is For Suckers Jun 15, 2017

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Pre-show: Lots of Follow Up
John's ancient, slow, Mac Pro
APFS WWDC session and file name encoding
- Norm forms
- Compression vs. HFS+
iOS 11
- Dots vs. Bars for signal strength
- Drop of third party service integration
  - Perhaps the APIs were removed?
- Many touch options for iOS 11 home screens on non-Force Touch devices
- Log your friends into your WiFi
- Multiple file uploads → Mobile Safari
Tidbits from The Talk Show #193: Crack Marketing Team
tvOS
iCloud storage: 1TB → 2TB
Sonnet eGFX
Apple Wireless Keyboard A1016
New iPads
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
Post-show:
- Casey steals something from WWDC
- Marco holds court at Social Policy (more on Run Loop and Under the Radar)
- Jackets and pins
- WWDC Food
  - Philadelphia cream cheese brick

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225: A Conversation with Siri Jun 06, 2017

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Our WWDC 2017 live show!

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224: Yearning for Reflection Jun 01, 2017

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Follow up:
- Multiple versions of photos
- Quietly improving MacBook Pro keyboards
Pre-WWDC hopes and dreams
- Upgrade #143: The WWDC Keynote Draft 2017
- What If the iPad Smart Keyboard Had a Trackpad?
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann

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223: Throw the Fork Away May 25, 2017

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Follow up:
- Those ✂️️🔑
- More on box lunches!
Denise Young Smith: VP, HR → VP, Inclusion & Diversity
Thunderbolt to become royalty-free (Intel press release)
Apple Siri-speaker-with-screen
Google I/O
Kotlin
- Compared to Swift
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann

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