Accidental Tech Podcast

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**Accidental Tech Podcast**

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

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172: iPhone X Jun 02, 2016

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Last call for ATP Shirts! Sale ends on Friday ATP-time!
John's attic
More on the rumored new MBPs
- USB Power Delivery
External Retina Display
- Thunderbolt Display
Apple opening Siri
iPhone 7 "tick"?
Apple considered buying Time Warner
- Eddy Cue at the Warriors game
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
Post-show: New Top Gear

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171: WWDC Is Not Santa Claus May 26, 2016

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Pre-show: ATP Shirts!
- BMW M
- Marco's illustration
Follow-up:
- App Store review times
  - The Talk Show #154 - Facebook on Your Face
- Force quitting apps on Android & iOS
Rumored new MacBook Pro
Apple Opening Siri & Developing Echo Rival
Getting the best from both Apple and Google
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
Post-show: Casey's identity crisis
- Google Photos
- Connected #92 - My Relationship with the Status Bar

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170: Casey Beats John, 29–29 May 20, 2016

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Buy ATP 2016 T-shirts by June 3!
Follow-up:
- Foodgate 2016
  - Yale/Harvard
- Bing bans "tech support" ads
- Debunking an Apple/podcasting conspiracy theory
App Store approval times
Google I/O
- Keynote
- Google Home
  - Weebles
- Google Allo
  - Ello
  - Font size interaction demo
- Google Duo & Knock Knock
- Android N
  - Vulkan
  - JIT compilation
  - Multitasking
  - Instant Apps
    - OpenDoc
- Android Wear 2.0
  - Graffiti
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
Post-show: Compulsive app quitters

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169: My Fingers Are Still Moving May 13, 2016

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Casey's iPhone battery woes
- John's drug days in Reconcilable Differences #25: Zarro Droogs
Tesla's In-Car Purchase
- BMW N55 AccessPort
- BMW Performance Power Kit
Follow-up: Mere-exposure effect
New York Times article on Apple meeting with podcasters
Viv & Hound
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
Post-show:
- New Instagram Icon
- A tour of bad food

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168: Coffee Stops Working May 06, 2016

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Pre-show:
- Our lack of T-shirts
- Casey's "Doppelgänger"
- Casey's "Doppelgänger's" Twin Brother
Follow-up:
- No more WWDC failed-charge issues
- Volvo trashes Tesla
  - SAE Automated Driving Levels
- Ejecting volumes in Windows
Overcast quicksync
- Unit testing is a Good Thing™
- CloudKit JS
- CloudKit pros and cons
Quitter
- Automatic Social Discipline
- RescueTime
Apple is doomed
- Apple's Organizational Crossroads
- Jason Snell on Apple financing original content
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
Post-show:
- John's mom got hacked
- Windows XP ad bumper sounds

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167: They’ve Opened the Door to Streakers Apr 25, 2016

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John was on vacation in California
WWDC 2016 tickets and considerations
Follow-up on EV charging stations
- ChargePoint.com
MacBook One update
- MKBHD pokes fun at himself
  - Original video
More on ad bumper sounds
WWDC 2016 changes
John buys new hardware
- iPad Silicone Case
- Smart Cover
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
Post-show:
- John blogged!
  - Top Four
- Others' perception of Tesla drivers
  - i3
  - Tesla Model X

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166: Fitness Turd Apr 20, 2016

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Tesla facelift
- Neutral #3: A Bra Phase
Follow-up:
- Superchargers vs. gas stations
- SAE's automated driving levels
- Amazon Echo, Dash Button, and Siri outside the U.S.
  - Siri feature availability
- Networking gear
  - Ubiquiti's 8-port PoE switch
  - Marco's big HP 1810G-24 switch
  - Ubiquiti IP camera
  - Ubiquiti UniFi Cloud Key instead of installing Java
More on TextExpander changes
Bleeps and Bloops
Apple's 40th and the iMac
Poor Apple Watch
- Louis CK video
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
Post-show: macOS proposal
- Steve Troughton-Smith's WWDC wishlist post

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165: Time Was… Apr 12, 2016

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Follow-up: Tesla model naming
Today's Tesla Autopilot, tomorrow's self-driving cars?
Marco's surveillance camera
Recalling our early Apple memories as Apple turns 40
- Oregon Trail
- BASIC
- Inside Out
- OS/2
- Macintosh IIfx
- iPod Nano
- Diamond Rio
- PowerBook G4
- Cygwin
- Half Life 2
- Ubuntu
- Syndicate
- Dark Castle
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
Post-show: TextEdit Woes

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164: Waiting for the Bla-Bloop Apr 08, 2016

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Flash drives for car music
- Samsung Flash Drive Fit
- Marco's modification
Follow-up:
- Apple and renewable energy
- Purple Safari
  - 1Password stable override
  - 1Password beta
TextExpander 6's controversial move to subscription pricing
Marco's adventures in home automation
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
Post-show Neutral: Tesla Model 3

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163: Wet Right Thumb Apr 01, 2016

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Pre-show: Theories on seasonal allergies
Follow-up: Walmart is slightly less evil than we thought, at least in renewable energy
- Sustainability
- Walmart's Approach to Renewable Energy (PDF)
Will we ever see USB ports on the iPad Pro?
- Lightning to USB 3 Camera Adapter
Ubuntu on Windows
Destiny and a dimming/hiding HUD
NPM's recent disaster
- NPM
- NuGet
- CocoaPods
- CPAN
- Camel's dependencies
- CoffeeScript
- Typescript
Safari Technology Preview
- Announcement blog post
Intel ends Tick/Tock, introduces Tick/Tock/Thunk Process/Architecture/Optimization
- End of Moore's Law
Oculus Rift won't work until Apple "releases a good computer"
- Mac is fine for VR, but not for the Rift
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
Post show Neutral: Marco got a Tesla

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