Accidental Tech Podcast

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**Accidental Tech Podcast**

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

Latest Episodes:

112: The Problem Is You Apr 09, 2015

Show notes

Follow-up:
- There are some nice people on Twitter
- MacBook Pros and external displays
  - Specs page
  - Grandma's Boy's seat/display setup
- Scrubbing streaming video
- Koenigsegg "One to One"
- PowerPC Macs with x86 hardware compatibility, PC users, and the power button
- Meta-discussion about the show format
  - In-N-Out Secret Menu
  - Upgrade #30
Scroll hijacking and modern web design
Apple Watch reviews
Purchase intentions
- Casey "definitely won't" be getting the 42mm Space Black Link Bracelet (Suuuure. —Ed.)
- Marco is preordering the 42mm Stainless with Black Leather Loop
- John won't be getting the 42mm Space Gray Sport, but everyone else in the geek world probably will

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111: That Big Ring Underground Somewhere in Europe Apr 04, 2015

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Follow-up:
- Pork food safety
- F-16 and F/A-18 control sticks
- External displays and the current MacBook Pro
- "This never would have happened if Steve was alive"
  - Comparing past actions versus intentions
  - The Macalope's take
- Marco is sleepy and Casey is envious
  - Siracusa's reference
- Fabrication of DRAM versus SRAM
ARM Macs and roadmap rumors
Apple TV
HBO Now and Apple
- FAQ
- NFL Sunday Ticket
Post-show Accidental Analog(ue):
- Twitter
- Rescue Time
- Private versus public communities
- Casey's Apple Pay blog post
- The Year of Outrage
- Catcalls in NYC video
- Communication vector overdose
  - Slack

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110: And on That Bombshell… Mar 27, 2015

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Follow-up:
- Pronunciation of Marques Brownlee
- Has Intel Skylake been delayed?
- Reasons for MacBook limitations
  - 16 GB RAM
  - 1 USB port
- RAM and silicon process sizes
Apple apps updated to use Force Touch trackpad
- New MacBook missing 3-finger drag?
Tim Cook's model-lineup philosophy
Intel SkyLake and the wireless PC
- WiDi
- WiGig
Nintendo and DeNA Partnership
- Kotaku
- Pokémon could be bad
Post-show about the presumed demise of Top Gear:

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109: Bigger in the Pocket Mar 21, 2015

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Follow-up:
- Tipster's compatriot
  - Nintendo World Championships
  - Stadium Events - The rare Nintendo cartridge that starts with an "s."
- McLaren F1 resale
- Bluetooth headphones
  - Casey's headphones
  - Marco's Bluetooth headphones (discontinued)
  - AptX codec
  - VoiceOver (via @lioncourt)
- Watch Edition pricing
- Gold video
- MacBook
  - Faster flash
  - John knows about the existing spacebars
  - Mockup by @damnweather
  - Ports
    - MKBHD prediction
    - Jony Ive on design
- Naysayer notions
Post-show:
- Did you hear that larger iPhones were released last fall?

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108: Zero is Better Than One Mar 12, 2015

Show notes

Pre-Show: Last Exile
Follow-Up:
- More on Crossy Road
  - Previously on ATP 94, 95, 96
  - Previous interview with Crossy Road creators
- Anonymous tips from last episode
Monday's Apple Event
- New MacBook
- Performance is on par with a 2012 MacBook Air
- Handbrake
- Broadwell
- Robert Thomas' tweet
- USB-C to USB Adapter
- Jason Snell on the keyboard
- Keyboard comparison GIF
- Internals
- 13-inch nearly-borderless Dell laptop
- Will Apple kill the headphone jack?
- Expandable iPads
- John's post about thin and light Apple hardware
- Apple "hockey puck" mouse
Post-show:
- Impacts of new MacBook technology on other Mac laptops
  - Butterfly keyboard
- Apple Watch
  - Gruber's original predictions and his last-second updates
  - Marco's theory about the Edition
  - BGR on pricing from perspective of a watch person
  - Casey's daily watch
  - Casey's special-occasion watch
  - Panerai
  - Red/Gold Edition
  - John's Watch preference
  - Casey's aspirational Watch preference
  - Marco's original Watch preference
  - Marco's new Watch preference
  - Paper Apple Watches
  - Casey's more-likely-to-buy Watch preference... except he isn't buying one. Really. Maybe.

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107: We Get the Most Boring Tips Mar 05, 2015

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Pre-show: How Marco and John approach owning nice things
Follow-up:
- Tesla margins (as brought up by William Fairaday)
- Being enthusiastic about your "team"
  - Tesla vs. Top Gear
  - Tesla vs. The New York Times
- Heathrow's self-driving pods (via Michael Luís Brown)
  - West Virginia University's PRT – more on Wikipedia
- One ship pollutes as much as 50M cars (also via Michael Luís Brown)
  - TED Talk – start at 8:00 (via Nick Thain)
  - The Guardian on ships' pollution
- Tesla's supply chain (via Sam Abuelsamid)
- CAN bus
  - America's Right to Repair Act
  - BMW ENET cable
  - Sample OBD2 to Wi-Fi bridge
  - Expensive BMW app Casey mentioned (iTunes link)
  - Tim Cook on Apple Watch replacing car keys
  - BMW Remote app (iTunes link)
Apple's "Spring Forward" Event
- 12" Retina MacBook Air
- Jason Snell on receiving tips
- Apple Watch technology page, including Force Touch
Post-show:
- Apple Watch Pricing
  - ATP #82
  - ATP #83
  - ATP #84
  - Veblen Goods

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106: That’s Slightly Right Feb 27, 2015

Show notes

Follow-up:
- Tesla and "customer sat"
  - Tweet from Elon Musk
- Apple's Minivan
- Apple/Tesla poaching
  - 9to5Mac staff details
  - 9to5Mac on hiring of Mercedes Benz head of R&D
- What is Apple building?
  - Jason Snell at Six Colors
  - Fortune
- Sugar water explained
- Auto parts suppliers
- Maybe it's not a car after all? Or perhaps they're self-driving?
- China and manufacturing capacity
Pebble Time
- Connected
Post-show:
- Marco did his homework

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105: Do You Want to Sell Sugar Phones for the Rest of Your Life? Feb 20, 2015

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Follow-up:
- Where does Apple use iCloud Core Data Sync?
  - Trailers App?
  - Keyboard Shortcuts?
- React in the objc.io interview with Andy Matuschak
Apple making a car?
Post-show:
- What shape would an Apple car take?
- Arguments about what cars are pretty

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- This week's toaster

104: Minutiæ Feb 12, 2015

Show notes

Follow-up
- Email to the show's feedback form
- What's a toaster oven?
  - The canonical "Breville"
  - J'SON
Photos.app does exist!
UXKit
- Also in Xcode?
- Guy English
New UI Frameworks & Paradigms
- Async Display Kit
  - SMP
- React Native
Post show:
- Marco GOes on another adventure
- Titles
  - LAME
  - MP3Rage

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103: An Atheist or a Howard Stern Fan Feb 06, 2015

Show notes

Using Safari's Inspector into the iOS Simulator
Follow-up:
- Handwriting recognition
- Marco hates everyone and their email
FCC and Net Neutrality
- Title II
- Tom Wheeler
Apple sensor cars
Running Overcast
- Linode
- Rackspace
- Digital Ocean
- Kryptos
- Vips
- ImageMagick
- libgd
Family Sharing woes
- Family Sharing in John's Yosemite review
Post-show:
- More Destiny woes
  - John's Destiny TV
  - UI issues
- John teases Marco
  - John's retweet
- Toaster judging criteria
- Neutral:
  - Casey drove an M4
    - Casey not driving an M5 well
  - The referenced Car and Driver article is on page 24 of the March 2015 issue
  - Elon Musk's tweet
  - P85D launch reactions (NSFW)
  - Cayman GT4
    - Rear spoiler
    - New versus old
  - Maintaining old supercars
    - Car and Driver Ferrari 355 ownership article appears on page 112 of the March 2015 issue
  - Ferrari 488

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