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Accidental Tech Podcast

by Marco Arment, Casey Liss, John Siracusa

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

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270: Three Major Zippers

Backpacks:
HomePod sales look bad
CloudFlare goes ARM
When was Apple's heyday?
#askatp
- What if the Apple Mac CPU is neither ARM nor x86? (via Colin McKellar)
- Cribbing cooling from the iMac Pro for future not-Pro iMacs (via Scott Nourse)
- How would Apple have treated the Mac Pro and Mac Mini in years past? (via Nick Alexander)
Post-show: Topics we don't feel we need to cover

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Posted on 18 April 2018 | 2:52 pm

269: Cooled by Jellyfish

Follow-up:
- iPhone throttling notification
- macOS 10.13.4 32-bit warnings
  - Learn More...
- ProClip mounts (via Sean Harding)
- Casey's bloody car rags are called "hucks" and are available on Amazon
- Lyft subscriptions? (via Zac Bir)
- San Jose isn't as small as your hosts think it is. Or so we're told. 🤷🏻‍♂️
The Mac Pro and Apple's Pro Workflow Team
#askatp
- Coffee gear (via Bosie Mon Crieff and Doggo Boii)
  - Hand grinders: the skinny one that sucks and the Skerton that sucks less
  - Marco's pricy Hottop Roaster, Basic
    - Midrange pick: Behmor 1600 Plus
    - Entry-level pick: Use an air popper
  - Fancy instant coffees:
    - Sudden Coffee (most convenient)
    - Swift Cup (best tasting)
    - Viola Coffee (smallest to pack)
  - Baratza Virtuoso grinder
  - Brewing methods:
    - AeroPress for small amounts
    - Hario V60 size 03 pour-over for larger amounts
    - Oxo cold-brew maker (not mentioned in the show, but good for cold-brew)
- Which TiVo should one use? (via Bryce Mintie)
- Which clipboard manager? (via KG)
  - Casey uses Alfred
  - Marco uses LaunchBar
  - John uses Pastebot
  - Previously: Jumpcut
Post-show
- Around the Corner

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Posted on 13 April 2018 | 1:33 am

268: A Tarnished Brass Age

Follow-up:
- HAM radio and GMRS licenses
- New iOS onboarding screens are indeed about GDPR
- Education feedback
  - Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
- Pulsating help prompts
iCloud's free storage
Classroom for Mac: What does it mean?
Inductive charging is great. Who knew‽
Apple to use its own CPUs in Macs?
- ATPTipster: "bug multiplier"
- Rocket app
#askatp
- Lyft at WWDC? (via ohples)
- Should we use the new CloudFlare DNS? (via Bart Hoefs)
- External GPUs for John? (via Josh Rapoport)
Post-show Neutral:

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Posted on 5 April 2018 | 4:47 pm

267: I Slowly Ate the Crystals

Pre-show: Marco's road trip
- Sudden Coffee
- Underscore David Smith's travel coffee kit
Follow-up:
- Breath of the Wild and the Wii U
- Space Gray accessories are available to everyone
  - Keyboard
  - Mouse
  - Trackpad
ATP Live at WWDC
Walkie talkies for tandem road trips
Apple's education event
- Joe Cieplinksi on Twitter
The new 9.7" iPad
- Logitech Crayon
#askatp
- Best bang-for-your-buck Apple products (via Chris Ovrebo)
- Musical ATP hosts (via Anson Jablinski)
- Backpacks for 15" MBP (via "The Italian Stallion" (not John))
  - Casey:
    - Tom Bihn Cadet
    - Tom Bihn Synapse
  - Marco:
  - John:
    - L.L. Bean Quad Pack
- Packing cubes
Post-show: Impossible feats of packing by "Underscore" David Smith

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Posted on 31 March 2018 | 7:07 pm

266: Text Adventure Mode

Follow-up:
- Compound commands in cylinders
- You shut down your computer because of a problem...
- GDPR
  - Personal data
  - PCI
  - HIPAA
This keyboard feels so real, mannnnnn...
Apple is developing its own display tech
#askatp
- What's the deal with gaming consoles and "bits"? (via Simon Ejsing)
- What's the deal with sports? (via Johnny O)
- What's the deal with Instagram? (via TT On Air)
  - Reconcilable Differences
Post-show Neutral
- Jaguar iPace
- Cars of Ronin

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Posted on 23 March 2018 | 1:43 pm

265: Simon Says Volume Five

Follow-up:
- Onboarding and GDPR
  - GDPR for web developers
- Slack 💔 IRC
Alexa can solicit follow-up
Siri drama at The Information
- Daring Fireball writeup
Crumb-proof keyboards
MacBook Air refresh?
- The Talk Show #219: Podcast Amnesia
MacBook fantasies
- Casey's USB-C → SD Card Reader
- Anker USB-C charger
WWDC 2018 announced
Apple acquires Texture
- Zinio
#askatp
- Migrations between Macs (via Matt Wallin)
- Polite language in user interfaces (via Bill Balinor)
  - Apple dialog
- Video game completionists (via Chad Toporski)
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Posted on 15 March 2018 | 10:15 pm

264: Every Building Has Bugs

Follow-up:
- Laptop arrow keys
  - Dell's abomination
- Erin and Alexa
Onboard all the things
Apple Park is hazardous
#askatp
- Automotive windowing strategies (via Vamsi)
- Slack on Mac vs. IRC (via Peter Gosling)
- The Halting Problem (via Juan Pablo Rodríguez)
  - John's original tweet
  - Fork bomb
Post-show Neutral: What car would we pick for our other hosts?

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Posted on 7 March 2018 | 9:49 pm

263: Old Potato

Follow-up:
- John is on NoMAD
  - Active Directory
  - Jamf's blog post
Casey adopts a new child
- Timber
- Fireball
- AnyList
- Nexia
AOL Instant Messenger handles
- ICQ
Vulkan is coming to macOS
- More from AnandTech
- Metal
Apple's dual-display patent
- ATP #193: The Escape Zone
#asktiff
#askatp
- Max out ❤️ or 🍩? (via Jimmy Bosse)
- 👾 nostalgia (via Brian Middleton)
- 📷 for beginners (via Simon Tännler)
Post-show: Playing for Fun

Guest-starring Tiffany Arment!

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Posted on 1 March 2018 | 9:52 pm

262: A Clear Path to Okayness

Casey's new career of missing obvious programming solutions
Siri all up in Daniel Jalkut's business
Sonos and wood
Who has a HomePod?
- Echo Spot
- Google Home Mini
Doubting Apple
- "No wireless. Less space than a Nomad. Lame."
- Creative Nomad
Siri
- The Talk Show #215: The "Press Real Hard" Era
Apple pumps the brakes
- Six Colors 2017 report card
- Steven Sinofsky tweets: 28, 31, 32, End
#askatp
- Modular Mac Pro saves the Mac Mini? (via Barton Meeks)
- Why should one avoid monkeying with framerates? (via Alastair Campbell)
  - MakeMKV
- How do you preserve ebooks? (via Benjamin Esham)
  - Calibre
Post-show: Post-show Neutral: Car buying challenge

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Posted on 24 February 2018 | 5:56 pm