John's 2026 Picks: M5 Ultra and Displays

• Pre-show: Casey has a question for Marco
  • LivePhish
  • Goose on Bandcamp
  • Nugs
• Thank you, ATP Patrons!
• Follow-up:
  • Cord-cutting
    • Casey on Downstream
    • suppose.tv
  • Multi-select in iOS Contacts.app (via many, including Simon Ljungberg)
  • The Studio Display is $1600 (via Greg Seay)
    • Quinn’s video on making a 5K display
  • Display flickering (via Stephen Perelson)
    • This started in late 2020 with Big Sur
    • Temporal dithering (AKA Frame rate control)
    • Stillcolor to disable temporal dithering on macOS
    • BetterDisplay for turning on and off GPU dithering
      • Docs
  • PlayStation Portal
    • …works with PlayStation Plus
    • …but really needs solid Wi-Fi
    • …and doesn’t support Wi-Fi 6
    • …and requires wired or first-party Bluetooth headphones
  • Double-tap title bar to Fill (via Chirag Desai)
    • Knowedge base
    • System Settings → Desktop & Dock → Window title bar double-click action → Fill
  • Wi-Fi 7
    • Ubiquiti’s Wi-Fi 7 implementation is not great (via Reid)
      • WPA3
    • WPA3 is not well supported (via USB Type-Steve)
    • Alternatively, try band steering (via Patch)
    • Wi-Fi Pro Abraham Vegh weighs in
    • …as does pro Saul Sutherland
    • John’s Eero Max 7 setup
  • Thread vs. Matter
    • Thread
    • Matter
    • Derek Seaman’s series
    • To run Matter in HA, you need a separate container
  • Apple Fitness+ and Quitter’s Day
    • Bodi
• ASML & TSMC
  • Extreme ultraviolet lithography
  • Veritasium: The Ridiculous Engineering of the World’s Most Important Machine
  • Asianometry: ASML: TSMC’s Critical Supplier, Explained
    • TSMC Analysis playlist
  • The Spectacular Failure of the Star Wars Hotel
• Tech stuff we’re looking forward to in 2026
  • Gartner hype cycle
  • The Trow of Disillusionment
• Post-show: Casey bought something silly
  • Quinn’s video
  • GL i.Net
  • /r/ubiquiti
  • Teleport
  • Extremely dodgy firmware upgrade approach
  • Portainer
• Members-only ATP Overtime: Strange form factor rumors for forthcoming iPhones
  • The Information
  • MacRumors
  • Mockup image & video
  • Jason’s & Stepen’s posts
  • iPhone fold display quietly debuted at CES?

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