The History of the Arcade

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The arcade was once a place where the best games were, but now it's just junk. Modern arcades are essentially MAME cabinets with old video games inside. "I don't even know what's in those arcade things," he says.

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Pre-show: Marco has e-reader pre-show follow-up
Follow-up:
- Mac Pro Believe art update (thanks, Cristofer Cruz)
- Quick Callsheet Recap
  - Someone help Casey with focusing a .searchable() text field, please!
  - Introspect for SwiftUI
  - Marco’s SwiftUI error message
- Emil Jensen’s 2FA iOS shortcut for iCloud keychain
  - prefs:root=PASSWORD&search=2fa
- CarPlay
  - Rental cars (via Milad Cerkic)
  - At what cost? (via Dave Nicholls)
    - The Verge in 2019
  - Ford CEO doubles down on CarPlay
- More nostalgia via Michael Hannemann
Rapid Security Responses & Cryptexes
- Adam Engst at TidBITS
#askatp:
- Will consumers actually buy a 15” MacBook Air? (via Ben)
- Is HDR and Dolby Vision worth it? (via Torstein)
- What are our thoughts about standing desks? (via Nick from Toronto)
  - Fully Jarvis
    - 60” × 27”, Stone, Unpowered Grommets, silver legs, 3 stage, programmable handset, with cable management
  - Fully Jax Dual Monitor Arm
  - VariDesk
  - Fog Creek’s desks (2008)
  - Uplift
Post-show:
- People love their cars, too
- Marco went to Dave & Busters
- MAME