Navigating the Car Buying Process as a Tech Nerd

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The hosts provide practical advice on car buying for tech enthusiasts with no prior experience, discussing negotiation strategies, research tips, and personal anecdotes. They emphasize the importance of preparation, knowledge, and assertiveness when dealing with car dealerships.

Pre-show: SD-card failures
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Follow-up:
- The “unpatchable” M-series exploit
  - Explanatory video
  - Hector Martin found the “chicken bit”
    - ARM Exception Levels
  - DMP
- Y’all don’t read the show notes, huh? 😏
  - LG DualUp Monitor
- An 🎵 accidental 🎵 rant about the state of podcasting today
  - DAI
- Would a M3-family chip really have no efficiency cores? (via Matthaus Woolard)
  - Max Tech’s take on “M4 Ultra” rumors
  - Reticle limits
    - NVIDIA GH100 GPU
- Apple laying off 700+ workers
  - MacRumors
- Apple 🤝🏻 Shutterstock
  - Reuters
- Apple’s in-box iPhone “Presto” flashing machine
Casey has tried Spatial Personas
- Upgrade #507: Differently Social
- Game Room (App Store link)
  - Battleship
- Gucci (App Store link)
  - Trailer
- Turok
Ask ATP:
- How does one buy a car? (via Chandler Kent)
  - CarEdge
  - Deal School 3.0
- What even is ownership, these days? (via Anonymous)
  - Egghead Software
  - SimCity copy protection (the red image on the right-hand side)
  - Overton Window
- This article says Catalyst is abandoned; is it? (via Jonathan Sibley)
Post-show: Rivian Bluetooth & Fast-Charging Sitrep
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