Accidental Tech Podcast 668: So Happy for All Parties Involved
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Dec 4, 2025 Marco toys with the Vision Pro’s sizing details while the hosts delve into JPEG XL's revival in PDFs and Chromium support. They tackle alarming concerns about potential malicious links sneaking into Apple's Podcasts.app. Discussing executive exits, they ponder the impact of John Giannandrea’s retirement and Alan Dye's jump to Meta. Cloudflare's recent outage gets a postmortem, highlighting key operational lessons. Plus, the team solves the mystery of why Siri can’t pronounce names correctly.
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TV Burn-In, New G5, And A ChatGPT Hardware Rescue
- John replaced an aging LG C7 OLED with an LG G5 after burn-in and a green splotch became distracting.
- He used ChatGPT to identify M4 screws for VESA feet and bought them without verifying first, and they fit fine.
Vision Pro Light-Seal Codes Decoded
- Vision Pro light-seal codes map to forehead/cheek protrusion, depth, and wide/narrow fit.
- Apple obscures the codes to avoid making users self-conscious about face shape.
JPEG XL Gets A Second Wind
- JPEG XL regained momentum because PDF standard adopted it for HDR images, prompting Chromium to implement it.
- Chromium will integrate jxl-rs to support JPEG XL in browsers.