Breaking Change

I hope you ordered your podcast spicy, because this version is a slow heat, but it builds. I was pretty fired up by the end of this one. If I crossed a line here, please report it to HR at podcast@searls.co and they will conduct an investigation. Video of this edition of the show is up on YouTube. I tossed this bouquet of URLs in the air but no one caught them: Tailwind 4 Upgrades Aaron's puns, ranked There's a new cringey Star Fox-like coming Shenmue 1 & 2 mixed up the axial tilt Secret Agent Wizard Boy and the International Crime Syndicate The history of 3DFX The first portable Xbox could hit shelves this year Steam Decard VR thing could also be coming Tim Sweeney's been Elon-pilled Is Tesla Cooked? Cybertruck panels are flying every which way SpaceX's Starship is fucked, apparently Why LLMs aren't like Einstein LLM refuses to code No one knows what the hell an agent is crmne/ruby_llm is a new Ruby gem for interacting with LLMs Vision Pro let this guy see in 3D iOS 19 will overhaul the system UI Live translation is coming to iOS 19 (sort of) RCS is getting End-to-End Encryption Between Android and iOS Leaked Apple meeting shows how dire the Siri situation really is iPhone 17 Ultra may be coming Google bricked Chromecast Mozilla bricked Firefoxes Microsoft bricked a bazillion PCs Meta is run by a human brick China bricked the field of public health Stay tuned to Changelog next week - I'll be on it! Shogun - where the Japanese speak period-appropriate Japanese and the Portugese speak modern British English Avowed - the best damn game I've played in a long-ass time There's a new Vision Pro strap-on in town Star Trek Enterprise was good, actually Allstate's human engineers screwed up so the LLMs wouldn't have to AI Snipd is a podcast player

Turns out I'd accidentally been letting some of your e-mail get filtered as junk mail. I want to be clear that I don't think you're junk, Apple does. Write in with your feelings to podcast@searls.co and I'll read it, assuming I get it. Video of this edition of the show is up on YouTube. Without further ado, links! POSSE Party Aaron's puns, ranked Don't invite anyone you like to a measles party Sorry vegans, plants can feel pain Reddit will add a paywall Junior developers know how to code even less than usual GPT 4.5 is a lemon 🍋 Insecure code is how you get Nazis Ben AI shows off how the hustle bros are thriving with AI This is the video I'd share with friends and family to explain AI Mostly non-AI reasons the job market is frozen Hacking your Eight Sleep to frustrate fascism Apple pulls encryption from island that famously likes surveilling people A Vision Pro app is coming to iPhone Apple debuts iPhone 16e Is Apple's first cell modem maybe better than we expected? In 18.4, Apple Maps finally adds a language setting Spatial AI assistants with Sidekick for Vision Pro Shoresy is back for Season 4 Avowed is a good game

Update: This is the first version of Breaking Change available in 4K video. Check it out on YouTube. The one where Justin picks the perfect time to buy his first Tesla vehicle. Sometimes the things I say and do make people feel things. Share those feelings with me at this e-mail address: podcast@searls.co. Whatever you're feeling, I'll read it and do my best to acknowledge it. I also may read it on air. Unless you ask me not to, in which case I won't. Okay, so anyway, there are links to be lunked: The RuboCop pull request I referenced having talked about in this month's newsletter The Space Black Firanto paint I tried to use to heal my M4 MacBook Pro The little travel router that I'm using strictly for my Vision Pro Sponsored content: you too can have bad timing when you buy a new Tesla with my link and get $2500 off, apparently. Aaron's puns, ranked The ESA announces new "iicon" event after running E3 into the ground Apple finally lets you migrate purchases to a different Apple ID Prediction: iOS 19 features a new UI toolkit that looks a lot like visionOS and this new Invites app Google eliminates the woker half of its holidays calendar TikTok is so back, baby Netflix is connected to the Apple TV app! (lol, psyche!) What the WikTok story can teach us about programmers' future job prospects. (Not much) Gaudy Jeep ads are ruining Stellantis's terrible reputation Godzilla Minus One: Two is coming Even Disney is worried about the high cost of Disney A major visionOS 2.4 update is around the corner (Archive link) A youtube essay about "work games" Tape to Tape is hockey videogaming at its finest Yakuza: Like a Dragon's business management minigame is all I need. I also needed Alien: Romulus, though

If you're here for the spicy, good news: you're gettin' it spicy. I am usually joking, but I mean it this time: I'm going to stop doing this podcast if you don't write in to podcast@searls.co. Give me proof of life, that's all I need. I won't even read it on air if you don't want! If you're not bored yet, click the links: Becky did a reel of our twin birthday cruise Aaron's puns, ranked Fewer than 200 people bought Resident Evil on iPhone Apple Invites and GroupKit are gonna save us from Doodle Apple cancels the AR glasses you hadn't heard about Android XR is even more of a rip-off than Android was Vision Pro is getting Unreal Engine support WTF is Deepseek My own declaration of competence I've started work on my first fuckthis.app, and it's already doing stuff Nintendo's Alarmo clock The Wild Robot is not as bad as it looks Star Trek Unification Persona 3 Reloaded Ninja Gaiden 2 Black Via Prem: Exit 8 and Platform 8 🌶️

In this episode: Justin goes to a birthday party, drives a Tesla, and configures your BIOS. The compliments department is, as always, available at podcast@searls.co. Have some URLs: This is the combination air fryer / grill I bought Microsoft dropped support for non-SecureBoot PC updates last month Aaron's puns, ranked Nobody Cares Things we learned about LLMs in 2024 Judge ends man's 11-year quest to dig up landfill and recover $765M in bitcoin The Consensus on Havana Syndrome Is Cracking (News+) Meta kills diversity programs, claiming DEI has become "too charged" Google kills JavaScript-free searches Sonos still seems kinda fucked 5090s seem kind of like a scam The official Elder Scrolls: Oblivion remake leaked Switch 2 was unveiled Guy with 200bpm heart rate complains his watch isn't working (before admitting his heart isn't working) The Diplomat Conclave Severance Season 2 is out Marvel Rivals is a hit (with the Thirstlords) Indiana Jones and the Great Circle P.T. A Short Hike

I don't normally do this, but content warning, this episode talks at length about death and funerals and, while I continue to approach everything with an inappropriate degree of levity, if that's something you're not game to listen to right now, go ahead and skip the first hour of this one. Recommend me your favorite show or video game at podcast@searls.co and I will either play/watch it or lie and say I did. Thanks! Now: links and transcript: Kirkland Signature, Organic Non-Dairy Oat Beverage Die with Zero book The "Prefer tabs when opening documents" setting Aaron's puns, ranked Amazon hoped more people would quit BoldVoice Accent Oracle Cab drivers get Alzheimer's less Video Games Can't Afford to Look This Good LG announces Bachelor's Only TV Can the rich world escape its baby crisis? Why aren't we talking about the real reason male college enrollment is dropping? The Diplomat The Penguin It's in the Game Madden documentary Like a Dragon / Yakuza 7 Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

HEADS UP: This one has a video version in case you'd prefer to watch that! HEADS UP SEVEN UP: Here's a spoiler-free link to this year's puns as they existed prior to this recording. Welcome to a very special Holiday Edition of Breaking Change: our first annual Breaking Change Punsort! Today, we're joined by a surprise guest! Want to know who it is? You'll just have to listen and find out. Yes, it's Aaron. As always, you can e-mail the show at podcast@searls.co. If you enjoyed this episode and want to see a second annual edition next year, let me know! If you don't write in, I'll stop—because editing multiple speakers plus video is a massive pain in the ass. No links today, because we didn't actually talk about anything worth citing.

I'd write more here, but I've got places to be. Becky, Jeremy, and I are going to engage in some holiday festivities. We have a couple gingerbread houses to make and a tree to trim. And no nog to speak of. Really, that's all you get by way of show notes this time as a result, deal with it. Send your complaints to podcast@searls.co and they will be read on air. Some bullet points below the fold: My 90-minute, outdated guide to setting up a Mac Aaron's puns, ranked Jim Carrey is 62 and can't even retire I bought my 8 year old a switch and didn't realize how much games cost Teen creates memecoin, dumps it, earns $50,000 Startup will brick $800 emotional support robot for kids without refunds Install the Mozi app (manifesto here | app here) Vision Pro getting PSVR2 controllers The 2024 Game Awards news roundup Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet looks badass, but is it too inclusive for The Gamers? We don't talk about Luigi An invisible desktop app for cheating on technical interviews (HN comments) Sora is out, but it's not good yet Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is out, and it is good yet Emudeck is so great it shouldn't be legal, and some people probably think it isn't Pikmin Stay tuned to my YouTube channel for upcoming LIVE streams

I left the country for a few weeks to get that taste out of my mouth but now I'm back and as salty as ever. Brace yourself. I made a pretty strong appeal that you should e-mail the show at podcast@searls.co, so I won't repeat myself here. DO IT. DO IT NOW. Hopefully I'll be back at least once more before we call it for 2024. Stay tuned. 📻 Correction: In the opening segment, I said (twice) that the Gender Equality section chief took me to Tokyo to see 紅葉 in 2005, but it was actually Kyoto. I regret the error iOS 18.2 adds two-step shutter to the Camera Control Aaron's puns, ranked The MacBook Upgrade Program What will the Command Center look like? Tim Cook hasn't forgotten how to long divide The Camera Roll is less slow now Intel is so boned Google is approaching that level of bonedness (News+) Ghost Engineers 👻 LLMs seem like a bad business to be in AGI is right around the corner but don't worry, it sucks Get your work done before the day gets poisoned Wonder Project J Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket Gladiator II is good I hope Steam Deck is, too Neeto Products

TIL that 4 AM is way too goddamn early to record a podcast. Apologies if I'm more chipper than usual, that's probably the coffee talking. Had some great e-mails this show. You should keep the streak alive and mouth off with your fingers at podcast@searls.co. Savor this version, folks. Gonna be at least a few weeks until you'll have another one. International Driver's Permit Don't be that guy. Don't drive a go-kart in downtown Tokyo Watch my final talk, The Empowered Programmer (Justin's Version) I have to pay for a search engine now, wtf macOS Sequoia iPhone Mirroring is cool Aaron's puns, ranked The Nintendo Music app is rad Fresca is extremely-flavored seltzer water Don't disable "Prioritize Faster Shooting" Google has a thumb on the scale Apple is buying Pixelmator Mass Effect is coming to Amazon Prime Video Pour one out for the You've Got Mail guy Notepad.exe is AI now LLMs may be reaching a point of diminishing returns Newest member of the badass scientist of the month club How to undervolt your GPU Like a Dragon: Yakuza Galileo G8 controller