Accidental Tech Podcast
Marco Arment, Casey Liss, John Siracusa
Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Aug 24, 2017 • 2h 11min
236: Irresponsible Use of Infinite Terabytes
Pre-show:
Baby Clocks
Casey has news
iZotope RX
Follow-Up:
iTunes U → Apple Podcasts
Joel on Software: Things You Should Never Do, Part 1
Panic
Omni
BBEdit
Marco's hindquarters
#askatp
OLED vs. LCD
Mall of Marco
Gazelle
Mac Me an Offer
Have we had RSI issues?
Microsoft Natural Keyboard
Casey's Bad News
Google Photos Uploader
The new M5
CrashPlan sunsets consumer backups
Official announcement
Backblaze on NAS business model
Backblaze B2
Pricing
Casey justifies using a NAS
iSCSI
Arq
SoftRAID
HeadLiss adapter
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
Post-show: Marco's security adventures
Nest IQ
Reconcilable Differences
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Aug 18, 2017 • 2h 9min
235: Notch-Savvy
Pre-show: Always on vacation in... New York?
Follow-Up:
Mighty, the Spotify "iPod Shuffle"
Audio bit depth
24/192 Music Downloads... and why they make no sense
Monty's explainer video
"iPhone Pro" notch
What happens in landscape?
Why bother with a notch?
Android notch
1Password backpedals a bit
A a a a a Very Good Song
#askatp
How do you sync your home directories?
Old tech that's still in use?
🙄 Destiny 🙄
Google's diversity "memo"
Yonatan Zunger, ex-Googler
Suzanne Sadedin, Ph.D. in evolutionary bio
Rosalind C. Barnett and Caryl Rivers, gender/STEM researchers
Megan Molteni and Adam Rogers
Cynthia Lee, woman in computer science
Apple sets $1B budget for original TV/movies
No more send-to-watch in Overcast
Under the Radar #91: Removing Features
Clockwise #202: Explode a Knee
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
Post-show: Marco's continued bike escapades
Tiff's Priority Coast
Marco's Priority Continuum Onyx
Point O'Woods fence
Adam's Priority Start F/W 2.0
Budnitz No. 3
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Aug 11, 2017 • 1h 54min
234: Everybody Has Asterisks
Toasters
Toaster reviews
Do By Friday
Cameras
O-MD E-M10
Zoom lens
Sony α7R II
Sony α6300
Ad Blockers
1Blocker
Better
A/V
FLAC
Pono
Tidal
Brace styles
Dolphin emulator behind the scenes
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
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Aug 6, 2017 • 1h 48min
233: Nobody Cares But Me, But I Do Care
Follow-Up:
TSMC 10nm vs. Intel 10nm
Naming of process nodes
Intel's claimed three-year advantage
Intel set to lose process leadership after 2018?
Home audio & subwoofers
HiFiMan HE-6
Christmas Island crabs
Neutral Coast?
Isla
Pronunciation video
Woom
Derailleur gears
Priority Coast
Huffy and Wal-Mart
A Christmas Story quote corrected by @ATPReferences
The HomePod firmware leak
Steve Troughton-Smith
His Patreon
Guilherme Rambo
Allen Pike's take
Max Rudberg's take
"Ferrari"
RIP [most] iPods
RIP Flash
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
Post-show: Storing photos
Space Gremlin
Disk Inventory X
DaisyDisk
Grand Perspective
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Jul 25, 2017 • 2h 12min
232: You’ve Exceeded Some Limit
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The A10X is 10nm as per AnandTech
Source & Drain
Larrabee
Netflix credits skipping
John's original complaint
Community management
Disney may have wanted to buy Twitter... a long time ago
Player Unknown's Battlegrounds
Odd Overcast crash
Post-show: Mongoose Californian
Alternative image
Storming Mortal #15: Apple Kool-Aid and the Mongoose (dated 18 June 2014)
John realizes his full potential
Pee Wee's bike
Huffy White Heat
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Jul 20, 2017 • 1h 53min
231: I Am Not a Salad Power User
Follow-up:
Calibrating a TV
Rtings TV Settings
Chopt or SaladWorks
Smart Signage
Samsung Frame TV
THX Tune-Up app
Lightning Digital AV Adapter
Panic's surprise
Sony / 7669
Marco's discontinued small speaker amp: NuForce Dia. Some alternatives Marco has considered (but not tested!):
Grace Digital GDI-BTAR513, $110
SMSL Q5, $140
NuForce DDA-120, $300
Teac AI-301DA, $350
NAD D 3020, $400
Type-C Personality
OLED image retention
Marco's image retention test
Apple's silence on Net Neutrality
Send us questions! Tweet with the hashtag #askatp!
1Password kerfuffle
Their blog post
TextExpander
Overcast UI Dilemma
Under the Radar #87: Old Code vs. New APIs
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
Post-show: Neutral: Casey's latest impulse buy
The family
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Jul 14, 2017 • 1h 39min
230: Auto, Dynamic, Fresh, Dank
Follow-up:
Windows Hello
Demo video
Telling Twins Apart
Rubber-hose cyptanalysis
Relevant xkcd Comic
Apollo Robbins
mDNSResponder
Never re-write software
Vint Cerf
Zero-config
mDNSResponder source
Siracusa on Rendezvous
On rewriting dyld
Mac IIfx
F/X
Movie Magic
Marco's latest impulse buy
LG 2017 4K OLED Series
Worse Products Through Software
Canonical Bagel Flavors
Aerial screensaver
Paradigm Atom
Harman Kardon Soundsticks
G4 Cube Speakers
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann (a brief return of the Summer 2014 remix)
Post-show:
Double Dare
Let People Enjoy Things
Oral History of Double Dare
Net Neutrality
Vihart video
CGP Grey video
Ajit Pai
Ars advice
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Jul 6, 2017 • 1h 36min
229: Just Smush the Screen Somewhere
Follow-up:
DragonDrop replacement: Yoink (App Store)
Mac stuff for 👵🏻👴🏻 (including Stephen Hackett)
dyld vs. dyldd vs. closured
App launch time thanks to dyld
Relevant WWDC 2016 talk
Encoding/decoding new formats on old hardware
Sorenson
WebRTC and Opus
WebKit announcement
Codec requirements
Acid2 Test
iOS 11 Multitasking
Connected with Federico Viticci, Myke Hurley, Stephen Hackett
Canvas with Fraser Speirs and Federico Viticci
Cortex with CGP Grey and Myke Hurley
Upgrade with Jason Snell and Myke Hurley
WIMP
New iPhone Rumors
Connected #149: Caramel
Sneakers
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
Post-show: LG UltraFine 5K Display
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Jun 29, 2017 • 1h 50min
228: I Never Cancel a Drag
Follow-up:
MacBook Adorable
Example multi-use hub
Casey's Review
Keyboard "shim kit"
USB-C hubs
Belkin hub
HomePod's "screen"
Marco's favorite follow-up ever in Analog(ue) #10
Echo Show
iOS Drag and Drop
Dr. Wave
DragonDrop
dyld 3
App Startup Time: Past, Present, Future
Marco gets his VBR wish
Original ATP discussion (Overcast timestamp link)
This episode, for example:
Official CBR version, 80 MB
VBR version, 56 MB
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
Post-show:
PC Convertible
Spaaaaacccccceeeeeee
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Jun 22, 2017 • 1h 58min
227: Typing on Pillows
Follow-up:
Serenity Caldwell on the new iPad
Body size comparison
Screen size comparison
Typing to Siri
Ryan Jones makes some observations
New lock & power off behavior
"Offload"ing unused apps
Springboard treatment
Steve Troughton-Smith makes some observations
Spaces persistence
Spatial Finder
Document-based apps' launch UI
FaceTime capture of Live Photos
ADAs and default apps
HEIF is good! is good
32-bit support "sunset" in macOS
Non-fragile ivars
High Sierra Format
CD caddy
APFS is good!
iMac Pro price comparison
Oddities between iMac Tiers
HomeKit is available to all
Apps can allow "programming environments"
App Store reviews don't have to reset on update
Keynote presentation diversity
Siracusa reviews Goodfellas
Casey got a MacBook Adorable
USB & Ethernet
HDMI & USB
SD Card Reader
Lightning Cable
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
Post-show:
WWDC doughnuts
TitleCase.com
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