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Accidental Tech Podcast

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Jan 3, 2023 • 2h 10min

516: One of My Fits of Rage

Pre-show: Vacations, illness, birthdays, and carrot cake Follow-up: AI Art & Copyright (via Amy Lee) Github Terms of Service Github Corporate Terms of Service CRUD chkbit True Life Diary Marco, CloudKit, and Overcast Under the Radar #258: A Less-Cloudy Outlook Samsung ViewFinity S9 The Verge Samsung Announcement HDR600 #askatp: How do we backup & store Xcode project folders? (via Eshu Marneedi) Tim Bray on Mastodon search How does John feel about lossy streaming on his fancypants new TV? (via Sean Cameron) HDTVtest What’s the best way to backup a Photos library to a Synology? (via Justin Fisher) Post-show: John’s Earthworks Ethos adventure Marco’s Podcasting Microphones Mega-Review Elgato Wave XLR Blue Yeti Shure PG42 USB Sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code atp for 10% off your first order. Trade Coffee: Incredible coffee delivered fresh from the best roasters in the nation. Green Chef: The #1 meal kit for eating well. Become a member for ad-free episodes and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
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Dec 28, 2022 • 2h 13min

515: The Elder Programmer Look

Pre-show: Marco has decreed today is Christmas Eve. Project Highrise Don’t Starve Together Follow-up: Butterfly Keyboard class-action lawsuit payouts Artists can now opt out of the next version of Stable Diffusion Have I Been Trained? Have I Been Pwned? A fun Twitter → Mastodon web app (via Ted Tschopp) Nullsoft Scriptable Install System macos9.app Rewind.ai is available Lensa AI (App Store link) John’s iPad Mystery iPad Pro (4th generation) iPad Pro (6th generation) Casey’s AirPods Pro Mystery Always-On Display Tweaks in iOS 16.2 (via Brandon Butch) Apple car project hits [yet more] road bumps Bloomberg article John & Jason talk about this on Upgrade #436 Gruber’s summary Care by Volvo #askatp: Why even bother with your own blog/domain anyway? (via Petar Petrović) Fastmail Squarespace Hover Linode What should I do about bit rot? 😱 (via Jeremy Nash) Synology ZFS TrueNAS Unraid Btrfs Do we use native mouse acceleration? SteerMouse Post-show: Christmas Movies Elf Christmas Vacation Claymation Christmas A Christmas Story Die Hard Garfield Christmas Muppets & John Denver album.link Songwhip Sponsored by: Memberful: Monetize your passion with membership. Start your free trial today. Blaze: The smarter no-code platform. Nebula: Videos. Podcasts. Classes. Creator-built and creator-owned. Become a member for ad-free episodes and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
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Dec 22, 2022 • 1h 45min

514: My Immense Softness

Pre-show: Period pieces about x2 and k56flex Superbad DIVX Follow-up: Casey has fixed his Docker problems with Colima? Apple is considering dropping the WebKit requirement? Blink Gecko Some clarifications and feedback about the SR-71 (via Chris) Trident II D5 Inertial Navigation System Schuler tuning Astroinertial Navigation System in the SR-71 Podcast story about the missing hemisphere of star data in the SR-71 (at 43:31) John McElhone’s Detective Work Moisturizers are, indeed, real. Cetaphil: Casey was right, according to everyone O’Keeffe’s Working Hands Cream: Marco’s waxy-barrier pick CeraVe Moisturizing Cream: Marco’s daytime-softness favorite Eucerin Advanced Repair Hand Cream: Another highly-recommended option Mac Pro, but less so #askatp: Do any of us journal? (via Arthur Dickerson) Day One What are the top-level folders on our home directory? (via Matt Toohey) How does Casey even use Spaces, anyway? (via Cai) Post-show: So, uh, what the heck are we gonna do about our theme song? Jonathan Mann Descript Sponsored by: Masterclass: Learn from the world’s best. Video lessons that inspire. Memberful: Monetize your passion with membership. Start your free trial today. Nebula: Videos. Podcasts. Classes. Creator-built and creator-owned. Become a member for ad-free episodes and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
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Dec 15, 2022 • 2h 10min

513: Scribble on the Shared Placemat

Pre-show: Is moisturizer real? Orange Goop The 🐔🧢 is back!! Follow-up: Recovery keys & backup contacts Apple’s information Oliver Ames’ thoughts More on StoreKit 2 and Refunds Tech Talk Request a Refund The Sharrow is real, John. WWDC 2017 Relevant clip Enabling Advanced Data Protection for “enthusiasts” Apple’s support article Quitting the Finder defaults write com.apple.finder QuitMenuItem -bool true Apple Music Sing, Atmos, and ML Example Goose album Tesla adds Apple Music support Freeform Linea Definitely not John’s fridge Advanced Data Protection and Convergent Encryption Stratechery post (requires login) Perceptual hashing Apple will allow Third-Party App Stores in the EU The Digital Markets Act MacRumors Stratechery (requires login) Gruber’s take Jason’s take Apple considers dropping WebKit requirement? 🤨 Post-show: Casey’s [mis]adventures with Docker Raspberry Pi Supply Chain Update Sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code atp for 10% off your first order. Kolide: Make your team into your biggest allies for endpoint security. Solve problems, right within Slack. Linode: Instantly deploy and manage an SSD server in the Linode Cloud. New accounts get a $100 credit. Become a member for ad-free episodes and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
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Dec 8, 2022 • 1h 57min

512: Owned With a P

Pre-show: Past-Marco made poor life choices, and today-Marco paid the price Follow-up: Mastodon instances and federation Hive Social is going… well, it’s not really going actually Sharrow 👍 Merlin is vindicated; it’s a real thing 👎 …but it’s not exactly a “share arrow”. But it is. Kinda. Sorta. 🤪 ButtDB Blackbird has been open-sourced Publisher! Custom string interpolation Function Back Deployment Apple announces 3 new “advanced safety features” How to generate a recovery key Encryption comparison chart Joanna Stern’s article (Apple News) & video Platform Security Guide Wired article Google Has Most of My Email Because It Has All of Yours Apple adds 700 new price points to the App Store John and Jason discussed on Upgrade #436: I Bend So Many Spoons Apple introduces Apple Music Sing Federico’s tweet #askatp: How does the Mac Studio compare to John’s ideal computer? (via Daryl Thornton) How are we backing up our shared photo libraries? (via Mark Roemermann) Why can’t we quit Finder? (via Guilherme Alles) Sponsored by: Kolide: Cross-platform endpoint security for teams that value privacy and transparency. Trade Coffee: Incredible coffee delivered fresh from the best roasters in the nation. Backblaze: Backblaze makes backing up and accessing your data astonishingly easy. Become a member for ad-free episodes and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
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Dec 1, 2022 • 1h 50min

511: Moving to Antarctica

Pre-show: Sharrows EVERYONE has written in to tell us about the bike-lane symbols, thank you, no need for anyone else to write in – ed. The ATP On-Demand Store is live for your holiday needs! Follow-up: Bridging async/await ↔ Obj-C (via Aaron Farnham) Marco’s 🍑💨 Some updates on Mastodon Ivory by Tapbots Don’t Use Services that Hate the Internet John’s 🍑💨: He’s outraged! A Better Mastodon Friend Finder Merlin & John’s excellent discussion about Twitter (starts @ 1h36m) There’s a WWDC video about instrumenting/tracing async issues Xfinity Wi-Fi does not use customer’s bandwidth (via Clayton O’Neill) Casey’s 🍑💨 about iPad at the park bench picnic table ffmpeg has been ported to web assembly Reactions to App Store ads Gambling ads iCloud Storage Over the Years The Talk Show #361: A Fit of Pique with Federico Viticci Apple Keynote Search Engine Apple Pauses Gambling Ads Gruber’s Take Michael Tsai Employees aren’t happy either More from The Information Xcode Ads? defaults write com.apple.dt.Xcode XcodeCloudUpsellPromptEnabled -bool false Post-show: Namesake The Insane Engineering of the SR-71 Blackbird Titanium - The Metal That Made The SR-71 Possible Sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code atp for 10% off your first order. Linode: Instantly deploy and manage an SSD server in the Linode Cloud. New accounts get a $100 credit. Kolide: Kolide is a cross-platform endpoint security solution for teams that value privacy and transparency. Check out our manifesto: https://honest.security. Become a member for ad-free episodes and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
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Nov 22, 2022 • 2h 9min

510: It's Occupied by Bears

Pre-show: Marco makes Casey’s day B FCModel Hacking with Swift Follow-up: Using network locations in macOS Ventura ControlPlane Casey’s adventure with date formats Bonus: man pages in Preview John’s iPhone Cases Bullstrap $85 → $68 Ryan London $54 Mastodon The Real Slim Shady ActivityPub Micro.blog support Scalability Moderation Burnout On evaluating new platforms Running an instance is… not easy Founder in Time Client app reviews by Anna Nicholson Client app feature comparison Google Sheet Client Apps Official client Metatext Mammoth (TestFlight) Tusker (TestFlight) Toot! Tootle Mast Mercury tooot Fedi Mac Apps Mastonaut Hyperspace Desktop FedFinder to find the right instance for you Hive Twitter Updates The Fradulent King by Ed Z Twitter is Going Great Previously Twitter is hiring! (🦗) App Store rules Elon Musk’s sexual misconduct #askatp: Why bother with an Apple TV when modern TVs can do all the same stuff? (via Dominic Lemire) Is using an Xfinity Wi-Fi hotspot ethical? (via nougatmachine) Will data storage ever become scarce? (via Chris Wright) Post-show: Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃 John’s “Good Products” List Sponsored by: Kolide: A cross-platform endpoint security solution for teams that value privacy and transparency. Memberful: Monetize your passion with membership. Start your free trial today. Backblaze: Backblaze makes backing up and accessing your data astonishingly easy. Become a member for ad-free episodes and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
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Nov 17, 2022 • 2h 14min

509: Tiny Tyrants

Pre-show: John is a Swiftie Follow-up: John’s 2FA transfer options, and a suggestion from particles! Automating Watch faces (via Alex Serriere) Newer Apple TV 4K models support HDR in YouTube (via Matt Freedman) Photos, Smart Albums, and boolean logic (via Jakob) Hiding purchases in Music (via Arem) Twitter Tribulations Elon Musk has the world’s thinnest skin Employee corrects Elon He’s also a big jerk H-1B visa Intel 8088 HomeKit is amazing for some people (via Todd) X10 Mac enters the third year of “two-year transition” Will John and Marco ever be satisfied? (via Jonathan Claydon) iPhones 14 Satellite Emergency SOS is live Newsroom Casey’s screen recording iJustine’s Discussion with Kaiann and Arun Sending location via satellite Mastodon Wikipedia Federation ActivityPub Bluesky Micro.blog #askatp: What’s the best way to download Xcode? (via Eshu Marneedi) Xcodes Reflections on Trusting Tust What is the best-designed Mac app that Apple currently makes? (via Claude Zeins) Claris Em@iler Microsoft Entourage What advice do we have for leading people at work? (via Andrew Larson) Post-show: Marco kicks the MySQL-shaped can down the road. FCModel FMDB Sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code atp for 10% off your first order. Trade Coffee: Incredible coffee delivered fresh from the best roasters in the nation. Linode: Instantly deploy and manage an SSD server in the Linode Cloud. New accounts get a $100 credit. Become a member for ad-free episodes and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed! And 15% off in the store!
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Nov 10, 2022 • 2h 17min

508: Later Is Getting Later and Later

THE ATP STORE IS BACK, BABY! The store will be open until Sunday, 13 November! Don’t delay! Our thanks to the teams at Studio Neat, and, as always, Cotton Bureau. Don’t forget, members get 15% off! Pre-show: lol twttr Hotline Follow-up: Rewind has stopped using cloud transcription, so, you’re welcome. Speaking of screen recording, let’s talk about corporate espionage protection DTEX Jason has found the answer to John’s confusion about using ML-generated keywords in smart albums More on Casey’s wonky iPad volume buttons (via Andre Aguilar and others) Support article ECC RAM support is coming to macOS XNU Ventura System Settings & third-party preference panes Mark U teaches us how to read Apple Steve Troughton-Smith also teaches us how to read Apple John’s “new” 📱 & 🖱️ John’s mouse John’s 🍄 New Apple TV upgrade experience Bono apologizes for Songs of Innocence How do you remove this darn thing anyway? Removal URL iPhone 15 buttons may go solid-state? #askatp: Is “smart home” tech really worth it? (via James Egg) Which host is the fastest typist? (via Mark Richard) Why don’t we have interactive home screen widgets yet? (via Brian Hamilton) Post-show: Marco made a pilgrimage John’s of Bleecker Street Branchinelli’s Sponsored by: Kolide: Make your team into your biggest allies for endpoint security. Solve problems, right within Slack. Hover: Find a domain name for your passion. Get 10% off your first purchase. Memberful: Monetize your passion with membership. Start your free trial today. Become a member for ad-free episodes and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed! And 15% off in the store!
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Nov 3, 2022 • 2h 3min

507: It Sucks, Doesn't It?

THE ATP STORE IS BACK, BABY! The store will be open until Sunday, 13 November! Don’t delay! Our thanks to the teams at Studio Neat, and, as always, Cotton Bureau. Don’t forget, members get 15% off! Pre-show: Marco’s RTD BBEdit doesn’t suck Land Rover Defender pressures Follow-up: Casey apologizes to Marco… again A small update on Casey’s park bench picnic table and his Verizon-connected iPad Pro More on Ventura’s System Settings Apple HIG Removal of scheduled sleep/wake GUI (via Aaron Gillies) Apple support guide Casey’s flummoxed by his iPad Pro’s volume buttons QMS VRR support is coming to Apple TV 4K HDMI 2.1 Shared Photo Library Camera toggle “Unsaved” photos De-duplication Face detection Automatic sharing “Lifestreams” and Rewind Previously in the John Podcasting Universe: ATP #66 @ 1h52s RecDiffs #169 @ 53m22s Lifestream on Wikipedia Academic site Recording laws in all 50 states CEO Dan Siroker a16z Announcement The Entire History of You San Junipero Elon Musk owns Twitter Elon’s poll 🙄 × ∞ “Welcome to hell, Elon” The Talk Show #361 Post-show: Marco somehow makes a leap from the Ultra to unloading a car. 🤨 Sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code atp for 10% off your first order. Trade Coffee: Incredible coffee delivered fresh from the best roasters in the nation. Linode: Instantly deploy and manage an SSD server in the Linode Cloud. New accounts get a $100 credit. Become a member for ad-free episodes and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed! And 15% off in the store!

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