No Dots Are Going to Help Me

Accidental Tech Podcast

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Pre-show: Marco is back in the ScanSnap world
- Raven scanner (defunct)
- ~~Fujitsu~~ Ricoh ScanSnap iX1600
Follow-up:
- Apple apologizes for iPad “Crush” ad
  - Charlie Chapman’s 📱💨
- AppleCare+ for educational-discounted products (via Carter Sanderson)
  - Extend your AppleCare+ coverage
- iPad nano-texture glass
- Arun Maini interviews Ternus & Joswiak 1 2 3 4
  - Editors’ note: Thanks to Elon’s Big Business Brain™, we now have to link to all the ~~tweets~~ X’s in this whole 🤬 thread, because ~~Twitter~~ X won’t show threads unless you’re logged in. Well done, Elon. Great work. 👏🏻 … 👏🏻 … 👏🏻 Now we’re junking up our show notes because we 💙 our listeners more than we hate him. And we really hate him.
- iPad Pro Smart Folio angles
  - MKBHD’s reel
- Smart Folio Keyboard reliability
- Apple stickers (via Scott)
- The M4’s “next-generation ML accelerators” (via Wade Tregaskis)
  - NEON
- M4 Neural Engine: 38 trillion ops/sec vs. M3’s 13 trillion ops/sec
  - Tom’s Hardware
- M4 with 1 disabled P-core vs. M3 with no disabled P-cores
Apple announces new accessibility features
- Vehicle Motion Cues demo video
- Shelly Brisbin’s take
John’s brief iPad Pro review
iPad Pro dissatisfaction
Ask ATP:
- Will the M4’s new display driver set us up for a 2-external-display computer with M4? (via Rumee Ahmed)
- Why is there so much discussion about CPU power in iPads but not iPhones? (via Mike Runcieman)
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- Meta announcement
- Meta Quest 🤝 Xbox
Post-show: John’s latest remote IT software adventure

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Do a Barrel Roll!

Accidental Tech Podcast

Follow-up:
Apple’s May Event
Post-show Neutral: The Cybertruck has landed across the street from Casey
- Pontiac Aztek
- Subaru BRAT
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Everyone Heard the Same Nonsense

Accidental Tech Podcast

Pre-show: Casey’s after-action report
- St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
- RelayFM Podcastathon 2023 Part 1 & Part 2
Follow-up:
- It’s possible to toggle a dimmable light in Home.app (via Dan Sturm)
- The Hayes AT command set is still going strong 😱 (via Pedro Fernandes)
- TSMC unveils 1.6nm process for 2026 chips
  - Anandtech’s coverage
- Rabbit R1 reviews
- Riley Testut on Delta availability
- iPadOS is classified as “Gatekeeper” under the DMA
- No new Vision Pro until late 2026?
May 7 Apple event
- Tim Cook’s tweet
- M4 iPad rumor
Ask ATP:
- Did Marco give up on fussy coffee, as Casey’s prophecy foretold? (via Charlie Sorrel)
  - Trade Coffee (literally sponsoring this episode)
  - YES PLZ (has previously sponsored)
  - Cometeer frozen coffee pods (Marco’s referral link)
- Can we give WWDC tips? (via Andy)
- Are we worried about charging station privacy? (via Wade)
  - Automakers are Sharing Consumers’ Driving Behavior with Insurance Companies (11 March 2024)
  - GM Quits Sharing Driving Behavior with Data Brokers (22 March 2024)
Post-show: Marco’s after-action report
- The Sphere
- How the Sphere Works
- The Verge’s coverage
- Pillow Jets video (🍄🎆)
- Drew Carey’s review (NSFW)
- AmazeVR
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Daisy Hates Ticketmaster

Accidental Tech Podcast

Pre-show: Marco’s Sinus Situation & the one month a yellow car makes sense
The ATP Store is BACK baby! 👕
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- 🚨 THIS IS YOUR FINAL WARNING 🚨
- Remember members get 15% off!
Follow-up:
- Filesystems (🛎), case sensitivity, and APFS volumes
- Handedness & “jumped” vs. “jumps”
  - Pangrams
- Clarifications on the xz sabotage (via Mat Gadd)
- The Delta game emulator is now available!
  - 🇪🇺 AltStore PAL
  - 🌎 App Store
    - #1 free app!
- Apple allows using used parts for repairs
- Ceiling fan switches
  - Lutron Caséta (smart home switches/dimmers/fan controls)
  - Lutron Sunnata (dumb dimmer)
  - Waveform lighting
Ticketmaster finally getting what it deserves?
- Wall Street Journal
- Broadband labels
M4 Macs are coming this year?
iPhone 16/16+ to have more RAM?
- Mac desktop RAM chart
- Mac laptop RAM chart
Installing audio apps is going to get easier?
- Rogue Amoeba’s 2024 Sitrep
Ask ATP:
- Is the M4 generation worth holding out for?
- Why don’t we have 32-bit emulation? (via Joe Bezdek)
- Will the [presumably HDR] phantom OLED iPad Pro work well as a second display with something SDR?
Post-show: Marco is going to The Sphere
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I've Spent a Lot of Time in the Address Bar

Accidental Tech Podcast

Pre-show: Power problems
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New member special: ATP Insider: Computing Origin Stories
Follow-up:
- How little kids write 4s
- Three-step car buying process (via Paul Chernoff)
- Rivian software update helps avoid trash EV chargers
- Joe Lion on reticle limits
  - High-NA EUV
  - ATP #562: Do You Have a Dragon?
    - Johny Srouji interview (Timestamp link to 34m28s)
- Belkin phone holders
  - iPhone Mount with MagSafe for Apple TV 4K
  - Auto-Tracking Stand Pro with DockKit
A first look at 🇪🇺’s alternative app stores
- Jason’s fresh-install experience
Apple opens App Store to “retro” game emulators
- Official guidelines
- James Thomson
- Ben McCarthy’s forthcoming Ketchup app
- First emulators arrive
- Nintendo nukes Yuzu
  - The Verge initial coverage & follow-up
Ask ATP:
- How does John manage new Safari windows? (via Jan Wedekind)
- Do we use case-sensitive file systems on our Macs? (via Pedro Fernandes)
  - Unicode normalization
- What kind of fan did Marco buy? (via Matt McCurdy)
  - Fanimation
Post-show:
- Lutron Diva smart switch
- Lutron Claro accessory switch for Diva dimmers on multi-way circuits
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- Automattic acquires Beeper
- Humane AI Pin reviews

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