507: It Sucks, Doesn't It?

Accidental Tech Podcast

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• 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. 🤨

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