650: Whatever It Takes to Get the Laundry Folded
28 July 2025

650: Whatever It Takes to Get the Laundry Folded

Accidental Tech Podcast

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    Pre-Show: Casey’s french-fry problem
    Follow-up:


      D. Griffin Jones takes one for the team
      Casey’s struggles with iperf3


        Tutorial
        iperf3 -t 60 -c {ip} -P 4 -i 10 -R

      John’s new toaster and E01 (via J-P Teti & John F.)
      Chemical vs. physical sunscreen (via Prodan Statev)


        Research paper

      Apple security for unreleased devices
      Low-cost Apple laptop (via Jason Anthony Guy)


        Ed: Please don’t give Apple ideas like this. 🫣

      Getting customer support from Apple (via Patch)


        Apple support app → Chat
        Any retail store on Apple Maps → ... → Message

      CloudFlare & AI crawlers


        Thoughts from Thomas Schoffelen
        Thoughts from Aaron Zinck
        Thoughts from Anonymous


          JA3/JA4 fingerprint


      The 𝓍26 public betas are out


        Under the Radar #323: The Tidal Wave

      Tahoe beta 4


        Contrast will decrease until morale improves


          Startup disk selection (cropped)
          Startup disk selection (full)

        News summaries are back, baby! 😬


    Apple and interfaces


      Tog in Interface (1992)


        Amazon
        NNG

      Tog on Software Design (1995)


        Amazon
        NNG

      Apple’s Aqua introduction, Macworld San Francisco, 2000

    AppleCare One


      Dan Moren’s take
      The Verge
      Fees & deductibles
      FAQ (scroll way down)

    Post-show: John has an addendum to his earlier topic
    Members-only ATP Overtime: Frame of preference, an incredible exploration of the Mac’s settings by Marcin Wichary in concert with Mihai Parparita of the Infinite Mac Project


      Marcin’s announcement
      Mihai’s associated announcement
      Embed Infinite Mac
      Infinite Mac Construction Set



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