670: Institutionally Inescapable
19 December 2025

670: Institutionally Inescapable

Accidental Tech Podcast

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    Pre-show: Marco joins team snow tires


      i3: 155/70R19
      XC90: 275/40R21
      Molex
      F-150 Lightning’s demise

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    🗣️ New ATP Members Special: ATP Movie Club: WarGames


      WarGames

    Follow-up:


      Some impromptu spoiler-free follow-up about the member’s special
      John’s Cloudflare update


        Hypercritical

      Marco’s former TV (via Wayne Morgan)
      Apple executive departures


        Jeff Williams has been nominated to join Disney’s board


          Press release
          The Verge

        Would Johnny Srouji consider Rivian? What about NVIDIA?

      Apple 2030 & carbon credits (via Zach)
      Split iMessage groups (via sirshannon)
      AI-generated voice-matched dubbing


        Fran Besora tried the Spanish version
        Stefanus Secundus tried the German version
        Ben Mattison had an odd YouTube experience

      Siri and pronunciations (via Paul Zadunajsky)
      Intel stealing learning from chips it fabs


        Thread by Joe Lion


          VHDL

        Jason Biatek points out this is all basically cryptography


          Galois blog post


      Migrate Purchases (via James Wilby)

    Paris Buttfield-Addison got locked out of his Apple ID… because of a gift card


      Casey’s tangentially-related rant

    Netflix to acquire Warner Brothers


      Dominic Preston at The Verge
      From the past: Blockbuster’s reaction to Netflix


        Marc Randolph’s comment

      Paramount launches hostile $108B bid


        Elizabeth Lopatto at The Verge: Larry Ellison’s big dumb gift to his large adult son
        Gruber’s take
        As per Brian Stelter, Netflix is prepared
        More Paramount context from Charles Pulliam-Moore at The Verge


          Emma Roth at The Verge: CBS News was just taken over by a Substack
          Elizabeth Lopatto at The Verge: Memo to Bari Weiss Re: CBS News: You’re doomed



    Post-show: Casey asks for programming help


      StoreKit2
      UserDefaults
      NotificationCenter
      Singleton
      Publisher
      @Environment
      Dependency injection
      @EnvironmentObject

    Members-only ATP Overtime: The State of TV


      Verizon FiOS stabs John & Casey
      CableCARD
      PCMCIA
      TiVo
      Channels
      HDHomeRun
      TVEverywhere



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