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704: Past the Ternus Horizon
13 August 2026

704: Past the Ternus Horizon

Accidental Tech Podcast

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    Pre-show: Marco has a rose and thorn


      Lutron Caséta Fan Control
      Fanimation
      Technology Connections video

    Follow-up:


      Marco’s favorite feedback (about Myke) was from Analog(ue) 😬


        SQLite bug write-up
        Blackbird

      Post-show Neutral


        Professional negotiators / “headhunters” are very much a thing


          CarEdge (via John Siracusa)
          Delivrd (via Roger Coxon)


            Wall Street Journal (News+ link)

          The Car Chick (via Juan Boyce)


            The #1 trusted automotive expert for women and smart men

          Your Car Buying Advocate (via Ian McCullough)
          Two options from Colin Macdonald


            Automatch Consulting
            Insight Auto Consulting


        Casey makes some discoveries over the last week


          Justification from the midwest dealer
          Ventilated seats
          Laser headlights

        Marco takes a spin as well

      John’s passwords pro-tip
      Codex Micro (via St. Chris)


        Icon keys

      John and Casey weep for a while about Verizon CableCARDs 😭
      Backups


        Time Machine has a fatal flaw (via Jonathan Dechko)
        …but also a workaround (via Eric Jacobsen)


          Transcend JetDrive
          BaseQi Adapter

        Are backups even necessary? (via Mustapha Hamoui)

      Apple Upgrade


        Lease agreements are between customer & financier, not the retailer (via Patch)
        Apple Card also has 12 months interest-free (via Andrew Haglund)

      RAMpocalypse


        Apple is still trying to make fetch Chinese RAM happen
        iPhone 18 Pro launch is looking… challenging
        All of 2027’s memory made by the big 3 is sold out (🇹🇼 link) (via Kevin Beaumont)


    New macOS & iOS 27 β5 icons


      Siri
      Chess
      John pours one out for his homie
      Keir’s observation about icon composition
      Safari
      Preview
      Settings

    Apple Watch overhaul rumors


      The Casio watch everyone has (it’s small; here’s a bigger one if you want, or a more modern one with step-counting)

    John’s Passwords pro tip
    Post-show: John’s macOS update woes
    Members-only ATP Overtime: More AI hardware rumors


      Is OpenAI making a hockey puck or a doughnut?
      Anthropic will design its own hardware to power Claude



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