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711: Hot Dog on an Actuator
01 October 2026

711: Hot Dog on an Actuator

Accidental Tech Podcast

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    Pre-show: Marco has M6 performance numbers
    🗣️ It’s St. Jude time! 🗣️


      Podcastathon on Friday October 2 @ noon eastern
      The Marco Offset™

    Follow-up:


      John’s mouse pad (via Andy)


        Rounded corners are, bad, maybe?
        AirPower… desk? 🤨

      John’s weird AirPods 5 issues
      Finding Intel apps in macOS


        System Settings → General → About → Intel-based Apps
        Learn more…

      M5 Ultra Mac Studio GPU scores
      New Mac mini storage caveats
      𝓍OS 27 Screen Time woes (Timestamp link to 8m50s)
      iOS 27 vs. Pi-hole


        dazfuller
        Aaron Vegh

      GM vs. CarPlay


        Casey’s blog post
        Casey’s mea culpa
        Wait, just kidding


    Apple Watch is listening…


      Steve Riggins
      What about “Hey, Siri”?
      Nick Heer
      MKBHD

    Ask ATP:


      What’s the highest mileage we’ve ever gotten to in a car? (via Elliot)


        Saturn SL2
        Nissan 300ZX
        Nissan Maxima
        Volvo 200 series
        Honda Civic fifth-gen
        Porsche IMS bearings
        BMW VANOS

      What is John going to do to deal with Gmail policy changes? (via Mark Bramhill)
      Would Apple reuse the 2019 design for a phantom new Mac Pro? (via Ben Cooper)

    Post-show: Casey tries to hack his car


      Home Assistant
      Wireshark
      Charles Proxy
      MQTT

    Members-only ATP Overtime: Ternus’s “Intelligent Personal Hub” and Apple’s home AI hub


      Digital Hub strategy (Timestamp link to 1h29m46s)
      Intelligent personal hub
      Gurman



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