437: The Right Side of the Mouse Pad
Accidental Tech Podcast
Marco Arment
4.3 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 1 July 2021
⏱️ 118 minutes
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Summary
- Pre-show:
- Nostalgia for compulsory technology
- Being old in a college town
- Follow-up:
- Safari reload update in Monterey beta 2
- HTTP Strict Transport Security
- iOS 15 can adjust more than just text size
Settings→Accessibility→Per-App Settings
- On the need for Apple to defend in-app purchase revenue (via Abel Demoz)
- John’s Mouse Pad Woes
- Cool, Geeky Mac Apps
#askatp:- What’s the deal with Matter (née CHoIP)? (via Jon Strand)
- What’s the deal with Mighty? (via Peter Waller)
- Would Apple ever release a M1 card for Intel Mac Pros? (via Brian Hamilton)
- Post-show: Dog boarding
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | John, what do you even know about vinyl? |
| 0:02.0 | I know. |
| 0:03.0 | I used vinyl in a non-ironic way when it was all we had. |
| 0:06.9 | That's what I know about vinyl. |
| 0:08.9 | I see how this... |
| 0:10.9 | Did you use your record player in your car? |
| 0:13.0 | What was that? |
| 0:14.0 | Like a Cadillac or something had some sort of vinyl set up inside one of their cars. |
| 0:18.2 | It was the most preposterous thing I've ever seen. |
| 0:19.9 | It really, really great anti-skip protection. |
| 0:21.4 | Right. |
| 0:22.4 | Balance it on the back of a turtle. |
| 0:23.4 | I think I saw it in the Flintstones. |
| 0:24.4 | Oh my god. |
| 0:25.4 | Goodness. |
| 0:26.4 | I don't have any nostalgia for technologies that we had to use when we were young, just |
| 0:32.4 | because that's all there was. |
| 0:34.4 | I don't... |
| 0:35.4 | Old video game consoles, I like that. |
| 0:38.1 | That's different. |
| 0:39.1 | I have known nostalgia for floppy disks or cassettes or VHS tapes. |
| 0:43.5 | I need... |
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