545: My Butler Can’t Use It
Accidental Tech Podcast
Marco Arment
4.3 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 27 July 2023
⏱️ 130 minutes
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Summary
- 🗣️ HYPERCRITICAL SHIRTS ARE BACK, BABY 🗣️
- Pre-show: Marco mended something!
- Which one of us is which?
- Apple Vision Pro labs, developer kits, and more
- Casey’s phone call with App Review
- Rumor that the quad chip is canceled
- Follow-up:
- Large SSDs & Apple Silicon (via Matt Rigby)
- Threads is already tanking? (Apple News link)
- The Ubiquiti Dream Router is slow
- …but the Dream Machine Special Edition is sold out
- …and the Dream Wall is pretty cool, albeit ridiculous
- Long-term review of the Logitech Circle View & HomeKit Secure Video
- Correction: there are more HomeKit cameras
- Post-show: Casey’s troubleshooting adventures
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| 0:00.0 | I fixed something today. |
| 0:02.0 | I mended something. |
| 0:04.0 | I don't know if you'll get that reference. |
| 0:06.0 | It's a German clerks' thing. |
| 0:08.0 | Okay. |
| 0:09.0 | Anyway, carry on. |
| 0:10.0 | What did you fix? |
| 0:11.0 | It took three weeks, |
| 0:13.0 | but I have fixed my stupid Dyson Vacuum broken trigger. |
| 0:17.0 | I was not aware that you had a Dyson Vacuum with a broken trigger. |
| 0:20.0 | Long story short, yes, I use Dyson Vacuums. |
| 0:23.0 | Of course, I do. |
| 0:25.0 | Years ago, when it came time to buy a new vacuum, |
| 0:28.0 | I did all the research, |
| 0:30.0 | and I looked at the specs, |
| 0:32.0 | and I'm like, I got this giant upright mela vacuum |
| 0:36.0 | that has massive suction power |
| 0:38.0 | and is amazing to pull out all sorts of crap from rugs. |
| 0:41.0 | But it's super heavy and corded, |
| 0:43.0 | and therefore I hardly ever use it. |
| 0:45.0 | Meanwhile, one year tip requested |
| 0:47.0 | one of these little cordless Dyson thingies, |
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