704: Past the Ternus Horizon

• 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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