Accidental Tech Podcast: 465: Lasers Are Great

465: Lasers Are Great

January 13, 2022 02:11:03 • Download (126 MB)

More on display tech, App Store payment processors, AirTags PR, and gross printers.

Follow-up:
- Fi dog-collar pronunciation
  - Discount code ATP100 for $100 off (not a sponsor)
- New Ford Mustangs will be available in 2023–2024
- Sony did show PSVR2 controllers
- Mirrorless advantages and the longevity of Canon DSLRs (from Justin Krohn)
- TV technology
  - WRGB OLEDs do have white backlights
  - QD-OLEDs have RGB “filters”/diffusers
    - Samsung’s 2019 $11 billion investment in QD-OLED
  - Micro-LED
- On “Weird & Complicated” Analog TV (via Moe Rubenzahl)
  - Technology Connections on Analog TV
- Apple will Allow Alternate Payment Systems in the App Store in 🇰🇷, with a catch
John’s gross printer
- Theranos
- John’s printer
- Casey’s printer
- Marco’s laser all-in-one with the buggy networking
- Marco’s beloved giant printer (price is currently inflated; it cost $449 in 2016)
- Marco’s 11x17 inkjet all-in-one (also currently overpriced; it cost $249 in 2018)
#askatp:
- What do we think about React/React Native? (via Asajz)
  - Divorce leads children to the worst places
  - Vue.js
  - Angular
    - Note: Not AngularJS
- How can there be a huge ∆ between data in Photos and the actual Photos Library on disk? (via Todd Vaziri)
  - SQLite VACUUM
Post-show: Some responses to our health/veganism/leather discussion last week
- Slow Boring: Is Healthy Food Actually More Expensive?
- BBC: Climate Change: Which vegan milk is best?
- iMore: Apple should ditch leather (not mentioned, but meant to)