Chip-packaging advances, modern ECC, iPhones adopting RCS, satellite-SOS pricing options, Thunderbolt 5, the joy of moving, and our fitness journeys.

• Pre-show: Moving is not fun.
  • Marie Kondo
• Follow-up:
  • Apple fixes worn keycaps (via Ezekiel Elin)
  • OpenAI
    • Sam Altman Reinstated
    • Five Days of Chaos
  • Tip for buying smart thermostats (via Neil Weinstock)
    • Dominion Energy’s offerings
  • Marco’s many-taps Ecobee
  • Chip packaging
    • Introductory videos on packaging
      • Brief History of Semiconductor Packaging
      • Stacking Dies for Performance & Profit
  • ECC RAM in Apple Silicon (via Grady Borders & Joe Lion)
• Green bubbles get slightly less 🤢?
  • RCS
  • Yes, still green bubbles
  • SMS & MMS & iMessage
• Apple extends free 🛰️ emergency services
  • Garmin inReach
• Thunderbolt 5
  • C2C caberQU
• #askatp:
  • Can John take us on a tour of his recommended TVs? (via Gary Owen)
    • Sony A95L
      • Digital Trends review
      • HDTVTest review
      • HDTVTest “Best TV of 2023” test
      • 65” at Amazon
    • LG G3
      • HDTVTest review
      • 65” at Amazon
    • RTings.com OLED burn-in tests
      • 20 November 2023
      • 5 October 2023
    • Sony X95L
      • HDTVTest review
      • Digital Trends review
      • 85” on Amazon
    • Sony X90L
      • HDTVTest review
      • Digital Trends review
      • 65” on Amazon
    • Digital Trends best TVs of 2023
  • Have we ever had iCloud randomly revert a file? (via Stephen Towler)
    • How macOS Sonoma has changed iCloud
    • iCloud Drive in Sonoma: FileProvider and eviction
    • Google Drive has its own “oops”
  • Which apps should be blocked from refreshing in the background? (via Marcos Vinícius Petri)
• Post-show: Moving is fun.
  • BODi (née BeachBody)
  • Apple Fitness+
  • Casey’s current program
  • Marco’s trainer
  • Fitbod
  • Couch to Barbell

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