Accidental Tech Podcast: 646: On the Shelf With the Pickles

646: On the Shelf With the Pickles

July 1, 2025 01:57:22 • Download (113 MB)

John made an important purchase.

Pre-Show: John has made an important purchase
- 11 June 2011
- Documentation of the journey (spoilers!)
- John’s beloved
- Ninja
- Anova
- After Dark
Follow-up:
- We’re doing good work here, folks
  - YoLink leak sensors
  - Leak sensor 4-pack with compulsory hub
  - Travel insurance is more than you think it is (via Jason Poole and Levi Dalton)
    - Allianz concierge
- Window widget size in Tahoe
- Apple Intelligence is now allowed when booting from an external in Tahoe beta 2
- Floating tab bars in iOS 26
- Apple “Ducks”
  - The Architect’s Lions
- Maybe don’t yank out removable storage in Windows either (via Adrian Mester)
- It’s the world that’s wrong, not me: iPhone 16 Pro case edition
  - “We Messed Up”
  - Bullstrap open-bottom case
- Ads in YouTube
  - Why not use uBlock Origin? (via Igor Kulman)
  - …or perhaps Vinegar (App Store link) (via Michael Brown)
RIP FireWire
Apple marketing continues to misfire
Apple weighs using Anthropic or OpenAI to power Siri
- OpenAI/Meta leadership talent rivalry
Ask ATP:
- Is it worth buying a laptop where Tahoe is preinstalled? (via François-Olivier Leblanc)
- How much faster will an M4 be than an M1 for Xcode Simulator launches? (via Alistair Logie)
- How do we choose a new UPS? (via David Levine)
Post-show: Marco restaurant-tech MVPs… from his co-hosts!
- Tailscale (Tailscale is a prior sponsor)
  - Casey’s introductory post
  - Tailscale 4via6
- YoLink temperature sensors (even cheaper with a smaller temp. range)
Members-only ATP Overtime: Should we pay developers like athletes?
- Sam Altman claims Meta has made $100M offers
  - Jack Altman’s podcast
  - Reuters coverage