Accidental Tech Podcast

372: Things Are Degraded


Pre-show: Retro-gaming next week
Homework for listeners: play with <a href="https://retropie.org.uk/">RetroPie</a> and a <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07PHMSDH1/?tag=marcoorg-20">retro gamepad</a>


Follow-up:
<a href="https://www.notebookcheck.net/The-Apple-A12Z-Bionic-SoC-is-just-a-renamed-A12X-with-an-enabled-GPU-core.458883.0.html">A12Z is the A12X with all GPU cores working properly</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Product_binning">Chip binning</a>


<a href="https://9to5mac.com/2020/03/18/all-2020-ipad-pro-models-feature-6gb-of-ram-same-u1-chip-as-iphone-11/">All 2020 iPad Pros have 6 GB RAM</a>
<a href="https://twitter.com/stroughtonsmith/status/1242298592930430976">Part-name theories</a>




Casey's Synology Catastrophe
<a href="https://www.synology.com/en-us/support/download/DS1813+">DS1813+</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.M.A.R.T.">S.M.A.R.T.</a>
<a href="https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-stats-for-2019/">Backblaze Hard Drive Stats for 2019</a>


<a href="https://www.macstories.net/news/dark-sky-has-been-acquired-by-apple-and-its-api-will-be-discontinued-at-the-end-of-2021/">Apple Acquires Dark Sky</a>
<a href="http://www.meetcarrot.com/weather/">CARROT Weather</a>
<a href="https://weatherlineapp.com/">Weather Line</a>


<a href="https://sixcolors.com/link/2020/04/did-apple-and-amazon-just-settle-their-in-app-purchase-dispute/">You can buy/rent video from the Amazon iOS app without using in-app purchase</a>
<a href="https://jamesdempsey.net/tag/james-dempsey-and-the-breakpoints/">Breakpoints</a>


Post-show follow-up:
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph8LyNIT9sg">The Road to PS5</a>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Fjn4GRw8qE">Xbox Series X Hands On, Gameplay &amp; Controller!</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head-related_transfer_function">Head Related Transfer Function</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binaural_recording">Binaural recording</a>



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Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters.