Podcasts Technology Accidental Tech Podcast 33: A 30-Minute Skip Button

33: A 30-Minute Skip Button

Published: Oct. 4, 2013, 4:13 p.m.

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  • When we expected the Mavericks GM (recorded two hours before this).
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  • Apparent new E5-1680 Mac Pro in Geekbench and what CPU tradeoffs to expect in the new Mac Pro.
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  • Speculating on the new Mac Pro\'s fan noise, rotating cable management, and intended desk location.
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  • FU on John\'s podcast-scrubber idea. (Spoiler: he knows about the vertical speed-scaling that\'s been in Apple\'s scrubber for years, and it\'s not what he wants.)
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  • Experimenting with new UI controls and behaviors: some end up being cool and useful in practice, but many don\'t.
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  • Marco\'s brief adventure in designing a custom binary sync protocol.
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  • The potential conflict of interest of avoiding automatic ad-skipping features in Overcast since Marco gets income from ads on this podcast, and the ethics of publishing all podcasts\' subscriber stats on the site.
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  • iPhone 5S cases.
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  • Laptop battery health and potential automatic battery conditioning.
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