Reading List
The most recent articles from a list of feeds I subscribe to.
The Strap Situation
- Pre-show: SwiftUI requires Wi-Fi
- “Siri” utterances were trifled with? (via Jackson Ames)
- “Alexa” not recognized with frequency-range muting (or known-fingerprint matching)
- iOS 17:
Siri & Search→Listen For
- Vision Pro
- Promo video
xrOSat WWDC- Fit / Weight/ Top Strap
- Power Estimate
- Guest Mode
- Pixel math
- Refresh rate
- Accidental hypocrisy? (via Niall O’Mara)
- Plane use
- Vision Pro?
- Gaming
- Developer kits
- New Macs
- 15” MacBook Air
- Mac Studio
- Fan Noise Ratings
- M1 / 2022: 15dB
- M2 / 2023: 6dB
- Difference is ~8×
- Pricing ∆ between Mini & Studio
- Fan Noise Ratings
- Mac Pro
- John Ternus on discrete GPUs in Macs
- Metal scores
- M1 Max: 108,363
- M1 Ultra: 150,644
- 1.3× M1 Max performance for 2× GPU cores
- M2 Max: 131,302
- M2 Ultra: 267,399
- 2× M2 Max performance for 2× GPU cores
- #5 fastest Metal score overall
- Top 3 are GPUs in a 2019 Mac Pro
- M2 Ultra vs. NVIDIA
- Non-game GPU performance
- Blender GPU scores
- M2 Ultra: 3,412
- NVIDIA 4090: 13,158 (3.8× faster)
- NVIDIA 3080: 6,205 (1.8× faster)
- NVIDIA 3060: 3,256 (costs $330)
- NVIDIA 3070: 3,396 (laptop GPU)
- Blender GPU scores
- CPU benchmark
- M2 Ultra vs. Intel & AMD
- Intel Xeon W9-3495X (56-core)
- Multi-core: 53,504 (2.8× faster)
- Intel Core i9-13900KS
- Single-core: 3,080 (39% faster)
- Multi-core: 21,665 (15% faster)
- Intel Xeon W9-3495X (56-core)
- Mac Pro PCIe lanes
- Neil Parfitt on the new Mac Pro
- Ternus & Joz acknowledge ATP shirt (❗)
- Gaming
- Apple’s Proton-like tool
- Gokhan Avkarogullari
- Anonymous feedback
- macOS 14 Sonoma
- Post-show: John’s special treat
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We Studied Thousands of Heads
- Pre-show: 🧘 Feelings check 🧘
- WWDC
- Post-show: WWDC food review
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- Kolide: Cross-platform endpoint security for teams that value privacy and transparency.
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We Studied Thousands of Heads
- Pre-show: 🧘 Feelings check 🧘
- WWDC
- Post-show: WWDC food review
Sponsored by:
- Kolide: Cross-platform endpoint security for teams that value privacy and transparency.
- Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code atp for 10% off your first order.
- Vector Bar: The cocktail-recipe app to make creating terrific cocktails super-simple.
Become a member for ad-free episodes and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
Worse Than All of Our Toilets
- Pre-show: Phish season
- Follow-up:
- The Anonymous Corner
- Some anonymous thoughts on mail delivery to Apple Park
BELIEVEshirts are at Apple Park- Rank-and-file engineers also hate Radar
- Why does Apple bother with responses at all? (via Matthew Fenselau)
- Not all subscriptions are created equal, notes Claude Zeins
- More on “no subscription” hardliners
- Myth and Oni were given to Take Two Interactive
- The Anonymous Corner
- Exit Interviews
- WWDC Preview & Predictions
- Post-show: Casey destroyed Erin’s car & computer
Sponsored by:
- Green Chef: The #1 meal kit for eating well. Use code atp60 for 60% off plus free shipping.
- Trade Coffee: Let’s coffee better. Get a free bag of fresh coffee with any subscription.
- Judo: Design and code, united at last.
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Worse Than All of Our Toilets
- Pre-show: Phish season
- Follow-up:
- The Anonymous Corner
- Some anonymous thoughts on mail delivery to Apple Park
BELIEVEshirts are at Apple Park- Rank-and-file engineers also hate Radar
- Why does Apple bother with responses at all? (via Matthew Fenselau)
- Not all subscriptions are created equal, notes Claude Zeins
- More on “no subscription” hardliners
- Myth and Oni were given to Take Two Interactive
- The Anonymous Corner
- Exit Interviews
- WWDC Preview & Predictions
- Post-show: Casey destroyed Erin’s car & computer
Sponsored by:
- Green Chef: The #1 meal kit for eating well. Use code atp60 for 60% off plus free shipping.
- Trade Coffee: Let’s coffee better. Get a free bag of fresh coffee with any subscription.
- Judo: Design and code, united at last.
Become a member for ad-free episodes and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!