Listen "673: Six Impossible Things"
Episode Synopsis
Pre-show: Casey has a question for Marco
LivePhish
Goose on Bandcamp
Nugs
Thank you, ATP Patrons!
Follow-up:
Cord-cutting
Casey on Downstream
suppose.tv
Multi-select in iOS Contacts.app (via many, including Simon Ljungberg)
The Studio Display is $1600 (via Greg Seay)
Quinn’s video on making a 5K display
Display flickering (via Stephen Perelson)
This started in late 2020 with Big Sur
Temporal dithering (AKA Frame rate control)
Stillcolor to disable temporal dithering on macOS
BetterDisplay for turning on and off GPU dithering
Docs
PlayStation Portal
…works with PlayStation Plus
…but really needs solid Wi-Fi
…and doesn’t support Wi-Fi 6
…and requires wired or first-party Bluetooth headphones
Double-tap title bar to Fill (via Chirag Desai)
Knowedge base
System Settings → Desktop & Dock → Window title bar double-click action → Fill
Wi-Fi 7
Ubiquiti’s Wi-Fi 7 implementation is not great (via Reid)
WPA3
WPA3 is not well supported (via USB Type-Steve)
Alternatively, try band steering (via Patch)
Wi-Fi Pro Abraham Vegh weighs in
…as does pro Saul Sutherland
John’s Eero Max 7 setup
Thread vs. Matter
Thread
Matter
Derek Seaman’s series
To run Matter in HA, you need a separate container
Apple Fitness+ and Quitter’s Day
Bodi
ASML & TSMC
Extreme ultraviolet lithography
Veritasium: The Ridiculous Engineering of the World’s Most Important Machine
Asianometry: ASML: TSMC’s Critical Supplier, Explained
TSMC Analysis playlist
The Spectacular Failure of the Star Wars Hotel
Tech stuff we’re looking forward to in 2026
Gartner hype cycle
The Trow of Disillusionment
Post-show: Casey bought something silly
Quinn’s video
GL i.Net
/r/ubiquiti
Teleport
Extremely dodgy firmware upgrade approach
Portainer
Members-only ATP Overtime: Strange form factor rumors for forthcoming iPhones
The Information
MacRumors
Mockup image & video
Jason’s & Stepen’s posts
iPhone fold display quietly debuted at CES?
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