Accidental Tech Podcast606: A Decade of Half-Presses
https://atp.fm/606
Our first impressions of the Camera Control, iPhone 16 Pro cases, (These) AirPods 4 with ANC, and the Apple Watch Series 10.
Best Wishes, TheJesusFish@atpfm I haven't listened yet. But if @siracusa doesn't mention https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpk2tdsPh0A at some point, you're all grounded
SM64 - Watch for Rolling Rocks - 0.5x A Presses (Commentated) [OUTDATED]
Reid@atpfm the quad lock case for the 16pro has a camera control cutout that sounds a lot like the peak design one but I love it and think it’s perfect. It doesn’t stab my finger and I like having it recessed. Easy to find, works perfectly.
DavidSchaubThat isn't what iFixIt said.
If you reverse the charge, the glue doesn't re-stick at all.
The difference is: which side the glue residue is left on when it unsticks.
If you reverse the charge, the residue is left in the chassis (which is hard to clean) instead of on the battery (where you want it).
Jon Mullins@atpfm I normally go caseless but went with Beats case when I preordered and 100% agree with @siracusa assessment. It’s a great interim case until better 3rd party cases hit the market. My wife’s 3rd party with cutout for camera control is horrible. Back of this case does look like marble with all the finger prints though. 😴
Dr. Calhoun PhD@atpfm the headlights are sealed. And why does John care? It isn't a Honda so he'll never buy one. https://youtu.be/eO_5jhUtqR8?si=FhVbjH0LwGpO499N
Logan@jccalhoun @atpfm John’s recent takes on cars are… something. His description of modern hybrids was describing like 3 models of hybrids (and none of the Toyota derived ones) which is odd given how much he seems to follow car news.
Marcos Huerta@marcoshuerta I just bought my first AirPods Pro 2. Haven’t had a chance to try adaptive much- I appreciate this explanation. Do you have your AirPods set to long-press toggle between adaptive and noise cancelling, tether than transparent and noise cancelling? @atpfm @siracusa
@rconti I almost always use the iPhone to change the settings, via a long press on volume in control center, because I never knew what was what with long press on the airpod, nor did I think I knew I could configure that.
Now I have it to adaptive, off, noise cancel.
Simon B@atpfm I looked for the photo of Jony Ive using a case on his iPhone and found this one https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/21/technology/jony-ive-apple-lovefrom.html
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John Siracusa@aertsbe That’s one more than I’ve ever had in 30+ years!
@siracusa count your blessings ! 😀.
But my main point is: even older, non-EV and non-futuristic cars have mechanical contraptions. So that’s not something you can blame modern EV car design.
Do shutter lights have advantages ? I have no idea - but they do have the numbers, so they’ll have a reason/competitive advantage , I guess ?
@aertsbe I can blame it on EVs! Yes, non-EVs have had dumb designs, but they’re way, way more prevalent on EVs. And in this particular case, we have a direct comparison with the non-EV version of the same car that has normal headlights.
Steven Op de beeck@stevenodb @atpfm @siracusa yep, that’s what the dealership technician told me …
Obviously I wanted to test it: if I activate the headlights with the engine off, you hear the shutters slam quite clearly (while, if they switched off the lights, you’d hear nothing from a solid-state switch)
Obviously I wanted to test it: if I activate the headlights with the engine off, you hear the shutters slam quite clearly (while, if they switched off the lights, you’d hear nothing from a solid-state switch)
Ayo^@atpfm Though I have never touched an iPhone 16, it sounds like Apple should reverse the Camera Control logic, when you pressed the button enough to trigger a real click, treat it as a half-press (so you won’t miss it). And then, if there’s enough pressure in addition to that, fake a shake and take the shot.
Saurabh Kulkarni@atpfm John's description of the ANC on "These Airpods" matches with my experience of the galaxy buds live. I'm sure the airpods are a lot less buggy but they're essentially the same in that they just reduce the bass and sounds up until what feels like 800-900 Hz. All the hissing sounds past those frequencies remain. And you lose a bunch of battery life. It's not useless, just disappointing.
Frytech@frytech (I know.)
John R. Perfect@atpfm Casey needs to learn what millimeters are 😂 saying his 0.29mm Belkin screen protector added a 2-3mm ledge made me laugh out loud. For reference, a USB-C port is 2.6mm x 8.4mm.
Christian Kent 𝘊𝘒 :＼﹥@atpfm This episode was "Accidental Touch Podcast"
Re Overtime: have you seen the activity in VR180 forums in the last few months … weeks, even? People are working out how to shoot "dual 8K" or stereo VR180 video with fisheye lenses, typically on a Canon camera + Canon lens, that looks like a googley eyes
(photo from the Medium post, not me)
I rented this camera and lens as a bit of a side-project (in turn, to a hobby-project) where I've been experimenting in shooting things in 8K that really need 8K — i.e., fireworks. Oh, and HDR baby!
But living deep inside the 8K world (even 8K120 and thousands of nits of HDR) it really does feel like 8K will never take off … the TVs haven't evolved in 5 years now
8KTV feels the same as 4K + SDR did
Whereas VR180 is *WOW*WOW*WOW*
The question is … are we in the same place as HDTV in the year 2000? It was an amazing but boutique technology, definitely the future, but too expensive (and needed to go flat-panel for consumers to embrace)
Or are we at Macintosh 1984, 1985 … where you could look at the sales figures for the pokey little black-and-white computer and declare "nobody will ever use windows/icons/mice/pulldown menus" because "it costs more and it's limited to monochrome for price!"
@atpfm Where I'm going with that is that high-resolution headsets feel like an entirely new TV format, which isn't necessarily obvious, because you can't just walk past them in a store like you could when TVs went widescreen, then flatscreen, then HD, then HDR — and each time, you could see the impact
But right now, I'm quite excited … I mean, I need more CPU/GPU/disk/(you name it haha) … but I'm quite excited about producing AND consuming media in this format
I haven't felt this way since iDVD was launched and I remember people walking out of a MacWorld expo saying what they were going to make with it, heading out to buy the fastest PowerMac G4 and a SuperDrive DVD-R
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John Gruber@gordonmcdowell @atpfm It's seemingly impossible to find a case today that doesn't wobble too, because buyers seemingly are convinced the camera protrusions need protection.
Glenn Fitzpatrick@atpfm The bit about looking at credit card cash back gave me inspiration. Intuit recently notified me that they made a miscalculation so they were refunding me the cost of TurboTax. Used the $60 they sent me to donate to St. Jude. 💪🏻