Mastodawn

I want to highlight two fun bits from this week’s episode of @atpfm https://atp.fm/683

First, we put the “hands on” into our very touchy-feely report about the MacBook Neo (starts at 24:00)

But the real star of the episode is @marcoarment’s amazing story of how he, as a lone developer, created a transcripts feature for @overcastfm to compete with the similar feature in Apple Podcasts. You do not want to miss this one. (starts at 54:46)

https://overcast.fm/+BQnv4MC0jU/54:46

Accidental Tech Podcast: 683: I Didn’t Want to Melt My Rug

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

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John Siracusa Mar 20

This episode also includes my theory about the black “speaker” modules in the MacBook Neo (starts at 41:55).

https://overcast.fm/+BQnv4MC0jU/41:55

You can see the images I’m referencing in the iFixIt teardown video at 00:27 and at 05:57

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbPCGqoBB4Y&t=27s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbPCGqoBB4Y&t=5m47s

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eurozerozero

@siracusa They do look structural, but I also wonder if they are large, braced and screwed into the case in that way to better transmit low frequencies by using the case itself as an extension of the speakers.