704: Past the Ternus Horizon

Pre-show: Marco has a rose and thorn
- Lutron Caséta Fan Control
- Fanimation
- Technology Connections video
Follow-up:
- Marco’s favorite feedback (about Myke) was from Analog(ue) 😬
  - SQLite bug write-up
  - Blackbird
- Post-show Neutral
  - Professional negotiators / “headhunters” are very much a thing
    - CarEdge (via John Siracusa)
    - Delivrd (via Roger Coxon)
      - Wall Street Journal (News+ link)
    - The Car Chick (via Juan Boyce)
      - The #1 trusted automotive expert for women and smart men
    - Your Car Buying Advocate (via Ian McCullough)
    - Two options from Colin Macdonald
      - Automatch Consulting
      - Insight Auto Consulting
  - Casey makes some discoveries over the last week
    - Justification from the midwest dealer
    - Ventilated seats
    - Laser headlights
  - Marco takes a spin as well
- John’s passwords pro-tip
- Codex Micro (via St. Chris)
  - Icon keys
- John and Casey weep for a while about Verizon CableCARDs 😭
- Backups
  - Time Machine has a fatal flaw (via Jonathan Dechko)
  - …but also a workaround (via Eric Jacobsen)
    - Transcend JetDrive
    - BaseQi Adapter
  - Are backups even necessary? (via Mustapha Hamoui)
- Apple Upgrade
  - Lease agreements are between customer & financier, not the retailer (via Patch)
  - Apple Card also has 12 months interest-free (via Andrew Haglund)
- RAMpocalypse
  - Apple is still trying to make fetch Chinese RAM happen
  - iPhone 18 Pro launch is looking… challenging
  - All of 2027’s memory made by the big 3 is sold out (🇹🇼 link) (via Kevin Beaumont)
New macOS & iOS 27 β5 icons
- Siri
- Chess
- John pours one out for his homie
- Keir’s observation about icon composition
- Safari
- Preview
- Settings
Apple Watch overhaul rumors
- The Casio watch everyone has (it’s small; here’s a bigger one if you want, or a more modern one with step-counting)
John’s Passwords pro tip
Post-show: John’s macOS update woes
Members-only ATP Overtime: More AI hardware rumors
- Is OpenAI making a hockey puck or a doughnut?
- Anthropic will design its own hardware to power Claude