115: Empathy for the Machine

Accidental Tech Podcast

• Episode: 115: Empathy for the Machine
• Website: Accidental Tech Podcast
• Feed URL: http://atp.fm/episodes?format=rss
• Duration: 01:49:22
• Published: 2015-05-01 20:53

• ATP Shirt: Last chance, buy now! Available until Wednesday, 6 May.
• Pre-show:
  • Neko Atsume ("the cat game")
• Follow-up:
  • Bad Seagate hard drives
  • How Hard Disks Work (page 7)
  • The MacBook Air survives... for now!
    • launchd
    • launchd plist generator
    • Lingon
    • cron
  • Photos
    • Background processes
      • iStat Menus
    • Hard links
      • John on symbolic and hard links in his Leopard review
    • Shared album photo limit (via Lance Hildebrand)
    • Performance
      • Mucho Spanish
      • Will Hains
    • Deleted photos
    • Restoring from backups
      • Deletion instructions
• Apple Watch, one week in
  • Luca's wrist
  • Apple Watch bands
  • WSJ on Taptic Engine manufacturing issue
  • Serenity Caldwell's tweet
  • Complications
    • Jason Snell's take
    • Casey's take
  • Repairability
    • iFixIt's teardown
    • MacBook teardown
• Microsoft Build
  • Visual Studio Code
    • Atom
    • IntelliSense
    • Eclipse
    • Visual Studio Code Node support
    • Mono
    • Homebrew
    • Chris Dias
    • Casey on node-inspector
    • PHP syntax highlighting
    • Gruber on Markdown support
    • Electron
  • Project Astoria & Project Islandwood
    • WINE
    • Dalvik
    • GNUStep
    • Microsoft Band
    • Session video (posted after this episode was recorded)
• Post-show:
  • Connected follow-out

Sponsored by:

• Harry's: An exceptional shave at a fraction of the price. Use code ATP for $5 off your first purchase.
• Casper: A mattress with just the right sink, just the right bounce, for better nights and brighter days. Use code ATP for $50 off.
• Backblaze: Online backup for $5/month. Native. Unlimited. Unthrottled. Uncomplicated.