Episode 451

451: A Series of Terrible Magic Tricks

Facebook's outage, A15 analysis, the latest MacBook Pro rumors, and a surprise mid-show Neutral.

October 7, 20212h 13m

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Show Notes

Pre-show:
- Facebook’s outage
  - BGP is a thing. Who knew? (John did.)
  - Understanding How Facebook Disappeared from the Internet
  - Explanation from Facebook
- Thank you to Hsiang-Ling Jennifer Lin’s parents!
- We’ve opened an on-demand ATP store!
  - Quinn Nelson’s YouTube channel
Follow-up:
- Anandtech on the A15
  - MacRumors’ summary
- On RAW data rates (via Brian Petersen)
  - Understanding ProRAW
- John’s motion sickness and gaming
- Marco’s updates
  - Kühl pants
  - Apple Silicone Case
  - Peel Cases
  - Nudient Cases
  - ProClipUSA Magafe Car Mount
  - 🚨 SPOILER ALERT 🚨 Marco’s deposit
  - Tesla ends leases as well as they build cars
Possible 14” and 16” MacBook Pro rumors
- Display resolutions
- What do we expect? What would we be surprised by?
#askatp:
- Would/should Apple make ergonomic accessories? (via Johnny Oliver)
  - Surface Arc Mouse
- Can the This website is using significant energy notices be stopped? (via Michael Hagan)
- When will we get CarPlay from watchOS? (via Yoni)
Post-show: Apple Watch Series 7 buying plans
- Apple Developer: Supporting Multiple Watch Sizes