Episode 476

476: Plausibly Viable

Cracked pixels, acousticiology, the Overcast redesign, and a big surprise.

March 31, 20222h 20m

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Show Notes

Follow-up:
- Resolution independence
- Joe Lion explains why silicon wafers are round
  - Video Explanation
- Jonathan Ragan-Kelley explains EMIB and LSI
- Regarding Mac Studio fan noise
  - The fans cool the power supply too notes Phil Stollery
  - Twitter thread from “OnlyMe”
    - Graph
  - Feedback from acoustician Andrew Wade
  - Apple’s official noise ratings (via Renfred)
    - Mac Pro: 11dB
    - Mac Studio: 15dB
    - Macbook Air: 3dB
    - MacBook Pro: 3dB
    - iMac Pro: 13dB
    - Mid-2015: 6dB
- Regarding Qualcomm patent ~~shakedown~~ ~~racket~~ licensing
- Discourse and Open Source (via Jeff Atwood)
  - John on patents
  - Discourse free hosting programs
- How to Pay Professional Maintainers
- Software warfare in node-ipc
🎉 New Overcast Update 🎉
#askatp
- Do we have a preferred file naming scheme? Is it 20210329_Proj3_SitePlan? (via Unforgettable Luncheon)
- Why are Time Machine network backups so slow? (via Carson Brown)
- Will Apple ever make their own display panel? (via “C”)
John had something he wanted to discuss.