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episode 479: Never Mind, I'm Out

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Pre-show: Marco has HomePod problems
- Pop Hits: {year} (1955–2021)
- Rock Hits: {year} (1965–2021)
- Hard to Handle by Otis Redding
- Hard to Handle by The Black Crowes
- Creep by Radiohead
- AirPlay 2-Enabled Speakers
Follow-up:
- Hilariously, a third consecutive week of news about Original Gravity, this time via Jared Kole
- Which ethernet controller does the CalDigit TS4 use?
  - Intel I225 PCIe
  - Ethernet fix
  - Sleep fix
- Ecobee & HomeKit cooperation (via Eric Powell)
- Ecobee AC adaptor instructions
  - Step 3 → Scenario A → Alternative solution: 24VAC plug-in transformer
- Some thoughts about ???????? thermostats via Cameron Wood
- USB-C KVM dev boards do exist, as found by Victor Leung
- Mac Studios have different power supply… suppliers (via Joshua Prismon)
Ioniq 5 & Kia EV6 & Lucid Air
- Do better, Lexus.
RIP, Rob-ART Morgan
What is Elon Musk, anyway?
- Unsafe at Any Speed
- Chevrolet Corvair
Elon Musk and Twitter
- NOTE: We recorded this episode right before his demand “offer” to buy the entire company.
- Elon buys 9.2% of Twitter
- Elon delays filing with the SEC and “made” $156 million
- Parag Agrawal announces Elon joins the board
- Twitter says Elon won’t get special treatment
  - Nilay Patel’s take
- Parag Agrawal announces Elon won’t join the board
- Elon is sued for delayed disclosure
- Paul Singer, Doomsday Investor
#askatp
- As the M1 is based on the A14, might the M2 skip the A15 and instead be based on the A16? (via Darin Kelkhoff)
- How does Marco stream for Team Arment? (via Uncle Apple)
  - Elgato HD60 S+
  - Logitech whatever $50ish webcam
  - CalDigit TS3+
  - OBS
  - Lenovo ThinkVision M14 USB-C bus-powered monitor
  - NDI
- Could/would Apple use OLED in laptops and iMacs? (via Simon Ejsing)
- If the Studio Display was released concurrently with the Pro Display XDR, would John & Marco still get the XDR? (via Jon Yergatian)
Post-show: John’s Sonos Roam