670: Institutionally Inescapable

• Pre-show: Marco joins team snow tires

• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_i3#Range_extender_op…): 155/70R19

• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volvo_XC90#T8: 275/40R21

• Molex (molex.com/en-us/part-list/connector-housings)

• F-150 Lightning’s demise (512pixels.net/2025/12/ford-ev-changes)

• 🗣️ Remember, ATP gift memberships (atp.fm/gift) are a thing!

• 🗣️ New ATP Members (atp.fm/join) Special: ATP Movie Club: WarGames (atp.fm/atp-movie-club-wargames)

• WarGames (callsheetapp.com/movie/860)

• Follow-up:

• Some impromptu spoiler-free follow-up about the member’s special

• John’s Cloudflare (cloudflare.com) update

• Hypercritical (hypercritical.co)

• Marco’s former TV (via Wayne Morgan (mstdn.social/@Wayner83/115661514629374915))

• Apple executive departures

• Jeff Williams has been nominated to join Disney’s board

• Press release (thewaltdisneycompany.com/jeff-williams-nominat…)

• The Verge (theverge.com/news/841237/apples-former-coo-has…)

• Would Johnny Srouji consider Rivian? What about NVIDIA?

• Apple 2030 & carbon credits (via Zach)

• Split iMessage groups (via mastodon.social/@sirshannon/115709501031648829)

• AI-generated voice-matched dubbing

• Fran Besora (mastodon.social/@ifrnb/115723032695513060) tried the Spanish version

• Stefanus Secundus (mastodon.social/@secundus/115728557575093819) tried the German version

• Ben Mattison (mastodon.social/@benmattison/115706825452701473) had an odd YouTube experience (youtube.com/watch?v=r1ID8ZT3-po)

• Siri and pronunciations (via Paul Zadunajsky (mastodon.social/@greatindoorsman/1156680523231…))

• Intel stealing learning from chips it fabs

• Thread by Joe Lion (mstdn.social/@joelion/115701999794135446)

• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VHDL

• Jason Biatek points out this is all basically cryptography

• Galois blog post (galois.com/articles/reverse-engineer-this-towa…)

• Migrate Purchases (via James Wilby)

• Paris Buttfield-Addison got locked out of his Apple ID… because of a gift card (hey.paris/posts/appleid)

• Casey’s tangentially-related rant (mastodon.social/@caseyliss/115720325616764980)

• Netflix to acquire Warner Brothers (about.netflix.com/en/news/netflix-to-acquire-w…)

• Dominic Preston at The Verge (theverge.com/news/838781/netflix-warner-bros-d…)

• From the past: Blockbuster’s reaction to Netflix (fortune.com/2023/04/14/netflix-cofounder-marc-…)

• Marc Randolph’s comment (x.com/mbrandolph/status/1646521722831798274)

• Paramount launches hostile $108B bid (theverge.com/news/839813/paramount-skydance-wa…)

• Elizabeth Lopatto at The Verge: Larry Ellison’s big dumb gift to his large adult son (theverge.com/entertainment/845532/larry-elliso…)

• Gruber’s take (daringfireball.net/linked/2025/12/09/paramount…)

• As per Brian Stelter (daringfireball.net/linked/2025/12/09/paramount…), Netflix is prepared

• More Paramount context from Charles Pulliam-Moore at The Verge (theverge.com/tv/756298/paramount-plus-skydance…)

• Emma Roth at The Verge: CBS News was just taken over by a Substack (theverge.com/tv/756298/paramount-plus-skydance…)

• Elizabeth Lopatto at The Verge: Memo to Bari Weiss Re: CBS News: You’re doomed (theverge.com/business/793525/bari-weiss-cbs-ne…)

• Post-show: Casey asks for programming help

• StoreKit2 (developer.apple.com/storekit)

• UserDefaults (developer.apple.com/documentation/foundation/u…)

• NotificationCenter (developer.apple.com/documentation/foundation/n…)

• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singleton_pattern

• Publisher (developer.apple.com/documentation/combine/publ…)

• @Environment (developer.apple.com/documentation/swiftui/envi…)

• Dependency injection (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dependency_injection)

• @EnvironmentObject (developer.apple.com/documentation/swiftui/envi…)

• Members-only (atp.fm/join) ATP Overtime: The State of TV

• Verizon FiOS stabs John & Casey (reddit.com/r/Fios/comments/1pcpvsk/im_now_in_t…)

• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CableCARD

• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCMCIA

• TiVo (tivo.com)

• Channels (getchannels.com)

• HDHomeRun (shop.silicondust.com/shop/product/hdhr3-cc)

• TVEverywhere (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_Everywhere)

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