689: The Positive Effect of Enthusiasm

• Pre-show: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_(language_model)#Claude_Mythos

• Anthropic’s blog post (red.anthropic.com/2026/mythos-preview)

• Follow-up:

• ATP Store

• Yes, it happened again.

• The ATP Neo Silver made it!

• UPenn is an Ivy (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy_League#Current_schools)

• Kieran Healy’s story (mastodon.social/@kjhealy/116448667916430199)

• Marina Epelman’s thought (mastodon.social/@marinaepelman/116449021167948…)

• US News & World Report 2026 Best Engineering Schools (usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-engineeri…)

• Gurman’s transition coverage

• Tim Cook’s remarks to employees (bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-21/apple-s…)

• Comparison between Cook & Ternus (bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-21/apple-b…)

• The Ability to be Hotter (atp.fm/685)

• New material proves to be more heat conductive (scientificamerican.com/article/new-metal-with-…)

• Backblaze is no longer backing up cloud storage (rareese.com/posts/backblaze)

• Backblaze Mac Release Notes for version 9.2.2.878 (backblaze.com/computer-backup/docs/backup-clie…)

• Backblaze Windows Release Notes for version 9.2.2.877 (backblaze.com/computer-backup/docs/backup-clie…)

• Response on Reddit (reddit.com/r/backblaze/comments/1slh5gv/commen…)

• Reparse point (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS_reparse_point)

• Additional response on Reddit (reddit.com/r/backblaze/comments/1slh5gv/commen…)

• Backblaze blog post (backblaze.com/blog/the-changing-landscape-of-c…)

• MJ Tsai roundup (mjtsai.com/blog/2025/12/19/backblaze-no-longer…)

• Alternatives:

• Arq (arqbackup.com)

• Parachute (parachuteapps.com/parachute) for iCloud

• Ask ATP:

• What generation is John’s Accord? What’s the plan for replacement? (via Brian Ashe)

• ATP Neutral: Car Shopping (atp.fm/atp-neutral-car-shopping)

• 2014 Honda Accord (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Accord#Ninth_gener…))

• Which Apple CEO will 💩-can the Mac? (via mastodon.social/@JasonEccles/116452951675829683)

• How often should Macs be restarted? (via Paul Franz)

• Bug report (sixcolors.com/link/2026/04/macs-crash-after-49…)

• Gruber’s take (daringfireball.net/linked/2026/04/09/macos-cra…)

• Post-show: Pedometer++ version 8.0 (pedometer.app/blog/v8-new-watch-app)

• Underscore’s blog post (david-smith.org/blog/2026/04/28/pedometer-v8)

• Stephen’s blog post (512pixels.net/2026/04/pedometer-v8-new-watch-app)

• Six Years Perfecting Maps on watchOS (david-smith.org/blog/2026/04/29/maps-on-watchos)

• Members-only (atp.fm/join) ATP Overtime: Should Apple MacBook Neo all the things?

• MaxTech’s musing (youtube.com/watch?v=n3D9WSXrqBo)

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