439: ‘A Mitigated Disaster’, With Daniel Jalkut

Daniel Jalkut returns to the show so we can both vent about MacOS 26 Tahoe.

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Transcripts: Unofficial but surprisingly good (podsearch.david-smith.org/shows/11).

Links:

• Classic Mac OS Control Strip (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control_Strip).

• Manu Cornet’s oft-cited cartoon caricaturizing the org charts of major tech companies circa 2011 (ritholtz.com/2011/07/organizational-charts-in-…).

• Black Ink (redsweater.com/blackink).

• MarsEdit (redsweater.com/marsedit).

• Rogue Amoeba: “Removing Tahoe’s Unwanted Menu Icons” (weblog.rogueamoeba.com/2026/01/10/removing-tah…).

This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.