We're Still Around! (And ALH's Dear {Company} S1E1)

No new episode, but ALH isn’t retired.

It looks like Season 3 might just be two episodes, however.

Hoping to get Season 4 going when our recording areas are habitable again.

In the meantime, here’s the first post in the ALH, Dear series.

ALH’s Dear {Company} S1E1

Dear Apple,

Why do you make it so hard to block people messaging us? On the Mac, you have to go Messages->preferences->iMessage->blocked, then click + to add a contact to block.

This makes no sense, why would I have a spam contact number I want to block in my contact list? I should be able to right-click and block them. I can right click and “Do not disturb” them, but that doesn’t seem like the same thing. So if I wanted to block them from the Mac, I would first need to add them to my contacts? That’s insane.

Things are slightly better on the iPhone, where all I have to do is:

  1. Go into their message.

  2. Tap their icon.

  3. Tap info.

  4. Tap their number.

  5. Click block.

I imagine there’s probably an easier way to do this, but I have no idea what it might be.

Best Regards,

ALH

S3E01: A Perfectly Safe and Legal Speed

S2E20: Nested Spoilers

Mark and Richard talk about Panic’s Playdate, Google Merging with Nest, 3d Touch with a lengthy aftershow talking about Star Trek, Game of Thrones and Westworld.

Followup

Panic's Playdate

Google Merging with Nest

Rumors about 3d touch going away

Aftershow - Star Trek and Engineering

Aftershow - Game of Thrones Season 8 (SPOILERS)

Aftershow - Westworld Season 3 (SPOILERS)

S2E19: TSA Pre ✓ for News

S2E18: Last Month Tonight

Mark and Richard talk about the Apple Services event from March, Google Stadia, the Oculus Rift S and Oprah hate.

Apple Event

Apple News+

Naming

Apple Card

Apple Arcade

Apple TV and Apple TV+

Mark’s Rant on Oprah

Google Stadia

Oculus Rift S

S2E17: 0% Body Fat

S2E16: Macbook Nerd

S2E15: Do your Homework!

Mark and Richard talk about Otoscopes, Folding Phones, Apple Credit Cards, Transitioning to ARM, and Doug Bowser. Featuring lots of Street Fighter 2 nostalgia in the aftershow.

Pre-show

Followup

Product Over Time: Vector

Product Over Time: USB Otoscope

Folding Phones

Apple Credit Card

Apple Transitions to ARM in 2020

Book Over Time

Nintendo's New CEO - Doug Bowser

Aftershow

Aftershow - Street Fighter 2

S2E14: I have KMFDM on my Tesla servicing report

S2E13: I had to change the wifi network on my bed

S2E12: There's only one space on the 64 bit raft

S2E11: Infinite Rubber Duckies

S2E10: With Apologies to John Romero

S2E9: Robot Cat

Mark and Richard talk about Richard’s new Mac Mini, and setting up new computers.

Followup

Product Over Time

Vector mic diagnostic

Vector mic diagnostic

S2E8: All Electric Cars Are Free

S2E7: So good, but so painful

S2E6: You had a friend once, but you burned it in a fire

Mark and Richard talk about Audio Hijack, Anki Vector, Tesla (again) and Oculus Quest (again)

Followup:

  • Oculus Quest indoor only

Tesla Software version 9 update:

Audio Hijack:

  • Our graphs

Richard’s graph

Richard’s graph

Mark’s graph

Mark’s graph

Product Over Time : Anki Vector

Aftershow:

95 Quadrillion subscribers outside of the Sol system, 0 inside.

S2E5: Angry Jellybean

Mark and Richard talk about the Teslas that they have owned and driven.

If you want to buy a Tesla, click here.

Richard and Mark’s P90Ds:

  • Reasons for our purchases

  • Old vs new nose design

  • Interior vs Mercedes E or S class

  • Dimensions vs BMW 5 & 7 series

  • Utility as people haulers

  • Purchase experience vs Dealerships

  • Guilt-free acceleration

  • Creep (or no creep!)

  • tred.com

  • Bouncy castle

  • Driver profiles

  • Screaming children

  • Software updates

Tesla version 9 software:

  • New in version 9

  • New Dash Cam feature

  • Speed improvements

  • FOR THE LOVE OF GOD LET ME CUSTOMIZE MY DISPLAY AGAIN!!!

  • FOR THE LOVE OF GOD REMEMBER THAT I HAD THE CAMERA UP!!!

  • Other people are also angry

  • New hardware features on an update (Rear heated seats unlocked)

Model 3:

  • turo

  • Needs a HUD

  • Unique AC

  • Handling is great

  • Reluctance motor (said inductance in podcast, should have said Reluctance. Oops.)

  • Phone entry

  • Keycard

  • Model 3 owner pulled over

  • Woe for lack of good seatbelt extenders

  • 3 seatbelt tips vs S seatbelt tips.

Model X:

90 Quadrillion subscribers outside of the Sol system, 0 inside.

S2E4: The Full Carmack Experience

Mark and Richard talk about Oculus Connect and the past, present and future of VR.

Oculus Go:

Oculus Quest:

VR Office/In the workplace:

  • Virtual Humans

Digression into Games:

Abrash Predictions

Distance to Andromeda Galaxy : 2.537 million light years