Breaking Change

If you're here for the spicy, good news: you're gettin' it spicy. I am usually joking, but I mean it this time: I'm going to stop doing this podcast if you don't write in to podcast@searls.co. Give me proof of life, that's all I need. I won't even read it on air if you don't want! If you're not bored yet, click the links: Becky did a reel of our twin birthday cruise Aaron's puns, ranked Fewer than 200 people bought Resident Evil on iPhone Apple Invites and GroupKit are gonna save us from Doodle Apple cancels the AR glasses you hadn't heard about Android XR is even more of a rip-off than Android was Vision Pro is getting Unreal Engine support WTF is Deepseek My own declaration of competence I've started work on my first fuckthis.app, and it's already doing stuff Nintendo's Alarmo clock The Wild Robot is not as bad as it looks Star Trek Unification Persona 3 Reloaded Ninja Gaiden 2 Black Via Prem: Exit 8 and Platform 8 🌶️

In this episode: Justin goes to a birthday party, drives a Tesla, and configures your BIOS. The compliments department is, as always, available at podcast@searls.co. Have some URLs: This is the combination air fryer / grill I bought Microsoft dropped support for non-SecureBoot PC updates last month Aaron's puns, ranked Nobody Cares Things we learned about LLMs in 2024 Judge ends man's 11-year quest to dig up landfill and recover $765M in bitcoin The Consensus on Havana Syndrome Is Cracking (News+) Meta kills diversity programs, claiming DEI has become "too charged" Google kills JavaScript-free searches Sonos still seems kinda fucked 5090s seem kind of like a scam The official Elder Scrolls: Oblivion remake leaked Switch 2 was unveiled Guy with 200bpm heart rate complains his watch isn't working (before admitting his heart isn't working) The Diplomat Conclave Severance Season 2 is out Marvel Rivals is a hit (with the Thirstlords) Indiana Jones and the Great Circle P.T. A Short Hike

I don't normally do this, but content warning, this episode talks at length about death and funerals and, while I continue to approach everything with an inappropriate degree of levity, if that's something you're not game to listen to right now, go ahead and skip the first hour of this one. Recommend me your favorite show or video game at podcast@searls.co and I will either play/watch it or lie and say I did. Thanks! Now: links and transcript: Kirkland Signature, Organic Non-Dairy Oat Beverage Die with Zero book The "Prefer tabs when opening documents" setting Aaron's puns, ranked Amazon hoped more people would quit BoldVoice Accent Oracle Cab drivers get Alzheimer's less Video Games Can't Afford to Look This Good LG announces Bachelor's Only TV Can the rich world escape its baby crisis? Why aren't we talking about the real reason male college enrollment is dropping? The Diplomat The Penguin It's in the Game Madden documentary Like a Dragon / Yakuza 7 Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

HEADS UP: This one has a video version in case you'd prefer to watch that! HEADS UP SEVEN UP: Here's a spoiler-free link to this year's puns as they existed prior to this recording. Welcome to a very special Holiday Edition of Breaking Change: our first annual Breaking Change Punsort! Today, we're joined by a surprise guest! Want to know who it is? You'll just have to listen and find out. Yes, it's Aaron. As always, you can e-mail the show at podcast@searls.co. If you enjoyed this episode and want to see a second annual edition next year, let me know! If you don't write in, I'll stop—because editing multiple speakers plus video is a massive pain in the ass. No links today, because we didn't actually talk about anything worth citing.

I'd write more here, but I've got places to be. Becky, Jeremy, and I are going to engage in some holiday festivities. We have a couple gingerbread houses to make and a tree to trim. And no nog to speak of. Really, that's all you get by way of show notes this time as a result, deal with it. Send your complaints to podcast@searls.co and they will be read on air. Some bullet points below the fold: My 90-minute, outdated guide to setting up a Mac Aaron's puns, ranked Jim Carrey is 62 and can't even retire I bought my 8 year old a switch and didn't realize how much games cost Teen creates memecoin, dumps it, earns $50,000 Startup will brick $800 emotional support robot for kids without refunds Install the Mozi app (manifesto here | app here) Vision Pro getting PSVR2 controllers The 2024 Game Awards news roundup Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet looks badass, but is it too inclusive for The Gamers? We don't talk about Luigi An invisible desktop app for cheating on technical interviews (HN comments) Sora is out, but it's not good yet Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is out, and it is good yet Emudeck is so great it shouldn't be legal, and some people probably think it isn't Pikmin Stay tuned to my YouTube channel for upcoming LIVE streams

I left the country for a few weeks to get that taste out of my mouth but now I'm back and as salty as ever. Brace yourself. I made a pretty strong appeal that you should e-mail the show at podcast@searls.co, so I won't repeat myself here. DO IT. DO IT NOW. Hopefully I'll be back at least once more before we call it for 2024. Stay tuned. 📻 Correction: In the opening segment, I said (twice) that the Gender Equality section chief took me to Tokyo to see 紅葉 in 2005, but it was actually Kyoto. I regret the error iOS 18.2 adds two-step shutter to the Camera Control Aaron's puns, ranked The MacBook Upgrade Program What will the Command Center look like? Tim Cook hasn't forgotten how to long divide The Camera Roll is less slow now Intel is so boned Google is approaching that level of bonedness (News+) Ghost Engineers 👻 LLMs seem like a bad business to be in AGI is right around the corner but don't worry, it sucks Get your work done before the day gets poisoned Wonder Project J Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket Gladiator II is good I hope Steam Deck is, too Neeto Products

TIL that 4 AM is way too goddamn early to record a podcast. Apologies if I'm more chipper than usual, that's probably the coffee talking. Had some great e-mails this show. You should keep the streak alive and mouth off with your fingers at podcast@searls.co. Savor this version, folks. Gonna be at least a few weeks until you'll have another one. International Driver's Permit Don't be that guy. Don't drive a go-kart in downtown Tokyo Watch my final talk, The Empowered Programmer (Justin's Version) I have to pay for a search engine now, wtf macOS Sequoia iPhone Mirroring is cool Aaron's puns, ranked The Nintendo Music app is rad Fresca is extremely-flavored seltzer water Don't disable "Prioritize Faster Shooting" Google has a thumb on the scale Apple is buying Pixelmator Mass Effect is coming to Amazon Prime Video Pour one out for the You've Got Mail guy Notepad.exe is AI now LLMs may be reaching a point of diminishing returns Newest member of the badass scientist of the month club How to undervolt your GPU Like a Dragon: Yakuza Galileo G8 controller

It is Wednesday, my dudes! This is normally a weekend listen, but there are new Macs to talk about. I wanted to give you the absolute freshest, least accurate information I can about all these neat new computers that I WILL NOT BE BUYING BECAUSE TIM COOK IS A COWARD. Write something you want to say in all caps over at podcast@searls.co and maybe I'll scream it on the show! Inside-voice links follow: The new Kindle Paperwhite Black plastic is worse, now. Egg yolks are back to being good Fancy Shun knives at a reasonable price Don't waste your money on this combination sleeping mask / Bluetooth speaker iOS 18 Hearing Test Ricky Mondello's Apple Passwords migration strategy My new fuckthis.app platform Eric Doggett is helping me learn how to take pictures Aaron's puns, ranked New M4 Macs BUT NO 12" MACBOOKS TO SPEAK OF Can't wait to see The Rock star in the Apple Oregon Trail movie GitHub's new Copilot and Spark announcements Redditors Are Trying to Poison Google's AI to Keep Tourists Out of the Good Restaurants One man's high-end electric vehicle is another man's obsolete garbage Star Trucker game Call of Duty: Blops 6

Welcome to this podcast which, by now, you have probably decided you either listen to or don't listen to! And if you don't listen to it, one wonders why you are reading this. Remember to write in at podcast@searls.co with suggestions for news stories and whatever you'd like me to talk about. Please keep it PG-rated or NC-17 rated. I want nothing in between. Family-friendly and/or sexually explicit links follow: I returned this razor How I fixed Photo Shuffle I made an unfortunate comment about birds and hands in my newsletter Koala Nap is not currently working for me, but I appreciate their responsiveness in trying to fix it Aaron's puns, ranked 🚨 RoboCab Code White 🚨 Matt Mullenwag sounds like a real piece of work at work Alien: Romulus is coming to VHS. Really Grindr will soon Grind without you Apple's next 4 Vision Devices according to Mark Gurman iPad Mini 7 Diablo IV - Vessel of Hatred I hope Dragon Age: Veilguard redeems Bioware Strange Planet was a cool show The Family is creepy Struggling to care about Slow Horses Got schmutz? Get a Zodiac MX8 Elite

Get ready for a three-hour-plus Breaking Change spectacular! Why is it special? I'm not going to tell you. You'll just have to listen. Remember, money doesn't change hands when you consume this Content™, but that doesn't make it free! In exchange for downloading this MP3, the license requires you to write in to podcast@searls.co at least once every three episodes. Some of y'all are past due, and I know where to find you. Want URLs? I got URLs: This useless skinny tree fell over Becky's first app is live at betterwithbecky.com I bought a camera I gave my final conference talk. Video is pending, but I'll link to it here when it's up Aaron's puns, ranked Apple: 1, Europe: 0 Google should figure out security architecture A nice longread about where AI is and where it (may) be going over the next decade I'm bearish on IBM's prospects 1Password 8 doesn't feel like an upgrade The iPhone 16 Pro is all about camera styles and tone map customization Can't wait for that 12" MacBook Pro The new Reduce Interruptions focus mode Folks are mad about Star Wars Outlaws Star Trucker, a game I mistakenly called "Space Trucker" Furiosa is good The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives isn't Penguin is remarkable 2 episodes in 🫡