(Season 2) Episode 2 – Apple Shillicon

Apple recently announced Apple Silicon, their overall transition to the ARM architecture. If you’re suddenly terrified of the idea of Macs running around with ARMS (and generally worried about the future of traditional computers), you’re probably not alone! But what does an announcement like this mean for the future of computing? Is this a good thing, or is it just another attempt by Apple to secure a monopoly? (Spoiler: Likely the latter, or at least a mix of both)


EPISODE NOTES/MISTAKES: We referenced that Linus Tech Tips had used a thermal pad to fix the Macbook Air’s cooling. They instead milled the plate to screw in more tightly, accomplishing the same end result (more mounting pressure).

ARM is not only more power efficient due to being a RISC architecture; generally, it’s also expected to be in sleep mode more often than x86 chips, and is often on a smaller nanometer process than x86, meaning it is a physically smaller chip. Decreasing the size of a processor increases efficiency, but is often difficult.

We neglected to mention that Windows on ARM has x86 emulation, allowing for usage of 32-bit Windows applications to run on it, recently they have also added 64-bit support.


Sources:

Apple moving to Apple Silicon:

Apple’s architecture swap from PowerPC to Intel (x86):


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(Season 2) Episode 1 – (App)le’s Walled Garden

How do you get apps on your iPhone? Well… the App Store, of course! Absolutely nowhere else, unless of course you have the money to start publishing your own apps, listen to all of Apple’s rules, and let them make money off of it even if it doesn’t make a lot of sense.


EPISODE NOTES: Jade mentioned that the unix kernel is why Linux and MacOS (and iOS and iPhone) are ‘safe’ from tampering. Not exactly! It was more about the implementation of sandboxing for both.


Sources:

Cost of publishing an app:

Apple’s NFC Chip & Germany Requiring it to be Public:

On why the app store is locked down/NFC lockdown is due to security and privacy:

Apple vs. WordPress:

Apple vs. Epic:

Sandboxing on iOS & macOS:



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Bonus Episode 1 – (Part 2/2) Social Media II: Electric Boogaloo

Now that you know about the complicated reality of designing social media websites, let’s get into those gritty details. Does blocking work the same on every website? Are your profile’s privacy settings safe by default? Will you shout your thoughts into the endless expanse that is the World Wide Web? (hint: no, no, and m̸̧͓͙̘̳̝̞̉͌͑̄́̽́̅̄̈́́͊̒̇̃͑ą̵̜̱̬̣̮͔̄͑͒̌͆͜͝ͅỵ̸̢͓̘̑̏̌̊͝b̴͍̟̗̟̯̻͎̌͒̐̆͗̓͒͗̌͑̒̕̚͜͝͠͝ë̵̛͕͇͙̝͍̙̪̥̫̰͖̹̜͕́͗͑̓̓͒̈́̿̑́͠)

Guest: Lexi Galantino (@_gallexi on Twitter)
(Mentioned): Ben Balter

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