673: Six Impossible Things

Pre-show: Casey has a question for Marco

LivePhish
Goose on Bandcamp
Nugs

Thank you, ATP Patrons!
Follow-up:

Cord-cutting

Casey on Downstream
suppose.tv

Multi-select in iOS Contacts.app (via many, including Simon Ljungberg)
The Studio Display is $1600 (via Greg Seay)

Quinn’s video on making a 5K display

Display flickering (via Stephen Perelson)

This started in late 2020 with Big Sur
Temporal dithering (AKA Frame rate control)
Stillcolor to disable temporal dithering on macOS
BetterDisplay for turning on and off GPU dithering

Docs

PlayStation Portal

…works with PlayStation Plus
…but really needs solid Wi-Fi
…and doesn’t support Wi-Fi 6
…and requires wired or first-party Bluetooth headphones

Double-tap title bar to Fill (via Chirag Desai)

Knowedge base
System Settings → Desktop & Dock → Window title bar double-click action → Fill

Wi-Fi 7

Ubiquiti’s Wi-Fi 7 implementation is not great (via Reid)

WPA3

WPA3 is not well supported (via USB Type-Steve)
Alternatively, try band steering (via Patch)
Wi-Fi Pro Abraham Vegh weighs in
…as does pro Saul Sutherland
John’s Eero Max 7 setup

Thread vs. Matter

Thread
Matter
Derek Seaman’s series
To run Matter in HA, you need a separate container

Apple Fitness+ and Quitter’s Day

Bodi

ASML & TSMC

Extreme ultraviolet lithography
Veritasium: The Ridiculous Engineering of the World’s Most Important Machine
Asianometry: ASML: TSMC’s Critical Supplier, Explained

TSMC Analysis playlist

The Spectacular Failure of the Star Wars Hotel

Tech stuff we’re looking forward to in 2026

Gartner hype cycle
The Trow of Disillusionment

Post-show: Casey bought something silly

Quinn’s video
GL i.Net
/r/ubiquiti
Teleport
Extremely dodgy firmware upgrade approach
Portainer

Members-only ATP Overtime: Strange form factor rumors for forthcoming iPhones

The Information
MacRumors
Mockup image & video
Jason’s & Stepen’s posts
iPhone fold display quietly debuted at CES?

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673: Six Impossible Things

January 8, 2026
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What we're most excited for in 2026.

• Pre-show: Casey has a question for Marco

• LivePhish

• Goose on Bandcamp

• Nugs

• Thank you, ATP Patrons!

• Follow-up:

• Cord-cutting

• Casey on Downstream

• suppose.tv

• Multi-select in iOS Contacts.app (via many, including Simon Ljungberg)

• The Studio Display is $1600 (via Greg Seay)

• Quinn’s video on making a 5K display

• Display flickering (via Stephen Perelson)

• This started in late 2020 with Big Sur

• Temporal dithering (AKA Frame rate control)

• Stillcolor to disable temporal dithering on macOS

• BetterDisplay for turning on and off GPU dithering

• Docs

• PlayStation Portal

• …works with PlayStation Plus

• …but really needs solid Wi-Fi

• …and doesn’t support Wi-Fi 6

• …and requires wired or first-party Bluetooth headphones

• Double-tap title bar to Fill (via Chirag Desai)

• Knowedge base

• System Settings → Desktop & Dock → Window title bar double-click action → Fill

• Wi-Fi 7

• Ubiquiti’s Wi-Fi 7 implementation is not great (via Reid)

• WPA3

• WPA3 is not well supported (via USB Type-Steve)

• Alternatively, try band steering (via Patch)

• Wi-Fi Pro Abraham Vegh weighs in

• …as does pro Saul Sutherland

• John’s Eero Max 7 setup

• Thread vs. Matter

• Thread)

• Matter

• Derek Seaman’s series

• To run Matter in HA, you need a separate container

• Apple Fitness+ and Quitter’s Day

• Bodi

• ASML & TSMC

• Extreme ultraviolet lithography

• Veritasium: The Ridiculous Engineering of the World’s Most Important Machine

• Asianometry: ASML: TSMC’s Critical Supplier, Explained

• TSMC Analysis playlist

• The Spectacular Failure of the Star Wars Hotel

• Tech stuff we’re looking forward to in 2026

• Gartner hype cycle

• The Trow of Disillusionment

• Post-show: Casey bought something silly

• Quinn’s video

• GL i.Net

• /r/ubiquiti

• Teleport

• Extremely dodgy firmware upgrade approach

• Portainer

• Members-only ATP Overtime: Strange form factor rumors for forthcoming iPhones

• The Information

• MacRumors

• Mockup image & video

• Jason’s & Stepen’s posts

• iPhone fold display quietly debuted at CES?

• Guru: Your AI Source of Truth.

• MasterClass: Learn from the world’s best. Video lessons that inspire.

• Factor: Healthy Eating, Made Easy. Get 50% off your first box, plus free breakfast for 1 year.

Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!

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