451: ‘Taking Drugs to Get Fat’, With John Moltz

The great John Moltz returns to the show. Topics include Apple’s hardware price hikes in response to the global RAM/SSD shortage, and some spitballing on what we like about the UI changes in the MacOS 27 Golden Gate beta. **Sponsored by:** - Coax: Defeat the tyranny of choice. Channel surf your Plex server. Relax with Coax. - Even Realities: Even G2, the everyday display smart glasses. Use promo code **talkshow** to save 10% off the R1 Ring and/or Even Clip. - Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code **TALKSHOW**. **Transcripts:** Unofficial but surprisingly good. **Links:** - RAM Doubler and DiskDoubler, which came from two different developers. - StuffIt and Compact Pro. - “Apple in China” by Patrick McGee. - Patrick McGee on The Talk Show last year. - “Go Computer Now!”, Ben Zotto’s book on Sphere Computer Corporation. - Movies: - The Player - Airplane! - Monty Python and the Holy Grail - "Apple Faced Bipartisan Opposition When It Last Lobbied to Buy Chinese RAM in 2022". - Gnome, Lex Friedman's clever new animated GIF search/library utility for Mac and iOS. (Also: My link to Gnome at DF.) - Biff! -- Moltz's fun superhero TV/movie podcast cohosted with Dan Moren and Guy English. *This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.*